Classic Rock News 5/8

Gene Simmons says the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in December has already been dismissed.


Bob Dylan is a full partner in a line of whiskeys and you can pre-order now for shipment beginning May 21st.


Showcasing many of the screams, shouts and yells in David Lee Roth’s bag of vocal tricks, here is X-Ray Simon’s unique tribute to DLR.


733,000 vinyl albums were sold during the week ending April 26th, a record for Record Store Day week.


They aren’t going totally out of business, but the Gibson Guitar company has filed for bankruptcy protection.


Bruce Springsteen will get a special Tony Award on June 10th.


In addition to doing some Pretenders shows, Chrissie Hynde posts a lengthy list of things she is up to on Facebook.


In another episode of “Ask Keith” – Keith Richards is asked on his website to reveal the formula behind The Rolling Stones.


One of the great rockstar/supermodel marriages is over after 28 years.  The Cars’ Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova have split up.


Queen + Adam Lambert will do a 10-show residency at the MGM in Las Vegas in September.


Phil Collins brings his Not Dead Yet Live tour to the U.S. in October, including a Twin Cities date on October 21st.


Lynyrd Skynyrd kicked off their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour in West Palm Beach on Friday.


Guns N’ Roses has left the controversial track “One in a Million” off the expanded ‘Appetite for Destruction’ reissue that contains the rest of ‘G N’ R Lies’.


Metallica ‘s Kirk Hammett and  Robert Trujillo covered ‘The Final Countdown‘ by Sweden’s Europe during the band’s show Saturday in Stockholm.


George Harrison’s first electric guitar is going up for auction.  Here’s how you can grab it.

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Vampire Weekend Announce A New Batch Of 2025 US Tour Dates

Vampire Weekend has just announced a new series of 2025 US tour dates for late May to early June 2025, following their festival performances at Just Like Heaven and Boston Calling. The 11-date tour kicks off with a show in Burlington, Vermont on May 27, and from there the band will hit Portland, Maine, a…

Father John Misty Announces Summer 2025 North American Tour Dates

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Father John Misty Announces Summer 2025 North American Tour Dates

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Red Hot Chili Peppers are reportedly seeking to sell their recorded music catalog for approximately $350 million. This new deal would be in addition to the $140 million they received from Hipgnosis Songs in 2021 for the publishing rights to their music. The band currently owns the rights to all 13 of their studio albums…

Mark Hoppus Announces Book Tour In Support Of His Forthcoming Memoir, ‘Fahrenheit-182’

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Mark Hoppus Announces Book Tour In Support Of His Forthcoming Memoir, ‘Fahrenheit-182’

On Wednesday (February 19), Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus announced his plans to embark on a book tour that he has dubbed, “An Evening With Mark Hoppus,” in support of his upcoming memoir, Fahrenheit-182. The book, which was co-authored with Dan Ozzi, is set to be released on April 9.  Hoppus’ seven-city tour begins in New York…