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MPL/UMe The 50th anniversary reissue of Venus and Mars, the 1975 album from Paul McCartney's band Wings, is out now. To mark the release they’ve shared some new performance clips of songs from the record.The videos are for the tracks “Letting Go” and “Rock Show,” which have now been remastered in 4K. Both clips were recorded during the 1975 Wings Over The World tour and feature Paul, his late wife Linda McCartney, […]

Mercury Records/Warner Bros. Records Dire Straits is set to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their hit album Brothers in Arms with a new reissue.Brothers in Arms 40th Anniversary Edition will be released May 16 as a five-LP or three-CD set. It features the original album, along with a 14-track previously unreleased concert recorded at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas, during their Live in 85 tour.As a preview of the live album, […]

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Jack Black has released a new song called "I Feel Alive" featuring Dave Grohl on drums.The track was recorded for the soundtrack to A Minecraft Movie, which stars the Tenacious D frontman alongside Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks and Emma Myers."I Feel Alive" also features guitar by Queens of the Stone Age's Troy Van Leeuwen. You can listen to it now via digital outlets and watch its lyric video on […]

Cinema Music Group/Killphonic Records The music of Neil Young is being celebrated on an upcoming tribute album, and now we have another preview.Two new tracks from Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young have jut been released: a cover of the “The Needle and the Damage Done” from Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and Stephen Marley’s take on “Old Man.” Both songs originally appeared on Young’s 1972 album, Harvest.You can listen to “The […]

On This Day, March 21, 1994…Bruce Springsteen added an Oscar to his trophy case, winning the Academy Award for best original song for “Streets of Philadelphia,” which he wrote for the Tom Hanks movie Philadelphia. The tune was one of two tracks from the movie to be nominated, the other being “Philadelphia” by Neil Young.Philadelphia was one of the earliest mainstream films to deal with the HIV/AIDS crisis, and won […]

Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images Neil Young is no longer planning to play a free concert in Ukraine.In early March, Young announced that he and his band The Chrome Hearts were in talks to open their love earth tour with the free concert, although he didn't announce a date or exact location for the show. Well, now he says the show is canceled due to safety concerns.“We had a good venue, close to a shelter, […]

Drag City Ramones frontman Joey Ramone has inspired a new children’s book.Gabba Gabba We Accept You: The Wonderous Tale of Joey Ramone, being released June 27, is described as a “picture book telling the story of a misfit kid who grew up to be a punk rock hero – that is, Joey Ramone.”The description notes that the book, from visual artist Lucinda Schreiber and author Jay Ruttenberg, “offers valuable punk lessons […]

Courtesy of The Brothers Supergroup The Brothers will return to Madison Square Garden in April for another tribute to the Allman Brothers Band, and music fans are getting a little taste of what to expect.The Brothers staged their first Allman Brothers tribute at MSG in 2020, and a performance video from that show was released Thursday. The clip shows the band performing “Trouble No More,” a song originated by Muddy Waters and later recorded […]

R. Diamond/Getty Images) Lynyrd Skynyrd has a new record label: the band has just signed a deal with Frontiers SRL. Their first release will be Celebrating 50 Years – Live At The Ryman, a special live album and DVD of the band’s historic 50th anniversary concert, which took place in November 2022.“50 years for Lynyrd Skynyrd… Wow! We are so grateful to the devoted fans for their support throughout the years of transitions and […]