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Rock star Tom Petty, died Monday in California, said Petty’s manager on behalf of the family. Petty was 66.  The rock legend suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu early Monday and was taken to UCLA

After suffering injuries following a mid-concert accident in New York on October 1st, rocker Marilyn Manson will be taking some time off while he recuperates at home in Los Angeles.  Nine of Manson’s upcoming concerts between Oct.

Billy Joel performed another show as part of his long-running residency at Madison Square Garden Saturday night (Sept. 30), and he brought a couple of friends along.  Paul Simon and Miley Cyrus  performed together with Joel at Madison

Yes have announced that they’ll release a new live album later this year.  The new album, titled Topographic Drama: Live Across America, was recorded across 12 dates on the band’s US tour in February . The album

Boy George, Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx and Canadian singer Alessia Cara have been signed onto the Canadian TV talent search “The Launch” as mentors.  The Launch is a six-part talent search series that sees unsigned musicians battle

As Bruce Dickinson’s autobiography What Does This Button Do? is prepared to be released, the Iron Maiden singer announced a U.S. book tour as well.  The 448-page book will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 31 and the U.S.

Joe Satriani has released Energy, the first single from his new album What Happens Next.  Satriani has also announced his upcoming tour plans for G3, which will feature him alongside Dream Theater’s John Petrucci and Def Leppard’s

Glenn Hughes gave fans an update on his health after he was forced to cut his recent show in New Zealand, short.  During the show, Hughes was helped off stage and kept in hospital overnight for observation.

The rock band Aerosmith announced on Tuesday it would cancel the remaining four dates of its South American leg due to frontman Steven Tyler’s “unexpected medical issues.”  The exact cause of Tyler’s medical issues was not disclosed,

Gene Simmons has shut down speculation that original guitarist Ace Frehley could return to Kiss.  Asked directly about the chances of a return, Simmons told The Cassius Morrow Show, “That’s not gonna happen. Ace has been in