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Review by AMES FLAMES LOS ANGELES – If you are a fan of the original Alice Cooper group, the new album, “The Revenge of Alice Cooper” is a must-have. I was a huge fan back […]

Exclusive photos by PAUL MCALPINE PORTLAND, Ore. – Audiences clamor to see Iggy Pop perform as the world-famous musician breaks attendance records around the globe. Would he have ever thought his career might have turned […]

Fictitious heavy metal legends Spinal Tap have teamed up with Elton John for an epic re-recording of the band’s classic cut “Stonehenge,” released today via Interscope Records. A music video for the song, featuring footage […]

Photos and review by NOTES FROM VIVACE LOS ANGELES – The KennyHoopla set started off with The Echo stage lights turned down. Tracks played quietly over the speakers. Someone in the audience screamed out, “Let’s […]

Photos and review by NOTES FROM VIVACE LOS ANGELES – Nova Twins lived up to their band name at Zebulon. The UK duo of vocalist / guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South came up […]

Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at 76 years old, it was announced Tuesday. The legendary rocker, who was recently touted with an all-star celebration in his hometown of Birmingham, England, left an indellible impression on […]

Photos and review by ALYSON CAMUS LOS ANGELES – Nostalgia is overrated and we can never truly go back to the past. However, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic when someone like Paul Simon – […]

Cyndi Lauper is heading out on the final leg of her extensive year-long Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, with 24 North American show dates this summer. The cross-continent tour of outdoor amphitheaters and […]

Photos and review by NOTES FROM VIVACE LOS ANGELES – Chase Petra arrived at The Roxy three months later than anticipated (their April date was cancelled and the band joked later in the set, “but […]

Paul McCartney and his Got Back Tour will return to North America this fall, with stops in Palm Springs, Calif., Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Buffalo, Chicago and Canada. Got Back’s 2025 run of 19 newly announced […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band will release the live album “Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (LIVE AT LOCKN’)” with Leon Russell on Sept. 12 via Fantasy Records. Marking 10 years since the tribute performance at the Virginia-based […]

Oasis has released a live version of “Slide Away” recorded live in Cardiff, Wales, on the Fourth of July. The reunited brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher, and friends, will make their next Oasis Live ’25 […]

Philadelphia-based public radio station, WXPN, commemorates the 40th anniversary of the transcontinental Live Aid concerts by playing performances from the day when the power of music unified the world from both sides of the Atlantic […]

Photos and review by NOTES FROM VIVACE LOS ANGELES – For their The Get On This Ride tour, The Dollyrots dropped by their adopted home town of Los Angeles to play The Echo in front […]

Photos and review by NOTES FROM VIVACE LOS ANGELES – Spacehog went classical as they walked on stage to Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9 Ode to Joy” to the screams and cheers from The Regent Theater […]

Sarah McLachlan has released “Better Broken,” her first album of new material in more than a decade. “Better Broken” is set for a September 19 arrival via Concord Records. Her 10th studio album and debut release for Concord […]

Kim Fields, Bill Plaschke, Clarissa Ward Receive Awards -Photos and event coverage by ALYSON CAMUS LOS ANGELES – US Rocker® was honored by the Los Angeles Press Club with two awards – a second-place award […]

Tour News – Cage The Elephant have added October dates to their tour schedule, including stops in Detroit, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Port Chester, N.Y., and Boston. The theatre tour, in support of their most recent album […]

GWAR, the other-worldly shock rocker troupe of aliens and other creatures, have announced The Return of Gor Gor Tour, a major North American trek to support their new multimedia release. GWAR is also laying to […]

Former Men at Work frontman and renowned singer-songwriter Colin Hay released the first single from his upcoming album “Man @ Work Volume 2,” a new recording of the reggae-inflected “Blue for You.” The song was […]

Photos and review by NOTES FROM VIVACE LOS ANGELES – Band of Skulls did not forget their California fans. After finishing up their tour in support of Jet, the band did a quick two stop […]

Release – Robert Randolph has announced a run of U.S. tour dates in support of his upcoming album “Preacher Kids,” which will be released June 27 via Sun Records. Randolph will be bringing the fire […]

Release – Two of rock’s most influential forces, The B-52s and Devo, will unite for the 2025 “Cosmic De-Evolution Tour”: a co-headlining 11-date run serving as both bands’ continuing concert farewells. Lene Lovich will open […]

As Altadena continues to rebuild its neighborhoods after the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, famous frontman Steve Perry has raised $215,00 from his auction to help raise money for the fire victims via Sweet Relief Musicians […]

Photos and review by NOTES FROM VIVACE LOS ANGELES – Peach Pit mentioned to the Greek Theatre crowd that they played their first US show at the Bootleg Theater eight years ago. Lead singer Neil […]