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Aerosmith will resume its Las Vegas "Deuces Are Wild" residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM, beginning June 17th, with a total of 24 dates played before the end of 2022. General on sale tickets starting at $75 go on sale on Thursday, March 31st at 10 a.m. PT.

Back in 2019 guitarist Joe Perry explained the allure of playing the "Deuces Are Wild" residency telling Variety, "This has been an incredible opportunity to play a smaller version of our regular show in an intimate seating (and) a way to present the heart and soul of the band's essence with added elements you wouldn't have ever been able to do in a one-night-only setting. It's something very different than what we have ever done before."

The band enlisted Beatles archival producer Giles Martin, who co-designed the sound for Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles LOVE show, to supervise their sound in Vegas. Steven Tyler shed light on how the production in Vegas makes everything else pale in comparison: "The sound takes everything about this show to the next level, and it's a 360 experience; full immersion. Nowhere else can fans hear what I'm hearing and see what I'm seeing like they can at our show. We found the best people we could for every aspect of the show. Whether it was the lights, sound, mechanics, all the moving parts, we had the best people."

In 2018, Aerosmith appeared on NBC's Today show to announce its initial residency at the 5,200-seat Park Theater at Park MGM. While at Today, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Joey Kramer explained what fans can expect from the upcoming Vegas run: "(Steven Tyler): We decided to do Vegas (cheers) Viva Las Aerosmith. (Joe Perry): Well, we wanna bring a show in there that we really can't do when we're on the road on a regular tour. So we wanna bring a show that still has Aerosmith and all the guts of Aerosmith, but has a whole other element to it that we've never been able to do before. (Joey Kramer): We bring you into, into Aerosmith's world, the history behind our almost 50 years of being together. And as soon as you walk into the Park Theatre in Vegas, you're going to walk into Aerosmith world. Everything about it is going to be Aerosmith, Aerosmith, Aerosmith."

UPDATED: Aerosmith tour dates (subject to change):

June 17, 20, 23, 26, 29 - Las Vegas, NV - Dolby Live at Park MGM
July 2, 5, 8 - Las Vegas, NV - Dolby Live at Park MGM
September 8 - Boston, MA - Fenway Park
September 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29 - Las Vegas, NV - Dolby Live at Park MGM
October 2, 5 - Las Vegas, NV - Dolby Live at Park MGM
November 19, 23, 26, 29 - Las Vegas, NV - Dolby Live at Park MGM
December 2, 5, 8, 11 - Las Vegas, NV - Dolby Live at Park MGM

Miley Cyrus and her crew are safe after making an emergency landing on their way to a concert in Paraguay that had to be canceled.

She posted early Wednesday morning (3-23) that her plane had gotten caught up in a major pop-up storm and was struck by lightning.

She wrote: "My crew, band, friends, and family who were all traveling with me are safe after an emergency landing. We were unfortunately unable to fly into Paraguay. I LOVE YOU."

She also posted a photo of the damage to her plane. Cyrus has been performing throughout South America as part of her Miley Live tour.

TL;DR:

• Miley Cyrus and her crew are safe after making an emergency landing on their way to a concert in Paraguay that had to be canceled.
• Her plane had gotten caught up in a major pop-up storm and was struck by lightning.

Harry Styles will be releasing his third solo album, Harry's House, on May 20. It will include 13 new songs.

He confirmed it after posting a series of cryptic posts about a mysterious Instagram account that was titled, "You Are Home."

A promotional video shows him on stage in an empty theatre as a yellow house set design is hoisted up behind him. You see numerous shots of natural environments, city streets and huge crowds of fans. And then you hear an instrumental snippet of music.

A track list for Harry's House and title of the first single are yet to be revealed.

TL;DR:

• Harry Styles will be releasing his third solo album, Harry's House, on May 20. It will include 13 new songs.
• A track list and first single are yet to be revealed.

Jay-Z is facing backlash for hosting an Oscars afterparty at Chateau Marmont this weekend in West Hollywood. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Chateau Marmont is currently facing complaints from its employees. A boycott has been planned for this upcoming weekend by the local hotel worker's union after employees alleged they were subjected to "racial discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace."

Kurt Petersen, co-president of Unite Here Local 11 said in a statement, "For Jay-Z to choose the Chateau Marmont for their Gold Party is shockingly insensitive. "They must move their event and choose an afterparty hot spot that treats its workers, especially Black women, with dignity and respect. Jay-Z has a responsibility to do better."

Keith Richards looked back at the writing of the Rolling Stones' ominous end of decade '60s classic "Gimme Shelter." During a new chat with Rolling Stone, Richards, who included the tune in the live set included on his deluxe, expanded edition of 1992's Main Offender, recalled, "Listening to it back, I'd even forgotten that we'd laid that one down on with the Winos. And in a way, it reminded me of the day that I wrote it, which was like a rainy day in London, in Mount Street. There was a big storm on and everybody was running for cover, and it really just came out of that simple vision. And then I realized, of course, you have to expand it. And I realized that there's only one storm, but there's plenty more."

He went on to say, "'Gimme Shelter,' I've always sort of had a soft spot for that one. . . (Mick Jagger) expanded it, and especially when I said that we need a female in here, a duet. And certainly stage-wise, gave it far more visual presence. The rape and the murder always brings crowds in, y'know?"

When pressed if he could actually wrap his head around the Stones celebrating their 60th anniversary this year, Richards said, "Who can wrap their head around 60 f***ing years? It all seems impossible that it's been that long. But, yes, the feeling is that we have to do something this year. And, y'know, when that feeling grips this band, something will be done."

Although certain songs in their catalogue have been revamped over the years, Keith Richards explained that for the most part, he has no interest in changing the arrangements of the Stones' greatest songs: "A lot of these things are in their time, and they belong where they belong. And to fiddle about with them and treat them as, y'know, they're 'Mona Lisa's,' or something would be pointless. All the big ones and the best ones that everybody knows, we'll leave them as they are. Y'know, I won't recall nothing and say, 'We shoulda done this or shoulda done that.' Y'know, 'cause they're in their time and space. That's where they are."

The Rolling Stones kick off their European dates on June 1st at Madrid, Spain's Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

Lizzo has announced that her next single, "About Damn Time," will be released on April 14^th. The following weekend (4-16) she'll host Saturday Night Live. Look for her to perform some of her new music on the show.

This is also a big week for Lizzo, her Amazon Prime show, Watch Out For The Big Grrrls starts streaming tomorrow, March 25^th. The diversity-focused reality TV show follows her on her search for backup dancers.

TL;DR:

• "About Damn Time," will be released on April 14^th.
• On April 16^th, she'll host Saturday Night Live.

Billy Idol is hardly the party animal of 1982 -- with a European tour set for this spring and a granddaughter he can't wait to get home to. Idol -- who recently released a new EP, titled, The Roadside, via George Harrison's resurrected Dark Horse Records imprint -- recalled his early days and how it led him down a road to quick fame and drugs.

Idol spoke with Classic Rock magazine and looked back to when he hit the ground running in the U.S. after leaving his band Generation X back in Britain: "At first, mainstream radio wouldn't play my music because I had a punk rock image, which they didn't believe sold advertising dollars. College radio and then MTV gave us a platform. Then the kids who were watching MTV phoned the radio stations, and they folded and there we were on the radio."

He went on to explain, "(Original Kiss manager) Bill Aucoin, who'd been in television in the '60s and '70s, knew cable and MTV were coming and that I'd be perfect for a 24-hour music channel. So, we knew this was going to be our secret weapon, that we could be on it, and that it was going to change everything."

Idol spoke frankly about how early fame affected his life: "Pop stardom's fantastic. You want people to hear your music and come to the shows. But I never thought of fame beyond just being a music person, of being on the radio and doing the occasional Top Of The Pops. MTV was on 24-hours-a-day, and it grew from an audience of a few million to countless millions all around the world. Suddenly everybody knew who you were. And that's a little weird. When I came to New York, I'd walk around and only the few people who were into punk rock knew who I was; now suddenly everybody did."

Ultimately, fame lead Idol down a long dark road: "It cut off your freedom. I started to live in tiny little rooms, because when you walked outside you walked into a world of mayhem. And it drives you a little nuts. So, you start overloading on drugs. Because what else is there to do? So, that was a problem. It didn't help if you were a bit of a drug addict, and I turned myself into a bit of a drug addict at that point."

Billy Idol he admitted to us that although not exactly clean and sober, he's left his self-destructive habits far in the past: "I'm not sober, I mean, I don't. . . I have to sort of say to myself, ‘Yeah, you can do everything, man, but I'm not doing it.' If I say to myself, ‘I'm never doing anything ever again' -- I'll immediately go and do it. That's what I'm like. So, I have to sort of say, ‘No, man, you can do (laughs) whatever you want' -- but there's a side of me saying, ‘. . . but we're not going to.' I like smoking pot. I still smoke tons of pot, and so. . . I don't do coke or heroin or anything like that. I like to drink with a meal at a restaurant, y'know? But nothing else." (30 OC: . . . But nothing else)

Billy Idol will next perform on April 29th in Atlanta, Georgia at the Shaky Knees Festival

David Crosby looked back to the Byrds' first European tour when the Beatles took the band under their wing back in 1965. "Croz" recalled to Uncut, "Paul (McCartney) was kind to us from when the Byrds went over to England for the first time. They had us over to their houses, they'd invite us to parties. I remember McCartney drove me home in his Mini Cooper from a horrible gig somewhere in Soho. It was a terrible place -- blood-smeared, bug-infested, hideous. And he went, 'Ah, it's not that bad. We've played there three or four times!'"

Crosby went on to talk about the pair's most recent hookup: "Two or three years ago I'm in this big rehearsal complex at Burbank. I'm doing a relatively new song, a pretty intense song. I've got my eyes closed, because I'm into it. It's one of those moments when it's going extremely well and you don't want to f*** it up, even though it's just you and the band in a big empty room. So I get to the end of the song and I hear one pair of hands clapping. I open my eyes, look up and it's McCartney. He's been standing there the whole time. He's rehearsing in the room next door and has come over to see me. He invited us all back to his room, we raided his groceries and talked endlessly. He was so gracious with us. He's just as real now as when I first met him in the '60s."

When we last caught up with David Crosby, we asked him about how back in the Byrds' mid-'60s heyday, the "Fab Four" treated him and Roger McGuinn on as personal confidantes and musical peers: "They were extremely bright cats; not, y'know, reserved intellectuals from expensive schools -- these were kids off the street who had smarts. Real smarts. And a tremendous amount of talent. And hangin' out with them, y'know, it was difficult, because there was such an intense sphere of people. . . y'know, a lotta pressure. It was very difficult for them to get five minutes to themselves. The time that I did spend with them, we spent very privately and doing ordinary things. Playin' guitar, laying out by the pool, talkin,' playing music for each other that we had recorded. Y'know, stuff that was all the more precious because it wasn't a big deal. I loved showin' John Lennon a chord he hadn't seen before. Good cats. And they were very nice to us. Drove us home from gigs, invited us over for dinner, came to our shows. They were as nice as they could be."

Justin Bieber and his clothing company designed a new alternate jersey for the National Hockey League, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Used in a game this week, it honored the organization's annual Next Gen game to help bring people of all ages together for hockey. The new jersey design is only the organization's 15th alternate uniform in club history.

TL;DR:

• Justin Bieber designed a new jersey for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
• The 15th alternate uniform in club history.

Kid Cudi announced on Instagram that he will be directing his first feature film, a Netflix project called Teddy. He also wrote it and will be starring in it.

He said, "The road has been long, from being a tv show for years, to finally being a film. I can't wait for u all to meet Teddy, his friends, his family… and take a walk in his world for a bit."

Kid Cudi described the story line and compared it to his song, "Pursuit of Happiness," calling it a story of personal struggles and experiences.

The production team for Teddy includes Jeymes Samuel, James Lassiter, and Jay-Z.

TL;DR:

It was 36 years ago today (March 24th, 1986) that the Rolling Stones released their fourth studio album of the 1980's, Dirty Work. The album, which was recorded during 1985 in the midst of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' slowly simmering cold war, saw the "Glimmer Twins" tracking their parts at different times, so as not to run into each other in the studio. Richards took exception that Jagger was more interested in promoting his 1985 solo debut, She's The Boss, than recording the new Stones album.

Dirty Work, which was co-produced by Jagger & Richards and Steve Lillywhite, was the band's first as part of their contract for CBS Records. It peaked at Number Four on both the U.S. and UK albums charts, but only spent a scant six weeks in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. Dirty Work's lead single, a cover of Bob & Earl's 1963 hit "Harlem Shuffle," reached Number Five. Dirty Work holds the distinction of featuring the most number of co-written songs with guitarist Ron Wood -- a total of four.

Two other songs from Dirty Work are still regularly featured in the Stones' setlists -- Keith Richards' ballad "Sleep Tonight" and the Ron Wood co-write "One Hit (To The Body)." Among the high profile guests on Dirty Work were Jimmy Page, Bobby Womack, Jimmy Cliff, Anton Fig, Don Covay, Beverly D'Angelo, Kirsty MacColl, Patti Scialfa, and Tom Waits.

Noted Stones historian Bill German recalled that the tension in the band at that point stemmed from Mick Jagger blatantly putting his solo career before the Stones: "He didn't really wanna be there. He didn't really wanna be in the Stones at that point. Y'know, he was like the reluctant lead singer who had to contractually come in and sing the songs on Dirty Work. He really didn't wanna be there. Y'know, while they were recording Dirty Work, he was busy at the same time promoting his first solo album, She's The Boss."

Keith Richards told us that he's always had a soft spot for Dirty Work, which was overlooked in the wake of his and Jagger's late-'80s feud following Jagger's disinterest in recording and touring behind the album. Over 30 years on, it's clear to nearly everyone involved that Dirty Work planted the seeds for Richards' solo career: "Dirty Work for me was. . . I, I love the record and everything, but it was probably the most difficult one to make, because there was -- the tensions were all rising to the surface of whatever was going on. And I think it was probably Mick's and my frustration, really, just being in the Stones. But I wasn't, there was no way I was going to make the first move (laughs)."

Old friend, Jimmy Page supplied the distinctive lead work and solo on the album's lead track and second single, "One Hit (To The Body)." Shortly after the sessions, Page recalled the scene recording with the Stones: "It was a fantastic night, and the next night I was going to go down and put the solos on this thing, on their stuff, but when I got down there, Mick (Jagger) was there. I think it might've been some time since they've seen him prior to that. And he had just done a vocal on one of the numbers -- which is the one that I put some stuff on. Um, actually, at the time, I did bits and pieces on it and I don't really know now what, what I actually ended up (laughs) doing. Apparently, it's out and I'd really like to hear it, ‘cause I haven't (laughs)."

Mick Jagger credits a united professional front for the Stones' longevity over any fan's notion of a "brotherhood" with the rest of the band: "Relationships, for a long period, they go up and down, and sometimes they're good and sometimes they're not very good. Any internal, kind of, group of people always have varying groups of relationships with each other, so the dynamic changes. But, y'know, we sort of have common goals and so we try to get over the ups and downs and try and keep on the common goal."

Following the Dirty Work sessions, it would be four long years before the Rolling Stones would hit the studio again for 1989's Steel Wheels collection.

Machine Gun Kelly has blamed his fame and false news reports for his failure to respond to an assault and battery lawsuit filed against him by a disabled parking lot attendant. He claims that because of his celebrity status, the stories reported about the allegation were either false or partly true.

In the complaint filed last September, the attendant John Tilli alleged that Kelly pushed and threatened him while he was working. The LA City Attorney's Office decided not to charge, due to "reasonable likelihood of conviction."

Kelly is now requesting a judge to allow him to fight the civil claim over the alleged incident… so that he can clear it up.

MGK denies the allegations and claims that he had not been served with the complaint and hadn't seen the official publication of the summons prior to the deadline to respond to the lawsuit.

He said that he promptly retained counsel when he learned of the lawsuit but that was after stories had been published.

TL;DR:

• Machine Gun Kelly has blamed his fame and false news reports for his failure to respond to an assault and battery lawsuit filed against him by a disabled parking lot attendant. Last September, Kelly allegedly pushed and threatened a parking lot attendant. When reported, the LA City Attorney's Office decided not to charge, due to "reasonable likelihood of conviction." Kelly is now requesting a judge to allow him to fight the civil claim over the alleged incident… so that he can clear it up. He said that he promptly retained counsel when he learned of the lawsuit but that was after stories had been published.

The 1990's will be alive and well on August 13th when the inaugural Flannel Nation Festival plays at San Pedro, California's Port of Los Angeles. Blabbermouth reported the concert will feature headliners Everclear, Soul Asylum, Candlebox, and Filter -- along with Sponge, Fastball, and Cracker -- with "an additional special guest headliner still TBA."

The Flannel Nation Festival promises, "a day of live music with some of the era's top bands, tons of delicious food trucks, craft beer, full bar, and lots of retail vendors for shopping." For more information, log on to https://flannelnation.com/

Cracker co-founder Johnny Hickman offered up some of the core reasons why bands don't stay together for the long haul: "I look at bands that have been together for, uh, y'know, 10, 12, 15 years and I'm amazed (laughs). And people, sort of, wonder why, 'Well, wait, don't they love each other? Why did they have that fist fight?' Well, if you, if you were in a little submarine with 12 of your friends for six months straight, somebody would hit somebody eventually, man, trust me."

Red Hot Chili Peppers teased their new single "Not The One." The song, which is off of their upcoming album Unlimited Love, is due out on April 1st.

Meanwhile, the band opened up about Unlimited Love, saying, "Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We (John, Anthony, Chad and Flea) spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better."

The band continued, "Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us enrapt.

Justin Bieber has requested the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit he filed against two women who accused him of sexual assault.

According to court records obtained by Rolling Stone, his lawyer submitted the voluntary dismissal in Los Angeles court last Friday (March 18th). The "Peaches" singer originally filed the lawsuit in 2020 against two women who had accused him of sexual assault on Twitter.

As previously reported, one woman, who identified herself as Danielle, claimed on Twitter that the singer sexually assaulted her on March 9, 2014 at the Four Seasons hotel in Austin, Texas. The second woman, Khadidja Djibrine, tweeted that the singer assaulted her in New York City in May 2015.

Bieber called the allegations "outlandish false fabrications" in his original filing. He was seeking over $20 million in damages, $10 million for each of the stories.

Taylor Swift's newest track appeared in the trailer for the upcoming movie, Where the Crawdads Sing, when it was released on Tuesday (March 22nd).

The singer shared a clip of the trailer on Instagram where she revealed that she was a big fan of the film's source material and added, "I wrote the song 'Carolina' alone and asked my friend @aarondessner to produce it. I wanted to create something haunting and ethereal to match this mesmerizing story. You'll hear it fully soon, but for now check out the @crawdadsmovie trailer for a clip!"

The movie, which is based on Delia Owens' best-selling 2018 novel of the same name, will be released in theaters on July 15th.

Producers announced Tuesday (March 22nd) that Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Reba McEntire and Sebastián Yatra will perform this year's nominated songs on the 94th Oscars.

Van Morrison was invited to perform his nominated song, "Down To Joy" from Belfast, but will not attend the Oscars due to his tour schedule.

The Oscars will air live on ABC Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 8 p.m. EDT.

This year's Original Song nominees and performers are as follows:

"Be Alive" from King Richard – Performed by Beyoncé
Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

"Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto – Performed by Sebastián Yatra
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Down To Joy" from Belfast
Music and Lyric by Van Morrison

"No Time To Die" from No Time to Die – Performed by Billie Eilish and FINNEAS
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

"Somehow You Do" from Four Good Days – Performed by Reba McEntire
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

Miley Cyrus shared a sweet message for her followers on Tuesday (March 22nd).

The fan account, Miley Cyrus Access, shared a video of the singer hanging out with and hugging fans in Columbia with the caption, "Miley literally has a heart of gold and treats her fans like her best friends."

The pop star retweeted clip and added, "I've known you all longer than almost any friend I have ….. you are my best friends…. We've grown up together and I love you…."

Olivia Rodrigo recently told People that filming the Disney+ documentary, driving home 2 u, has allowed her to close a chapter of her life.

The "drivers license" singer told the magazine, "The process of making Sour, and putting it out in the world really challenged me, and I've grown so much, and I've learned so much more about myself. I definitely feel like I am a more confident person today because of it."

Rodrigo continued, "The entire process of filming the film, for me, was just super nostalgic. It was all kind of about revisiting this past era of my life, and closing that chapter. So, there was a lot of nostalgia involved."

In the film, the 19-year-old star, takes a road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album Sour, to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodrigo makes stops to perform live arrangements of each song on the album and share memories about the songwriting process.

The documentary is set to stream on Friday, (April 25) on Disney+.

Pearl Jam guitarist, Stone Gossard says the band has already recorded a few tracks for their next album. It will be the follow-up to 2020's Gigaton.

He told Consequence of Sound: "We're on our way. We're making music."

He also confirmed that Andrew Watt, the producer, guitarist and songwriter, who has a history with Justin Bieber and recently worked on frontman Eddie Vedder's solo album, is on board.

Calling Watt "a total character," he said, that they all clicked with him immediately and started writing quickly.

Meanwhile, Pearl Jam's 19-city, North American tour starts in May. Tickets are on sale now.

TL;DR:

• Pearl Jam has already recorded a few tracks for their next album.
• Andrew Watt, the producer, guitarist and songwriter, who has a history with Justin Bieber and recently worked on frontman Eddie Vedder's solo album, is on board.

In a recent interview, Gene Simmons of Kiss spoke out about racism and said it "has got to stop." He said that America "can get better and it will get better."

He went on to say that you need to confront racism and go after those "cockroaches," as he called them. He suggested that you make their lives "legally" miserable.

He even suggested how to do it. "The guy with his drunken buddies hurling racial epithets, take photos of him. This guy's name is so-and-so and he lives right outside of Manchester and works in this garage. Guess what the garage is gonna do? They're going to fire his a** right away, because they don't want the attention of hiring a hate-monger."

Simmons' interview was posted on Blabbermouth.com.

TL;DR:

• Gene Simmons says racism "has to stop."
• America "can get better and it will get better."
• He suggested that you make their lives "legally" miserable.

Whitesnake bassist, Tanya O'Callaghan says "there is talk" of the group continuing to write and record new music. This news comes during Whitesnake's farewell tour.

O'Callaghan hopes to record with them and said, "There's talk of it already. It's one of the questions. We'll probably keep recording. It's just touring that David Coverdale is done with." She followed by saying that she'd be honored to be involved.

In a previous interview David Coverdale stated that even though he didn't want to be on the road anymore, he was not giving up music.

In an earlier interview O'Callaghan explained how she ended up in the band, "We played the same festivals. And David called me directly… It was a direct call, and yeah, just a straight ask. But it is a process of putting the years in and being out there in the scene. There is no magic formula."

Whitesnake has been touring in support of the band's latest album, Flesh & Blood, which was released in May of 2019.

TL;DR:

• Whitesnake bassist, Tanya O'Callaghan says "there is talk" of the group continuing to write and record new music.
• O'Callaghan said she hopes to record with them.
• David Coverdale has said that even though this was his last tour, he was not giving up music.

ZZ Top will be on the road with Willie Nelson this year. The Outlaw Music Fest Tour begins in June in St. Louis and will wrap in Philadelphia in September. Pre-sell for the tickets starts today (March 23).

Before Dusty Hill passed away in July of last year, he told the band "The show must go on." And so, they've been performing with Dusty's hat hanging on his microphone during the concerts.

Elwood Francis, ZZ Tops guitar tech of 20 years has stepped in with his slide guitar, bass, and harmonica. Original members, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard continue with the band.

In the meantime, ZZ Top is on the road with their Raw Whisky tour and plan to release a new album July 22.

TL;DR:

• ZZ Top will be on the road with Willie Nelson this year.
• The Outlaw Music Fest Tour begins in June in St. Louis.
• Pre-sell for the tickets starts today.

Red Hot Chili Peppers will soon get a hometown honor when they receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The band famously formed when they were still at Fairfax High School, just a few streets away from where their star will be located. At that time, Anthony Kiedis and Flea were part of the original group alongside the late Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons.

According to Variety, a ceremony has been set for the morning of March 31. It kicks off with iconic funk artist George Clinton, who produced the band's 1985 Freaky Styley album. Actor Woody Harrelson will be there to unveil the star.

It will neighbor those of TV producer Harry Friedman, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak, and legendary talk show host Jack Paar.

The Chili Peppers' new album, Unlimited Love, comes out on April 1 and a major tour will follow.

TL;DR:

• Red Hot Chili Peppers will get their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 31..
• The band famously formed when they were in High School, just a few streets away from where their star will be located.
• Actor Woody Harrelson will unveil the star.