Paul McCartney offering front row experience to Got Back tour in charity sweepstakes

(L-R) Rusty Anderson, Abe Laboriel Jr. and Brian Ray perform with Sir Paul McCartney (C) at The O2 Arena during his 'Got Back' world tour on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)Paul McCartney is giving fans a chance to win a front row trip to see him in concert, and it comes with a chance to meet The Beatles legend.The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has just launched a new Fandiem sweepstakes, with the lucky winner receiving […]

September 22, 2025

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Sonny Curtis, writer of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ theme, member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets, dead at 88

Sonny Curtis performs in London, September, 2004 (Jo Hale/Getty Images)Sonny Curtis, a member of Buddy Holly's Crickets who also wrote The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song and other hits, has died, according to a Facebook post by his daughter. He was 88."I'm heartbroken to tell you that my dad Sonny passed away yesterday after a sudden illness," she wrote Saturday. "I'm so grateful that I was with him at the end, along with my mom. It was peaceful and he […]

September 20, 2025

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The Cranberries announce standalone release of ‘MTV Unplugged’ performance

The Cranberries 'MTV Unplugged' album artwork. (Island Records/Ume)The Cranberries have announced the first-ever standalone release of their MTV Unplugged live performance.The set will arrive on vinyl, CD and digital platforms on Nov. 7. It was previously exclusive to the 30th anniversary limited-edition vinyl reissue of The Cranberries' 1994 album No Need to Argue, which was released in June."We'd seen some of the biggest names in music like R.E.M., Pearl Jam, The Cure and Nirvana do their Unplugged's and were blown away to […]

September 19, 2025

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Visa delays jeopardizing Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ ‘Cat On The Road To Findout’ book tour Adult

Cover of Yusuf/Cat Stevens' memoir 'Cat On The Road To Findout' /(Genesis Publications)Yusuf/Cat Stevens is supposed to be going on a U.S. book tour in October in support of his memoir Cat On The Road To Findout, but there’s a chance that the tour may not go on as planned.A post on the musician’s Instagram reveals that the tour, Cat on the Road to Findout: An Evening Of Tales, Tunes, and Other Mysteries, is “in serious jeopardy due to significant delays in U.S. immigration processing.”“Despite […]

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Producer Andrew Watt confirms The Rolling Stones are working on a new album

(L - R) Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform during the final night of the Hackney Diamonds '24 Tour at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena on July 21, 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)Looks like we may be getting a new album from The Rolling Stones.Andrew Watt, who produced The Stones’ last album, Hackney Diamonds, confirmed to Rolling Stone that he’s once again working with the band. "I’ve said it before, but it’s like working for Batman," Watt, who's […]

September 19, 2025

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Kevin Cronin to reunite with REO Speedwagon bandmates for University of Illinois homecoming

(R-L) Kevin Cronin and Bruce Hall of REO Speedwagon perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre on July 15, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images)REO SpREO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin is set to reunite with his bandmates for a special event in September.In September 2024, REO Speedwagon announced they were going to cease touring as of January 2025. Following that announcement there seemed to be some bad blood between Cronin and his former bandmate, bassist Bruce Hall, and Cronin has since been touring as the Kevin Cronin […]

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Def Leppard to release recording of 2023 hometown show

Cover of Def Leppard's 'Diamond Star Heroes Live From Sheffield'/(Mercury Studios)Def Leppard is revisiting their 2023 hometown show in Sheffield, England, with a new live release.Diamond Star Heroes Live From Sheffield, dropping Nov. 21, is a recording of their concert at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane during their world tour with Mötley Crüe.The show, 47 years after the birth of the band, had them playing in front of 40,000 fans, treating the hometown crowd to such hits as “Photograph,” “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” […]

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The Beatles release ‘Helter Skelter’ studio take from upcoming ‘Anthology’ release

The Beatles 'Anthology Collection' cover/(Capitol Records)The Beatles are sharing a preview of their upcoming Anthology reissue.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have shared a new take on their classic track “Helter Skelter," which appeared on 1968's The Beatles aka the White Album. The clip, titled “Helter Skelter (Second Version – Take 17),” features snippets of the band working through the song in the studio.“'Helter Skelter' is this track we did in total madness and hysterics in the studio,” Ringo Starr shares in a clip posted to Instagram. Paul McCartney adds, “We just tried […]

September 19, 2025 1

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38 Special drops video for ‘So Much Right,’ from their new album ‘Milestone’

Cover of 38 Special's 'Milestone'/38 Special RecordsRockers 38 Special have just released Milestone, their first new album in over two decades.To mark the occasion the band, known for such hits as "Hold on Loosely" and "Caught up in You," has dropped a new music video for the song “So Much So Right.”“‘So Much So Right’ is, of course, about the moment of raw passion, but it is more than that,” says 38 Special co-founder and frontman Dan Barnes. “It also speaks to how […]

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