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David Byrne performs at Wang Theatre at Boch Center on October 02, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Lisa Dragani/Getty Images) David Byrne, and members of KISS and The Guess Who are among the contenders for the 2026 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.The organization has announced the artists in the running for induction next year, with the Talking Heads frontman, KISS' Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, and The Guess Who’s Randy Bachman and Burton […]

Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses perform onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip) Guns N' Roses have released a statement regarding frontman Axl Rose's onstage behavior during a recent show in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Footage from the concert shows Rose kicking drummer Isaac Carpenter's kit and throwing his mic at the bass drum. […]

"Asking for a Friend" single artwork. (RCA Records/Roswell Records) Happy Foos-day!Foo Fighters have not only released their previously teased new single called "Asking for a Friend," they've also announced a 2026 North American stadium tour with support from Queens of the Stone Age.The outing, dubbed the Take Cover tour, launches Aug. 4 in Toronto, and concludes Sept. 26 in Las Vegas. You can register for access to the presale now through […]

On This Day, Oct. 23, 2020 ...Bruce Springsteen released his 12th studio album, Letter To You, his first new studio album with the E Street Band since 2014’s High Hopes.The album debuted at #2 in the U.S. and topped the charts in the U.K., Italy, Ireland, Australia and several other countries.The album’s title track was the first single from the record, followed by “Ghosts.” It also featured three tracks — […]

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau in 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.' (20th Century Studios) Jeremy Allen White had to learn to sing and play guitar to play Bruce Springsteen in the new biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and of course by playing and meeting The Boss, he learned a lot about the man himself.“I think what struck me most about Bruce is how sort […]

Bono & The Edge/ (ABC/Michael Yada) U2 was honored with the Woody Guthrie Prize Tuesday at a ceremony in Tulsa, Oklahoma, hosted by the Woody Guthrie Center.Bono and The Edge were on hand to accept the award, named after the late folk icon, which recognizes “a recipient who embodies the spirit of Woody Guthrie’s social consciousness and musical legacy.” The event was held at Cain’s Ballroom, a venue U2 headlined in 1981 on […]

Ace Frehley performs in concert at Haute Spot Event Venue on July 13, 2023 in Cedar Park, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) The KISS catalog saw a streaming boost following the Oct. 16 death of the band’s founding guitarist, Ace Frehley, at the age of 74.Billboard reports that, compared to the three days prior to Ace’s death, the three days after his passing saw 4,500 digital songs sold, an increase […]

L-R Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (Photo credit: Richard Sibbald) Rush has announced second shows in the newly added cities to the band's 2026 Fifty Something comeback tour.The itinerary now includes extra dates for stops in Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Denver, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The first shows in those cities were announced on Monday.Registration is open now through Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET for access to a Rush artist […]

Bon Jovi Forever Tour admat/(courtesy of Live Nation) Bon Jovi is going back on the road.During a livestream for their album Forever (Legendary Edition), which drops Friday, the New Jersey rockers announced they’ll be returning to the road in 2026 on the Forever Tour, the band’s first trek since Jon Bon Jovi underwent vocal cord surgery in 2022.The tour consists of seven shows: four nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden, July 7, […]