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Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Deadline reported in March that pop star Lizzo would star as rock 'n' roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe in an upcoming biopic. But now, news comes that Mick Jagger, in partnership with Live Nation Productions among others, is producing a feature film on Tharpe. This film appears to have no connection to the Lizzo project.Oscar-nominated actress Aunjanue [ingenue] Ellis-Taylor has been tapped to write the movie, which has been granted the rights […]

Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images Here's a sentence you probably never thought you'd read: A bar in Toms River, New Jersey, won't allow a Bruce Springsteen cover band to perform there. And the reason has nothing to do with the actual band.According to NJ.com, Riv's Toms River Hub had booked a Springsteen cover band called No Surrender to perform on May 30. However, after Springsteen made headlines by criticizing President Donald Trump's administration […]

Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Palms Resort & Casino Robert Plant is the latest rocker to express his support for Bruce Springsteen, whose onstage comments during his shows in Manchester, England, have drawn the ire of President Donald Trump.In fan-shot footage of his May 18 show in Finland with the band Saving Grace, Plant tells the crowd, "Right now in England, which is where we come from ... Bruce Springsteen's touring right […]

Rhino/Warner Records Jethro Tull really is living in the past with a new reissue that expands their 1972 double compilation album, Living in the Past.Still Living in the Past, a five-CD/Blu-ray box set, is due out July 11. It includes remixes, edits, demos, live tracks and four promotional films. If that's too much Tull for you, there will also be a two-LP vinyl edition featuring stereo remixes of the album by Steven […]

On This Day, May 22, 1976 ...Paul McCartney & Wings hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with “Silly Love Songs,” which spent five weeks on top of the chart.The tune, from the 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound, was McCartney’s answer to critics who suggested he only wrote lightweight love songs.“Silly Love Songs” was McCartney’s fifth #1 as a solo artist and his 27th #1 as a songwriter, […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Metallica's M72 world tour will last for at least another year.The metal legends have announced a 2026 European leg, kicking off in Athens in May. The outing will be a mix of One Night Only shows and Metallica's No Repeat Weekend, which consists of two concerts in one city, each of which features a completely different set list.Depending on the date, openers include the reformed Pantera, Gojira, Avatar and Knocked […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for FIREAID While some of his contemporaries are doing farewell tours, Rod Stewart is still going strong. He says he's got three new albums in the works, and no plans to stop performing.Speaking to AARP magazine, Rod, 80, says, "I’ve got so much more music to do. At the moment, I’m doing a covers album of all the songs I’ve ever wanted to cover ... I’m supposed […]

Frontiers Music Srl Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder will release his fourth solo album, The Vault - Fifty Years of Music, on Friday, featuring a collection of newly recorded versions of songs he's demoed over the past five decades.Felder tells ABC Audio that when he decided to dip into his vault for a new album he had "no idea" what was in there."I hadn't heard stuff since the '70s or '80s," […]

Warner Bros. Tom Petty referred to his 1994 release Wildflowers as his favorite album, and now a book documenting the making of the LP is on its way.The limited-edition book is a collaboration between the Estate of Tom Petty and Genesis Publications. It will feature rare photography, handwritten lyrics and personal stories from Petty, the Heartbreakers and his musical collaborators.Preorders for the book will open soon, and you can sign […]