Old man, take a look at his life: Neil Young turns 80

Neil Young performs on Day 7 of 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)Happy Birthday goes out to Neil Young who turns 80 on Wednesday (Nov. 12).Young's musical career took off in the 1960s after moving from Canada to Los Angeles and forming Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin and Richie Furay.After the band’s breakup in 1968, Young launched a solo career, releasing his […]

November 12, 2025

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench announces 2026 tour dates

Musician Benmont Tench performs at A Celebration Of Patti Smith: People Have The Power Rehearsal Show at City Winery on March 25, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench has announced his first tour dates for 2026.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will launch an eight-city tour on Jan. 15 in New Orleans, with stops in Nashville, Atlanta, Austin, Orlando and more, before wrapping Feb. 18 in his hometown of Gainesville, Florida. The […]

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Early Mariah Carey demo tape going on the auction block

Mariah Carey, London, 1990 (Neil Libbert/Getty Images)This year, all you want for Christmas is the ultimate Mariah Carey collectible -- and if you have deep pockets, you may just have a shot at buying it.A rare early demo recording of Mariah's is going on the auction block starting Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. ET via Wax Poetics, a collectibles marketplace. Bidding closes on Dec. 11. The tape comes from legendary producer and remixer Arthur Baker, who explains in a video […]

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Def Leppard takes fans behind-the-scenes of October’s Backyard Concert ’25

(L-R) Rick Savage and Joe Elliott of Def Leppard perform onstage during the 2025 Backyard Concert supporting Teen Cancer America and the UCLA Health Center at a private residence on October 03, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BC)Back in October, Def Leppard joined The Who, Peter Frampton, John Fogerty, The Doobie Brothers and others to play a benefit concert in the backyard of a California home, and now they are giving fans a peek […]

November 11, 2025

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Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Stephanie Mills add 2026 dates to Queens! 4 Legends. 1 Stage. tour

Queens! 4 Legends. 1 Stage. tour poster (Black Promoters Collective)Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Stephanie Mills are returning to the road after adding dates to their Queens! 4 Legends. 1 Stage. tour.They've set six new dates for shows in February 2026, kicking off with a stop in Jacksonville, FL, on Feb. 12. The ladies will then make their way to Charlotte, St. Louis, New Orleans and Houston, before wrapping things up Feb. 22 in Fort Worth, TX.The Queens! 4 […]

November 11, 2025

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Lynyrd Skynyrd marks Veterans Day with video for ‘Red White and Blue’ featuring Donnie Van Zant

Photo of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Photo by Doltyn Snedden)Lynyrd Skynyrd is paying tribute to our nation’s veterans with the Veterans Day release of a new live video.The clip is for the track “Red White and Blue” featuring 38 Special founding member Donnie Van Zant. Donnie is the brother of Skynyrd’s current frontman Johnny Van Zant and their original frontman Ronnie Van Zant, who died in the 1977 plane crash that also killed Skynyrd guitarist Steve Gaines and four others.The performance appears on the live album and DVD, […]

November 11, 2025

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Cheap Trick releases video for ‘The Riff That Won’t Quit’

Cover art for Cheap Trick's 'All Washed Up'/ (BMG)Cheap Trick has shared a new video for their latest single, "The Riff That Won’t Quit."The black and white clip gives fan a behind-the-scenes look at the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers in the studio while they work on new music.“The Riff That Won’t Quit” is the second song Cheap Trick has released from their upcoming album All Washed Up, which drops Friday. They previously released the tune “Twelve Gates.”All Washed […]

November 11, 2025

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Joe Jackson announces new album and tour

Cover of Joe Jackson's 'Hope and Fury'/(earMUSIC)Joe Jackson is back with new music.The “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” singer is set to release Hope and Fury on April 10, his first album since 2023’s Mr. Joe Jackson Presents Max Champion in ‘What a Racket!’The album, being released digitally, and on CD and 180g vinyl, features nine new songs, with the sound of the record described in a press release as a cross between three of Jackson's previous albums, 2019’s […]

November 11, 2025

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Barry Manilow releases ‘music film’ for new single ‘Once Before I Go’

Barry Manilow films video for 'Once Before I Go' (Christopher DeVargas)Barry Manilow is such an icon that he doesn't just make a video: He releases a "music film."In this case, it's for his current single, "Once Before I Go." Filmed at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, where Manilow does his regular residency, it opens in 1976, as a crowd cheers for Barry and a woman sits in a backstage corridor, dejectedly reading a letter.The video then cuts back and […]

November 11, 2025