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'Buddy’s Got the Blues: A 90th Birthday Concert Celebration' admat (Courtesy of Blackbird Presents) Eric Clapton and ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons are among the artists set to perform at a concert celebrating blues legend Buddy Guy’s 90th birthday.Buddy’s Got the Blues: A 90th Birthday Concert Celebration, happening Oct. 1 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, is described in a press release as a concert that will celebrate Guy through […]

'Sending Hearts to All My Dearies - A Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins' album artwork. (Sumerian Records) Despite all their rage, The Smashing Pumpkins are getting their own tribute album.The record, titled Sending Hearts to All My Dearies - A Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins, is due out digitally on Aug. 14 and will be released as a two-LP vinyl set on Oct. 16.Artists contributing to the compilation include Tame Impala, […]

On This Day, June 23, 2025…U2 guitarist The Edge became an Irish citizen during a ceremony in County Kerry, Ireland.While he’s always been associated with one of Ireland’s biggest rock groups, he was actually born to Welsh parents in Essex, England.At the time of the ceremony he told reporters that he’s "always felt Irish," and that "Ireland will always be home to me." He added that his application for citizenship […]

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band perform at The Kia Forum on April 07, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Bruce Springsteen, the Eagles and AC/DC are among the artists landing in the top 10 on Pollstar’s 2026 midyear touring charts.While Bad Bunny leads the worldwide touring artists midyear chart with a gross of over $225 million, AC/DC is the highest-charting rock act. It lands at #4 […]

Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' (Rhino) It was 55 years ago Monday that Joni Mitchell released her iconic album Blue, and to celebrate, the album has gotten an audio upgrade.Rhino High Fidelity has just released limited-edition audiophile editions of the album on reel-to-reel and vinyl.The vinyl reissue, cut from the original master tapes to 180-gram vinyl, is limited to 5,000 numbered copies. It includes an album insert featuring a new Q&A with […]

(L-R) Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh of electronic new-wave pioneers Devo, perform during their first UK show for 17 years at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the Meltdown festival, curated by Jarvis Cocker, on June 19, 2007 in London. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images) Devo and The B-52s are once again teaming up for some North American tour dates.The bands have announced a set of fall […]

Joan Jett performs onstage during the 6th Jam For Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Party Presented By Live Nation at the Hollywood Palladium on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Janie's Fund) Joan Jett says she has no plans to stop playing "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)." The song was co-written by Gary Glitter, who was convicted in the U.K. of sex offenses, […]

Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Santana, Rod Stewart and Barry Manilow are among the many artists paying tribute to legendary music exec Clive Davis, who passed away Monday. He was 94.“Over here on E Street, we mourn the death of the great record man and close friend Clive Davis,” Springsteen, who Davis signed to Columbia Records in 1973, wrote on Instagram. “At 22 years old, he changed my life when he signed me to Columbia […]

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, […]