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Queens of the Stone Age have announced the final dates of their 2024 North American “The End Is Nero Tour.” The newly added headline dates include stops in Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Madison, Wisconsin. The band, which will be supported by The Kills on the newly added dates, will also appear at the Soundside Festival…

Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. The track was the band’s first No. 1 hit when it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1986. The song, which was the first single from the band’s 1986 album, Slippery When Wet, was penned by Jon Bon Jovi,…

Blur are set to release a new live album, Live At Wembley Stadium, which captures the band’s celebrated comeback shows at the iconic Wembley Stadium last year. Live At Wembley Stadium is set for release on July 26th via Parlophone. It will feature the British pop icon’s full performance at the stadium last July 8…

Pixies recently released two brand-new singles “You’re So Impatient” and “Que Sera, Sera.” The release marks the band’s first new music since 2022’s Doggerel. A press release says the new songs see Pixies create “a macabre and cinematic picture of American pop culture.” The release describes “You’re So Impatient” as “an explosive two-minute, nine-second Zombie…

AWOLNATION have announced they will release their fifth studio album, The Phantom Five, on August 30th. The Phantom Five, which includes ten songs in all, features appearances from Dead Sara singer Emily Armstrong and Del the Funky Homosapian. The record is concerned with trying to find one’s way to happiness in a bizarrely upside-down time…

Following the success of their single “Portable Door,” Deep Purple have released “Pictures Of You,” the second song from their upcoming album =1. “Pictures Of You” is now available for streaming and as instant gratification track with all digital download pre-orders for =1. Additionally, the single is offered as part of a four-track bundle which…

Eli Young Band recently released a cover of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ superhit song, “Learning To Fly.” The cover version is set to feature on the Tom Petty tribute album, Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, due out on June 21 via Big Machine Records. “Tom Petty’s influence on Eli Young…

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has announced the U.S. leg of his “Lighthouse Tour ’24.” The trek kicks off on November 4 in Boston and concludes on November 20 in McKagan’s hometown of Seattle. Tickets go on sale to the general public on June 7 at 10 a.m. local time. McKagan will be supporting…

Taylor Momsen was bitten by a bat while opening for AC/DC at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville last week. The Pretty Reckless frontwoman was performing the 2021 track “Witches Burn” when a bat flew into her thigh and bit her. Momsen said she initially didn’t notice the mammal biting her, adding that she took an…

Grand Royal, Capitol Records, and UMe have announced a 30th anniversary reissue of the Beastie Boys’ classic album Ill Communication is set to be released on July 26. The 3LP deluxe edition includes a rare version of the album initially unveiled as a limited run in 2009, a 30th anniversary vinyl edition featuring lenticular cover…