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Rise Against and Rancid are among the acts named to headline the inaugural 1234Fest, scheduled to take place on September 9 and September 23 in Denver and Philadelphia, respectively. Jawbreaker and Descendents are the other headliners at the festival, which will also feature performances from Joyce Manor, Pussy Riot and Dilinger Four. The festival, which…

A film featuring Gary Rossington’s final concert with Lynyrd Skynyrd will premiere on July 8. The 50th anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd will be screened in movie theaters across the United States for a week. The November 22, 2022, show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium was Rossington’s last performance with the classic southern rock band before his…

311 have announced that they will release an expanded and remastered version of the rock band’s debut album, Music. The 30th anniversary edition of the album is scheduled for release on September 29. Ten days ahead of that, 311 will embark on their fall tour, featuring special guests AWOLNATION and Blame My Youth. The expanded…

Rock legends Aerosmith recently announced their new collection, Greatest Hits, will arrive on August 18th via UMe/Capitol. The collection features 44 select tracks in the deluxe editions with packaging curated by Aerosmith. The set will be available in numerous different formats, including standard CD and LP editions, as well as 3CD expanded editions, and in…

British indie rock supergroup The Smile recently released their latest single, “Bending Hectic.” The song marks The Smile’s – the supergroup comprised of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood along with Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner – first new music of 2023. The song was recorded in London earlier this year with the London Contemporary…

Billy Idol has announced an expanded edition of his self-titled 1982 debut solo album. Complete with a previously-unreleased live concert from the same year, the expanded version on 2CDs will be released on July 28. The 2CD package features an unreleased 1982 concert from the Roxy in West Hollywood and an epic unreleased 12+ minute…

During a conversation with Adrianna Costa on the “Not So Hollywood” podcast, Gavin Rossdale opened up about how he and his ex-wife Gwen Stefani chose to parent their kids in their own ways. Rossdale and Stefani, who have three sons – Kingston, Zuma and Apollo – together, have different approaches to raising the kids, the…

The Pretenders have teamed up with Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood for their new song, “I Think About You Daily,” the second single from their upcoming album, Relentless. “Things that got away,” Chrissie Hydne sings. “I treated you real bad/ Now each morning when I wake up/ It’s you that’s on my mind.” In a statement, Hynde…

Imagine Dragons’ video for “Thunder” has notched over 2 billion views on YouTube. “Thunder” is the band’s second track to reach the 2 billion views club after “Believer.” “Thunder” was released on April 27, 2017, as the second single from Imagine Dragons’ third studio album, Evolve (2017). The song was written by band members Dan…

Queens of the Stone Age recently released a new single, “Paper Machete,” from In Times New Roman…, their first album in six years. “Paper Machete” arrived a couple of days after the band’s frontman Joshua Homme revealed in an interview with Revolver’s Steve Appleford that he was diagnosed with cancer last year and underwent successful…