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On This Day, Oct. 27, 1975…New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines, becoming the first artist to ever appear simultaneously on the magazines' covers.Time’s article featured the headline "Rock’s New Sensation," while Newsweek went with "Making of a Rock Star."The simultaneous covers were engineered by Bruce’s then-manager Mike Appel, and followed the August release of his third studio album, Born to Run, which was a breakthrough […]

Bruce Springsteen performs at The Ocean Ave Stomp at The Stone Pony on September 14, 2024 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) After spending months promoting his biopic, Bruce Springsteen returned to the stage Sunday night to join his E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt for a bash at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey.The Boss made a surprise appearance at Stevie’s Party and […]

Joe Walsh of The Eagles performs onstage with The Eagles during The Classic East - Day 1 at Citi Field on July 29, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Kane/Getty Images for Scoop Marketing) Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joe Walsh is giving fans a chance to own some items from his personal archives.Julien's Auctions has announced details for the Life’s Been Good: Joe Walsh auction, happening […]

'Warning' reissue artwork. (Reprise Records) Green Day has shared a live recording of their song "Blood, Sex and Booze," featured on the band's upcoming 25th anniversary Warning reissue.The performance was captured during Green Day's performance in Tokyo in March 2001.The Warning reissue, due out Nov. 14, includes a 21-track recording of the Tokyo show, along with the original album remastered and a collection of rarities, demos and B-sides.Warning was first released on Oct. 3, 2000, and […]

Stray Cats artwork/(Surfdog Records) The Stray Cats are back with new music.The Rockabilly band — made up of original members Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom —  has released two new tracks, “Stampede” and a cover of Eddie Cochran’s “Teenage Heaven,” both of which mark the first new music they’ve released in six years.“Jim and I cut both songs in Minneapolis at Terrarium Studios,” Setzer says. “‘Stampede’ was an […]

Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Bryan Adams are the latest artists added to the upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.They join a previously announced list of performers and presenters that include Heart’s Nancy Wilson, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood, Nathaniel Rateliff, Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell, Elton John, Beck, Iggy Pop, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea, David Letterman, Tedeschi Trucks Band and more.While the Rock […]

Phil Collen of Def Leppard performs onstage during Radio 2 In The Park at Hylands Park on September 7, 2025 in Chelmsford, England. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Getty Images) Phil Collen is the latest member of Def Leppard to reveal his most memorable moment of being in the band.In a clip posted to Instagram, the guitarist says that while he’s not someone who tends to love awards, the time they got their first Diamond award […]

Cover of 'The Best of The Band'/(Capitol Records/UMe) The Band’s 1976 greatest hits collection is getting the reissue treatment.The Best of the Band features 11 classic tunes from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group, made up of Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm and Rick Danko. The newly remastered album features such classic tunes as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Night They Drove Old […]

Bruce Springsteen on Jimmy Kimmel Live!/(Disney/Randy Holmes) The Bruce Springsteen movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is in theaters now, and it sounds like the rocker may be open to revisiting his life on screen once again.At the AFI Fest opening night screening of the film, director Scott Cooper told Variety that another Springsteen movie isn’t out of the realm of possibility.“I suppose if you can make four Beatles movies, you can make a […]