Peter Frampton to release new music in 2026

Peter Frampton at 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/(Disney/Jenny Anderson)Sounds like we may be getting some new music from Peter Frampton soon.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s music update came courtesy of Sheryl Crow, who posted a photo of herself with Frampton in the studio on Instagram.“Got to work with one of my heroes today,” she wrote in the caption. “Y’all better get ready… @mrpeterframpton played me a couple of new songs that will be out early […]

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Record label sues Behr Paint over use of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Paint It Black’

The Rolling Stones from left: drummer Charlie Watts, guitarist Keith Richards, bassist Bill Wyman, singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Brian Jones at London Airport, June 23rd 1966. (Photo by George Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)The Rolling Stones’ iconic tune "Paint It Black" is the subject of a new lawsuit filed against Behr Paint.ABCKO Music & Records, owner of The Stones’ early master recordings, is suing the paint company for copyright infringement for using the 1966 chart-topper in an advertisement for its paint products that appeared […]

November 13, 2025

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Pete Townshend is open to using AI for his unfinished music

'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and guest Pete Townshend during Wednesday’s November 12, 2025 show. (Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)The Who's Pete Townshend has revealed that he's got lots of unfinished music in his vaults, but he’s not so sure whether fans will ever get to hear it.Townshend appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday, where he talked about his unfinished works, revealing he has "350, 450 pieces of music.”“Now, a lot of it is probably terrible,” he said. “I've managed to wade […]

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Micky Dolenz to celebrate 60th anniversary of The Monkees with new tour

Micky Dolenz 60 Years of The Monkees tour artwork (Courtesy of dis COMPANY)Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, is heading out on a tour in 2026 to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary.Micky Dolenz: 60 Years of The Monkees will kick off Feb. 12 in Solana Beach, California, and wrap Nov. 6 in Northfield, Ohio."I remain proud of what I’ve achieved in my time, particularly with my late great and still-beloved Monkee brothers Davy, Peter, and Michael," he says, […]

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Ringo Starr announces 2026 dates with his All Starr Band

Ringo Starr & his All Starr Band (Photo by Scott Robert Ritchie )Ringo Starr is hitting the road again.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced a string of spring 2026 tour dates, launching May 28 in Temecula, California. The trek features several stops in the Golden State and will also hit Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, before wrapping June 14 in Los Angeles.As usual, Ringo will be backed by his All Starr Band, made up of Toto’s Steve Lukather, Men At […]

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Squeeze announces new album, ‘Trixies’, featuring songs written 50 years ago

Cover of Squeeze's 'Trixies'/(BMG)Squeeze is getting ready to drop a new album, although the material in it isn’t new … to them.The band will release Trixies, their first album in eight years, on March 6. The songs on it were the first tunes Squeeze’s Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook ever wrote together back when they were teens.The songs are described as a "collection of stories set in a fictional night club, Trixies." They were written by the duo back in 1974 […]

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On This Day, Nov. 13, 2016: Leon Russell died at age 74

On This Day, Nov. 13, 2016 ...Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell died in his sleep at age 74.His songs, including "Superstar," "A Song for You," "Delta Lady" and "This Masquerade," were big hits for other artists, and he worked with everyone from Bob Dylan and Joe Cocker to George Harrison and The Rolling Stones.In 2010, Elton John, who called Russell a "mentor," helped revive Russell's career with their joint album, The Union, which earned a Grammy nomination […]

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Sting bringing reworked musical ‘The Last Ship’ back to NYC — and he’s starring in it

Sting performs at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England, October 2025 (Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)Sting's musical The Last Ship closed on Broadway in January of 2015, but now it's sailing back to New York City -- just a little further uptown.A reworked version of the Tony-nominated musical, inspired by Sting's own childhood in Wallsend, a shipbuilding town in the north of England, will play at New York's Metropolitan Opera House for nine performances. The musical, running […]

November 13, 2025

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Tom Petersson on Cheap Trick’s new album, ‘All Washed Up’: ‘We just want to do what we think sounds good’

Cover art for Cheap Trick's 'All Washed Up'/ (BMG)Cheap Trick will release their 21st studio album, All Washed Up, on Friday, and bassist Tom Petersson says their approach to making records today is the same as it was when they first started out over 50 years ago.“We just are making songs that we like, would like to hear ourselves,” he tells ABC Audio. “So it's like we're making it for ourselves and our friends, and then the rest, it’s like having […]

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