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Taylor Hill/FilmMagic The Bruce Springsteen Archives Center for American Music has launched a new charity auction in connection with its annual American Music Honors, which this year will honor John Fogerty, Smokey Robinson, Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Emmylou Harris and Joe Ely.The auction includes plenty of Springsteen-related items, including a chance to meet The Boss, take a ride along the Jersey Shore with him and go home with his […]

UMR/Polydor While his main gig is frontman for The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger has also dabbled in a solo career, and now a compilation of his biggest solo tracks is coming to vinyl for the first time.The Very Best of Mick Jagger was originally released digitally and on CD back in 2007, but the album is getting its first-ever vinyl release on May 1.The two-LP set consists of 17 tracks, including […]

Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images Bruce Springsteen fans are anxiously awaiting the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums on June 27, and E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg says they won’t be disappointed.“I’ve heard everything and I think the fans are going to love it,” Weinberg tells the U.K. outlet The Times. “There is one album [Inyo] Bruce played me where he utilized a mariachi band of musicians, Hispanic […]

Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions The Who may be known for their live shows, but it turns out Pete Townshend may not exactly be enjoying his time on the stage.In a new interview with Spain’s RockFM, Townshend shares that he doesn’t necessarily love performing.“Most musicians are not like me. Most musicians do two things that I don't really do or don't enjoy doing. One is they love performing,” […]

Manny Carabel/Getty Images KISS co-founder Peter Criss is releasing a new solo album, which will be his first in almost 20 years.Criss revealed the news in an announcement video posted by the KISS FAQ podcast, sharing, “I have my new rock 'n' roll album to KISS Army guys coming out in the fall, and I really hope you like it, man." The podcast’s host, Julian Gill, went on to describe the record as a […]

Corine Solberg/Getty Images ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard is taking a longer break from the band.It was announced in March that Beard had “temporarily stepped away” from the band’s tour “to attend a health issue requiring his focus in the near term.” Now that break includes the group’s tour of Australia and New Zealand, which kicks off Saturday.A post on the Live Nation Asia site shares that Beard is skipping the shows […]

On This Day, April 25, 1987...Three weeks after its release, U2’s The Joshua Tree hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.The album, the band’s fifth studio release, was U2’s first U.S. chart-topper, and it remained at number one for nine weeks.The record included future U2 classics “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” which remain U2’s only #1 singles in the U.S., as well as […]

Courtesy of Big Machine Rock Sammy Hagar has released the new single, “Encore, Thank You, Good Night,” which is described as "a celebration and expression of appreciation” of his time in Van Halen.Sammy has said that the song was inspired by a dream he had about late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen.“This song is my final bow to that part of my life,” Sammy shares. “It’s not meant to […]

Gary Miller/Getty Images The Rolling Stones have recorded a song for a tribute album to the late King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, which is being released in celebration of what would have been the singer and accordion player's 100th birthday.A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, dropping June 27, is a 14-track album featuring a host of A-list musicians covering tunes from Chenier’s catalog. Other artists on the record include Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, […]