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Hollywood Records Queen bass player John Deacon dropped out of the spotlight after he retired in 1997, but he's now reemerged to take part in a charity auction coming up in September.The Official Freddie Mercury Birthday Party, an annual charity event organized by the Mercury Phoenix Trust, is taking place Sept. 6 in Montreux, Switzerland. A silent auction will be held for a copy of the band's classic album A Night at the […]

ABC/Randy Holmes During Metallica's 2025 M72 tour, the band teamed up with the American Red Cross to set up blood drives around cities on the itinerary. Now, the metal legends are expanding the initiative nationwide with the Give Where You Live campaign.If you sign up to participate in any Red Cross blood drive in the U.S. now through Feb. 28, 2026, you'll receive a limited-edition Red Cross-themed Metallica T-shirt, while supplies […]

On This Day, July 30, 1988 ...Former Traffic star Steve Winwood topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Roll With It,” the title track from his fifth studio album.The track spent four weeks in the top spot and was one of two #1 hits Winwood would have during his solo career. The other was “Higher Love,” which topped the chart in August 1986.While Winwood wrote “Roll With It” with Will […]

Grahame Lesh is hosting a three-night concert series, The Heart of Town, to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead.Lesh’s shows, taking place July 31-Aug. 2 at San Francisco's Pier 48, coincide with Dead & Company’s three-night stand at Golden Gate Park Aug. 1-3. Lesh tells ABC Audio the weekend is about celebrating more than just the band’s music.“The Grateful Dead is so all-encompassing,” Lesh, son of the late […]

Dave Simpson/WireImage Following his exit from Pearl Jam, drummer Matt Cameron is getting back onstage.Cameron has announced a show with his side project Is This Real?, which began as a tribute to the band Wipers. The concert takes place Sept. 13 at the Seattle venue The Triple Door.The bill also includes Hiro Yamamoto, who previously played with Cameron as the original bassist for Soundgarden.Cameron announced earlier in July that he'd left Pearl Jam after […]

Iron Maiden in 2003; Mick Hutson/Redferns British singer Paul Mario Day, who was the original lead singer for Iron Maiden, has passed away at the age of 69.Day’s death was revealed in a tribute posted on the Facebook page of British glam band Sweet, which Day joined in 1985. According to the post, Day "passed away peacefully at his home in Australia."“IN 1985 Mick Tucker and myself put together the first new […]

Courtesy of Jerry Harrison As part of the continuing celebration of the 40th anniversary of Taking Heads' iconic concert film, Stop Making Sense, the band's keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison is set to host a series of special screenings of the film.In addition to showing the newly restored 4K version, the screenings will include an appearance by Harrison, who’ll share some introductory remarks, behind-the-scenes stories and sit for a Q&A with audiences.The […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Metallica is asking for your help in identifying a kid featured in a throwback photo alongside James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.The photo was taken in 1996 by a Metallica fan named Vincent Pugliese, who ran into Hetfield and Ulrich at New York City's Madison Square Garden while photographing a hockey game between the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins.Pugliese says he was outside the locker rooms when he noticed […]

Frank Hoensch/Redferns Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson doesn’t seem all that impressed with Mick Jagger.The 77-year-old rocker criticized the Rolling Stones frontman’s singing in an interview with Now Spinning Magazine as he was addressing what it physically takes to perform at his age.Discussing the challenges faced by artists, Anderson, who sings and plays the flute onstage, said "it depends what you do." He adds, "You can be physically animated, but there’s a degree to which you […]