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Tim Mosenfelder/Corbis via Getty Images Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts and Santana are both booked to play the 59th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, which will be held July 4 to July 19 in Montreux, Switzerland.Both artists will perform on the festival’s Lake Stage: Young and his band will headline on July 6, while Santana will headline on July 18.Other artists booked for the Montreux Jazz Festival include Diana Ross, […]

Al Pereira/WireImage The 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's first U.K. tour will be celebrated with some special Springsteen programming on the BBC, including a new documentary.When Bruce Springsteen Came To Britain is a one-hour doc that will feature a new interview with The Boss talking about his first U.K. show: a sold-out concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in November 1975 promoting his album Born to Run. In the interview he shares […]

courtesy of Apple TV+ The upcoming Apple TV+ documentary about Bono’s Stories of Surrender book tour will get its world premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, taking place May 13 to May 24.Bono announced the news on social media with the caption, “From the intimacy of the Beacon Theater [sic] to the bright lights of the Croisette.”Bono: Stories of Surrender will feature what’s described as a “reimagining” of the U2 frontman’s one-man stage show, […]

On This Day, April 10, 2014…Peter Gabriel, KISS and Nirvana were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York.Gabriel had previously been inducted in 2010 as a member of Genesis and was now being inducted for his solo career, with Coldplay’s Chris Martin on hand to do the honors. Gabriel also performed at the ceremony, treating the […]

Crown Publishing The upcoming Bruce Springsteen film Deliver Me From Nowhere is based on Warren Zanes’ 2023 book Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Zanes discusses how the film came to be.Zanes says when he was first approached, he knew they’d have to get Springsteen onboard, so he and the film's director, Scott Cooper, sent Bruce and his manager, Jon Landau, a one-page […]

Parlaphone Records David Bowie fans are apparently really into vinyl records.The U.K.'s Official Charts recently came out with a list of the bestselling vinyl records of the past 10 years, and while Taylor Swift’s Midnights tops the list, Bowie lands two albums in the top 10.Of the pair, Bowie’s 2016 greatest hits package Legacy lands in the highest spot at #5. His final album, Blackstar, lands at #8.A post on Bowie’s official Instagram account notes, […]

L-R: Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Photo credit: Disney/Scott Kirkland Sean Lennon has weighed in on the casting of Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles films, and he is putting his faith in the director.The cast of The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event was recently announced, with Harris Dickinson playing Sean’s father, John Lennon. Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan has been cast as Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn will portray George Harrison.And while some folks have had […]

L-R: Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock, Blondie's Clem Burke;Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Sex Pistols brought their tour to Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, and dedicated the show to late Blondie drummer Clem Burke.“Very quickly I just want to take a moment to dedicate this show to an amazing man, and a friend of the lads, Clem Burke,” current frontman Frank Carter told the audience, as seen in video shared by bassist Glen Matlock. “An […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Slash no longer has even just a little "Patience" for social platform X. The Guns N' Roses guitarist has announced that he's "decided to step away" from the social media site formerly known as Twitter and that he will "no longer be active on the platform.""This was a considered decision after repeated hacks, and it reflects a shift in how I'd like to stay connected moving forward," Slash writes.Slash […]