Green Day is reportedly hard at work on its next album, tentatively titled, 1972 -- the year all the bandmembers were born -- and is expected out early in 2024. Solid State Logic posted the band is "holed up" with their longtime producer Rob Capello for the long-awaited followup to 2020's Father Of All Motherf***ers collection. Armstrong has spoken out strongly in the past on other social and political issues, telling us a while back how he approaches those topics in his music: "I'm not trying to tell people how to live their lives. I just reflect on what I see through all the chaos of social ..read more

It was 50 years ago this week (beginning on June 2nd, 1973) that Paul McCartney & Wings topped the Billboard singles and album charts with their single "My Love" and their album Red Rose Speedway. McCartney had formed Wings in 1971 with wife Linda, drummer Denny Seiwell, and guitarist Denny Laine, but the band did not immediately have the same kind of success McCartney had had on his own. Their debut album Wild Life and their first few singles had not climbed any higher than Number Ten on either the album or singles charts, as opposed to other McCartney solo work that had gone all the way ..read more

BLACKPINK's Jennie Kim performed at Chanel's Métiers d'art Dakar fashion show this week in Tokyo. Singing all alone on stage over a backing track, Jennie sang the Roberta Flack classic, "Killing Me Softly With His Song." This wasn't her first time to be connected to the fashion giant, she wore a Chanel outfit at this year's Met Gala. TL;DR: Jennie Kim performed at Chanel's Métiers d'art Dakar fashion show this week in Tokyo. She sang the Roberta Flack classic, "Killing Me Softly With His Song ..read more

Alanis Morissette shared that she will release a vinyl version of her 2005 greatest hits album, The Collection. It includes songs she recorded between 1995 and 2005. Some are well-known singles and several are soundtrack selections. Five songs from her 1995 debut #1 album, Jagged Little Pill, appear on the set, including "You Oughta Know," "Ironic," and "You Learn." That album earned her five Grammy awards. The project will be available on August 25th as 2 LPs on black vinyl, with a transparent grape-vinyl version available exclusively from Target. There will also be a crystal-clear version at ..read more

Extreme has just released a new single and video for "Other Side Of The Rainbow," showing off a more intimate side of their music. Frontman Gary Cherone says that "Every once in a while, we'll harness some kind of magic, and I think we did on this one." He went on to say that the next release from the band will be the new album called Six, which comes out on June 9th. Extreme will kick off a global tour that stretches from August 2nd through December 16th and will see the band appear across the US, Australia, Japan, UK and Europe. Some dates are already sold out. TL;DR: Extreme has just relea ..read more

The day had to come -- but after a decade, Billy Joel has finally announced that he'll be ending his monthly residency at New York's Madison Square Garden. The final show will coincide with his 150th career performance at the arena in July 2024. At the press conference at MSG, which included comments by Mayor Eric Adams, Billy said, "I'm kind of flabbergasted that it lasted long as it did. My team tells me that we can continue to sell tickets but. . . I don't know 150 shows, 10 years -- it's like, 'alright already!'" Regarding the well-publicized scale of his Long Island estate, Billy promised ..read more

Lewis Capaldi has scored his second #1 on the UK's Official Albums Chart with Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent. The collection has become the fastest-selling album of the year. It has not only surpassed the opening week sales of any other album this year, but has also sold more copies than the rest of the Official Albums Chart top 10 combined. Capaldi commented through a press release: "It feels good! Thanks very much, guys – I'll see you out there. Lots of shows, lots of smiles, lots of high fives. It means the world, I love you so much." TL;DR: Lewis Capaldi has scored his second #1 on ..read more

It was 40 years ago Saturday (June 3rd, 1983) that Derek & The Dominos' late-drummer Jim Gordon brutally murdered his mother. Gordon, who was officially diagnosed with schizophrenia while on trial for bludgeoning his mother with a hammer and stabbing her to death, is still regarded as one of rock's greatest drummers. But Gordon is probably best known for writing the ending piano theme to the Eric Clapton's 1970 Derek & The Dominos masterpiece "Layla." In recent years Dominos keyboardist Bobby Whitlock revealed that Gordon actually did not write the piano them to "Layla," insisting that ..read more

A third teacher has come forward, claiming that she was fired from Kanye West's Donda Academy in retaliation for voicing her concerns about the school. According to Rolling Stone, Timanii Meeks has joined the case of two former teachers, Cecilia Hailey and her daughter Chekarey Byers -- who claimed they were unfairly fired from Donda Academy back in March in retaliation for reporting code violations. The teachers allege that they experienced racial discrimination and frequently received paychecks that came up several thousand dollars short of what they were owed. Ron Zambrano, a lawyer represe ..read more

It was 51 years ago tonight (June 2nd, 1972) that Dion & The Belmonts reunited at New York City's Madison Square Garden at an oldies show sponsored by local radio station WCBS-FM. Despite Dion DiMucci and the group briefly reuniting in 1967 for an ill-fated studio album, called Together Again, the Garden show was Dion's first gig with the group in 12 years. Dion played acoustic guitar throughout the night and the group was backed by Billy Vera & The Beaters, who went on to score a 1986 Number One hit with "At This Moment." A live album of the event was released the following year, titl ..read more