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Barry Keoghan is Ringo Starr in 'The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event.' (Lloyd Wakefield) Barry Keoghan is set to play The Beatles' Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ upcoming films about the legendary band, and in a new interview with Collider he opens up about what it’s been like to work on the films.“It's emotional. It is,” he says. “Because The Beatles, for me, I've met Ringo and Paul (McCartney), but you get […]

Pearl Jam's Mike McCready at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez) Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has announced a new graphic novel called Farewell to Seasons.The book, which will be published by Z2, presents a "historical fantasy" set in the Seattle music scene of the '80s and '90s, told from the perspective of a fictional musician named David Williams."It's a story I've been developing for many years, inspired […]

Billy Joel and daughter Alexa Ray Joel in 2015 in New York City. (Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images) A long list of artists will pay homage to Billy Joel at Carnegie Hall Thursday by performing his songs during the  latest installment of the annual Music Of charity concert, which raises money for music education for underserved youth. And according to his daughter Alexa Ray Joel, Billy will be in the house.The Piano Man has been […]

Metallica on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Let it be known that if you make a promise, Metallica will make sure you follow through.Ahead of the latest edition of the metal legends' annual marching band competition, Barry Flowe, the band director at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, declared that he'd get a 'Tallica tattoo if his band placed in the top three.Sure enough, Bridgewater earned second place in the Division […]

Cover of Tears for Fears' 'Songs From The Big Chair' (UMe) Tears For Fears’ classic track "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" has been given a new spin by pop star Harry Styles.Styles covered the song during an appearance on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. The singer is out promoting his recently released album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., and will be the host and musical guest on Saturday Night […]

Noel Gallagher of Oasis with Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson of The Back Crowes in 2001. (L. Cohen/WireImage) Before Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher ended their long-running feud to get Oasis back together in 2024, another pair of formerly estranged brothers, Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson, reunited their band, The Black Crowes, in 2019.So, did the Robinson reconciliation lead to the return of the "Wonderwall" outfit? Speaking with Rolling Stone's Nashville Now, […]

Poster for John Lennon & Yoko Ono 'Power to the People' concert film (Trafalgar Releasing/Mercury Studios) John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s iconic One To One concerts are coming to the big screen.The concert film Power to the People, which features the subtitle John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Special Guests – Live at the One To One Concert, New York City, 1972, will screen in theaters nationwide on April 29 and […]

On This Day, March 12, 2007 ...R.E.M., Patti Smith and Van Halen were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.R.E.M. was inducted by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. The band reunited with original drummer Bill Berry, who had left the group in 1997, to perform three songs “Gardening at Night,” “Man on […]

Bruce Springsteen 'A Rainy Night in SoHo' (Rubyworks Records) Bruce Springsteen has released a cover of The Pogues’ “A Rainy Night in Soho,” the first track off an upcoming tribute album to the band’s late singer Shane MacGowan.20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan is set to drop Nov. 13. In addition to Springsteen, the album features contributions from Dropkick Murphys, The Pogues, David Gray, Glen Hansard, Hozier […]