Rev Rock Report

On This Day, Jan. 30, 2025…Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash were among the artists who performed at the FireAid benefit concerts, held to raise money for those affected by the January 2025 California wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area.The event took place at two venues: the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.Other artists who performed included John Fogerty, Joni Mitchell, The […]

Anthony Kiedis and Hillel Slovak of Red Hot Chili Peppers pose together during a soundcheck before a sold-out performance at the Ritz, New York, New York, December 12, 1986. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) A new documentary on Red Hot Chili Peppers is coming to Netflix.The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers focuses on the early years of the "Californication" outfit and specifically the artistic vision of original guitarist Hillel Slovak, who […]

Paul Mescal is Paul McCartney in Columbia Pictures 'THE BEATLES - A Four-Film Cinematic Event.' (Photo by: Chiabella James) We're getting our first official look at Sam Mendes’ films about The Beatles.Sony has released a set of photos revealing Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. They were also posted to the movie’s official Instagram account and to the accounts of The Beatles and the individual band members.On Thursday, […]

Metallica on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Metallica has announced the collegiate winners for the latest edition of the metal legends' annual marching band competition.The grand prize Division 1-winning school was the University of South Carolina, which was awarded with $50,000 in prizing, including instruments and equipment. Additionally, the Gamecocks marching band will have the opportunity to record a Metallica track as well as the theme song for a future EA Sports College […]

Drummer Zak Starkey is set to debut a new one-man show, Zak Starkey … Who?: An Evening of Drums and Conversation, in New York, and he tells ABC Audio there's a simple reason why he decided to do it.“Because I don't have a job,” he jokes. “So I had to invent one.”Starkey, who was The Who’s drummer from 1996 until he was let go in 2025, says someone suggested he do a drum clinic, […]

Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton went to Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, to say his goodbye to the band's namesake roller coaster.The rocker visited the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith with his new band Close Enemies, and posted photos and video from the experience on Instagram. Video shows Hamilton greeting fans while in line for the ride, while one of the photos is the souvenir photo taken of him and his band during […]

Cover of Yes' 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' (Rhino) Yes has released another track off their upcoming super-deluxe reissue of 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans.The latest is the 2026 remastered single edit of the song “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil),” which is described in a press release as the culmination of the album’s “spiritual journey.”Tales from Topographic Oceans (Super Deluxe Edition), dropping Feb. 6, will be released as a package of […]

(L-R) Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson are introduced onstage to promote four upcoming biopics about The Beatles at the Sony Pictures Entertainment presentation during CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on March 31, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) It looks like some folks in Liverpool have gotten their first look at images from Sam […]

Bruce Springsteen performs at the AFI FEST 2025 Presented By Canva Opening Night "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 22, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for AFI) Bruce Springsteen has dropped a lyric video for his just-released protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis.”Directed by his longtime collaborator Thom Zimny, the video displays the lyrics of the tune while clips of Springsteen […]