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(L-R) Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick perform onstage during the 2025 Backyard Concert supporting Teen Cancer America and the UCLA Health Center October 03, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BC) Cheap Trick has added more dates to their All Washed Up Tour.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has extended their tour through November, with new dates starting […]

'Coltrane: The Definitive Visual Celebration of the Legend' (Ten Speed Press) Carlos Santana, Patti Smith and Phil Lesh are among the artists contributing essays to a new photo book about American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.Coltrane: The Definitive Visual Celebration of the Legend, dropping Sept. 1, is described as a “photographic celebration” of Coltrane’s life, featuring dozens of never-before-seen photos from throughout Coltrane’s career. It includes photos in the studio, on […]

Ozzy Osbourne and Jack Osbourne visit the Tribeca Film Festival 2011 portrait studio on April 25, 2011 in New York City. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival) Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of Ozzy Osbourne's death, and his son, Jack Osbourne, has a request for fans who wish to honor the milestone."I want to fill the entire day, July 22, with just awesome Ozzy stories," Jack says in a […]

On This Day, July 21, 1991 ...Eight months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters hosted a star-studded concert version of the band’s classic album The Wall at the site of its former location.The concert featured a host of A-list musicians, including Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Scorpions, Sinead O’Connor and Cyndi Lauper. Waters' former Pink Floyd bandmates David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright […]

Paul McCartney on May 21, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/GC Images) Fans on a Beatles tour of Liverpool got quite a surprise when they had a chance encounter with Paul McCartney.Neil Morton, who drives the Magical Mystery Tour Bus around Liverpool, tells the BBC that during a recent tour, the bus pulled up to find McCartney at a traffic light. It happened at the very moment McCartney was on […]

Photo of Queen: L-R Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns) Queen is looking back at the past for a new series of posters.The band is releasing a new collection of replica vintage Queen posters, with the first installment in the series featuring four posters.The first set includes Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You and Queen Are Coming posters. There's also a 1980 concert […]

Musician Jimmy Buffett performs onstage at Jimmy Buffett & Friends: Live from the Gulf Coast, July 11, 2010 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT) Jimmy Buffett passed away in 2023, but his music lives on.Mac McAnally, longtime member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, tells Billboard that he and his Coral Reefer bandmate Michael Utley have been working on a posthumous Buffett release.McAnally tells Billboard the […]

Phil Collins performs during a stop of his Not Dead Yet Tour at MGM Grand Garden Arena on October 27, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Phil Collins hasn’t put out a new album since 2010’s Going Back, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be new music in the future.During an appearance on the Sodajerker on Songwriting podcast, Collins sounds hopeful about making music again.“Oh I’ve got some […]

Chris Cornell performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Soundgarden has posted a birthday tribute to the band's late frontman, Chris Cornell, who would've turned 62 on Monday."Happy Birthday, brother Chris," the post reads. "We’re thinking of you today and everyday. We miss your friendship, your beautiful soul, and your massive heart. The music world isn't the same without you, but your voice still echoes through everything we do."It concludes, "Louder […]