Weeks after releasing the protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” in honor of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, two American citizens who were killed by ICE agents (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) during protests, Bruce Springsteen has announced American tour dates. Titled “Land of Hope & Dreams” and featuring the phrase “No More Kings” on the poster, the tour will start in Minneapolis next March 31. The official press release for the upcoming tour states that Bruce’s goal is to defend American democracy and raise awareness about the current Donald Trump policies. “We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour. We will be rocking your town in celebration and in defense of America — American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream — all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C. Everyone, regardless of where you stand or what you believe in, is welcome — so come on out and join the United Free Republic of E Street Nation for an American spring of Rock ‘n’ Rebellion! I’ll see you there!” Bruce Springsteen 2026 American tour dates March 31 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center April 3 – Portland, OR – Moda Center 7 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum 9 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum 13 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center 16 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center 20 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center 23 – Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena 26 – Austin, TX – Moody Center 29 – Chicago, IL – United Center May 2 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena 5 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena 11 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center 16 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena 22 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena 24 – Boston, MA – TD Garden 27 – Washington, D.C. – Nationals Park https://youtu.be/VU0T_bRbMRQThe post Bruce Springsteen announces 2026 American tour dates appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Carlos Santana has announced the Oneness 2026 tour, with The Doobie Brothers as special guests. The shows will take place across the United States and Canada next June, July, and August. Santana’s current band features Benny Rietveld on bass, Karl Perazzo on vocals and percussion, Andy Vargas on vocals, Tommy Anthony on guitar and vocals, David K. Mathews on keyboards, Paoli Mejías on percussion, Cindy Blackman on drums, and Ray Greene on percussion and trombone. The Doobie Brothers’ current line-up includes Patrick Simmons on guitar, banjo, and vocals; Tom Johnston on vocals, guitar, and keyboards; Michael McDonald on vocals and keyboards; and John McFee on guitar, vocals, and other instruments. They are joined by touring musicians John Cowan on bass, Marc Russo on saxophones, Ed Toth on drums, and Marc Quiñones on percussion. Santana and Doobie Brothers announces 2026 tour June 13 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre 15 – Grand Rapids, MI – Acrisure Amphitheater 17 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center 18 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre 20 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater 21 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center 24 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live 26 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium 27 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center 29 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center July 1 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center 2 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater 4 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 5 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre 8 – Charlotte, NC – Truliant Amphitheater 9 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre August 6 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre 8 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre 9 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre 11 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center 16 – El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center 18 – Austin, TX – Moody Center 21 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 22 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center 26 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre 27 – Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdkVuIP2pd4&pp=ygUMc2FudGFuYSAyMDI1The post Santana and Doobie Brothers announces 2026 tour appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Twisted Sister recently announced that they had to cancel their upcoming 50th anniversary reunion tour due to Dee Snider’s health issues. An official statement said that he can no longer perform on stage with the same level of intensity as before because he suffers from degenerative arthritis. After that, many rumors began to spread online about his health, the musician posted a video to clarify that although he has this condition, he is doing well. Dee Snider says he is doing well amid health concerns "Hey, everybody. It's me, Dee Snider, and I'm not dying! No, not never - I mean, we're all dying, but not immediately. My announcement about canceling the tour for health reasons, problems with my heart, arthritis, things like that, the rumours have run wild that I am on my deathbed." "I am not. I just can't do those things that I did in my twenties, thirties, forties, fifties and even sixties. Alright? Otherwise, I'm alive and well. I'm enjoying life. I'm here for the House Of Hair. I'm directing a movie. I'll be writing things. You won't see me on the stage kicking ass like I used to because that will mess me up." "(Someone) just told me, 'Hey, man, could you just go out on stage and lay back?' No, I can't do that. That's not who I am. Look, I can barely do that on the House Of Hair. So, I had to pull out of Twisted Sister. I had to cancel a tour. My apologies for that. And thank you for all the love and care and worry and all that stuff. It was crazy. I mean, the amount of people, the outpouring was beautiful. Thank you very much for cheering me on. "I'm okay. I just can't do that anymore. And you know what? Truth of the matter is, I don't want you to see me up there being less than you expect me to be. If you got memories of a great show that I did, that's what I wanna leave you with, not me standing up there like Willie Nelson. Nothing wrong with Willie - 95 years old in a wheelchair - but you know what I'm saying. I went out rocking. I'm still rocking here. I ain't stopping. I got a lot of life to live. My dad's 95 and still kicking, so I'm expecting to be around for a long time, which means the House Of Hair will go on forever! Don't worry about old Dee, Thank you," Dee Snider said (Transcribed by Classic Rock). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNxpdekTk-A&pp=ygUTdHdpc3RlZCBzaXN0ZXIgMjAxOQ%3D%3DThe post Dee Snider says he is doing well amid health concerns appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Since the early 1960s, led by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones have released more than 30 studio albums and over 120 singles, which makes them one of the most enduring and prolific Rock and Roll bands of all time. Fans have an enormous body of work to explore and it is not easy to choose the greatest songs, which means there are many hidden gems in their discography. There are 3 underrated tracks, Keith Richards once described as “damn good.” The 3 Rolling Stones songs Keith Richards said were "damn good" "Country Honk" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fx_VjKjJ3I&pp=ygUbY291bnRyeSBob25rIHJvbGxpbmcgc3RvbmVz The first one mentioned by Keith Richards is "Country Honk" which is the original version of what would become later on "Honky Tonk Women". The track was written by Keith and Mick when they were spending time in Brazil in the late 60s. "We were headed for the Mato Grosso (Brazilian state). We lived for a few days on a ranch, where Mick and I wrote 'Country Honk.' (We were) sitting on a veranda like cowboys, boots on the rail, thinking ourselves in Texas." "It was the country version of what became the single 'Honky Tonk Women' when we got back to civilization. We decided to put 'Country Honk' out as well, on 'Let It Bleed', a few months later in late ’69. It was written on an acoustic guitar, and I remember the place because every time you flushed the john these black blind frogs came jumping out. (It was) an interesting image," Keith Richards said in his autobiography "Life". Interestingly Richards later said that quite often a good Country song can also become a very good Rock and Roll track. "It was a process, writing 'Country Honk' and saying: 'This sounds like Jimmie Rodgers or Hank Williams. (But) how he would have played now (these days)?'' Keith Richards continued: 'So then (we) project it forward but at the same time is a damn old good Country song and a damn old good Country song is quite often a damn good Rock and Roll song," Keith Richards said on his Youtube channel (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). "Country Honk" was featured on the band’s eighth studio album, "Let It Bleed", released in 1969, a few months after "Honky Tonk Women" had come out as a single and became a number one hit in several countries. It is one of the few songs from that era that did not feature bassist Bill Wyman, as there is no bass on the track. Besides Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Mick Taylor played steel slide guitar, Charlie Watts handled the drums and guest musician Byron Berline played fiddle. "Love In Vain" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryRDcE2sB2A&pp=ygUdIkxvdmUgSW4gVmFpbiIgcm9sbGluZyBzdG9uZXM%3D Also from "Let It Bleed", the song "Love In Vain" was also mentioned by Keith as a "damn good" one and also a track that showed how talented Mick Taylor was. "We did the most brilliant stuff together, some of the most brilliant stuff the Stones ever did. Everything was there in his playing—the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song. He had a lovely sound, some very soulful stuff. He’d get where I was going even before I did." "I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor, especially on that slide—try it on 'Love in Vain'. Sometimes just jamming, warming up with him, I’d go, whoa. I guess that’s where the emotion came out. I loved the guy, I loved to work with him, but he was very shy and very distant. I’d get close to him when we were working out stuff and playing. When he let his hair down he was extremely funny," Keith Richards said in his book "Life". The song is a version of "Love in Vain Blues", written by the legendary Robert Johnson and released in 1939. At the time, Mick Taylor had only recently joined the band, coming from John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, a position previously occupied in that group by Eric Clapton and Peter Green. "Let It Bleed" was his first album with the Stones, and as Keith once said, it brought “beautiful possibilities” to the band’s sound. “Taylor opened up some beautiful possibilities. Especially in recording because I would just lay down 3 or 4 different rhythm guitars. Mick was very much a solo player. Incredible melodic and sensitivity about his playing. Most of those early Stone records, you know, the big ones.” Keith Richards continued: “He’s probably 6, 7 maybe 8 sometimes, guitars on these tracks. But you wouldn’t know that. When I play guitar I wanna play with another guy. If he is providing the other side of the coin, if I’m laying down that rhythm then the complements that come from the other guitar then will be moving into the rhythm guitar,” Keith Richards said on his Youtube channel in 2017 (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). Taylor remained a member of the band until 1974, when he decided to leave to spend more time with his family. He also played on the albums “Sticky Fingers” (1971), “Exile on Main St.” (1972), “Goats Head Soup” (1973) and “It’s Only Rock ’n Roll” (1974). Over the decades, Richards has said many times that his favorite Stones albums come from this era with Mick Taylor in the band. "Dear Doctor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Ci47X96H0&pp=ygUcIkRlYXIgRG9jdG9yIiByb2xsaW5nIHN0b25lcw%3D%3D Released one year before the other two songs on the list, “Dear Doctor” was part of the final Stones album in which Brian Jones still played a significant role. "Mick was coming up with some great ideas and great songs, like 'Dear Doctor'. I think probably Marianne (Faithfull) had something to do with that (song). (...) (These 3 songs listed) were, in a way, catch-up, things we had to do. The mixture of black and white American music had plenty of space in it to be explored." "We also knew that the Stones fans were digging it, and there were an awful lot of them by then. Without thinking about it, we knew that they’d love it. All we’ve got to do is what we want to do and they’re gonna love it. That’s what we’re about, because if we love it, a certain thing comes across from it. They were damn good songs. We never forget a good hook. We’ve never let one go when we’ve found it," Keith Richards said in his biography "Life". Keith mentioned Marianne, since the song was written during the period when she and Mick were together. They were in a relationship from 1966 to 1970. Besides the full Stones line-up, the track also featured legendary session musician Nicky Hopkins on tack piano.The post The 3 Rolling Stones songs Keith Richards said were “damn good” appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

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