Classic Rock News 5/8

Gene Simmons says the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in December has already been dismissed.


Bob Dylan is a full partner in a line of whiskeys and you can pre-order now for shipment beginning May 21st.


Showcasing many of the screams, shouts and yells in David Lee Roth’s bag of vocal tricks, here is X-Ray Simon’s unique tribute to DLR.


733,000 vinyl albums were sold during the week ending April 26th, a record for Record Store Day week.


They aren’t going totally out of business, but the Gibson Guitar company has filed for bankruptcy protection.


Bruce Springsteen will get a special Tony Award on June 10th.


In addition to doing some Pretenders shows, Chrissie Hynde posts a lengthy list of things she is up to on Facebook.


In another episode of “Ask Keith” – Keith Richards is asked on his website to reveal the formula behind The Rolling Stones.


One of the great rockstar/supermodel marriages is over after 28 years.  The Cars’ Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova have split up.


Queen + Adam Lambert will do a 10-show residency at the MGM in Las Vegas in September.


Phil Collins brings his Not Dead Yet Live tour to the U.S. in October, including a Twin Cities date on October 21st.


Lynyrd Skynyrd kicked off their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour in West Palm Beach on Friday.


Guns N’ Roses has left the controversial track “One in a Million” off the expanded ‘Appetite for Destruction’ reissue that contains the rest of ‘G N’ R Lies’.


Metallica ‘s Kirk Hammett and  Robert Trujillo covered ‘The Final Countdown‘ by Sweden’s Europe during the band’s show Saturday in Stockholm.


George Harrison’s first electric guitar is going up for auction.  Here’s how you can grab it.

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Adam Levine Calls Seeing Mick Jagger Dance To ‘Moves Like Jagger’ ‘Really Surreal’

During a recent appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," Adam Levine spoke about an Instagram video that showed Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger dancing to Maroon 5's 2011 hit "Moves Like Jagger." "It's really surreal," Levine told Jimmy Fallon on the show. "It's just one of those things you're like, 'Oh my,…

Adam Levine Calls Seeing Mick Jagger Dance To ‘Moves Like Jagger’ ‘Really Surreal’

During a recent appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Adam Levine spoke about an Instagram video that showed Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger dancing to Maroon 5’s 2011 hit “Moves Like Jagger.” “It’s really surreal,” Levine told Jimmy Fallon on the show. “It’s just one of those things you’re like, ‘Oh my,…

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Riley Green Join Lineup For Inaugural Field & Stream Music Fest

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Riley Green have joined previously announced headliners Erich Church and Lainey Wilson as co-headliners of the inaugural Field & Stream Music Fest. The Field & Stream Music Fest takes place on October 4-6 in Winnsboro, South Carolina. It will feature over 30 artists across two stages. The Field & Stream Music Fest…

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Riley Green Join Lineup For Inaugural Field & Stream Music Fest

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Riley Green have joined previously announced headliners Erich Church and Lainey Wilson as co-headliners of the inaugural Field & Stream Music Fest. The Field & Stream Music Fest takes place on October 4-6 in Winnsboro, South Carolina. It will feature over 30 artists across two stages. The Field & Stream Music Fest…

U2 Sarajevo Concert Documentary ‘Kiss The Future’ To Premiere On Paramount+

Kiss The Future, a documentary based on U2's 1997 concert in Sarajevo, will premiere on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on May 7. The documentary, featuring interviews with U2's Bono, the Edge and Adam Clayton as well as Christine Amanpour and Bill Clinton tells a story of defiance amid the 1990s' siege of Sarajevo…

U2 Sarajevo Concert Documentary ‘Kiss The Future’ To Premiere On Paramount+

Kiss The Future, a documentary based on U2’s 1997 concert in Sarajevo, will premiere on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on May 7. The documentary, featuring interviews with U2’s Bono, the Edge and Adam Clayton as well as Christine Amanpour and Bill Clinton tells a story of defiance amid the 1990s’ siege of Sarajevo…

Gibson Unveil Reproduction Of Slash’s ‘Jessica’ Les Paul

Slash and Gibson have collaborated on a new signature model guitar: the "Jessica" Les Paul Standard. "Jessica" has been Slash's main stage guitar since 1988 and has been used primarily to perform songs from Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite for Destruction. It has remained his go-to instrument for live performances ever since he retired…

Gibson Unveil Reproduction Of Slash’s ‘Jessica’ Les Paul

Slash and Gibson have collaborated on a new signature model guitar: the “Jessica” Les Paul Standard. “Jessica” has been Slash’s main stage guitar since 1988 and has been used primarily to perform songs from Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction. It has remained his go-to instrument for live performances ever since he retired…

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