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ABC/Randy Holmes Exit light, and enter the world of College Football 26 with help from Metallica's "Enter Sandman."The metal icons' signature hit soundtracks the new trailer for the upcoming EA Sports video game. It includes clips of Metallica's recording, as well as of crowds singing along.You can watch the College Football 26 trailer on YouTube. The game is out July 10.You may recall that "Enter Sandman" is famously used as the entrance […]

Gary Miller/WireImage After being forced to skip ZZ Top’s tour of Australia and New Zealand due to health issues, drummer Frank Beard is ready to rejoin the lineup.The band announced that Beard will be back with the group when they kick off the North American leg of their Elevation tour on June 1 in Victoria, British Columbia.A statement from the band’s management reveals that Beard had been suffering from "foot and […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Pearl Jam touring member and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has been sentenced to probation and community labor for a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, Rolling Stone reports.The charge alleged that Klinghoffer hit and killed a 47-year-old pedestrian, Israel Sanchez, with his car while failing to yield during a March 2024 accident in California.In court proceedings held Wednesday, Klinghoffer pleaded no contest to the charge. The sentence, which […]

Rhino Talking Heads are continuing the celebration of their 50th anniversary with the release of a new super deluxe edition of their sophomore album, More Songs About Buildings and Food.The three-CD/Blu-ray release will include the remastered album, as well as 11 rarities, four of which are previously unreleased versions of album tracks. There’s also a live album, featuring a recording of the band’s August 1978 show at New York’s Entermedia […]

On This Day, May 29, 1971 ...The Rolling Stones hit #1 with "Brown Sugar," the opening track and lead single from their ninth studio album, Sticky Fingers.The tune, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, spent two weeks at #1 in the U.S., but failed to reach the top spot in the U.K., peaking at #2.Previously a staple at The Stones' live shows, in 2021 the band announced they’d be […]

Sony Music Bruce Springsteen is offering up another preview of his upcoming box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums.The latest is the song "Adelita," from the album Inyo, described as a "ten-song thematic collection set throughout the border states of California and Texas (plus one detour to New Jersey).""Inyo was a record I wrote in California during long drives along the California aqueduct, up through Inyo County on my way […]

Concord Records John Forgerty turned 80 on Wednesday but age isn’t slowing him down.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced he’ll release a new album, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, on Aug. 22, featuring a track list made up of newly recorded versions of his classic CCR tunes.Forgerty announced the new album onstage during his 80th birthday celebration at New York’s Beacon Theatre Wednesday night. He returns […]