insert_link AAA Smithsonian Presents Great Americans Medal to Honoree Paul Simon The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will present its Great Americans medal to composer, musician and philanthropist Paul Simon Sept. 18. The presentation of the medal is part of the "Great Americans Award Program," the museum's emergent and signature honor. Simon will be the sixth honoree and the first musician to receive the award. The "Great Americans Award Program," supported by David M. Rubenstein, chair of the Smithsonian's Board […] todaySeptember 13, 2019
insert_link AAA Gibson Announces Worldwide Release Of New ‘Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck’ Gibson, the legitimate leader in professional instruments proudly presents the Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck. A pre-sale is officially underway now for the Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck guitars, sold through select Authorized Gibson dealers and available in-store October 1. Visit www.gibson.com for further details. Over the years, SLASH's rise to rock royalty has featured a variety of iconic Gibson guitars, but it was the 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck that both diversified his […] todaySeptember 12, 2019
insert_link AAA Frank Zappa is Alive! Throughout the '70s and '80s, the iconoclastic composer Frank Zappa put on a series of spectacular, now legendary, shows around Halloween each year to celebrate his favorite holiday. Before settling on New York in 1974 to host his annual costume-clad festivities, which would continue until he retired the tradition in 1984, Zappa, fronting an exciting new band, performed two rousing back-to-back Halloween concerts the year prior at the Auditorium Theater […] todaySeptember 11, 2019
insert_link AAA Def Leppard to Headline Grand Opening Concert for Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain With great anticipation, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain announces the property will open its doors the evening of Wednesday, October 30, with grand opening celebrations occurring all weekend. The official opening will kick off with a world-famous Hard Rock guitar smash; and in true Hard Rock fashion, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Def Leppard will perform on Saturday, November 2 at Toyota Amphitheatre with […] todaySeptember 10, 2019
insert_link AAA Eric Clapton’s Sold Out Crossroads Guitar Festival To Be Available Live On Pay-Per-View, September 20 And 21 Widely considered one of the world's all-time greatest guitarists and known amongst his peers as a great collaborator, Eric Clapton will perform the fifth installment of his Crossroads Guitar Festival, on Friday, September 20, and Saturday, September 21 from the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, TX. Performances are available at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, September 20th and 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 21st for a live simulcast on […] todaySeptember 9, 2019
insert_link Active Rock Iggy Pop’s New Album ‘Free’ Is Here Iggy Pop is finally back with his eighteenth studio album, titled 'Free'. Spanning 10 tracks, the album has been described by the punk godfather’s reps as having "virtually nothing in common sonically with its predecessor -- or with any other Iggy Pop album." It’s the followup to 2016’s Post Pop Depression, which cracked the top 20 on the Billboard 200. The punk icon’s new album arrived on digital music platforms […] todaySeptember 9, 2019
insert_link AAA Turn Up The Heat With A Trio Of Essential Scorpions LPs On October 25, Island/UMe will release three vinyl reissues by the Scorpions, still rocking as hard as ever and touring internationally at least through the fall: Crazy World, a single LP; the double-LP Face The Heat on 180-gram vinyl, which also includes a bonus EP; and the Live Bites double LP on 180-gram vinyl. From powerful vocals to searing guitars to thundering bass and drums, each of these albums showcases […] todaySeptember 6, 2019
insert_link AAA Bret Michaels To Be A Major Part Of Kicking Of The 2019 NFL Season With 2 Performances In 2 Different Stadiums In Less Than 24 Hours Music Icon, Reality TV star, avid football fan and Poison frontman Bret Michaels, will be performing his hits in Commons Park at US Bank Stadium on Saturday September 7th at 3:30 pm central time for the Minnesota Vikings kickoff party as they host the Atlanta falcons. Immediately following Bret, a lifelong Type 1 diabetic, will fly to Phoenix Arizona to perform on Sunday at State Farm Stadium for the Arizona […] todaySeptember 5, 2019
insert_link AAA Gene Simmons, members of Green Day and More Participate in a Celebrity Poker Tournament to Fight Cancer Dozens of stars from TV, film, music and sports will ante up and bet big to support talented young cancer researchers and change the future of cancer at Tower Cancer Research Foundation's (Tower) 6th Annual Ante Up for a Cancer Free Generation Celebrity Poker Tournament and Game Night on Saturday, September 7, 2019. The tournament will take place at the Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, Riviera 31, 8555 Beverly […] todaySeptember 4, 2019