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Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here 50'/ (Sony Music) Pink Floyd is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, by reissuing the album with a whole host of bonus material.Wish You Were Here 50 will be released in a variety of formats, including a digital release that features the original album mixed in Dolby Atmos. It will include 25 bonus tracks, with nine studio rarities, including […]

Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' artwork/(Hollywood Records/EMI) Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor are set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band's iconic tune “Bohemian Rhapsody” with a very special performance.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will appear at BBC Radio’s Last Night of the Proms, which is described as the "biggest party in classical music," to perform an orchestral arrangement of the song with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus, the BBC singers and National Youth Choir.“What […]

Nikki Sixx (L) of Mötley Crüe performs at GIANTS Stadium on November 11, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage) Mötley Crüe is setting the record straight about accusations by their former bandmate Mick Mars that they don’t perform live in concert.The accusations came out in Mars’ 2023 lawsuit in which he claimed he was forced out of the band he founded and that his bandmates were cutting his stake in the group.In an […]

On This Day, Sept. 12, 1975 ...Fifty years ago, Pink Floyd released their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here.The album featured the nine-part “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” which was a tribute to founding member Syd Barrett, who’d been fired seven years earlier due to his drug use and mental health issues.The album’s title track became a classic rock staple and has often made lists of the greatest songs of all time. […]

Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes perform onstage during the FIREAID Benefit Concert for California Fire Relief at The Kia Forum on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for FIREAID) The Black Crowes are revisiting their third studio album, 1994's Amorica.To celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary, the band is set to release a super-deluxe box set featuring new mixes of the original album, along 14 previously […]

Poster for 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'/20th Century Studios The upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, focuses on the making of the rocker's 1982 album Nebraska, but some may be wondering why it isn’t a full-blown biopic on The Boss.The movie is based on Warren Zanes’ book Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. The film’s director, Scott Cooper, tells Entertainment Weekly that he liked the “intimacy” of […]

Robert Plant and Suzi Dian of Saving Grace perform on stage during Day four of the Womad Festival 2019 at Charlton Park on July 28, 2019 in Malmesbury, England. (Photo by C Brandon/Redferns ) Robert Plant has announced a new U.K. tour with his band Saving Grace, featuring Suzi Dian.The tour kicks off Dec. 8 in Portsmouth, with shows in such English cities as London, Birmingham and Manchester, as well as stops in Glasgow […]

David Gilmour attends the UK Premiere of David Gilmour's "Live At Circus Maximus, Rome" at the BFI IMAX Waterloo on September 10, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Benett/WireImage) It sounds like Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour would be open to an ABBA-like avatar show.Louder Sound reports that at the premiere of his concert film Live At Circus Maximus, Rome at London's BFI IMAX, Gilmour was asked how he’d feel about playing some modern venues, like the […]

Pictured (L to R): Bert Berns and Atlantic Records Jerry Wexler (Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Bert Berns Family) Legendary songwriter and producer Bert Berns has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization revealed Thursday.Berns, who passed away in 1967 at age 38, was responsible for writing such iconic tunes as “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My Heart,”  and “Hang on Sloopy." His songs were recorded by such artists […]