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Eric Clapton has announced a brief run of U.S concert dates for later this year with Jimmie Vaughan. The guitarists will start in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 8, then head to Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh, before wrapping up things with a pair of shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sept. 18 and 19. The list …

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Once upon a time, Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten sang “God Save the Queen,” a song viewed as a rant against England’s monarchy which was timed for release in 1977 in the events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee celebration. But during a recent chat with Piers Morgan for Piers Morgan Uncensored on U.K.’s Talk TV, Rotten …

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Vivienne Westwood has discussed how she thinks Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon was a “sensation”, but “didn’t have any more ideas” when the band split. Westwood was speaking to NME around the release of Wake Up Punk, a new documentary directed by Nigel Askew and heavily featuring the punk legend. Asked by NME about why …

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Arcade Fire torches the U.K. chart with WE (Columbia), which gives the Canadian act its fourth leader. The alternative rock outfit debuts at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, matching the efforts of 2010’s The Suburbs, 2013’s Reflektor and 2017’s Everything Now. Meanwhile, Norwegian pop singer Sigrid snags a new career high with …

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James Hetfield got emotional during Metallica’s recent performance in Brazil, thanking his bandmates for helping to lift him up during a bout of insecurity. “I’ve gotta tell you I wasn’t feeling very good before I came out here,” the frontman admitted to more than 60,000 fans assembled at the Estádio do Mineirão on May 12. …

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Late last year, Mark Lanegan issued what would be his final recording, a collaborative effort titled Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe, reflective of the billing of his pairing with Joe Cardamone. Now a new video has surfaced for one of the songs off that album, “Hiraeth,” which consists of the final video footage shot with …

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