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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart and his son Stephen Stewart have pleaded guilty to simply battery after a physical altercation with a security guard during a New Years’ Eve celebration in 2019. According to a court statement released last Friday, the singer and his son admitted to manhandling security guard Jessie Dixon…

Evanescence recently released a studio recording of “Across The Universe”- the iconic track by The Beatles from the album Let It Be. Amy Lee and her bandmates covered the song for the first time on their 2018 Synthesis tour. The studio recording of the cover was added to the deluxe version of their latest album,…

Pink Floyd recently shared 12 previously unreleased live albums on streaming services. According to Rolling Stone, all of the concerts occurred between 1970 and 1972, covering the period in which the band released Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), and Obscured by Clouds (1972) and had already begun playing songs from Dark Side of the…

Marking the Golden Jubilee of David Bowie’s classic 1971 album Hunky Dory, a 50th anniversary limited edition picture disc will be released on January 7. The picture disc will feature the 2015 vinyl remaster and a poster of Bowie’s original version of the annotated back cover image. Released on December 17, 1971, the original album…

Martin Scorsese’s musical documentary The Last Waltz, based on The Band’s “farewell concert” is set to receive an official Criterion Collection release on March 29, 2022. The 1978 film captures the final show of the Canadian-American rock group at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976. The show was…

Queen guitarist Brian May has tested positive for Covid-19. He contracted the disease after attending a birthday party, which he described as a “wrong decision.” “Yep. The shocking day finally came for me. The dreaded double red line. And yes – definitely NO sympathy please – it has been a truly horrible few days, but…

A new video for George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord,” a song from his iconic triple-disc 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass, released as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the record, features a star-studded lineup consisting of more than 40 actors, musicians and comedians. The seven-minute visual, executive produced by Harrison’s son, musician…

Warner Music for Europe and Sony Music for outside Europe have announced that a “restored and re-edited” edition of Pink Floyd’s Pulse concert film will be released for the first time on Blu-ray on February 18, 2022. The concert film, directed by David Mallet, will be available as 2x Blu-ray and 2x DVD deluxe box…

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, a new documentary on Brian Wilson, will get a theatrical release in the U.K. on January 21. The documentary, featuring dozens of Wilson’s biggest hits, sketches the Beach Boys co-founder’s life and career through “a literal and metaphorical trip exploring Brian’s hometown.” Wilson last month released a new song “Right…

Bruce Springsteen has sold his entire music catalog to Sony Music Group. According to reports, the deal was finalized for $500 million. Sony Music Group purchased Springsteen’s entire recorded music and songwriting catalogs through two separate agreements, which cover the recorded music and music publishing rights to all of Springsteen’s songs, including “Born to Run,”…