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Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Avenged Sevenfold Headed to Jacksonville’s Welcome To Rockville

Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Avenged Sevenfold Headed to Jacksonville’s Welcome To Rockville

Posted March 29, 2018 at 11:24 am | No comments

Rock fans looking to take a trip out to the Sunshine State would be pressed to find a more fitting experience than the 8th Annual Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville festival. This year’s three day outdoor music event, set for April 27-29, 2018, is well primed with a lineup of monolithic metal proportions, featuring scheduled performances from such respected axe slingers as Zakk Wylde, Steve Stevens, Synster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Dave Grohl and Michael Paget.

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Joe Bonamassa Announces British Blues Explosion Live!

Joe Bonamassa Announces British Blues Explosion Live!

Posted March 7, 2018 at 7:24 pm | No comments

Joe Bonamassa, the two-time Grammy-nominated blues rock guitar icon, who will kick-off his U.K. and European tour March 9th, has announced the release of British Blues Explosion Live

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Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple “Live” 2018 Tour

Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple “Live” 2018 Tour

Posted February 18, 2018 at 2:06 pm | No comments

Glenn Hughes, the former bassist and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the ‘Voice of Rock’, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the current front man for rock super group Black Country Communion, is pleased to announce that he will be performing Deep Purple only material with his “Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple Live” nationwide U.K. tour in October 2018.

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Styx, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Co-Headline US Summer Tour 2018

Styx, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Co-Headline US Summer Tour 2018

Posted February 14, 2018 at 8:15 pm | No comments

Legendary rockers Styx and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are teaming up with Tesla for a summer U.S. tour that kicks off May 30 in Irvine, CA at the FivePoint Amphitheatre. Styx and Tesla will be offering VIP packages via their own exclusive pre-sales beginning Wednesday, February 14 at 10 a.m. local time at StyxWorld.com and Teslatheband.com. Fans can explore VIP packages available at the time of ticket purchase and at VIPNation.com.

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Neil Young Announces Album Performance Series: Bluenote Café

Neil Young Announces Album Performance Series: Bluenote Café

Posted October 9, 2015 at 10:51 am | No comments

Neil Young has announced that the latest Performance Series release from the Neil Young Archives is Bluenote Café – which will be released on November 13th via Reprise Records. The album collects various performances captured during Neil’s 1988 tour.

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30th Anniversary of Senate Hearing Where Dee Snider Frank Zappa and John Denver Testified

30th Anniversary of Senate Hearing Where Dee Snider Frank Zappa and John Denver Testified

Posted September 15, 2015 at 6:29 pm | No comments

September 19, 1985 was a historic day for all of us who work in the music business. That was the day that three musicians Frank Zappa, John Denver and Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider, were called to testify at a Senate hearing instigated by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), who wanted to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing “offensive material.”

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5 Seconds of Summer Labor Day Weekend Bash in Camden, NJ

5 Seconds of Summer Labor Day Weekend Bash in Camden, NJ

Posted September 14, 2015 at 8:15 am | No comments

5 Seconds of Summer, or as diehard fans call them, 5SOS, blew the lid off of Camden, New Jersey’s Susquehanna Bank Center on Labor Day Friday. There was no better way to kick-off the holiday weekend than with a blockbuster party hosted by 5SOS!

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Neil Young Ponomusic Company to Offer Free Upgrades – The Pono Promise

Neil Young Ponomusic Company to Offer Free Upgrades – The Pono Promise

Posted August 20, 2015 at 5:25 pm | No comments

PonoMusic, the High-Resolution music company founded by Neil Young, presents a revolutionary breakthrough to music sales.

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The Yardbirds 2015 Tour Kicks into High Gear

The Yardbirds 2015 Tour Kicks into High Gear

Posted August 13, 2015 at 6:06 am | No comments

Kicking off on Friday, October 30 in Norfolk, CT, The Yardbirds – founding member and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jim McCarty, renowned guitarist Johnny A (Peter Wolf, Bobby Whitlock), bassist Kenny Aaronson (Bob Dylan, Billy Idol), singer/blues harpist/percussionist Myke Scavone (Ram Jam & Doughboys), and guitarist/singer John Idan – will tour throughout October and November.

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GI Exclusive – Matthew Curry at Chicago House of Blues

GI Exclusive – Matthew Curry at Chicago House of Blues

Posted July 30, 2015 at 4:29 pm | No comments

Guitar International just received this exclusive video that Fender Guitars took of 20 year old guitar phenom Matthew Curry while he was featured at Chicago’s House of Blues as part of the “Fender Accelerator Tour.

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