Richard Clapton and Ross Wilson To Play A Warragul Double Header

Motörhead will release the 1976 recordings ‘The Manticore Tapes’ that were originally intended for an album at the time but then discarded.

George Thorogood formed The Destroyed in 1973, ZZ Top started in 1969. Combined, George’s 53 years as a Destroyer and Billy Gibbons 56 years as a Top gives this night an incredible combined 109 years of experience on stage.

It must be a strange feeling for Billy Gibbons to have to celebrate 50 years of ZZ Top on tour without his co-founders and best friends Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. The good news is that Gibbons is continuing the legacy of one of America’s greatest Blues-Rock bands.

Fun fact: The Rolling Stones made the Tequila Sunrise famous first, not Eagles.

Pink Floyd are on course to claim their seventh UK Number 1 album this week, as Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII dominates the midweek Official Albums Chart.

The Damned guitarist Brian James has been buried at sea.

James Baker, a founding member and drummer for The Hoodoo Gurus, later with Beasts of Bourbon and The Dubrovniks, has died at the age of 71.