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On Saturday, January 23, legendary Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was presented with the prestigious Les Paul Award at the 32nd Annual NAMM TEC Awards in Anaheim, CA. Perry was presented with the honor by his Hollywood Vampires bandmate Johnny Depp, who said Perry was "his hero" and "the reason I...

Video of the 2016 Classic Rock Awards ceremony is now surfacing online and a great version of Tesla's "Modern Day Cowboy" featuring vocalist Jeff Keith, guitarist Frank Hannon and bassist Brian Wheat of Tesla, along with Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen and Korn drummer Ray Luzier can be seen HERE...

Supergroup Chickenfoot (featuring ex-Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, along with guitarist Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith) will include the new song "Divine Termination" on their forthcoming Best + Live CD. "Divine Termination" is the first new studio...

Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper have announced plans for a joint American tour . The summer trek will begin July 6 in Hollywood, FL and wraps up August 12 in Houston, TX. A full list of tour dates can be found HERE. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, January 27 via the Live Nation website. To...

You either love Steel Panther or you loathe them. My first exposure to Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxxx (the extra “X” is for Sex!) and Stix Zadinia was their 2009 debut single/video “Death To All But Metal”. When I heard them name-check Def Leppard in that track (and destroy Papa Roach, Mariah...

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has postponed four upcoming solo shows from his R&B side project Soul Station while he recovers from a concussion sustained while skiing on January 15. Stanley posted an update on his Twitter page (below) stating that his recovery is taking longer than anticipated. (...

Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is the subject of a new film "Arena: Alone With Chrissie Hynde," produced by legendary documentary makers Arena. The footage will have its screening on February 1 at London's Regent Street Cinema and more info can be found HERE. The film sees Hynde hanging out at...

Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott recently got to interview his musical idol, singer/songwriter Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople. Elliott sat down with Hunter on the TV program "Speakeasy" to discuss the power of music, the resurgence of vinyl and their respective relationships with the late David...

Actor Dan Aykroyd has paid tribute to the late Carrie Fisher in the latest issue of London's Empire magazine. Fisher and Aykroyd met when she hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 1978 and they fell in love while working together on "The Blues Brothers" in 1980. Fisher died December 27 at the age of 60...

Veteran hard rockers Warrant have reportedly finished recording their forthcoming studio album, the follow-up to 2011's Rockaholic. According to vocalist Robert Mason, the new CD will be titled Louder, Harder, Faster and it will be released later this year via Frontiers Records. The album was...