A new documentary titled The Ballad of Judas Priest is in production at Sony Music Vision, celebrating the English Metal Gods’ 50-plus-year history and rise to the top of the hard rock heap. Documentary filmmaker Sam Dunn and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello will co-direct the film, marking the latter’s directorial debut. The Ballad of Judas […]
Bruce Springsteen has rush released a four-song EP from his much-discussed May 14 performance in Manchester, England, as the E Street Band’s European tour continues. He announced a new name for the trek on stage that night, the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour, and this new release shares the same title. “The mighty E […]
After 20 years as Foreigner’s lead singer, Kelly Hansen has announced that he will leave the band at the end of their 2025 summer tour. “Being the voice of Foreigner has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” Hansen said during the group’s Tuesday night appearance on the horrible television show The Voice. […]
Starship‘s “We Built This City,” which its own singer Grace Slick labeled “the worst song ever,” has seemingly achieved its ultimate destiny as the soundtrack for a toilet paper commercial. The gratingly peppy, keyboard-saturated “We Built This City” topped the pop charts in 1985. It also drew immediate and lasting scorn from fans offended by […]
Ex-Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese made good on his word and shared a humorous list of 10 possible reasons he was dismissed from the band in a new Instagram post, which you can see below. Freese announced his exit on Friday, saying “no reason was given” for the Foo Fighters’ decision “to go in a different direction with […]
If there is a name that is practically synonymous with the blues, it’s Buddy Guy. At the time of this writing in May 2025, Guy is 88 years old and still playing live, recording music and touring the country. The list of guitarists he has influenced is a mile long — Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, […]
Dave Navarro says “there’s no chance” Jane’s Addiction ever play together again following a disastrous 2024 concert that “forever destroyed the band’s life.” On Sept. 13 of last year, Jane’s Addiction took the stage at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston, part of a trek that featured the classic lineup reuniting for the first time […]
The list of June 2025 new music releases includes a signature reunion, the debut of one classic rock star’s new band, and an impressive array of expanded reissues and live concert packages. The Doobie Brothers have reunited for a studio LP with former frontman Michael McDonald for the first time in decades. Tom Johnston, John […]
In a career spanning nearly three decades, Queens of the Stone Age has assembled an impressive catalogue of work. Led by Josh Homme, the group‘s dynamic frontman and lone continuous member, Queens created a distinctive desert rock style. Since emerging from Palm Springs, California in 1996, the band has sounded unlike anything else on the […]
Simple Minds kicked off their Alive & Kicking North American tour on Friday at the Cascades Amphitheater in Ridgefield, Washington, with help from fellow ’80s new wavers Modern English and Soft Cell. You can see the full set list below. The Scottish art-rockers’ set drew heavily from their ’80s heyday, with six of the 17 songs coming […]