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Sony Music Entertainment The Ozzy Osbourne best-of compilation The Essential Ozzy Osbourne has jumped into the top 10 on the Billboard 200 following the metal icon's death on July 22.The set, which debuted and peaked at #81 on the Billboard 200 upon its initial release in 2003, launches to #7 on the latest edition of the chart. It moved 44,000 equivalent album units during the tracking week for July 18-24.The Essential Ozzy Osbourne […]

Primary Wave Music The lineup for the upcoming Bad Company tribute album has been revealed.Can’t Get Enough: The Music of Bad Company, dropping Oct. 24, will have artists covering the group’s biggest hits, including “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Bad Company” and “Shooting Star," along with a cover of Free’s top-five hit, “All Right Now.”Artists contributing to the record include Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy […]

Courtesy of HBO Billy Joel is the subject of a new two-part documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, and the film’s directors Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin didn’t have to hold back when interviewing the rocker for the film.Lacy tells ABC Audio that from the beginning she asked Joel if there were “any sensitivities” she should be aware of, and he simply told her to "tell the truth.""Nothing was […]

Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images Billy Joel is not an artist who often gets political. But in the second part of his HBO documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, he has some very strong words for President Donald Trump regarding the comments he made after 2017’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.While Billy says in the film that he “never liked getting political onstage,” he did just that after Trump responded […]

Joseph Okpako/WireImage Yungblud plans to honor the late Ozzy Osbourne by covering the Black Sabbath song "Changes" at every one of his shows.The "Fleabag" rocker performed the Vol. 4 ballad at the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, which marked the final show by the original Sabbath lineup, as well as Ozzy's last performance ever. Just over two weeks later, on July 22, Ozzy's family announced that he'd passed away […]

Concord Records John Forgerty continues to preview his upcoming album of rerecorded Credence Clearwater Revival classics, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, which drops Aug. 22.The rocker has now released his new take on "Travelin’ Band." Fogerty said rerecording it "was like climbing a mountain," adding, "I had to work myself up to hit that level again. I’d sing until I didn’t have anything left."He’s also released "Long as I Can See the Light," which […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Much like time, Beavis and Butt-Head also march on, as the iconic metal-loving duo is back for another go-round. Fittingly, Beavis' favorite band Metallica soundtracks the new trailer for the series' return.The trailer begins with an animated Metallica performing their song "For Whom the Bell Tolls" as Beavis and Butt-Head fly into the stadium in a helicopter filled with gold."Beavis and Butthead, we love you guys!" James Hetfield exclaims […]

Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II A guitar that was previously owned by Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page is going up for auction in September and is expected to bring in a pretty penny.The U.K. publication The Standard reports that the guitar up for grabs was originally part of a collaboration between New Music Express magazine and the band over 50 years ago. Back then, the mag ran a sweepstakes with the […]

David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Kelly Osbourne quotes lyrics from the Black Sabbath song "Changes" in her first post since her father, Ozzy Osbourne, passed away.In her Instagram Story, Kelly writes, "I feel unhappy I am so sad. I lost the best friend I ever had," which Ozzy sang to open the Vol. 4 ballad.Ozzy's wife, Sharon Osbourne, and their children announced his death on Tuesday, sharing, "It is with more sadness […]