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Aerosmith is finally ready to return to the road.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just announced the rescheduled dates for their Peace Out tour, which was put on hold last September after frontman Steven Tyler fractured his larynx.

The tour is set to resume on September 20 in Pittsburgh and wrap February 26 in Buffalo, New York. Just like the original plan, the new dates include a New Year’s Eve show in their hometown of Boston. Aerosmith has also added three new shows to the trek: the opening date in Pittsburgh as well as shows in Philadelphia and Orlando.

The Black Crowes will once again join Aerosmith as special guests on the tour, with the exception of the opening night, where Teddy Swims will open.

Tickets purchased for the original run will be honored for the rescheduled dates. Tickets for the new shows go on sale Friday, April 12, at 10 a.m. A complete list of dates can be found at aerosmith.com.

Aerosmith announced in May that the Peace Out tour would be their goodbye to the road. They launched the trek on September 2 in Philadelphia before halting the tour on September 29. At the time, Tyler said he was “heartbroken” by having to postpone and added, “I promise we will be back as soon as we can!”

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On This Day, April 10, 2014…

Peter Gabriel, KISS and Nirvana were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Gabriel had previously been inducted in 2010 as a member of Genesis and was now being inducted for his solo career, with Coldplay’s Chris Martin on hand to do the honors. Gabriel also performed at the ceremony, treating the crowd to “Digging in the Dirt,” “Wash on the Water” with Martin and “In Your Eyes” with Youssou N’Dour.

KISS was inducted by Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello. All four original members — Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley — attended, although they did not perform.

Nirvana’s induction was handled by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, with surviving members, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, and guitarist Pat Smear, performing four tracks with guest vocalists, including St. Vincent, Lorde, Sonic Youth‘s Kim Gordon and Joan Jett.

Other inductees that evening included Hall & Oates, Linda Ronstadt and Cat Stevens, as well as Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, who were inducted into the Musical Excellence category.

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Alice in Chains‘ Jerry Cantrell is seeking help in locating a missing guitar.

A post to Cantrell’s Facebook on Tuesday, April 9, reads, “Unfortunately over this past weekend we believe Jerry Cantrell’s original Blue Dress G&L guitar was stolen from his car in either [Los Angeles] or San Bernardino/Highland.”

The post also includes a picture of the guitar and its serial number. Those with information can email info@velvethammer.net.

“We’re offering a reward to anyone who can help us locate the guitar,” the post reads. “We sincerely appreciate your help.”

Cantrell’s previously said that the Blue Dress guitar, which he’s had since 1985, has “been on everything I’ve ever recorded, pretty much.”

The guitar is named after the pinup picture on the front. It also has a Soundgarden sticker on the back.

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The Rolling Stones are looking back at their first performance in China with a new video set to premiere on YouTube April 11 at 8 a.m. ET.

The band just shared a trailer for From London to Shanghai – The Rolling Stones’ Historic Concert to the Other Side of the World, which appears to document what it took to put on their April 2006 concert at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.  

The video will feature interviews with The Stones’ longtime production manager Dale “Opie” Skjerseth, as well as the godfather of Chinese rock, Cui Juan, who opened the show and joined the band for “Wild Horses.”

The trailer notes that ahead of the show the band was given a list of songs they couldn’t play, including “Brown Sugar” and “Honky Tonk Woman,” with Mick Jagger noting that “Beast of Burden” and “Let’s Spend The Night Together” were also on the list. They were, however, allowed to play “B****,” with the video showing a clip of the performance. 

The Stones’ first concert in China was part of their A Bigger Bang tour. They had originally planned to play China three years earlier, but those shows didn’t happen because of the SARS epidemic. They have since returned to China, playing the Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena in 2014. 

And speaking of The Rolling Stones on tour, the band will kick off the Hackney Diamonds tour on April 28 in Houston, Texas. A complete list of dates can be found at rollingstones.com.

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The company Super7 is paying tribute to Lemmy Kilmister with a new action figure modeled after the late Motörhead frontman.

Standing 7 inches tall, the figure recreates Lemmy’s look from Motörhead’s 1981 European tour, right down to his signature mutton chops. It comes with three interchangeable heads, each featuring a different expression, as well as accessories including a small plastic bass, microphone stand and whiskey bottle.

Preorders are open now via Super7.com.

Super7 has previously released action figures inspired by Ghost, Beastie Boys, Mötley Crüe and Ronnie James Dio.

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The Beatles fans who haven’t yet caught the Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show LOVE need to book a trip to Sin City quickly.

Cirque du Soleil just announced that the show is set to end its 18-year run at The Mirage on July 7, ahead of the hotel’s transformation into the new Hard Rock Las Vegas.

The Beatles LOVE opened in 2006, featuring a soundtrack produced and mixed by The Beatles’ original producer, George Martin, and his son Giles Martin. More than 11.5 million people have taken in the show, which combined the band’s music with aerial artistry, colorful visuals and high-energy choreography.

“It’s been an honor for all of us at Cirque du Soleil to collaborate with The Beatles and Apple Corps Ltd. on what can only be described as a masterpiece,” Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group CEO Stéphane Lefebvre shares. “We are grateful to the creators, cast, crew and all involved in bringing this show to life and we know The Beatles LOVE will live on long after the final bow.” 

Tickets for shows through June 29 are on sale now, with tickets for the final week of performances expected to go on sale in the coming weeks. More info about tickets can be found at cirquedusoleil.com/beatles-love.

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Elvis Costello and Nile Rodgers & Chic are among the artists set to play the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival, which is the 70th year of the festival.

This year’s event is going down August 2-4 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island.

Other artists confirmed for the festival include André 3000, Brittany Howard, Thievery Corporation and Meshell Ndegeocello.

Special three-day tickets go on sale Tuesday, April 9, at 1 p.m. ET for 24 hours only, with all other ticket types going on sale Wednesday, April 10, at 1 p.m. ET. Ticket information and a complete lineup can be found at newportjazz.org.

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When everyone wasn’t focused on making sure they didn’t burn their eyeballs out while watching the eclipse on April 8, some were focused on creating the perfect soundtrack for their viewing experience, and Spotify reports that several songs fitting the theme saw big streaming boosts.

Some of those songs include The Beatles‘ “Here Comes the Sun,” which got a 2,140% boost in streams above its usual average, while Van Morrison‘s “Moondance” rang up a 2,300% increase.

Meanwhile, Pink Floyd‘s “Eclipse” got a 1,155% boost, Soundgarden‘s “Black Hole Sun” was up 1,470%, Bruce Springsteen‘s “Blinded by the Light” was up 1,600% and Elton John‘s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” was up 635%.

Not surprisingly, one of the biggest boosts went to Bonnie Tyler‘s 1983 classic “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which saw a 635% streaming boost in the U.S. Streaming increases in cities in the path of totality — meaning where you could see the sun being completely covered — were massive. In Buffalo, New York, for example, the song experienced a streaming boost of 2,090% from the previous week, and in Cleveland, the boost was 2,250%.

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While U2 frontman Bono seems to have a good sense of humor, apparently it only goes so far, as comedian Seth Meyers found out when he made one too many jokes about the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which Bono and The Edge wrote the music and lyrics for.

In the new The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers Podcast, Meyers recounts getting called out by Bono for harping on the failed musical, which closed in 2014 after losing millions of dollars.

“This might already be lost to history, but in the early runs of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, a lot of Spider-Men were falling from the rafters and hurting themselves super bad,” Meyers recalled. “Living in New York City at the time, that was pretty much all that the New York Post was writing about.”

Meyers noted he was “completely enamored with the story” and wrote “way too many sketches” about it for Saturday Night Live, which Bono wasn’t too happy about.  

“I got an email from Bono — this is not a joke — inviting me to the premiere of ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,’” Meyers said. “He said something along the lines of, ‘You’ve had your fun. You’ve told your jokes. Now come see the real thing.’”

Meyers wound up going opening night and says he didn’t witness any injured actors.

“Everybody walked out as they entered,” he said. “I will say, half of the audience — and I’m not going to say which half I was in — I think was a little bummed out that nobody fell from the rafters.”

The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers Podcast has Meyers, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone reflecting on the popular SNL Digital Shorts put out by Lonely Island. A new episode airs every Monday.

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Deep Purple is getting ready to hit the road this summer on their = 1 More Time Tour celebrating 50 years of their classic tune “Smoke on the Water.”  

The tour, featuring special guest Yes, is set to kick off August 14 in Hollywood, Florida, and will hit such cities as Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Long Island, New York and more, before wrapping September 8 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. 

VIP packages and a fan presale are available now, with tickets going on sale to the general public starting Friday, April 12, at 10 a.m. local time. A complete list of dates can be found at deeppurple.com.

The tour news follows Deep Purple’s March release of the new Machine Head: Super Deluxe Edition, a three-CD/LP/Blu-ray set that featured new stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes of the 1972 original album, the 1974 quadrophonic mix, a new 2024 remaster of the original album and two live concerts.

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