Rev Rock Report

Mötley Crüe performs on 'American Idol' finale with Carrie Underwood (Disney/Eric McCandless) The American Idol season 24 finale Monday featured a performance by rockers Mötley Crüe.Mötley treated the Idol crowd to classics "Home Sweet Home" and "Kickstart My Heart" alongside past American Idol winner and current judge Carrie Underwood. Underwood previously recorded "Home Sweet Home" to be the farewell song for American Idol season 8.The finale also featured contestants Jake […]

Journey Final Frontier Tour (Courtesy of Journey) Journey has added a new fall leg to their Final Frontier Tour.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have announced 40 new North American dates, beginning Sept. 12 in Los Angeles. The new leg will make stops in San Diego, Phoenix, Seattle, Chicago, Orlando, Atlanta, Nashville, Boston, Las Vegas and more, before wrapping with what’s being called “a hometown finale show” in San […]

Paul McCartney's 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane' (MPL/Capitol Records) Paul McCartney is getting ready to release his new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, which was produced by Andrew Watt, the producer behind The Rolling Stones’ 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds, and their upcoming release, Foreign Tongues.Dungeon Lane has McCartney in a reflective mood, looking back on his life. But when it came to the sound of the album, McCartney didn’t want to […]

Elton John performs at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, November 8, 2025 (Kevin Kane/Getty Images for RRHOF) Elton John has had many ups and downs in his life, and by now he's learned to roll with the punches. For example, he says the issues he's been having with his eyesight have forced him to adopt a completely different way of making albums.Elton was awarded the Glenn […]

(L-R) Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards attend The Rolling Stones Album Launch Event at The Weylin on May 05, 2026 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) With the announcement of the new The Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues, fans, of course, now want to know if they can expect to hear news of a tour next. According to Keith Richards, that won’t be happening this […]

Debbie Harry attends Family Equality's Night at the Pier at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on May 12, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Family Equality) Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry has landed a new acting gig. Deadline reports that Harry is set to play Pamela Anderson’s mother in the new comedy Maitreya.The film centers around Anderson's title character, who's described as “a rising star in the New […]

Van Morrison performs at Pub In The Park 2024 at Higginson Park on May 16, 2024 in Marlow, England. (Photo by Ki Price/Getty Images) Van Morrison is set to headline a five-show residency at the new British Airways ARC. The fully seated concerts will mark the first-ever residency at the new London venue, which is set to open June 16.Morrison’s residency will kick off Sept. 23 and run through Sept. […]

An' Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live' at the House of Blues (Courtesy of Live Nation) Carlos Santana has extended his Las Vegas residency yet again.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced eight new performances of An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The new dates run from Sept. 16 to Sept. 27.This year marks […]

On This Day, May 11, 1970...Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More was released.The live album featured performances from the movie documenting the iconic 1969 counterculture festival, which took place Aug. 15 - 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, about 60 miles from the town of Woodstock.The album included performances from Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joan Baez, The Who, Joe Cocker, Santana, Jefferson Airplane and […]