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Photo Credit: Danny Clinch/Courtesy of Tibet House Jackson Browne has been added to the 38th annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert, taking place March 3 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer joins a previously announced lineup that includes R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, Orville Peck, Allison Russell, The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Gogol Bordello, with Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson serving as the night’s […]

Courtesy of Gibson Gibson has teamed with legendary Queen guitarist Brian May for a new acoustic guitar.The rocker worked closely with the guitar company on the Brian May SJ-200 12-String acoustic guitar, which comes in a vintage sunburst finish, and celebrates May’s passion for astronomy by including star and planet designs on the body and neck.In a video released in conjunction with the guitar, May, who in 2007 got his Ph.D. […]

Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images A new biopic about singer Marianne Faithfull is in the works and actors have now been cast to play the “Tears Go By” singer, as well as her famous ex, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.Variety reports that Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes star Freya Allan will play Faithfull, who passed away Jan. 30 at the age of 78, while British actor Jojo Macari, who […]

Sony Pictures Classic Jimmy Page is sharing his gratitude for the positive reaction from fans who’ve seen the new Led Zeppelin documentary, Becoming Led Zeppelin.“In light of your incredible responses and the demand for the Becoming Led Zeppelin film from those of you that have either viewed it at the IMAX or during its general cinema release, I must say that feedback from fans is just humbling and inspiring,” Page […]

Photo credit: Rick Diamond Paul Simon is headed back out on the road.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has just announced dates for the A Quiet Celebration tour, marking his first full tour since 2018 and his first tour since releasing his 2023 album Seven Psalms.The new tour will have Simon playing songs from Seven Psalms, as well as “new arrangements of familiar favorites."Simon will play multiple dates in several cities during […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Lenny Kravitz is set to headline Roots Picnic 2025, taking place May 31 to June 1 at The Mann in Fairmont Park in Philadelphia.Info on the full lineup and tickets can be found at therootspicnic.com.The show is one of several festivals Kravitz has booked for 2025. Others include Beachlife Festival in Redondo Beach, California, on May 2; New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 4; JAS Aspen Snowmass in […]

Daniel Knighton/Getty Images Though he's known for running to the hills, Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson slowed things down during a surprise onstage collaboration with Pantera.Dickinson joined the reformed groove metallers during their concert in Paris on Saturday for a performance of their signature song, "Walk." In fan-shot footage, you can see Dickinson take the stage about halfway through the song to add some back vocals to the chorus.On Instagram, Panetra […]

On This Day, Feb. 18, 1990…Queen frontman Freddie Mercury joined his bandmates at the BRIT Awards in London to accept the award for outstanding contribution to British music.It would wind up being Mercury’s last onstage appearance.Mercury had been privately battling AIDS, and would later make his final on screen appearance in the video for “These Are the Days of Our Lives,” which was filmed in May of 1991.In November of […]

Val Wilmer/Redferns The success of the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has resulted in a lot of renewed interest in Dylan’s music, but just how big of an impact has it made?Well, Rolling Stone explores the movie’s effect in a new article, noting Spotify data shows a huge increase in interest since the film’s December release. In fact, the year prior to the release, there were about 1 million streams of Dylan songs […]