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Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II Stevie Nicks is set to drop a brand new song on Friday.The singer announced the new track "The Lighthouse" on social media, sharing a short snippet of the song in which she’s heard singing “I wanna teach ‘em to fight.”And fans may get to see Stevie sing her new track soon. She’s booked as the musical guest for the Oct. 12 episode of Saturday Night Live, with host Ariana Grande.Back […]

Universal Music Group Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of John Lennon’s fifth solo album, Walls and Bridges, which went to #1 and features “Whatever Gets You Thru The Night,” Lennon's first U.S. #1 as a solo artist, and his only solo song to top the chart in his lifetime.The album was recorded during Lennon’s “lost weekend,” the 18-month period in which he was separated from wife Yoko Ono and was in a relationship with his assistant May Pang.Pang […]

Rhino Albums by artists including Stevie Nicks, Deep Purple, The Doobie Brothers and Foreigner are being reissued on vinyl in celebration of Rhino's Rocktober campaign.Among the titles getting the reissue treatment are Nicks' In Your Dreams, Deep Purple’s Machine Head, The Doobie Brothers’ Toulouse Street and What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits and Foreigner’s Head Games.Also available will be albums by Black Sabbath, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, INXS, The Stooges, Stone Temple Pilots, Third Eye Blind, Twisted […]

Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Heart’s Ann Wilson has given fans a health update, the first time she’s talked about her condition since announcing in July she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy after doctors removed something cancerous from her body.“Now I know lots of you have been wondering how I have been doing so I thought it’d be best if you heard it straight from me,” she said in audio posted to social […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Paul Simon hasn’t performed live all that much since revealing he lost his hearing, but he took the stage Monday night in New York for The Soho Sessions, which was a fundraiser for the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss. According to setlist.fm, Simon performed a seven-song set: "Mrs. Robinson," "Slip Slidin’ Away," "Mother and Child Reunion," "Me and Julio Down By The School […]

Jim Bennett/Getty Images Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer will be arraigned on Thursday at California's Alhambra Courthouse over a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, according to court documents.The charge is related to a March accident in which Klinghoffer allegedly hit and killed a 47-year-old pedestrian, Israel Sanchez, with his car. Klinghoffer was issued a letter to appear in court in August and was released on his own […]

Janis: Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty Images; Shailene:Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for STARZ Shailene Woodley is opening up about her plans to play Janis Joplin on the big screen.The actress’s plans to produce and star in a biopic about Joplin were announced in early September. During an appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark Wednesday, she discussed how important it is to her to get things right. "It's been over six years of putting it together,” she said […]

Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images A Mark Lanegan tribute concert will take place Dec. 5 in London, about a week after what would've been the late Screaming Trees frontman's 60th birthday.The lineup includes Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan, Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde, The Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli, The Kills' Alison Mosshart and Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie.Lanegan played in QotSA with Homme and in The Gutter Twins with Dulli. For […]

Bushbranch/Surfdog Records Eric Clapton has shared a video for “One Woman,” the first single off his upcoming album, Meanwhile.The video, directed by Dessie Jackson, features a book filled with drawings brought to life through animation.Meanwhile, Clapton's first album with new material since 2016's I Still Do, is made up of six new songs and eight previously released tunes. It features guest appearances by the late Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Bradley Walker, Judith Hill, Daniel Santiago and Simon Climie.It will be released […]