Chicago to release expanded version of ‘Chicago IX’ greatest hits collection

RhinoChicago is set to release an expanded version of their greatest hits collection, Chicago IX, to celebrate its 50th anniversary.The original collection of 11 songs was released in 1975 and featured Chicago hits from 1969 to 1974, including such songs as "25 or 6 to 4," "Saturday in the Park" and "If You Leave Me Now." It went to #1, spent 72 weeks on the Billboard 200 and became one of the band’s bestselling albums.The new expanded edition adds 10 Chicago hits that […]

June 18, 2025

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Ahead of ‘Tracks II’ release, Bruce Springsteen teases ‘Tracks III’: ‘There are five full albums of music’

Jakubaszek/RedfernsBruce Springsteen is set to release Tracks II: The Lost Albums on June 27, a box set featuring seven previously unheard Springsteen records.The set includes 83 songs, all of which were originally recorded between 1983 and 2018. Of those songs, 82 have never been released before and 74 have never been heard before. While that may sound like a lot, the rocker has even more to share."Tracks III, that is finished," he tells The New York Times. "It’s basically what was left […]

June 18, 2025

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Grateful Dead’s next Meet-Up at the Movies to screen ‘The Grateful Dead Movie’ in IMAX

Rhino Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing Grateful Dead fans will once again have the chance to head to the theaters to see their favorite band on the big screen, and this time the event will be part of the continued celebration of the band’s 60th anniversary.The Dead’s latest Meet-Up at the Movies will take place Aug. 14. It will feature a showing of the band's concert film The Grateful Dead Movie, which will be shown in theaters, as well as on IMAX screens for […]

June 18, 2025

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On This Day, June 18, 2015: Van Morrison, Jerry Garcia celebrated at Songwriters Hall of Fame induction

On This Day, June 18, 2015…Van Morrison and the late Jerry Garcia were celebrated at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction gala in New York City.Morrison, known for writing such songs as "Gloria," "Brown Eyed Girl," "Moondance" and more, was honored with the Johnny Mercer Award for songwriting excellence at the ceremony. He was previously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003.Michael Bublé honored Morrison at the ceremony with a performance of "Moondance."Garcia, who passed away in 1995, and his […]

June 18, 2025

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Rod Stewart would prefer to front The Rolling Stones over The Beatles

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for FIREAIDIn the ongoing debate of The Beatles versus The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart has picked sides.During an appearance on BBC Radio 2, Rod was asked by U.K. pop star Robbie Williams which of the two legendary bands he would choose to front if he could — and Rod didn’t have trouble deciding."Yeah, I would have liked to have fronted The Stones, you know, because they were a London band and we all loved them," Stewart said. He noted […]

June 18, 2025

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REO Speedwagon’s original frontman Terry Luttrell injured in car accident following band reunion

Terry Luttrell 1977/Paul Natkin/Getty ImagesREO Speedwagon’s original frontman Terry Luttrell is recuperating in the hospital after wrecking his car on the way home from an REO Speedwagon reunion event Saturday in the band's hometown of Champaign, Illinois.Luttrell tells The News-Gazette that he fell asleep at the wheel after getting little sleep following the band's performance at the State Farm Center."It just happened," Luttrell said. "I nodded off. I rolled the car over, and I woke up and I was in a cocoon […]

June 17, 2025

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The Police’s Sting & Andy Summers reunite for big band cover of ‘Murder by Numbers’

Rick Diamond/WireImageThe Police’s Sting and Andy Summers have reunited for a new cover of the band's tune "Murder by Numbers."The former bandmates, who last played together during The Police’s 2007-08 reunion tour, both appear on a new version of the track. It was recorded by big band bassist Christian McBride for his upcoming album, Without Further Ado, Vol. 1., due out Aug. 29."I am absolutely thrilled to have Sting and Andy Summers — two-thirds of one of the most influential bands in […]

June 17, 2025

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Barbra Streisand on her ‘extraordinary’ experience collaborating with Bob Dylan

Matthew Baker/Getty ImagesBob Dylan appears on Barbra Streisand’s upcoming duets album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two, and apparently their collaboration was a long time in the making.Dylan previously said he wrote the song "Lay Lady Lay" for her to sing and had reached out about them singing together. In a new interview with The New Yorker, Babs talks about that early connection with Dylan."The fun thing is that we were both nineteen years old, in Greenwich Village, never met […]

June 17, 2025

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Paul McCartney thanked by Beyoncé for writing ‘one of the best songs ever made’

ABC/ Heidi GutmanPaul McCartney has gotten a shoutout from Beyoncé.Beyoncé wrapped up a six-night stand of her Cowboy Carter tour in London on Monday and took to Instagram to thank McCartney for writing The Beatles track "Blackbird," which she covers."Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney, for writing one of the best songs ever made," she wrote. "Every time I sing it I feel so honored."The post included pictures of Bey in one of her stage outfits, fringed chaps with a white T-shirt with […]

June 17, 2025