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Mötley Crüe's 'Theatre of Pain (40th Anniversary)'/(BMG) Mötley Crüe is celebrating the 40th anniversary of their third studio album, Theatre of Pain, with a new limited-edition deluxe vinyl box set.Dropping Nov. 14, the box set includes a remastered version of the album on colored vinyl with reimagined artwork, as well as an LP of rare demos and a double-LP of a never-before-released 1985 concert in Long Beach, California, both of which also come […]

Bruce Springsteen (L) and Jeremy Allen White attend 2025 Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2025 in Telluride, Colorado. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images) Bruce Springsteen is set to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! when the ABC host brings his late night show to Brooklyn from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3.The Boss is confirmed as a guest for the special week in New York, as is The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, who plays Springsteen in […]

On This Day, Sept. 26, 1979 ...U2 made their recording debut with the release of a three-song EP, aptly titled Three.The release featured the songs “Out of Control” and “Stories for Boys,” which were both later rerecorded for their debut album, Boy. The other song on the release was the B-side “Boy/Girl.”U2, of course, went on to huge success, releasing 14 studio albums and selling over 150 million records worldwide. They were inducted […]

Judas Priest X Ozzy, 'War Pigs -- Charity Version' (Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd/ Epic Records) Ozzy Osbourne may be gone, but his unmistakable voice now lives on ... for a good cause.A charity version of the Black Sabbath classic "War Pigs" has been released: It's a collaboration between Judas Priest and the late Prince of Darkness. Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton, who suffers from Parkinson's as Ozzy did, performed on […]

ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons performs at Blue Note Hawaii on January 17, 2025 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons has announced dates for his annual The Jungle Show blues concerts. This year’s run is happening Dec. 26 and 27 at Antone's in Austin, Texas. Gibbons will be joined at the shows by fellow musicians Jimmie Vaughan, Mike “The Drifter” Flanigin and Chris “Whipper” Layton.Gibbons and his pals have been holding The Jungle […]

Iggy Pop performing/(ABC/Randy Holmes) The inaugural CBGB Festival is taking place Saturday at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York, but if you can't make it, you can watch it online.The event features Iggy Pop — doing his first New York show in more than a decade — as well as Jack White, Sex Pistols, Johnny Marr, The Damned, Melvins, Lunachicks and Marky Ramone, plus current acts like The Linda Lindas.The streaming platform Veeps will livestream the festivities Saturday starting around 4:30 p.m. […]

Admat for Turn it Up Housing Works benefit/(credit: Briony Smith) Paul McCartney, Patti Smith and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe are among the artists contributing original artwork to an upcoming benefit for Housing Works NYC.The Turn it Up art benefit will take place at Housing Works’ Crosby Street location on Oct. 9, with donated pieces auctioned off to benefit the organization’s mission to provide housing, health care, and other services to people living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditions.Other musicians […]

Bruce Springsteen on the cover of 'Time'/(Photograph by Andreas Laszlo Konrath for 'Time') The much-anticipated Bruce Springsteen film Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere opens Oct. 24, and while some folks may have been surprised The Boss gave his OK to the project, he tells Time magazine there was a simple reason why he finally said yes.“I’m old. I don’t give a f*** what I do anymore!” he says. “As you get older, you feel a lot freer.”But getting […]

Jonathan Cain, Todd Jensen, Deen Castronovo, Arnel Pineda, Jason Derlatka, and Journey founder Neal Schon perform during the Journey 50th Anniversary Tour at Moody Center on February 22, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for Journey) Journey has announced their first show of 2026.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are set to play the 2026 Stagecoach festival, which will be held April 24-26 at the Empire Polo Club in […]