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Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top performs on stage at Viejas Casino & Resort on November 02, 2025 in Alpine, California. (Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons has announced a 2026 U.S. tour.The outing runs from Jan. 20 in Napa, California, to Feb. 28. in Atlanta. For the shows, Gibbons will be joined by his BFG Band, which features Chris "Whipper" Layton of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble on drums and Mike "The Drifter" […]

Bob Dylan performs as a surprise guest during Farm Aid at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center on September 23, 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana. (Gary Miller/Getty Images) Bob Dylan has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.The distinction recognizes the folk icon's "lifetime of songwriting that changed the sound and scope of modern music.""Thank you, Berklee College of Music, for bestowing on me this prestigious […]

James Taylor performs onstage during The Rainforest Fund 30th Anniversary Benefit Concert Presents 'We'll Be Together Again' at Beacon Theatre on December 09, 2019 in New York City. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rainforest Fund) James Taylor will be hopping across the pond in 2026.The "Fire and Rain" artist has announced a run of international dates kicking off in July, consisting of four U.K. shows and one in Amsterdam. The outing […]

On This Day, Nov. 4, 1988 ...The U2 music documentary/concert film Rattle and Hum opened in theaters, following the Irish rockers as they recorded the hybrid live/studio album of the same name.Directed by Phil Joanou, the film included concert footage from their fall 1987 Joshua Tree tour of North America, as well as footage of the band in the studio recording. It also followed them as they visited historical musical sites […]

The Doors' Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger pose for a portrait circa 1968 in Hollywood, California. (Edmund Teske/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) A new podcast dedicated to The Doors has been announced.Really?? The Doors? will be hosted by The New Yorker writer Naomi Fry and aims to "use The Doors' chaotic legend to ask what happens when myth overtakes meaning, and what that reveals about how we talk about […]

Scott Weiland performs at the Fox Theater on October 20, 2009 in Oakland, California. (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Noah Weiland, son of late Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, has announced a concert commemorating the 10th anniversary of his father's death.The show will take place on Dec. 3 at the Garden Amp in Orange County, California. Jakob Nowell, current Sublime frontman and son of the late Bradley Nowell, will also perform."10 […]

Guitarist Bruce Watson, bassist Jeff Pilson and guitarist Luis Maldonado on stage as the band Foreigner performs on the "Fox & Friends" Summer Concert Series at FOX Studios on July 22, 2022 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) Foreigner is set to rock the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.The "Juke Box Hero" outfit will perform upon the event's Stranger Things float. The Netflix series has previously used the Foreigner songs […]

Paul Rodgers performs onstage during the 2023 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for CMT) Paul Rodgers will no longer be attending Bad Company's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Rodgers was set to reunite with former bandmate Simon Kirke, the only other surviving member of the original Bad Co. lineup, at the ceremony, with Kirke recently confirming that they […]

George Thorogood performs at Spark Arena on May 17, 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Dave Simpson/Getty Images) George Thorogood & the Destroyers have announced a 2026 North American leg for their Baddest Show on Earth tour.The trek launches March 6 in Highland, California, and will conclude up in Canada on April 4 in Ottawa."When we decided to call this tour 'The Baddest Show on Earth,' we had no doubt we could back […]