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Foghat Has Their Hat Out

Want to sing on a new version of “Slow Ride”?  Have Foghat’s drummer cook for you or read a bedtime story to your kid?  Maybe get a guitar lesson from Bryan Bassett?  Or even have the band play in your home? Then you donate to Foghat’s PledgeMusic drive as they raise funds for a forthcoming…MORE

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Sammy Hagar Debuts On 97.9 The Loop This Sunday

Sammy Hagar’s Top Rock Countdown is a 2 hour weekly show where Sammy counts down anything he wants. One week might be his favorite party songs, the next his favorite band NOT in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame or the best songs from a year or decade.  You never know what Sammy’s going…MORE

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Don Henley’s Chicago Show Went Smoothly. Detroit’s…Not So Much

  So the Eagles vs. Don Felder feud continues.  While Henley’s Sunday night performance at the Chicago Theater went off without a hitch, on Saturday at the Fox Theater in Detroit, the performer had a fan ejected for yelling out Don Felder’s name as he was introducing the audience to guitarist Steuart Smith, who has…MORE

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Ozzy Returns To The Alamo-To Apologize

It was a return to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, for Ozzy Osbourne this week, ostensibly to apologize for the 1982 incident in which he was intoxicated while in the city for a concert and urinated on the historic landmark, much to the offense of most Texans.  He was arrested, although was bailed out…MORE

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The Eagles Forced To Postpone Kennedy Center Honors

The Loop sends get well wishes to Glenn Frey as the Eagles founder undergoes major surgery for an intestinal condition for which he has had surgery before.  This will force the band to miss this year’s Kennedy Center Honors program which is attended by the President and each year honors cultural touchstones.  The Eagles-less Kennedy…MORE

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Def Leppard Guitarist Vivian Campbell Cancer Update

It is difficult to report on such things, especially when they involve a friend of the station and one of the truly nice guys in the music industry.  In an interview with WZKL in Atlantic City, NJ, Vivian indicated that following Thanksgiving he’ll know if the immunotherapy treatment he’s undergoing to combat Hodgkin’s lymphoma has been…MORE

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