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Lou Reed Pulls Out of Coachella Fest, Cancels Other West Coast Dates

03/26/2013 at 3:00 pm

Photo: Timothy Greenfield-SandersLou Reed has pulled the plug on his two scheduled performances at next month's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, as well as the three other California concerts he lined up between his appearances at the fest.  According to Goldenvoice, promoters of Coachella, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's shows "have been canceled due to unavoidable complications." read more ≫


Alice Cooper Performing with Doors, Kiss Members at South Dakota Benefit Event This Week

03/26/2013 at 9:00 am

Photo: Ross HalfinAlice Cooper will be joined by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and several other rock stars at a benefit concert this Thursday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  The show is one of a series of sold-out events that will be held this week to celebrate the grand opening of the Brennan Rock & Roll Academy, a facility that offers music-education programs to youngsters in the Sioux Falls area, with a focus on instruments used  read more ≫


John Fogerty Says He's Still Looking for a Co-Writer for His Forthcoming Memoir

03/26/2013 at 6:00 am

Photo: Nela KoenigWhile John Fogerty's long-awaited collaborative album, Wrote a Song for Everyone, is finished and set to be released on May 28, the renowned rocker reports that he still has a lot of work to do on another previously announced project.  Late last year, the ex-Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman revealed that he'd signed a deal with Little, Brown and Company to write an autobiography that's slated to be published in 2014, but he tells  read more ≫


Graham Nash Says He Hopes Stephen Stills' New Box Set Will Help People "Understand Who He Is"

03/26/2013 at 3:00 am

Rhino RecordsStephen Stills' expansive new box set, Carry On, arrives in stores today, offering fans an in-depth look at the folk-rock great's half-century music career.  The creation of the retrospective was painstakingly overseen by Stills' longtime band mate Graham Nash, who during the last several years also spearheaded similar compilations for himself and fellow Crosby, Stills & Nash member David Crosby -- 2009's Reflections and 2006's Voyage, respectively. read more ≫


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