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On This Day, Nov. 10, 1975 …Fifty years ago, Patti Smith released her debut album, Horses, considered one of punk rock’s seminal albums.Recorded at New York’s Electric Lady Studios, the album was produced by Velvet Underground’s John Cale.While it was only a modest commercial success, Horses was a critical darling and has often appeared on lists of the greatest albums of all time. It is often cited as a major […]

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. (ABC/Travis Bell) Foo Fighters have announced a European leg of their 2026 Take Cover tour.The international outing launches June 10 in Oslo, Norway, and includes headlining stops in Sweden, Poland, Germany, France, England, Austria and Italy, plus sets at festivals in Spain and Portugal.Openers include Royel Otis, Inhaler and IDLES, depending on the date.Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. For the full […]

Bad Company's Simon Kirke at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta) The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame can’t get enough of Bad Company.The '70s supergroup, made up of Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Mick Ralphs and Boz Burrell, was inducted into the Rock Hall Saturday night in Los Angeles, with Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood welcoming them into the prestigious music institution.Fleetwood called BadCo "one of the best rock […]

Soundgarden at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Soundgarden was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during Saturday's ceremony in Los Angeles.Guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron, and bassists Ben Shepherd and Hiro Yamamoto were on hand to accept the honor on behalf of the band and late frontman Chris Cornell, who died in 2017.Actor Jim Carrey did the honors of enshrining the […]

Elton John pays tribute to Brian Wilson at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta) We lost a lot of great musicians in the past year, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opened Saturday's induction ceremony with a tribute to one of them, Sly Stone, who passed away in June at the age of 82.The Sly tribute kicked off with Stevie Wonder performing "Dance to the Music." He was backed […]

All-star tribute to Joe Cocker at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Joe Cocker was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday night in Los Angeles with an all-star tribute that closed the ceremony.Bryan Adams welcomed Cocker into the Rock Hall. He noted that the late singer, who passed away in 2014, had many hits covering tunes originally recorded by other […]

David Letterman inducting Warren Zevon at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Warren Zevon was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the Music Influence category Saturday night, with his good friend David Letterman doing the honors."In music many pretend, but Warren is a poet, leaving few of life's vagaries unaddressed," he said. "Warren's music is dense with historic illusion, love and […]

King Ultramega "The Day I Tried to Live" single artwork. (Reigning Phoenix Music) Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil plays on a new version of the band's song "The Day I Tried to Live," recorded for the King Ultramega project.Spearheaded by Mark Menghi of Metal Allegiance, King Ultramega aims to pay tribute to late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who died in 2017. Along with Thayil, the King Ultramega version of "The Day I Tried […]

Queen poses for an Electra Records publicity still to promote their album 'A Night at the Opera' in 1975. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Queen has released the second episode in their ongoing five-part video series, Queen The Greatest Special, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of their 1975 album A Night at the Opera and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody." In the latest installment, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor describe how the first […]