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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 […]

Cover of The Rolling Stones' 'Black and Blue'/(Interscope/UMe) The Rolling Stones have released a video for “Shame, Shame, Shame,” a cover of the Shirley & Company track that will appear on their upcoming reissue of their 1976 album Black and Blue.The clip, directed by Dutch filmmaker Camille Boumans, features a collage of rare archival photos of The Stones, combined with hand-drawn animation.The track is one of several outtakes and jams that will appear on the […]

On This Day, Sept. 25, 2017 ...Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers headlined the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles for what would turn out to be their final concert ever, as Petty would die less than two weeks later.During the show, Petty and the band treated fans to such classic tunes as “I Won’t Back Down,” “Free Fallin’,” “Breakdown” and "Learning to Fly,” wrapping the night with “You Wreck Me” and “American Girl.”Petty […]

Cover of Bruce Springsteens 'Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition' /(Sony Music) Bruce Springsteen has released another track from his upcoming box set, Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition, dropping Oct. 17.The latest is a live version of "Open All Night," recorded inside an empty Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey. The song is part of Springsteen’s first-ever performance of Nebraska in its entirety. A film of the performance, directed by longtime collaborator Thom Zimny, will be […]

Bassist Carol Kaye plays an Epiphone hollowbody electric guitar in April 1966 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jasper Dailey/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) When the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees were announced earlier this year, Carol Kaye's name was on the list in the category of Musical Excellence. But the legendary bassist — who played on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, influenced Paul McCartney and contributed to thousands of pop songs — is boycotting the November […]

Sammy Hagar at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/ Disney/Michael Le Brecht II Sammy Hagar is looking back at a memorable Van Halen show from 30 years ago.The band’s former frontman has shared video of the group performing the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge track “Poundcake” at their Sept. 20, 1995, concert at Denver’s Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre. What made it particularly memorable was that Van Halen had to play during a blizzard, which dropped 8 inches of snow […]

Cover of Duff McKagan's 'Lighthouse: Live in London'/(Earmusic) Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan has shared another track from Lighthouse: Live From London, his upcoming live album and concert film highlighting a show from his Lighthouse Tour ’24.The latest is a performance of “Fallen Ones,” a track that appears on his third solo album, 2023’s Lighthouse. It is available now via digital outlets.The album and film capture McKagan’s Oct. 25, 2024, concert at London’s Islington Assembly Hall […]