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Foreigner is out with a new live album, In the Eye of the Storm, featuring songs recorded during their 50th anniversary concert on New York’s Ellis Island and at Brooklyn’s DUMBO House.While you may think this is just another live album, Foreigner’s Jeff Pilson tells ABC Audio there’s something particularly special about the release.According to Pilson, not only does the album feature “the great songs that Foreigner has in our catalog,” […]

Steve Cropper's 'Watching the Tide' (Provogue/Artone Label Group) Music fans are getting another preview of the upcoming posthumous album from the late Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist Steve Cropper, who passed away in December.Watching the Tide, the album Cropper and his band The Midnight Hour were working on prior to his death, will be released on Aug. 28. A new track, “Tandoori Chicken,” is out now via digital outlets.“Tandoori Chicken” […]

Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins performs at Gila River Arena on July 12, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. (John Medina/Getty Images) The Smashing Pumpkins, the Ramones and Linkin Park are set to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of the Los Angeles landmark's 2027 class."The Walk of Fame Selection Committee is proud to welcome the Class of 2027 to one of the most enduring symbols of […]

Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the U.S.A.' (Sony Music) A new official lyric video for Bruce Springsteen’s classic Born in the U.S.A. track "I’m on Fire" has just been released.The video features photos and grainy footage from the original music video for the song, with the lyrics in red.The original video, which was directed by filmmaker John Sayles, was Springsteen’s first non-performance music video, with The Boss playing an auto mechanic […]

Mike Love of The Beach Boys performs onstage during the 2025 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Marriott Marquis Times Square on June 12, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame) Mike Love of The Beach Boys has announced the postponement of several dates on their current tour.Love shared the news in a post on Instagram, with a beach picture that […]

ZZ Top The Big One! tour admat/(courtesy of ZZ Top) ZZ Top has rescheduled some dates on their current The Big One! Tour, which began in early spring and runs through November.The band has moved two shows in order for frontman Billy F Gibbons to take part in Eric Clapton’s upcoming Crossroads Guitar Festival in Austin Texas, which is happening Sept. 26-27.The Texas rockers' Sept. 26 show in Nashville has now moved […]

Bob Seger's 'Face the Promise' (Capitol/UMe) The 20th anniversary of Bob Seger’s 16th studio album, Face the Promise, is being celebrated with an expanded release.Dropping Sept. 18, the expanded edition will include a newly remastered edition of the original album, along with four bonus tracks: "Time," "Little Jane," "Red Eye to Memphis" and "Let Me Try."The expanded album will be released on CD and as a two-LP black vinyl set, the […]

On This Day, July 23, 1989….Ringo Starr launched his first tour since his days with The Beatles, backed by an All-Starr Band that included Billy Preston, the Eagles’ Joe Walsh and E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons.Starr has continued to tour with a similar setup, with members of the All-Starr Band revolving over the years.Each show features Ringo performing both solo and Beatles songs, along with All-Starr Band members performing […]

Poster for ‘If These Walls Could Rock’ (Credit: Sean Pierce) Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Dave Grohl are among the musicians featured in a new film about Los Angeles' iconic Sunset Marquee Hotel.If These Walls Could Rock, directed by Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams, tells the story of the Sunset Strip hotel using archival footage, animation and interviews. According to a press release, the film will give fans insight into a […]