50 years ago: KISS comes ‘Alive!’ with the release of iconic live album

Cover of KISS' 1975 album 'Alive!'/(Island Def Jam Group)It was 50 years ago — Sept. 10, 1975 — that KISS released their first-ever live album, Alive!, which helped them skyrocket to superstardom.Before Alive!, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley weren’t having much success. While their live shows helped them gain a cult following, their first three albums — KISS, Hotter Than Hell and Dressed to Kill — failed to take off commercially.But that all changed after the release of Alive!, a double album featuring live […]

September 10, 2025

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Watch Hugh Jackman sing ‘Sweet Caroline’ in new trailer for Neil Diamond-themed film

Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman in director Craig Brewer's 'Song Sung Blue' (Sarah Shatz/Focus Features @2025 All Rights ReservedA movie featuring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson singing Neil Diamond hits as they fall in love? How Sweet — Caroline, that is.The first trailer has arrived for Song Sung Blue, the story of a two down-on-their luck musicians from Milwaukee who form a Neil Diamond tribute band called Lightning & Thunder and find love in the process. It's based on a […]

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David Byrne, Robert Plant to play Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival

David Byrne attends the Prime Video's "#1 Happy Family USA" Series Premiere at Metrograph on April 16, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)David Byrne and Robert Plant are among the artists set to perform at the 2026 Big Ears Festival, taking place March 26-29 in Knoxville, Tennessee.The festival will feature 250 performances in 20 venues, with Laurie Anderson, Pat Metheny, Flying Lotus, Don Was and more also taking part.Byrne is set to play two shows during the festival, while Plant is on the bill with […]

September 9, 2025

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Jimi Hendrix Experience’s ‘Axis: Bold As Love’ getting deluxe box set

Jimi Hendrix Experience 'Bold As Love' box set cover/Experience Hendrix/Legacy RecordingsThe Jimi Hendrix Experience’s sophomore album is the subject of a new reissue featuring plenty of extras.Dropping Nov. 7, Bold As Love is a deluxe box set featuring the band’s original sophomore album, Axis: Bold As Love, in mono and stereo mixes. There are also 40 bonus tracks, made up of alternative versions of songs, unreleased studio takes, demos, live tracks and TV performances. That bonus material includes 28 tracks that have never been heard before, including a […]

September 9, 2025

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The Doors’ six studio albums getting Blu-ray release featuring Dolby Atmos mixes

'The Doors – Immersed 1967-1971' Blu-ray set/(Rhino)The Doors are continuing the celebration of their 60th anniversary with a new Blu-ray set with audio upgrades of all their albums.The Doors – Immersed 1967-1971 drops on Oct. 24. It will feature the band’s six studio albums — 1967’s The Doors and Strange Days, 1968's Waiting for the Sun, 1969’s The Soft Parade, 1970’s Morrison Hotel and 1971’s L.A.Woman — on Blu-ray for the first time, featuring Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround and high-resolution stereo mixes of each album.The Doors – Immersed 1967-1971 will be available exclusively […]

September 9, 2025

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On This Day, Sept. 9, 2014: U2 gave away their new album, ‘Songs of Innocence’, to iTunes users

On This Day, Sept. 9, 2014 ...U2 gave away their new album Songs of Innocence, with the record automatically appearing in the music libraries of some 500 million iTunes users.The album, the 13th studio release from the Irish rockers, included the lead single "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)," which was featured in a TV ad for Apple. Other singles included "Every Breaking Wave" and "Song for Someone."But not everyone wanted Songs of Innocence. In fact, angry Apple customers compared the unwanted album to […]

September 9, 2025

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New Wings anthology coming in November

Cover of Wings anthology/(UMG)The music of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles band Wings is being explored in a new collection.Simply titled Wings, the anthology, personally overseen by McCartney, will be released digitally and as a three-LP or two-CD set. It features remastered versions of such Wings classics as “Band on the Run," “Live and Let Die,” “Jet," “Silly Love Songs,” “Let 'Em In” and more.There will also be a three-LP, limited edition color vinyl version; a Blu-ray that will feature the first ever Dolby Atmos mixes of the songs; a […]

September 9, 2025

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The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone & Chris White to appear at UK events celebrating ‘Odessey and Oracle’ reissue

The Zombies' 'Odessey and Oracle'/Beechwood Park RecordsThe Zombies are set to reissue their iconic sophomore album, Odessey and Oracle, on Sept. 26, and members of the band will celebrate the release with some special events in England.Frontman Colin Blunstone and bassist/co-songwriter Chris White are set to appear at two events: an acoustic performance and Q&A on Sept. 25 at EartH Theatre in London, and a listening party and Q&A at Pioneer Club in the band's hometown of St. Albans.After Odessey and Oracle was recorded in 1967, the album was remixed in a then-new stereo […]

September 9, 2025

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Members of Cheap Trick, Toto, The Go-Go’s to play Freezing Man concerts to benefit epilepsy research

Joey's Song logo/Courtesy of Joey's SongCheapTrick’s Rick Nielsen and Daxx Nielsen, Toto’s Steve Porcaro and The Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin are among the artists taking part in the upcoming Freezing Man concerts, raising support for epilepsy research and education.The concerts, put on by the nonprofit Joey’s Song, will take place Jan. 9 and 10 at The Sylvee in Madison, Wisconsin, and will feature all-star collaborations from over 35 artists.Other artists on this year’s bill include The Bangles' Vicki Peterson and Debbi Peterson, Garbage’s Butch Vig and Duke Erikson, and members of such bands as Silversun Pickups, Belly, Letters To Cleo, Portugal. The […]

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