Yungblud will perform alongside Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry in tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.
The set, which will also feature Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme, will include a medley of the Prince of Darkness’ greatest hits, according to a press release.
The 2025 MTV VMAs will air live coast-to-coast Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and MTV, and will stream on Paramount+.
Yungblud, Tyler and Bettencourt all performed at the massive Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, which was announced ahead of time as the final live performance by Ozzy and the original Black Sabbath lineup. Ozzy died just over two weeks later on July 22.
Peter Frampton and Warren Haynes at The Metropolitan Museum of Art / (Photo Credit: Jim Belmont)
Guitar great Peter Frampton takes center stage for the latest installment in the public television series The Art of Music. The episode was filmed in front of a live audience at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Frampton is interviewed by Gov’t Mule founder Warren Haynes in the episode, with the pair teaming up for performances of such Frampton classics as “Do You Feel Like We Do,” “Baby I Love Your Way” and “Show Me the Way.”
“It was wonderful performing for The Art of Music series,” says Frampton. “It’s such a unique way of putting art and music together and to have done this at The Met, what an honor.”
Frampton’s episode of The Art of Music will debut Saturday on PBS stations, and will also stream on The Art of Music’s website and the PBS app.
Frampton is set to kick off a new leg of his Let’s Do It Again Tour on Oct. 17. A complete list of dates can be found at Frampton.com.
Sir Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena during his ‘Got Back’ world tour on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)
Back in February 2024, Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner bass was returned to him after over 50 years, and now the story of how that happened will be told in a new documentary.
According to Variety, the mystery of the missing instrument will be the subject of the new doc The Beatle and the Bass from director Arthur Cary, with McCartney appearing in the flick.
The film, commissioned by BBC Arts, will feature interviews with others connected to the bass and its mystery, as well as fans, experts and collaborators. Also taking part are the journalists who launched The Lost Bass Project campaign, which helped recover the missing instrument and get it back to McCartney.
McCartney purchased the bass in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961 and used it to write such Beatles classics as “Love Me Do” and “She Loves You.” Initially it was believed to have last been seen in 1969, following the filming of Get Back. It was later revealed that it had actually been stolen in 1972 from a truck parked in Notting Hill, West London.
The Lost Bass Project launched its campaign to find McCartney’s bass in 2018, with the Beatle announcing in February 2024 that he had it back in his possession.
This isn’t the only documentary McCartney is taking part in. The new doc Man on the Run, about McCartney’s post-Beatles career, recently debuted at the Telluride Film Festival. It will be released in select theaters and then stream on Prime Video starting Feb. 25, 2026.
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Are you ready for some Foos news?
It certainly appears that Foo Fighters are about to announce something, judging from a new Instagram post from Dave Grohl and company encouraging you to sign up for their newsletter.
“Foo Fighters Assemble!!!” the post reads. “Make sure you’re subscribed to the newsletter for info you won’t want to miss… just sayin’…”
The post is accompanied by a photo showing a top-down view of each Foo Fighters member’s shoes, with their faces out of frame. We count six pairs of shoes, which suggests that one of the people in the photo is the band’s new drummer.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, that new drummer is Ilan Rubin, who long played with Nine Inch Nails, but that hasn’t been confirmed by the Foos. The last Foo Fighters drummer, Josh Freese, was let go from the band in May and has since rejoined NIN, whom he played with from 2005 to 2008.
Foo Fighters are currently set to return to the road in October for a tour of Asia. Those dates mark not only the Foos’ first live performances with their new drummer, but also their first since Grohl’s 2024 infidelity scandal.
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tom Petty’s album Wildflowers, the late singer’s estate has teamed with Because Sound Matters to release the album as a limited-edition two-LP One-Step vinyl.
The first pressing will be released Oct. 10 and is limited to 6,000 numbered copies. The audio has been cut directly from the original master tapes, with the One-Step process offering what is described as “unparalleled sound fidelity.”
And that’s not the only way the Wildflowers anniversary is being celebrated.
The estate is planning to dip into the Wildflowers vault to share never-before-seen Petty footage from that era. The first release is a performance of “Crawling Back To You” from the 1995 Dogs with Wings tour rehearsals.
More archival footage is expected to be released in the coming months, and fans can get their first look at it by joining Tom Petty Nation, the rocker’s free, exclusive fan club.
But that’s not all. A new book about the making of Wildflowers is coming and is available for preorder now. Plus the documentary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers, directed by Mary Wharton, will be released on Blu-ray Sept. 12.
Released in November 1994, Wildflowers was the first of three Petty albums produced by Rick Rubin. Although credited to just Petty, Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench and Howie Epstein played on the record, which peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200. It featured the singles “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” “You Wreck Me” and the title track.
Rick Wakeman, English keyboardist and composer best known as a member of the progressive rock band Yes, performs live with Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention. (Photo by Dawn Fletcher-Park/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman is back with a new album.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to release Melancholia on Oct. 17. It will be the third in a series of solo piano albums he launched in 2017 with Piano Portraits, followed by 2018’s Piano Odyssey.
A press release for the album describes it as “the most personal, introspective, and perhaps profound music of Rick’s storied career.”
Wakeman adds that the album, recorded on a Steinway Model D, is “one of the most meaningful suites of piano music I have ever done.”
Although the album’s title hints at sadness, the description notes that songs on the album “are neither bleak or morose,” adding, “They are generous in spirit, filled with moments of light and resolve, reflecting a mind that has learned to make peace with melancholy – not to escape it, but to transmute it.”
Melancholia will be released on CD, and on black and silver vinyl. It is available for preorder now.
‘Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy’ 50th anniversary edition (UMe)
The first album ever to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart is getting a 50th anniversary edition release this fall.
Elton John‘s Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, originally released in 1975, was Elton’s ninth album in six years. A concept album about Elton and lyricist Bernie Taupin‘s career beginnings, it only produced one big hit — “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” — but is revered by fans and critics alike.
The album was RIAA-certified Gold the day of its release due to preorders and was the first album to enter the Billboard 200 at #1, where it stayed for seven weeks.
Oct. 24 will see the release of the 50th anniversary edition on multiple formats, including digital, a two-LP and a two-CD set, as well as a single LP, Live at Midsummer Music, Wembley Stadium 1975. It documented a concert in which Elton played the brand-new album from start to finish, disappointing fans who wanted to hear the hits. All versions are available for preorder now.
The digital, LP and CD versions include the original album, unreleased session demos and Elton’s live 2005 performances of some of the tracks. There’s also a 28-page booklet that includes Elton’s 1974 diary entries.
Elton says in a statement, “I think it’s the best thing we ever did. The songs were strong, Bernie’s lyrics were brilliant … seeing it go to Number One faster than anything I’d ever released felt like vindication, like the culmination of everything Bernie and I had fought for.”
Bernie adds that the album “chronicled a very special time in our lives.”
“Hearing this album once again 50 years on reminds me of how very deep our bond of friendship and creativity ran,” Bernie says.
Neil Young performs on the Pyramid stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England(Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Neil Young debuted the new protest song “Big Crime” during his concert in Chicago on Aug. 27, and now he’s officially released the track.
The song, recorded with his band TheChrome Hearts during soundcheck for the Chicago show, is available via the rocker’s Neil Young Archives site. A video of the performance is on YouTube.
In “Big Crime,” Young rails against President Donald Trump and the White House, with the rocker singing “Don’t need no fascist rules/ Don’t want no fascist schools/ Don’t want soldiers on our streets/ There’s big crime in DC at the White House.”
He also sings “No more great again” several times in the song, a reference to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
Young and The Chrome Hearts are currently on their Love Earth tour, which hits Woodinville, Washington, on Thursday. The tour wraps Sept. 15 in Los Angeles.
Bruce Watson and Kelly Hansen of Foreigner perform at Talking Stick Resort on June 14, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by John Medina/Getty Images)
Now that they’re Rock & Roll Hall of Famers you’d think Foreigner would be too big to play a wedding, but apparently that’s not the case. It seems the group may be interested in taking on the gig for newly engaged couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
Foreigner offered up their services in “an open letter” to the couple on Instagram. “Dear Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, we know what love is. We spent 40 years figuring it out … and now you guys have it too,” reads the message. It’s a reference to the band’s biggest hit, “I Want to Know What Love Is,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1985.
“Please accept this as our formal offer to be your wedding band,” the message continues. “Best wishes, Foreigner.”
If Foreigner, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, did perform at the wedding, they could inspire plenty of couples to hit the dance floor with their romantic hits, such as “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” “Feels Like the First Time” and “I Don’t Want to Live Without You.” They could also get the crowd going with their more upbeat rockers, like “Hot Blooded,” “Jukebox Hero” and “Double Vision.”
Your move, Taylor and Travis.
In the meantime, Foreigner will be pretty busy on the road. They are playing a special fundraising show in Brookville, New York, on Friday and an anniversary concert on Ellis Island on Saturday, which will be filmed for a documentary. Their tour picks up again on Sept. 11 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A complete list of date can be found at Foreigneronline.com.
Blondie is revisiting their 1999 comeback album No Exit with a new reissue.
No Exit Deluxe Edition will include a remastered version of the original album, which featured the hit “Maria,” along with remixes and new liner notes. The set will also include the bonus track “Hot Shot,” which was previously only available in Japan. The reissue drops Oct. 31.
“Hot Shot” is available now via digital outlets, featuring a new mix by producer David Wrench.
The deluxe edition also includes all new packaging, created by the original album’s photographer and creative director, Rob Roth.
No Exit Deluxe Edition will be released digitally and in two-CD, two-LP black vinyl and two-LP crystal glass clear configurations. This will mark the first time the album’s available on vinyl. All formats are available for preorder now.
Released in February 1999, No Exit was Blondie’s first album after a 17-year hiatus, reuniting band members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke and Jimmy Destri. The album was a top-20 hit in the U.S. and peaked at #3 in the U.K., with the song “Maria” hitting #1 in the U.K. The track was also a top-10 hit on the U.S.dance charts.
And Blondie is still making music. The band is getting ready to release a new album, High Noon. So far there’s no word on when it will be released, but a recent press release announcing a special edition of the 2023 graphic novel Blondie: Against the Odds reported it was coming in “spring 2026.”
