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Two-time Super Bowl Champ and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce has announced his Kelce Jam music festival featuring Machine Gun Kelly and Rick Ross. The Kelce Jam will be held April 28 at Azura Amphitheater in Kansas City. The festival will also feature Tech N9ne, Loud Luxury and more. The event will include local…

Lynyrd Skynyrd plans to continue as a band following the death of the last founding member Gary Rossington in March. The remaining members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and family estates released a statement announcing the group’s plans to continue as a touring outfit, including a summer trek with ZZ Top this year. In the release, Skynyrd…

Foo Fighters are set to headline the opening night of a new Washington D.C. venue called the Atlantis, which is a replica of the 9:30 Club. The Foo Fighters will christen the new 450-person capacity venue for its first show on May 30. The Walkmen are set to play The Atlantis the next day, with…

Dropkick Murphys have teamed up Violent Femmes for “Gotta Get To Peekskill,” a new single from their forthcoming album, Okemah Rising. Okemah Rising will drop on May 12 via the band’s Dummy Luck Music/[PIAS]. Okemah Rising is the second in Dropkick Murphys’ series of albums interpreting the works of late folk legend Woody Guthrie. “We…

Apple TV+ has announced that new episodes of the Emmy Award-winning hit “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” will premiere globally on June 23. This season, the stars – sharing a car, singing along to their personal playlists and embarking on new adventures – will include Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Avril Lavigne, Cedric the Entertainer, Lea…

Denying all allegations of sexual misconduct, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler has filed his response in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Julia Misley in December last year. In her lawsuit, Julia accused the singer of sexual assault and battery dating back to the 1970’s when she was a minor. She…

Puscifer recently released a new version of “Apocalyptical” as re-imagined by Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The new version of the track appears on Existential Reckoning: Rewired, a reworking of their 2021 album by “friends and members of the larger Pusciforce family,” which dropped last Friday. The “Apocalyptical” remix flips the…

Boygenius recently released their short film, The Film, directed by Kristen Stewart, alongside their debut studio album, The Record. The short film, which runs just over 14 minutes, features the supergroup’s first three singles from The Record. The film begins with a triptych of each member late into the evening, with a fire crackling and…

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood are joining the lineup for the upcoming Jeff Beck tribute concerts. Previously announced artists who will perform at the Royal Albert Hall concerts in London on May 22 and 23 include Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, John McLaughlin, Joss Stone, Gary Clark Jr.,…

Operation Ivy’s Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels have formed a new band, Bad Optix, which also features drummer Joey Castillo (Circle Jerks, Queens of the Stone Age, the Bronx) and bassist Spencer Pollard (Trash Talk). They announced the new band along with the release of their debut single “Raid” via Hellcat Records. The new track…