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Lzzy Hale is set to replace Erik Gronwall for Skid Row's upcoming shows. The rock band and the Swedish singer announced in a joint statement that Gronwall will step down as the vocalist for Skid Row while he focuses on his health. Longtime friend and Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale will be taking over vocal duties for the upcoming four concerts. Gronwall has decided that the travel and rigors of the road is not conducive to his overall health and recovery from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and wants to focus on a lifestyle that is more amenable to his well-being, healing and family. It has also been revealed that to celebrate the last two years Gronwall has been with the band, Skid Row will be releasing a live album.

The Ivors Academy has revealed Bruce Springsteen as the latest songwriter to become an Academy Fellow, the highest honor the organization bestows. With this, the iconic U.S. musician will become the first-ever international songwriter that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship in its 80-year history. One of the most influential and important songwriters of all time, Springsteen's music has sound tracked the lives of millions across the globe. Often described as "the embodiment of rock & roll," Springsteen's recording career spans fifty years, beginning with 1973's Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ, and most recently in 2022 with Only the Strong Survive, his twenty-first studio album. He has sold more than 140 million records worldwide, with his countless accolades including 20 Grammys, an Oscar and a Tony Award, induction into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian award. Springsteen said he is proud to be the first international songwriter to be recognized by The Ivors Academy."In addition to recognizing my songwriting, the award stands as a tribute to the fans and friends who have supported me and my work for the last fifty years," he said. "This entire country has made me feel welcome every step of the way, and for this, I will always remain deeply appreciative."

The Ivors Academy said Springsteen's induction as its twenty-seventh Fellow recognizes his outstanding contribution to the craft of songwriting and acknowledges his impact on the U.K.'s cultural landscape.

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Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes recently released the official video for "Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)." The star-studded re-recording of Knopfler's 1983 solo single was released in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. For the nearly 10-minute new take of the Local Hero theme song, Knopfler joined forces with numerous rock icons, including Queen's Brian May, Bruce Springsteen, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. Guitar Heroes' take on "Going Home" also contains the last ever recording by the late Jeff Beck. The new version also features The Beatles' Ringo Starr on drums, Sting on bass and The Who frontman (and Teenage Cancer Trust patron) Roger Daltrey on harmonica.

The Pretty Reckless are set to provide support for AC/DC on their upcoming European tour. The news was announced earlier this week, when AC/DC shared a poster for their first European tour in eight years, which will feature the Taylor Momsen-fronted band as the only opener on all 24 dates. The tour is slated to kick off on May 17 at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The trek follows AC/DC's 2023 Power Trip performance and marks their first full-length tour since 2016. AC/DC released a new album, Power Up, in 2020. The album featured the reunion of the surviving members of the Back in Black lineup: Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams.

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Dierks Bentley recently shared a music video for his cover of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "American Girl." The video shows Bentley playing Petty's own Rickenbacker guitar, flown in from the rock icon's archives in California for the shoot. The Wes Edwards-directed music video was shot at the Clementine in Nashville, Tennessee, with Bentley teaming up with his band — which includes fellow singer-songwriter Charlie Worsham.

"Holding an instrument that carries so much musical history and significance was surreal, you could almost feel the stories resonate from it as I played it," Bentley said in a press release. "Tom Petty's lyrics and delivery were a huge part of what made his music so impactful."

Black Sabbath have revealed the details of a Tony Martin era box set Anno Domini 1989-1995. The box set focuses on Black Sabbath's time with Martin, the band's second-longest-serving singer. A new collection that brings four albums back into print after an extended absence, Anno Domini 1989-1995 will be available from Rhino on May 31 in 4-LP and 4-CD configurations. The set contains newly remastered versions of Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), and Cross Purposes (1994), plus a new version of Forbidden (1995) that the band's founder and guitarist Tony Iommi remixed specially for the collection.

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Milwaukee's Summerfest has revealed a star-studded lineup for this year's edition, including headliners Maroon 5, Lil Uzi Vert, and Keith Urban. The annual event takes place over three weekends with totally different lineups. Summerfest is scheduled for June 20 through 22, June 27 through 29, and July 4 through 6. Opening weekend will feature Kane Brown, Motley Crue, and a still-unannounced headliner. Other performers include Goo Goo Dolls, Black Pumas, Brittany Howard, Taking Back Sunday, En Vogue, Dawes, O.A.R., Three Dog Night, The War and Treaty, Jamila Woods, Umphrey's McGee, Chelsea Cutler, Seether, Buckcherry, Kameron Marlowe, and Nightly.

Urban will headline weekend two, alongside Tyler Childers and Illenium. Supporting performances include NeedToBreathe, Muna, Fletcher, Key Glock, Sleater-Kinney, S.G. Goodman, Adeem the Artist, REO Speedwagon, and several others.

Joni Mitchell's catalog has been restored to the Spotify streaming services, more than two years after the singer pulled her music from the platform. Mitchell had pulled her catalog from the streaming service in early 2022, in solidarity with Neil Young, citing concerns about the misinformation that was being spread about COVID-19 and the vaccine on Spotify's "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast. "I've decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue," Mitchell posted on her official website at the time.

Young recently returned his music to Spotify after the end of Rogan's exclusivity deal with the streaming service

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The Rainbow Bar & Grill announced via social media last week that the ashes of late Motorhead legend Lemmy Kilmister will be enshrined at the iconic hangout in West Hollywood on April 19th. A Facebook post by the Rainbow invites fans and attendees to "raise a very unique toast to Lemmy and Motorhead with the unveiling of brand new Motorhead Whiskey." "Please join us as we enshrine Lemmy's ashes at the Rainbow Bar & Grill. We also invite you to raise a very unique toast to Lemmy and Motorhead with the unveiling of brand new Motorhead Whiskey," reads the post. The Rainbow Bar & Grill was one the late musician's favorite haunts, where he used to play the video poker machine regularly.

Longtime Styx bassist Ricky Phillips has announced that he is leaving the band after being a part of it for more than 20 years. "Dear Friends, after touring for 50 years with The Babys, Bad English, opening for Tina Turner (on the Private Dancer tour with John Parr), Belinda Carlisle's first solo tour, rehearsing in Tahoe and recording at Little Mountain in Canada with Jimmy Page and David Coverdale and writing, touring, and co-producing 10/10 with Ronnie Montrose, to name a chosen few... I'm taking a breather," Phillips said in a statement, Phillips made it clear that he is not retiring but just "taking a break from the road." He said he has a commitment to co-produce a project in a studio close to his home. "I've known since I was a kid that live performance is in my blood so, in time I will post any future engagements or commitments," he said. "But for right now, Melissa and I will share coffee talk and meals from home...with our critters close by." Styx released a statement bidding Phillips farewell. "It was a joy to spend two decades with Ricky Phillips in Styx and we wish him all the best in his next adventure," the band said via social media. "He'll always be a part of the Styx family and we'll miss his presence on our stage and in our touring lives."

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Deep Purple have announced a 2024 European and U.K. tour, called the = 1 More Time Tour. The British rock band, comprised of frontman Ian Gillan, bassist Roger Glover, drummer Ian Paice, keyboard player Don Airey, and guitarist Simon McBride, will perform in October and November. Jefferson Starship will be special guests on the Europe dates and Reef will be special guests for the U.K. shows.One of the best-selling hard rock bands, Deep Purple have been touring the globe consistently since their formation in 1968.

As a result of brisk ticket sales and numerous sellouts, Kansas are adding a third and final leg to their 50th Anniversary Tour. The Another Fork in The Road Tour celebrates 50 years of the progressive rock band's illustrious music history with concerts featuring two full hours of memorable hits, fan favorites and deep cuts rarely performed live. The tour has been hallmarked by energetic and spellbinding performances at some of the foremost theaters and performing arts centers across the United States and into Canada.Most newly announced concert dates go on sale on March 22 at 10 AM local venue time. Previously announced concert dates and Kansas VIP Packages are on sale now and selling fast. Ticket information can be found at kansasband.com/tour-dates/ "This tour has already been incredibly special for the band. The 50th Anniversary Tour started in 2023 which commemorates KANSAS's first year as a band. It is continuing in 2024 which commemorates the release of the first KANSAS album," says Kansas guitarist and original member Richard Williams. "There are so many places in the U.S. where we haven't been able to play yet, Topeka and Wichita just to name two, we knew we would have to add a third and final leg to the tour."

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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder said in a recent interview with Mojo that he sees similarities between Taylor Swift's fans and the punk rock crowds of his youth. Vedder, who said he made it to a Swift concert after one of his daughters convinced him to attend, added that he was immediately impressed by the communal atmosphere surrounding the show. "The run-up to it, making friendship bracelets with her and the generosity of these young girls and boys, trading these bracelets with different messages on them - lyrics, song titles, just acts of goodwill on these little bracelets," Vedder explained in the interview. "They had found their tribe; they were all agreeing on something."

Jeff Lynne's ELO is set to embark on the band's final tour, dubbed The Over and Out Tour. The 27-date North American trek, produced by Live Nation, will kick off in Palm Desert, California, on August 24 and travel across North America to cities such as New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Seattle before concluding in Inglewood, California, on October 26. Artist presale will begin on March 20 at 10 am local time and general tickets will be available to the public on March 22 at 10 am local time. Exclusive VIP experiences will be available on March 20 at 10 am local. Visit www.livenation.com for details. Lynne's North American tour in 2019 delighted massive crowds and drew widespread critical acclaim. Known as one of the most iconic forces in music history, in recent years, Jeff Lynne's ELO has delivered a critically acclaimed and chart-topping album along with a sold out run of U.K. and European shows. Closest to home show will be August 27 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

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Stone Temple Pilots and Live have announced a co-headlining tour for this summer and fall. The 19-city run will kick off on August 16th in Concord, California, and make stops in Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago, and more before wrapping up on September 15th in Indianapolis, Indiana. Special guests Our Lady Peace will appear on the first two dates, while Soul Asylum will feature for the remainder of the tour. General on-sale begins Friday, March 22nd at 10 am local. The two bands are joining forces to celebrate the 30th anniversaries of their two albums, Live's Throwing Copper and Stone Temple Pilots' Purple.

Pink Floyd have announced they will release a Dolby Atmos mix of their tenth studio album, Animals, on Blu-ray and digital formats through Warner Music on May 17. The band said the Animals 2018 Remix - Dolby Atmos, will feature the 2018 remix by their longtime producer James Guthrie as well as High-Resolution stereo and 5.1 mixes alongside the 1977 original stereo mix, and digitally. The upcoming remix will feature new artwork in the digipack format with a 16-page booklet, a sticker and a postcard. The album's iconic cover of a floating pig between two chimneys of the Battersea Power Station, conceived by Roger Waters and designed by Storm Thorgerson, has been reimagined for the new release. The new take, created by Aubrey "Po" Powell and Peter Curzon, still features the pig and the power station but has been modernized with various light projections. According to a press release, with the new mix, "Listeners will feel like they are inside the song as music moves around and above them." The Animals record looked at the social-political conditions of mid-1970s Britain via George Orwell's classic "Animal Farm" that depicted different classes of people as animals. The album, which was recorded at the band's Britannia Row Studios in London, peaked at No. 2 in the U.K. and No. 3 in the U.S.

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Mark Knopfler recently shared a new charity single, "Going Home," featuring a plethora of legendary guitarists. The single is a re-recorded version of Knopfler's debut solo single "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero," the closing track from the 1983 film Local Hero soundtrack. A supergroup referred to as "Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes" recorded "Going Home" to support the British charity Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. "Going Home" was Jeff Beck's final recording before his death. Sir Peter Blake created the single's artwork. The sessions were recorded at British Grove Studios. Produced by former Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher, more than 60 musicians, mostly guitar players, participated in the nine minute recording.

Due to demand, Sting has announced several additional shows on the Sting 3.0 tour in Toronto, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington and Miami. Sting.com club presales for the shows are underway now, with tickets going on general sale on Friday at 10 am. The Sting 3.0 Tour kicks off at the Fillmore in Detroit on September 17, followed by a special series of shows scheduled across North America. With virtuoso guitarist and longtime collaborator Dominic Miller and dynamic drummer Chris Maas, Sting will perform hits from his timeless discography for multiple-night stints in some of the most legendary theaters across North America.

The Sting 3.0 Tour will showcase selections from his vast catalog.

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