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Leading industry publication Pollstar put out their year end report and estimated over $30 billion in losses in the North American live events industry this year.

Vicky Cornell, along with her children, have released a new collection of cover songs by late Seattle musician Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave fame on behalf of The Chris Cornell Estate.

Covering the Beastie Boys is no easy feat, but Grohl and Kurstin pulled it off wonderfully with their rendition of “Sabotage.” Kurstin was on the keys while Grohl was on drums and handled vocal duty.

Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin are doling out the gifts this Hanukkah. Over the next eight nights of Hanukkah, Grohl and Kurstin are teaming up to give us one Hanukkah song a night.

Nandi Bushell, the 10-year-old rocker who has taken the internet by storm this year, has offered up a cover of the Muse song “Hysteria” that’ll absolutely blow you away.

According to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, the week of November 27-December 3 saw 1.253 million vinyl albums sold. This represents the largest sales week for vinyl ever since Nielsen began electronically tracking music sales in 1991.

Earlier this week, the U.K.’s Royal Mint sent a specially made coin of the late David Bowie into space. The one ounce silver proof coin traveled for 45 minutes and reached an altitude of 116,982 feet before descending back down to Earth.

The Boston musicians were featured in Wayne’s World 2 performing on stage at the Waynestock music festival after Jim Morrison of The Doors promised Wayne, “if you book them, they will come” in a dream.

Drummer of the decade Travis Barker, along with singer/songwriter Elise Trouw, Australian musician Carey Watkins, and actor Paul Raci team up to re-imagine Metallica’s classic “Enter Sandman.”

Fans of the ‘Metal Gear’ video game series, specifically the late-nineties Sony Playstation classic ‘Metal Gear Solid’ with its smooth (for its time) cinematics, intuitive play, and stellar graphics are in for a treat.