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Artwork for The Speaker Wars holiday single 'Brighten the Corner' (Frontiers Music SRL)Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch and his new band The Speaker Wars are getting into the holiday spirit with the release of a new Christmas song.The band — made up of Lynch, singer-songwriter Jon Christopher Davis, Jay Michael Smith on guitar, Brian Patterson on bass, Steve Ritter on percussion and Jay Brown on keyboards — has just released the holiday song "Brighten the Corner.""The Speaker Wars are wishing […]

Marianne Faithfull in Liverpool, 8th June 1965. (Photo by Terry Mealy/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)A documentary about the late singer and actress Marianne Faithfull is set to screen at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.Broken English, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2025, is set to have its U.S. premiere at Sundance as part of its Spotlight program.The film, from co-directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, is described as a […]

Elvis Costello on the MGM+ series 'Words + Music' (Photo credit: Jessica Perez MGM+)Elvis Costello is the subject of a new episode of Words + Music, which will air Sunday on MGM+.Words + Music is based on the Audible audio series of the same name. Each episode has artists sharing the stories behind their most iconic songs, followed by performances of those tunes. There will also be an immersive video […]

Cover of Joe Jackson's 'Hope and Fury'/(earMUSIC)Joe Jackson is giving fans their first preview of his upcoming album, Hope and Fury.The “Is She Really Going Out With Him” singer has released the first single from the record, “Welcome to Burning-By-Sea,” which was inspired by two cities in England: Brighton and his hometown of Portsmouth. According to the press release, the fictional seaside town in the song “becomes a microcosm of […]

David Bowie performs at Air Canada Centre. (Photo by Vince Talotta/Toronto Star via Getty Images)A trailer for a new U.K. documentary on David Bowie's final years has just been released. David Bowie – The Final Act is a production of U.K. Channel 4, Dogwoof and Rogan Productions.“Ten years after David Bowie's passing, his final chapter comes to light,” reads the trailer’s description. “Discover how the legendary artist transformed life, death, and creativity […]

Mariah Carey performs during opening night of 'Mariah Carey's Christmastime In Las Vegas' at Dolby Live at Park MGM on November 28, 2025 (Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Las Vegas)When Mariah Carey released her first holiday album, Merry Christmas, in 1994, she probably never thought that one of the songs on that album would go on to become a chart-topping Christmas standard — or did she?Mariah reposted an interview clip […]

Sir Roger Daltrey after he was made a Knight Bachelor at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on December 10, 2025 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Andrew Matthews - Pool/Getty Images)The Who’s Roger Daltrey has officially received his knighthood.The rocker was recognized in June as a Knight Bachelor as part of the King’s Birthday Honours, and on Wednesday he was officially knighted by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle.Daltrey […]