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Alpha Dog 2T/UMe Styx has revealed that their 18th studio album, Circling From Above, will be released July 18. They've also dropped the first single from the record, "Build and Destroy."Circling From Above, Styx’s first album of new material since 2021’s Crash The Crown, will feature 13 tracks that a press release describes as navigating the "complexities of the human experience through the intersecting lenses of technology and nature.""When you start writing an album, there's […]

Michael Campanella/Getty Images Queen was honored as Laureate of the 2025 Polar Music Prize in Sweden Tuesday, with Brian May and Roger Taylor on hand to accept the honor."When we started our band ... we had ambitions, but never dreamed of the journey that was to follow,” Taylor said at the ceremony. “We were fortunate in the fact that our four wildly different personalities came together to achieve a wonderful chemistry."Taylor noted […]

On This Day, May 28, 1945…Legendary rocker John Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California.Fogerty rose to fame as the lead singer, lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, which he co-founded in 1968 with his brother Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook.The band had nine top-10 singles, including such classics as "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Fortunate Son," "Who’ll Stop the Rain," "Green River," […]

Kevin Kane/WireImage Bono stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday to promote his Apple TV+ documentary, Bono: Stories of Surrender, and revealed where he stands in the war of words between Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump.When Jimmy Kimmel asked Bono whose side he was on, the rocker replied with a grin, "I think there’s only one Boss in America."Bono was recently included in a Trump Truth Social post blasting him, Springsteen, Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey, claiming they were paid […]

Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Rod Stewart will be joined by an old friend for his set at the Glastonbury Festival in England in June.During an appearance on the That Peter Crouch Podcast, Stewart confirmed that his Faces bandmate, The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood, will be performing with him.While discussing his current relationship with Wood, Stewart noted that he talks to his former bandmate, "a lot," adding, "Just recently, 'cause we’re gonna do Glastonbury together."Although […]

ABC/Isa Mae Astute U2’s The Edge surprised an Irish artist by purchasing his painting at a charity auction.According to The Irish News, artist Stephen Whalley took part in a charity event at the Titanic Museum in Belfast on May 24. He gave a live painting performance, with the final product being a painting of the museum against an evening sky.The event was part of an effort to raise over $1 million for […]

Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Musician, producer and songwriter Rick Derringer, who had a hit at 17 with "Hang on Sloopy" as a member of The McCoys, has died.The rocker’s death was announced on Facebook by his caretaker Tony Wilson, who revealed that Derringer passed away Monday at the age of 77.In addition to "Hang on Sloopy," which went to #26 on the Hot 100 chart, Derringer penned the track "Rock and […]

DISNEY/Lorenzo Bevilaqua Sting and Shaggy are bringing their One Fine Day festival back for another year.The festival, which launched in September 2024, will once again take place at Philadelphia’s The Mann in Fairmont Park, this time on Sept. 6, with performances taking place on two stages.Other artists on the bill include O.A.R. and The Original Wailers featuring Al Anderson.Tickets for the festival go on sale Friday.When One Fine Day was launched in 2024, it was […]

Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images Despite Billy Joel's recent medical diagnosis, he has no plans to put his piano in storage.Sources tell People that Billy, who announced on May 23 that he'd been diagnosed with normal pressure  hydrocephalus, is "not ready to retire." A source adds, "He is happiest while performing. Music is, has been and will always be his life. He’s not ready to retire."Another source tells People that Billy, 76, […]