The Who announces ‘Tommy: Live at Royal Albert Hall’ global watch party

The Who on stage during a fundraising concert for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall in London. (Photo by David Jensen/PA Images via Getty Images)The Who is revisiting their 2017 performance of Tommy at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and they want their fans to join them.The band has announced a Tommy: Live at Royal Albert Hall global watch party streaming Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. ET on Lounges.tv. Proceeds will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to […]

November 19, 2025

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ZZ Top announces first tour dates of 2026

Elwood Francis (L) and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top perform on stage at Viejas Casino & Resort on November 02, 2025 in Alpine, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)ZZ Top’s first shows of 2026 have been revealed.The Texas rockers are set to hit the road with county star Dwight Yoakam on the Dos Amigos Tour, which will have them playing shows in the Midwest, South and East Coast.The 15-date tour starts March 26 in Brookings, South Dakota, with stops in Nebraska, […]

November 18, 2025

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The Royal Mint honors Queen’s Freddie Mercury with UK coin

Freddie Mercury of British rock group Queen performs at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London, 13th July 1985. The concert raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. (Photo by Jacques Langevin/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)The late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is the latest rock star to be honored by The Royal Mint with a U.K. coin.The coin features an etching of Mercury midperformance, and the studs on the edge mimic the arm band he wore during Queen’s iconic Live […]

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David Byrne releases new single ‘T Shirt’

Artwork for David Byrne single 'T Shirt' (Matador Records)David Byrne is out with a new single.The Talking Heads frontman has released the new track “T Shirt,” which he co-wrote with producer Brian Eno. The song is described as “a classic piece of electro-pop wrapped in lightly humorous, but always earnest, political commentary.”The video for the song features a drawing of a T-shirt with a variety of messages, including “well-behaved women seldom make history,” “you always have a choice,” “embrace differences” and “fight today […]

November 18, 2025 1

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Carlos Santana announces 2026 leg of Oneness tour

Carlos Santana Oneness tour admat (Courtesy of Santana)Carlos Santana has announced a 2026 leg of his Oneness tour.The 78-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has booked 10 new shows, kicking off March 28 in Thackerville, Oklahoma, with stops in Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Florida. The tour wraps April 11 in Hollywood, Florida.A fan presale for tickets begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.Ahead […]

November 18, 2025

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On This Day, Nov. 18, 1978: Billy Joel lands first #1 album with ’52nd Street’

On This Day, Nov. 18, 1978…Billy Joel landed his first #1 album with 52nd Street, his sixth studio album. The record spent eight weeks on top of the charts.The album, one of the first to be commercially released on CD, featured three top-40 singles: “My Life,” which peaked at #3, “Big Shot,” which hit #14, and the ballad “Honesty,” which went to #24.It would go on to earn Joel two Grammys, album of the year and best pop vocal performance. […]

November 18, 2025

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Pink Floyd releases 25-minute ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ from ‘Wish You Were Here 50’

Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here 50'/ (Sony Music)Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were Here begins and ends with the two-part track “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” a tribute to their late bandmate Syd Barrett. Now the two parts have been put together as one complete song.The band has just released “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix),” which marks the first time the song has been released as one continuous piece. The 25-minute track, newly mixed […]

November 18, 2025

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Mike Mills shoots down any thoughts of an R.E.M. reunion

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Mike Mills, bass player of R.E.M., performs onstage during the Jim Irsay Collection Exhibit and Concert at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on January 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)R.E.M. called it quits in 2011, and while fans may be holding out hope for a reunion, Mike Mills doesn't see that happening.“R.E.M. broke up because it was time, and we all recognized it and we all had thought about it before we […]

November 18, 2025

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Movies, music, madness: Robbie Robertson’s ‘Insomnia’ tells ‘origin story’ of his partnership with Martin Scorsese

Robbie Robertson, 'Insomnia' (Crown Publishing)Robbie Robertson's final solo album, 2019's Sinematic, features "Beautiful Madness," a song inspired by the two years he and Martin Scorsese lived together after their respective marriages collapsed. That "madness" is now detailed in The Band guitarist's brutally honest new book Insomnia, the sequel to his memoir, Testimony.In Insomnia, Robertson and Scorsese are creatively on fire. As The Band dissolves, they work on The Last Waltz and Raging Bull; hang with Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Warren Beatty; travel the world; bed […]

November 17, 2025