Robert Plant and Roger Daltrey are among the artists set to perform at an upcoming tribute concert celebrating British music presenter Bob Harris.

The event, Stand By Me: Bob Harris—A Celebration of Life in Music, will be held Dec. 2 at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

In a post on Instagram, the 80-year-old Harris says the concert is “celebrating some of the artists I’ve worked with during my career." He adds, “It’s an incredible list of artists that are appearing.”

Plant is billed along with his band Saving Grace, with the lineup also including Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, Squeeze’s Chris Difford, country star Carly Pearce and Paul Weller, with more artists to be announced closer to the show.

Tickets go on sale Friday.

Harris, better known as Whispering Bob Harris, worked as a broadcaster on the BBC for 56 years, before announcing his retirement in June.

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BEAT, the band made up of former King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin, along with guitarist Steve Vai, has announced a new North American tour.

BEAT launched their first tour, celebrating '80s-era King Crimson, back in 2024 with Tool’s Danny Carey behind the drum kit. The new tour plans to dip into more of the King Crimson catalog and will feature Missing Persons' Terry Bozzio taking over on drums.

“For those of you who’ve seen BEAT live, it’s important to note we’ll be adding some material from ‘90s Crim to our U.S. tour,” Belew says. “Along with the addition of superman drummer Terry Bozzio, we feel this will result in a new experience for our audience. We’re very excited to play for you again. Don’t miss it!”

The new tour is set to launch Oct. 9 in Santa Barbara, California, with stops in San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver, Cincinnati, Detroit, Boston, Nashville, Houston and more, before wrapping Dec. 3 in Riverside, California.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. A complete list of dates can be found at beat-official.com.

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The Eagles have announced their return to the Sphere in 2027.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have added four more shows to their ongoing Las Vegas residency: Jan. 15, 16, 22 and 23.

Registration is open now for a presale that begins Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets will go on sale to the general public Aug. 14 at 10 a.m. PT.

The new dates will extend the Eagles’ record for the longest-running residency at the Sphere with 72 shows. They launched the residency on Sept. 20, 2024.

Eagles return to the Sphere for more shows starting on Sept. 18. They also have shows scheduled in November and December.

A complete list of Eagles dates can be found at Eagles.com.

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The 49th anniversary of My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello’s debut album, is being celebrated with a five-CD box set, featuring a whole host of bonus material.

My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition) will feature 104 tracks, 52 of which were previously unreleased. It includes a 2026 remaster of the original album, along with demos, outtakes, live performances and interviews. All five CDs come with extensive liner notes from Costello, as well as rare and unseen photos, handwritten lyrics from his notebook and more.

The set is being previewed with the release of four previously unreleased recordings that show the evolution of one of the song’s classic tracks, “Watching the Detectives.” Among those tracks are a live performance featuring The Attractions, recorded on July 8, 1978, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

“Making my first record seemed like the beginning of something that I’d imagined for a long time, before I had any sense of a potential audience, let alone the expectation and the assumptions of others about songs written and performed in mere minutes,” Costello writes in his liner notes. “Nevertheless, I raise a chaste glass to My Aim Is True and all who sail in her.”

My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition) will be released Oct. 2. The original album is also getting an 180-gram black vinyl and CD reissue. All are available for preorder now.

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Eddie Vedder performed at the funeral for late Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, which was held Tuesday at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.

The Pearl Jam frontman sang "Song of Good Hope," a track off Hansard's 2012 debut album, Rhythm and Repose. Vedder was joined in the performance by Markéta Irglová, who played with Hansard in the band The Swell Season and co-starred with him in the film Once.

Vedder and Hansard were longtime friends and collaborators — Hansard played in Vedder's solo band, The Earthlings, and opened for Vedder and Pearl Jam on several occasions. Hansard also cowrote the debut song by Vedder's daughter Olivia Vedder, "My Father's Daughter."

Hansard's funeral included remarks from U2's Bono, who spoke about how everyone felt like they were one of Hansard's best friends. He also played a voice message from Patti Smith, who sang a lullaby for Hansard's family and friends.

Bono then began reading the lyrics to U2's "Beautiful Day," before his bandmate The Edge joined him in getting the mourners to sing along to part of the song.

Hansard died on July 29 in a motorcycle accident. He was 56.

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The new Gregg Allman documentary Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul is hitting the road.

After opening in theaters in June, the film is getting over 40 one-night-only screenings in music venues across the country, giving fans a chance to experience the film on a big screen with high quality sound. Some of the screenings will also feature Q&As with the film’s director, James Keach, and/or producer Michael Lehman.

"It is incredibly rewarding to bring Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul to audiences around the country,” says Lehman, who was also Allman’s longtime manager. “Having the opportunity to share stories about making the film and my years managing Gregg will make the evening especially meaningful.”

He adds, “I hope the attendees leave with an even deeper appreciation for Gregg’s extraordinary music, his remarkable life, and the legacy he continues to inspire."

The special screenings will kick off Sept. 1 in Seattle, with dates confirmed through March 18, 2027, in San Francisco. Additional screenings will be announced, with the run expected to wrap Dec. 8, 2027, on what would have been Allman’s 80th birthday.

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Bruce Springsteen has revealed that his wife, E Street Band member Patti Scialfa, is in remission after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, in 2018.

Springsteen’s revelation came in recorded video played at an event ahead of Saturday’s Pan-Mass Challenge bike ride in Boston, which raises money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

In the video, posted to the Springsteen fan account Spring-Nuts, The Boss first addressed Pan-Mass founder and chairman Billy Starr, and the “whole PMC family.”

“Since 1980, you have inspired a community that has done something remarkable,” he said. “You’ve never stopped believing that ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference. And because of that countless lives have been saved.”

Springsteen then talked about his wife’s cancer battle.

“As you know, Patti’s been living with her multiple myeloma for over eight years, but now, thankfully, she is in remission,” he said. 

“Patti’s journey has taught us something I hope every one of us and every American can understand. Medical research isn’t an idea. It isn’t politics. It isn’t a line in a budget,” Springsteen added. “It’s the reason families find hope when hope seems hardest to find. When we lose sight of that we lose sight of one another and that’s too high a price for anyone to pay.”

The video also featured Springsteen performing an acoustic version of “Born to Run,” which he called “one of my best riding songs.”

Scialfa opened up about her cancer diagnosis in the 2024 Springsteen documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. She shared the news while explaining why she had not been performing with the E Street Band during Springsteen's 2024 tour.

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The music, art and cultural influences of Grateful Dead co-founder Jerry Garcia will be celebrated with a new immersive exhibition.

Eyes of the World: The Jerry Garcia Experience, from producer Cary Granat, is described as an “ever-evolving, technologically enhanced exhibition built from Garcia’s own voice, music, and musings.” Fans will walk through eight different immersive rooms, with each exploring a different aspect of the rocker’s life and artistry. It ends with a performance space, featuring live music from Jerry Garcia tribute bands.

"My father began creating this exhibit with Cary more than 30 years ago," Jerry's daughter Keelin Garcia, co-founder of Jerry Garcia Music Arts LLC, says. "It was his dream project. Bringing it to life as he imagined is a deeply meaningful experience. We are honored to work with the people he trusted creatively. We look forward to bringing Eyes of the World: The Jerry Garcia Experience to the fans he loved."

"Jerry's artistic genius contributed to one of the most inspired movements in music and culture, built on openness, community and connection to one another," Garcia's former partner Manasha Garcia, co-founder of the Jerry Garcia Foundation, adds. "We hope those who visit Eyes of the World find a little of that inspiration and joy in this experience."

The 40,000-square-foot touring experiential event is set to open in San Francisco in early 2027, followed by stops in Chicago, Nashville, New York and Los Angeles.

Ticket information will be announced at a later date. More info can be found at Eyesofthe.World.

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Ronnie Wood is going country … sort of.

The Rolling Stones rocker has stepped in to headline The Long Road Festival, a U.K. festival of country, Americana and roots music. He replaces previously announced headliner Bailey Zimmerman, who recently called off his U.K./European tour “to focus on important family matters.”

Wood and his band will headline the festival’s main stage on Aug. 29, with special guest Imelda May.

The lineup for the festival, taking place Aug. 27-30 at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire, England, also includes Maren Morris, The Shires, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and more.

Wood kicked off a European tour in July and will next play a show in London on Aug. 21. He also has upcoming shows in Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.

A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at RonnieWood.com.

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Phil Collins has been dealing with health issues for years, but in a new interview with the U.K.'s The Times, he reveals just how bad things got.

The 75-year-old Collins, who has a history of alcohol abuse, tells the paper that in November 2023 he was hospitalized in Switzerland because of his drinking. While he was discharged just before Christmas, a few weeks later he found himself back in the hospital, where he was unconscious in the ICU.

“My kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up,” he says. “People were coming to say goodbye. But I don’t remember them coming. I didn’t have no idea this was going on. They were all worried that they wouldn’t see me again. It could all have gone so terribly wrong.”

Among those people who came to say goodbye were his five children, with Collins noting, “There were some decisions to be made about ‘Do we keep Phil on life support?’ kind of thing.”

Collins wound up spending seven months in the hospital.

“I was very lucky to have come out of that,” he says. “Needless to say, I haven’t had a drink since.”

Collins also discussed his often rocky love life in the interview. Despite three marriages ending in divorce, it sounds like he'd like to find someone to share his life with again.

“I’d love to be in love again,” he tells the paper. “I would love a relationship. Kissing somebody, for example. You know, pretty basic stuff.”

But he doesn't sound too hopeful that it would happen.

“I think it’s probably too late for that," he says. "I’m not a very social person. I don’t, you know, I don’t go out.”

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Pink Floyd is once again sharing some live footage from their archives.

The band just released video of a performance of The Dark Side of the Moon track “The Great Gig in the Sky,” recorded at their iconic 1989 concert in Venice, Italy.

“Filmed in 1989, this unforgettable concert took place on a floating stage in the heart of Venice,” reads a post on Instagram. “The performance remains renowned not only for the music, but also for its extraordinary setting and ambitious production.”

This isn’t the first archival performance Pink Floyd has shared from the Live in Venice concert, which was a stop on their A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. Over the past several weeks they’ve posted videos for such tracks as “Time,” “The Dogs of War,” “On the Turning Away” and “Learning to Fly."

The original concert was filmed for Italian TV and broadcast worldwide.

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Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of the hug. In a recent post on social media, she seemed to question why "hugs" suddenly became a go-to salutation in emails.

“Question: When did everyone get so touchy-feely?” she wrote. “It seems like a new thing where people sign their emails: 'Hugs.' Hate to be a spoil sport, but I’m wondering if there’s anyone else out there who isn’t huggy. Surely, it’s not just me.”

"Has this come from the therapy culture? The Grammy culture? Over-sharing?" she questioned.

“I guess we’re like dogs. Some are Lone wolves (me) and others are lap dogs who like a lot of pampering (hugs),” she noted. “( btw …I’m not confusing touchy-feely-huggy people with out-and- out sexy beasts. Two totally different things).”

Hynde also questioned email sign-offs that read “Stay safe,” simply asking “Seriously?" before signing off with, “OK well that’s my thought for the day.”

Hynde later clarified her comments in a second post.

“Suddenly, I seem to be getting a lot of messages signed: ‘Hugs.’ Maybe I was wrong. Maybe everyone really does need a hug,” she wrote. “That was probably mean spirited of me and so I would like to now say, ‘Have a nice day… Hugs.’”

She added, “I’ll write another riveting blog next time I have something unimportant to say In the meantime, Hugs.”

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Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman is giving fans a preview of his upcoming album, Return to the Red Planet, with the release of the new song "The Jezero Crater."

Return to the Red Planet, dropping Oct. 16, is the second time Wakeman has released an album inspired by Mars. The first, The Red Planet, was released in 2020.

The new album is described as "a sweeping new progressive work that fuses science, imagination, and musical virtuosity." The description adds that it's inspired by "the remarkable images and research that have transformed our understanding of Mars in recent years."

"Once I started looking at the new data and photographs, I realised there was an entirely new album waiting to be written," Wakeman explained when the album was announced. "There was simply too much more to say about Mars - musically and spiritually - not to return."

On the album, Wakeman is backed by The English Rock Ensemble, made up of bassist Lee Pomeroy, guitarist Dave Colquhoun, drummer Adam Falkner and vocalist Mollie Marriott, daughter of English musician Steve Marriott.

Return to the Red Planet is available for preorder now.

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Musician, poet and author Patti Smith met with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Friday.

Video posted by Vatican News shows the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer almost speechless as she shakes the Pope’s hand. Later in the clip she sits down with him at his desk, and he asks her first if she speaks English and then if she speaks Italian.

“No, I’m sorry,” she says about speaking Italian. “I’m pure American.” 

“The agenda of #PapaLeãoXIV begins to pick up the pace again after the rest period,” read the caption of the post. “On the morning of this Friday, July 31, the Pontiff received, in the Vatican, the American singer, songwriter, and writer #PattiSmith.”

Father Antonio Spadaro, who accompanied Smith, also posted video of the meeting on X.

"There are unforgettable moments in life. Today I lived one of these. With #PattiSmith, with whom for years I have shared a simple and deep friendship, and #PapaLeone, the Holy Father, today an indispensable reference for anyone who still wants to hope in this world," he wrote. "Together. Today. For 40 minutes. When every single word had its own weight and its own lightness."

Smith wrapped a European tour on Wednesday in Milan, Italy. She’ll next play the CBGB Festival in Brooklyn on Sept. 26.

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Rod Stewart headlined a special charity event Thursday night in Southhampton, New York.

The rocker performed for more 200 guests at the home of philanthropists Bob and Lauren Day Roberts, with the night raising more than $1.7 million for E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt’s national education non-profit TeachRock.

The performance included a collaboration between Stewart and Van Zandt on "We're Having a Party" and "Stay With Me."

"When I started TeachRock, I hoped we'd build a community of artists who believe music belongs in every classroom,” Van Zandt says. “To see someone I've admired for so long lend his talent to this mission and to watch people come together to support teachers, students, and the next generation through music is incredibly moving.”

He adds, “Rod didn't just give us an unforgettable performance this evening, he gave our mission a tremendous boost. Every dollar raised helps us put free arts education into more classrooms, and that's something worth celebrating."

“Playing alongside the legend that is Stevie Van Zandt for TeachRock — what a night,” adds Stewart. “Music changed my life, and TeachRock is making sure it can change theirs too.”

The TeachRock curriculum aims to bring arts-integrated education into classrooms across the country. 
More than 80,000 educators across all 50 states have used TeachRock to help bring core subjects to life with the help of music and popular culture.

Stewart is set to kick off a new set of North American tour dates on Friday in Wantagh, New York. A complete list of dates can be found atRodStewart.com.

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Billy Idol will launch a new leg of the It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again! tour in August. He’s getting fans excited for the trek with a funny new promo video, titled “Everybody’s About To Get Their S*** Rocked.”

“Rock icon Billy announces the next leg of his tour with the signature wit, swagger, and attitude that have defined his career for more than four decades,” reads the video’s description. “Along the way, he dishes out a mix of real history, rock 'n' roll wisdom, and a few tongue-in-cheek 'facts' as he spotlights the cities on his upcoming tour—proving that no one announces tour dates quite like Billy Idol.”

After sharing some not-so-well-known facts about the cities he'll hit on the tour, Idol notes, "While all these cities are so different and unique in their own way, there's one thing that unifies them together. They're all about to get their s*** rocked when I come through.”

Billy Idol launched the It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again! tour in 2025. The latest leg, featuring special guests Devo and Susanna Hoffs, kicks off Aug. 7 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and runs through Sept. 27 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A complete list of dates can be found at BillyIdol.net.

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Take a look to the sky just before you start Gears of War: E-Day, it's the last time you will.

The upcoming video game, the latest installment in the long-running Gears of War franchise, will include a weapon skin inspired by Metallica's 1984 album, Ride the Lightning.

The Ride the Lightning song "For Whom the Bell Tolls" also soundtracks a new Gears of War: E-Day trailer previewing its multiplayer modes, which you can watch on YouTube.

Gears of War: E-Day will be released Oct. 6 for Xbox Series X/S and Windows. You can preorder the game for early access to its open beta starting Aug. 6.

Metallica, meanwhile, will go from Sera to Sin City when they launch their much-anticipated residency at the Las Vegas Sphere in October.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 

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Alice in Chains is reissuing the band's 1996 Unplugged live album on vinyl in honor of its 30th anniversary.

The LP is available to preorder now via Alice's webstore. It marks the first time the album has been available on vinyl in the U.S.

Alice in Chains recorded Unplugged as part of the MTV Unplugged series. The set includes stripped-down performances of songs including "Rooster," "Down in a Hole," "Would?" and "Angry Chair."

Alice went on hiatus for months following the Unplugged performance, and vocalist Layne Staley died in 2002. The band reformed in 2006 with new singer William DuVall.

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Graham Nash has always stood up for causes he believes in, and in the latest case it has forced him to cancel an upcoming concert.

“We are disappointed to let you know that the July 31st Graham Nash show at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Henrico, VA has been canceled in solidarity with the workers on strike at the Botanical Garden,” reads a post on Nash's Instagram account. “We truly appreciate the loyalty of our audience and will work on a Richmond-area return to the stage in 2027.”

Ticket holders will receive refunds for purchased tickets.

According to the Henrico Citizen, unionized workers at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge back in April as they attempted to negotiate higher wages. They put on a one-day "unfair labor practice" strike on Wednesday, the workers' eighth this year.

Nash is currently on a summer tour that includes some co-headlining dates with Emmylou Harris. His next scheduled show is Saturday in Wilmington, North Carolina. A complete list of dates can be found at GrahamNash.com.

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President Barack Obama is letting folks know what music he’s been into this summer.

Obama just released his 2026 summer playlist, which features such classic tracks as The Police’s “Message in a Bottle,” David Bowie’s “Modern Love,” The Beatles’ “Revolution” and Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold.”

He also included “Song of Good Hope,” by Irish singer Glen Hansard, who died Wednesday in a motorcycle accident in Dublin.

“Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer,” Obama writes on social media. “It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.”

Other songs on the list include: “Can’t Hide Love” by Earth, Wind & Fire; “Anyone Who Had a Heart” by Luther Vandross; “Ain’t Nobody” by Chaka Khan; “Let’s Get it On” by Marvin Gaye; “Hold On I’m Coming” by Sam & Dave; “The Book” by Sheryl Crow; and “(I Know) I’m Losing You” by The Temptations.

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