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'Your Favorite Toy' album artwork. (Roswell Records/RCA Records) No one mourns the wicked, but Dave Grohl is mourning the loss of his original title for the new Foo Fighters album, Your Favorite Toy.As Grohl tells the U.K.'s Radio X, he originally planned to call the record For Good in reference to the lyric off the song "Your Favorite Toy," "Someone threw away your favorite toy, for good.""I was like, 'Oh, that's a […]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 'Live at the Paradise Rock Club, 1978' (UMe) The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert recording Live at the Paradise Rock Club, 1978 was released on splatter vinyl for Record Store Day in April, and folks who didn’t get their hands on the fan favorite now have a second chance to own it.The Tom Petty Estate has just released the Boston concert on pink and green […]

On This Day, May 1, 1966 ...The Beatles performed a 15-minute set at the New Musical Express Annual Poll-Winners All-Star Concert at the Empire Pool in London.The performance, which took place in front of about 10,000 people, wound up being the band’s final scheduled live performance in Britain. Their actual final live show was the 1969 concert on the roof of Apple Studios, but that was a surprise.The Beatles performed […]

Cover of Peter Gabriel single "Won’t Stand Down." Artwork by Shirin Neshat (Real World Music Ltd / Sony Music Publishing/Peter Gabriel Ltd.) Peter Gabriel is out with the fifth single off his upcoming album o/i.The latest track is “Won’t Stand Down,” which Gabriel notes is “a song to encourage some sort of activism.”Gabriel says the song was initially inspired by TheElders.org, a group of people whose “currency is not based […]

Metallica on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Like time, you too can march on with Metallica's new Wolverine boot.The metal legends' latest collaboration with the footwear brand, not to be confused with the X-Man, is called the Wolverine x Metallica Scholars Maker Wedge. "Featuring reflective leather panels and laces, ruby red lining and details, and a metallic silver sole graphic stamped with 'Full Speed or Nothing,' the Wolverine x Metallica Scholars boot […]

Duran Duran with Nile Rodgers (Photo Credit: Stephanie Pistel) Duran Duran just dropped the new song “Free to Love,” featuring Nile Rodgers, which puts a message of positivity and love out in the world. Bassist John Taylor tells ABC Audio he "100%” believes the song’s message is one that’s particularly important right now.“I mean, look, we've never been a political band,” he says. “But sometimes just dancing is a political […]

Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Redferns) Like a lot of people, Paul McCartney likes to share his musical discoveries with his family, and in the latest edition of his You Gave Me the Answer series on his website, McCartney reveals that one of the ways he does that is by making playlists.“If we’re having a party and I want […]

Jackson Browne performs onstage during the 38th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on March 03, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images Tibet House US) Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jackson Browne and Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh are among the artists taking part in concerts featuring the music from director Wes Anderson's movies.The shows take place July 10, 11 and 12 at the Hollywood Bowl […]

Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks onstage at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, Jan. 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Caulfield/WireImage) As part of Taylor Swift's inclusion in The New York Times Magazine's 30 Greatest American Songwriters Alive list, the publication tapped someone to write a tribute to her who many feel should have been included on the list herself: Stevie Nicks.However, Stevie doesn't seem to feel it's a slight. She […]