Metallica Join Forces With Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Ahead Of Australian Tour
Metallica has partnered with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood and All Within My Hands for their upcoming Australian tour to encourage fans to donate blood and plasma. Fans can donate at selected CBD donor centers before each tour stop and receive a limited-edition t-shirt designed by Squindo. One donation can save up to three lives and help various individuals in need. To book a donation and receive the Metallica merchandise, fans can call 13 14 95, visit lifeblood.com.au/metallica, or download the Donate Blood App.
Pearl Jam’s extra-large Funko figures move to permanent home in band’s Seattle headquarters
Pearl Jam has added extra-large Funko figures to their headquarters in Seattle, making them the permanent home for the statues originally displayed at the Museum of Pop Culture. The band shared a video on Instagram featuring the figures being brought into their space to the tune of their hit song "Jeremy." Additionally, the band's frontman Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival is taking place this weekend in California, featuring headliners like Green Day and Hozier. The lineup also includes Kings of Leon, Cage the Elephant, and Garbage. More information can be found at OhanaFest.com.
Nine Inch Nails Release "Tron: Ares" Soundtrack
Nine Inch Nails are sharing the soundtrack for the film "TRON: Ares."The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack marks the first ever film score by bandmates Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross."Tron: Ares (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" is available to stream now. The film "TRON: Ares" hits theaters on October 10th.
KORN's 'See You On The Other Side' To Receive 20th-Anniversary Limited-Edition Deluxe Vinyl Release
Tempo Music has launched a limited-edition deluxe 2xLP vinyl for KORN's "See You On The Other Side" album to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The package will be available in three different variants, including exclusive offerings from KORN's webstore, Hot Topic, and indie record stores, in addition to a standard black vinyl. The album, released in December 2005, features hits like "Twisted Transistor" and "Coming Undone" and was certified RIAA platinum in 2006. The vinyl release includes the bonus track "Last Legal Drug," previously only available on the deluxe CD, and will be released on all DSPs ahead of the official anniversary. KORN, known for pioneering a genre and selling over 43 million albums worldwide, continues to influence fans and artists globally with their boundary-pushing music.
Ghost cancel Mexico City gig as frontman Tobias Forge suffers food poisoning
GHOST had to cancel the first of its three concerts in Mexico City due to singer Tobias Forge falling ill with food poisoning. The two remaining shows are set to proceed as planned. The band's recent tour featured a grand and ambitious stage design inspired by gothic and brutalist architecture, creating a visually striking and immersive experience for fans. The tour marked a significant evolution in GHOST's live performances, showcasing a blend of theatricality and rock energy. The cancellation of the concert was a setback, but the band's innovative stage production continues to captivate audiences on their world tour.
Creed Announces "The Best Of Creed"
More than a quarter-century into their career, Creed has announced they're releasing their first "greatest hits" collection. The career-spanning retrospective, "The Best of Creed," will cover the hits from all four of the band's studio albums, including hits like “Higher,” “With Arms Wide Open,” “One Last Breath,” and “My Sacrifice,” “My Own Prison,” “What If,” and “What’s This Life For.” The digital version of the collection is available now; vinyl and cd versions will be available starting November 21.
Black Veil Brides Finish New Album: “It’s Fully Mixed” And “It’s Going Into Mastering”
The band has just finished recording their new album and are excited to share it with their fans. They released a song as a preview before the album was completed and plan to release another song before the end of the year. The album will be announced early next year. The band produced the album themselves, which allowed them to fully express their own creative vision without outside influence. They feel that this album is one of the best things they have done because it truly represents who they are as a band.
Jon Bon Jovi shares latest regrets about Sambora exit, says he’s still ‘heartbroken
Richie Sambora's departure from Bon Jovi in 2013 continues to be a sensitive topic for Jon Bon Jovi, who expressed feeling "heartbroken" by the guitarist's decision. Despite the passage of 12 years, Bon Jovi still harbors hurt over Sambora's abrupt exit during the band's tour. Sambora cited personal reasons for leaving, later explaining that he wanted to focus on raising his daughter after a divorce. In a documentary, Sambora apologized for the way he left the band, expressing regret for the manner of his departure.
P.O.D. confirms cover of The Beatles’ ‘Don’t Let Me Down’
P.O.D. has announced that they will be releasing a cover of The Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down," a classic track that has inspired them since the beginning of their songwriting journey. Guitarist Marcos Curiel expressed admiration for The Beatles' melodies and fearless experimentation, stating that the cover was crafted with the utmost respect for the iconic band. The cover is set to premiere on Thursday, showcasing P.O.D.'s take on the beloved song. This announcement comes following the release of P.O.D.'s latest album, VERITAS, in 2024.
Coachella Sold Out
Coachella 2026 is sold out, although hopefuls can still get on a waitlist.Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G and Anyma are the headliners of the major music festival, taking place in Indio, California April 10th through the 12th, and 17th through the 19th.Other major artists set to perform include The Strokes, Young Thug, Clipse, Kaskade, and Disclosure.
ROLLING STONES: What's Black Is Blue Again
The Rolling Stones will reissue their 13th album, Black and Blue. Released in April 1976, it was their first with Ronnie Wood as a member, and it included such notable songs as “Hot Stuff,” “Hand of Fate,” “Fool to Cry” and “Memory Motel.” This deluxe edition will be available in multiple configurations on November 14th, including a five-disc vinyl set or a four-CD set, both of which include Blu-ray disc, a 100-page hardback book, and a replica tour poster. There is also a limited-edition five-LP set on black and blue marbled vinyl that will be available through select online retailers.
In terms of bonus material, the Blu-ray contains 21 songs from their six-night residency in 1976 at London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre, where they were joined onstage by their sixth member, piano player Ian Stewart, along with keyboardist Billy Preston and percussionist Ollie Brown — all of whom had contributed to the studio album. Plus, there's a previously unreleased TV broadcast of their 1976 show at Les Abattoirs in Paris, and Dolby Atmos surround-sound mixes of both the studio album and the live Earls Court concert. There is also a CD/LP of six unreleased studio recordings featuring instrumental jams with guitarists Jeff Beck, Harvey Mandel, Wayne Perkins and Robert A. Johnson as they were looking for someone to replace Mick Taylor before settling on Ronnie Wood. There is also the Mick Jagger / Keith Richards composition “I Love Ladies,” plus a high-energy take on Shirley & Company’s “Shame, Shame, Shame,” which is out now. A video for the song will follow tomorrow (Thursday). It's a collage of Stones history, blending rare archival photography with hand-drawn animation.
This is their sixth album in a series of expanded reissues following, in order: Exile on Main Street (2010), Some Girls (2011), Sticky Fingers (2015), Goats Head Soup (2020), and Tattoo You (2021).
NIRVANA: Vintage Concert Footage Up for Bids
Some previously unseen Nirvana live footage is up on the auction block. It's a 45-minute set the band played on February 17th, 1990 at Iguanas in Tijuana, Mexico. The audio and video footage -- which includes a U.S. Copyright Office Certificate of Registration for the content -- is up for bids now through Thursday at Bonhams and is expected to bring in between $100,000 and $150,000. The auction lot includes the two original master Sony Video 8 tapes of the raw footage plus digital transfers of the footage on a portable SSD hard drive. Check out a snippet of the footage on YouTube.
PAUL McCARTNEY: Back to the Bowery
Paul McCartney will debut a new short film today (Wednesday) at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube.
Paul McCartney Rocks the Bowery -- Tour Diary takes a look at the three shows he played this past February at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. It will explain how they came together, along with interviews with some of the fans who were lucky enough to attend and an exclusive behind-the-scenes look with Paul. This news comes as McCartney gets ready to take the stage this Friday in Santa Barbara, California at the Santa Barbara Bowl. It's a rehearsal show for his Got Back tour, which officially opens on Monday in Palm Desert,
California with 19 shows through November 25th in Chicago.
Led Zeppelin Announce Record Store Day Release Then Delete Announcement
Led Zeppelin fans had some good times and bad times on Monday. Not long after posting that they'll release a replica of the "Trampled Underfoot" 1975 U.K. promo single on seven-inch vinyl for Record Store Day's Black Friday sale on November 28th, the post disappeared with no explanation given. The promo single, which featured "Black Country Woman" on the B-side, was originally given to U.K. retailers who ordered 10 or more copies of 1975's Physical Graffiti album and has gone on to become a collector's item. The single was officially released in other markets, including the U.S. and Canada. This isn't the first time Zeppelin promised something and didn't deliver. In 2020, they announced the limited-edition reissue of a Japanese vinyl seven-inch single of 1970's "Immigrant Song." But the release of the 19,700 (for 1979) copies was scrapped the day before it was to ship.
In other Zeppelin-related news, earlier this month Jimmy Page flew to Belfast, Northern Ireland to celebrate Van Morrison’s 80th birthday and to attend an event at Waterfront Hall that Morrison planned for his book of lyrics, Lit Up Inside & Keep 'Er Lit. Page's girlfriend,
actress and poet Scarlett Sabet, participated in the event. Page says, "As we arrived at the hotel, we were in luck because Van was there too so we joined him and had a really great catch-up immediately and a quality time together. I had missed out on seeing Van for quite a while, for what seems like a very long time, as I usually like to meet him for a catch-up if he passes through London." Page and Morrison go back to the mid-'60s when he played guitar on Morrison and Them's "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Mystic Eyes" and "Here Comes the Night".
Morrison has released a live version of "Back to Writing Love Songs" from his 80th birthday concerts at Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Originally released on his latest album, Remembering Now, the song is on YouTube.
THE CARS: A Deluxe Heartbeat
The Cars' Heartbeat City is getting a deluxe box set on October 31st. The four-CD and one-LP set contains the original album on CD and vinyl; a disc of B-sides, remixes and early versions; a disc of early mixes of the entire album; and a live concert recorded at The Summit in Houston on September 11th, 1984. That show was originally released on VHS and Laserdisc as The Cars – Live 1984-1985, and it's the first time it's appeared on CD. The set also includes track-by-track notes from keyboardist Greg Hawkes and an essay on the artwork by drummer David Robinson, who designed all the band's album covers. Heartbeat City, released in March 1984, went on to be The Cars' biggest selling album, going four-times platinum. It spun off five Top 40 hits, including the Top 10 singles "You Might Think" and "Drive."
TEARS FOR FEARS: A Songs 40th Anniversary Reissue
Tears for Fears are marking the 40th anniversary of Songs From the Big Chair with a series of new reissues. There's a one-LP version on clear vinyl, a picture disc, and a two-LP edition using the an alternate cover design and including alternate versions and mixes, many of which are making their vinyl debut. There's also a three-CD version that has the original album and all its original B-sides on one disc, a disc of single edits plus a couple of re-recorded tracks from that era, and a disc of various remixes.
This is the fourth time that album has been reissued -- a single disc with seven bonus tracks came out in 1999; a two-disc reissue in 2006 with seven B-sides as well as seven-inch and 12-inch versions; and box set in 2014 with four CDs and two DVDs. (This new three CD reissue just duplicates the first three CDs from that out-of-print box set.) Songs From the Big Chair was released on March 11th, 1985, in the U.S. It spun off two number-one hits -- "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Shout" -- plus the Top 5 hit "Head Over Heels." Songs From the Big Chair spent four weeks at number-one on the Billboard 200 has sold over five-million copies.
Queen's "A Night At The Opera," "Bohemian Rhapsody" To Be Reissued On Vinyl
Queen are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their album "A Night At The Opera" and Diamond-certified single "Bohemian Rhapsody" with vinyl reissues. The album will be available globally on a crystal-clear vinyl on October 17th. "Bohemian Rhapsody" will be reissued on October 31st as a transparent blue vinyl. Queen guitarist Brian May says "A Night At The Opera" was a hugely important album for the band, adding "it opened up the world for us." The 1975 album and single are available to pre-order now.
FREDDIE MERCURY: A Day at the Garden
Queen guitarist Brian May and Freddie Mercury's sister Kashmira Bulsara were on hand last Friday in the London suburb of Feltham for the dedication of the Freddie Mercury Memorial Garden. The garden is located on Feltham Green and includes a plaque, a pair of cherry trees donated by Japanese fans, a rose bush supplied by Kashmira, an 'eco-cabin' intended as a hub for local residents, and a plaque noting Mercury's connection to the area. Mercury's family emigrated to London from Zanzibar in the spring of 1964 to escape the violence of the revolution against the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government, in which thousands of ethnic Arabs and Indians were killed. They moved to Feltham, Middlesex, 13 miles west of central London. Freddie Mercury died from complications related to AIDS on November 24th,
1991. He was 45.
STEVIE NICKS: Fat Shamed Herself
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham haven't issued any statements or given interviews in support of last Friday's reissue of their 1973 album, Buckingham Nicks. But Stevie has now shed a little light on that chapter of her career, posting a letter she wrote to her parents and brother Chris while recording it. She says, "My mom saved it and it’s been in a drawer for over 50 years."
Dear Mom and Dad and Chris,
Well, here I am - once again at the 'famous' Sound City Recording Studio. I am getting very tired of sitting around listening to 12 hours of music per day. Oh well, I know it will pay off in the end, and when I am sitting in my small but luxurious Beverly Hills home overlooking my small but tasteful pool that is totally secluded, where I can sun in the nude and tan my entire fat body while waiting for my plastic surgery leg lift - it will all be worth it. Otherwise, everything here is just 'peach-y'.
I hope that all of my little family is doing fine and not working too hard. I am sure that dad is already beautifully tan and lythe - making those gorgeous blue grey eyes even more sparkling than they usually are. How sickening that he looks better than I do at 47(?) and I’m only 25. (Give me a break, Dad!)
Speaking of being almost 25 - I have decided that we should set aside the entire month of May to celebrate the fact that I am now 1 quarter of a century old. A new landmark like this should not simply be passed over as yet another birthday, but should include a gala celebration. I shall leave it to the three of you to plan it. By the way, presents will be accepted any time after the first of May - no C.O.D’s please.
Moving right along - I just want to say that I certainly do miss you all, and wish you could be here to hear some of this stuff. By the way - Dad and Chris - that rock and roll tune that you both liked ('Baby Baby, don’t treat me so bad') with the fancy guitar work is almost finished and Lindsey may go down in history as one of 'greats' in guitar playing. It really is quite amazing.
Well, no more news as of yet - so much love to you all - and hold good thoughts about this thing.
I love you,
Stevie
Although Buckingham Nicks wasn't a commercial success, unbeknownst to them at the time, it would go on to pave their way into Fleetwood Mac. A year later, in the fall of 1974, Mick Fleetwood met Lindsey at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and engineer Keith Olsen played him a track off Buckingham Nicks. "Lindsey's guitar playing was very haunting and full of melody and completely musical sounding. And that is how a good guitar player that I've been used to playing with -- not the same style, but the same drive was there to me. He knows what he's doing. He understands what to do and when to it." Ironically, Fleetwood was only interested in Buckingham joining, but Lindsay said he would join only if Stevie were included.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Delivers New Information
Let's see how much you know about Bruce Springsteen. Scott Cooper, writer and director of the upcoming movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, tells Empire it contains "new information to even his most ardent fans -- not covered in his Broadway show, or in documentaries, or in his memoir.” He adds that he and Springsteen "discussed that this was going to be a film so far removed from the mythology of the rock star. The thing that was most important to him was that this would be no hagiography. "And he never once asked me to sand off the rough edges. But would you expect anything else from Bruce Springsteen? This man who’s the reluctant moral conscience of America?” Based on Warren Zanes' 2023 book about the making of Springsteen's Nebraska album, it will be screened at the New York Film Festival on Sunday followed by the AFI (American Film Institute) Fest on October 22nd in Hollywood. It opens in theaters on October 24th.
Creed Announces "The Best Of Creed"
More than a quarter-century into their career, Creed has announced they're releasing their first "greatest hits" collection. The career-spanning retrospective, "The Best of Creed," will cover the hits from all four of the band's studio albums, including hits like “Higher,” “With Arms Wide Open,” “One Last Breath,” and “My Sacrifice,” “My Own Prison,” “What If,” and “What’s This Life For.” The digital version of the collection is available now; vinyl and cd versions will be available starting November 21.
1.Higher (Radio Edit)
2.One Last Breath
3.My Own Prison (Radio Edit)
4.Overcome
5.What If (Radio Edit)
6.My Sacrifice
7.With Arms Wide Open (Single Version)
8.Torn (Radio Edit)
9.Rain
10.What’s This Life For
11.Hide [CD/Digital]
12.A Thousand Faces [CD/Digital]
Nine Inch Nails Release "Tron: Ares" Soundtrack
Nine Inch Nails are sharing the soundtrack for the film "TRON: Ares." The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack marks the first ever film score by bandmates Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. "Tron: Ares (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" is available to stream now.The film "TRON: Ares" hits theaters on October 10th.
DEVO And The B-52s Kick Off "Cosmic De-Evolution"
DEVO and the B-52s are kicking off their "Cosmic De-Evolution Tour" tonight. The outing marks the first time the two alternative rock groups have ever hit the road together. After tonight's stop in Toronto, they'll hit Clarkston, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; Charlotte, North Carolina, and before wrapping up on November 2nd in The Woodlands, Texas. Last minute tickets are still available.
IN OTHER NEWS
The Who have posted on their socials the abandoned album cover concept for their eighth album, Who Are You, which shows all four band members with a row of people behind them. They captioned it with, "Which album cover do you prefer?” They’ll release a deluxe edition of the 1978 album on October 31st. The Who take The Song Is Over: The Farewell North American Tour to Vancouver, Canada tonight (Tuesday) followed by Seattle on Thursday, Las Vegas on Sunday, and the finale, October 1st in Palm Desert, California.
Pattie Boyd, the late George Harrison’s first wife, recently wrote on Instagram about visiting him and The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios on September 18th, 1968, saying it was one of her "rare visits." They were recording "Birthday" that day and she says, "Yoko was there singing backing vocals with me and I remember going to Paul's house around the corner to watch a movie at some point during the evening, too.”
Peter Asher will open for Graham Nash on his UK tour – October 4th in Gateshead, England through the 19th in London. Nash started his European tour tonight (Tuesday) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Steve Van Zandt and TeachRock, the education initiative he created through his Rock and Roll Forever Foundation, are holding a special show on October 26th at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey in celebration of the musicians and educators who “make Asbury Park iconic!” Among the performers are Darlene Love and Gary U.S. Bonds.
John Mellencamp posted on Instagram a snippet of the Farm Aid press conference held on Saturday before the show in Minneapolis. He was asked why he continues to serve on the Farm Aid board and the perseverance of farmers over the 40 years since the organization was formed. Mellencamp stood up and acknowledged Farm Aid founder Willie Nelson, asking everyone to stand up and applaud. And, the broadcast footage of Bob Dylan’s five-song set that day can be seen on YouTube before it gets yanked.