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Tony Kanal is gearing up for No Doubt’s return to the stage at Coachella, but that’s not all he has going on. His band Dreamcar has just released a new album called “Dream EP.”

For the first time in fourteen years, Dream Theater’s classic lineup will be hitting the road together. That includes James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung, and drummer Mike Portnoy, who returned to the fold late last year.

Blu DeTiger grew her audience on TikTok with killer covers and then her own original songs. Though the platform is based on brevity, DeTiger has been getting deeper into long form releases. Now, she’s dropped her debut full-length studio album, “All I Ever Want Is Everything.”

Scott LaFaro was only 25 when he tragically died in a car accident in 1961, but the body of work he left changed jazz bass playing for good. He influenced the majority of today’s best bassists. That includes Brian Bromberg, who has just released a trio album in his honor.

We recently shared that Beat - the nearly unbelievable lineup of Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, and Danny Carey - would be teaming up to perform the music of King Crimson’s ’80s lineup. Now they’ve revealed a massive North American tour.

Derek Frank has been around the world playing music with Air Supply, Gwen Stefani, and Shania Twain. Now, he’s released “Origin Story,” an instrumental album that mixes in funk, jazz, blues, and seventies soundtrack music.

Rockabilly heroes Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom, and Lee Rocker have announced a new Stray Cats summer tour for 2024. The new set of dates mark their first since their 2019 reunion tour following the release of the album “40.”

One of the biggest bass mysteries was solved this year when Paul McCartney’s Höfner bass was returned 50 years after it was stolen. McCartney awarded a 6-figure sum as a thank you.

Korn recently announced a 30th anniversary show in Los Angeles, which quickly sold out. Now the metal band has unveiled a 25-city North American tour with special guests Gojira and Spiritbox.

Anthrax is gearing up for some tour dates in April that will see them hitting Central America and South America with a pair of U.S. dates in May. Dan Lilker will be joining them in place of Frank Bello.

Nearly a decade ago, one of the most epic bass duos of all time came into existence. Now, Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer have released a monumental album humorously titled “But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody?”

Duff McKagan has added onto his intimate third solo album with “Lighthouse (Expanded Edition).” The new collection is available now digitally and features eight new tracks plus three live performance videos captured last December at Easy Street Records.