The Beatles have previewed their upcoming Anthology 4 collection with an unreleased version of the Help! classic, "I’ve Just Seen a Face," recorded in June 1965 at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. This previously unheard version captures the Fab Four’s raw studio energy, including John Lennon's playful commentary, as you hear him joking that “Lonnie’s gonna regret not singing this one,” a reference to Scottish skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan, who greatly influenced the band. Set for release on November 21, Anthology 4 features 36 tracks, including 13 unreleased outtakes and demos like versions of "In My Life," "Nowhere Man," and "If I Fell," plus a BBC rehearsal of "All You Need Is Love" and new 2025 mixes of "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love." The collection will be accompanied by a restored nine-part Anthology documentary premiering on November 26 on Disney+, with all four Anthology volumes also available as a comprehensive 12-LP vinyl box set and an 8-CD package, as well as digital formats. (Rolling Stone)

Dwight Yoakam, Shooter Jennings, Jackson Browne, Marshall Crenshaw, and Fountains of Wayne were among the artists who honored the late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon at the United Theater in Los Angeles on Friday night (October 24). The tribute concert, titled Meet Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon, was presented by Wild Honey Foundation and the Zevon Family. The event featured performances of classic Zevon tunes like Yoakam’s tender rendition of “Carmelita,” and Browne’s aching version of “Life’ll Kill Ya,” while Crenshaw tackled “Sentimental Hygiene,” and the recently reunited Fountains of Wayne covered “Poor Poor Pitiful Me.” The event coincides with Zevon’s upcoming posthumous induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a receipient of the Musical Influence Award, with his son, Jordan, telling Rolling Stone of the honor, “There’s this undercurrent of his influence in a lot of musicians and a lot of people’s lives.” (Rolling Stone)

In Radiohead's only interview before their upcoming tour, frontman Thom Yorke told The Sunday Times why the group has not played live since 2018. “I guess the wheels came off a bit, so we had to stop,” he explained. “There were a lot of elements. The shows felt great but it was, like, let’s halt now before we walk off this cliff.” There were also personal and collective challenges within the Grammy-winning band, including Yorke’s unresolved anguish over the death of his first wife, Rachel Owen, in 2016. “I needed to stop anyway, because I hadn’t really given myself time to grieve,” Yorke revealed to the publication. “[My grief] was coming out in ways that made me think, ‘I need to take this away.’” After a seven-year hiatus, Radiohead will return to the stage with a series of instantly sold-out shows across Europe and the U.K. from November to December 2025, marking their first live performances since the conclusion of 2018’s A Moon Shaped Pool Tour. (NME)

Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee shared in a recent CBC News interview that he and guitarist Alex Lifeson have been preparing rigorously for their highly anticipated reunion tour, motivated by a deep desire to make music again following the death of drummer Neil Peart. Rush’s 50 Something Tour has received an overwhelmingly positive response from fans, prompting the band to add multiple dates to the initial run, which has expanded to 58 shows in 24 North American cities. Lee revealed they recruited drummer Anika Nilles to fill the irreplaceable role left by Peart, following a recommendation from Lee’s bass tech after the two worked together on Jeff Beck’s final tour. “When we made the decision to see what it’s like to play with another drummer, we contacted her, and she’s just a fantastic person,” Lee said. “She’s just a tremendous player. She’s got great technical facility and she’s just got a really positive attitude, and that’s really good for Alex and I to be around right now.” (Rolling Stone)

Volbeat’s new single, “Time Will Heal,” has reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, becoming the band’s 12th chart-topper and second consecutive leader following, “By a Monster’s Hand,” which ruled for two weeks in May. This achievement ties Volbeat with Papa Roach for the 10th-most No. 1s since the inception of the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in 1981, while also making the Danish rock band the highest-ranking European group on the list, and second among non-U.S. acts (behind Canada’s Three Days Grace, who have 19 chart-toppers). “Time Will Heal” also climbed to No. 8 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, earning 2.6 million audience impressions. The track is the second single from their ninth studio album, God of Angels Trust, which debuted at No. 5 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart in June, and has moved 38,000 equivalent album units. (Billboard)

During a recent appearance on the Trunk Nation radio show, Guns N’ Roses’ guitarist Slash confirmed that the band are planning on embarking on a US tour in 2026.  “I can say, we’re definitely doing a US run next year,” Slash revealed to host Eddie Trunk, while adding, “[An announcement will] be coming soon, so I can safely say that that’s happening. We’ve been doing a bunch of international stuff all year so we have to come back to the States, so we planned for next year.” These upcoming U.S. performances will mark GNR’s first domestic shows since November 2023, following a series of international tour dates throughout 2025. Additionally, Slash recently revealed to Guitar World that the band has “so much material” for their long-awaited follow-up to 2008’s Chinese Democracy, which is in the works. (Consequence of Sound)

On Friday (October 24), Florence + the Machine announced the dates and details of their 2026 North American Everybody Scream Tour. The 23-date arena tour is in support of the English indie pop group’s sixth studio album, Everybody Scream, which will be released on October 31, marking their first record since 2022’s Dance Fever. The jaunt kicks off April 8 in Minneapolis and wraps with a two-night stand in Los Angeles on May 19-20, while hitting major cities across the U.S. and Canada, including Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York, Miami, Atlanta, and San Francisco. The North American tour follows a series of European dates in early 2026, and will feature special guest opening acts Rachel Chinouriri, Sofia Isella, CMAT, and Mannequin Pu**y at select dates. An artist presale starts on Monday (November 3), followed by a general on-sale on Wednesday (November 5). (Rolling Stone)

On Saturday (October 25), Lana Del Rey opened her set at Neil Young’s ‘Harvest Moon’ charity concert with a heartfelt cover of his classic, “The Needle and the Damage Done,” at Painted Turtle Summer Camp in Lake Hughes, California. She told the audience as she strolled on stage, “I thought we’d get started with a little bit of Neil,” before delivering a faithful rendition of Young’s Harvest standout, followed by performances of her own hits, including “Arcadia,” “Video Games,” and “Norman Fu**ing Rockwell,” plus her first solo performance of “Let the Light In.” The show marked Del Rey’s final scheduled live performance of 2025, with her country-inspired album delayed until next year. The benefit concert also featured performances by Beck, John Mayer, and Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, in support of the Painted Turtle, which provides summer camp experiences for kids with serious medical issues, and Bridge School, which provides education to children with severe speech and physical disabilities. (Rolling Stone)

On Thursday (October 23), 5 Seconds of Summer announced the dates and details of their 2026 Everyone’s a Star! World Tour. 5SOS’ international jaunt kicks off in Europe in March 2026, with the North American leg of the tour launching on May 29 in Uncasville, Connecticut, before concluding on August 28 in Mountain View, California, with stops at iconic venues like New York City’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, followed by a series of dates in the band’s home country of Australia. Alongside the tour news, 5SOS just released their new single, “Telephone Busy,” from their upcoming album, Everyone’s a Star!, which is set to drop on November 14, marking the group’s first album since 2022’s 5SOS5. “There needs to be a part of you that can see it – that can see you playing those huge shows, that can see this album being a huge success,” 5SOS’s Calum Hood said of their upcoming record and tour. (Rolling Stone)

On Thursday (October 23), Foo Fighters announced the dates and details of their 2026 North American Take Cover Tour with special guests Queens of the Stone Age, and also released their new single, “Asking For a Friend.” The 12-date stadium tour, which also includes opening acts Mannequin Pu**y and Gouge Away at select dates, kicks off on August 4 in Toronto, then hits major cities like Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Vancouver, before concluding in Las Vegas on September 26. Frontman Dave Grohl describes “Asking For a Friend” as “a song for those who have waited patiently in the cold, relying on hope and faith for their horizon to appear. Searching for ‘proof’ when hanging by a wish until the sun shines again.” Grohl also promises that it is “one of many songs to come…” Tickets for the new shows go on-sale on October 31, while Foo Fighters are set to play an Amazon Music Live show on Thursday (Oct. 30) at 9 p.m. PT, which fans can watch live on Amazon Music, Amazon Prime, and Twitch. (Billboard)

David Ball, co-founder and multi-instrumentalist of the influential English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. According to a tribute posted on the band’s official Instagram, Ball “passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Wednesday 22nd October.” Best known for the 1981 global hit, "Tainted Love" (a cover of Gloria Jones' 1964 love song), Ball crafted much of Soft Cell’s dark, pioneering synth-driven sound that helped define the genre alongside frontman Marc Almond’s distinctive vocals. The pair formed in 1979 and achieved lasting success with several albums and multiple UK Top 10 singles, including “Bedsitter,” “Torch,” “What!” and “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.”

The duo’s biggest hit, “Tainted Love,” reached No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart, and spent 43 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (peaking at No. 8), while selling an estimated 21 million copies worldwide. Despite health struggles since a 2023 spinal injury that caused him to perform in a wheelchair, Ball remained creatively active, recently completing Soft Cell’s final album, Danceteria, which is set for release in spring 2026. Almond paid affectionate tribute to Ball on the band’s website, referring to his longtime bandmate as a “wonderfully brilliant musical genius,” while calling him “the heart and soul of Soft Cell,” and adding, “I’m very proud of our legacy.” (Billboard)

Wilco and Billy Bragg have just announced their first-ever full performance of their celebrated Mermaid Avenue collaborative albums, which featured the musicians bringing to life the unpublished lyrics of Woody Guthrie. The special show will take place during Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival on June 26, 2026, at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. This "Mermaid Avenue Live" show will open the three-day festival running June 26–28, celebrating the beloved project that originated when Guthrie’s daughter, Nora, invited Bragg to set her father’s lyrics to music, with Wilco joining him to record the 1998 and 2000 albums. “The world needs all the Woody Guthrie it can get. We’re thrilled that we get to bring these songs to life with Billy,” Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy said in a statement. While Bragg added, “There’s an abiding love out there for the Mermaid Avenue albums, so I’m really looking forward to reconnecting with Wilco to bring Woody’s words to life once again.” Three-day passes are available now. (Consequence of Sound)

On Thursday (October 23), Iron Maiden announced the dates and details of their 2026 North American Run for Your Lives Tour, celebrating the metal legends’ 50th anniversary and their iconic first nine albums. Support for all 12 dates will come from Megadeth, with Anthrax joining the bill for four shows. The tour runs from August 29 in Toronto to September 29 in San Antonio, hitting major cities like Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles, and includes a headlining slot at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville. Singer Bruce Dickinson expressed excitement about performing Maiden’s classic tracks, including some that have not been played in the U.S. for over 20 years. While founding bassist Steve Harris says, “We are greatly looking forward to bringing this ‘Run for Your Lives Tour’ to North America and hope the fans enjoy seeing the show and hearing the set list as much as we do playing it.” Ticket presales begin Tuesday (October 28), followed by a general on-sale on Friday (October 31). (Consequence of Sound)

Ace Frehley’s life and legendary music career was celebrated at a private funeral in the Bronx on Wednesday (October 22), which was attended by all of the co-founders of Kiss – Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss – alongside the late guitarist’s family and close friends. Radio host Eddie Trunk, a close friend of Frehley’s, shared his thoughts about the funeral in an emotional Instagram post which included a photo of the service’s program alongside the caption: “Ace Frehley has now been laid to rest in Bronx NY. It has been an emotional couple of days to say the least saying farewell to a rock icon and long time friend. It was an honor to be invited to attend and participate.” Trunk went on to confirm he is planning a future tribute show with the family’s blessing, saying a public event honoring Frehley would be “important for Ace’s legacy, his fans, and the countless guitar players he influenced.” Frehley died at the age of 74 on October 16, due to complications from a recent fall. (Rolling Stone)

The 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees include prominent artists such as Taylor Swift, LL Cool J, David Byrne, Kenny Loggins, Pink, Sarah McLachlan. Swift, who received the Hal David Starlight Award from the SHOF in 2010, is now nominated for full membership in the prestigious organization, and if inducted, she would be the first person to graduate from the Starlight Award (an award for a songwriter who shows promise, which dates to 2004) to full SHOF membership status. The class of 2026 nominees also includes Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of the Guess Who, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America, and Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of  Kiss.

The performer-songwriter category features Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters, Harry Wayne Casey (aka KC of KC and the Sunshine Band), and Boz Scaggs. While the non-performing songwriter category includes legendary disco producer Pete Bellotte (known for his work with Donna Summer), Swedish pop producer Andreas Carlsson (who famously worked with Backstreet Boys and NSYNC), Australian songwriter/producer Steve Kipner (best known for Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” and Christina Aguilera’s “Genie In A Bottle”), longtime Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard (“Like A Prayer,” “Live To Tell”), and others. To become eligible for the SHOF, a songwriter must have a notable catalog of songs with at least 20 years since the release of their first commercial song. Since its founding in 1969, the Hall of Fame has honored legends like Elton John, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul Simon. (Variety)

On Wednesday (October 22), Bon Jovi announced the dates and details of their 2026 Forever Tour, marking their return to the road following lead singer Jon Bon Jovi’s vocal cord surgery that sidelined them since 2022. The tour, supporting their 2024 album, Forever, kicks off with a four-night stand at Madison Square Garden between July 7-14, before moving to the U.K. and Ireland for three shows in late August and early September. “I’m deeply grateful that the fans and the brotherhood of this band have been patient and allowed me the time needed to get healthy and prepare for touring,” Jon said in a statement, while adding, “I’m ready and excited!” Ahead of the tour, the band will release Forever (Legendary Edition) on Friday (October 24), featuring collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Jason Isbell, Joe Elliott, Avril Lavigne, and more. Ticket presales begin Monday (October 27), followed by general on-sale starting Friday (October 31). (Rolling Stone)

The Doors’ 60th Anniversary Concert at Los Angeles' Greek Theater on October 30th will feature original guitarist Robby Krieger alongside former Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, as well as new additions to the lineup, Billy Idol and his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens. The event will also feature Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley, Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo, Guns N’ Roses’ Stephen Adler, X’s John Doe, Candlebox’s Kevin Martin and Adam Kury, and other special guests. The event, titled “A 60th Anniversary Doors Celebration,” will showcase a full performance of the band’s classic 1970 album, Morrison Hotel, plus additional Doors classics, with opening act Tripform featuring late Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek’s son, Pablo. Ahead of the show, Krieger shared an Instagram video from band rehearsals with Farrell, whom he refers to as “The Godfather of Alt Music.” Tickets for the event are available now. (Consequence of Sound)

Depeche Mode have just announced that they will release a new live album, Memento Mori: Mexico City, on December 5, featuring performances from their 2023 three-night residency at Foro Sol Stadium. In addition to the live material, the set will also include four previously unreleased bonus tracks from 2022’s Memento Mori recording sessions, “In the End,” “Survive,” “Life 2.0,” and “Give Yourself to Me.” The lead unreleased track, “In the End,” will debut on streaming platforms on Friday (October 24), and is also featured in end credits of the concert film, Depeche Mode: M. The Fernando Frias-directed movie, which is set to be released in theaters on October 28, blends tour footage with reflections on mortality and Mexican culture, as well as interviews with fans and artists. The film and live album will be available in a special DVD/Blu-Ray box set, alongside standalone CD and vinyl releases of Memento Mori: Mexico City. (Rolling Stone)

Stevie Nicks has partnered with Mattel once again on the release of ‘Bella Donna Barbie,’ featuring a doll inspired by the cover of her 1981 debut solo album, Bella Donna. Nicks' new Barbie is wearing a flowing white dress, her signature top hat, and high-heeled boots, while holding a microphone. Valued at $59.40 and available through major retailers and Mattel’s online store, this collaboration follows the 2023 release of ‘Fleetwood Mac Rumours Barbie,’ which sold out in under 24 hours. “I’m so honored to be part of the Barbie universe once again,” Nicks shared in a statement. “My Stevie Nicks Bella Donna Barbie is more than a doll — she symbolizes my musical journey, and the strength that comes from staying true to yourself. My hope is that she inspires fans, and especially young dreamers, to take that leap of faith and believe in their limitless potential.” Bella Donna topped the Billboard 200 chart and included hits like “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” “Leather and Lace,” and “Edge of Seventeen.” (Consequence of Sound)

Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band and Joe Walsh of the Eagles have been announced as mega mentors for Season 28 of NBC’s The Voice, with the two music stars set to assist contestants during the Knockouts phase starting October 27. Brown will mentor Michael Bublé and Snoop Dogg’s teams, while Walsh will support Niall Horan and Reba McEntire’s artists, as the coaches select winners to advance to the Playoffs. Both mentors have ties to the Sphere in Las Vegas, with the Eagles continuing their ongoing headlining run into 2026, while the Zac Brown Band will become the second country act – following Kenny Chesney –  to have a residency at the state-of-the-art venue in December. Last year, LeAnn Rimes and Sheryl Crow served as mega mentors on the show, with artists like Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Sting, Wynonna Judd, and Keith Urban having all served as mega mentors in past seasons. The Voice airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on NBC and streams on Peacock. (Rolling Stone)