Joan Baez’s ‘Farewell, Angela’ getting 60th anniversary vinyl reissue

Craft RecordingsJoan Baez’s sixth studio album, Farewell, Angela, is getting a new vinyl reissue to mark the 60th anniversary of its release.The record, Baez’s bestselling album, will be released Oct. 3 on 180-gram vinyl, marking the album’s first wide vinyl reissue in almost 40 years. It will also be released on standard and hi-res digital platforms.Farewell, Angela, which peaked at #10 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, features Baez’s first use of electric guitar. It has the artist mixing traditional folk standards […]

July 17, 2025

Entertainment

Jared Leto stars as an AI soldier in ‘Tron: Ares’ official trailer

DisneyThe official trailer for Tron: Ares has arrived.Disney released the trailer for the third film in the Tron film series on Thursday. The trailer shows off the highly sophisticated artificial intelligence program called Ares.Jared Leto stars as Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world in what is humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings. Ares enters the world we know and sets out on a dangerous mission."Since time began, man has gazed at the stars and […]

July 17, 2025

Music

Annie Lennox to take part in London events surrounding release of ‘visual memoir’

Rizzoli International PublicationsAnnie Lennox is set to release the "visual memoir" Annie Lennox: Retrospective in September, and now she’s announced two special appearances in London to promote the book.The Eurythmics singer will sit down for a conversation at the Emmanuel Centre on Sept. 24. She will then take part in a book signing at the Waterstones in Piccadilly on Sept. 27.Ticket information for both events can be found at AnnieLennox.com.Annie Lennox: Retrospective, dropping Sept. 16, features over 200 photographs that take fans chronologically through […]

July 17, 2025

Music

Cyndi Lauper kicks off final leg of Farewell Tour: ‘We want people to leave happy’

Live NationCyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour began in October 2024 and has already traveled to the U.S., Canada, Paris and Japan. The final leg starts Thursday in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Cyndi tells ABC Audio what her initial concept was for what she says will be her final major tour."I said, 'Well, if I'm gonna say goodbye, let me say goodbye the right way,'" she explains. "So that was the main thrust of it: that I was gonna […]

July 17, 2025

Entertainment

‘Assassin’s Creed’ live-action series coming to Netflix

A visitor dressed with a costume of Dorian Arno, a character from "Assassin's Creed Unity" poses in front of a Ubisoft logo during the Paris Games week, a trade fair for video games on October 29, 2015 in Paris, France. Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images One of the most popular video game franchises is getting a series adaptation.Netflix has greenlit a live-action TV series adaptation based on Assassin's Creed.The TV show will be a high-octane thriller about "the secret war between […]

July 17, 2025

Music

On This Day, July 17, 2011: Bruce Springsteen honored Clarence Clemons at New Jersey show

On This Day, July 17, 2011 ...At Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance for a tribute to his late friend and E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who had passed away in June of that year.The 45-minute set for 400 fans included soul classics, as well as “Savin’ Up,” which Bruce wrote for Clemons’ 1983 album with the Red Bank Rockers.Clemons was a member of Bruce’s E Street Band from 1974 until his […]

July 17, 2025

Music

Bruce Springsteen lands his highest-grossing tour of his career

Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen continues to bring in the big bucks on tour.Billboard reports that The Boss' recent trek with the E Street Band, which kicked off in 2023 and wrapped on July 3 in Italy, was the biggest moneymaker of his career.The tour, which consisted of 129 shows, brought in $729.7 million, with 4.9 million tickets sold. Those numbers handily surpass Springsteen's previous highest-grossing tour, the 2012-13 Wrecking Ball World Tour, which brought in $347 million. It also sold more […]

July 17, 2025

Music

Steve Miller Band cancels tour dates due to extreme weather

Brad Barket/Getty Images for Mount Sinai Health SystemSteve Miller Band has canceled their upcoming tour due to the extreme weather conditions hitting the U.S.“You make music with your instincts You live your life by your instincts Always trust your instincts…,” began a post on Miller’s social media accounts. “The Steve Miller Band has cancelled all of our upcoming tour dates.”“The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires make these risks for you our audience, the […]

July 17, 2025

Music

Connie Francis, ‘Pretty Little Baby’ singer, dies at 87

Erick QuituizacaSinger Connie Francis, best known for her 1962 hit “Pretty Little Baby” and the 1961 song “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool,” has died at the age of 87, her manager confirmed.“It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness that i inform you of the passing of my dear friend Connie Francis last night,” said her copyrights and royalties manager, Ron Roberts, in a post on social media. “I know that Connie would approve that her fans are among the first to learn of […]

July 17, 2025

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