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On This Day, November 22, 1997… INXS frontman Michael Hutchence was found dead by a maid in his hotel room at the Ritz Carlton in Sydney, Australia. He was 37. The coroner ruled ...

ABC/TsuniLooks like fans in Ottawa, Canada, have missed out on KISS’ goodbye to the road. The rockers were supposed to play the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Tuesday, November 21, ...

Avenue/RhinoWar is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their hugely successful third studio album, The World is a Ghetto. The milestone will be marked on Friday, November 24, with the R...

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ABADavid Lee Roth has shared another new song with fans. The former Van Halen frontman just dropped the new tune “Wash and Fold,” the second pr...

Manny Carabel/Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen has been spending his time off the road in his old neighborhood. New Jersey’s Daily Voice reports that last weekend The Boss was s...

Francesco Prandoni/Getty ImagesDire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is getting rid of some of his guitars. The BBC reports that Knopfler is putting more than 120 guitars and am...

ABC/Randy HolmesMetallica's Kirk Hammett has teamed up with Epiphone to recreate his signature "Greeny" guitar. "Greeny" is a 1959 Les Paul Standard and is named after its original owner, late Fleetwo...

Courtesy Songwriters Hall of FameR.E.M., The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan are among the contenders for the 2024 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The organization just ...

Legacy Recordings/SonyPink Floyd’s David Gilmour recently released Metallic Spheres in Colour, a reimagined and remixed version of Metallic Spheres, a 2010 collaborative...

Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesTool's show in Toronto on Monday, November 20, got an extra dose of prog courtesy of Alex Lifeson. The Rush guitarist joined Maynard James Keenan and company onstage for a r...