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Ansel Elgort attends Focus Features' 'The Phoenician Scheme' New York premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/WireImage via Getty Images) Actor Ansel Elgort is set to make his professional dancing debut in New York in November.The West Side Story actor is set to play The Godfather in Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia, A Rock Ballet, inspired by The Who’s 1973 rock opera, […]

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir performing with the Grateful Dead at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on September 13, 1981. Bob Weir plays an Ibanez guitar. (Photo by Clayton Call/Redferns) Grateful Dead has announced details of the next release in their Dave’s Picks bootleg series.Dave’s Picks Vol. 56, the fourth and final Dave’s Pick of 2025, will feature two nearly complete shows recorded March 20, 1981, and March, 21, 1981, at […]

Bono on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'/(Disney/Randy Holmes) Documentaries about Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel and U2 frontman Bono are among the films recognized with nominations for the 10th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards.The theatrical release Becoming Led Zeppelin, HBO's Billy Joel: And So It Goes and Apple TV's Bono: Stories of Surrender all received nods in the best music documentary category. The Jeff Buckley doc It’s Never Over Jeff Buckley and two films directed by Questlove, Ladies […]

James Norton attends the "King & Conqueror" Global Premiere at the BFI Southbank on August 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) British actor James Norton has reportedly landed a role in Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles films.Deadline reports that Norton, who currently appears in the new Netflix series House of Guinness, will play Beatles manager Brian Epstein in The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, which is scheduled to […]

Cover of Duff McKagan's 'Lighthouse: Live From London'/(Photo Credit: Luke Shadrick Earmusic) Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan has released another track from his upcoming live album and concert film, Lighthouse: Live From London.The latest is actually a medley of two songs, his track “Holy Water” with The Stooges’ classic “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” The release is available now via digital outlets. A performance video is also on YouTube.Lighthouse: Live From London captures McKagan’s Oct. 25, 2024, […]

Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Billy Joel will be celebrated with an upcoming tribute concert in New York City.The Piano Man is the latest focus of New York City entrepreneur Michael Dorf’s annual "Music Of" concert series, with the Joel tribute set for March 21 at Carnegie Hall.The Music of Billy Joel will feature 20 artists performing songs from […]

Cover of the Doors' Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance/(Analogue Productions/Acoustic Sounds)) A classic live album from The Doors is getting a new vinyl reissue.Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance is being released on Nov. 21 as a 180-gram three-LP vinyl set, which includes the 2016 mix of the album by Doors engineer Bruce Botnick, taken from the original eight-track analog masters, resulting in a new high-fidelity […]

'Live After Death' reissue package. (BMG) Iron Maiden has announced a 40th anniversary vinyl reissue of their 1985 live album, Live After Death.The two-LP set will be released on Dec. 12. It features the 2015 remaster of the original album, which was recorded during Maiden's World Slavery Tour in support of their 1984 album, Powerslave."We were touring our a**** off," says bassist Steve Harris. "It was literally just, 'record, tour, record, tour' – […]

Slash on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes) Welcome to Santa Carla, we have vampires and also Slash.The Guns N' Roses guitarist lends his shredding skills to a new song called "Have to Have You," recorded for the new Broadway musical adaptation of the '80s cult classic The Lost Boys.The video for "Have to Have You," which features footage of Slash recording the track's solo, is available on YouTube.Speaking with Billboard, musical cast member Ali […]