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ABC/Randy Holmes In March, Metallica played the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song ceremony in Washington, D.C., in honor of Elton John and his songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. The concert aired in April on PBS, and now, Metallica has posted footage of their performance.As previously reported, Metallica covered the epic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road opener, "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding." You can watch their eight-and-a-half-minute rendition, complete […]

Island Records Jon Bon Jovi is combining his Notre Dame fandom with his music. The rocker, whose son Jesse Bongiovi went to school at the prestigious university, just announced a special Notre Dame-themed vinyl of Bon Jovi’s upcoming album, Forever.“I’ve been a longtime fan of Notre Dame and have many incredible memories on campus supporting the Fighting Irish with our family,” Jon shared on Instagram. “This was a great opportunity to […]

Sony Music This June will mark the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s multi-Platinum album Born in the U.S.A., and The Boss is marking the occasion with a special vinyl release.The 40th anniversary edition of Born in the U.S.A. will be released on translucent red vinyl and will feature new liner notes written by Springsteen archivist Erik Flannigan along with a booklet filled with all sorts of goodies from the Born in the U.S.A era. It […]

On This Day, May 10, 1960...Paul David Hewson, better known as U2 frontman Bono, was born in Dublin, Ireland.U2 was formed in 1976 after Bono and friend David Evans, aka the Edge, responded to an advertisement posted on a bulletin board by Larry Mullen Jr., who was seeking musicians interested in forming a rock band.U2 released their first album, Boy, in 1980. The follow-up, 1983’s War, propelled them to stardom thanks to hit singles “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Pride (In The Name of […]

Jim Bennett/WireImage Dave Grohl dedicated a performance of "My Hero" to late engineer and punk rocker Steve Albini during a Foo Fighters concert in Charlotte on Thursday, May 9.Albini worked with Grohl when he engineered — a term he preferred to "produced" — Nirvana's final album, 1993's In Utero."Tonight I'd like to dedicate this song to a friend that we lost the other day, who I’ve known a long, long time," […]

Courtesy of Disney+ To coincide with The Beatles documentary Let It Be streaming on Disney+, a new music video for the title track has just been released.The video features the recording of the song from camera angles not shown in the documentary, which, according to the clip, “have rarely been seen before.”Footage shows Paul McCartney at the piano singing right to the camera, with George Harrison joining him on backing vocals, before […]

Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson was placed in a court ordered conservatorship on Thursday, May 9, the Associated Press reports. His publicist Jean Sievers and manager LeeAnn Hard, were named his conservators.The request for the conservatorship was made back in February by Wilson’s family after the January death of his wife Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, who up until then had been dealing with his affairs.The court documents […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Billy Joel turned 75 on May 9, and he celebrated in one of his favorite places: onstage at New York's Madison Square Garden.Unlike his 65th birthday show at the Garden, and the recent 100th show of his residency at the storied venue, there weren't any special guests, Newsday reports. The publication, the Piano Man's hometown paper, speculated that he's saving the star power for his final residency […]

Atlantic Records/Rhino Entertainment It was 40 years ago when Twisted Sister introduced fans to what would become their hit album Stay Hungry.Released, May 10, 1984, the record was the third studio album from the Dee Snider fronted glam metal outfit, becoming the most successful release of their career. The album’s success was propelled by two anthems of rock rebellion: “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock."“We’re Not Gonna Take It” […]