We have a name, we have a concept, we have news of what it will sound like, but no release date as of yet for Styx newest album, ‘Circling From Above’. Tommy Shaw stated that, “The hard part is done and we are f****** thrilled. … It’s — I would say – completely new, but it’s not outside of, you know, what you’re used to hearing Styx do.” Exciting news for Styx fans! Get the full article here.

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Stone Temple Pilots are offering up something special for Record Store Day 2025. The band has announced the release of their Aug 23, 1994 concert at the New Haven’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum. This performance was one of many the from the bands tour supporting the release of ‘Purple’ earlier that year. According to  setlist.fm, the band performed nearly every song off of ‘Purple’ as well as hits featured on ‘Core’ and covers of David Bowie’s “Andy Warhol” and Woody Guthrie’s “Gypsy Davy.” Read the full article here.

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It has been talked about for some time now, as Alex Van Halen discussed while doing the media tour for his memoir ‘Brothers’ that came out in 2024, the fact that they had uncovered un finished Van Halen songs. A handful of recorded tracks from his late brother Eddie Van Halen where found in the bands archives, and thanks to the help of AI, Alex plans to finish those tracks and bring new Van Halen Music to the world.

In an interview discussing the project, Alex brought up Toto’s Steve Lukather by stating, “Ed and Steve Lukather were very good friends and they often worked together. There is no one who can do this process with me as well as he can.” Fans and writers took this as an indication that Steve would be playing guitar on the new tracks and rumors ran wild. That is until Lukather put those rumors to bed by letting it be known that, “I will NOT EVER play a guitar note on a VH song ever!” Clearing up the rumors by saying, “Al asked me to help him go thru a ton of unfinished recordings of Al and Ed writing and recording that never saw the light of day. As of now that’s all I got.’

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I had the privilege to talk with Grammy Award winning guitarist Eric Johnson about tomorrow night’s Experience Hendrix Tour that is taking over the Vibrant Music Hall. Eric and I discussed the influence Jimi Hendrix had on him as a young guitar player, what it means to bring the Electric Church to new fans all over the world, if there are any healthy egos amongst the other artists on the tour and putting your own spin on Hendrix classics.