L.A. Times - Entertainment — The 'Heartbreaker' rocker of the '70s and '80s is on tour and telling her story in a memoir, 'Between a Heart and a Rock Place.' At 57, Malibu-based girl rock ... more info

Guardian Music — The Val Kilmer/Oliver Stone portrayal was built on hype all long, argues John PattersonThe first thing I thought when I heard about When You're Strange, Tom Dicillo's new Johnny Depp-narrated film about Jim Morrison and the Doors, was that it had tak... more info

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Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... k-dot-o-dot covering Guns N Roses Paul Westerberg covering David Cassidy(!) http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com Thomas said... Karen Elson tracks from debut album, The Ghost Who Walks 1. The Ghost Who Walks 2. The Ghost Who Walks (acoustic... more info

Guardian Music — Not even the threat of eternal damnation was enough to make me ditch Gene Simmons and his friendsMy first encounter with an American Christian evangelist began to turn sour when he urged me to throw away all my heavy rock albums. It was around 25 yea... more info

Mjsbigblog — Via Playbill Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis will reprise his performance in the national tour of the 1980s-set rock musical Rock of Ages, which will launch Sept. 21 in Chicago. Maroulis earned a 2009 Best Actor Tony Award nomination for po... more info

MTV.com News — Band cancels gigs in Florida and Memphis due to multi-instrumentalist's undisclosed illness.By Gil Kaufman The Flaming Lips Photo: Peter Kramer/ Getty Images The Flaming Lips were forced to cancel their Thursday night appearance at the SunF... more info

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Rolling Stone — Embryonic acid rockers Flaming Lips hit the road with a new slate of dates featuring support from Wayne Coyne’s nephew’s band Stardeath and White Dwarfs. Plus, Devendra Banhart schedules more shows in support of What Will We Be and Pat Benatar te... more info

Live Daily — Two acts that were regulars on the charts in the early '80s, REO Speedwagon [ tickets ] and Pat Benatar [ tickets ], will join forces for a summer co-headlining tour dubbed "Love On The Run." Beginning June 24 in Uncasville, CT, the tour will hit ... more info