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Deep Purple have announced a North American tour in support of their upcoming album =1. The legendary rock band’s latest album will be released on July 19. “Taking the US by storm this summer Deep Purple will be shaking the walls of arenas, with an explosive lineup of unforgettable hits taken from their repertoire of…

Universal Music is set to release a new album, Songwriter, featuring 11 previously unreleased recordings by Johnny Cash on June 28th, more than 20 years after the legend’s death. The collection contains 11 songs Cash wrote and recorded in 1993 at LSI Studios in Nashville. The songs are about love, family, sorrow, beauty, survival, spiritual…

Norwegian singer-songwriter Girl in red recently released a cover of Talking Head’s 1983 hit “Girlfriend Is Better.” The cover version is set to feature on A24 Music’s upcoming compilation album, Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’s Stop Making Sense, due out on May 17th. “Girlfriend Is Better” is the third single to arrive…

John Oates recently shared a cover of John Prine’s “Long Monday.” The cover was released as a preview of Oates’ upcoming new studio album, Reunion, which is set to arrive on May 17. “I chose to record ‘Long Monday’ due to the evocative nature and down-to-earth beauty of the song’s story,” Oates said. “I think…

MTV’s flagship awards show, the MTV Video Music Awards, is set to return to New York this September to celebrate its 40th anniversary after holding the event at other venues since 2018. The Video Music Awards, which debuted in 1984 at Radio City Music Hall, are scheduled to take place on September 10th this year…

ABC News Studios have announced a one-hour special featuring “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan’s exclusive sit-down interview with legendary rock icon Jon Bon Jovi. “Michael Strahan x Jon Bon Jovi: Halfway There” premieres on April 28, at 10 p.m. EDT on ABC, streaming next day on Hulu. The interview can be watched on the…

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has announced that his new album, Luck and Strange, will be released on September 6 on Sony Music. Luck and Strange was recorded over five months in Brighton and London and is Gilmour’s first album of new material in nine years. The record was produced by Gilmour and Charlie Andrew. Of…

Frank Zappa’s 5-hour show at the Whisky A Go Go that took place in Los Angeles on July 23, 1968, is set to be released as a live collection on June 21 via Zappa Records/UMe. Fans can now listen to a previously unreleased version of “The Duke,” recorded at the Whisky in ’68. Zappa played…

Deep Purple have announced that their new album, =1, will be released on July 19 via earMUSIC. The first single from the upcoming 13-track album will be unveiled at midnight on April 30. =1 will be the rock band’s first album with sensational guitarist Simon McBride, who replaced longtime member Steve Morse after he left…

Pearl Jam and Neil Young & Crazy Horse are set to headline the Ohana Festival, scheduled to take place at Doheny State Beach, in Dana Point, California, from September 27 through September 29. Pearl Jam will celebrate their new Dark Matter LP, by headlining the festival on Friday (September 27) and Sunday (September 29), according…