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Paul McCartney Announces 2024 South American Tour Dates

Paul McCartney Announces 2024 South American Tour Dates

Paul McCartney will bring his acclaimed Got Back Tour to South America later this year. Fulfilling his promise to “get back,” McCartney will return to Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru. His first show of 2024 will take place on October 1 in Montevideo. With songs like “Hey Jude,” “Live and Let Die,” “Band on the…MORE

MC5 Announce First New Album In 53 Years ‘Heavy Lifting’

MC5 Announce First New Album In 53 Years ‘Heavy Lifting’

MC5 have announced they will release a new album, titled Heavy Lifting, on October 18th via EarMusic. The record will mark the band’s first studio release in 53 years. Bob Ezrin produced the album , which was spearheaded by the late founding guitarist of the band, Wayne Kramer. The album features performances by original MC5…MORE

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Share New Version Of ‘When The Levee Breaks’

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Share New Version Of ‘When The Levee Breaks’

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss recently shared a new version of “When The Levee Breaks.” The new version of “When the Levee Breaks” is the first release from Plant and Krauss since their 2021 album Raise the Roof. “When the Levee Breaks” is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and…MORE

Skid Row To Release First Official Live Album, Concert Film

Skid Row To Release First Official Live Album, Concert Film

Skid Row will release their first-ever live album and a concert film featuring the recording of the band’s live show at 02 Forum in Kentish Town, London, on October 24, 2022. Skid Row – Live in London is set to be released on digital, CD/DVD digipak, and 2 LP vinyl configurations via earMUSIC on September…MORE

Metallica Announce Marching Band Completion Returning For Second Year

Metallica Announce Marching Band Completion Returning For Second Year

Metallica have announced that their Marching Band Competition is returning for a second year. Last year’s response to Metallica’s first-ever marching band competition “completely blew us away,” with over 500 colleges and high schools in the U.S. submitting their truly unique interpretations of Metallica songs, said the band. Year two offers three times as many…MORE

Steven Van Zandt Documentary To Premiere On HBO, Max On June 22

Steven Van Zandt Documentary To Premiere On HBO, Max On June 22

A feature documentary on acclaimed actor, activist and Rock ‘N’ Roll icon Steven Van Zandt will premiere on HBO and be available to stream on Max on June 22. Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, directed by Bill Teck, debuts on HBO at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Featuring a wealth of never-before-seen footage, the film traces Van Zandt’s…MORE

The Who’s Pete Townshend To Release 14-CD ‘Live > In Concert 1985-2001’ Box Set

The Who’s Pete Townshend To Release 14-CD ‘Live > In Concert 1985-2001’ Box Set

UMR has announced Pete Townshend Live > In Concert 1985-2001, an expanded 14-CD box set and digital set featuring seven long-out-of-print live albums by The Who founder Pete Townshend, will be released on July 26. The set is available for pre-order now at https://petetownshend.lnk.to/liveinconcert Newly remastered by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge, the…MORE

Lady Gaga Uses Taylor Swift Lyric To Shut Down Pregnancy Rumors

Lady Gaga Uses Taylor Swift Lyric To Shut Down Pregnancy Rumors

Pop superstar Lady Gaga has shutdown recent pregnancy rumors using Taylor Swift’s lyrics. “Not pregnant-just down bad cryin at the gym,” reads a message across her latest TikTok, referencing Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department track “Down Bad.” In the video Gaga, in a dramatic black-eyeliner look, lip syncs to a TikTok voice-over that says, “I…MORE

Beck Adds Second Orchestral Show At New York’s Carnegie Hall

Beck Adds Second Orchestral Show At New York’s Carnegie Hall

Beck has added a second orchestral show at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Last month, Beck had announced dates for a limited run of orchestral performances, which included shows at venues like the Hollywood Bowl and the Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall with a rotating crew of instrumentalists. Now, due to high demand, Beck has added…MORE

Jesse Malin Tribute Album To Feature Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong & More

Jesse Malin Tribute Album To Feature Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong & More

An upcoming Jesse Malin tribute album it set to feature Bruce Springsteen, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and many more. In addition to Springsteen and Armstrong, the upcoming tribute album Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin will also feature Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and The Hold…MORE