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The Doobie Brothers have extended their 50th-anniversary tour with more than 30 new U.S. shows that will run from June through October. You can see the full list of dates below. “We are thrilled to be back on the road in 2023 playing some cities we haven’t gotten to yet on this tour,” singer and guitarist

The live music industry has called on the government to embrace a “golden opportunity” to boost the sector in next month’s budget. The Spring Budget will be announced by chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Ahead of the financial forecast, figures from the live music sector have called on prime minister Rishi Sunak

The City of Frankfurt, Germany announced that a scheduled Roger Waters concert would be canceled. In their decision, the city council referred to the Pink Floyd rocker as “one of the world’s most well-known antisemites.” Waters was supposed to perform at the Festhalle concert hall in Frankfurt on May 28. The venue is not a

Sophie Lloyd has released her collaboration with Trivium frontman Matt Heafy, ‘Fall Of Man’ – check it out below. The track is the second single to be taken from Lloyd’s forthcoming debut album ‘Impostor Syndrome’, which is due for release later this year. A music video for the song will drop next week. “Working with

Jay Jay French said he didn’t know if his career with Twisted Sister had been worth the price he paid for it. The guitarist cited the examples of George Harrison and David Bowie to support his argument that lives in rock ’n’ roll seldom come with a fairytale ending. “You know when they tell little

Dylan has shared a brand new song called ‘Every Heart But Mine’, complete with a choir featuring Cat Burns, Rachel Chinouriri and more. The rising star, real name Natasha Woods, shared her recent mixtape ‘The Greatest Thing I’ll Never Learn’ last October via Island Records, and has returned with her first new music of 2023.

The relentless churn of famous figures who’ve hosted Saturday Night Live over the years has left the show with not a few regrets. Being a bad host is one thing, with SNL’s shark-like momentum simply shaking off a bummer of an episode and moving on. (Or, as in the cases of such universally reviled outings from

Pete Doherty performed a section of The Pogues‘ ‘Dirty Old Town’ in Ukrainian on The Last Leg last night (February 24) – see a snippet below. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with The Libertines The singer was appearing on the show, hosted by Adam Hills, on the one year

The breakthrough success of 1972’s School’s Out put the Alice Cooper band in an unusual position: in demand. In this exclusive excerpt from the book Alice Cooper @75, UCR contributor Gary Graff explains how the band found time to make fun of themselves, their newfound fame and the corporate bigwigs that were suddenly throwing large

Queen have released the sixth episode of their 50-week YouTube series Queen: The Greatest Live which celebrates their live performances of ‘Now I’m Here’. The song, taken from Queen’s 1974 album ‘Sheer Heart Attack’, is their most-played song live and has become their traditional set opener. Episode 6 of the YouTube series showcases four live

Foreigner’s current singer, Kelly Hansen, says he’s open to sharing the stage with the band’s former frontman, Lou Gramm. “The door is always open to all the original members, all the surviving members of the band to come and play with us,” Hansen explained when asked about Gramm during an appearance on The SDR Show.

John Lee Hooker wrote his biggest hit because he just couldn’t get to work on time. After scoring a residency at the Apex Bar in Detroit in the early 1940s, he developed a habit of showing up well after his first set was supposed to begin, and the bartender – a woman named either Willow

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Matt Nicholls has said the band are set to release new music “pretty soon.” READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon: “Headlining Reading & Leeds is amazing. It’s been a crazy journey” The drummer confirmed in a new interview, that BMTH wrote and recorded “a bunch of stuff” during their tour of

Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan said there were two moments when he considered quitting the band before they started work on their new album Memento Mori. Due on March 24, the LP follows the death of co-founder Andy Fletcher in May 2022. In a new interview with The Guardian, Gahan said his first moment of doubt came after the pandemic

The Necks started in 1987 as an experiment conducted in private, not intended for public exposure. That changed as soon as the three musicians realised how well their collectively improvised music was working, and with Travel, their 19th studio album, they stay true to the process that has served them so effectively. Unchanging in its

Depeche Mode were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week – watch their majestic performances of ‘Ghosts Again’ and ‘Personal Jesus’ below. READ MORE: Depeche Mode tell us about emotional new album ‘Memento Mori’ and losing Andy Fletcher The performances come soon after the synth-pop duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore –

Tom Whitlock, the songwriter and lyricist whose credits include “Danger Zone” and “Take My Breath Away” from the movie Top Gun, has died at the age of 68. Whitlock’s death was confirmed by Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. An official cause of death was not released, though he had reportedly been battling Alzheimer’s disease in recent years. Born in

Rihanna will officially be heading to the Oscars next month. The singer, having recently performed this year’s NFL Super Bowl halftime show, will be performing her Original Song nominee ‘Lift Me Up’ on the Academy Awards stage. READ MORE: The biggest moments from Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show ‘Lift Me Up’ was performed and written

The Band was arguably one of the most important bands making music in 1971. Following the success of Music From Big Pink (1968) and The Band (1969), Bob Dylan‘s former backing band was seemingly everywhere. They even made the cover of Time magazine in 1970, becoming only the second rock group, after the Beatles, to grace the coveted spot. Even