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Photo of Queen: L-R Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns) Queen is looking back at the past for a new series of posters.The band is releasing a new collection of replica vintage Queen posters, with the first installment in the series featuring four posters.The first set includes Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You and Queen Are Coming posters. There's also a 1980 concert […]

Musician Jimmy Buffett performs onstage at Jimmy Buffett & Friends: Live from the Gulf Coast, July 11, 2010 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT) Jimmy Buffett passed away in 2023, but his music lives on.Mac McAnally, longtime member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, tells Billboard that he and his Coral Reefer bandmate Michael Utley have been working on a posthumous Buffett release.McAnally tells Billboard the […]

Phil Collins performs during a stop of his Not Dead Yet Tour at MGM Grand Garden Arena on October 27, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Phil Collins hasn’t put out a new album since 2010’s Going Back, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be new music in the future.During an appearance on the Sodajerker on Songwriting podcast, Collins sounds hopeful about making music again.“Oh I’ve got some […]

Chris Cornell performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Soundgarden has posted a birthday tribute to the band's late frontman, Chris Cornell, who would've turned 62 on Monday."Happy Birthday, brother Chris," the post reads. "We’re thinking of you today and everyday. We miss your friendship, your beautiful soul, and your massive heart. The music world isn't the same without you, but your voice still echoes through everything we do."It concludes, "Louder […]

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Cristian Lopez) Tedeschi Trucks Band has been forced to cancel some upcoming appearances as Susan Tedeschi undergoes surgery to have her appendix removed.“I had an appendix scare and I’ve been told I need surgery to have it removed,” Tedeschi writes on Instagram. “It’s a very common procedure, or course, and […]

On This Day, July 20, 1975…Ahead of the release of his third studio album, Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen launched a new tour at the Palace Theater in Providence, Rhode Island.The show marked Steve Van Zandt’s first official gig as a member of The E Street Band and also the live debut of the future classic “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.” Other songs in the set included "Born to Run," “Thunder Road,” “Rosalita” and […]

The Edge and Martin Garrix at Tomorrowland in Belgium (Photo Credit: Louis van Baar) U2’s The Edge made a surprise appearance during Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix’s set at Tomorrowland in Belgium Friday to debut a new Garrix/U2 collaboration.The guitarist came out to play guitar to Garrix’s upcoming song “Fireflies,” which will feature the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band.According to Garrix’s Instagram, the song is “coming soon.”This isn’t the first […]

The Rolling Stones' 'Foreign Tongues' (Capitol Records) The Rolling Stones have another U.S. hit on their hands.The band’s latest album, Foreign Tongues, debuts at #7 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart this week, moving the equivalent of 53,000 album units. Of that number, 48,500 were in total album sales, putting the album at #1 on the Top Album Sales chart.Foreign Tongues is now the band’s 39th top-10 hit in the U.S., […]

Cover of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (Sony Music) Pink Floyd is being celebrated with a new limited-edition cassette player from the company We Are Rewind.The We Are Rewind x Pink Floyd Collector's Box Set comes with a Bluetooth cassette player featuring artwork from the band’s iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon. It also includes the only cassette edition of 2023’s 50th anniversary remastered edition of the […]