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Roger Waters performs onstage at Crypto.com Arena on September 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Roger Waters has released a new interpretation of Pink Floyd’s iconic tune “Comfortably Numb.”“Comfortably Numb Re-imagined” has Waters collaborating with Palestinian artist Mona Miari, and features new verses in both English and Arabic.According to the description posted with the song’s video, “[T]he work reframes the song through themes of displacement, […]

Daisy Chain Fields lineup poster. (Courtesy of Live Nation) Stevie Nicks is set to perform at a new festival put on by pop star Olivia Rodrigo. The festival, Daisy Chain Fields, will be held Aug. 29 in Irvine, California, and will feature a lineup made up entirely of women and female-fronted bands. Rodrigo is set to perform, along with Garbage, The Breeders, Bikini Kill, Chappell Roan and more.Nicks, Sarah McLachlan — who created the female-focused festival Lilith […]

Ozzy Osbourne at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction 2024 (Disney/Eric McCandless) The Ozzy Osbourne exhibit in Birmingham, England, is getting a new piece of Ozzy memorabilia.The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery just announced that Ozzy’s black Gothic-style throne will be part of the Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero exhibit starting July 1.Ozzy debuted the throne in 2024 when he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of […]

Clive Davis, the record executive known as "the man with the golden ears," has died of age-related illness, according to his family. He was 94.Davis either discovered, signed or guided the careers of artists including Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Janis Joplin, Alicia Keys, Patti Smith and Whitney Houston.A statement from Davis' family read, "To the world, our father was the iconic music legend whose vision, instincts, and relentless pursuit of excellence […]

Rod Stewart performs onstage during the FIREAID Benefit Concert for California Fire Relief at Intuit Dome on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for FIREAID) After canceling several shows earlier in June due to laryngitis, Rod Stewart returned to the stage on Friday night, but didn't appear 100% healthy.TMZ obtained video of Rod struggling through his concert in Salt Lake City, Utah. The video shows Stewart performing “Young Turks” […]

Metallica's Kirk Hammett on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Ask not for whom the Swiftie bell tolls, Kirk Hammett, it tolls for thee.The Metallica guitarist discovered that Taylor Swift and karma do indeed vibe like that, or at least her fans do, after taking a brief tumble onstage during a recent show in Dublin.You see, days before, Hammett wore a novelty T-shirt that featured a drawing of the pop superstar […]

On This Day, June 22, 1990…Billy Joel became the first rock act to headline Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.The show was night one of a two-night stand at the baseball stadium, part of Joel’s Storm Front tour.According to setlist.fm, Joel, who is from Long Island, New York, performed tracks from Storm Front, as well as classics like “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” “My Life,” “An Innocent Man,” “We […]

Supertramp's 'Brother Where Are You Bond' and 'Free as a Bird' (UMG) Supertramp continues to celebrate their 50th anniversary with vinyl reissues of their classic albums.The latest releases include 1985’s Brother Where You Bound and 1987’s Free as a Bird, which have both been remastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.Both are available now.Brother Where You Bound, originally released May 21, 1985, was Supertramp’s eighth studio album, […]

James Taylor at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Eric McCandless) Live Nation is offering four-packs of lawn tickets to individual shows over the summer for the all-in price of $99 as part of its Summer of Live promotion.The participating artists include David Byrne, Don Felder, Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd, James Taylor, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Mötley Crüe, Santana, The Doobie Brothers, Toto, Christopher Cross, The Guess […]