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Sevendust’s Clint Lowery will not be part of the band’s upcoming tour. The guitarist was advised by doctors to sit out the run after suffering a recent neck injury. “He has been instructed to rest to allow the injury to heal and rocking with you all would work against his recovery from this injury,” writes…

Jeffrey Hatrix (also known as Jeffrey Nothing), a co-founder and former vocalist for the industrial collective Mushroomhead, has sued the band’s drummer and producer Steve “Skinny” Felton, alleging copyright infringement and failure to pay Hatrix royalties that he is owed. Hatrix (born Jeffrey Lewis Hetrick), who left the band in ’18, claims he wrote or helped write 148…

MusiCares Person Of The Year benefit gala honoring Bon Jovi founder, namesake and frontman Jon Bon Jovi (pictured center with the band) featured performances by Sammy Hagar and Orianthi covering Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name” while Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH delivered a version of “Have A Nice Day.” The event is held annually prior Grammy Awards telecast….

Bon Jovi’s sixteenth studio album, “Forever,” featuring the lead track “Legendary” and “Living Proof,” has arrived. “The new record, it exudes joy,” enthused Jon Bon Jovi. “From the writing, through the recording process, this is turn-up-the-volume, feel-good Bon Jovi. And more importantly, I found joy again — just a simple pleasure of writing a song.” After…