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Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid festival will return live onstage in September with performances by an all-star lineup that includes Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson & Family, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds and Margo Price. The September 25 event will also feature Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The…

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are set to perform a pair of special shows at Radio City Music Hall in August, which are being touted as their final appearances together. “One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga” is scheduled to take place on August 3 and 5. Gaga and Bennett recently…

Wanda Jackson shared “That’s What Love Is,” a collaboration with fellow rock and roll legend Joan Jett, on Friday (July 16). The song is part of Jacksons’ upcoming 32nd album, Encore, due out on August 20 via Big Machine Records/Blackheart Records. The album will also contain Jackson’s version of Johnny Tillotson’s 1962 hit “It Keeps…

Bruce Springsteen’s longtime manager has officially ended a long-running debate over the rocker’s “Thunder Road” lyrics. For nearly 50 years, Springsteen’s fans have been debating whether Mary’s dress “waves” or “sways” in opening part of “Thunder Road.” The lyrics included with the original 1975 vinyl pressing and those posted on the artist’s website read Mary’s…

Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones revealed in an interview with The Times that the band has been hard at work on an expanded re-issue of their 1981 album, Tattoo You. Being released as a 40th-anniversary special box set, the re-issue is set to feature nine new song in addition to the previously released tracks,…

R&B legends The Isley Brothers have returned to Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for the first time in 15 years thanks to their new single “Friends & Family.” “Friends & Family,” featuring Ronald Isley and Snoop Dogg, entered at No. 49 on the list dated July 17. The track enters the radio survey after it gained…

Foo Fighters have earned their 28th top 10 on the Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, tying Tom Petty for the most songs in the top bracket in the chart’s 40-year history. Foo Fighters achieved the feat as their “Making a Fire” jumped 15-9 on the survey dated July 17. “Making a Fire” is the fourth…

Judas Priest plan to release a mammoth, career-spanning limited-edition box set to celebrate their 50th anniversary. The 42-CD Judas Priest: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music will drop on October 15 and will feature every official live and studio album from the band, along with 13 discs of previously unreleased live cuts. 50 Heavy Metal…

The Who’s documentary Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, which chronicles the history of the band, is now streaming for the first time. The Amazing Journey documentary, directed by Murray Lerner and Paul Crowder and featuring interviews with The Who’s co-founders and surviving members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, is available exclusively on “The…

CMT has announced that a star-packed special celebrating the life and legacy of country music titan Charley Pride will air on CMT on August 25. Country stars Garth Brooks and Luke Combs are among the artists paying tribute to Pride during the 90-minute special, titled “CMT GIANTS: Charley Pride.” Other performers who will take the…