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Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here 50'/ (Sony Music) Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were Here begins and ends with the two-part track “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” a tribute to their late bandmate Syd Barrett. Now the two parts have been put together as one complete song.The band has just released “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix),” which marks the first time the song has […]

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Mike Mills, bass player of R.E.M., performs onstage during the Jim Irsay Collection Exhibit and Concert at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on January 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) R.E.M. called it quits in 2011, and while fans may be holding out hope for a reunion, Mike Mills doesn't see that happening.“R.E.M. broke up because it was time, and we all […]

Robbie Robertson's final solo album, 2019's Sinematic, features "Beautiful Madness," a song inspired by the two years he and Martin Scorsese lived together after their respective marriages collapsed. That "madness" is now detailed in The Band guitarist's brutally honest new book Insomnia, the sequel to his memoir, Testimony.In Insomnia, Robertson and Scorsese are creatively on fire. As The Band dissolves, they work on The Last Waltz and Raging Bull; hang with Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and […]

: Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick perform at Ascend Amphitheater on August 14, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) Cheap Trick released their latest studio album, All Washed Up, on Friday, and now they’ve announced tour dates in support of the release.The band will hit the road on the All Washed Up Tour starting Jan. 24, 2026, in Madison, Wisconsin. The tour includes stops […]

Picture of Warren Haynes (Photo credit: Shervin Lainez) Warren Haynes has announced dates for a new 2026 solo tour.The trek will feature just Haynes and his guitar, and will have him playing stripped down shows that will feature two sets each night. He plans to play songs from his catalog, including solo recordings, and Gov’t Mule and Allman Brothers Band tunes, plus music that has influenced his career.“Although I have done a few […]

'Cheap Trick at Budokan – Live in Las Vegas' admat/(courtesy of Live Nation) Cheap Trick is revisiting their iconic live album Cheap Trick at Budukon, but fans won’t have to travel to Japan to experience it.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers announced two shows in Las Vegas where they will play the 1978 live record in its entirety, along with their other hits. Cheap Trick at Budokan – Live in Las Vegas will […]

Lynyrd Skynyrd & Foreigner tour admat (Courtesy of Live Nation) Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner are teaming up for a 2026 tour.The Double Trouble Double Vision Tour will consist of 19 co-headlining dates next summer, kicking off July 23 in Atlanta and wrapping Aug 29 in Rogers, Arkansas.“The energy the band has felt knowing we'll be touring with Skynyrd this coming summer has been electric!” Foreigner’s Jeff Pilson says. “Two bands […]

On This Day, Nov. 17, 2010…Rocker Patti Smith was awarded the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids.The book documented Smith's relationship with late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the late '60s and early '70s New York art scene. The book was a New York Times bestseller and won several other awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award.Patti released her second memoir, Bread of Angels, on Nov. 4. Described […]

(L-R) Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of KISS pose as they light the Empire State Building in celebration of the band's final show at The Empire State Building on November 30, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust) KISS returned to the stage for the first time since their final End of the Road World Tour concert at […]