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Ann Wilson is spending the summer on tour with Heart, but now fans at home will get to experience a live concert she recorded with the band Tripsitter.

Ann Wilson and Tripsitter Live in Concert will be released June 6 on Blu-Ray and digital video. The release will feature a concert recorded at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl in July 2023, during a tour for their album Another Room, which came out in September of that year.

The concert, which previously aired on PBS, features a set list that includes songs from the album, as well as Heart classics like “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda” and “Magic Man,” as well as two Led Zeppelin covers.

Next up for Ann, she’ll join sister Nancy Wilson for a new Heart tour. The trek, An Evening With Heart, kicks off May 31 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A complete list of dates can be found at heart-music.com.

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The first official anthology of The Doors is getting a wide release in May.

The book Night Divides The Day: The Doors Anthology originally went on sale as a limited-edition release back in February, but now a hardcover bookstore edition will be available starting May 13.

Described as the “most definitive book yet” on the band, Night Divides The Day features new interviews with surviving members Robby Krieger and John Densmore, and archival contributions from the late Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek.

Hours of archival interviews were used as sources for the book, which also features rare photos, song lyrics, poster artwork and more. It also includes contributions from artists like Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, Chic’s Nile Rodgers, Nancy Sinatra and Van Morrison.

Night Divides The Day: The Doors Anthology is available for preorder now.

The Doors are currently celebrating their 60th anniversary as a band. They launched the celebration in November with a limited-edition six-LP set, The Doors 1967-1971. Densmore will continue the celebration with a talk at a June 14 Tribeca Festival screening of the 2009 documentary When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors, which is narrated by Johnny Depp.

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The upcoming 40th anniversary of Live Aid will be celebrated with a new docuseries.

Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World is a four-part series set to premiere July 13 at 9 p.m. ET. on CNN, 40 years to the day that the all-star charity concerts were held in London and Philadelphia.

The docuseries will feature interviews with Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof, as well as U2’s Bono, Sting, Phil Collins, Patti LaBelle and Lionel Richie, along with what’s being described as “rare archival footage” of Live Aid performances and backstage.
 

There will also be interviews with President George Bush, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Nigerian President Obasanjo and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Live Aid, organized by 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.

U2, Queen, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, The Who, Elton John and Paul McCartney were among the performers at the London show, while Philly’s show included a reunion of Led Zeppelin, Bryan Adams, Madonna, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Neil Young and Mick Jagger and more. Collins played both venues, flying in from London to make it to the Philly show.

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Green Day‘s upcoming New Years Rev film isn’t the first movie they tried to make.

A film adaptation of the musical inspired by the band’s American Idiot album was announced in 2016, but by 2020 the project had been scrapped. However, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong remains confident that an American Idiot movie will eventually become reality.

“I’m sure something is gonna happen,” Armstrong tells Variety. “The musical did so well and they’ve done it in Australia, Italy, Germany, England. … It’s traveled so well. Eventually it’s going to happen, I would think.”

American Idiot the musical premiered in 2010 and won two Tony awards in technical categories. During the run, Armstrong would occasionally play the role of the character St. Jimmy.

New Years Rev, meanwhile, is currently in production. It’s inspired by Green Day’s early van touring days.

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Sammy Hagar kicked off his Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM Wednesday night and treated fans to a few songs that haven’t been played in a while.

According to setlist.fm, the rocker kicked off the show with the live debut of his new single, “Encore, Thank You, Good Night.” He then filled the night with mostly Van Halen tracks, including the first performance of Balance’s “Amsterdam” since 2007 and the first performance of 5150’s “Love Walks In” since 1993, which ended the night.

Other Van Halen tunes in the set included “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love” with Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony on lead vocals and a guest appearance by Kesha, “Panama,” “Right Now,” “Why Can’t This Be Love” and more.

Sammy, who in addition to Anthony was backed by Joe Satriani on guitar and Kenny Aronoff on drums, also performed some of his solo songs, including the hit “I Can’t Drive 55,” “Heavy Metal” and “There’s Only One Way To Rock.”

“Playing that setlist here tonight, in front of this kind of crowd, was powerful,” said Hagar. “Kicking off our residency with ‘Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.’ with Mikey’s vocals and bass, Joe’s big, emotional guitar work, Kenny’s driving rhythm, the sound from the Dolby and the energy of the fans— that’s the transcendent power of the music we created.”

The next show of Hagar’s The Best Of All Worlds residency is Friday. The residency runs until May 17. A complete list of dates can be found at RedRocker.com.

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Van Morrison has released another track off his upcoming album, Remembering Now.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has shared the new single, “Cutting Corners,” the second track released from the record following “Down to Joy.”

“Cutting Corners” is available now via digital outlets.

Remembering Now is made up of 14 original tracks and is Morrison’s first album of all new material since 2022’s What’s It Gonna Take? The album will be released June 13 digitally and on black double vinyl, orange double vinyl, CD and cassette. It is available for preorder now.

Morrison has several European dates on his schedule this summer. The next shows are June 4 and June 5 in Madrid. He’s also set to open for Neil Young at his BST Hyde Park show in London on July 11 and will wrap his tour with two 80th birthday shows in his hometown of Belfast, Ireland, on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31.

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

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Bruce Springsteen is sharing another song from his upcoming box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums.

The latest is “Faithless,” the title track from a previously unreleased film soundtrack for a movie that never got made. The 11-song album was recorded between Springsteen’s Devils & Dust tour in November 2005 and the April 2006 release of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, his album dedicated to the music of folk singer Pete Seeger.

“‘Faithless’ was a piece of work I took (on commission) for a spiritual Western film that was preparing to be made around 2004,” The Boss shared on Instagram about the album. “In Hollywood, I have found, you can disappear into ‘development’ for long periods of time, so I thought I would release these now and let you hear my results of this interesting project.”

Songs on the album were mostly recorded by Springsteen on his own, although touring members of The E Street Band — Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Curtis King, Jr., Michelle Moore and Ada Dyer — appear on the album, as does Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa and his kids Evan and Sam Springsteen.

“Faithless” is now available via digital outlets.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums, will be released June 27, and is available for preorder now. It features seven previously unheard Springsteen records, including 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.

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Paul Rodgers, whose band Bad Company was just chosen for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has recorded a new version of the band’s classic “Rock and Roll Fantasy.”

The new take on the song has Rodgers teaming with the members of The Changels honor choir, a collaboration with Adopt the Arts Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing underserved elementary schools with high-quality music education.

“Music has the power to transform lives – I’ve experienced it myself and seen it countless times throughout my career,” said Rodgers. “Working with these young, talented and very engaged singers is an opportunity to pass along not just technical knowledge, but the passion, joy and spirit that comes from musical expression.”

The song was co-produced by former Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum, founder of Adopt the Arts, and Bruce Witkin, who previously worked with Sorum in Hollywood Vampires. Sorum also plays drums on the track.

Adopt the Arts gives students throughout Southern California a chance to gain real music industry experience, offering mentoring sessions with professional musicians, recording opportunities and more.

“We’re not just teaching these kids about music – we’re showing them how music can open doors and create community,” said Sorum. “Having Paul Rodgers join us is incredible. These are formative experiences that build confidence and skills these kids will carry with them throughout their lives.”

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Marky Ramone is heading out on the road this summer.

The Ramones drummer has announced a six-show U.S. tour with his band, Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg, starting Aug. 22 in Austin, Texas, and wrapping Sept. 24 in Philadelphia. The tour features two festival appearances – Rocklahoma in Pryor, Oklahoma, on Aug. 29 and Riot Fest in Chicago on Sept. 20.

“See ya there! Playing all your favorite songs non-stop!” Marky shares.

Marky and the band are about to head overseas for a new tour, which kicks off May 16 with a concert in Prague.

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

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KISS is celebrating the 45th anniversary of their eighth studio album, Unmasked.

To mark the occasion, KISS will release the album on colored vinyl, limited to only 2,500 copies. The vinyl comes with an Unmasked track list T-shirt and is set to ship on May 16.

There was also a super-limited-edition picture disc, which came with an Unmasked hoodie, sticker sheet and double-sided poster, but it was limited to only 500 copies and is already sold out.

In addition, KISS has launched an all-new Unmasked merch line that includes hoodies, T-shirts, posters, an air freshener and puzzles.

The complete line can be found at shopkissonline.com.

Released May 20, 1980, Unmasked was the first KISS album without drummer and founding member Peter Criss, although he was featured in the album’s artwork. It peaked at #35 on the Billboard chart and went on to be certified Gold by the RIAA.

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