2020 « CALIFORNIA ROCK NEWS

COSMOSQUAD Announce Pre-Halloween Live Stream Concert; Jeff Kollman Recalls Playing For Eddie Van Halen

New 2-CD retrospective set announced, ROCK N’ ROLL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, featuring one of the greatest 1980’s all female bands, THE CATHOLIC GIRLS

THE OUTLAWS ISSUE CLASSIC PERFORMANCE ON CD/DVD, ‘LIVE AT ROCKPALAST 1981’

Tune-In To Watch The John Lennon Bus IG Live Party Today; Partnership With Gibson Gives Celebrates Lennon’s 80th Birthday Oct. 9, With Virtual Event and Giveaways

Mitch Malloy Comments on the Sad Passing of Guitar God Eddie Van Halen

Joe Bonamassa: New Epiphone Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty” Available Worldwide; New Album ‘Royal Tea’ Out October 23

Los Rios Rock School Nominated forTwo Grammys with Pet Sounds Cover

Guns N’ Roses ‘Not In This Lifetime’ Pinball Game Available Worldwide

Cherie Currie and Dave Schulz release “What The World Needs Now Is Love”

It’s Slash Week The Slash Collection

GREG LAKE THE ANTHOLOGY A Music Journey to be released October 23

STEVE HACKETT releases new Single/Video ‘Under the Eye of the Sun’ from forthcoming release

NAMM Announces Believe in Music Week, January 18, 2021

PAS Honors Don Lombardi With 2020 President’s Industry Award

2 NEW BOOKS CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ROCK LEGENDS JIMI HENDRIX AND JOHN BONHAMh

Jeff Porcaro Biography – It’s About Time

NAMM Announces Believe in Music Week: The Global Gathering to Unite and Support the Industry

Legendary Guitarists To Participate In Six String Salute Virtual Concert On September 17th Including Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Steve Vai, Tommy Shaw (Styx) with the Cleveland Youth Orchestra, Rik Emmett) Triumph),, Joe Satriani, Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, TSO), Frank Hannon (Tesla), Alice Cooper’s Nita Strauss, Tommy Henriksen and Ryan Roxie, plus Richard Williams (Kansas), Alex Skolnick (Testament), Jennifer Batten, Damon Johnson (Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper)

CREEM MAGAZINE DOCUMENTARY: VIRTUAL CINEMA TICKETS ON SALE NOW

ROUND HILL RECORDS TO REISSUE 11 RIK EMMETT SOLO TITLES ON JULY 10TH

David Z Foundation Tuesday night 7/14/20 LIVE Fundraiser

NEON COVEN FEATURING JACOB BUNTON AND ACE VON JOHNSON SET TO RELEASE DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM “FUTURE POSTPONED” OCTOBER 30TH

New music video for CCR’s “Long As I Can See The Light” launches today

FOUNDING MEMBERS OF BLUE OYSTER CULT TEAM UP WITH DEKO ENTERTAINMENT AND LAUNCH ROCKHEART RECORDS. BRAND NEW JOE BOUCHARD RELEASE “STRANGE LEGENDS” OUT ON JULY 31st

PHIL BUCKMAN, PHIL DEMMEL, BRIAN TICHY and LUKAS ROSSI team up for an “At Home/Collab-A-Jam” cover and video of the MUSE song, HYSTERIA.

The Doors of the 21st Century Drummer Ty Dennis Teams Up With Society 1’s Matt Zane for Led Zeppelin Cover

Ziggy Marley, Warren Haynes, Amber Iman, Divinity Roxx, Will Calhoun, Vernon Reid, Liv Warfield And More Join Benefit Concert To Support The Legendary Apollo Theater For Generations To Come

80s artists to perform virtual online concert on June 13th

Local musicians raise money for Animal Sanctuary in one of the hardest hit areas by Covid-19, Italy 🇮🇹

Watch “Riff Lords” Streaming Now On Gibson TV; Learn How To Play Iconic Riffs With Phil X Of Bon Jovi And Richie Faulkner Of Judas Priest

Sublime With Rome Announces MusiCares Memorial Day Weekend Benefit Concert

KASIM SULTON TO PERFORM ONE OF THE FIRST-EVER “DRIVE IN CONCERTS”

New Trailer Revealed for Suzi Quatro documentary “Suzi Q” featuring Debbie Harry, Alice Cooper and more, plusVirtual Event, Q&A, VOD and DVD info

Soundcheck Live on May 12 to Feature Nuno, Orianthi, Avril, Phil X, Gary Cherone, dUg Pinnick and dozens of others produced by Steve Ferlazzo to Benefit Music Cares

Steve Hackett to Release Autobiography ‘A Genesis In My Bed’ due July 2020

LA Face Shields: Volunteers fabricating and donating protective equipment to healthcare workers

Artwork by Stewart Copeland of The Police Available Now

Kansas Announces Their New Album “The Absence of Presence” due in June and “Throwing Mountains” Video

Cherie Currie Returns with New Star-Studded Solo Album “Blvds of Splendor” Set For Release Via Blackheart Records April 28, 2020

California Rock News 2020 Movies in a Theater Ranked from Best to Worst

CHUCK BERRY Official Documentary Trailer For Upcoming Release

Suzi Quatro Documentary “SUZI Q” Charts the Pioneering Female Rockstar’s 54-year Career Set for a July release

Tony MacAlpine at Universal Bar and Grill, Los Angeles, CA, USA The Electric Illusionist Tour 2020

The Allman Betts Band, Devon Allman and Duane Betts The Palace Theater LA March 8, 2020

Korn Reno Events Center February 29, 2020

A Bowie Celebration at The Rose, Pasadena, CA, USA North America 2020 Diamond Dogs & Ziggy Stardust 3/6/2020

KISS Staples Center 3/4/2020

Adopt The Arts Benefit Concert Set For May 12 At Avalon In Hollywood; Geezer Butler, Chad Smith and Shepard Fairey To Receive 2020 Sound And Vision Awards

Dirty Honey El Rey 2/28/2020

WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS REUNION SHOW WHISKY FEBRUARY 2020