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Watch David Lee Roth pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen, reveal plans to return to Las Vegas for New Year's
Jeff Kravitz/MTV VMAs 2021/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBSDavid Lee Roth helped bring the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards to a close on Sunday when he hit the stage to present the Video of the Year honor. ...
Sep 14, 2021
'David Byrne's American Utopia' special wins two awards at 2021 Creative Arts Emmys
David Lee/HBODavid Byrne's American Utopia, the Spike Lee-directed TV special presenting former Talking Heads singer David Byrne's critically acclaimed Broadway show of the same name, won two awards S...
Sep 13, 2021
The Byrds' Chris Hillman to release audiobook version of his 2020 memoir, 'Time Between,' in October
Random House AudioLast November, founding Byrds bassist Chris Hillman published an autobiography called Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother and Beyond, and now an audiobook version is set...
Sep 13, 2021
Bush & Stone Temple Pilots tour canceled due to "unavoidable COVID-related circumstances"
Courtesy of Bush/Stone Temple PilotsBush has canceled the band's upcoming co-headlining tour with Stone Temple Pilots due to "unavoidable COVID-related circumstances." "We cannot stress enough how hea...
Sep 13, 2021
Sammy Hagar to play free Las Vegas concert next week to celebrate his new line of canned cocktails
Credit: Zan PassanteSammy Hagar is launching a new alcoholic beverage venture called Sammy's Beach Bar Cocktail Co. featuring sparkling rum cocktails in a can, and he'll celebrate the new drink line w...
Sep 13, 2021
Ozzy Osbourne releases new version of Lemmy collaboration "Hellraiser"
Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty ImagesOzzy Osbourne has released a new version of his song "Hellraiser," which was written in collaboration with Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister. The updated recordin...
Sep 13, 2021
Foo Fighters perform, David Lee Roth presents on 2021 MTV VMAs
Courtesy of MTVFoo Fighters, were among the many artists who performed during Sunday's 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. Dave Grohl and company, who were honored at the ceremony with the Global Icon Award,...
Sep 13, 2021
Rob Halford says Judas Priest's 50th anniversary show is "something that will live with you forever"
Credit: Joe LesterAfter it was postponed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judas Priest's 50 Heavy Metal Years tour finally kicked off last week in Pennsylvania. Frontman Rob Halford tells A...
Sep 13, 2021
Jon Anderson, Michael McDonald, Warren Haynes featured on duets album by ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro
Mascot Label Group/Music Theories Recordings/JS RecordsMusicians and singers including ex-Yes frontman Jon Anderson, Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers and former Allman Brothers Band guita...
Sep 10, 2021
'Spanish Model,' Latin-music tribute to Elvis Costello's 'This Year's Model' album, released today
UMeSpanish Model, the unique new album featuring a variety of Latin-music artists performing Spanish-language versions of the songs from Elvis Costello's second studio effort, 1978's This Year's Model...
Sep 10, 2021