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Bruce Springsteen’s latest box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums, has landed in the top 10 on two Billboard charts.

The set, featuring seven unreleased albums, debuted at #7 on both the Top Album Sales and Americana/Folk Albums charts. The Boss moved 13,000 equivalent album units of Tracks II in its first week, 10,000 of which were in traditional album sales.

Over on the Billboard 200, Tracks II debuted at #68, making it Springsteen’s 44th entry on that chart.

Also making its chart debut is the compilation Lost and Found: Selections From the Lost Albums, featuring highlights from Tracks II, which debuted at #22 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.

Released June 27, Tracks II: The Lost Album features 83 songs, all of which were originally recorded between 1983 and 2018. Of those songs, 82 have never been released before and 74 have never been heard before.

The set is the follow-up to the box set Tracks, which was released in 1998. Springsteen has already indicated that he has enough material for Tracks III, telling the New York Times in June that it was finished and contains “five full albums of music.”

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Devo has just released a restored version of their 1976 short film, The Truth About De-Evolution.

The nine-minute film, directed by Chuck Statler, has been given a high resolution upgrade by the band’s audio and video archivist, Peter Conheim, and the Cinema Preservation Alliance.

According to the description, the film “captures the essence of Devo’s avant-garde vision and pioneering commentary on society, technology, and de-evolution.” It features two Devo performances, a cover of “Secret Agent Man” and “Jocko Homo,” which features the lyric, “Are we not men?/ We are Devo.”

The film is just the first piece of restored content the band is planning to release. On Instagram they teased, “More restored films and mind-melting content coming soon.”

And speaking of Devo, Rolling Stone reports that the band’s full-length documentary, Devo, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, is set to premiere on Netflix Aug. 19.

In the meantime, Devo has several upcoming tour dates on their schedule. Their next show is at Mosswood Meltdown 2025 July 19-20 in Oakland, California. A complete list of dates can be found at clubdevo.com. 

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Back in June, Paul Stanley revealed there were going to be some changes to the announced KISS Army Storms Vegas event — and apparently that includes the name.

The band just updated fans on the experience, which is now named KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas.

The event is still taking place Nov. 14-16 at Virgin Hotels, but now, in addition to the previously announced KISS unmasked performance, a second acoustic unmasked performance has been added on opening night.

The event will also include performances from former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick; Stephen Pearcy performing the music of Ratt; former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach; Quiet Riot; Black N’ Blue; and several KISS cover bands.

In addition to the music, Stanley, Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer will take part in Q&A sessions, as will the band’s manager, Doc McGhee. There will also be several panels, including one called The Future of Kiss, focused on what’s ahead for the band.

More information can be found at KissKruiseVegas.com.

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Ringo Starr celebrated his 85th birthday in Beverly Hills Monday with his annual Peace & Love event, but the big day was also marked in a very special way in his home city of Liverpool, England.

According to the U.K.’s The Independent, the city where The Beatles were founded unveiled the “Peace and Love Sculpture” in honor of Ringo. The silver statue, revealed by the city’s Beatles Story museum, features a hand making the peace sign and was created using a casting of Starr’s right hand. A similar statue is currently on display in Beverly Hills.

The unveiling was attended by locals, as well as students from Ringo’s primary school, St. Silas CE.

Ringo is known for spreading peace and love. In fact, on every birthday he asks fans to spread the message at 12 p.m. PT. This year the message was shared in over 38 countries and was also beamed from mission control in Houston to the International Space Station.

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Heart has extended their Royal Flush tour through the end of the year, including a return to Las Vegas.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have announced a new set of tour dates, starting with a three-night stand at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in November.

The rest of the tour, with special guest Cheap Trick on select dates, includes stops in Anaheim, their home city of Seattle and Cincinnati. The tour wraps Dec. 21 in Nashville.

“This tour has been super exciting so far and it just keeps on expanding and enhancing as we go,” Heart’s Nancy Wilson says. “Every generation has been showing up for the entirely live experience we bring to the stage. Covering everything from big rock energy to those intimate romantic songs we love, I like to say a Heart show is fun for the whole family!”

Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Heart continues their tour this summer, with their next show on Aug. 8 in Quincy, Washington. A complete list of dates can be found at heart-music.com.

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Former Pearl Jam drummer David Abbruzzese has commented following the news that Matt Cameron has left the band.

Abbruzzese, who was a member of Pearl Jam from 1991 to 1994 and played on their albums Vs. and Vitalogy, writes that he’s been “bombarded” on social media with “literally [thousands] of posts, messages and emails, hoping I would call Pearl Jam and attempt to reconcile with them.” But, he says, “To be clear, I have nothing to reconcile with them about.”

“Although I never truly understood what was so important to destroy the musical chemistry we had back then, it is what it is, and I can’t do anything about it,” Abbruzzese writes. “At least nothing that I can figure out.”

“The years since 1995 have served me well towards growing as a person and a player,” he continues. “It seems the guys in the band matured and grew up as much as I did, but the fact that I haven’t had any personal contact with any of them leads me to believe the water under the bridge runs too deep and too icy for there to be any reconnection or reconciliation. This is a shame and saddens me, greatly.”

Abbruzzese goes on to say that he “could and would have much to contribute if indeed the call came, but sadly, I don’t see that happening.” He adds that he wishes PJ “continued success” and hopes to reconnect one day, but asks that fans “please stop sending me messages asking & telling me to contact their management.”

“I appreciate and understand your desire to see what could come out of that reunion musically,” he says. “I would be lying if I said I wasn’t curious, also.”

You can view Abbruzzese’s entire message on his Facebook.

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On This Day, July 8, 2023…

Elton John wrapped the final show of Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in Stockholm, Sweden. The tour, which Elton said would be his last, launched in September 2018.

The final show featured performances of such classic Elton tunes as “Bennie and the Jets,” “Candle in the Wind,” “Good Bye Yellow Brick Road,” “Rocket Man,” “Your Song” and more.

It also featured an appearance by Coldplay via a live video link up from their concert in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The tour consisted of 330 shows and entertained more than 6.25 million fans across the globe. It grossed more than $900 million.

And while this was the end of Elton’s final tour, it hasn’t stopped him from performing. Since the concert in Sweden he’s played several one-off shows, including a March concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall with Brandi Carlile and in May, he played a benefit concert at San Diego’s Petco Park.

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Bryan Adams will release his 17th studio album, Roll With the Punches, on Aug. 29, and to celebrate he’s announced a string of special club shows in England.

In a post on Instagram, Adams reveals that the intimate shows will highlight the new album, noting that he’ll be playing some of the songs on the album “for the very first time live.”

The shows kick off Aug. 30 in Leeds, followed by Aug. 31 in Newcastle, Sept. 1 in Liverpool and Sept. 2 in Norwich, before wrapping Sept. 3 in Kingston.

Tickets are being sold with bundles of the new album. More info can be found at BryanAdams.com.

Roll With the Punches is Adams’ 16th studio album, and his first since 2022’s So Happy It Hurts. He’s already released several tracks from the album, including the title track, “Make Up Your Mind” and “Never Let You Go.”

Adams is set to launch a North American tour on Sept. 11 in Kamloops, British Columbia. U.S. dates, featuring Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo as special guests, begin Oct. 25 in Uncasville, Connecticut, and run through Nov. 26 in Minneapolis. 

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Ringo Starr celebrated his 85th birthday Monday with his annual Peace & Love celebration in Los Angeles.

Ringo was joined by a whole host of stars, including his brother-in-law and Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, members of his All-Starr Band, Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Linda Perry, former Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum, Diane Warren and Richard Marx.

In addition to performances by Browne, Lucius and others, the event included Ringo’s annual 12 p.m. PT wish of peace and love, with the message beamed from mission control in Houston to the International Space Station.

Beverly Hills Mayor Sharona Nazarian also declared July 7, 2025, Ringo Starr Day in Beverly Hills.

“Ringo today we celebrate you, your music, your spirit and your message of peace and love that echoes far beyond the stage, and today, quite literally into space,” she said. “In a world that feels so divided, how beautiful that we can come together right now to celebrate peace, love and Ringo Starr.”

In accepting the honor, the Beatles legend said, “You know I lived in Admiral Grove in Liverpool, you couldn’t dream of ending up here. … I did end up in a good band, though.”

“I love it here. I love the people. I love the attitude and the peace and love that’s shown in this state is incredible,” he noted. 

And speaking of Ringo’s birthday, Paul McCartney took to social media with a birthday message for his Beatles bandmate.

“A very happy birthday to my dear friend, Ringo (or should I say, Sir Richard),” he wrote next to a throwback photo of them together. “I hope you have a wonderful day full of love.”

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