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Cover of Def Leppard's 'Diamond Star Heroes Live From Sheffield'/(Mercury Studios) Def Leppard is revisiting their 2023 hometown show in Sheffield, England, with a new live release.Diamond Star Heroes Live From Sheffield, dropping Nov. 21, is a recording of their concert at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane during their world tour with Mötley Crüe.The show, 47 years after the birth of the band, had them playing in front of 40,000 fans, treating the hometown […]

The Beatles 'Anthology Collection' cover/(Capitol Records) The Beatles are sharing a preview of their upcoming Anthology reissue.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have shared a new take on their classic track “Helter Skelter," which appeared on 1968's The Beatles aka the White Album. The clip, titled “Helter Skelter (Second Version – Take 17),” features snippets of the band working through the song in the studio.“'Helter Skelter' is this track we did in total madness and hysterics in the […]

Cover of 38 Special's 'Milestone'/38 Special Records Rockers 38 Special have just released  Milestone, their first new album in over two decades.To mark the occasion the band, known for such hits as "Hold on Loosely" and "Caught up in You," has dropped a new music video for the song “So Much So Right.”“‘So Much So Right’ is, of course, about the moment of raw passion, but it is more than that,” says […]

On This Day, Sept. 19, 1981…Former musical partners Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunited for a concert on the Great Lawn of New York’s Central Park.The concert took place more than 10 years after the release of the pair’s final studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water.The duo performed many of their classics songs, including "The Sound of Silence,” "Mrs. Robinson,” "The Boxer,” “Bride Over Troubled Water,” “Homeward Bound” and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' […]

'One More Time' EP artwork. (Capitol Records. Artwork by Joe Foti/Chrome Hearts) Aerosmith and Yungblud have shared their new collaborative single, "My Only Angel."The track follows Steven Tyler and Joe Perry's performance with Yungblud, born Dominic Harrison, at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne."The decision to meet Yungblud and make this music with him … was like plugging into pure electricity!," Tyler says. "For […]

John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) Legendary rock band Led Zeppelin will be the subject of a new photo exhibition in Los Angeles.It’s Been a Long Time will feature never-before-seen Zeppelin photos from the archives of music photographer Jeffrey Mayer, including concert and backstage images from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ first tour.The exhibition is set to open Sept. 26 at Eye For Sound Gallery, which […]

Cover of David Byrne's 'Who Is The Sky?/(Matador Records) David Byrne’s latest solo album, Who Is the Sky?, is making its mark on the charts.According to Billboard, the record has landed in the top 10 on four separate Billboard album charts, although it debuted at #172 on the all-genre Billboard 200. It is his first solo album since 2018's American Utopia.The record had its best showing on the Indie Store Album Sales chart, where it debuted at #4, and […]

U2 on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2017/Photo creedit: ABC/Randy Holmes U2 is set to be honored with the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize.Named after the late folk icon and presented by the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the award recognizes “a recipient who embodies the spirit of Woody Guthrie’s social consciousness and musical legacy.”According to a press release, the Irish rockers “continue a tradition of using music as a force for social change, echoing Guthrie’s belief […]

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden performs at London Stadium on June 28, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Redferns) Iron Maiden is going to be very busy in 2026.The rockers just announced their first tour dates for next year, which will have them hitting Europe and the U.K.The Run For Your Lives World Tour kicks off May 23 in Athens, Greece. The tour will also hit Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Germany, […]