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Butterfly Records/Big Machine Label Group Steve Perry is one of the many artists set to appear on Dolly Parton’s upcoming rock record, Rockstar, collaborating with the icon on the Journey classic “Open Arms.” In a post on Facebook, Perry expressed how “thrilled” he is about the excitement surrounding the record, noting, “I have been a Dolly Parton fan for years and years and to sing one of my songs with her was truly a thrill.”  He adds, […]

Gus Stewart/Redferns Last year, Rod Stewart made headlines when he rented a house near his home in England in order to put a roof over the heads of a Ukrainian family of refugees. Now he's thinking of taking in a second family. After the war in Ukraine started, Rod and his nephews organized a convoy of trucks to bring much-needed supplies to the border and to bring back a number of refugees. He […]

Courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing Grateful Dead fans are getting their first peek at the band's upcoming 11th annual Meet-Up At The Movies screening. This year’s screening highlights the band’s June 22, 1991, concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field, the first time they ever played the venue. A just-released clip of the concert shows them performing the In The Dark track “Hell in a Bucket.” The concert features the Dead’s Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, […]

On This Day, May 11, 1981 ... Reggae legend Bob Marley died from cancer at a hospital in Miami, Florida, at the age of 36. In July 1977, Marley was diagnosed with a type of malignant melanoma under a toenail. By the fall of 1980, the cancer had spread to his brain, lungs and liver, and he played his final concert in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 1980. After the cancer spread […]

(NEW YORK) -- Jahsha Tabron, the 2022 Delaware teacher of the year, taught special education for more than two decades and cherished what she called the "winning moments" of growth in her students. "[Where] you have a nonverbal student who is now able to speak in simple sentences … that's why you stay," she recently told ABC News. But Tabron, now Brandywine High School's dean of students in Wilmington, Delaware, […]

(EL PASO, Texas) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities in most regions along the southern border are over capacity even as the number of those in custody has declined, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said Wednesday. As of Wednesday, there were 26,354 people in CBP custody, which Ortiz said was, "several thousand less" compared to earlier in the morning. Five of the nine Border Patrol sectors in the southwest are […]

Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Stagecoach Priscilla Block is ready to step into "sparkly Priscilla" for the 2023 ACM Awards. "I'm so excited. I'm actually styling myself, which is really exciting," Priscilla says while chatting with ABC Audio about her red carpet outfit. "You know, this year I did a clothing collaboration with SHEIN and it's been such a success just having a line out there that so many people can get, doesn't matter your shape […]

BMG While he's most famous for being the drummer of The Rolling Stones, the late Charlie Watts recorded a lot of jazz music — and now that side of his career is being explored in a new collection from BMG. Anthology, dropping June 30, will focus on Watts' catalog of jazz recordings covering a span of close to 20 years. The collection features Watts’ drumming as part of a quartet, quintet, tentet and with an […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images The Who has added a new show to their European and U.K. tour, bringing their music to a very special venue.  The band will bring their The Who Hits Back tour to the Eden Sessions at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England, on July 25. The location is the home of the world-famous Biomes, which house thousands of plant species.  “We’re so thrilled to welcome legends The Who to Eden, […]