Foo Fighters add new date to summer US tour

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Foo Fighters have added a new date to their upcoming U.S. summer tour.

The show takes place August 31 in Concord, California. Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 21, at 10 a.m. PT.

For more info, visit FooFighters.com.

Foo Fighters’ tour will launch in July at New York City’s Citi Field. Mammoth WVH, The Hives and Pretenders are among those providing support, depending on the date.

You can also catch Dave Grohl and company play a run of one-off headlining shows and festival dates, including Jazz Fest, Shaky Knees and Welcome to Rockville, in May.

Foo Fighters put out their latest album, But Here We Are, in June 2023.

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Stevie Nicks announces new UK & European dates

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Stevie Nicks has added some more overseas tour dates to her schedule.

The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is already confirmed to play BST Hyde Park in London on July 12. Now, she’s added five more shows in the U.K. and Europe. 

Stevie’s U.K. tour will now kick off July 3 in Dublin, Ireland, followed by stops in Glasgow on July 6 and Manchester on July 9. Following the Hyde Park show, she’ll head to Antwerp, Belgium, on July 16, with the tour wrapping July 19 in Amsterdam.

Stevie announced the news with a message to her overseas fans, writing, “Europe… It’s been too long.”

Tickets for the new shows go on sale Friday at 12 p.m. 

Before Stevie heads overseas, she has several more U.S. shows to play. She’ll launch a new leg of her tour with a headlining set at the Lovin’ Life Festival, happening May 3-5, and will wrap her U.S. shows with a co-headlining concert with Billy Joel on June 21 in Chicago. A complete list of dates can be found at stevienicksofficial.com.

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John Mellencamp walks off stage after being heckled at Toledo show

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John Mellencamp doesn’t care for audiences talking back to him, and folks in Ohio learned that lesson the hard way.

Video circulating on TikTok shows Mellencamp being heckled by an audience member at his Toledo show on Sunday, March 17, and giving him a piece of his mind. 

In the clip, Mellencamp is telling the audience a story when someone yells out, “play some music,” to which he responds, “What do you think I’ve been doing, you c*********?” He adds, “Here’s the thing, man. You don’t know me. You don’t f***** know me.” He then addressed someone in his crew named Joe, telling him to ” find this guy and let me see him after the show.”

Mellencamp then tries to continue his story but is interrupted a second time with a request to play “Authority Song,” prompting the rocker to respond, “Guys, I can stop this show right now and just go home.”

The audience then starts to get loud, at which Mellencamp informs them, “Tell you what I’m gonna do. Since you’ve been so wonderful, I’m gonna cut about 10 songs out of the show.” He then begins performing “Jack & Diane” before stopping to inform the audience, “Y’know what? Show’s over.” 

According to The Toledo Blade, Mellencamp did walk off the stage, although the concert wasn’t actually over. He eventually returned and treated the crowd to classics like, “Rain On the Scarecrow,”“Lonely Ol’Night ”and “Pink Houses.”

The paper notes, “Overall, John Mellencamp’s return to Toledo was a mostly joyous experience, despite the presence of a few rude Toledoans who need to learn proper etiquette about behaving in public.”

Mellencamp’s tour hits East Lansing, Michigan, on March 19. A complete list of dates can be found at mellencamp.com.

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U2’s “With or Without You” reaches 1 billion streams on Spotify

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U2 is the latest artist to join Spotify’s Billions club.

The band’s classic tune “With or Without You” has reached 1 billion streams on the streaming service, their first song to cross that milestone.

“Massive thank you for streaming With Or Without You ONE BILLION times on @spotify, (We couldn’t do it without you.),” they shared on Instagram.

“With or Without You” was the lead track off U2’s #1 album The Joshua Tree. The track went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks in the top spot. It’s one of only two U2 songs to hit #1. The other is  “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” from the same album.

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The Who’s Roger Daltrey announces nine-date North American tour

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The Who’s Roger Daltrey has announced some more North American solo dates.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer initially announced a couple of one-off shows, but that’s now been expanded to a nine-date tour hitting the U.S. and Canada this June.

The tour promises fans “a mostly acoustic set of Who gems, rarities, solo nuggets and other surprises,” with Daltrey also answering questions from the audience. 

KT Tunstall and Dan Bern are special guests on the tour, which will have Daltrey backed by a “hand-picked ensemble of musicians,” including his bandmate Pete Townshend’s brother Simon Townshend on guitar and backing vocals. 

The tour kicks off June 12 in Vienna, Virginia, with dates in Bethel and Port Chester, New York, Boston and Lennox, Massachusetts, Detroit and more, before wrapping June 29 in Highland Park, Illinois. He is also playing a show in San Diego, California, on May 6. A complete list of dates can be found at thewho.com.

Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, March 22, at 10 a.m.

Next up, The Who is set to play two Teenage Cancer Trust charity shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall on March 18 and 20. Daltrey is also headlining a special show, Ovation, a Celebration of 24 Years of Gigs for TCT, on March 24, celebrating his 24-year career as curator and host of the Teenage Cancer Trust shows. It will feature special guests Robert Plant with Saving Grace, Pearl Jam‘s Eddie VedderStereophonics’ Kelly Jones and Paul Weller.

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Lenny Kravitz wows with shirtless photo on Instagram

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Lenny Kravitz has a lot of folks thirstin’ on Instagram.

The 59-year-old rocker shared a shirtless photo on social media, showing off his ridiculously chiseled abs as he bathed in the warmth of the sun. He captioned the photo, “Standing in love and gratitude.” 

The photo prompted a response from actor Channing Tatum, who is engaged to the rocker’s daughter, Zoë Kravitz, and is known for having similarly impressive abs. “Jesus Christmas Lenny wtf you’re gonna hurt someone on this platform. Hahaha,” he commented.

And he wasn’t the only one impressed. Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland commented, “And just like…..I’m headed to the gym!!!” Actress Rosario Dawson added, “Just blessing the sun with your shine.”

Kravitz is set to release his new album, Blue Electric Light, on May 24. He’s also nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. Inductees will be announced in late April, with the induction ceremony set to take place this fall in Cleveland.

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Throwing purple: Stone Temple Pilots announce co-headlining tour with Live

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Stone Temple Pilots have announced a U.S. co-headlining tour with Live.

The joint outing, dubbed the Jubilee tour, runs from August 16 in Concord, California, to September 15 in Indianapolis. It’ll celebrate the 30th anniversary of STP and Live’s respective 1994 albums, Purple and Throwing Copper.

And if that’s not enough ’90s for you, the bill also includes Our Lady Peace for the first two shows, and Soul Asylum for the rest of the tour.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 22, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit StoneTemplePilots.com or Freaks4Live.com.

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Jeff Lynne’s ELO announces dates for final tour

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Another legendary band is getting ready to say goodbye to the road.

Jeff Lynne’s ELO just announced dates for The Over and Out Tour, which is being billed as the band’s final tour.

The 27-date trek is set to kick off August 24 in Palm Desert, California, with stops in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Nashville, Dallas, Phoenix and more, before wrapping October 25 in Los Angeles.

Lynne’s ELO will be launching an artist presale Wednesday, March 20, at 10 a.m., with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday, March 22, at 10 a.m. A complete list of dates can be found at jefflynneselo.com. 

This will be the first tour for Jeff Lynne’s ELO since 2019, although they did play Joe Walsh’s VetsAid in Chula Vista, California, in 2023, treating the crowd to such classics as “Evil Woman,” “Don’t Bring Me Down” and “Mr. Blue Sky.”

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On This Day, March 18, 1972: Neil Young lands his first and only #1 with “Heart of Gold”

On This Day, March 18, 1972…

Neil Young topped the Billboard singles chart with “Heart of Gold,” his first, and to this day, only solo #1 single. 

The track featured backup vocals from Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor.

“Heart of Gold” was featured on Neil’s fourth studio album Harvest, which spent two weeks on top the Billboard Album chart, and was Billboard‘s top album of 1972. It also included the hit single “Old Man,” which was a top 40 hit for Neil.

Young is due to head out on the Love Earth Tour with his band Crazy Horse this year. The 15-city tour is set to kick off with two nights in San Diego, April 24 and 25.

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Photos surface of Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan

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The public is getting its first look at Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan.

People has shared photos of the actor on the New York City set of the upcoming Dylan flick A Complete Unknown. In the pictures he’s seen in a green jacket with a yellow backpack, hat and brown scarf, carrying a guitar.  

A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold, has been in the works for more than four years. It is expected to cover the early ’60s in New York, when a 17-year-old Dylan comes to the Big Apple and meets artists like Woody GuthriePete Seeger and Joan Baez, and follows him through his famed 1965 performance at the Newport Folk Festival, when he shocks the crowd by plugging in an electric guitar.

In addition to Chalamet, the film stars Edward Norton as Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Baez, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash and Nick Offerman as Alan Lomax.

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