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KISS drummer Eric Singer has been added to KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas, happening Nov. 14-16 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

Singer is set to join Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer for the event’s two unmasked KISS performances, marking the first performances of the most recent KISS lineup since they wrapped their End of the Road World Tour at New York’s Madison Square Garden in December 2023.

In addition to the performances, the foursome will take part in a Q&A session with fans, while Singer and Thayer will host a “Name that Tune” guitar and drum riff event with Thayer.

Originally announced as KISS Army Storms Vegas, KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas will also include performances from former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick; Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini performing the music of Ratt; former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach; Quiet Riot; Black N’ Blue; and several KISS cover bands.

More information can be found at KissKruiseVegas.com.

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Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings have announced their first tour as The Guess Who in 23 years.

The duo is set to hit the road on a Canadian tour that kicks off May 26 in Moncton, with stops in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and more. The Takin’ It Back tour, featuring former Eagles guitarist Don Felder as special guest, includes an appearance at the Ottawa Bluesfest on July 19, with the tour wrapping with a show at The Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver on Aug. 23.

“Randy and I are thrilled that our songs have never gone away. That people still want to hear us perform them live. We are going to go out and honor the music,” says Cummings. 

Bachman adds, “I’m looking ahead and very excited to be joining up with Burton and touring as The Guess Who again. Together we created decades of incredible songs and memories that still stand strong today. Can’t wait to sing them with you all soon!”

The tour is the first trek for the duo since winning their fight to reclaim the band’s name.

In October 2023, Cummings and Bachman filed a lawsuit accusing former bandmates Jim Kale and Garry Peterson of tricking fans into thinking Cummings and Bachman were still performing with The Guess Who, when they were actually getting a “cover band.” They settled the suit in September 2023, with Cummings and Bachman acquiring the trademark for the band’s name.

In addition to the tour, Bachman and Cummings are booked to play the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Jan. 31, and are set to take part in the Rock Legends Cruise XIII, scheduled for Feb. 23-27.

A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at TheGuessWho.com.

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The Eagles have extended their residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have announced what they say are their “final shows” of 2026, adding four more shows on March 20, 21, 27 and 28.

Registration is now open for an artist presale that begins Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public starting Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. local time.

The Eagles launched their Sphere residency on Sept. 20, 2024, and the new dates bring the total shows to 56, extending their reign as the longest-running residency at the venue. Dead & Company previously held that honor, with 48 shows.

The Eagles wrapped their 2025 dates on Nov. 8. Their next show is happening Jan. 23.

A complete schedule can be found at Eagles.com.

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On This Day, Nov. 10, 1975 …

Fifty years ago, Patti Smith released her debut album, Horses, considered one of punk rock’s seminal albums.

Recorded at New York’s Electric Lady Studios, the album was produced by Velvet Underground’s John Cale.

While it was only a modest commercial success, Horses was a critical darling and has often appeared on lists of the greatest albums of all time. It is often cited as a major influence for new wave, alternative rock and grunge artists.

In 2009, Horses was chosen by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

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Foo Fighters have announced a European leg of their 2026 Take Cover tour.

The international outing launches June 10 in Oslo, Norway, and includes headlining stops in Sweden, Poland, Germany, France, England, Austria and Italy, plus sets at festivals in Spain and Portugal.

Openers include Royel Otis, Inhaler and IDLES, depending on the date.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit FooFighters.com.

As previously reported, the North American leg of the Take Cover tour launches in August and features support from Queens of the Stone Age.

The most recent Foo Fighters album is 2023’s But Here We Are. They’ve released two new singles in 2025: “Today’s Song” and “Asking for a Friend.”

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We lost a lot of great musicians in the past year, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opened Saturday’s induction ceremony with a tribute to one of them, Sly Stone, who passed away in June at the age of 82.

The Sly tribute kicked off with Stevie Wonder performing “Dance to the Music.” He was backed by The Roots’ Questlove, who directed the doc Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), on drums and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea on bass, with Beck on guitar and backing vocals.

The all-star tribute also featured R&B stars Leon Thomas and Maxwell performing “Everyday People” and “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),” with Jennifer Hudson joining the lineup for the “Higher” finale.

But Sly wasn’t the only one remembered. Ahead of the in memoriam segment, the Rock Hall remembered the late Ozzy Osbourne, a two-time Hall of Fame inductee, with a montage of clips, including footage of his 2024 induction as a solo artist.

The in memoriam ended with footage of the late Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson, followed by a performance of “God Only Knows” by Elton John, who inducted The Beach Boys into the Rock Hall in 1988.

Elton recalled meeting Wilson for the first time, noting he was scared because Wilson was his idol.

“He was the one who influenced me more than anyone else when it came to writing songs on the piano,” Elton said. “Meeting someone who’s a true genius doesn’t happen very often.”

Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air Jan. 1 on ABC.

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Joe Cocker was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday night in Los Angeles with an all-star tribute that closed the ceremony.

Bryan Adams welcomed Cocker into the Rock Hall. He noted that the late singer, who passed away in 2014, had many hits covering tunes originally recorded by other artists, like The Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends,” Dave Mason’s “Feelin’ Alright” and Billy Preston‘s “You Are So Beautiful.”

“It’s one thing to cover a song, but it’s another to make it your own. And that’s what Joe could do,” Adams said. “Even Paul McCartney acknowledged how Joe had transformed his Beatles classic into a soul anthem. And the list of songs Joe did that to is mighty.”

Several musicians were on hand to celebrate Cocker’s music, with Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band and Nathaniel Rateliff kicking things off with a performance of “The Letter,” which was Cocker’s first top-10 hit. Teddy Swims then joined them for a performance of Mason’s “Feelin’ Alright,” which Cocker covered in 1969.

The night wrapped with an all-star closing jam, featuring Tedeschi Trucks Band, Swims, Adams, Rock Hall inductee Cyndi Lauper and The Black Crowes‘ Chris Robinson performing Cocker’s version of “With A Little Help From My Friends.”

Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air Jan. 1 on ABC.

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Warren Zevon was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the Music Influence category Saturday night, with his good friend David Letterman doing the honors.

“In music many pretend, but Warren is a poet, leaving few of life’s vagaries unaddressed,” he said. “Warren’s music is dense with historic illusion, love and sadness tinted with unexpected whimsy, delivered with third rail voltage rock ‘n’ roll or sweet, heartbreaking, lush, symphonic melodies. Either version of the man’s music is classic rock ‘n’ roll.”

Letterman also recalled Zevon’s last appearance on The Late Show, which happened 22 years ago, just months after Zevon announced he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Letterman noted Zevon’s comments that what he learned about life following his diagnosis was to “enjoy every sandwich.”

“That’s easy but it’s deeply meaningful and there’s not a person in this room who hasn’t considered that, but nobody can hang on to that on a daily basis,” Letterman added. “But by God isn’t that true of life around the planet.”

He ended his speech mentioning the guitar Zevon gifted him on that night, noting it was the guitar that had been displayed right beside him throughout his speech. He then said the guitar was “going back to work” and handed it over to The Killers guitarist Dave Keuning.

The band, along with legendary session guitarist Waddy Wachtel, a longtime Zevon collaborator, then paid tribute to Zevon with a performance of his hit “Lawyers, Guns and Money.”

Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air Jan. 1 on ABC.

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame can’t get enough of Bad Company.

The ’70s supergroup, made up of Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Mick Ralphs and Boz Burrell, was inducted into the Rock Hall Saturday night in Los Angeles, with Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood welcoming them into the prestigious music institution.

Fleetwood called BadCo “one of the best rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time,” noting that frontman Rodgers “is the voice that every rock singer holds as their North Star.” He added, “To listen to a Bad Company song is to hear a once-in-a-lifetime voice take rock music to new heights.”

“Bad Company was grounded in the blues, but also created uniform, unforgettable pop melodies,” he said. “They helped define the musical path ahead for rock music.”

With Rodgers pulling out of the ceremony just days before it took place due to his health, Kirke was the only member of the band to attend the ceremony. He acknowledged Rodgers, calling him “one of the greatest rock singers of all time.” He also recognized his late bandmates Ralphs and Burrell, noting they’re “amongst us in the stars tonight.”

“They say it’s better to travel than to arrive, but I don’t know, tonight I’ve arrived with the band, and I’m so grateful,” he added.

Kirke also got a chance to step back behind the drum kit, backing an all-star lineup that included Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Heart’s Nancy Wilson, with The Black Crowes‘ Chris Robinson handling the vocals on “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” and Bryan Adams taking over the mic for “Can’t Get Enough.”

Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air Jan. 1 on ABC.

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Soundgarden was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during Saturday’s ceremony in Los Angeles.

Guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron, and bassists Ben Shepherd and Hiro Yamamoto were on hand to accept the honor on behalf of the band and late frontman Chris Cornell, who died in 2017.

Actor Jim Carrey did the honors of enshrining the grunge titans, noting that they were the musical guest when he hosted Saturday Night Live back in 1996.

“Tonight, we make sure that [Soundgarden] go down in history as one of the most majestic, powerful and influential bands ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” Carrey declared. “Long live Chris Cornell, and long live Soundgarden!”

Following Carrey’s speech, Cornell’s eldest daughter, Lily Cornell, introduced Soundgarden’s two-song performance. It began with a rendition of “Rusty Cage” with Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless on lead vocals and Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready alongside Thayil, Shepherd and Cameron.

They then launched into “Black Hole Sun” with vocals by Momsen and Americana artist Brandi Carlile, plus Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains on guitar and Yamamoto, Soundgarden’s original bassist.

In their acceptance speeches, the Soundgarden members paid tribute to Cornell, who Cameron called “my hero.”

“I miss him, I love him,” Thayil said of Cornell. “And I love all of my Soundgarden brothers.”

Cornell’s daughter Toni Cornell then delivered a performance of Soundgarden’s “Fell on Black Days” while accompanied by Nancy Wilson of Heart, who Cornell had inducted in 2013.

Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air Jan. 1 on ABC.

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