AC/DC kicked off the 2026 North American leg of the “Power Up” tour Saturday night( July 11) at Bank Of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The band opened the 21-song set with “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” and ran through classics like “Back In Black”, “Thunderstruck”, “Highway To Hell”, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”, “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “T.N.T.” before concluding with “For […]

RUSH returned to the live stage Saturday night (July 11) for the first time since bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee was diagnosed with laryngitis and bronchitis. The illness forced the band to postpone two shows on its “Fifty Something” tour, which launched on June 7 in Los Angeles. It is RUSH‘s first tour in over 10 years and the group’s first run of […]

ormer METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted joined the iconic Atlanta country rock outfit BLACKBERRY SMOKE on stage on Thursday, July 9 at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater in Wilmington, North Carolina to perform a cover of the THIN LIZZY classic “Jailbreak”. Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below. Newsted and his THE CHOPHOUSE BAND kicked off their first-ever North American headlining tour on July 1 at Iron Horse […]

Videographer Dan Petry has uploaded video of DOKKEN‘s entire June 20 concert at the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. You can watch the footage below. Last November, DOKKEN leader Don Dokken spoke to Robert Edwards of Talkin’ Bout Rock about the complications from his November 2019 neck and spinal surgery which rendered his right arm nearly paralyzed. The 72-year-old Don said: “I can’t play […]

THE BLACK CROWES played a cover of LED ZEPPELIN‘s “The Rover” live for the first time ever during their concert Saturday (June 13) at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York. Video of the performance can be seen below (courtesy of Ghost Video channel on YouTube). The Forest Hills gig was part of THE BLACK CROWES‘ “Southern Hospitality” co-headlining tour with WHISKEY MYERS, which kicked off […]

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and his solo band, GENE SIMMONS BAND, performed this past Saturday, June 13 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Fan-filmed video of the entire concert can be seen below (uploaded by Knucklebutt_FavBands on YouTube). GENE SIMMONS BAND consists of Gene on bass and vocals, Jason Walker on guitar and vocals, Brian Tichy on drums and vocals and Brent Woods on guitar. Source: https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch-gene-simmons-and-his-solo-band-perform-kiss-classics-in-indio

Fan-filmed video of IRON MAIDEN performing the song “Infinite Dreams” on June 14 at the Rock For People festival in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic can be seen below. Rock For People was part of the 2026 leg of IRON MAIDEN‘s “Run For Your Lives” world tour, which kicked off on May 23 at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA) in Athens, Greece. Although most […]

Sammy Hagar kicked off his summer 2026 tour Saturday night with a hit-packed 19-song set in St. Louis. You can see the complete set list and fan-shot video from the show below. This is the third summer of Hagar’s Best of All Worlds tour, which celebrates his decade-long stint as Van Halen‘s lead singer. He was joined by his […]