Greetings Rockers ’N’ Rollers! Faster Pussycat returned to Central PA on June 28th to a near sold-out crowd at Millersville’s Phantom Power. The 80’s glam metal band from Los Angeles also brought openers The Supersuckers and The Rumours. Faster Pussycat’s summer 2025 tour included over 30 dates across America. The group played 14 of their biggest songs including, “House of Pain,” “Babylon” and “Where There’s a Whip There’s a Way.”
Harrisburg’s Yam Yam played a great free show downtown at Sawyer’s on July 4th to celebrate the holiday. Yam Yam’s music is considered a blend of funk, jazz and soul. This month, Yam Yam plays shows in West Virginia, Virginia and New York as well as Shy Bear Brewing in Lewistown on August 20th.
Poison drummer, Rikki Rockett, returned to Harrisburg with his latest project, Rockett Mafia on July 11th at XL Live. The Mechanicsburg-native played a set of random popular cover songs, along with Poison’s song ‘Cry Tough.’ Poison singer and frontman, Bret Michaels, also made a surprise appearance on July 19th outside of York at Thomasville’s Racehorse Tavern to catch a performance from Steel. Michaels played a show earlier this summer on June 14th at Grantville’s Hollywood Casino.
In July, Swisher Sweets played Harrisburg’s Savannahs on July 11th and made their first appearance in Lebanon at Gin Mill on July 19th. The local cover band makes their Dog House debut in Linglestown on August 1st and returns to Lebanon Gin Mill on August 23rd.
Indie rock band, Broncho, is currently in the midst of their Natural Pleasure tour supporting their new album. The 29-date tour included stops at Washington DC Union Stage on July 24th and Philadelphia Johnny Brenda on July 25th. The Oklahoma based band also played Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live for WXPN free at noon series before their sold out show at Johnny Brendas that night. Broncho played the new album in its entirety before playing their popular songs “Class Historian” and “Try Me Out Sometime.”
Just 17 days after his final performance with Black Sabbath in Birmingham, England, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76. No cause of death has been revealed, however, the singer had been battling Parkinson’s Disease and first revealed his diagnosis to the public in 2020. A note signed by his family, Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis read, “He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.” Osbourne started his career with Black Sabbath in 1970, defining heavy metal. His erratic performances and heavy partying lifestyle led to his parting ways with the band. A solo career ensued, going on to record some of the most influential rock ‘n’ roll songs of his era and endured for four decades. Osbourne’s farewell concert with Black Sabbath on July 5th, is now officially the highest-grossing charity concert of all time, raising over $190 million with all the funds donated toward the Cure Parkinson’s organization and Acorns Children’s Hospice and Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Ozzy’s final stage performance gathered 40,000 attendees in person and 5.8 million viewers online. It surpassed legendary events like FireAid and Farm Aid, making it a monumental moment in music and philanthropy.
A massive lawsuit has been filed against Perry Farrell by his Jane’s Addiction band-mates. Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins together have filed a $10 million lawsuit against the band’s frontman and Lollapalooza founder. Navarro is suing Farrell for assault and battery over a fight that went down onstage in September 2024, which they say derailed their North American tour, cancelling 15 shows and a planned album afterward, leading to major financial losses. Farrell’s legal team stated that “the timing of this baseless lawsuit is no coincidence—it was filed only after they caught wind of legal action coming from our side.” Farrell filed a lawsuit against Navarro, Avery and Perkins for abruptly cancelling tour dates without warning and not being allowed to vote and be heard which violates contracts and professional obligations.
Los Angeles punk rock icons L7 are celebrating a major milestone in their hometown on October 3rd at The Belasco Theater for their 40th anniversary bash. Lunachicks and CSS are also on the bill, and additional performers will be announced soon. “This will mark the second year of our annual takeover of The Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, which coincides with L7’s 40th anniversary, so we are making it a big party!” says legendary frontwoman Donita Sparks. The anniversary bash will be similar to last year’s takeover, which featured five bars, two stages and was open to fans of all ages. L7 hasn’t shared the stage with Lunachicks since 1990 at CBGBs in New York City, and Sparks promises it will “truly be a momentous event of insanity and rock and roll.”
Grateful Dead fans can watch the final show of Dead & Company’s weekend run at San Francisco’s historic Golden Gate Park live on August 3rd at IMAX screens across the U.S. and Canada. Dead & Company was founded in 2015 by Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer and Bobby Weir. Dead & Company is set to return to San Francisco for three headline shows on the Polo Field in the iconic Golden Gate Park with Billy Strings on August 1st, Sturgill Simpson on August 2nd and Phish co-founder and lead guitarist Trey Anastasio on August 3rd. Since its formation, Dead & Company have completed 10 U.S. tours, performed for nearly six million fans and headlined a landmark 48-show residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. Robert Plant has created a new project titled, Robert Plant & Saving Grace, with the group releasing their debut album on September 26th and unveiling plans to tour this summer and fall. “We laugh a lot, really,” Plant said in a statement. “I think that suits me. I like laughing. You know, I can’t find any reason to be too serious about anything. I’m not jaded. The sweetness of the whole thing.” The album was recorded between April 2019 and January 2025 and the band will perform for the first time in the U.S. this fall, with an initial run of a dozen shows announced. The trek kicks off on October 30th in Wheeling, West Virginia, with stops including Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Paul McCartney is setting out on tour across North America, following the former Beatle’s three-night stand at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom last February. The 19 newly-added tour dates mark Sir Paul McCartney’s first trek across the United States and Canada since 2022, and includes a show at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on November 11th.
AC/DC set record ticket sales for their homecoming “POWER UP Tour” dates in Australia in November and December. They sold over 370,000 tickets in the first day of sale in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, an average of 1,200 each minute. They then announced second shows in all three cities within hours. The numbers recorded the highest single-day ticket volume in Australia’s past 40 years. Melbourne rock band Amyl and The Sniffers open on all shows.
Def Leppard will return to Las Vegas next year for the band’s third Sin City residency, this time at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The band is slated to perform a dozen times between February 3rd and 28th, “Las Vegas has always been such a main attraction for Def Leppard. There’s no place on earth where you can have the likes of Adele, U2 and The Eagles all playing sold out shows on the same night! We’re really looking forward to coming back for our third Vegas residency,” lead singer Joe Elliott said.
Kings of Leon cancelled a portion of their European dates due to lead singer Caleb Followill’s heel injury, however the band returned to the stage July 18th and joined Zach Bryan for his sold-out show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Earlier this summer, Followill sustained a serious injury shattering his heel and requiring a significant emergency surgery that prevented him from traveling and performing. Kings of Leon will join Zach Bryan once again for his performance at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August 15th, before heading back to Europe to finish out their summer tour.
The Steve Miller Band has canceled all upcoming dates leaving this message, “You make music with your instincts. You live your life by your instincts. Always trust your instincts… The Steve Miller Band has cancelled all of our upcoming tour dates in 2025. You can blame it on the weather… The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, and massive forest fires makes these risks for our audience, the band, and the crew unacceptable. The tour is cancelled. Don’t know where, don’t know when… We hope to see you all again. We wish you all Peace, Love and Happiness. Please take care of each other.” The band spent much of 2024 touring with Def Leppard and Journey.
Sean “Diddy” Combs dropped to his knees and prayed in the courtroom after he was acquitted July 2nd of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hop’s most celebrated figures behind bars for life. The rapper was convicted of lesser prostitution-related offenses and still faces prison time but might be released on bail. As the jury foreman spoke and the “not guilty” verdicts piled up, Combs pumped his fist and someone shouted, “Yeah!” Combs, 55, was convicted of flying people around the country, including his girlfriends and paid male sex workers, to engage in sexual encounters, a felony violation of the federal Mann Act. Combs did not testify at his trial, which featured 34 witnesses as well as video of the rapper attacking his former girlfriend Cassie, the R&B singer born Casandra Ventura. Ventura sued Combs in 2023 and he settled the next day for $20 million, but more lawsuits by other women and men followed. Most are still pending. Combs was denied parole and is still incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.
AUGUST SHOWS: Swisher Sweets – Linglestown Dog House Aug 1. Damian & Stephen Marley – Harrisburg Riverfront Park Aug 3. Bouncing Souls – Asbury Park NJ Stone Pony Aug 16. Billy Idol & Joan Jett – Philadelphia Mann Aug 16. David Lee Roth – Bethlehem Wind Creek Aug 17. Dirt Cheap & Electric Love – Thomasville Racehorse Aug 22. Timmy’s Creepshow & Super High-Tech Jet Fighters – Duncannon Doyle Aug 23. Oasis – East Rutherford NJ MetLife Stadium Aug 31.
