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Cover of KISS' 1975 album 'Alive!'/(Island Def Jam Group)It was 50 years ago — Sept. 10, 1975 — that KISS released their first-ever live album, Alive!, which helped them skyrocket to superstardom.Before Alive!, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley weren’t having much success. While their live shows helped them gain a cult following, their first three albums — KISS, Hotter Than Hell and Dressed to Kill — failed to take off commercially.But that all changed […]

Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman in director Craig Brewer's 'Song Sung Blue' (Sarah Shatz/Focus Features @2025 All Rights ReservedA movie featuring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson singing Neil Diamond hits as they fall in love? How Sweet — Caroline, that is.The first trailer has arrived for Song Sung Blue, the story of a two down-on-their luck musicians from Milwaukee who form a Neil Diamond tribute band called Lightning & Thunder […]

David Byrne attends the Prime Video's "#1 Happy Family USA" Series Premiere at Metrograph on April 16, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)David Byrne and Robert Plant are among the artists set to perform at the 2026 Big Ears Festival, taking place March 26-29 in Knoxville, Tennessee.The festival will feature 250 performances in 20 venues, with Laurie Anderson, Pat Metheny, Flying Lotus, Don Was and more also taking part.Byrne is set to play two shows […]

Jimi Hendrix Experience 'Bold As Love' box set cover/Experience Hendrix/Legacy RecordingsThe Jimi Hendrix Experience’s sophomore album is the subject of a new reissue featuring plenty of extras.Dropping Nov. 7, Bold As Love is a deluxe box set featuring the band’s original sophomore album, Axis: Bold As Love, in mono and stereo mixes. There are also 40 bonus tracks, made up of alternative versions of songs, unreleased studio takes, demos, live tracks and TV performances. That bonus material includes […]

'The Doors – Immersed 1967-1971' Blu-ray set/(Rhino)The Doors are continuing the celebration of their 60th anniversary with a new Blu-ray set with audio upgrades of all their albums.The Doors – Immersed 1967-1971 drops on Oct. 24. It will feature the band’s six studio albums — 1967’s The Doors and Strange Days, 1968's Waiting for the Sun, 1969’s The Soft Parade, 1970’s Morrison Hotel and 1971’s L.A.Woman — on Blu-ray for the first time, featuring Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround and high-resolution stereo mixes […]

On This Day, Sept. 9, 2014 ...U2 gave away their new album Songs of Innocence, with the record automatically appearing in the music libraries of some 500 million iTunes users.The album, the 13th studio release from the Irish rockers, included the lead single "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)," which was featured in a TV ad for Apple. Other singles included "Every Breaking Wave" and "Song for Someone."But not everyone wanted Songs of Innocence. […]

Cover of Wings anthology/(UMG)The music of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles band Wings is being explored in a new collection.Simply titled Wings, the anthology, personally overseen by McCartney, will be released digitally and as a three-LP or two-CD set. It features remastered versions of such Wings classics as “Band on the Run," “Live and Let Die,” “Jet," “Silly Love Songs,”  “Let 'Em In” and more.There will also be a three-LP, limited edition color vinyl version; a Blu-ray that […]