Lenny Kravitz to present at the MTV VMAs

2025 MTV VMA logo. (Courtesy MTV)Lenny Kravitz has been added as a presenter for the MTV Video Music Awards.Kravitz is also nominated for a VMA this year in the best rock category for his song "Honey." He's up against videos from Green Day, Coldplay, Evanescence, Linkin Park and Twenty One Pilots.Kravitz won in the best rock category in 2024. He was recognized for the track "Human," which, like "Honey," appears on his 2024 album, Blue Electric Light. Kravitz also performed on last year's show, treating the audience to a […]

September 5, 2025

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The Police’s Andy Summers to headline guitar docuseries

Andy Summers performs onstage during 100 Years of Leica: Witness to a Century at The Whitney Museum on May 02, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Leica Camera USA)The Police’s Andy Summers is taking his guitar on a global trek.Variety reports that Summers will star in a new eight-part docuseries, Global Guitar, that will have the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer traveling around the world to learn about the global impact of the guitar through meetings with local musicians."This comes from […]

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Dionne Warwick doing ‘okay’ after undergoing emergency leg surgery

Dionne Warwick, spin to win for charity on this special holiday episode of Wheel of Fortune (Disney/Eric McCandless)Dionne Warwick wants fans to know she's on the mend after recently undergoing emergency leg surgery.“As most of you may know, I’ve had to cancel a few shows due to emergency leg surgery,” she posted on X. “I’m doing okay, do not worry!”But it looks like recovery may have left Dionne a little bored.“I need some show/movie recommendations while on the mend,” she added, although she warned, “Not Emily […]

September 5, 2025

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David Bowie was working on an ’18th century musical’ when he died

Singer David Bowie stands backstage at The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Tribute to Susan Sarandon at Avery Fisher Hall May 5, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)David Bowie was working on a new musical when he died in 2016, according to the BBC.Handwritten notes on the project, called The Spectator, were donated to the V&A Museum, along with the rest of Bowie’s archives. They describe the show as an “18th century musical” set in London, with Bowie interested in weaving […]

September 5, 2025

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Led Zeppelin releases performance video for ‘In My Time of Dying’ ahead of ‘Live E.P.’ release

Cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Live E.P.'/(Atlantic Records)As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of their album Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin is releasing a new live EP, titled Live E.P., and now they’ve shared another preview.The band just dropped a video for “In My Time of Dying,” featuring archival footage of their performance at London’s Earls Court in May 1975. The band previously shared a performance of “Trampled Underfoot,” also from Earls Court.Live E.P. includes four live Led Zeppelin performances. In addition to the two Earls Court songs, there’s […]

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The Who releases previously unheard version of ‘New Song’ from upcoming ‘Who Are You’ reissue

Cover of The Who's 'Who Are You'/(UMe)The Who is giving fans a preview of the bonus material that will be featured on the upcoming Who Are You super-deluxe edition, dropping Oct. 31.The band has shared a previously unheard version of the track “New Song,” which is an early take on the tune featuring Pete Townshend laying down guide vocals for Roger Daltrey. The track is newly mixed by producer Steve Wilson.“New Song (Pete Vocal Version)” is available now via digital outlets.The new super-deluxe edition of Who Are You is a seven-CD/Blu-ray set […]

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On This Day, Sept. 5, 1981: Stevie Nicks hit #1 with her solo debut, ‘Bella Donna’

On This Day, Sept. 5, 1981 ...Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks topped the chart with her debut solo album, Bella Donna, which was produced by Tom Petty and Jimmy Iovine.The album featured four hit singles, the highest-charting one being “Stop Draggin My Heart Around,” a Petty-penned track, which she recorded with him and the Heartbreakers. The song peaked at #3.The other hits included “Leather and Lace,” a duet with Don Henley, which peaked at #6; “Edge of Seventeen,” which hit #11; and “After the Glitter Fades,” which peaked at #32.Bella Donna, […]

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Eric Clapton releasing deluxe edition of 1989’s ‘Journeyman’

Cover of Eric Clapton's 'Journeyman' deluxe edition/ (Bushbranch/Surfdog Records)Eric Clapton is revisiting his 1989 album Journeyman.The three time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to release Journeyman: Deluxe Edition on Nov. 21, featuring a remastered version of the original album, along with four new bonus tracks, three of which are from the original Journeyman recording sessions.One of those bonus tracks is the just released “Forever,” written by Jerry Williams, which is out now via digital outlets.Journeyman: Deluxe Edition will be released digitally and on CD and LP […]

September 5, 2025

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Yungblud, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry to perform Ozzy Osbourne tribute at VMAs

2025 MTV VMA logo. (Courtesy MTV)Yungblud will perform alongside Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry in tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.The set, which will also feature Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme, will include a medley of the Prince of Darkness' greatest hits, according to a press release.The 2025 MTV VMAs will air live coast-to-coast Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and MTV, and will stream on Paramount+.Yungblud, Tyler and Bettencourt all performed […]

September 5, 2025