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The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy recalled being told he had to see Guns N’ Roses just before the release of their debut album Appetite For Destruction – but he wasn’t allowed into the show. Axl Rose and company were playing at the iconic Marquee club in London, U.K., a few weeks before the LP was launched in July 1987. Duffy’s bandmate Ian Astbury attended one of the three shows, and couldn’t wait to share his discovery.

Most natives are familiar with or have come across the red fox in Michigan. The pointy face, fluffy tail, and it looks like it might know where your missing chicken went. But did you know the state has another fox species, and this one is the golden goose of foxes: the gray fox. According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), gray foxes may be much harder to spot than previously thought, which is why the state is now asking residents to help track them down.

Rick Wakeman has already scheduled nearly 20 shows for early 2027, following the pending release of both a new album and his autobiography. He'll be backed on the Wizard of Prog: Ultimate Highlights Tour by the English Rock Ensemble. "All tours are special, but this one is really very special," Wakeman said in an official statement.

It didn't take rock 'n' roll all that long to return to one of its roots. Barely a decade removed from the Big Bang period of the mid-1950s, when blues, country, jazz and R&B collided for rock 'n' roll's inception, the music took a huge swerve toward one of its progenitors. There's no clear beginning to country rock. Artists from Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers to the Beatles to the Byrds were blending country and rock before the genre was named in the late '60s.

Any long time Michigander knows that the Upper Peninsula’s west side was one of the biggest mining hotbeds in the entire world. Most of the mines eventually closed down, but then what? Were the people supposed to just leave them empty, abandoned, and dangerous for trespassers? A lot of them did... but there were others who had a different idea. Turn that old mine into a tourist attraction. That’s exactly what Copperama was.

What is Lansing’s Oldest, Still-Standing House? That would be the historic Kilbourne-Mead House. How old is it? It was built in 1847 in a Greek Revival-style for state Senator Joseph Kilbourne, a man who had a major hand in making Lansing Michigan’s capital. Where is it? So far, it’s still at its original location, 1214 Center Street in Old Town. What do I mean by “so far”? The house is expected to be moved one block north in an empty lot owned by the owners of the house.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce pulled off one of the most talked-about weddings of the year, but it sounds like the real adventure may just be getting started. Now that they've officially tied the knot, all eyes have turned to one big question: Where will the newlyweds head for their honeymoon? While the couple is reportedly keeping those plans under lock and key, new details suggest they're dreaming up the kind of getaway most of us only see in the movies.

If you spent part of the holiday dragging branches across the yard, you were not alone here in Mid-Michigan. After the storms on Friday, plenty of Lansing neighborhoods were left with downed trees, broken limbs, and a lot of cleanup. Before you haul everything to the curb, the City of Lansing is reminding residents that there are some rules for what will and will not be picked up. Here are the main things you should know.

Bon Jovi made their long-awaited return to the stage on Tuesday with their first of nine sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden, marking their first public, large-scale concerts since 2022 — and since the band's titular frontman underwent vocal cord surgery. The momentousness of the occasion was lost on nobody. "Do we got it anymore?" Jon Bon Jovi asked the audience during the country-rock stomper "Whole Lot of Leavin'." Their affirmative roar told him everything he needed to know.

For Elton John, retirement seems to be the hardest word. The acclaimed rock icon has announced a pair of “final farewell performances,” three years after concluding his worldwide farewell tour. The 330-show trek grossed nearly $940 million, ranking among the most commercially successful tours of all time. The new concerts, scheduled for Oct. 2 and 3 in Mexico City, mark John's first performances in the country in 14 years.