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'The Boroughs' soundtrack (Legacy Recordings/Sony Music) Tracks from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Santana, Heart and more are featured on the soundtrack to the upcoming Netflix series The Boroughs, which premieres May 21 on the streaming service.Some of the songs featured on the soundtrack include Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” and “Born to Run,” Santana’s “Oye Como Va,” Heart’s “Barracuda,” and Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s “Night Moves.”There are also […]

L-R Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Alex Van Halen of Van Halen circa 1985 in Los Angeles, California. (photo by Ann Summa/Getty Images) In a 2025 interview with Rolling Stone, Sammy Hagar said that he hasn’t spoken to his Van Halen bandmate Alex Van Halen in 21 years. But that distance didn’t stop Sammy from wishing Alex a happy 73rd birthday on Friday.“Alex, I know these wonderful […]

Lenny Kravitz on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'/(ABC/Randy Holmes) Lenny Kravitz is featured on the just released reimagination of DE’WAYNE’s track “highway robbery” with the “Are You Gonna Go My Way” singer appearing in the song's new video, directed by Joe Mischo.“I first became aware of DE’WAYNE on Instagram and I was immediately drawn in to his expression,” says Kravitz. “After I started following him, he reached out, and our conversations naturally […]

Photo of (L-R) singer-bassist Paul McCartney and guitarist George Harrison of The Beatles, live onstage circa May 1962 at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns) Casting has been announced for a new BBC series that will focus on The Beatles' early days as a band.The six-part series, Hamburg Days, is based on the autobiography by German artist and musician Klaus Voormann, and is […]

Ann Wilson's Nothing But Love,' co-written by Burt Bacharach (Tawt Tunes/Ann Wilson) Heart’s Ann Wilson has released a new song, “Nothing But Love,” a track she co-wrote with the late songwriting legend Burt Bacharach, who passed away in 2023.”I wrote ‘Nothing But Love’ with Burt Bacharach back in 1999, performed it a few times and then I sort of forgot about it,” says Wilson. “A friend recently asked me about […]

Richard Butler and Tim Butler perform with The Psychedelic Furs at Columbia Theater on November 8, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Martyn Goodacre/Redferns) The Psychedelic Furs have canceled their upcoming spring and summer tour dates due to a "serious medical issue in the band," according to an update on their website."Please accept our deepest apologies for this inconvenience," the post reads.The affected dates include a scheduled tour with Living Colour, which […]

On This Day, May 8, 2022…U2’s Bono and The Edge showed their support for Ukraine with a surprise acoustic performance in a subway station in Kyiv. The station was being used as a bomb shelter due to Ukraine’s ongoing conflict with Russia.The rockers were invited to perform in the city by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a post on X, Bono and The Edge explained, “President [Zelenskyy] invited us to […]

The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood on 'The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon,' May 7, 2026. (Todd Owyoung/NBC) The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night, where he talked about The Stones’ new album Foreign Tongues.During the chat it was revealed that Wood recorded a nine-minute guitar solo for a song called “Back in Your Life,” although he said it was eventually cut down to four or […]

Paul McCartney's 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane' (MPL/Capitol Records) Paul McCartney has released the latest track from his upcoming solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, and it is a collaboration with his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, marking their first-ever duet together.The track, “Home to Us,” also features backing vocals from Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri from the band Texas.“This song [was] done totally with Ringo in […]