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Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are going to be working together again, just not on music.Variety has revealed the voice cast for the the 3D animated film High in the Clouds, based on McCartney’s children’s novel, and Starr is on board for the film.Others lending their voices to the film include Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Hannah Waddingham, Idris Elba, Jimmy Fallon, Clémence Poésy, Guardians of the […]

Mat Hayward/Getty Images Soundgarden is among the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and guitarist Kim Thayil tells Rolling Stone what a possible performance would look like during the November ceremony without late frontman Chris Cornell."It's up to the Hall to how they develop their program, but we would love to play there," Thayil says. "Our discussions haven’t gone that deep yet, but you could probably look at the […]

On This Day, May 5, 1981 ...Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers released their fourth studio album, Hard Promises.The album featured the future Petty classic "The Waiting," as well as “Insider," a duet with Stevie Nicks. It was recorded around the same time Petty and Nicks recorded her hit "Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around," which Petty and Mike Campbell wrote. It eventually appeared on Nicks’ debut solo album, Bella Donna, and went […]

Chris McKay/Getty Images for Live Nation On Saturday, while Sammy Hagar was in Las Vegas performing Van Halen classics during his The Best of All Worlds residency, the band's original lead singer, David Lee Roth, was performing them also -- in Maryland.Roth hit the stage Saturday for the first time since 2020, during his headlining show at the annual M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Roth treated crowds to a 16-song […]

Universal Music The Rolling Stones are set to release their iconic album Exile on Main St. on limited-edition red vinyl.The reissue is part of The Stones' #StonesRed series, with only 2,000 copies on double red vinyl available worldwide. The release will be available starting Friday at 9 a.m. at The Stones’ RS No. 9 Carnaby Street store in London and online starting at 5 p.m. GMT."Rolling back to where rebellion […]

Omnibus Press A new book focused on The Who’s early tours of America has just been released, and the rockers are giving one lucky fan a chance to win a copy, along with an exclusive giclée print of the band.Their Generation: The Who In America 1967-69 features photos from Tom Wright, the band’s official photographer and U.S. tour manager, with a foreword by Pete Townshend. According to the description, Wright’s collection "captures […]

Al Pereira/WireImage Bruce Springsteen is apparently not the biggest fan of his famous nickname."'The Boss', which dogged me my whole life, still does," he shared on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. "I’ve gotten used to it. I’ve given up and gotten used to it, I suppose."Bruce added that he got the name after someone heard his crew calling him that when they got paid."'Hey, boss.' You know? 'Are we getting […]

Reprise Records Neil Young has finally announced details of his new album with The Chrome Hearts.The rocker and his new band will release Talkin To The Trees on June 13. The album is Young’s first with The Chrome Hearts — organist Spooner Oldham, guitarist Micah Nelson, bassist Corey McCormick and drummer Anthony LoGerfo.Young released the first single from the record, "Big Change," back in January and now they’ve shared the second single, "Let's Roll […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry were back onstage together Wednesday night for a San Francisco show benefiting Tyler’s organization Janie’s Fund.Photos from the evening were posted to Aerosmith’s Instagram with the caption, “The #ToxicTwins back in the saddle for a great night benefitting Janie’s Fund in San Francisco!”The post also thanked the night’s other performers: Cheap Trick’s Robin Zanders, The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, drummer Matt Sorum, guitarist Nuno […]