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Grateful Dead 'Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (7/3/66)' (Rhino Entertainment) Grateful Dead are taking it back to their early career with their latest live release.Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (7/3/66) will be released on July 3, on the 60th anniversary of the concert, which took place seven months after the band changed their name from the Warlocks. The performance was part of legendary promoter Bill Graham's Independence Ball, with the band at […]

On This Day, May 20, 1991…Paul McCartney released an album made up of performances from his January 25, 1991, MTV Unplugged broadcast.Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) featured McCartney, backed by the band that joined him on his 1989–1990 world tour, performing acoustic takes on several Beatles songs, as well as some covers.Among the Beatles songs performed were “Blackbird,” “Here, There and Everywhere,” “We Can Work it Out,” “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “And […]

'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and musical guest David Byrne during Tuesday’s May 19, 2026 show. (Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS) As Stephen Colbert gets ready to sign off The Late Show, he enlisted Talking Heads frontman David Byrne to help him with his sendoff.Byrne appeared on Colbert’s Tuesday night show for a special performance of the Talking Heads classic “Burning Down the House.” Midway through the song, Byrne, dressed all […]

'Your Favorite Toy' album artwork. (Roswell Records/RCA Records) Of all people you should watch the new Foo Fighters video, especially if you're into extreme sports.Dave Grohl and company have premiered the visual for "Of All People," a track off the band's new album, Your Favorite Toy. It features footage of the Swiss extreme skiing collective BPC, which endeavors to ski on surfaces other than snow, including grass and pavement."Just when I thought […]

Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Billy Joel does not support a planned biopic that was announced on Tuesday.The film, Billy & Me, to be directed by editor/producer John Ottman, is described as the "untold origin story of Billy Joel before the fame, before the hit records, and before the world knew him as the Piano Man," told from the perspective of […]

James "JY" Young and Tommy Shaw of Styx perform during The Brotherhood Of Rock Tour at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre on July 06, 2025, in Alpharetta, Georgia. (Photo by R. Diamond/Getty Images) Styx is featured in a new documentary that highlights their 20-year partnership with Kaboom Collective, a nonprofit arts organization based in Cleveland.Twenty Years On looks back at Styx's 2006 performance with a youth orchestra, talking to the band, past orchestra members and […]

The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson performs at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction (Disney/Frank Micelotta) The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson says anger prompted him to make moves in 2015 that wound up breaking up the band.In an interview on Jay Mohr’s Mohr Stories podcast, Chris discussed the breakup, which his brother Rich Robinson said happened when Chris asked for a bigger stake in the band. Chris told Jay […]

Mickey Hart of Grateful Dead accepts the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year award onstage during the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart is hoping to get his hands on a very personal piece of Dead memorabilia.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer posted […]

Bruce Dickinson performs in concert during Rocklahoma at Rockin' Red Dirt Ranch on August 31, 2025 in Pryor, Oklahoma. (Gary Miller/Getty Images) Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has announced the next volume in his graphic novel series, The Mandrake Project.The latest book, titled The Mandrake Project: Year Two, is expected to ship in October and is available to preorder now via Z2 Comics."Oh, just hold on to your proverbial hats folks… This one gets […]