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'20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan' album artwork. (Rubyworks) U2 has been added to the track list for the upcoming tribute album to late Pogues frontman and fellow Irish artist Shane MacGowan.Bono and company have put their spin on the Pogues song "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" for the compilation, due out Nov. 13.The album, titled 20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan, also includes Bruce […]

'Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer' live album artwork. (Cleopatra Records) A new Paul Di'Anno live album has been announced to accompany the upcoming documentary about the late former Iron Maiden singer.The set, which was recorded in 2022 in Croatia, is due out June 26. You can listen to its included rendition of the Maiden song "Phantom of the Opera" out now."Phantom of the Opera" first appeared on Maiden's 1980 self-titled […]

On This Day, May 28, 2007 …The Police launched their reunion tour at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band, was the first time Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers had toured together since 1986.The band treated the crowd to a hits-filled set that included such songs as “Message in a Bottle,” “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,” “Roxanne,” “De Do […]

Power to the People Fest (Credit: Shepard Fairey) Bruce Springsteen and Foo Fighters are among the artists who'll be performing at Power to the People Festival, scheduled for Columbia, Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion on Oct. 3.Described as a "non-partisan" "day of peace, love, justice, and music," the festival is curated by Tom Morello,  who's part of Springsteen's current Land of Hope and Dreams tour. He announced the festival on stage during […]

Former Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm (Photo credit: Krishta Abruzzini) Original Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm is currently on tour and tells ABC Audio that getting out on a stage is something he loves to do.“I get excited about seeing a large audience," he says, "and then running out there and starting the first song is incredibly exciting.”The tour follows the March release of Gramm's new solo album, Released, which is made up of songs the Rock […]

Bret Michaels performs onstage during the 2019 Stagecoach Festival at Empire Polo Field on April 26, 2019 in Indio, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach) Poison frontman Bret Michael is performing at the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States.The festival takes place June 25 through July 10 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Admission is free.The lineup also includes Flo Rida, […]

Paul McCartney (Credit: Mary McCartney) As a vegetarian, Paul McCartney doesn't eat chicken, but that isn't stopping him from appearing on the popular YouTube series Chicken Shop Date on Friday.The show features host Amelia Dimoldenberg meeting a celebrity guest at a local fried chicken restaurant, and then asking them quirky questions while they eat. Each episode is only about eight minutes long.In an Instagram post promoting the appearance, Amelia wrote, […]

The Rolling Stones' 'Foreign Tongues' (Capitol Records) Andrew Watt produced The Rolling Stones' well-received 2023 album Hackney Diamonds and the band's upcoming release, Foreign Tongues. But Watt says he prefers latter, out July 10, because the Stones "never play the same f****** thing the same way twice."Watt tells the U.K. paper The Telegraph that for Foreign Tongues, he had the band play live in the studio. "It’s always changing, and then there’s moments where […]

Ronnie James Dio performs at Challenge Stadium August 2, 2007 in Perth, Australia. (Paul Kane/Getty Images) The Rock for Ronnie benefit concert, which pays tribute to the late metal icon Ronnie James Dio, has announced a trio of signed instruments going up for auction as part of the event.Attendees will be able to bid on a Lakland bass signed by Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler and an Epiphone Les Paul signed by George Thorogood. […]