Paul McCartney’s ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ (MPL/Capitol Records)
Paul McCartney has another top-10 hit on his hands.
The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s latest solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, debuts at #5 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart this week.
McCartney moved 63,000 equivalent album units to land at #5. Of that number, 59,500 were from complete album sales, which also puts The Boys of Dungeon Lane at #1 on the Top Album Sales chart this week.
The album, which also debuted at #1 on the U.K. Official Chart, is now McCartney’s 22nd Billboard 200 top-10, with that list including the eight number ones he had with Wings. McCartney’s last top-10 album was 2021’s McCartney III, which peaked at #2.
And McCartney is not done promoting The Boys ofDungeon Lane. He’s scheduled to sit down for a special conversation about the album on Wednesday at Roundhouse in London.
Bruce Springsteen married E Street Band member Patti Scialfa in a private ceremony at their Los Angeles home.
The couple started dating in 1988 during the Tunnel of Love tour while he was separated from his first wife, model Julianne Phillips. Phillips filed for divorce in August of that year.
After living together in New Jersey, Springsteen and Scialfa moved to Los Angeles, where they welcomed their first child, son Evan, in July 1990. After their marriage, they went on to have two more children, daughter Jessica, born in December 1991, and son Sam, born in January 1994.
The couple, who currently live in New Jersey, became first-time grandparents in July 2022, when Sam and his fiancée welcomed a baby girl.
In September 2024, it was revealed that Scialfa had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, in 2018. It caused her to step away from touring with the E Street Band.
(L-R) Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush perform during the opening night of their first American tour in 11 years at The Kia Forum on June 07, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
Rush returned to the stage Sunday night in Los Angeles, kicking off their Fifty Something tour and marking the band’s first tour since August 2015. It’s also Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson’s first time on tour since the 2020 death of Neil Peart. Drummer Anika Nilles is filling in behind the drum kit.
According to setlist.fm, the band opened with “Xanadu,” from the 1977 album, A Farewell To Kings, marking the first time the song has served as a concert opener.
The show was broken down into two sets and featured performances of classic Rush tunes like “Limelight,” “Subdivisions,” “Freewill” and “The Spirit of the Radio.” He also took the stage with three songs from 1976’s 2112: “Overture,” “The Temples of Sphynx” and “Grand Finale,” which opened the second set.
Before closing the concert, the band played a video featuring characters from South Park, introducing the night’s final song, their iconic tune “Tom Sawyer.”
Peart was certainly wasn’t forgotten during the show. The band took a moment to pay tribute to their late drummer.
During the first set, they showed a video montage of Peart accompanied by audio of him discussing how he got started playing drums and what he loved about it. They then dedicated the song “Bravado,” from 1991’s Roll The Bones, to him.
A second tribute was shown during the second set prior to a performance of “Time Stand Still” from 1987’s Hold Your Fire. The performance featured special guest Aimee Mann, who sang her part of the song live with the band for the first time.
“We’re here for so many reasons,” Lee said during the show. “We’re here to celebrate over 50 years of music that [Lifeson], myself and the great Neil Peart made together. We’re here to pay tribute to Neil.”
Rush returns to the Forum in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Ann Wilson of Heart performs onstage during the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Gala 2026 at The Beverly Hilton on May 08, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Ann Wilson, the lead singer behind Heart, is publicly speaking out about her cancer diagnosis for the first time.
“I had to have surgery and a bunch of rounds of chemotherapy and radiation,” Wilson told ABC News’ Lara Spencer in an interview that aired Monday on Good Morning America.
“It’s pretty scary,” she added.
The 75-year-old singer, who released her documentary, Ann Wilson: In My Voice, in May, was diagnosed with cancer in 2024.
At the time, the singer shared the news in an Instagram post, telling fans she “underwent an operation to remove something that, as it turns out, was cancerous.”
While she said that the operation was “successful” and that she was “feeling great,” her doctors advised her to “undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy” and also advised her to take a break from performing.
Wilson and her sister, Nancy Wilson, postponed their Royal Flush Tour so she could recover.
The “Alone” singer said that what helped her as she got through her cancer battle was music and how it was a “positive force” for her. She returned to the stage on Feb. 28, 2025.
“When I felt my energy come back, I went out on tour again and it was really great,” she said. “The first night we went out on stage, I just said to myself, well, you know what? I’m just gonna be who I am, I’m gonna take off the wig and just go out there in a wheelchair.”
She added, “This is who I am. And it was remarkably liberating for me to do that.”
With her new documentary and being back behind the mic, Wilson is allowing more people in to learn more about her.
“I’m something more than just that singer you see standing up there with the mic,” she said. “I wanted them to know about my life, my kids, my husband, everything.”
Wilson also reflected on her journey and her career performing alongside her sister. When they first came together as Heart in 1973, they entered a male-dominated rock ‘n’ roll world. They would continue to lead in the genre for more than 50 years.
“My sister and I just wanted to play guitars and we wanted to get out in front of people and we didn’t think we’re gonna break the glass ceiling,” she said.
The singer also highlighted the ups and downs of her relationship with her sister. Over the years, they faced creative differences and more, but have since reconciled.
When asked about how she and her sister are today, Wilson said, “We’re fine. We are about to go into a new project together.”
She added that fans can expect to see Heart on stage together again.
Looking back on her career, Wilson said the biggest honor — aside from performing “Stairway to Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors — is having a younger generation discover Heart for the first time and having lifelong fans continue to connect with the music.
“That is an honor, maybe the biggest honor is that people are coming still and they really have a great time,” she said.
(L-R) Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards attend The Rolling Stones Album Launch Event at The Weylin on May 05, 2026 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
The Rolling Stones have released a visualizer for the Foreign Tongues track “Rough and Twisted.” In the clip, a businessman runs and dances on a city street in slow motion. It also includes clips of him slowly stripping out of his constricting suit.
“Rough and Twisted” was actually the first taste Rolling Stones fans got of the band’s upcoming album. The song was originally released on vinyl under the pseudonym The Cockroaches.
The track was part of a viral campaign in which posters popped up in London featuring a QR code that directed folks to a website run by Universal Music. Fans quickly guessed that The Cockroaches were really The Stones, since the name was an alias the band used in the ’70s when they wanted to play secret shows.
It was later confirmed that “Rough and Twisted” would appear on Foreign Tongues, due out July 10.
Speaking of “Rough and Twisted,” Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has posted a carousel photos and video on Instagram of his time in Italy, including a clip of him driving a small vehicle set to the song. There’s also another clip of him hiking up a mountain to a helicopter, set to the Foreign Tongues track “In The Stars.” Jagger captioned the post, “Working break in Italy.”
Singer Roger Daltrey (L) and guitarist Pete Townshend of The Who perform on the first night of the band’s residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on July 29, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The Who is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their Who Put the Boot In tour with a set of limited-edition soccer jerseys, or football jerseys as they say in the U.K.
Why soccer jerseys? Well, the tour had the rockers playing three different U.K. football stadiums, and the merch line will consist of three different limited-edition collectible jerseys.
The first jersey to be released is inspired by the Charlton Football Club. The Who headlined a sold-out show at their home grounds, The Valley, on May 31, 1976.
In addition to the jersey, the set comes with a Who Put The Boot In tour pin, a tour poster, a replica ticket and a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity.
While the other two jerseys have yet to be revealed, the other two stadiums The Who played on that tour were Celtic Park, home of the Celtic Football Club, in Glasgow, Scotland, and Vetch Field, home of Swansea City A.F.C., in Swansea, South Wales.
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden launches Trooper beer at National Army Museum on March 12, 2013 in London, England. (Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images)
What could be cooler than being a roadie on Iron Maiden’s Run for Your Lives tour? Maybe being a beer roadie on the tour.
The Lagunitas Brewing Company, which makes Iron Maiden’s line of signature beers, is offering fans the chance at an all-expenses-paid but limited-time job when the U.S. leg of the Run for Your Lives tour starts Sept. 5 in New Jersey.
The winning candidate will be trained by Lagunitas brewers and educators in the brewing, handling and serving of Iron Maiden’s Trooper West Coast IPA. Then they’ll hit the road as an ambassador for the brews at the Eddie’s Dive Bar pop-up events that will be held during select tour stops.
If you want to apply for the job, submit a 30-second video to BeerRoadie.com answering the question, “What would make you the ideal candidate as the Trooper Beer Roadie?” The applicants will be narrowed down to three finalists, who will be interviewed by the Lagunitas selection committee.
The winner will then go on to receive their training at Lagunitas’ headquarters before the tour starts. You’ve got to get your videos uploaded by the end of the day on July 7.
A rare Pink Floyd track has gotten its first-ever digital release.
The full version of “Pigs on the Wing,” which prior to this was only available on the eight-track release of 1977’s Animals, is now available via digital outlets and on YouTube.
The original song was cut into two parts for Animals, with the full version linking them by a guitar solo performed by Snowy White.
The song is featured on the just-released Pink Floyd compilation album 8-Tracks, which, as the name suggests, features eight curated classic tracks from the 1971-1979 era of Pink Floyd.
Other songs on the album include hits “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2,” “Time” and “Comfortably Numb,” along with early Pink Floyd tracks “One of These Days” and “Wot’s… Uh the Deal.”
In addition to the digital release, 8-Tracks was released on vinyl and CD.
Paul McCartney’s ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ (MPL/Capitol Records)
Paul McCartney is #1 in the U.K. yet again.
The legendary Beatle’s latest solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, has debuted on top of the U.K. Official Chart.
“Guess what? Our album is Number 1! Can’t get much higher. And we are well chuffed,” said McCartney. “My team and the whole gang of people who worked on this thing, they have done a fantastic job, so thank you to all of them. And thank you to all of YOU who bought it! And thank you to me!”
This is McCartney’s 24th career #1 in the U.K. Over the course of his career he’s had 15 chart-toppers as a member of The Beatles, six solo number ones, two number ones with Wings, and one #1 credited to him and wife Linda McCartney.
The Boys of Dungeon Lane also tops the Official Vinyl Albums chart.
The album, produced by Andrew Watt, features songs about McCartney’s childhood in Liverpool, early adventures with future Beatles bandmates George Harrison and John Lennon, and more. It also includes his first-ever duet with Ringo Starr, “Home to Us.”
Deep Purple is offering up another preview of their upcoming album, SPLAT!
The band has dropped the new single “Diablo,” which features country star Keith Urban on guitar.
“It is all about taking chances,” frontman Ian Gillan says of the song. “Just for once in your life, do something exciting, step out of the mold, take that curious bend in the road instead of sticking to the highway and do something that will, for the rest of your life, either guide or warn you.”
“Diablo” is now available via digital outlets. A live performance video is set to debut Sunday on YouTube, with the band’s Roger Glover planning to chat with fans during the premiere.
SPLAT!, dropping July 3, explores the idea of the end of humanity as a transformation rather than a destruction, with the album’s description noting it sees the end “not in any crude apocalyptic sense but as a metamorphosis beyond physical existence.”
Deep Purple kicks off a European tour on June 11 in Finland. They launch a North American tour Aug. 4 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A complete list of dates can be found at DeepPurple.com.
