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Paul Simon has added two new shows to his current Quiet Celebration tour, and folks at home may get to experience them one day.

The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced he’ll be playing McCaw Hall in Seattle in August, and he plans to record both shows.

According to a press release, the concerts are being filmed “for archival purposes and possible broadcast.” It notes that the shows “will provide a unique opportunity for audiences to become part of the Quiet Celebration tour.”

Tickets for the Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Simon kicked off his Quiet Celebration tour in April. His next show is Wednesday at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, the final night of a five-night stand at the venue. 

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The Emmy nominations were announced Tuesday, with Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh earning a nod, along with projects about Sly Stone, The Beatles and Bono.

Mothersbaugh, a founding member of Devo, earned a nomination for outstanding original main title theme music for his work on Netflix’s The Residence. Although he’s made music for TV for years, this is his first Emmy nomination.

Also nominated is the Hulu Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), directed by Amir “Questlove” Thompson, which was recognized in the outstanding documentary non-fiction category. Questlove also earned a nod for outstanding direction for a documentary/non-fiction program for Ladies and Gentleman…50 years of SNL Music, which charted the history of musical guests on the NBC late-night comedy show.

And several musical projects were nominated in technical categories, including the Disney+ doc Beatles ’64, Bono’s Apple TV+ documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender, the CBS special An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile, ABC’s 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction special and SNL50: the Homecoming Concert.

One rocker who didn’t get an Emmy nod was Bruce Springsteen, although he was eligible for his Hulu documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. That continues to leave The Boss one award shy of an EGOT, as he’s already won 20 Grammys, an Oscar and an honorary Tony Award.

The 77th Emmy Awards, hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze, will air Sept. 14 live on CBS. The show will stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

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Peter Frampton has announced a new set of tour dates.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will kick off a new leg of his Let’s Do It Again tour on Oct. 17 in New Orleans, with the nine-date trek also hitting San Antonio, Tulsa, Memphis, Atlanta and more before wrapping Nov. 2 in Hollywood, Florida.

“Let’s continue making amazing memories together,” the 75-year-old Frampton wrote next to the announcement on social media.

A presale for tickets begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Frampton launched the Let’s Do It Again tour in April, marking his first tour since becoming a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Prior to that he embarked on what he called the Positively Thankful tour, which launched in September 2024.

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Styx is doing what they can to help the victims of the flash floods that occurred July 4 in Texas.

“We are heartbroken over the devastating floods from July 4th in the Texas Hill Country,” the band wrote on social media. They note that Live Nation and Styx’s charity, Rock to the Rescue, have made a $10,000 donation to the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, which will go toward those affected by the floods.

The band is also donating a portion of the proceeds from sales of their upcoming album, Circling from Above, on their website and at their shows to the organization.

Circling from Above is Styx’s 18th studio album and their first album of new material since 2021’s Crash the Crown. The album will be available for streaming and download on Friday.

Styx is currently on their Brotherhood of Rock tour with REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin and Don Felder. The tour hits Hartford, Connecticut, on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at StyxWorld.com.

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The Long Island Music Hall of Fame has announced details of their upcoming Music Documentary Film Festival, happening Aug. 8-10.

The festival will include screenings of 24 music documentaries, covering artists like The Beatles, Harry Chapin and The Zombies.

Opening day will include a screening of the documentary Building the Beatles, followed by a Q&A with the film’s co-director John Rose and a performance by British artist Billy J. Kramer.

Also on opening night, there will be a screening of the Chapin doc, Cat’s in the Cradle 50th Anniversary: The Song That Changed Our Lives, featuring a musical tribute to Chapin, along with a Q&A with the film’s producer and director.

Closing the festival will be a screening of Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary, featuring a Q&A with director Robert Schwartzman.

Other music docs screening at the festival include: They All Came Out to Montreux, about the Montreux Jazz Festival; Ron Delsener Presents, about famed New York concert promoter Ron Delsener; and My Back Pages, a short film about the world’s foremost collector of Bob Dylan memorabilia memorabilia and recordings.

More info and a complete lineup can be found at limusichalloffame.org.

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Bob Geldof is setting the record straight about a moment in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody that claimed donations to help famine relief in Ethiopia skyrocketed after the band performed at Live Aid.

Geldof, one of the founders of Live Aid, told The New York Times that it was actually David Bowie who was responsible for the surge in donations.

“The movie isn’t right. Queen were completely, utterly brilliant. But the telephone lines collapsed after David Bowie performed,” Geldof said in the article marking Sunday’s 40th anniversary of the charity concerts, which took place in Philadelphia and London.

Geldof says that ahead of Bowie’s performance, he showed him some outtakes from a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation report on the Ethiopian famine, which were cut from the final report because of the “appalling” images.

“David was crying and said he would cut a song from his set to show the CBC report instead,” Geldof explained. “It’s an extraordinary moment during the concert, because at the end of ‘Heroes,’ which the crowd were all singing, he quietly introduces the clip and asks people to send their money in. It was like a slap in the face.”

Geldof added, “Bowie brought the house down. That was the key moment.”

Live Aid, organized by Geldof and Midge Ure, raised more than $150 million for Ethiopian famine relief.

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Mötley Crüe recently released a new version of their classic track “Home Sweet Home,” featuring Dolly Parton. In a new interview with Forbes, bassist Nikki Sixx reveals that Dolly had a special connection to the tune.

“Dolly looked at me and said, ‘I really love these lyrics,'” he tells the mag. “This was one of her husband’s … favorite songs.” Dolly’s husband, Carl Dean, passed away in March.

Sixx says Dolly really understood what the song meant, telling him, “When you’re young, you want to get as far away from home as possible. You want to chase those dreams. You want to chase whatever you want to do. And then once you get there, it’s the journey getting back to your roots.”

He adds, “I was like, ‘No one’s ever explained my lyrics to me that clear.’ That just touched me on so many levels.”

Nikki says getting Dolly on the record “was just a career high” and adds that it’s been “a real joy” seeing people respond to the collaboration.

“A song like ‘Home Sweet Home’ can touch a metalhead and it can touch a country person at the same time,” he says. “And that’s something you just don’t know about a song until it’s been around for a while.”

“Home Sweet Home” with Dolly appears on Mötley Crüe’s upcoming compilation, From the Beginning, dropping Sept. 12. It is available for preorder now.

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Bryan Adams is reflecting on some big milestones in his career.

The rocker shared a video on social media noting that “incredibly” it’s been 40 years since he released his iconic track “Summer of ’69,” as well as 40 years since his ballad “Heaven” went to #1. Both songs appeared on Adams’ fourth studio album, Reckless.

He captioned the clip, “I can barely believe this!”

But Adams’ career is far from over.  

“And we’re still out doing this every night,” he says in the video, adding a clip of the song “Make Up Your Mind” from his upcoming album, Roll With the Punches, which drops Aug. 29.

Adams then shared a snippet of the next track he’ll release from the record, “A Little More Understanding,” which is coming out on Wednesday. “We’re going for another 40 years, OK? OK.”

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

Adams is currently on a European tour and will play Pompeii, Italy, on July 25. He launches a North American tour on Sept. 11 in Kamloops, British Columbia. U.S. dates that feature Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo as special guests begin Oct. 25 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

A complete list of dates can be found at BryanAdams.com.

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The band, led by Warren Haynes, has shared details for Island Exodus 16, which will be held Jan. 15-18, 2026, in Trelawny, Jamaica. 

Gov’t Mule will perform three two-set shows during the festival, with guitarist John Scofield sitting in with the band as a special guest. Haynes will also headline an afternoon solo set and will take part in a Q&A. The lineup also includes moe. and Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country doing two shows each.

The 2026 festival will take place at a new location, the all-inclusive Royalton Blue Waters Montego Bay. The move was prompted by the closing of Jewel Runaway Bay, the resort they’d been using for the past nine festivals.

Presale for those who attended last year’s festival opens Thursday at 12 p.m. ET, and those who attended any of the other installments will be eligible for a presale that begins Friday at 12 p.m. ET. Reservations open to the general public Saturday at 10 a.m. ET.

More details can be found at islandexodus.com.

Gov’t Mule launched the annual Island Exodus back in 2010. Last year’s festival also featured three two-set beachfront concerts from Gov’t Mule, plus a headlining afternoon solo set from Haynes. Other artists on the bill included Drive-By Truckers, Karina Rykman, Big Sugar and Ron Holloway.

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Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of the Live Aid charity concerts, and U2 frontman Bono has revealed the one regret he has about the band’s performance at London’s Wembley Stadium.

In an interview that aired Sunday as part of CNN’s four-part Live Aid docuseries, Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World, Bono shared that he can’t get over how he looked on the big day.

“I can’t look back at this moment with two eyes because it was such a bad hair day,” he said, according to People. “[H]onestly, one of the most famous moments of your life and your activism, you’ve got a mullet.”

U2 performed two songs during Live Aid, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Bad,” with Bono climbing down to the audience during the latter song and pulling one fan out to give them a hug.

U2 marked the anniversary with a post on Instagram, writing, “U2 were excited to play a small part in this gigantic moment forty years ago.” They noted that they “sensed LIVE AID was a coming of age for our audience as much as our band. A day when everyone seemed to agree that where you live should not decide whether you live.”

Live Aid, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, took place at London’s Wembley Stadium and Philly’s John F. Kennedy Stadium. The benefit concerts, which raised more than $150 million for Ethiopian famine relief, were watched by about 2 billion people in more than 100 countries.

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