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Bonnie Raitt performs onstage at the 2023 Annual Americana Honors & Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 20, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Mickey Bernal/Getty Images) Bonnie Raitt is set to perform at Big Blues Bender, a four-day music festival taking place Sept. 10-13, 2026, at the Westgate Las Vegas.The blues festival, with a motto of “Everything, an elevator ride away,” will also feature performances by Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, Kenny […]

Artwork for Above Ground 4/(courtesy of Above Ground) Billy Idol and The Cars guitarist Elliot Easton are among the artists set to perform at the Above Ground benefit concert on Oct. 26 at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California.Other artists confirmed for this year’s show include Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, Moby, Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, and former Foo Fighters and current Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese, with a special guest appearance by […]

(L-R) Joe Elliott and Phil Collen of Def Leppard perform onstage during Radio 2 In The Park at Hylands Park on September 7, 2025 in Chelmsford, England. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Getty Images) The members of Def Leppard are the latest rock stars to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The band will receive their star in the category of Recording at a ceremony on Oct. 9 in front of the […]

Terry Gowan, Will Evanovich, James "JY" Young, and Tommy Shaw of Styx perform during The Brotherhood Of Rock Tour at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre on July 06, 2025, in Alpharetta, Georgia. (Photo by R. Diamond/Getty Images) Styx has announced some new tour dates for 2026.The band is set to play six shows in Florida, with dates kicking off Feb. 22 in Pompano Beach. They’ll also play Orlando, Estero and Clearwater, before […]

James Taylor performs at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/Disney/Eric McCandless Rock & Roll Hall of Famer James Taylor is set to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Nov. 11 in Nashville.“The Opry has been built over the last 100 years in large part by songwriters and storytellers,” Opry executive producer Dan Rogers says. “To have one of the very best ever with us to celebrate […]

On This Day, Sept. 30, 1982 ...Bruce Springsteen released the solo album Nebraska.The album featured 10 acoustic songs Springsteen originally recorded as demos on a four-track recorder. He'd planned to rerecord them with the E Street Band but instead released them as a solo acoustic record.The album was a critical darling and peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the album's biggest hit being “Atlantic City,” which reached #10.Some of the songs on the demo that […]

Sir Paul McCartney performing on stage at Co-op Live in Manchester during his Got Back tour. Picture date: Saturday December 14, 2024. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images) Paul McCartney officially kicked off his 2025 North American Got Back tour at the Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California, Monday night. He treated the crowd to a set filled with Beatles and Wings classics, as well as his solo material.According […]

Ozzy Osbourne performs on stage during the Closing Ceremony for the 2022 Commonwealth Games at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. (David Davies/PA Images via Getty Images) The BBC has shared a new trailer for its Ozzy Osbourne documentary, Coming Home.The clip features footage of Ozzy's home life with his wife, Sharon Osbourne, as they prepare to move back to England after years living in Los Angeles."What are you most looking forward […]

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in 20th Century Studios' 'Deliver Me From Nowhere'. (Photo by Macall Polay © 2025 20th Century Studios) Jeremy Allen White stars as Bruce Springsteen in the new film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and The Bear star says he felt an early connection to the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. On the red carpet for the New York Film Festival premiere of the movie, White told People […]