Concerts

James Hetfield wasn’t joking when he said Metallica had some “awesome, different surprises” in store for the fourth night of his band’s 30th anniversary celebration last month in San Francisco.

The guests on Dec. 10 at the Fillmore included Black Sabbath‘s Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler, and their performance of “Paranoid” with Metallica is part of an authorized 44-minute video that recently hit the Internet.

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January is going to be a great month for Van Halen fans. The band is revealing their 2012 plans piecemeal, beginning with the recent unveiling of the album cover with the release date and continuing with tour details and a new song. The Van Halen News Desk reports that ‘Tattoo’ will be available to fans on Jan. 10.

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As we await the concert itinerary announcement from Van Halen expected later today, the band has thrown us a bone--they'll play a rare gig this Thursday night (January 5)  at Cafe Wha? in New York's Greenwich Village.  Thursday's show will follow today's expected announcement of the first dates on VH's 2012 North American tour. 

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The year 2012 will be a big one for the Allman Brothers Band in more ways than just one. They’ll be honored at the Grammy Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award and ramping up to that, the band has declared 2012 ‘The Year Of The Peach’ and announced their annual New York slate of dates at the Beacon Theater beginning March 9.

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Van Halen have announced that they will tour in 2012, with the first tickets going on sale Jan. 10, 2012.  How’s that for a slightly-late-but-we’ll-take-it Christmas present?

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It’s official! 50 years after the release of their debut LP ‘Surfin Safari.’ the Beach Boys are set to reunite for a huge 50th anniversary celebration. Core members Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers just announced a massive 2012 tour that will take them through the U.S., Canada and much of Europe. The tour will begin in April.

As fans know, the band had previously announced that they woul

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and the Eagles are among the artists that have signed on to headline the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which is set for April 27 through May 6 at the Fair Grounds Race Course in the Crescent City.

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The Bamboozle Festival is returning to the place where it first started!   Get ready to get rocked in Asbury Park and prepare to have a kick-ass time with Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters and Blink 182 headlining, and with more bands to be announced next month.

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Over the course of their 35 years as a band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have worked the road tirelessly, circumnavigating the globe countless times — but they’ve somehow managed to go 20 years without playing a major gig in the UK. That long drought will come to an end next year, when long-suffering British Petty fans will have their patience rewarded with a headlining slot at the 2012 Isle of Wight Festival.

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Paul McCartney played his only London gig of 2011 last night (Dec. 5) — and he made it count, delivering a hits-packed, three-hour set to his O2 Arena fans, including several songs he’d never played in the UK before.

But that wasn’t all McCartney had in store for fans: as the evening drew to a close, he told the crowd he had a “surprise” for them before bringing out Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, who joined McCartney for an energetic performance of ‘Get Back.’

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Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley fractured his left wrist after a fall at his house yesterday (Nov. 27), and has been forced to cancel an upcoming U.K. tour as a result.

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