Poison's 40th anniversary tour is reportedly off, because Bret Michaels wanted to make 600% more than the other members.  Drummer Rikki Rockett says, quote, "You just can't work that way."

The documentary "Billy Idol Should Be Dead" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last summer, but at the time, the number of people seeing it was fairly limited. That's about to change; the doc will have a wide theatrical release in the next few months.

Two Bay Area rock bands are teaming up for a special Super Bowl weekend concert. Green Day and Counting Crows will play an invite-only show at San Francisco's Pier 29 on Friday, February 6th, just a few days before the big game in nearby Santa Clara.

It's going to cost more to stream music on Spotify. The platform announced yesterday that it's increasing the prices of its premium, ad-free streaming plans in the U.S. over the next month. 

The alleged "hidden daughter" of Freddie Mercury has passed. Last spring we told you that a new book claimed that the Queen frontman had fathered a secret daughter in 1976.

Music streaming reached an all-time high in 2025, with listeners logging over 5.1-trillion streams, 1.4-trillion in the US alone. Interestingly, however, most streamers are listening to older music; less than half of all U.S. on-demand audio streams (43-percent) were from tracks released in the last five years (2021 - 2025).

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has announced his first solo album, "Honora," coming out March 27th on Nonesuch Records, but it’s not the rock project you might expect. 

After recent rumors fueled speculation that Ivan Moody might be returning to his former band Motograter, the Five Finger Death Punch has posted a lengthy explanation to his Instagram account as to what is happening with his former group and how he's helping to solidify their future.

"The Sun" reports that Metallica are "90-percent" done with negotiations to bring the band to the Sphere in Las Vegas for a 2027 residency. Sources tell the Brit tabloid that "Metallica having a residency at the Sphere is all anyone is talking about on the Strip.