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Deep Purple recently shared the first-ever official video for their classic song “Smoke On The Water.” The video was released as part of a campaign to celebrate the release of the Super Deluxe Edition of Machine Head, the album on which the track was originally featured. The animated clip recounts the story of the song’s…

Collective Soul have announced that marking their 30th anniversary, the band will release a double album, Here to Eternity, on May 17 through Fuzze-Flex Records. Here to Eternity will be available digitally, including in Dolby Atmos, as a single disc CD, and as a limited edition double-disc colored vinyl. The 20-song album was recorded at…

Garbage have announced plans to embark on a tour of the UK and Europe this summer. The alt-rock band, comprised of frontwoman Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig, will kick off the trek on June 26 in Milan, Italy. They will perform across Lausanne, Tilburg, Luxembourg, Wiesbaden, Berlin, Cologne, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid,…

Legendary rock band The Black Crowes recently released a music video for “Wanting and Waiting,” the lead single from their upcoming album Happiness Bastards. Marking their first music video in 16 years, “Wanting and Waiting” was directed by Christopher Acosta. Happiness Bastards is set for release on March 15 via the band’s own Silver Arrow…

The Pixies have announced that their longtime bassist Paz Lenchantin has left the band to focus on her own projects. Lenchantin, who joined the Pixies in 2014, replacing bassist Kim Shattuck, worked on three Pixies albums, namely Head Carrier (2016), Beneath the Eyrie (2019), Doggerel (2022). “Lenchantin has exited the band to concentrate on her…

Grammy award-winning rock band Cage The Elephant have announced their forthcoming sixth studio album, Neon Pill, due out May 17 via RCA Records. The band also announced a 45-date North American summer tour. “To me, Neon Pill is the first record where we were consistently uninfluenced, and I mean that in a positive way,” lead…

Linkin Park’s “Friendly Fire” debuted atop Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart dated March 9. According to Luminate, the song logged 7.9 million radio audience impressions in the tracking week February 23-29. Linkin Park now have three of the five No. 1 debuts on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart since its inception in 2009.…

Keith Richards released a cover of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man,” in commemoration of Reed’s 82nd birthday on March 2. The track is part of an upcoming album, The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed. Vinyl and CD versions of the LP will be available on…

Guy Fieri’s inaugural two-day Flavortown Festival, which was scheduled to to take place on June 1 & 2 in Columbus, Ohi0, has been cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances.” Rockers Greta Van Fleet and country star Kane Brown had been named the headliners by the festival organizers. Bret Michaels, LOCASH, Niko Moon, and several other acts…

Sum 41 have earned their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart in over 20 years, with “Landmines” climbing to the top spot on the tally dated March 9. The Deryck Whibley-fronted band last made it to the top in August 2001 through “Fat lip.” The break of 22 years, five months and three…