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Gary Miller/Getty Images Bob Dylan continues to surprise with his sets on Willie Nelson's ongoing Outlaw Music Festival tour.After bringing back the classic "Mr. Tambourine Man" for the first time in 15 years at the tour's launch on Tuesday, Dylan debuted a surprising cover of the 1972 Ricky Nelson hit "Garden Party" during a stop in Chula Vista, California, on Thursday.Beyond the sheer randomness of it, Dylan covering "Garden Party" is notable […]

On This Day, May 16, 1966 ...The Beach Boys released their 11th studio album, Pet Sounds, a critical hit that's often considered one of the best albums of all time.The album was recorded a year after Brian Wilson quit touring and suffered a breakdown in 1964; he’s said that he considers Pet Sounds "probably the best album I ever did."Pet Sounds featured such classic Beach Boys songs as "Wouldn’t It Be […]

Photo by: Dean Chalkley Simple Minds launch their Alive & Kicking tour on Friday, and it marks their first U.S. tour in almost six years.Frontman Jim Kerr tells ABC Audio he’s really looking forward to getting back out in front of American audiences, but there are certainly some pressures that come with a U.S. show."Americans go out to have a good time," he says. "But you better deliver it. You better […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will appear on a new track from pop star Ed Sheeran.Sheeran revealed on his Instagram Story that his upcoming song "Drive," featured on F1 The Album, the companion to the upcoming Brad Pitt film F1, will feature Grohl on drums, as well as John Mayer on guitar."A lot of fun making this," Sheeran added of the hard-driving track, which he previewed in the post.F1 stars […]

Miikka Skaffari/FilmMagic Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney has given fans an update following the band's cancellation of their tour. The band previously announced he'd suffered a "non-life-threatening medical emergency" before their show at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on May 8.The rocker reached out to fans on Instagram in a post titled "THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE WTF?"Kinney addressed fans who came out to the Mohegan Sun show, as well as those […]

BMG The Kinks are continuing the celebration of their 60th anniversary. After releasing two anniversary compilations, The Journey – Part 1 and The Journey – Part 2 in 2023, they are now set to drop the final release in the series, The Journey – Part 3, in July.The new installment will follow the band’s career with RCA/Arista from 1977 to 1984, which was a breakthrough for The Kinks in America.The two-disc […]

Legacy Recordings After debuting at #1 on the U.K. Albums chart, the soundtrack to Pink Floyd’s rereleased concert movie Pink Floyd at Pompeii: MCMLXXII has landed on the U.S. charts as well.The soundtrack was the first full-length live recording of the concert. According to Billboard, it has debuted at #3 on the Top Album Sales chart, moving over 20,000 copies, the biggest sales week for Pink Floyd in over a decade.The album also […]

Joy Malone/Getty Images R.E.M. has contributed a signed guitar to a new Sweet Relief Music Fund auction to benefit Music's Mental Health Fund, which provides financial aid to those in the music industry in need of mental health services.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have offered up a black Rickenbacker 360 Thinline for the auction, signed by all four members of the band – Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and […]

Columbia Records Barbra Streisand will share another track from her all-star duets album on Friday.It's a duet version of Paul McCartney's song "My Valentine," and Streisand teased the release by posting a photo of herself in the studio with Sir Paul."What a joy it was to record 'My Valentine' with @paulmccartney," she wrote. "To share time with him in the studio was truly special!"As previously reported, The Secret Of Life: Partners, […]