Nancy Dunham

Fans of Jethro Tull are looking forward to Ian Anderson bringing them up to date on the fate of Gerald Bostock, fictional star of the band’s seminal 1972 album ‘Thick as a Brick.’ Tull frontman and founder Anderson has not only updated the story but also put together a sequel album, ‘Thick as a Brick 2,’ and a concert tour which will include performances of both ‘Brick’ albums.

Jethro Tull‘s Martin Barre plans to take some of the group’s lesser-known music on the road with a band comprised partially of Tull alumni. The guitarist is in the final stages of assembling a group to tour next year.

Rolling Stones fans have an early holiday gift from the band, a video of their long-lost song ‘No Spare Parts.’ The track was recorded for the 1978 album ‘Some Girls’ but was shelved until earlier this fall, when it was released as part of the deluxe version of that album as one of 12 “lost” songs.

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 would play a headlining slot at the Isle of Wright Festival on Friday, June 22, that will also include performances by Elbow, Noah and the Whale, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

Bruce Springsteen is scheduled to give the keynote address at the annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference and Festival (SXSW) on March 15, 2012 in Austin, Texas.

The music of Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads has spawned yet another new kid rocker, an nine-year old boy wonder who plays guitar and sings in very impressive style.

Nikki Sixx isn’t all about sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. The Motley Crue bassist and Kerri Kasem, his co-host on his Premiere Radio Networks show ‘Sixx Sense,’ visited with wounded warriors last week at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose might be a difficult guy, even for a metal god, but you’d never know it from his interview he did with ‘That Metal Show’ on VH1 Classic last night (Nov. 11).

Bob Seger has announced plans to release a new studio album, and to support that record with a tour. “I will write from January 1 through March 31. I will finish the next record and right now, yes, I will tour with the next record,” Seger tells Ultimate Classic Rock.

AC/DC‘s classic song ‘Shoot to Thrill’ has been summoned into battled again, this time in the trailer for ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,’ that will be released at midnight Nov. 8 and likely go on to become this year’s No. 1 video game, reports USA Today.

The Beatles‘ Pete Best could have missed his chance to be the band’s first drummer! A handwritten letter Paul McCartney wrote on August 12, 1960, offered an unidentified drummer an audition just a few days before the Beatles departed for their legendary two-month stint in Hamburg, Germany, reports CBS News.