Keeping The Blues Alive Records Dion will release the new album Girl Friends on March 8, which has him collaborating with a lineup of female performers, including Carleen Carter, Maggie Rose, Rory Block, Shemekia Copeland and Debbie Davis. He also teams up with guitarist Susan Tedeschi on the just-released second single from the album, “Soul Force.” It follows the previously released tune “An American Hero,” featuring Carter. You can listen to “Soul Force” now via digital outlets and watch the video on YouTube.  “I ..read more

Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame The estate of Tom Petty and RR Auction have reached an agreement over a planned auction the estate argued contained items stolen from the late Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. Back in May, the Petty estate threatened to take legal action over the auction, noting the items up for sale, including jackets, hats, vests and autographed memorabilia, were taken from a secure storage archive. But in a joint statement obtained by ABC Audio, both sides now report that “all concerns regarding the recent offering of personal clothing and item ..read more

Rachel Murray/Getty Images for The Brent Shapiro Foundation David Lee Roth has found a unique way to get into the Christmas spirit. The former Van Halen frontman just dropped the new holiday tune “Talking Christmas Blues,” although he’s not really singing in it. The track has Roth basically offering up a stream of consciousness on a bizarre holiday, set to an acoustic guitar and harmonica.   “Late last night I had a crazy dream, Santa Claus dropped in on me,” he shares. “Santa cracked a jar, we all got trashed, elves got thrashed, places got smashed ..read more

Gamefam & Warner Music Group You might think that Cher has done everything in the entertainment world, but she’s just launched her first foray into the metaverse. Starting December 8, in partnership with Gamefam and Warner Music Group, a game featuring Cher will be in Harmony Hills, her record label’s world on the metaverse platform Roblox. The four-week event offers fans the opportunity to win virtual merchandise inspired by some of the legendary diva’s iconic looks, including diamond antlers, tinsel hair, winter fairy wings and a winter crown. You can win these items ..read more

Rick Diamond/Getty Images More fans are discovering Tom Petty’s “Love Is A Long Road” thanks to Grand Theft Auto. The song, from Petty’s 1989 solo album, Full Moon Fever, is featured in the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI. Billboard reports that since the trailer first leaked on social media Monday, December 4, on-demand streams for the song increased from between 4,000 and 5,000 daily to 78,000. After the trailer’s official release on Tuesday, December 5, it was up to 376,000 streams. That’s not all, almost 1,000 digital copies of the song were sold, compared to ..read more

Jason Kempin/Getty Images Billy Joel is headed overseas next year, but he’s not launching a full tour. In fact, he’s only playing one show. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced he’ll headline Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on August 9, with special guest Chris Isaak. This is the first time Billy has played Cardiff, and he’s billing the concert as his “only European show of 2024.”  Tickets go on sale Friday, December 15, at 10 a.m.  Billy only played one show overseas in 2023 as well. In July, he headlined British Summertime Hyde Park in London. In ..read more

Queen Production Ltd. Queen continues their look at the encore in this week’s episode of Queen the Greatest Live, this time looking back at a surprise they had in store for their audience during 1986’s Magic Tour. While Queen classics “We Will Rock You” into “We Are The Champions” became the standard encore for the band during 1977’s News of the World tour, during the Magic Tour, they tried something different. Instead of going right from one song into the other, the band decided to follow up “We Will Rock You” with another song, “Friends Will Be Friends.” This week’s clip ..read more

Courtesy of AEG Bruce Springsteen has just added a Las Vegas date to his 2024 tour. He and the E Street Band will play T-Mobile Arena on Friday, March 22. This will be the first time Springsteen has played a show in Las Vegas in over 20 years. The last time he hit Sin City was in August 2002, when he played the Thomas & Mack Center. Tickets go on sale Thursday, December 14, at 10 a.m. PT. In September, Springsteen was forced to push the remaining dates of his U.S. tour to 2024 to give him time to recover from peptic ulcer disease ..read more

Courtesy Juliens Auctions An auction of the late ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill‘s instruments, wardrobe pieces, memorabilia and more kicked off Thursday, December 7, at Julien’s Auctions, with one of his bass guitars going for big bucks. The late rocker’s signature 1953 Fender Precision bass sold for $393,700, more than three times the auction house’s highest estimate.   The instrument, the most played of Hill’s guitar collection, is now the second-highest bass ever sold at auction. Only Beatle Paul McCartney’s Yamaha BB-1200 bass sold for more, back in 2021 ..read more

On This Day, December 8, 1980… Legendary Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota. He was 40. Earlier in the day, Lennon signed a copy of his album Double Fantasy for a fan as he and wife Yoko Ono were leaving for the recording studio. When he returned later that evening, the same fan, Mark David Chapman, shot him twice. The musician was rushed to the hospital where he died. Chapman did not go on trial for Lennon’s murder, instead pleading guilty to second degree murder. He was sentenced to 20-years ..read more