On This Day, Oct. 20. 1979: Bob Dylan is the musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live’

On This Day, Oct. 20, 1979…Bob Dylan made his first and only appearance as musical guest on Saturday Night Live.The rocker treated the audience to three songs from Slow Train Coming, his 19th studio album, and his first since converting to Christianity. He performed the live debuts of “Gotta Serve Somebody,” “I Believe in You” and “When You Gonna Wake Up?”While Dylan never performed on the show again, Timothée Chalamet, who played Dylan in the movie A Complete Unknown, performed Dylan tunes on […]

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Rush expands Fifty Something tour to 17 new cities

L-R Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson/ (Photo credit: Richard Sibbald)Rush has added more cities to their Fifty Something tour.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have just added 17 new cities to the trek, the first Rush tour since 2015. The tour will now stop in such cities as Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Seattle, Vancouver and more.Registration is open until Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET for a Rush artist presale for the new dates, which begins Oct. 27 at […]

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Kenny Loggins blasts ‘unauthorized use’ of song ‘Danger Zone’ in video posted by President Trump

Singer Kenny Loggins performs onstage during A Tribute to Brian Wilson performed by The Tribe at The Granada Theatre on September 27, 2025 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)Kenny Loggins is not happy that his song "Danger Zone" was used in an AI generated video shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday.The clip featured Trump flying over a group of protesters in a jet labeled "King Trump," and dumping some sort of brown sludge, […]

October 20, 2025

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Guitar signed by U2’s Bono & The Edge part of Woody Guthrie Center silent auction

Bono & The Edge/ (ABC/Michael Yada)A guitar signed by U2’s Bono and The Edge will be part of an upcoming virtual silent auction being put on by the Woody Guthrie Center.The members of U2 are this year’s Woodie Guthrie Prize recipients. According to a post on Instagram, the “marquee item” in the auction will be a Gibson 70s Explorer Natural guitar signed by the two band members.The auction is set to go live on Tuesday at 12 p.m. CT. It will […]

October 20, 2025

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David Lee Roth teasing more shows

David Lee Roth performs at Meritage Resort on September 14, 2025 in Napa, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images)Looks like David Lee Roth is planning to spend some more time on the road.Back in May, the former Van Halen frontman returned to the stage for the first time in five years, headlining the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. He subsequently announced tour dates that kicked off in July and wrapped in September. Well, Roth is […]

October 17, 2025

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Bon Jovi releases ‘We Made it Look Easy’ featuring Robbie Williams

Cover of Bon Jovi's 'Forever (Legendary Edition)'/I(sland Records)Bon Jovi has released another track from their upcoming collaborations album, Forever (Legendary Edition).The latest is “We Made It Look Easy” featuring U.K. pop star Robbie Williams, who Jon Bon Jovi calls “one of the greatest entertainers period.”“I’ve loved his music for years and I'm honored to have him join me and the band on ‘We Made It Look Easy,’” Jon adds. “He's lived this lyric. I knew he'd deliver.”“We Made It Look […]

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David Gilmour marks ‘The Luck and Strange Concerts’ release with ‘Comfortably Numb’ performance

Cover of David Gilmour's 'The Luck and Strange Concerts'/(Sony Music)Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has released The Luck and Strange Concerts, a live album featuring performances from his 2024 tour. To mark the occasion, he’s released a live performance of the Pink Floyd classic “Comfortably Numb.”The performance was featured in Gilmour’s concert film, Live at the Circus Maximus, which hit theaters in September.The Luck and Strange Concerts album features 23 tracks recorded during the tour. In addition to “Comfortably Numb,” it includes performances […]

October 17, 2025

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Neil Young celebrating 50th anniversary of ‘Tonight’s the Night’ with limited-edition reissue

Reimagined cover of Neil Young's 'Tonight's The Night'/(Warner Records)Neil Young is set to reissue his 1975 album Tonight’s the Night in celebration of its 50th anniversary.The reissue will feature six bonus tracks, as well as a previously unreleased original version of “Lookout Joe,” which replaces the version on the 1975 release.Other previously unreleased tracks include “Walk On,” which, like the original “Lookout Joe,” was recorded during Young's 1973 recording sessions at S.I.R. in Los Angeles, and an alternative take on the album’s title track.Other bonus tracks include […]

October 17, 2025

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Musicians pay tribute to KISS guitarist Ace Frehley

Ace Frehley performs in concert opening for Alice Cooper at HEB Center on October 19, 2021 in Cedar Park, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)Following the announcement of KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley’s death Thursday, several rockers have taken to social media to pay tribute to the legendary musician.Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready shared a photo of Ace backstage at a 2005 Pearl Jam concert, writing, "Ace was a hero of mine and also I would consider a friend. I studied his […]

October 17, 2025