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Paul McCartney’s photography exhibit is hitting another city this year.

Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm is set to debut at Nashville’s Frist Art Museum on Nov. 6 and run through Jan. 26, 2026.

Eyes of the Storm features more than 250 photographs taken by The Beatles legend between 1963 and 1964, giving fans insight into his point of view during the height of Beatlemania.

The exhibit debuted in June 2023 at London’s National Portrait Gallery and has since been shown at museums in Virginia; New York; Portland, Oregon; Osaka, Japan; San Francisco; and Ontario, Canada. Select photos were also on display at an art gallery in Beverly Hills, California.

Timed tickets to the Frist showings will go on sale Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. local time for Frist members. The general sale begins Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. local time.

McCartney is getting ready to head out on a new North American leg of his Got Back tour this fall. The tour kicks off Sept. 29 in Palm Desert, California. A complete list of dates can be found at PaulMcCartney.com.

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Eagles founding member Bernie Leadon is set to release his first solo album in over two decades.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will drop Too Late To Be Cool on Oct. 10, with all songs on the album written by Leadon and produced by Glyn Johns.

“I love this album. We took time to make sure the songs were in good keys for my voice,” Leadon shares. “The three piece band and myself were all sitting in the same room, or where we could see one another well. Many were first, or very early takes. I even sang live on about three songs.”

He adds, “I hope you all enjoy it. Hope you find something that sticks with you, in a good way. I’m so grateful we can all still do this.”

To coincide with the announcement, Leadon has released the album’s second single, “Just a Little,” to digital outlets. It follows the single “Too Many Memories,” for which he recently released a music video filled with archival photos of his life and career.

Too Late To Be Cool, which is available for preorder now, is Leadon’s first solo album since 2004’s Mirror.

While Leadon recently performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame, he’s set to make his first public performance in almost 10 years at the upcoming Americanafest, taking place Sept. 9-13. His last public performance was with the Eagles on 2105’s History of the Eagles tour.

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Neil Young is taking a stand against Meta’s use of artificial intelligence when it comes to children.

A post on Young’s Facebook page announced that he would no longer be using the social media platform, an apparent response to a Reuters article that revealed details of an internal Meta Platforms document that noted Meta’s chatbot functions were allowed to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.”

“At Neil Young’s request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young related activities,” read the post on Young’s Facebook page. “Meta’s use of chatbots with children is unconscionable. Mr. Young does not want a further connection with FACEBOOK.”

Young hasn’t made any other comments about his decision. It does look like Meta plans to change its policy, though, with spokesman Andy Stone telling Reuters the document is being revised. Stone says examples listed in it “were and are erroneous and inconsistent with our policies, and have been removed.”

Young is currently on his Love Earth tour with his band Chrome Hearts. The tour hits Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, on Friday. A complete list of dates can be found at NeilYoungArchives.com.

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Ozzy Osbourne‘s hometown soccer team, Aston Villa of Birmingham, England, will be honoring the late Prince of Darkness during their upcoming opening game of the 2025-26 Premier League season.

The game will take place Saturday at Aston Villa’s home stadium of Villa Park, which Ozzy and Black Sabbath performed at during their Back to the Beginning concert on July 5. 

Before the match begins, the stadium’s big screens will display a video tribute to Ozzy. Then, the players’ walkout will be soundtracked by Ozzy’s Back to the Beginning performance of “Crazy Train.”

Additionally, the stadium’s Fan Zone will feature a performance of Ozzy and Sabbath songs by Bostin Brass, which also played during Ozzy’s public funeral procession in Birmingham. Attendees will also be able to sign a book of condolences in the team store, which will later be presented to the Osbourne family.

“Aston Villa is proud to remember Ozzy Osbourne, a music legend, and his connection to our club,” the team says.

Ozzy died at age 76 on July 22, just over two weeks after performing at Back to the Beginning. 

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38 Special is sharing another preview of their upcoming album, Milestone, due out Sept. 19.

The band, best known for songs like “Hold on Loosely” and “Caught up in You,” just dropped the new single, “Slightly Controversial,” featuring a guest appearance by the band Train. It is the second song they’ve released from the album following “All I Haven’t Said.”

“This song is wrapped around a mystery woman who’s been through a few things in her life,” frontman and co-founder Don Barnes shares. “She wants to keep people guessing and talking about her every move and they just can’t seem to figure her out. Her choice to be an enigma is for her own emotional protection.”

Barnes calls the tune a “powerful guitar banger,” noting that Train’s Pat Monahan “absolutely crushed it.”

“Slightly Controversial” is available now via digital outlets.

Milestone is the first new music from 38 Special since their 2004 release, Drivetrain. In addition to Monahan, the album features songs co-written by Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s Randy Bachman and the band’s longtime collaborator Jim Peterik, who also co-produced the record.

Milestone is available for preorder now.

38 Special is currently on the road. Their next show is happening Friday in Aberdeen, South Dakota. A complete list of dates can be found at 38special.com.

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On This Day, Aug. 15, 1991…

Paul Simon headlined a free concert at New York’s Central Park, as part of his Born at the Right Time tour.

The concert, attended by an estimated 48,500 people, aired live on HBO.

Simon’s set included solo songs like “Kodachrome,” “Me and Julio Down by the School Yard,” “Graceland,” “Still Crazy After All These Years” and more, with his performance of “You Can Call Me Al,” featuring a guest appearance by comedian Chevy Chase.

He also performed several Simon & Garfunkel tunes, including “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “The Boxer,” “America” and “The Sound of Silence.”

A live album of the concert, Paul Simon’s Concert in the Park, was released in November of 1991.

This wasn’t the first time Simon played a Central Park concert. He and his former musical partner Art Garfunkel headlined a free benefit concert on the Great Lawn in September 1981.

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It’s time for The Who to say goodbye to North America, and Billy Idol has some feelings about it.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are set to kick off The Song Is Over North American Farewell tour in Sunrise, Florida, on Saturday. Idol is the support act for the tour’s final show on Sept. 28 in Las Vegas. He tells ABC Audio he has mixed feelings about opening, saying it’s “gonna be a great day and it’s gonna be a terrible day.”

“I hate to think about that because I love those guys,” he says. He notes that even if he wasn’t opening the show he “was gonna come anyway” and that he told Roger Daltrey he was coming “by hook or by crook.”

Daltrey first suggested that Idol perform a song from Quadrophenia, as Idol previously performed with The Who on their 1996-1997 Quadrophenia tour. In the end, Daltrey and Pete Townshend decided to offer Idol a slot as opener.

“So that’s gonna be fantastic, and I’ll be able to commiserate with The Who fans,” he says. “We’ll all be feeling the same way.” 

The Who announced in May they would embark on what they say will be their final tour of North America.

Daltrey said during a press conference, “It’s not easy to end the big part of my life that touring with The Who has been.” Townshend noted that “all good things must come to an end.”

He added, “This tour will be about fond memories, love and laughter.”

In addition to Idol, opening acts on the tour include Candlebox, Billy Bob Thornton and his band The Boxmasters, The Joe Perry Project, Booker T. Jones, Joe Bonamassa, Tom Cochoran and ZZ Ward.

A complete list of The Who tour dates can be found at TheWho.com.

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Rocker Eddie Van Halen is being remembered in a new post by his ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli.

“Some days I really do miss you,” she writes in the post on Instagram, next to a black-and-white photo of them smiling together. “There will always be a loud absence in these gratifying sideline years.”

Bertinelli writes of missing being able to talk to the guitar great about their son, Mammoth frontman Wolfgang Van Halen.

“Who do I yap to when there was really only one person I could talk to about Wolfie the way that we did? The pride we both felt. Still feel,” she writes. “I’m grateful for where we landed. Through the ups and the downs to still alight where we did is a blessing.”

She adds about their son, “You’d be so proud of Wolf. I know we’d be screaming together in the stands watching him on stage. Seeing who could whistle the loudest. I will never not miss being able to experience that with you.”

Eddie and Valerie wed in 1981, separated in 2001 and divorced in 2007. They had Wolfgang, their only child, in 1991. Eddie died in October 2020 at the age of 65.

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Deep Purple is set to release a new super deluxe edition of their 1972 live album Made in Japan on Friday, and they are giving fans a way to enjoy it together.

The band is set to host a special Made in Japan listening party on YouTube Friday, where fans will get to experience producer Steven Wilson‘s stereo remix of the album. The party starts at 3 p.m. ET.

The album features performances from two shows in Osaka and one in Tokyo. The new super deluxe edition of the record is a five-CD/Blu-Ray set that includes the new stereo and Dolby ATMOS mixes of the original album by Wilson, as well as newly remixed versions of all three concerts and three rare single edits.

The set will also be released digitally and as a 10-LP black vinyl edition, which will be exclusively available on DeepPurple.com and Rhino.com. There will also be a two-LP vinyl edition featuring the Wilson remix, available in the U.S. on Oct. 3.

Live in Japan featured performances of songs from Deep Purple’s then-new album Machine Head, including their now-classic “Smoke on the Water,” as well as “Child in Time” and “Strange Kind of Woman.”

The double LP was supposed to come out only in Japan, but eventually got a wider release. It was released in America that December and was a huge success. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Made in Japan (Super Deluxe Edition) is available for preorder now.

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The Joe Perry Project launched their North American tour in Tampa Wednesday night, treating the audience to a whole bunch of Aerosmith classics and more.

Perry’s band is made up of his Aerosmith bandmate Brad Whitford; Buck Johnson, a member of Aerosmith’s touring band since 2014; The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson; Stone Temple Pilots‘ Robert DeLeo; and longtime JPP drummer Jason Sutter. According to setlist.fm, each band member’s music was represented in the set.

Aerosmith tunes performed during opening night included “Same Old Song and Dance,” “Get the Lead Out,” “Mama Kin” and “Get It Up,” “Last Child,” “Draw the Line” and “Walk This Way.” The set also featured The Black Crowes’ “Jealous Again” and “Twice as Hard,” and Stone Temple Pilots tracks “Vasoline” and “Interstate Love Song.”

The set also featured several of Perry’s own tracks, including “Fortunate One” and “Won’t Let Me Go.”

Perry formed The Joe Perry Project back in 1979 after his departure from Aerosmith. They released three albums before Perry returned to Aerosmith in 1984. He last toured as The Joe Perry Project in 2023.

The tour hits Hollywood, Florida, on Thursday. A complete list of dates can be found at JoePerry.com.

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