Chad Childers

There's either very sad news or very good news for AC/DC and their fans as two conflicting reports have surfaced online.

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Though KISS have cranked out their fair share of hard rocking anthems over the years, the band's 1976 ballad 'Beth' remains the highest charting song of their career. Drummer Peter Criss is often credited with the songwriting for the track, but he and Paul Stanley have different accounts as to how the track came about.

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It's a huge year for KISS, who are about to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But that's just the beginning, as the band is currently contemplating how to celebrate their 40th anniversary in music.

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One of the hottest tickets of the year is the upcoming Guns N' Roses 'An Evening of Destruction. No Trickery' residency at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas this spring. Loudwire and our partner site Ultimate Classic Rock wants you to be there and we're teaming with AEG Live to give you that opportunity.

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It's a good year to be Ace Frehley! Not only is the legendary KISS guitarist about to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but he also has his first solo album in five years about to hit shelves. Frehley has announced that his latest disc, 'Space Invader,' will be released June 24 via eOne Music.

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Another year of Austin's South by Southwest festival is in the books, but this one will be overshadowed by a tragic incident. A spokesperson for the Austin Police Department has confirmed that a third person has now died as a result of injuries suffered when a car plowed into a crowd of people gathered outside a venue at the South by Southwest festival.

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It's going to be one rocking summer. That's because KISS and Def Leppard, two veteran bands with extensive catalogs, are uniting for a summer tour.

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'That Metal Show' will lean a little more on the classic rock side this week as Foreigner's Mick Jones and Mountain guitar great Leslie West will join Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine for interviews. Meanwhile, Lita Ford will lay down some blistering licks as the special music guest.

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Soundgarden's 'Superunknown' was one of the great albums of the '90s, and fans will get a chance to dig a little deeper into that classic release for its 20th anniversary. That's because Soundgarden are preparing a massive 20th Anniversary reissue that will arrive on June 3 through A&M Records/UME.

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Kirk Hammett's love of horror movies is well documented and the Metallica guitarist says he already has plans for a follow-up to his book 'Too Much Horror Business.'

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