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PA Images via Getty Images Photos of Debbie Harry, David Bowie and Grace Jones are currently up for auction, with the money raised going to help musicians affected by the California wildfires.The portraits, all shot by photographer Greg Gorman, are part of an auction put on by Giorgio's Discotheque in Los Angeles, with proceeds from the sale benefiting MusiCares' fire relief efforts.The Harry photo is a framed black-and-white portrait of the Blondie frontwoman in sunglasses […]

ABC/Rick Rowell Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is playing a Los Angeles fire relief concert with his side project The Coverups.The show takes place Friday at LA's Troubadour venue. Tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT.Proceeds will benefit the Altadena Girls and Altadena Boys organizations.The day before the Troubadour concert, Armstrong is performing with Green Day at the giant FireAid benefit, taking place Thursday across two venues: the Intuit Dome […]

Disney/Eric McCandless The members of Black Sabbath are being honored by their home city of Birmingham.The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a recommendation that Sabbath founding members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward be given the Freedom of Birmingham honor.The City Freeman title is being given to the band “in deep appreciation and recognition of their unique and distinguished contribution to the field of music and their service […]

Don Arnold/WireImage Def Leppard is giving fans a backstage look at their recent concert at Feria Estatal De León in León, Mexico.The band shared their first behind-the-tour video of 2025, highlighting the Jan. 18 concert, which they played without guitarist Vivian Campbell, who's recovering from a bone marrow transplant to treat his cancer.“Vivian is recuperating from cancer surgery,” frontman Joe Elliott says in the clip. “He’s doing very well but he’s in a bubble. […]

Bobby Weir D’Angelico guitar amp pedalboard/courtesy of Julien's Auctions The upcoming MusiCares Charity Relief Auction is set to feature a whole host of items from this year’s MusiCares Person of the Year, the Grateful Dead.Among the Dead-related items available are Jerry Garcia’s ivory two-piece suit, worn on the cover of The Dead’s 1980 album Go To Heaven; a Bobby Weir-owned, -played and -autographed D’Angelico Deluxe Bobby Weir 3 semi-hollowbody electric guitar; […]

Avenue/Rhino The Eric Burdon years of War are being highlighted in a new CD box set.Eric Burdon & War - The Complete CD Collection, dropping March 7, is a four-CD set made up of War albums released between 1970 and 1976. Those albums include 1970’s Eric Burdon Declares War and Black Man's Burdon, and 1976’s Love Is All Around.War previously released this box set as a Record Store Day exclusive on vinyl.This is the second release […]

Charlie Steiner - Hwy 67 Revisited/Getty Images Bob Dylan has paid tribute to The Band's Garth Hudson, who passed away Jan. 21 at the age of 87.“Sorry to hear the news about Garth Hudson,” Dylan shared on social media. “He was a beautiful guy and the real driving force behind The Band. Just listen to the original recording of The Weight and you’ll see.”Before striking out on their own, The Band, made up […]

On This Day, Jan 28, 1985…An all-star lineup of musicians came together in a studio in Los Angeles to record the charity single “We Are the World.”The tune, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, featured artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Tina Turner, Steve Perry and more.Released in March 1985, "We Are the World" raised more than $63 million for a newly formed organization called […]

MPL/UMe Paul McCartney’s band Wings is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their fourth studio album, Venus and Mars.The milestone will be marked with a new half-speed master reissue of the album, dropping March 21. The remaster was created by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using the original master recordings from 1975 and will feature a reproduction of the original U.K. pressing, and a recreation of the original artwork by Hipgnosis.The […]