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Billy Joel performs onstage at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) Billy Joel’s 100th Madison Square Garden residency show was celebrated with an Emmy-winning CBS special that aired back in April 2024. Well now that special is getting a physical release with bonus footage.Joel has announced that the special will be released on DVD and Blu-ray, with the physical copies offering fans the complete concert, including […]

Guns N' Roses. (Credit: Guns N' Roses) Guns N' Roses will be without keyboardist Melissa Reese for the band's upcoming tour.The "Welcome to the Jungle" rockers have issued a press release reading, "Rock legends Guns N’ Roses have announced that Melissa Reese will not be joining the band on tour due to unforeseen personal reasons.""We hope our fans understand," the statement adds.GN'R's upcoming live schedule includes a U.S. stadium and […]

On This Day, March 27, 1987 …U2 filmed the video for “Where the Streets Have No Name,” the third single off their album The Joshua Tree.Inspired by The Beatles’ 1969 rooftop concert, U2 took to the roof of a downtown Los Angeles liquor store to perform the song.The production attracted more than 1,000 fans who gathered to watch the performance, prompting the police to try to shut them down — […]

Former Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm (Photo credit: Krishta Abruzzini) Former Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm’s new solo album, Released, is out now, made up of previously unreleased songs he recorded in the '80s for his previous solo albums.While it’s been decades since he first recorded some of these songs, Gramm tells ABC Audio he always knew they existed, but notes “as time went by, I forgot I had them.”“When I was ready to do a new […]

Archival photo of The Beatles (ABC) The Beatles released a lot of music over the course of their career, and there’s no doubt some songs are better than others. So, which Beatles songs are the best?Of course, the answer to that is subjective, but Collider has some thoughts, and it just came out with its choices for the 10 most “perfect” Beatles tunes, noting songs were chosen based on “songwriting, musical construction, […]

Bruce Springsteen performs during the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minn. on Friday, January 30, 2026. (Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images) Bruce Springsteen hasn't made it a secret that his upcoming Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour is going to get political, and he doesn’t care if that ruffles a few feathers.In an interviews with the Minnesota Star Tribune, The Boss […]

Rob Halford poses at the 'The Ballad of Judas Priest' photocall during the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Grand Hyatt Hotel on February 15, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. (Gerald Matzka/Getty Images) Rob Halford has lived after midnight, rocked to the dawn and is now boldly going where no man has gone before.The Judas Priest frontman is collaborating with William Shatner on the Star Trek icon's upcoming metal album. Together, […]

Paul McCartney's 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane' (MPL/Capitol Records) Paul McCartney is back with his first solo album in over five years.The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will release The Boys of Dungeon Lane on May 29, described in a press release as "a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared along with some newly inspired love songs."The songs have a reflective McCartney writing about his childhood in Liverpool, […]

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Fogerty (Photo credit: Leigh Cherry) Just in time for baseball’s opening day, John Fogerty, the only musician to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, has announced that he’s reissuing his 1985 solo album, Centerfield.Centerfield (Hall of Fame Edition), set to arrive this summer, will feature a remastered version of the album sourced from the original half-inch master analog tapes. The CD and […]