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Iconic rock star Bruce Springsteen joined Coldplay onstage on Sunday night (June 5) at the band’s second show of their two-night run at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Chris Martin and Springsteen performed back-to-back renditions of “Working on a Dream” and “Dancing in the Dark.” “The thing that happens when you make magic . is…

In the midst of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, a reissue of Sex Pistols’ notorious punk classic “God Save The Queen” has hit the top of the charts in the U.K. The song, which was reissued on Friday, launched into the No. 1 spot, exactly 45 years after it was infamously denied Number One.…

Bon Jovi tweeted on Sunday afternoon (June 5) that the band’s founding member and ace bassist Alec John Such (aged 70) has passed away. The band shared a graphic including his year of birth and death with a “Bon Jovi forever” logo above his name. The cause of Such’s death is not known. “We are…

English rock guitarist Jeff Beck has announced an upcoming album with Johnny Depp, as the Pirates of the Caribbean actor returns from victory in a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. A jury recently awarded Depp more than $10 million in his libel lawsuit against Heard in a widely followed suit. “I met this…

Queen’s Greatest Hits has reached the landmark milestone of 1,000 weeks on the UK Official Album Chart. Rising one spot to No. 18 this week, Queen has become the first British act and third act overall to achieve 1,000 weeks inside the Official Albums Chart Top 100 after Bob Marley & The Wailers’ greatest hits…

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss recently performed Led Zeppelin’s “Rock And Roll” live for the first time. Plant and Krauss kicked off their 2022 Raise the Roof tour on Wednesday, June 1, at the Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua, New York. This was the pair’s first extended set together since wrapping up the…

An all-star lineup has been announced for a Juneteenth concert at the Hollywood Bowl, led by The Roots, Killer Mike, Earth, Wind & Fire. The concert, dubbed “Juneteenth: A Global Celebration of Freedom”, will commemorate 157 years since the liberation of Black people in the United States. The lineup also features Mickey Guyton, Billy Porter,…

Journey have released the official video for “You Got The Best Of Me,” a song from the group’s upcoming Freedom album, due to arrive on July 8 via BMG except in Europe and Japan, where it will be issued via Frontiers Music Srl. “I wanted kind of a punky rendition of ‘Any Way You Want…

Reelz Channel has defended its upcoming documentary special focusing on the death of rock legend Eddie Van Halen in the wake of criticism from his son Wolfgang Van Halen. Wolfgang Van Halen harshly criticized the news of the documentary, titled Autopsy: The Last Hours of Eddie Van Halen, saying that trying to glamorize someone’s death…

The Berklee College of Music has awarded former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr an Honorary Doctorate degree. A special ceremony held in Boston on Thursday featured a tribute concert celebrating Starr’s success in the music industry, with Berklee students playing his hit songs. “It’s a huge honor to have and accept this award,” Starr said in…