Billy F. Gibbons announces dates for annual The Jungle Show

ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons performs at Blue Note Hawaii on January 17, 2025 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons has announced dates for his annual The Jungle Show blues concerts. This year’s run is happening Dec. 26 and 27 at Antone's in Austin, Texas. Gibbons will be joined at the shows by fellow musicians Jimmie Vaughan, Mike “The Drifter” Flanigin and Chris “Whipper” Layton.Gibbons and his pals have been holding The Jungle Show since 2016. Tickets for both dates go on sale Friday at […]

September 26, 2025

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Paul McCartney, Michael Stipe & more contribute artwork to NY benefit

Admat for Turn it Up Housing Works benefit/(credit: Briony Smith)Paul McCartney, Patti Smith and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe are among the artists contributing original artwork to an upcoming benefit for Housing Works NYC.The Turn it Up art benefit will take place at Housing Works’ Crosby Street location on Oct. 9, with donated pieces auctioned off to benefit the organization’s mission to provide housing, health care, and other services to people living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditions.Other musicians contributing pieces to the benefit include Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Sean Lennon, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Interpol’s Paul Banks and Chappell Roan, […]

September 25, 2025 2

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The B-52s’ Fred Schneider on their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub: ‘I don’t care’

(L-R) Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, and Cindy Wilson attend SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall on February 14, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)The B-52s have been eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame since 2004, but so far they’ve never even been nominated — something vocalist Fred Schneider has strong feelings about.“I don’t care anymore,” he tells Vulture. “We should have been in 20 years ago because if it’s about influencing other bands, I […]

September 25, 2025 1

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Bruce Springsteen talks new film, touring and politics

Bruce Springsteen on the cover of 'Time'/(Photograph by Andreas Laszlo Konrath for 'Time') The much-anticipated Bruce Springsteen film Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere opens Oct. 24, and while some folks may have been surprised The Boss gave his OK to the project, he tells Time magazine there was a simple reason why he finally said yes.“I’m old. I don’t give a f*** what I do anymore!” he says. “As you get older, you feel a lot freer.”But getting older is not slowing the 76-year-old Springsteen down. Asked whether […]

September 25, 2025 1

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Journey to play 2026 Stagecoach festival

Jonathan Cain, Todd Jensen, Deen Castronovo, Arnel Pineda, Jason Derlatka, and Journey founder Neal Schon perform during the Journey 50th Anniversary Tour at Moody Center on February 22, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for Journey)Journey has announced their first show of 2026.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are set to play the 2026 Stagecoach festival, which will be held April 24-26 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Journey is part of the April 25 lineup.While Stagecoach […]

September 25, 2025

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The Rolling Stones release video for ‘Shame, Shame, Shame’ from ‘Black and Blue’ reissue

Cover of The Rolling Stones' 'Black and Blue'/(Interscope/UMe)The Rolling Stones have released a video for “Shame, Shame, Shame,” a cover of the Shirley & Company track that will appear on their upcoming reissue of their 1976 album Black and Blue.The clip, directed by Dutch filmmaker Camille Boumans, features a collage of rare archival photos of The Stones, combined with hand-drawn animation.The track is one of several outtakes and jams that will appear on the super deluxe edition of Black and Blue, dropping Nov. 14. The set also includes […]

September 25, 2025

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On This Day, Sept. 25, 2017: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers performed their final show

On This Day, Sept. 25, 2017 ...Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers headlined the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles for what would turn out to be their final concert ever, as Petty would die less than two weeks later.During the show, Petty and the band treated fans to such classic tunes as “I Won’t Back Down,” “Free Fallin’,” “Breakdown” and "Learning to Fly,” wrapping the night with “You Wreck Me” and “American Girl.”Petty was found unconscious at his home on Oct. 2 and […]

September 25, 2025

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Bruce Springsteen releases live ‘Open All Night’ from ‘Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition’

Cover of Bruce Springsteens 'Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition' /(Sony Music)Bruce Springsteen has released another track from his upcoming box set, Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition, dropping Oct. 17.The latest is a live version of "Open All Night," recorded inside an empty Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey. The song is part of Springsteen’s first-ever performance of Nebraska in its entirety. A film of the performance, directed by longtime collaborator Thom Zimny, will be featured on the Blu-ray included in the box set."The one thing […]

September 25, 2025

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On ‘Good Morning America,’ Lionel Richie talks about his ‘Truly’ candid new memoir

Lionel Richie chats with ABC's Robin Roberts on 'Good Morning America' (Matt Petit/ABC)Lionel Richie's new memoir Truly is out Sept. 30 and he sat down with ABC's Robin Roberts on Good Morning America on Thursday to talk about the book, his life and career.Sharing a story he said he has never spoken aloud until now, Lionel Richie revealed that he "grew up totally in fear." Raised in Tuskegee, Alabama, Richie recalled feeling anxious and uncertain as a child."I didn't know what […]

September 25, 2025