Prince's 1984 film "Purple Rain" set to return to select Dolby theatres, Kansas' Ronnie Platt shares health news and unpublished writings of the late Layne Staley will be released in November featuring intimate unseen hand drawings, lyrics and more from the former Alice In Chains lead singer.  More rock news on the home page!

It's been a year since Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd has passed, also Rob Halford from Judas Priest will pay tribute to Lemmy Kilmister and Ronnie James Dio on a new song "Giants In The Sky" from their upcoming record "Invincible Shield" out Thursday (3-8) and Dave Grohl will play a solo show for Love Rocks NYC benefit concert along with Don Felder, Tom Morello and more.

News from Better Than Ezra who is hitting the road on a new tour, Steve Perry and David Bowie!