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Steven Tyler performs during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV) The lineup for Steven Tyler's seventh annual Jam for Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Party has just been announced, and the Aerosmith frontman has recruited some big-name stars for the event, taking place Feb. 1 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.The night, hosted by Melissa […]

ohn Fogerty performs onstage for the 24th Annual Americana Honors & Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 10, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association) John Fogerty is the latest artist to take part in NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, joined by his sons Tyler Fogerty and Shane Fogerty, treated the audience to five songs, starting with the […]

Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry of Hollywood Vampires perform at The Greek Theatre on May 11, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) Hollywood Vampires are set to rise once more.The band of Alice Cooper, Aerosmith's Joe Perry and actor Johnny Depp has announced a tour of the U.K. and Europe, marking their first live shows in three years. The outing begins Aug. 12 in London and […]

The Who's 'Quadrophenia' (Geffen Records) The Who is set to reissue their 1973 rock opera, Quadrophenia, with high-fidelity audio.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will release the album on SDE Blu-Ray audio, which will contain 2025 Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo mixes by longtime associate Richard Whittaker.The Blu-ray also includes instrumental mixes of the album in Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo; the Quadrophenia 5.1 EP previously released as part of the […]

On This Day, Jan. 16, 2016…Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band launched The River Tour in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The trek was in support of 2015's The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set, marking the 35th anniversary of The Boss' fifth studio album, which was released in 1980.The tour was the first time in two years that Springsteen and The E Street Band headed out on the road. It featured them performing The River double […]

Covers of Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' and 'Moondance' (Warner Music Group/Rhino) Two of Van Morrison’s iconic albums, 1968’s Astral Weeks and 1970’s Moondance, are the first releases of the new Acoustic Sounds 40th Anniversary Series, part of a partnership between Analogue Productions and Rhino Records.Every album released in the series will be cut from the original analog tapes, or the best available source, to offer exceptional quality and sound. They […]

Honoree Bob Weir performs during the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Paul McCartney is the latest artist to pay tribute to the late Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, whose death at age 78 was announced on Saturday.“Bob Weir was a great musician who inspired many people of many generations,” […]

Photo of George Martin; in Air Studios (Photo by Hayley Madden/Redferns) A new book about legendary Beatles producer George Martin's work is being released in celebration of what would have been his 100th birthday.George Martin: The Scores is described as “the first-ever definitive collection of the legendary producer’s original music manuscripts.”The three-volume book will be released in April. It contains a forward by Paul McCartney, as well as full-sized reproductions of Martin's handwritten […]

Mia Mckenna-Bruce attends the "The Fence" screening during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 18, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for BFI) Actress Mia McKenna-Bruce is set to play Ringo Starr’s late wife Maureen Starkey in Sam Mendes’ The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, and she certainly sounds excited by the project.She tells Variety that her experience on […]