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

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Peter Frampton to be featured in latest episode of ‘The Art of Music’

Peter Frampton and Warren Haynes at The Metropolitan Museum of Art / (Photo Credit: Jim Belmont)Guitar great Peter Frampton takes center stage for the latest installment in the public television series The Art of Music. The episode was filmed in front of a live audience at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.Frampton is interviewed by Gov’t Mule founder Warren Haynes in the episode, with the pair teaming up for performances of such Frampton classics as "Do You Feel Like We […]

September 5, 2025

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Story of Paul McCartney’s missing bass to be the subject of new documentary

Sir Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena during his 'Got Back' world tour on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)Back in February 2024, Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner bass was returned to him after over 50 years, and now the story of how that happened will be told in a new documentary.According to Variety, the mystery of the missing instrument will be the subject of the new doc The Beatle and the Bass from director Arthur Cary, with McCartney appearing in the flick.The […]

September 4, 2025

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Tom Petty’s ‘Wildflowers’ to be released on One-Step high fidelity vinyl for 30th anniversary

Cover of Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers'/(Warner Bros.)In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tom Petty’s album Wildflowers, the late singer’s estate has teamed with Because Sound Matters to release the album as a limited-edition two-LP One-Step vinyl.The first pressing will be released Oct. 10 and is limited to 6,000 numbered copies. The audio has been cut directly from the original master tapes, with the One-Step process offering what is described as “unparalleled sound fidelity.”It is available for preorder now.And that’s not the only way the Wildflowers anniversary is […]

September 4, 2025

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Rick Wakeman to release new piano album, ‘Melancholia’

Rick Wakeman, English keyboardist and composer best known as a member of the progressive rock band Yes, performs live with Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble at Fairport's Cropredy Convention. (Photo by Dawn Fletcher-Park/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman is back with a new album.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to release Melancholia on Oct. 17. It will be the third in a series of solo piano albums he launched in 2017 with Piano Portraits, followed by 2018’s Piano Odyssey.A press release […]

September 4, 2025

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Boz Scaggs to release his first album in seven years

Cover of Boz Scaggs 'Detour'/(Concord Records)Boz Scaggs is back with his first new studio album in seven years.The musician, best known for such songs as “Lido Shuffle” and “JoJo,” is set to release Detour on Oct. 17, described as “a captivating and deeply personal exploration of the Great American Songbook.” The album has Scaggs offering up his take on classic songs like “The Very Thought Of You” and Allen Toussaint’s “It’s Raining."“I had no intention of making a record when I […]

September 4, 2025

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Elton John’s ‘Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy’ getting 50th anniversary edition

'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy' 50th anniversary edition (UMe)The first album ever to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart is getting a 50th anniversary edition release this fall.Elton John's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, originally released in 1975, was Elton's ninth album in six years. A concept album about Elton and lyricist Bernie Taupin's career beginnings, it only produced one big hit — "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" — but is revered by fans and critics alike. The […]

September 4, 2025

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Neil Young releases protest song ‘Big Crime’

Neil Young performs on the Pyramid stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England(Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)Neil Young debuted the new protest song “Big Crime” during his concert in Chicago on Aug. 27, and now he’s officially released the track.The song, recorded with his band The Chrome Hearts during soundcheck for the Chicago show, is available via the rocker’s Neil Young Archives site. A video of the performance is on YouTube.In “Big Crime,” Young rails against President Donald Trump and the […]

September 4, 2025

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Foreigner, who ‘know what love is,’ offer to be Taylor & Travis’ wedding band

Bruce Watson and Kelly Hansen of Foreigner perform at Talking Stick Resort on June 14, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by John Medina/Getty Images)Now that they’re Rock & Roll Hall of Famers you’d think Foreigner would be too big to play a wedding, but apparently that’s not the case. It seems the group may be interested in taking on the gig for newly engaged couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.Foreigner offered up their services in "an open letter" to the couple on Instagram. "Dear Taylor […]

September 4, 2025