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Neil Mockford/WireImage The rumors regarding the casting of Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films continues, with Deadline now reporting Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn will play George Harrison.And it sounds like he’s getting ready for the part, with Deadline citing sources in Europe who claim Quinn’s been spotted with a guitar while overseas filming his role of Human Torch in the new Fantastic Four movie. Quinn is no stranger to the guitar, or at least acting […]

Rick Diamond/Getty Images Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ classic tune “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” is reinterpreted on Snoop Dogg's just-released album, Missionary, and the song is out now.Snoop’s version, “Last Dance with Mary Jane,” also features Jelly Roll. It opens with Petty saying “keep movin' on" and includes Petty’s chorus playing over the hook.Ahead of the song’s release, Snoop and producer Dr. Dre shared an archival clip of a Petty interview where he can be heard saying, “The […]

Atlantic Records Saturday, Dec. 14, marks the 40th anniversary of Foreigner’s fifth studio album, Agent Provocateur, which was a huge hit for the band.The album was a top-five hit, landing at #4 on the Billboard 200, and earned a triple Platinum certification by the RIAA. The record is best known for its hit ballad “I Want To Know What Love Is,” which spent three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 and became the band’s only #1 […]

ABC Legal documents pertaining to the breakup of The Beatles sold at auction on Thursday for over $11,000, according to the U.K. publication The Standard.The U.K. auction house Dawsons handled the sale of the more than 300 pages of documents relating to the band’s official split in 1974. The pages, from advisers and legal reps, were discovered in a cupboard sometime in the last year, although the exact location of […]

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures The cast of the Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown, including star Timothée Chalamet, perform all the music seen in the film, which amounts to more than 50 onscreen music performances. When it comes to guitars, they are playing Gibsons. Gibson’s acoustic guitar luthiers worked with the film’s production team to provide historically accurate guitars for the movie, including two custom Gibson J-50s built for the movie to match […]

Chronicle Books A new book about the Grateful Dead is coming out next year in time for the band’s 60th anniversary.The Grateful Dead By Jim Marshall: Photos And Stories From The Formative Years, 1966–1977 will be released Aug. 5, featuring both color and black-and-white photos taken by rock 'n' roll photographer Jim Marshall, who has snapped more than 10,000 pictures of the band during his career.The hardcover book, curated by Amelia […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell are among the artists playing the 2025 Above Ground benefit concert, hosted by Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro and Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison.The bill also includes Idol, A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdel, The Cars' Elliot Easton, Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads, Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath and Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese. They will join Navarro and Idol […]

Frontiers Former Yes lead singer Jon Anderson is set to release a new live album and DVD with his backing band The Band Geeks.Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks Live - Perpetual Change is a recording of their concert at the Aracada Theater in St. Charles, Illinois, which took place during their 2023 summer tour.As a preview of the release, Anderson has shared a performance of the Yes classic “And You And […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Give Billy Corgan that which he desires, which is acknowledgement that the Metallica song "Fuel" may be a bit too reminiscent of The Smashing Pumpkins' "Tales of a Scorched Earth.""Fuel" appeared on Metallica's 1997 album, Reload, while "Tales of a Scorched Earth" was released two years earlier on the Pumpkins' 1995 record, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness."If you listen to 'Tales of a Scorched Earth' and you listen to […]