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Metallica on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (ABC/Randy Holmes) Metallica has announced the collegiate winners for the latest edition of the metal legends' annual marching band competition.The grand prize Division 1-winning school was the University of South Carolina, which was awarded with $50,000 in prizing, including instruments and equipment. Additionally, the Gamecocks marching band will have the opportunity to record a Metallica track as well as the theme song for a future EA Sports College […]

Drummer Zak Starkey is set to debut a new one-man show, Zak Starkey … Who?: An Evening of Drums and Conversation, in New York, and he tells ABC Audio there's a simple reason why he decided to do it.“Because I don't have a job,” he jokes. “So I had to invent one.”Starkey, who was The Who’s drummer from 1996 until he was let go in 2025, says someone suggested he do a drum clinic, […]

Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton went to Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, to say his goodbye to the band's namesake roller coaster.The rocker visited the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith with his new band Close Enemies, and posted photos and video from the experience on Instagram. Video shows Hamilton greeting fans while in line for the ride, while one of the photos is the souvenir photo taken of him and his band during […]

Cover of Yes' 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' (Rhino) Yes has released another track off their upcoming super-deluxe reissue of 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans.The latest is the 2026 remastered single edit of the song “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil),” which is described in a press release as the culmination of the album’s “spiritual journey.”Tales from Topographic Oceans (Super Deluxe Edition), dropping Feb. 6, will be released as a package of […]

(L-R) Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson are introduced onstage to promote four upcoming biopics about The Beatles at the Sony Pictures Entertainment presentation during CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on March 31, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) It looks like some folks in Liverpool have gotten their first look at images from Sam […]

Bruce Springsteen performs at the AFI FEST 2025 Presented By Canva Opening Night "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 22, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for AFI) Bruce Springsteen has dropped a lyric video for his just-released protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis.”Directed by his longtime collaborator Thom Zimny, the video displays the lyrics of the tune while clips of Springsteen […]

Cover of 'Asia - Live in England' (Frontiers Music SRL) ASIA has released a live performance video for their top-20 hit "Only Time Will Tell," taken from their upcoming live album, ASIA – Live in England, arriving on March 13. "'Only Time Will Tell' has always been a favorite to play live, as each member has a distinctive part to play," says ASIA founding member Geoff Downes.ASIA – Live in England was recorded in […]

Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars attend Mötley Crüe press conference on June 9, 2015 in London, England. (Mike Marsland/WireImage) Mötley Crüe was granted a "decisive victory" in the band's legal battle with former guitarist Mick Mars, their lawyer says in a press release.According to the press release, the arbitrator's ruling in the case "rejects every claim Mars made against the band and orders him to pay damages […]

Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones performs during the final night of the Hackney Diamonds '24 Tour at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena on July 21, 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Ronnie Wood has booked a new live gig.The Rolling Stones rocker and his band have been announced as a special guest for Eric Clapton's Aug. 23 concert at the royal family’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. The show will also […]