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Green Day & Tame Impala top the lineup of the Life Is Beautiful Music Festival in Vegas in September, RRHOF displays new “Right Here, Right Now” section of the hall of fame, KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer reveals secret daughter, Deftones announce a new branded Tequila for their 20th anniversary of White Pony, Tons of special musical guests on the new Paul McCartney covers album PLUS this week’s...

Long-lost Led Zeppelin footage from 1972 surfaces for the first time, music venues will be open soon in New York; the first major state in the nation to open for live concerts as early as April, Nirvana’s Bleach to get limited edition reissue on cassette next month, Kings Of Leon to release digital art collection that includes limited vinyl & fan experiences, Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds dona...

Soundgarden members respond to Vicky Cornell’s lawsuit, Ex-Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler speaks on why he quit the band, Duff McKagan releases lost music from his pre-Guns N Roses band The Living,  Nancy Wilson’s new solo album features Taylor Hawkins, Sammy Hagar & more, Metallica gets muted by Twitch during a live performance at Blizzcon, PLUS this week’s new releases, weekly WTF, “th...

Soundgarden members involved in another lawsuit over the band’s catalog rights, Punk Rock Bowling in Vegas announces 2021 lineup to take place in September, Ronnie James Dio’s Autobiography releasing this summer, Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee reveals exactly how the band smuggled drugs on the road for decades, Recording Pioneer Rupert Neve passes away at the age of 82 PLUS more of this week’s new releas...

RRHOF Class of 2021 nominees announced including Rage Against The Machine, Iron Maiden & others, Dave Grohl joins advisory board to help artists affected by the pandemic, Late-Metallica bassist Cliff Burton celebrated this week with a Livestream tribute, Ozzy releases another musical collaboration & animated music video with Post Malone this week, Corey Taylor & Rivers Cuomo both want...

Marilyn Manson accused of abuse; dropped by record label, Chris Cornell has 2nd album’s worth of more music, Matt Heafy & Mike Shinoda collaborate on new song via Twitch, Rush’s Alex Lifeson talks about the future of Rush, dealing with the loss of Neil Peart & more,  Maynard James Keenan reveals he was recently hospitalized a second time with covid-19, New Foo Fighter’s album out toda...

System Of A Down Livestream for charity & debut new video, Sculpture of Rush’s Neil Peart being made, Spotify files patent to monitor their user’s daily speech to recommend music, Billy Corgan says next Smashing Pumpkins album has about 80 tracks so far, Wolfgang Van Halen speaks out on mural of his father at the Hollywood guitar center PLUS this week’s new releases, weekly WTF, “this week in...

Def Leppard’s Rick Allen puts on Charity Livestream this weekend with special musical guests, Bob Rock sells the rights to Metallica’s “Black Album”, early Radiohead demo tape with 3 unreleased songs to hit the auction block, Pearl Jam tribute band hit with a cease & desist letter, PLUS this week’s new releases, weekly WTF, “this week is music history” trivia & more! All of our links are u...

System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian says more new music might be coming, Scott Weiland’s son let go from band apparently due to his drug use, also Bad Wolves part ways with their lead singer Tommy Vext, Deluxe re-issues coming from Black Sabbath, The Black Crowes & more, Foo Fighter’s releasing their own pair of Vans, PLUS more of this week’s new releases, weekly WTF & more! All of our links a...

First news cycle of 2020, David Bowie tribute tonight with tons of musical guests, Save Our Stages act passes in congress thanks to Dave Grohl & others, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park reaches out to his Twitch community to produce fans music, new albums on the way from Eddie Vedder, Kings Of Leon, The Killers & more, Corey Taylor from Slipknot talks about his new year’s resolution PLUS more o...

Neil Young makes entire online musical archive free for the holidays, New posthumous spoken word album coming out from Deftones’ Chi Cheng, System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian the focus of new documentary, Details on the special musical guests on the new upcoming Ozzy album, a very unlikely musician will play Frank Sinatra in an upcoming biopic PLUS more of this week’s new releases, weekly WTF & m...

Joe Walsh & Vets Aid 2020 this weekend, Wolfgang speaks on mining the Eddie Van Halen vaults for unreleased material, “World’s Best Drummer” poll results from Music Radar, Aerosmith on virtual Wayne’s World reunion, New albums out from Paul McCartney, Chris Cornell & Guided By Voices PLUS more of this week’s new releases, weekly WTF & more! All links up at www.thegaragerockshow.com $up...

Chris Cornell’s Fender Jazzmaster guitar is on the auction block, Alice In Chains tribute performance from this week to be released as compilation album, Black Sabbath Vol. 4 Super Deluxe Box Set details revealed, Deftones release Robert Smith remix off their White Pony remix album, Strokes release new single & video directed by Roman Coppola PLUS this week’s new releases, weekly WTF & mor...

New Jimi Hendrix concert film & documentary from Hawaii out today, Alice In Chains to be honored with Founders award & tribute concert, PLUS On This Day in music history trivia, Anthrax to release graphic novel for 40th anniversary, The Killers have sold the publishing rights to their entire catalog, Corey Taylor snags role in upcoming horror film PLUS this week’s new releases, weekly WTF...

Ticketmaster to require COVID test results to enter concerts next year, first new music from System Of A Down in 15 years raises over $600K for Armenia Fund, Eddie Vedder & Joe Walsh organize “Vets Aid 2020” event, Foo Fighters livestream from the Roxy in Hollywood, Metallica postpones early 2021 South American tour PLUS On This Day in music history trivia, this week’s new releases, weekly WTF...

An entire pallet of Tool’s Adam Jones signature Gibson guitars stolen, Foo Fighters teasing new album release, 20th anniversary edition of Pantera’s Reinventing The Steel is out today, Puscifer’s livestream has been extended through November 8th due to popular demand, new singles out this week from Smashing Pumpkins, The Offspring release their first ever Christmas song PLUS On This Day in music h...

Puscifer livestream happening today, 2020 RRHOF will include Eddie Van Halen Tribute, New Rob Zombie single out today, David Bowie livestream tribute announced this week, The Strokes part with their longtime manager, Peter Frampton covers Radiohead & others on his new album, PLUS On This Day in music history trivia, this week’s new releases, weekly WTF & more! All links up at www.thegarage...

Tom Petty Birthday Bash today, the Flaming Lips perform concert entirely in plastic bubbles, Maynard James Keenan suffering lung damage from Covid-19, Smashing Pumpkins gearing up for 25th anniversary for Melon Collie & The Infinite Sadness, Ozzy announces new tour dates for No More Tours 2, PLUS On This Day in music history trivia, this week’s new releases, weekly WTF & more! All links up...

RIP Eddie Van Halen & details on unreleased EVH recordings, AC/DC new single and album details & why they let Phil Rudd back in the band, Led Zeppelin copyright court case results this week, Foo Fighters release a digital “zine” in honor of their 25th anniversary, Avenged Sevenfold release statement on new album delay, James Hetfield explains why the pandemic has actually been good for his...

AC/DC teases new album name & clip of new music, Robert Plant’s Digging Deep boxset out today, Sammy Hagar’s B-day bash moves to PPV, Ozzy working on more new music & partners with Doc Marten’s boots for a special Black Sabbath release, Corey Taylor livestream this weekend PLUS On This Day in music history trivia, this week’s new releases, weekly WTF & more! All links up at www.thegara...

RIP Ozzy drummer Lee Kerslake, Tool, Slipknot, Metallica & more rock nominees for the 2020 Billboard Music awards, Leaked photos of AC/DC rehearsing with Brian Johnson & Cliff Williams, Lamb Of God,  New animated series from the Smashing Pumpkins based on their new album, Bonnaroo & Farm Aid virtual shows happening this weekend, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke ties the knot PLUS On This Da...

RIP Sid McCray from Bad Brains, Vinyl sales surpass CD sales for the first time in 34 years, Bonnaroo announces virtual ‘Roo-Ality’ event, 40th anniversary edition of ‘Blizzard Of Oz’ out today with 2 full concert films included, Pearl Jam to release MTV Unplugged on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day later this year, A new Hendrix documentary, album & concert film coming out in Nov...

Ozzy’s new album is being delayed by COVID-19, Metallica snags best-selling album of the week on Billboard, Pantera to release 20th anniversary edition of Reinventing The Steel, Virtual drumming tribute to Neil Peart this weekend, Guitar sales around the country at record high during pandemic, PLUS On This Day in music history trivia, this week’s new releases, weekly WTF & more! All links up a...

Farm Aid virtual lineup revealed, Metallica 1st rock band to have four #1 singles in four different decades, R.E.M. teases a 40th anniversary event of some kind, Woodstock 99 docuseries coming to Netflix, Lamb Of God announces virtual show to celebrate 15th anniversary of Ashes Of The Wake, Jack Osbourne slams the tabloids for tabloid photos of Ozzy, Oasis celebrate 25th anniversary of ‘What’s The...

Chris Cornell statue vandalized in Seattle, Deftones release 20th anniversary White Pony IPA, Ozzy biopic gets trailer & details, Metallica, Trivium & Outside Lands virtual concerts this weekend, Rock N’ Roll Fantasy camp announces 2020 masterclass season, Smashing Pumpkins new album details, Bill & Ted Face The Music out today, RIP Frankie Banali and Jack Sherman PLUS On This Day in m...