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The vinyl debut of Post Malone‘s Nirvana tribute performance was the best-selling album for Record Store Day 2025, Billboard reports.

The set originally streamed live in 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and featured blink-182‘s Travis Barker on drums. It included performances of songs including “Lithium,” “In Bloom,” “Heart-Shaped Box,” “About a Girl” and “Something in the Way.”

Among the other best-selling 2025 RSD albums were Rage Against the Machine‘s Live on Tour 1993, Talking Heads‘ Live on Tour, Fleetwood Mac‘s Fleetwood Mac picture disc, Gorillaz‘s Demon Days Live from the Apollo Theater and The Doors‘ Strange Days 1967: A Work in Progress.

The best-selling RSD singles include The Killers and Bruce Springsteen‘s Encore at the Garden, The Cure‘s “Alone” (Four Tet Remix) and Eddie Vedder‘s “Save It for Later” / “Room at the Top.”

Malone, meanwhile, stepped into the shoes of the late Kurt Cobain again when he joined surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic to rock “Smells Like Teen Spirit” during February’s SNL50: The Homecoming Concert special.

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The Grateful Dead are continuing their 60th anniversary celebration with the release of the new compilation, Greatest Hits, on June 16.

The record, the band’s first official greatest hits compilation, will feature studio recordings of such Dead classics as “Casey Jones,” “Friend of the Devil,” “Fire on the Mountain, their only Billboard top 10 hit “Touch of Grey,” and more.

Greatest Hits will be released digitally, and on CD and vinyl. There will also be an exclusive blue smoke vinyl, available at Dead.net, as well as multiple exclusive colored vinyl variants, available at retailers.

Greatest Hits is available for preorder now.

The Greatest Hits news follows the recent announcement that Grateful Dead will be releasing a 60-CD collection, Enjoying the Ride, on May 30. It features recordings from 25 years of live shows, spanning 1969 to 1994, with recordings from 20 different venues.

And the band has just shared a new preview of the record, a performance of “Althea,” recorded at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on March 14, 1981. It is available now via digital outlets.

Enjoying the Ride is limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies and is available exclusively on Dead.net.

And if 60 CDs is too much, Rhino is also set to release a smaller compilation, The Music Never Stopped, on May 30. The 3-CD or 6-LP set is described as a “shorter route through the band’s diamond anniversary celebration.” It is also available for preorder now.

Here is the track list for Greatest Hits:

“Casey Jones”
“Friend of the Devil”
“Box of Rain”
“Sugar Magnolia
“Truckin’”
“Scarlet Begonias”
“Fire on the Mountain”
“Estimated Prophet”
“Touch of Grey”

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Bryan Adams just announced a new North American tour, with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo as special guests. And it turns out Benatar may have inadvertently helped him launch his career in America.

In a new interview with Billboard, Adams says in 1981 he wrote the song “Lonely Nights” for Benatar, and while she “didn’t do it,” everything turned out OK in the end.

“It ended up being the first song off my second album that really opened the door for me in America,” Adams shares, referring to his 1981 album You Want It You Got It. “I may have to add that during the set because it’s kind of a good story to tell.”

While Adams says he hasn’t actually met Benatar or Giraldo yet, he notes, “I just really love her voice so it’s great that she’s gonna be out with us.”

Adams’ Roll With The Punches tour, named after his upcoming album, will first hit Canada Sept. 11 in Kamloops, British Columbia. U.S. dates kick off Oct. 25 in Uncasville, Connecticut, and run through Nov. 26 in Minneapolis.

A Citi presale begins April 29 at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public May 2 at 10 a.m. local time.

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

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Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood have been teasing new music from their ’70s group Faces for a while now, and their bandmate Kenney Jones has shared an update on their progress.

In an interview with the U.K. outlet The Telegraph, Jones reveals that the trio has recorded “about 11 tracks” for a possible album.

“Not all of them are going to be right,” he said. “But most of them are good.”

Jones didn’t narrow down a time frame for when that album may finally come out, noting Stewart and Wood’s busy schedules have gotten in the way.

“I can’t see it coming out this year,” he shared. “But I can see it coming out next year. Everyone’s doing different things. We do little snippets [of recording] here and there. Then all of a sudden, [The Rolling Stones] are out [on tour] again, Rod’s out again.”

Both Stewart and Wood talked about new Faces music last year. In February, Rod told Vulture he had some songs that were written and not released. He added that he had sent them to Wood, telling him, “This is stuff we’ve recorded with my band, maybe the Faces would like to do it instead?”

Then in November, Wood talked about Faces with BBC Radio’s Front Row, sharing, “We’re making some continued developments of music we made back in the day. … It still sounds as no time has gone by.”

If Faces does finally release a new album, it would be their first album since 1973’s Ooh La La.

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Green Day officially has a date with the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The “American Idiot” trio will be honored with a star on May 1. The ceremony will take place outside the Amoeba Records store on Hollywood Boulevard.

“All the way from the Boulevard of Broken Dreams to Hollywood Boulevard,” Green Day says. “This is going to be one to remember… come celebrate with us!”

It was first announced that Green Day would be getting a Hollywood Walk of Fame star back in 2024.

The ceremony comes after Green Day’s two headlining sets at Coachella. Their 2025 plans also include filming a movie called New Years Rev based on their early van-touring days.

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Carlos Santana has postponed a second show on his Oneness tour following his hospitalization in San Antonio for dehydration.

The 77-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was supposed to bring the tour to the Smart Financial Center in Sugar Land, Texas, Wednesday, but his manager has confirmed the show has been postponed.

On Tuesday, Santana’s manager announced that the guitar great “experienced an event” ahead of his Tuesday show in San Antonio and was taken to the hospital. After being diagnosed with dehydration, the show was postponed “out of an abundance of caution,” although his manager noted Santana was “doing well.”

The next show on Santana’s Oneness tour is scheduled for Friday in Thackerville, Oklahoma. A complete list of dates can be found at Santana.com.

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Queen guitarist Brian May has paid tribute to music producer Roy Thomas Baker, who passed away April 12 at the age of 78.

Baker produced five of the band’s albums, along with their hit single “Bohemian Rhapsody.” May shared on Instagram that he was “very sad” to hear of his passing.

“Roy played a huge part in the production of so much Queen music in the early days,” May wrote alongside a gallery of Baker photos. “Roy was a part of our production team from the very beginning up to and including the album ‘A night at the Opera’. We then parted company for ‘A Day at the Races’, but reunited for the ‘Jazz’ album.”

He added, “Roy’s production contribution along with Mike Stone‘s engineering for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ will never be forgotten.”

“I regret slipping out of touch latterly with Roy. I suppose life moves at such a pace these days that we imagine there will be plenty of time to rekindle a friendship, and then suddenly one day it’s too late,” May concluded his post. “Thank you, Roy for all the great work you did for us, and all the fun we had. Rest in Peace.”

In addition to the Queen albums, Baker produced four albums by The Cars and works by such artists as Foreigner, Journey, Yes, Smashing Pumpkins, Devo, Cheap Trick, Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N’ Roses and more.

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The Beach Boys join a crowded list of artists booked to play the 2025 Riot Fest, taking place Sept. 19-21 in Chicago.

The annual festival will be headlined by Green Day, blink-182 and Weezer, with a lineup that also includes Ramones drummer Marky Ramone, Jack White, Sex Pistols with Frank Carter and Buzzcocks.

The festival will mark the 20th anniversary of Riot Fest, which began in 2005.

Tickets are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit RiotFest.org.

The Beach Boys have a busy spring and summer ahead of them. Their next show is May 2 in Chandler, Arizona, with shows confirmed through Nov. 21 in Lincoln, California.

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

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Alice Cooper has shared the first single off his upcoming album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper, which sees him reuniting with his original bandmates for the first time in over 50 years.

The track is called “Black Mamba” and features The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. 

“Hi, it’s me again, yours truly, Alice Cooper,” the shock rocker says. “But I’m not alone. You know them all too well. This time, there will be no cure.”

You can watch the “Black Mamba” video on YouTube.

The Revenge of Alice Cooper will be released July 25. It marks the first album to feature Cooper playing alongside guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith since 1973’s Muscle of Love.

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Bryan Adams is coming to North America this fall.

The rocker just announced dates for the Roll with the Punches tour, named after his upcoming 16th studio album, which is expected out this year.  

The tour will first hit Canada starting Sept. 11 in Kamloops, British Columbia, with U.S. dates, featuring Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo as special guests, kicking off Oct. 25 in Uncasville, Connecticut, and running through Nov. 26 in Minneapolis.

“I’m so thrilled to be announcing the North American leg of the Roll with the Punches Tour,” Adams shares. “We’ll be playing all the classics, some deep cuts, and sharing some brand-new tracks from the forthcoming album.”

A Citi presale kicks off April 29 at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public starting May 2 at 10 a.m. local time.

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

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