For the very first time, Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Parts 1-9 have been released as one continuous 25-minute track on the upcoming 50th anniversary reissue of Wish You Were Here, which arrives on December 12. Originally split into two halves on the band’s iconic 1975 album, this new stereo mix captures the entire sprawling tribute to Floyd’s original lead singer, Syd Barrett, whose surprise visit during the album’s recording session only adds to its enduring lore. An official music video has also just been released for “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix),” which features the creation of a painting of Barrett by comedian, actor and artist Noel Fielding. “It’s the future and the past at the same time,” Fielding says of Wish You Were Here, while adding, “It is a masterpiece, that album cover, and that album. It’s a masterpiece. And it’s based on Syd Barrett, who is a walking masterpiece.” (Consequence of Sound)

On Tuesday (November 18), Mötley Crüe announced the dates and details of their 33-city North American tour in 2026 dubbed The Return of the Carnival of Sins, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2005-2006 tour and live album, as well as the band’s 45th anniversary. Kicking off July 17 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, the tour will hit amphitheaters and arenas throughout the U.S. and Canada, before concluding on September 26 in Ridgefield, Washington. Extreme and Tesla will be the opening acts on all dates. This marks the band’s first major tour following lead singer Vince Neil’s recovery from a debilitating stroke he suffered last Christmas. General on-sale begins Friday (November 21), with $1 from every ticket donated to ASAP! (After School Arts Program) through the Mötley Crüe Giveback Initiative. The announcement coincides with the release of a deluxe 40th-anniversary box set of the Crüe's landmark 1985 album, Theatre of Pain, which features remastered vinyl, bonus live recordings, demos, and a hardcover book. (Billboard)

The late Queen singer Freddie Mercury has been honored with a commemorative coin from the U.K.’s Royal Mint, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 1985 Live Aid concert. The coin features his portrait, signature, and a silver-studded pattern inspired by his iconic belt, along with a depiction of his four-octave vocal range. The first coin was struck by Mercury’s sister, Kashmira Bulsara, who said, “As Freddie died young, he didn’t get the chance of being awarded a royal medal for his talents in the music world. So to have a royal coin this way is wonderful and very fitting.” The collection includes various editions ranging from £18.50 to £9,350, with a special gold proof coin set to be auctioned off by the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the AIDS charity founded in the singer’s memory. “This coin celebrates a truly global icon whose influence continues to inspire generations,” says Rebecca Morgan, Director of Commemorative Coin at the Royal Mint. (Rolling Stone)

After nearly a five-year gap since their last Adult Alternative Airplay No. 1, Of Monsters and Men returned to the top of the chart with "Ordinary Creature," their fifth chart leader and second consecutive No. 1 following "Visitor" in 2020. The Icelandic band previously achieved back-to-back No. 1s in 2012-13 with "Little Talks" and "Mountain Sound," and also topped the chart with "Crystals" in 2015. "Ordinary Creature" is the lead single from the band's 2025 album, All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade, their first full-length since 2019's Fever Dream. The song  also reached No. 28 on Alternative Airplay and No. 21  on Rock & Alternative Airplay charts, following a 14% increase to 1.9 million audience impressions over the past week. The album, released on October 17 via the band’s own label OMAM/Skarkali Records, debuted on the Top Current Album Sales chart following 2,000 copies sold in its first week. (Billboard)

Paul McCartney has joined a new musical protest against AI-driven copyright infringement. The former Beatle contributed a nearly three-minute silent song titled, “Bonus Track,” to the updated vinyl release of the album, Is This What We Want?, which features only background studio noise and no actual music to symbolize the threat AI poses to musicians’ livelihoods. The project, involving artists like the Clash, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Tori Amos, Damon Albarn, and composer Hans Zimmer, criticizes proposed changes to U.K. copyright laws that could allow AI companies to exploit recorded music without fair compensation. Profits from the album will benefit the charity Help Musicians, and according to a statement from project organizers, the use of silence reflects “the impact we expect the government’s proposals would have on musicians’ livelihoods.” McCartney has previously expressed concern that young songwriters may lose control over their creations and not get paid while tech companies profit off their work. (Rolling Stone)

In a new interview with The Times, Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon has indicated that his latest album, 2025's Grammy-nominated SABLE, fABLE, may be his final full-length project. The musician admitted that he’s fully tapped out musically at the moment. “I don’t know how much is left. I’ve expelled a lot of it,” Vernon revealed, while adding, “I would be very surprised [if there was another Bon Iver album]. For the first time since I was 12, I’m not writing songs. There aren’t any in here,” he said while pointing at his heart. Reflecting on his acclaimed 20-year career, which features two Grammy wins, Vernon expressed acceptance of this unfamiliar creative pause, noting that the album’s closing track, “Au Revoir,” poetically hints at a farewell, while the music video for “Day One” humorously depicted his retirement from the project. Although he may step back from solo work, Vernon remains open to collaborations, recently contributing to Haim’s latest song, “Tie You Down.” (Consequence of Sound)

On Monday (November 17), Disney+ released a new two-and-a-half minute trailer for the restored and expanded version of The Beatles Anthology, an eight-part documentary series that originally aired in 1995 which chronicles the band’s formation, rise to fame, and cultural impact. The first three episodes of the refreshed series will premiere on Disney+ on November 26, with three new episodes rolling out over the following two days (Nov. 27-28). The docuseries now includes a ninth episode featuring previously unreleased footage of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr during the creation of the original project. Enhanced with new restorations and sound mixing overseen by Apple Corps and Peter Jackson’s team, the documentary offers archival interviews with the band members, while highlighting landmark moments like their iconic Ed Sullivan Show appearance and famed Shea Stadium concerts. It also captures the 1995 reunion sessions that produced the surviving member’s Grammy-winning collaboration on a John Lennon demo, "Free as a Bird," marking the first new Beatles song since their 1970 breakup. (Billboard)

Five Finger Death Punch have claimed a record 13th consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with “The End,” which features Japanese rock band BABYMETAL. This marks FFDP’s 17th overall chart-topper, and extends the lengthiest No. 1 streak in the ranking’s history, which dates back to the Las Vegas metal band’s 2018 chart-topping hit, “Sham Pain.” While BABYMETAL, who are featured on the track, also made history by becoming the first Japanese and Asian-based act to reach No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. “The End,” originally from FFDP’s 2022 album, AfterLife, and re-recorded for their recent BEST OF (Volume 2) release, also climbed to No. 17 on the all-format Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, reflecting a 16% increase of 2.5 million audience impressions over the past week. With 17 total No. 1s, Five Finger Death Punch now ranks third on the all-time list of Mainstream Rock Airplay chart leaders, behind Shinedown (21) and Three Days Grace (19). (Billboard)

Sharon Osbourne is actively seeking to block the release of early Black Sabbath demos recorded in 1969. The project is set to come out under the band’s original name, Earth, with the band’s former manager, Jim Simpson, planning to release the recordings as Earth: The Legendary Lost Tapes. Despite Simpson’s repeated intentions to release the nine demo recordings on his Big Bear Records label, Osbourne insists the band opposes the release, highlighting that Black Sabbath members have never heard the tapes and were never offered royalties. In an Instagram post on Saturday (November 5) and an email sent to Simpson, Osbourne challenged his label’s credibility, and warned of legal action if the demos are released without the band’s consent. “Black Sabbath don’t take things lying down,” Osbourne wrote, while threatening that “you can be assured that if you go ahead with this against the Band’s wishes we will take any action where their rights are infringed, both here and in America.” (Consequence of Sound)

On Monday (November 17), Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner announced the dates and details of their co-headlining Double Trouble Double Vision Tour of North America in summer 2026. The dual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ 19-date jaunt kicks off on July 23 in Atlanta and concludes on August 29 in Rogers, Arkansas, with stops in Toronto, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Dallas along the way, with support coming from Six Gun Sally. Skynyrd singer Johnny Van Zant stated, “I’m excited to share the stage with Foreigner and hear all their amazing hits! I’ve always been a fan, and I believe the audience will love this tour. Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner together — it doesn’t get much better than that.” Ticket pre-sales start Tuesday (November 18), followed by general on-sales on Friday (November 21). In addition to the joint tour, both bands also have separate headlining dates planned in 2025-2026. (Consequence of Sound)

On Thursday (November 13), Ringo Starr announced the dates and details of his 12-date US spring tour in 2026 with his current All Starr Band. The jaunt is set to kick off on May 28 in Temecula, California, and concludes on June 14 in Los Angeles, with stops in San Diego, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Phoenix along the way. “I am happy to be touring again in the Spring - see you all in June. Peace and love,” shared the 85-year-old former Beatle. The current All Starr Band lineup features Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, and Buck Johnson. Following a variety of pre-sales, tickets go on-sale to the general public on Friday (November 21) via Ticketmaster. This year has seen Starr make numerous headlines beyond music, including throwing shade at Roger Daltrey following his son Zak Starkey’s controversial departure from The Who, and making the surprising revelation on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that he’s never eaten pizza. (Consequence of Sound)

Florence + the Machine’s new album, Everybody Scream, debuted at No. 1 on six Billboard album charts – including Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums, Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, and Indie Store Album Sales – while also reaching No. 4 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and No. 2 on Vinyl Albums. With this milestone, Florence Welch’s band ties Brandi Carlile for the most No. 1s for a woman-led act on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart since 2006, with each artist scoring five chart-toppers. Everybody Scream earned 56,000 equivalent units in its first week ending November 6, including a career-high 25,000 vinyl sales. Additionally, three tracks from the record charted on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, with “Sympathy Magic” debuting at No. 28 and “One of the Greats” launching at No. 44, while the title track reaches a new peak of No. 30 on the tally, as it simultaneously sits at No. 12 on Alternative Airplay and climbs to a new high of No. 2 on Adult Alternative Airplay. (Billboard)

Over the weekend, Yungblud announced that he has cancelled the remainder of his 2025 tour dates, including shows in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Washington, Mexico City, and Latin America, due to medical concerns after recent voice and blood tests raised alarms. “I have been ordered by my doctor to take a break from touring until the end of the year,” he wrote in an Instagram Story. “I don’t want to do any lasting damage to myself, we are on a journey that I want to last forever. I understand that some of you will be so frustrated. I just want you to know that this is so hard for me to do but I promise I will make it up to you.” Fans won’t have to wait long to see Yunglud, with the British rock star set to launch his sold-out 2026 IDOLS World Tour in the spring, with an arena tour of the UK and Ireland in April followed by North American dates starting in May. (Consequence of Sound)

On Sunday (November 16), the NFL announced that Jack White and Post Malone will headline the halftime shows of their scheduled Thanksgiving Day games. White will perform during the Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers game at Ford Field, while Post Malone will launch The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Kickoff by performing at the Dallas Cowboys vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup. White is a Detroit native and a 12-time Grammy winner, who was just inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last week as the guitarist/lead singer of The White Stripes, while Malone is a Texas native and avowed Cowboys fan, who has received 18 Grammy nominations as a multi-genre artist but has yet to win. His 2024 country record, F-1 Trillion, topped the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts, receiving a 2025 Grammy nomination for Best Country Album. Malone, who previously sang “America the Beautiful” before the 2024 Super Bowl, will continue his world tour in support of the album shortly after Thanksgiving. (New York Times)

At the opening of their three-day KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas event on Friday (November 14), the surviving members of KISS honored their late co-founder and iconic guitarist Ace Frehley, who passed away at 74 on October 16. KISS paid tribute to Ace during their “unmasked” set, with frontman Paul Stanley addressing the crowd. “Before we get going, we just wanted to take a moment to think about somebody who was at the foundation of this band. And we’re talking about Ace,” Stanley said from the stage, while adding, “We certainly had differences, but that’s what family is about. Why don’t we take a moment, a little quiet, and think about him looking down on us, and let’s have a moment for Ace.” Following the silent tribute, the audience began chanting, “Ace! Ace! Ace!” while Stanley encouraged fans to hold up electric candles in honor of their former bandmate, who died suddenly last month from blunt trauma injuries to his head following an accidental fall. (Billboard)

Radiohead’s second live album, Hail to the Thief: Live Recordings 2003-2009, debuted in the Top 10 on four separate Billboard charts dated November 15. The live release launched at No. 8 on Top Album Sales, marking their ninth career Top 10 on that chart, with also debuting at No. 4 on Indie Store Album Sales, No. 5 on Vinyl Albums, and No. 8 on Top Current Album Sales. The live set also just managed to crack into the Billboard 200 at No. 200, Radiohead's 17th overall entry on that chart, alongside positions at No. 30 on Independent Albums and No. 48 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums. The album earned over 8,000 equivalent album units sold primarily through traditional sales, which include purchases of digital and physical copies of the album. The six-time Grammy-winning British band recently kicked off their first tour in seven years earlier this month in Madrid, with an upcoming four-night run in Bologna, Italy, starting on Friday (November 14). (Billboard)

Slayer are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their landmark 1985 album, Hell Awaits, with special reissues set for release on May 15 via Metal Blade Records. The reissue options include an eye-catching $189 limited edition 2-LP blood-filled vinyl pressing (appropriately only 666 copies were pressed), a $124.99 box set featuring a Fire Splatter vinyl, a previously unreleased 1985 live album, and extensive memorabilia, and a more affordable $84.99 CD Earbook edition that includes all the audio from the vinyl box set along with a 60-page book and poster. “It’s the record where Slayer became Slayer,” guitarist Kerry King said in a press release, adding that, “[guitarist] Jeff [Hanneman] and I were still trying to figure out who we were as musicians” while admitting that “we were both infatuated with Mercyful Fate’s Melissa album during the writing process for Hell Awaits.” While the blood-filled vinyl edition is already sold-out, pre-orders for the box sets are available from Metal Blade Records’ merch store. (Consequence of Sound)

During a new episode of The Osbournes Podcast, Ozzy Osbourne’s family fiercely condemned former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters after he disparaged Ozzy’s legacy following his death. Waters had previously dismissed Black Sabbath and Ozzy’s music as meaningless, while deriding the heavy metal’s legend’s TV presence as “idiocy and nonsense.” In response, Jack Osbourne called Waters "pathetic and out of touch," while adding, “My father always thought you were a c*nt – thanks for proving him right.” Ozzy’s wife Sharon, daughter Kelly, and Jack further lambasted Waters on the podcast, with Sharon describing him as “one of the most sick individuals I’ve come across in years.” Sharon went on to say, “I don’t know how those guys in Pink Floyd put up with him as long as they did. David [Gilmour] is the most gracious, warm person you could ever meet.” Sharon ultimately dismissed Waters as “a sad, irrelevant, old, miserable human being.” (NME)

David Coverdale, Whitesnake frontman and former Deep Purple vocalist, has officially announced his retirement after a more than 50-year career. In a heartfelt Instagram video shared on Thursday (November 13), Coverdale explained that recent years have made it clear it’s time to “hang up my rock ‘n’ roll platform shoes and my skintight jeans,” with the singer thanking fans, musicians, and crew for their continuous support.  The 74-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer rose to fame with Whitesnake’s 1987 hits like “Here I Go Again” and “Is This Love,” after leading Deep Purple through the mid-70s, eventually collaborating with legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page for a short-lived project in 1993. Whitesnake continued touring and recording into the 2010s, with their final album, Flesh & Blood, released in 2019, followed by a final show in 2022, though the singer's health issues curtailed a longer farewell tour. With Coverdale’s retirement official, former band members now perform as Whitesnake Experience, providing fans a glimpse of the band’s legacy. (Rolling Stone)

AC/DC’s opening night of their Power Up Tour at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday (November 12) was so electrifying that earthquake equipment two miles away detected ground vibrations equivalent to low-frequency seismic waves. “The sound waves that people were experiencing nearby and feeling something through their bodies, that’s the equivalent to what our seismographs feel,” said Adam Pascale, chief scientist at the Seismology Research Centre, who clarified, “We’re picking up the ground motion, we’re not picking up the sound from the air.” According to the Centre, the ground movement was caused by both powerful speakers on the floor of the venue and the energetic crowd jumping up and down. While AC/DC made their presence felt in their return home to Australia for the first time in a decade, it wasn’t as intense as Taylor Swift’s recent Eras Tour shows at the same venue, which generated the largest signals ever received by the Centre for a concert. AC/DC’s Power Up Tour continues with upcoming dates in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, and Brisbane. (Billboard)