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A biopic on Ronald Regan starring Dennis Quaid in the title role is set to hit theaters on August 30. So far, the star-studded soundtrack has garnered as many headlines as the film itself, with Bob Dylan, Gene Simmons, and Clint Black all recording new cover songs that are featured in the movie. Dylan recorded…

While Dave Grohl was promoting his 2021 book The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, he told a memorable story to The New Yorker of encountering an Irish hitchhiker wearing a Nirvana t-shirt who inspired him to start making new music again following Kurt Cobain’s suicide. That Irish hitchhiker has now come forward to share…

According to a current auction on the Charity Buzz webpage, one lucky fan can win a dinner date with Metallica’s James Hetfield. As part of the Adaptive Sports Foundation’s fundraising auction, Hetfield will take part in a special dining experience with the highest bidder on the culinary rock and roll combo auction. The highest bid…

Brent Clifford, the son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford, was arrested in Portola, California on Wednesday, August 14th. The arrest is tied to a homicide in Nevada along with a missing person case in California. A warrant for Clifford’s arrest was sent out by the Reno Police Department regarding the shooting death of…

Coldplay’s ongoing Music of the Spheres World Tour is now the biggest rock tour of all time. Based on figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the Music of the Spheres World Tour has grossed $945.7 million, while selling a total of 8.8 million tickets since Coldplay first started their run of shows back in March of…

In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Dr. Dre revealed new information about his long-rumored forthcoming album with Snoop Dogg, Missionary, including accidentally sharing that it includes a collaboration with rock legend Sting. When Dre was asked how many of the album’s new tracks that he raps on, the Compton hip-hop legend disclosed more about…

Willie Nelson is releasing his 153rd album, Last Leaf on the Tree, on November 1 via Legacy Recordings. The new collection features the country legend reinterpreting songs by Tom Waits, Keith Richards, Beck, the Flaming Lips, Neil Young, Nina Simone, and Warren Zevon, along with tunes written by Willie and his son, Micah Nelson, who…

On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair started on a remote farm in Bethel, New York. The three-day music festival would feature over 150 musicians and go on to forever alter the landscape of music and culture. On the 55th anniversary of the first day of Woodstock, Ultimate Classic Rock assembled the…

Alice In Chains are marking the 15th anniversary of their 2009 comeback album, Black Gives Way to Blue, with a vinyl reissue of their long-out-of-print album. The 2-LP repressing of Black Gives Way to Blue is set to arrive on September 27th via Craft Recordings, pressed in a series of four different vinyl options. There…

Over the course of a week in 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono took over as temporary hosts of the daytime talk show, The Mike Douglas Show. A new documentary called Daytime Revolution captures when two of the best known artists in the world became TV hosts. The guests were personally chosen by John and…