Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died
Keyboard player Garth Hudson, who also played with Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Roger Waters and more, has died aged 87
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Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died
Keyboard player Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died at the age of 87
“I should have been dead that night!”: Ace Frehley looks back on Kiss' wild on-stage mishaps, including the trick that doctors warned could have left him in a wheelchair
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"After shaking her hand, I went out and had like five cigarettes in a row just to calm myself down. I get starstruck easily": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on the time he met ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog and had dinner with her
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"You sound sexy": Watch Kid Rock once again prove to be one of the most cringeworthy rockers on the planet as he attempts to flirt with a BBC News reporter during a live TV interview
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"Or are we too addicted we can’t log off even for one week?": R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe encourages fans to stay off social media in protest of the "gross" far-right
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Vivian Campbell misses first Def Leppard show of 2025 to recuperate from cancer treatment
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Classics by Judas Priest, Metallica, Black Sabbath and more all make the cut
The Dust Coda announce departure of old frontman, new frontman already in place
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Sammy Hagar says he doesn't want to tour anymore
The Red Rocker is ready for residencies
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