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Guitar legend Billy Gibbons has revealed that ZZ Top have started working on a new album. In an interview with Classic Rock, Gibbons confirmed that the band’s work on its first album in almost a decade is “underway.” The upcoming album will be a follow-up to 2012’s La Futura. “The last laugh has yet to…

John Mellencamp has revealed that his forthcoming effort will feature the iconic Bruce Springsteen. Speculations about a possible team effort first arose when the pair were spotted together at a restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana. Mellencamp has now clarified that “Bruce is singing on the new record and is playing guitar.” “I finished the record a…

An expanded soundtrack of the quasi-autobiographical 2000 rock ‘n’ roll film, Almost Famous, will be released in a limited-edition Uber Box Set via UMe on July 9. The expanded soundtrack includes songs from The Beach Boys, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Who, and Yes, plus all the songs created for…

Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May has undergone eye surgery to improve his vision. May documented his operation procedure on Instagram and shared two pre-operative and post-operative selfies. “One Vision ! All prepped and waiting … for a little bit of eye surgery,” May captioned the post. “I’m in good hands. No need to worry. All…

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey recently announced that he will be hitting the road with members of the Who touring band in late summer 2021. An announcement on the legendary rock band’s website noted Daltrey will be performing some Who hits, a few rarities and some solo hits. So far, four dates have been announced…

Cher took to social media on Wednesday (May 19) to reveal that Mamma Mia! producers Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman are producing a biopic about her. Cher, who starred in Mamma Mia!, celebrated her birthday on Wednesday. She wrote on Twitter that the biopic, chronicling her life and career, is currently in the making and…

David Crosby has announced plans to release a new album, For Free, on July 23 via BMG. The folk-rock legend offered a preview of the album with the release of lead single, “River Rise,” featuring Michael McDonald. For Free, which is set to arrive just a month before his 80th birthday, finds Crosby continuing to…

Jackson Browne has announced his new album, Downhill from Everywhere, and shared a music video for the lead single, “My Cleveland Heart.” Downhill From Everywhere, Browne’s first album in six years, is scheduled to release on July 23 via his own Inside Recordings. “There’s a deep current of inclusion running through this record,” Browne said…

Duran Duran have announced Future Past, their first new album in six years, which will drop on October 22. The band also dropped a new single “Invisible.” According to the band’s official online store, the standard version of Future Past has 12 tracks and features appearances from Blur’s Graham Coxon, long-time David Bowie pianist Mike…

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts have teamed up with Z2 Comics to bring fans a unique, 40th-anniversary graphic anthology celebrating I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll and Bad Reputation. The team “reflected on all the rejection and opposition Joan faced from the industry as a woman with a guitar, especially at the beginning of her career,”…