Bob Dylan is not finished with his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced a new European and U.K. leg of the trek, kicking off with a three-night stand in Prague, Oct. 4-6.
The tour will hit cities in Germany, France, Belgium, the U.K. and more before wrapping with a three-night stand at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall Nov. 12-14.
Tickets for all shows go on sale July 19.
Dylan launched his Rough & Rowdy Ways tour in November 2021. He’s currently on Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival, which hits Chula Vista, California, on July 29. A complete list of dates can be found at bobdylan.com.
The Black Crowes are spending some more time on the road.
The band is already set to open for Aerosmith on their upcoming Peace Out tour, but now The Crowes have announced a new set of dates for what they’re calling the Happiness Bastards Tour (The Reprise).
The new 22-date trek is set to kick off Sept. 28 in Cleveland and wrap Feb. 28 in Uncasville, Connecticut. It will run alongside the Aerosmith tour, which kicks off Sept. 20 in Pittsburgh, with The Black Crowes’ first date on the trek being Sept. 23 in Philadelphia.
Tickets for new dates go on sale July 19 at 10 a.m. A complete schedule can be found at theblackcrowes.com.
The Black Crowes are touring in support of their recent album, Happiness Bastards, which was their first album of new material in 15 years.
Sting has added a new festival to his 2024 schedule.
The rocker is set to headline Bourbon & Beyond, happening at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Sept. 19-22.
Sting, who’ll headline Sept. 19, is replacing original headliner Neil Young, who in June canceled the remainder of his tour due to health reasons. Sting will be taking the stage with guitarist and longtime collaborator Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas.
“While we will miss Neil Young at Bourbon this year, we’re excited to welcome a music legend, Sting, to the Bourbon & Beyond lineup,” Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents, shares. “We’ve been trying to bring Sting to Bourbon for you since 2018 and it’s an incredible honor to have him join us for what will undoubtedly be our biggest and most unforgettable year ever.”
In addition to Sting, the Bourbon & Beyond lineup includes Beck, Dave Matthews Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, My Morning Jacket, Matchbox Twenty, The Beach Boys and MelissaEtheridge. A complete lineup can be found at bourbonandbeyond.com.
Sting is set to kick off the U.S. leg of his Sting 3.0 tour on Sept. 17 in Detroit, with the tour wrapping with a four-night stand in Los Angeles, Nov. 12, Nov. 13, Nov. 15 and Nov. 16. A complete list of dates can be found at sting.com.
Sammy Hagar kicked off his The Best of All Worlds tour in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, and as promised treated fans to a set filled with Van Halen classics.
According to setlist.fm, Sammy opened the show with 5150’s “Good Enough,” followed by the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge track “Poundcake.”
The set also included plenty of other songs from the Sammy era of Van Halen, including “Judgement Day,” “5150,” “Summer Nights,” “Top of the World,” “The Seventh Seal,” “Right Now,” “Why Can’t This Be Love” and “When It’s Love.”
But Sammy and his band – Van Halenbassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Jason Bonham and keyboardist Rai Thistlethwayte –also played at least two Van Halen tracks from the David Lee Roth era. First, they tackled the 1984 classic “Panama,” then later performed “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love,” with Anthony handling the vocals on the latter. They also performed a little bit of the #1 hit “Jump” as part of a medley.
But it wasn’t all Van Halen all the time. Sammy also played some of his solo tracks, including “There’s Only One Way to Rock,” “Heavy Metal,” “Mas Tequila” and his classic “I Can’t Drive 55.”
Sammy Hagar’s The Best of All Worlds tour next hits the Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Georgia, on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at redrocker.com.
Elton John topped the Billboard 200 Album chart with his fifth studio album, Honky Château.
The album, named after Château d’Hérouville, the 18th century French chateau where it was recorded, was Elton’s first #1 album, spending five weeks on top the chart.
Honky Château featured future Elton classics “Rocket Man” and “Honky Cat,” which were both top 10 hits.
The album was the first of seven consecutive #1 albums from Elton, his last being Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy in 1975.
The Eagles will be spending the beginning of the new year in Las Vegas.
The rockers just announced four more shows for their residency, Eagles Live In Concert at Sphere: Jan. 17, Jan. 18, Jan. 24 and Jan. 25.
A ticket presale begins July 23 at 10 a.m. PT, with tickets going on sale to the general public starting July 26 at 9 a.m. PT.
Eagles Live In Concert at Sphere is set to kick off Sept. 20, with the band now set to play Friday and Saturday nights through January. A complete schedule can be found at eagles.com.
Eagles will be the fourth band to take up residency at Sphere. U2 opened the venue back in September, with Phish and Dead & Company also playing residencies there.
For the first time ever, Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson has met the band’s former singer, Paul Di’Anno.
The two were introduced in person on Saturday while they were both in Croatia, where Di’Anno has been living. Dickinson stopped in the country while on tour supporting his new solo album, The Mandrake Project.
“This was an exceptional opportunity for the two icons of heavy metal music and the legendary singers of the band Iron Maiden to meet for the first time after almost half a century,” says Di’Anno’s manager, Stjepan Juras. “This is an exceptional night for the entire Iron Maiden community and for metal fans around the world, because it shows that Iron Maiden and everyone who was in that band, is one big family.”
Video of the encounter was posted by Di’Anno’s record label, Bravewords Records.
Di’Anno sang in Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981 and was replaced by Dickinson.
Foreigner’s Lou Gramm is about to become a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, but before he gets the honor, he’ll impart some rock ‘n’ roll wisdom to campers at the next edition of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, taking place in New York City.
Gramm tells ABC Audio that he enjoys getting to interact with the participants, sharing, “I recognize the same obsession that I had when I was their age, and I gravitate towards that right away.”
While some campers are there to learn more about music, others are just there to have fun, but Gramm says they are all usually “very intelligent and they ask great questions.”
“It’s a real positive experience,” he says.
Part of that camp experience is that participants get to perform with the musician counselors, and Gramm says it’s fun to play songs like “Urgent” and “Juke Box Hero” with them.
“I get the impression that the young rockers really want to cut loose,” he says, “and those songs are perfect for that.”
Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp’s Rock The Apple is happening July 18-21. In addition to Gramm, counselors include Bad Company’s Simon Kirke, and Cheap Trick’s Rick and Daxx Nielsen. More info can be found at rockcamp.com.
Gramm and the members of Foreigner are set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Oct. 19 at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. The ceremony will stream live on Disney+, followed by a special airing on ABC at a later date.
Sammy Hagar kicks off his The Best of All Worlds tour on Saturday in West Palm Beach, Florida, and now the rocker is giving his fans a chance to own a guitar used during rehearsals for the trek.
Sammy just announced a new giveaway, with a grand prize of an electric guitar from bandmate Joe Satriani’s personal collection.The turquoise guitar, which was played by both Joe and Sammy during the band’s first tour rehearsals, is signed by all members of the band: Sammy, Joe, bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and keyboardist Rai Thistlethwayte.
To enter, fans simply have to follow Sammy or his Beach Bar Rum on Instagram, tag three concert buddies, and like and share the sweepstakes post. The contest runs from July 12 to July 19 at 12 p.m. PT, and a random winner will be selected and notified on July 20.
And speaking of Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum, that and his other alcohol options, including his canned cocktails, Red Rocker Lager and Santo Spirits tequila, will be available at concession stands at the first two stops on the tour, July 13 at iThink Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach and July 14 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa.
A complete list of Sammy’s dates can be found at redrocker.com.
Harry Styles and Stevie Nicks in 2019; Nicholas Hunt/WireImage
Stevie Nicks performed at the BST Hyde Park summer festival in London on July 12, and her old pal Harry Styles showed up to sing a few songs with her.
Stevie and Harry have been friends for years; he inducted her into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist and has performed with her onstage several times. On Friday he joined Stevie to sing the late Tom Petty‘s part on the duet “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” then stuck around to help Stevie perform her Fleetwood Mac favorite, “Landslide.” You can watch fan-shot clips of the performances on social media.
Stevie’s set concluded with a version of her late bandmate Christine McVie‘s hit “Got a Hold on Me.” McVie, who died in 2022, was born on July 12.
Harry’s last actual concert was his tour-ending show in Italy in July 2023.
