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Metallica on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Sharon Osbourne attended Metallica's show in London Sunday on the one-year anniversary of the Back to the Beginning concert.Back to the Beginning, which took place on July 5, 2025, marked the final live performance by the original Black Sabbath lineup and Ozzy Osbourne, who died just over two weeks later on July 22. The show also featured a stacked lineup of hard rock […]

Cover of ASIA's 'Indigo' (Frontiers SRL) ASIA is back with new music.The band, which features original member Geoffrey Downes, along with musicians Virgil Donati, John Mitchell and Harry Whitley, will release Indigo on Nov. 6.Indigo is the first new album from ASIA since 2014’s Gravitas, which was the band’s last album to feature vocalist/bassist John Wetton before his 2017 death. The new album includes two songs, "Tattoo Indigo (Parts 2 & 3)" […]

Black Sabbath poses backstage during the 21st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria March 13, 2006 in New York City. (Scott Gries/Getty Images) A new book documenting the history of Black Sabbath has been announced.The Masters of Reality - Why Black Sabbath Matter is described as the first-ever official Black Sabbath book and was created by rock photographer Ross Halfin in collaboration with […]

U2 on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live! '2017/Photo creedit: ABC/Randy Holmes There's more new music on the way from U2.The Irish rockers announced they’re dropping a new single, "Street of Dreams," on Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET. They also shared a snippet of the song, along with a clip of the accompanying music video.U2 shot the video for "Street of Dreams" in Mexico City in June. They shared a clip of the shoot on Instagram and wrote […]

Ringo Starr on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'/(Disney/Randy Holmes) Ringo Starr is heading back out on the road this fall.The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who turns 86 on Tuesday, has announced dates for a new tour. Ringo will be joined by his All-Starr Band, made up of Toto’s Steve Lukather, Men at Work's Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette and Buck Johnson.The tour kicks off Sept. 24 […]

On This Day, July 6, 1957..Beatles legends Paul McCartney and John Lennon met for the very first time at St. Peter’s Church in Liverpool, where Lennon’s skiffle group, the Quarrymen, was playing a show.The Quarrymen’s sometime bass player Ivan Vaughan, who was McCartney's classmate at the Liverpool Institute, introduced the 15-year-old McCartney to his bandmates, including a 16-year-old Lennon.McCartney, who impressed Lennon by playing Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" and other […]

Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne speak onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Sharon Osbourne shared a tribute to her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne, Saturday on what marked the couple's first wedding anniversary since the metal icon's death in 2025."Today would have been our 46th wedding anniversary," Sharon wrote in an Instagram […]

Jon Bon Jovi of the band Bon Jovi performs on stage during Rock In Rio day 3 at Cidade do Rock on September 29, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images) Bon Jovi fans have been waiting for this day for more than four years.The New Jersey rockers are returning to the road with the launch of the Forever Tour at New York’s Madison Square Garden […]

Nikki Sixx arrives at the premiere of Netflix's 'The Dirt' at ArcLight Hollywood on March 18, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx marked his 25th sobriety anniversary on Thursday."It's hard to wrap a lifetime of lessons into a few paragraphs, but one thing has never changed: sobriety gave me a life I never imagined was possible," Sixx writes in an Instagram post. "It gave […]