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Disney/Randy Holmes Actor Jeremy Strong plays Bruce Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, and he tells Variety working on the film was “utterly life affirming.”“It’s a mentor story, like The Apprentice,” he says, referring to the Donald Trump film that earned Strong a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for playing Roy Cohn. “But if Roy is Mephistopheles, Jon is a force of light.”“Spending time […]

Photo Credit: Travis Shinn Pat Benatar and husband Neil Giraldo have announced dates for a new spring tour.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame pair, who’ve been married since 1982, will hit the road on a 26-date trek starting April 11 in Palm Springs, California, and wrapping June 1 in Selbyville, Delaware.Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. A complete list of dates can be found at benatargiraldo.com.The tour isn’t […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman We are used to seeing Paul McCartney play big stadiums across the globe, but he’s set to play a much smaller venue Tuesday night.The rock legend just announced he’ll headline New York’s Bowery Ballroom, which has a capacity of 575 people, with the show dubbed McCartney Rocks the Bowery.Tickets for the concert, which starts at 6:30 p.m., are on sale now but at the box office only, with only […]

Arista Records Patti Smith is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her debut album, Horses, with a new tour.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer announced on Instagram that she and her band will perform the album at an Oct. 6 show in Dublin, sharing in the caption, “This is announcing the first concert of our Horses 50th Anniversary Tour. More to follow.”That "more to follow" includes U.S. dates that kick off Nov. 10 […]

On This Day, Feb. 11, 1964 ...The Beatles played their first show in the U.S. at the Washington Coliseum, performing 12 songs, including “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You” an “Twist and Shout.”Thousands of screaming fans showed up for the concert, which resulted in over 350 police being dispatched to the show.The Beatles played their show in the round and wound up pausing the concert several times to turn […]

Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images An airplane owned by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil was involved in a collision at Scottsdale Airport on Monday, which left one person dead and four others injured.The Bombardier Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing at Scottsdale Airport and crashed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet that was parked on private property, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.Neil's rep Worrick Robinson, IV, later issued a statement […]

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images ZZ Top guitarist Billy F Gibbons has been named grand marshal for Atlanta Motor Speedway’s upcoming Ambetter Health 400, the main event of Atlanta’s spring NASCAR weekend, Feb. 21-23.The Ambetter Health 400 will go down on Feb. 23, with Gibbons helping to kick off the race by declaring the classic race intro, "Drivers, start your engines."Ticket info can be found at AtlantaMotorSpeedway.com.Gibbons is currently on tour with his band […]

Columbia Mad Season's one and only album, 1995's Above, is being reissued on vinyl in honor of its 30th anniversary.The double-LP is due out March 14. It comes in a number of different variants, such as a "black & white galaxy" vinyl exclusive to the Pearl Jam webstore.Mad Season featured PJ guitarist Mike McCready, Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley, Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and bassist John Baker Saunders. Screaming Trees […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Duran Duran is giving fans a chance to see them perform in Italy, while raising money to help those affected by the recent California wildfires.The band has just launched a Fandiem sweepstakes, where the winner and a guest will be flown to Rome to see Duran Duran perform at Circo Massimo on June 15.The prize package includes roundtrip airfare and four-night hotel accommodations, as well as a merch package […]