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Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip Guns N' Roses, Tool and Rival Sons have joined the lineup for Black Sabbath's big Back to the Beginning reunion/farewell concert.Other new additions to the bill include Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, producer Andrew Watt, ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid and Ugly Kid Joe's Whitfield Crane.Back to the Beginning takes place July 5 in Sabbath's hometown of Birmingham, […]

NBC Universal Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary with the three-plus hour live SNL50: The Anniversary Special on NBC Sunday night, and like a regular SNL show it featured some musical guests.The show opened with a performance of the Simon & Garfunkel track “Homeward Bound,” featuring Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter, with Simon noting he first performed the tune on the show in 1976 with Beatle George Harrison, and Sabrina adding that she wasn’t alive […]

NBC Universal The SNL50 Homecoming Concert special streamed live on Peacock Friday from New York City's Radio City Music Hall, and, like January's FireAid benefit concert, featured a surprise Nirvana reunion.Post Malone took on the role of the late Kurt Cobain while backed by Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear and ripped through "Smells Like Teen Spirit."Another grunge rocker, Eddie Vedder, covered Tom Petty's "The Waiting" and paid tribute to late SNL cast members including […]

NBC Universal NBC has confirmed that Paul McCartney and Paul Simon will perform on SNL50: The Anniversary Special, a live three-hour show airing Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.The pair had previously been announced as participants on the Saturday Night Live celebration, but a new post on Instagram now lists them as performers, along with Miley Cyrus, Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Wayne and The Roots.The telecast, from Studio 8H in New […]

Scott Legato/Getty Images Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder wants everyone to know he’s doing okay.The rocker was forced to stop his performance on the Rock Legends Cruise Thursday after experiencing a medical issue, and a post on social media reveals that he's now doing better.“We appreciate everyone’s concern regarding Don Felder’s abrupt stop to his show last night on the Rock Legends Cruise,” reads the post. “After recieving (sic) medical […]

Goedefroit Music/Getty Images A new movie about the late Roy Orbison is in the works.Variety reports that Orbison’s family has teamed with Compelling Pictures for a biopic and a documentary on the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, best known for such hits as “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “Crying."According to the trade, the feature film is being described as “a romance more than a traditional biopic,” telling the story of […]

Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Peter Frampton is featured on a new cover of his classic hit “Baby, I Love Your Way.”Jazz artist Deborah Silver has released the new take on the song just in time for Valentine’s Day. The cover features guitar contributions from Frampton, with Silver backed by the Count Basie Orchestra.“I hope you enjoy our tribute to Peter’s iconic hit with […]

ABC/Tsuni KISS wants to help all the couples out there get in the lovin' mood this Valentine’s Day.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just released a new fan-curated playlist to Spotify and YouTube for the romantic holiday, titled You Never Forget Your First KISS.The new playlist was created by longtime KISS superfan Lori Georgevich, KISS’ unofficial “Rose Girl” for the past 40 years, given that name because whenever she […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman Back in December, the Royal Mint announced it had teamed with Paul McCartney for a set of gold and silver coins honoring his musical legacy. Now a special bespoke set of Presentation Edition coins honoring the rocker is going for auction, part of the Mint’s Music Legend series.The rare currency auction house Stack’s Bowers Galleries is handling the auction, which will take place March 19. Only one gold and four silver […]