Ringo Starr is hitting the road next year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his All Starr Band. Joining him will be Toto’s Steve Lukather, Santana’s Gregg Rolie, Men at Work’s Colin Hay, multi-instrumentalist Warren Ham, drummer Gregg Bissonette and Hamish Stuart. Click here for more details on the upcoming tour.… More
Peter Hince worked for Queen for 12 years as roadie for the band’s singer Freddie Mercury and for bassist John Deacon. When Hince started out with the band in 1975, they were recording the classic album A Night At The Opera. He bowed out after their huge show at Knebworth on August 9, 1986 – what…… More
Cellist Hugh McDowell, who was best known for his work with ELO and Wizzard throughout the 70s, has died at the age of 65. McDowell also worked with Wetton/Downes on their Icon albums, with Geoff Downes confirming the news of the musician’s death on Twitter. Read more about McDowell’s career here.… More
The End: Machine, the new band featuring three members of the classic Dokken lineup — George Lynch (guitar), Jeff Pilson (bass) and Mick Brown (drums) — along with former Lynch Mob and current Warrant singer Robert Mason, will release its debut album in the spring via Frontiers Music Srl. Pilson said: “The recordings are nearly done and we are really happy with the way it is turning out. We think…… More
Lars Ulrich recently said Metallica’s “WorldWired” tour could last through early 2020. The San Francisco Bay Area metal giants have spent the last two years touring in support of their latest album, “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”, which came out in November 2016. The band has seven U.S. shows booked in late November and early December before taking a break…… More
The Rolling Stones focused their 2017 and 2018 touring activity on Europe. Last weekend, the band’s logo appeared at two US stadiums and an update to RollingStones.com asks fans to sign up for their mailing list “as you never know what could be coming!” 1047 The BEAR has been hearing for awhile that they are definitely gonna tour.…… More
Rami Malek spent a lot of time studying for his role as Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. During his interview on Thursday’s Ellen, the actor said he loved Queen, “but I didn’t know the intimate details of Freddie’s life or Queen’s,” so he sought out all their archival footage and interviews. Watch Malek’s…… More
Vicky Cornell, widow of late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, has filed a medical malpractice suit against his doctor, claiming that Dr. Robert Koblin “negligently and repeatedly” prescribed Cornell “dangerous mind-altering controlled substances… which impaired [his] cognition, clouded his judgement and caused him to engage in dangerous impulsive behaviors that he was unable to control, costing him his…… More
