Billy Idol on The Who’s final tour: ‘I hate to think about that because I love those guys’

Billy Idol at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/Disney/Eric McCandlessIt’s time for The Who to say goodbye to North America, and Billy Idol has some feelings about it.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are set to kick off The Song Is Over North American Farewell tour in Sunrise, Florida, on Saturday. Idol is the support act for the tour’s final show on Sept. 28 in Las Vegas. He tells ABC Audio he has mixed feelings about opening, saying it's "gonna […]

August 15, 2025

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Eddie Van Halen’s ex Valerie Bertinelli writes of missing him in new social media post

Valerie Bertinelli & Eddie Van Halen (Photo by Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage)Rocker Eddie Van Halen is being remembered in a new post by his ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli.“Some days I really do miss you,” she writes in the post on Instagram, next to a black-and-white photo of them smiling together. “There will always be a loud absence in these gratifying sideline years."Bertinelli writes of missing being able to talk to the guitar great about their son, Mammoth frontman Wolfgang Van Halen.“Who do I yap to when there was really only one […]

August 14, 2025

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Set sail for yacht rock festival with Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross and more

Kenny Loggins performs in Santa Barbara, CA in March 2025 (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)It's really not such a long way to go to make it to the border of Mexico — and once you're there, you can enjoy a concert by Christopher Cross and his yacht rock cohort.Sunset Fest Cabo, taking place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, from Oct. 24 through Oct. 26, is being described as a "three-day celebration of yacht rock, ocean breezes and luxury lifestyle." In addition to […]

August 14, 2025

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Deep Purple hosting listening party for Made in Japan super deluxe edition release

Cover of Deep Purple's 'Live in Japan'/RhinoDeep Purple is set to release a new super deluxe edition of their 1972 live album Made in Japan on Friday, and they are giving fans a way to enjoy it together.The band is set to host a special Made in Japan listening party on YouTube Friday, where fans will get to experience producer Steven Wilson's stereo remix of the album. The party starts at 3 p.m. ET.The album features performances from two shows in Osaka and one in Tokyo. The […]

August 14, 2025

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The Joe Perry Project plays Aerosmith, Black Crowes & Stone Temple Pilots tunes at tour kickoff

Joe Perry Project tour admat/courtesy of The Joe Perry ProjectThe Joe Perry Project launched their North American tour in Tampa Wednesday night, treating the audience to a whole bunch of Aerosmith classics and more.Perry’s band is made up of his Aerosmith bandmate Brad Whitford; Buck Johnson, a member of Aerosmith's touring band since 2014; The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson; Stone Temple Pilots' Robert DeLeo; and longtime JPP drummer Jason Sutter. According to setlist.fm, each band member’s music was represented in the set.Aerosmith tunes performed during opening night included “Same Old Song and Dance,” “Get […]

August 14, 2025

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Robert Plant, Saving Grace preview first album together with release of ‘Gospel Plough’

Cover art for Robert Plant and Saving Grace album (Nonesuch Records)Robert Plant has released another track off his upcoming album with his acoustic band Saving Grace. The latest is the tune “Gospel Plough,” which is now available.According to a description on Instagram, with “Gospel Plough” the band transforms “a centuries-old spiritual number into a hypnotic mélange of vocals, steel banjo, acoustic guitar, and percussion.”Plant and Saving Grace are set to release their debut album, Saving Grace, on Sept. 26. It’s an album that’s six […]

August 14, 2025

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Report: Sinéad O’Connor biopic in the works

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16 March 1988. Photo by Paul Bergen/RedfernsThe life of singer Sinéad O’Connor may be headed to the big screen.Variety reports that a biopic on the late Irish singer is being made and has been in the works since the release of her 2022 documentary, Nothing Compares. Irish production company ie: entertainment, which worked with Sinéad on the doc, will produce, along with Irish production company Nine Daughters and See-Saw Films.The biopic will focus on her early […]

August 14, 2025

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New John Lennon & Yoko Ono box set celebrates their political activism and life in New York

Cover art for 'Power to the People (Super Deluxe Edition)'/Capitol/UMeA new box set celebrating John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s political activism and early life in New York City is on the way.Power to the People (Super Deluxe Edition), produced by the couple’s son Sean Ono Lennon, will be released Oct. 10, on what would have been John's 85th birthday. It’s a nine-CD/3-Blu-ray box set, featuring 123 tracks, 90 of which have either never been heard before or were previously unreleased. They include demos, outtakes, home recordings […]

August 14, 2025

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On This Day, Aug. 14, 1971: The Who releases ‘Who’s Next’

On This Day, Aug. 14, 1971…English rockers The Who released their iconic album Who’s Next, featuring such future Who classics as “Baba O’Riley,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Behind Blue Eyes.”The album was originally conceived as another rock opera, Lifehouse, following their 1969 hit Tommy. Pete Townshend eventually scrapped the whole project.Who’s Next was a critics' darling, and consistently lands on lists of the greatest albums of all time. The album was the band's only #1 in the U.K.; it hit #4 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and has […]

August 14, 2025