Tim "Herb" Alexander abruptly quits Primus after he “lost his passion for playing"...
US prog metallers Primus's live date in the Dominican Republic with Tool with Danny Carey filling in on drums
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Tim "Herb" Alexander abruptly quits Primus after he “lost his passion for playing"...
US prog metallers Primus's live date in the Dominican Republic with Tool with Danny Carey filling in on drums
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Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey are currently on the road playing the music of 80s-era King Crimson
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Graham Gouldman announces Heart Full Of Songs Tour for 2025
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Avenged Sevenfold won’t tour celebrating classic albums, says M. Shadows
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Ghost’s 2025 tour will be a “phone-free experience”
Ghost famously banned phones from their L.A. concerts last year, and it seems the practice is here to stay
Faith No More are on “semi-permanent hiatus”, says keyboardist
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It's all gone spectacularly Halloween-shaped in the Fripp-Willcox household
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Watch the spooky video for The Black Keys and Alice Cooper's Halloween-themed single Stay In Your Grave
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Pixies praise "wonderful" new bassist Emma Richardson and offer advice for reunited Oasis
Pixies advise Oasis to avoid physical violence – and make plea to open for the Gallagher brothers in Los Angeles
Grateful Dead bassist and co-founder Phil Lesh dies at 84
Phil Lesh, the bassist with The Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead and Phil Lesh And Friends has died
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