Pink Floyd’s live album Pink Floyd at Pompeii: MCMLXXII makes an impressive debut in the Top 10 across various Billboard charts, including a No. 3 entrance on Top Album Sales. This release serves as the band’s 15th career Top 40-charting effort on the Billboard 200, boasting their largest sales week in over a decade. The…… read more »
In a new interview with Music Week, Oasis’ manager, Alec McKinlay, confirms that there are no plans for the band to record new music alongside their highly-anticipated upcoming reunion tour. “This is very much the last time around, as Noel’s made clear in the press,” McKinlay says. “It’s a chance for fans who haven’t seen…… read more »
On Wednesday (May 14), Bruce Springsteen shared the previously unreleased song, “Repo Man,” a rollicking honky tonk number recorded during the same sessions as 1995’s The Ghost of Tom Joad. The song is another preview from Springsteen’s upcoming Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, with “Repo Man” featured on the country-inspired Somewhere North of…… read more »
On Tuesday (May 13), Foo Fighters announced the date and details of their first show of 2025. On October 4, the Foos are set to headline day two of the three-day music festival scheduled around the Singapore F1 Grand Prix, alongside Alan Walker, Crowded House, Babymetal, and the Lathums. Additional artists set to perform at…… read more »
Steve Perry has recorded a new version of Journey’s “Faithfully” with Willie Nelson to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid. This collaboration follows Perry’s previous recording of “Open Arms” with Dolly Parton in 2023, marking rare instances where the singer revisits music from his celebrated former band. “No one has a voice or vocal…… read more »
On Wednesday (May 14), Oscar-winning duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross unveiled details of the inaugural Future Ruins Festival set to take place at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on November 8. The event will celebrate film music with rare live performances by renowned composers such as Mark Mothersbaugh, John Carpenter, Hildur Guðnadóttir, and Questlove…… read more »
Farm Aid will mark its 40th anniversary with an expansive show at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on September 20, featuring performances by festival founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp. The music legends will be joined by a stacked lineup featuring fellow Farm Aid board members Dave Matthews (who will be playing a…… read more »
On Tuesday (May 13), Yusuf/Cat Stevens announced details of his long-awaited memoir, Cat on the Road to Findout, which is set to be published in the U.K. on September 18 and North America on October 7 via Little, Brown Book Group. “Finally it’s here!” Yusuf wrote on Instagram. “After years of toiling, I’ve completed my…… read more »
On Tuesday (May 13), Mumford & Sons announced plans to relaunch their Railroad Revival Tour. The British folk rock band will be joined on their unique four-date trek by a variety of special guests including Nathaniel Rateliff, Lucius, and Trombone Shorty. Following the original 2011 tour’s concept, the band will play at outdoor venues near…… read more »
A new music history book titled, Tearing Down the Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Brought Orange County to the World, is set to hit the shelves on May 20. The 400-page book features interviews with key figures from the Orange County punk scene, including bands like Social Distortion, The Offspring, No Doubt, Sublime, and others.…… read more »