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John Mellencamp has announced that his highly anticipated new album Strictly A One-Eyed Jack is set for release on January 21 on Republic Records. Accompanying the announcement, Mellencamp shared a new track from the album, titled “Chasing Rainbows.” “A long, long time ago / When I used to chase rainbows / I thought there was…

Bryan Adams recently dropped a new single, titled “Kick Ass,” from his 15th album, So Happy It Hurts, which is scheduled to be released in March via BMG. Co-written by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, “Kick Ass” features a spoken-word introduction by “Monty Python” icon John Cleese. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the…

Mary J. Blige, H.E.R., Rick Ross and the Isley Brothers are set to headline Miami Gardens’ mega jazz and R&B music festival Jazz in the Gardens in March 2022. Miami Gardens mayor Rodney Harris unveiled the official star-studded lineup for the festival that returns to Hard Rock Stadium after a COVID-caused hiatus last year. “We’re…

Jethro Tull recently released a video for “Sad City Sisters,” the second single from their upcoming album, The Zealot Gene, which is due to arrive on January 28 via InsideOut Music. Iranian filmmaker Sam Chegini directed the “Sad City Sisters” video. He previously created a clip for the much-loved classic “Aqualung.” “‘Sad City Sisters’ throws…

The Police recently released a Christmas-themed video for their 1980 mega-hit “Don’t Stand So Close To Me.” The band unearthed the previously unreleased footage, which shows the members enjoying a snowy scene, from its archive. The video was filmed in the winter of 1980 in Grey Rock, Quebec, Canada. “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,”…

Filmmaker, director and producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has announced that the soundtrack for his documentary Summer of Soul (.Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) will drop on January 28, 2022. Summer of Soul is a documentary film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film…

Elvis Costello & The Imposters recently shared “Paint the Red Rose Blue,” a new song from their upcoming album The Boy Named If. According to Costello, the song is “The account of someone who has long-courted theatrical darkness, only for its violence and cruelty to become all too real. In its wake, a bereft couple…

Def Leppard and lead singer Joe Elliott, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor and Living Colour are among artists set to perform at the second annual “A Bowie Celebration” event next month. Rob Thomas, Gary Oldman, Walk the Moon, Jake Wesley Rogers, Gail Ann Dorsey, Bernard Fowler, Judith Hill, Gaby Moreno, Gretchen Parlato,…

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett has announced dates for his “Genesis Revisited – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights” tour for 2022. The tour will mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary Genesis album Foxtrot. The album was critically acclaimed and became the first Genesis album to make the U.K. album charts. The trek is…

Marking the 50th anniversary of the release of Paul McCartney and Wings’ Wild Life, UMe has announced the reissue of Wings’ debut LP. The release of Wild Life on December 7 1971, found McCartney once again redefining his post-Beatles creative identity, this time beginning his tenure as a founding member of Wings. Cracking the top…