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The Rolling Stones have earned their 14th No. 1 album on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart this week with Hackney Diamonds. Having earned 72,200 chart units in its debut, Hackney Diamonds marks the third biggest week of sales for an album so far this year. Rolling Stones’ first album in 18 years, Hackney Diamonds is…

Five Finger Death Punch have announced that they will donate a portion of their upcoming tour ticket revenue to support homeless youth. The beneficiary is Covenant House, a nonprofit organization dedicated to house, feed, educate, provide job assistance, mental health services and healthcare to homeless youth in 34 locations across the Americas. Five Finger Death…

Rush’s Geddy Lee is set to host an upcoming four-part Paramount+ docuseries titled “Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?” scheduled to premiere on December 5th. The docuseries will see Lee engaging in random activities with bassists Krist Novoselic (Nirvana), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Les Claypool (Primus), and Melissa Auf der Maur (ex-Smashing Pumpkins, ex-Hole).…

Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band recently shared a cover of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.” The song was recorded live in 2016 at Boston’s Fenway Park. “Baba O’Riley” is the latest single from Zac Brown Band’s first ever live-covers album, From the Road, Vol. 1: Covers, due out November 10th. The track follows their previously released…

Creed have announced their first reunion “Summer of 99” tour with 40 dates for 2024. The rock veterans will play their first two shows since 2012 aboard the Summer of ’99 and Summer of ’99 and Beyond festival cruises in April and May. In mid-July, the reunited Creed will embark on a huge tour throughout…

Blink-182 recently released “Cut Me Off” and “See You” as bonus tracks to their reunion album, One More Time… In “See You,” which features high synths and breakbeat sample, Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus sing, “Don’t let us be over, I’ll wait here forever” in the chorus. “You can’t burn us with your flame/I’ll see…

Metallica’s “Too Far Gone?” has climbed to the top spot on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart dated November 4, earning the band their third No. 1 on the chart from a single album. “Too Far Gone?” is a song from Metallica’s 11th studio album, 72 Seasons, which arrived in April. The record’s “Lux Æterna” led…

Jane’s Addiction will be among the headliners of next year’s Bearded Theory music festival. Amyl and The Sniffers, Future Islands, Sleaford Mods, Orbital and Dinosaur Jr. are featured in the initial line-up, announced on Wednesday. For Jane’s Addiction and Dinosaur Jr., it will be their U.K. festival exclusive show. The 15th anniversary edition of Bearded…

Following their spectacular performance at the recent Power Trip Festival in California, iconic British band Iron Maiden will be returning to the United States and Canada with “The Future Past Tour” next year. A show in Chile has also been added to the tour. “The Future Past Tour” 2024 will kick off at North Island…

Former U.K. rock band Reef guitarist Kenwyn House revealed in an interview that rock legend Robert Plant agreed to perform “Stairway to Heaven” at a benefit concert last month after a donor made a six-figure donation to charity. The donor’s big contribution motivated Plant to perform the song at the benefit concert organized by Duran…