Kansas co-founder Phil Ehart releasing memoir in April

Phil Ehart, founding member of Kansas, performs at The Fox Theatre on June 21, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by R. Diamond/Getty Images)Kansas co-founder and drummer Phil Ehart is ready to tell his story. The rocker is set to release the memoir, I Am Phil, in April.According to the book's description, it “captures the humor, heart, and humanity of a man who has spent over five decades keeping time for one of America’s most beloved rock acts.” It will follow Ehart from […]

January 26, 2026

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The Beatles lose UK album chart record to Robbie Williams

Archival photo of The Beatles (ABC)The Beatles have lost one of their long-standing U.K chart records.The legendary band’s record as the artist with the most U.K. #1 albums, has just been snatched by pop star Robbie Williams, whose recent album Britpop has topped the U.K. Official Chart this week, making it his 16th U.K. #1.The two artists have been tied for the record since Williams’ Better Man soundtrack went to #1 last January.According to Billboard, The Beatles had held the record for the most […]

January 23, 2026

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Rush releases live ‘Kid Gloves’ performance from ‘Grace Under Pressure’ reissue

Rush's 'Grace Under Pressure'/(UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records)Rush is giving fans a preview of the upcoming reissue of their 1984 album, Grace Under Pressure. The Canadian rockers just released a performance of “Kid Gloves” from their Sept. 21, 1984, concert at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens.The full concert is part of the super deluxe edition of Grace Under Pressure, due out March 13. Portions of that show previously appeared on the band’s 1986 Grace Under Pressure Tour home video and CD. The new release will feature the concert, now […]

January 23, 2026

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Soundtrack to ‘Pretty in Pink’ being reissued for movie’s 40th anniversary

Cover of 'Pretty in Pink' soundtrack (UME)The iconic soundtrack to the '80s movie Pretty in Pink is set to be reissued in celebration of the movie’s 40th anniversary.The soundtrack, which features songs from INXS, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD), New Order, The Smiths, The Psychedelic Furs and more, will be reissued as a limited-edition "Pretty in Baby Pink" vinyl. It will include two songs not previously available on the original soundtrack: Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness” and Talk […]

January 23, 2026

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Supertramp celebrates 50th anniversary with vinyl reissues

Covers of Supertramp's 'Even in the Quietest Moments...', 'Breakfast In America' and '...Famous Last Words...' (Universal Music)Supertramp is celebrating their 50th anniversary by reissuing some of their classic albums.The latest releases include 1977’s Even in the Quietest Moments…, their 1979 megahit Breakfast in America and 1982’s …Famous Last Words….All three albums have been remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios and will be released on vinyl on March 20. They are available for preorder now.Even in the Quietest Moments…, Supertramp’s fifth studio […]

January 23, 2026

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On This Day, Jan. 23, 1976: David Bowie releases his 10th studio album, ‘Station to Station’

On This Day, Jan. 23, 1976..Fifty years ago, David Bowie released his 10th studio album, Station to Station, which introduced a new persona, the Thin White Duke.The follow-up to 1975’s Young Americans, Station To Station was co-produced by Bowie and Harry Maslin. The album shows the rocker drawing influence from electronic dance music as well a German experimental rock genre known as krautrock.Station to Station peaked at #3 on the Billboard albums chart and at the time was Bowie's highest-charting album in the […]

January 23, 2026

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Queen rereleasing ‘Live Killers’ and ‘The Platinum Collection’ on vinyl

Queen's 'Live Killers' (Hollywood Records)/'ThePlatinum Collection' (Queen Production Ltd/Universal International Music)Queen is revisiting their 1979 album, Live Killers.The band is set to reissue the live album on two-LP black vinyl on Jan. 30, marking the first time it’s been available on vinyl in years.The double live album was originally released in June 1979 and featured songs recorded during the European leg of their Jazz Tour, which ran from January 1979 to March 1979.The album includes performances of “We Will Rock You,” “We […]

January 23, 2026

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R.E.M., Bonnie Raitt & more protest AI theft with Stealing Isn’t Innovation campaign

(L-R) Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry, of R.E.M., attend the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 13, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)The members of R.E.M. — Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Bill Berry and Peter Buck — along with Bonnie Raitt, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran's Simon LeBon and others, have signed their names to a new campaign targeting artificial intelligence.The Stealing Isn’t Innovation campaign, backed […]

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Joe Walsh’s annual VetsAid concert raised 0,000 for veterans organizations

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Joe Walsh’s annual VetsAid concert raised $600,000 for veterans organizations

Musician Joe Walsh of The Eagles celebrates Ringo Starr's 77th birthday at the annual "Peace & Love" celebration at Capitol Records Tower on July 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/WireImage)Joe Walsh has revealed that the 2025 edition of his annual VetsAid benefit concert, which took place in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas, resulted in $600,000 in grants being disbursed to national and community veterans organizations.“I always say each year that VetsAid is the greatest night of […]

January 22, 2026