New YouTube series highlights Freddie Mercury’s debut solo album

Cover of Freddie Mercury's 'Mr Bad Guy'/(Hollywood Records)Freddie Mercury’s debut solo album, Mr. Bad Guy, has just been reissued for its 40th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Mercury’s official YouTube channel has debuted the first in a three-part series dedicated to the release.Each episode in the Mr. Bad Guy series includes clips from music videos for the album's singles, along with excerpts from a 1985 interview Mercury gave to promote the record.In episode 1, Freddie tells interviewer David Wigg why he decided to […]

December 5, 2025

Music

Gene Simmons to testify before the Senate in support of American Music Fairness Act

Gene Simmons on 'Dancing with the Stars'/(Disney/Eric McCandless)Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Gene Simmons is headed to Washington.The KISS founding member is set to testify on Tuesday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Intellectual Property Subcommittee in support of the American Music Fairness Act. The bipartisan bill aims to ensure radio corporations pay performers for playing their music."Having spent my career in the music and entertainment industry, I understand the vital importance of this issue," Simmons said in a statement. "The American […]

December 5, 2025

Music

Squeeze releases second track from upcoming album, ‘Trixies’

Cover of Squeeze's 'Trixies'/(BMG)Squeeze has shared another track from their upcoming album, Trixies, which features some of the first songs the band's Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook ever wrote together.After previously releasing the first song, "Trixies Pt. 1," they have now released “Trixies Pt. 2” to digital outlets.The songs on Trixies, Squeeze's first album in eight years, are described as a "collection of stories set in a fictional night club, Trixies." They were written by the duo back in 1974 when recording was beyond their […]

December 5, 2025

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The Beatles’ ‘Anthology 4’ makes top-10 debut on five Billboard charts

The Beatles 'Anthology 4' cover/(Capitol Records)The Beatles are back on the Billboard charts thanks to Anthology 4, the new addition to the band’s Anthology series, which was recently reissued.Anthology 4 features 36 tracks, including 13 previously unreleased demos, session recordings and more. It debuted in the top 10 on five Billboard charts, including both the Top Albums Sales and Top Current Album Sales charts, where it landed at #9.The album is also at #7 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart, #6 on […]

December 5, 2025

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Tom Petty estate releases special limited edition ‘Live Anthology’ vinyl

Cover of Tom Petty 'The Live Anthology'/(Shoreline Gold/Reprise Records)The Tom Petty estate has released a new ultra-limited edition vinyl of The Live Anthology – From The Vaults Vol. 1.The new “Cool Blue” pressing of the album is limited to 2,000 individually numbered copies and is available now at TomPetty.com.This colored variant follows the recent Record Store Day Black Friday release of a special turquoise version, which was limited to 11,000 copies.The Live Anthology – From The Vaults Vol. 1. is made up […]

December 5, 2025

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On This Day, Dec. 5, 1974: Paul McCartney and Wings release ‘Band on the Run’

On This Day, Dec. 5, 1974…Paul McCartney and Wings released their third album, Band on the Run, which became a huge hit and remains McCartney’s most successful non-Beatles album.The album produced two hits, the title track and “Jet,” and went to #1 in the U.S. and the U.K.The cover featured McCartney, his wife Linda and guitarist Denny Laine posing as escaped convicts alongside actors James Coburn and Christopher Lee, British boxer John Conteh, U.K. broadcasters Michael Parkinson and Clement Freud, and English entertainer Kenny Lynch.To celebrate the anniversary, McCartney released a special 50th anniversary edition […]

December 5, 2025

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Aerosmith & Yungblud release ‘Wild Woman’ featuring Lainey Wilson

Yungblud, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry perform during a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV)Aerosmith and Yungblud have released a new version of the One More Time track “Wild Woman” featuring country star Lainey Wilson.Steven Tyler and Yungblud decided to ask Lainey to add her vocals to the track after she joined Tyler to perform the Aerosmith classic “Dream On” at his sixth […]

December 5, 2025

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Pink Floyd announces ‘Wish You Were Here 50’ pop-ups

Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here 50'/ (Sony Music)Pink Floyd has announced a set of pop-ups to celebrate the upcoming release of Wish You Were Here 50, celebrating the 50th anniversary of their iconic ninth studio album.Starting Dec. 12, the day of Wish You Were Here 50’s release, the Pink Floyd x News & Coffee Studio pop-up stores will open in London, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Paris, transforming each newsstand location into a specially curated space. There will […]

December 5, 2025

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Brian May, Mick Fleetwood & others pay tribute to Steve Cropper

American guitarist Steve Cropper playing a Fender Telecaster guitar on stage, circa 1990. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)Queen's Brian May and Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood are among the artists paying tribute to the late Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist Steve Cropper, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 84.May, who appeared on Cropper and his band The Midnight Hour's 2024 album Friendlytown, wrote on Instagram, “We sadly lost one of the great original guitar heroes last night. Steve Cropper was and always […]

December 4, 2025