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Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here 50'/ (Sony Music) Pink Floyd has announced a set of pop-ups to celebrate the upcoming release of Wish You Were Here 50, celebrating the 50th anniversary of their iconic ninth studio album.Starting Dec. 12, the day of Wish You Were Here 50’s release, the Pink Floyd x News & Coffee Studio pop-up stores will open in London, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Paris, […]

American guitarist Steve Cropper playing a Fender Telecaster guitar on stage, circa 1990. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images) Queen's Brian May and Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood are among the artists paying tribute to the late Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist Steve Cropper, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 84.May, who appeared on Cropper and his band The Midnight Hour's 2024 album Friendlytown, wrote on Instagram, “We sadly lost one of the […]

Members of the rock group Grateful Dead. (Photo by © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS/VCG via Getty Images) Grateful Dead has earned a new Guinness World Record.The band’s most recent Dave’s Pick, Dave's Picks Vol. 56: Rainbow Theatre, London, England - 3/20/81 & 3/21/81, debuted at #25 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it their 66th top-40 album. That earns them the Guinness record for the most top-40 albums charted on the Billboard […]

'The Masked Singer' logo. (Courtesy of Fox) The Masked Singer is going heavy metal in honor of Ozzy Osbourne.The singing competition show has announced its upcoming 14th season will include an episode titled "Ozzfest" paying tribute to the late Prince of Darkness.The episode will feature Ozzy's daughter and past The Masked Singer contestant Kelly Osbourne, who "joins the show to pay heartfelt homage to her father and his iconic career and long lasting […]

Cover of Yes' 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' (Rhino) Yes has released a new track from their upcoming super-deluxe reissue of 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans.The latest is a newly remastered single version of “The Remembering (High the Memory),” which cuts down the album's 20-minute song to just under three minutes.Tales from Topographic Oceans (Super Deluxe Edition), dropping Feb. 6, will be released as a package of 12 CDs, two LPs […]

The Beatles pose for a portrait wearing suits in circa 1964. (L-R) Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) A new round of cast members have been announced for Sam Mendes’ upcoming films about The Beatles, The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event.The latest additions round out the members of The Beatles' entourage and include Paul McCartney’s father, Jim McCartney, who’ll be played by The […]

On This Day, Dec. 4, 1980…A little over two months after the death of their drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin released a statement announcing their breakup."We wish it to be known that the loss of our dear friend, and the deep sense of undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not continue as we were,” read the statement.The surviving members of Led Zeppelin […]

Ozzy Osbourne speaks onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) If you ever find yourself flying into Birmingham, England, you won't be landing at Ozzy Osbourne Airport.Despite a petition to rename it after the late metal legend and Birmingham hometown hero, the airport's CEO, […]

Cover of Yusuf/Cat Stevens' memoir 'Cat On The Road To Findout' /(Genesis Publications) Yusuf/Cat Stevens postponed the North American book tour supporting his memoir, Cat On The Road To Findout, in September due to visa issues. At the time, he had expressed hope that the tour could be rescheduled, but he’s now announced that it's not going to happen.“Unfortunately, my North American book tour is officially cancelled,” he said in a […]