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Elton John and Brandi Carlile are giving fans another preview of their upcoming collaborative album, Who Believes in Angels?

They’ve just released the new track “Swing for the Fences,” the second song released from the album following the title track.

On the album, the song follows tunes about singers Little Richard and Laura Nyro, and in a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Brandi shares the placement makes sense because they were both “queer predecessors” to her and Elton who were not able to live their lives openly.

She notes that the song is “kind of an anthem of encouragement to LGBTQ youth,” adding, “I think it’s a really interesting way to follow up the lives of those two icons that influenced us so much, but I think who deep down we wish could have walked through the world the way we’re getting to walk through the world now.”

Brandi says, “Hopefully it can help those marginalized kids and those young people right now and they can look to me and Elton and they can go, ‘Yeah, I’m going to be OK. Yeah, I’m going to be all right, yeah,’ because we got their back.”

Elton tells Lowe that the tune is a “positive” one, noting “electricity is flowing through that song.” In a press release he shared that recording the song “was the moment that crystallized where the album was going.”

“Swing for the Fences” is available now.

Who Believes in Angels?, produced by Andrew Watt, will be released April 4. It is available for preorder now.

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Billie Joe Armstrong is going from “American Idiot” to America’s pastime. 

The Green Day frontman has joined the ownership group for the Oakland Ballers baseball team, which plays in the minor Pioneer League. The Ballers, or B’s, as they’re often called, played their inaugural season in 2024 after the Oakland A’s MLB team announced their relocation.

“Sports in the Bay Area have been transforming over the last couple of years,” Armstrong says in a statement. “We’ve had some emotional goodbyes to teams we grew up with, but recently there has been a major shift.”

“The Oakland Ballers and the Oakland Roots & Soul [soccer teams] represent everything I love and grew up on in the Bay Area,” he continues. “The welcoming atmosphere, DIY attitude and the people behind it make me proud to be an investor and support the next generation of teams kids in the bay will be proud of.”

Armstrong previously protested the plans to relocate the A’s from Oakland, where he was born, and took part in the calls for owner John Fisher to sell the team instead of move it. Despite his and the Oakland faithful’s efforts, the A’s relocated to West Sacramento, California, where they’ll play until moving to their new permanent home, Las Vegas, in 2028.

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 Ever since Heart kicked off their Royal Flush tour in Las Vegas on Feb. 28, Ann Wilson has been performing in a wheelchair. But she’s let fans know the reason she’s in the chair has nothing to do with the cancer she battled last year.

“I think some people thought that I was in a wheelchair because of cancer, which I just kicked its a** and I’m nice and clear now,” she shared on her After Dinner Thinks With Ann Wilson podcast. “It’s not about cancer. It’s about me being a klutz and missing a step and falling into a parking lot and busting my elbow in three places and then having to have it pinned back together with screws and all that kind of stuff.”

The accident happened five days before the tour was to start, but Wilson assures fans that other than that she is “perfectly fine.”

“It’s just I don’t have the use of my left arm right now,” she says, and it’s hard for her to navigate onstage with her arm in a sling.

“So I chose to sit because then I can just concentrate on singing and not on keeping my balance and having somebody out there catching me when I reel to the side,” she adds.

Ann says some people think using a wheelchair is “kind of an admission of vulnerability,” but she sees it as a “great tool.” She notes, “And I’ll be up and out of it after a while.”

Heart’s Royal Flush tour hits Phoenix on Thursday. They also just announced dates for the An Evening With Heart tour, which kicks off May 31 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and wraps June 28 in Hollywood, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found at heart-music.com.

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A newly restored version of Pink Floyd‘s 1972 concert film, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, is set to hit theaters and IMAX on April 24, and now the first trailer for the film has been released.

The clip has the four members of Pink Floyd walking along the ruins of Pompeii, with a David Gilmour voiceover sharing, “It would be interesting to see exactly what four people could do if just given the equipment, it’d be an interesting experiment.”

It then features clips of them setting up and performing at the ancient site, and later it shows footage of the band at Abbey Road Studios as they begin work on their iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon.

The movie is a recording of Pink Floyd’s October 1971 performance at the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Italy, which was the first live concert ever to take place at the site. The performance happened just before they released their sixth studio album, Meddle.

Tickets for Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII are on sale now.

In addition to the theatrical release, Pink Floyd will also release the live album Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII on May 2, marking the first full-length live record of the concert. It will be released on CD, LP, Blu-Ray, DVD, digital audio and Dolby Atmos. It is available for preorder now.

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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Stephen Stills reveals in a new interview with Rolling Stone that he’s been sober for three years.

“I’m really comfortable in sobriety,” Stills shares. “It gets me back to the kid I was before this madness started, pretty affable and friendly.”

He adds, “Things were so special at the beginning of my career before I sold a single record. But when you add poison into that mix … I’m just glad I have my original personality back.”

Stills retired from touring in 2018, but still performs now and again. He recently reunited onstage with his Crosby, Stills & Nash bandmate Graham Nash for a performance at L.A. FireAid and tells the mag, “It felt like putting on an old shoe again … I don’t see [Nash] a lot since he lives on the East Coast, but it was great to see my old pal.”

And Stills will next take the stage with his other former bandmate, Neil Young, as well as Billy Idol and others at his Light Up The Blues benefit for Autism Speaks on April 26 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

As for whether he plans to reconsider that retirement, he’s not exactly saying no.

“FireAid helped me check and see if my thrusting and coagulating still worked,” he shares. “I’m getting a little more active now, so there’s a possibility. It depends on the kind of venues I can attract.”

He adds that getting back on a tour bus is a “big obstacle” for him when it comes to touring, although, “I do still love to play.”

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Metallica will be paying tribute to late singer and actress Marianne Faithfull on the latest episode of their weekly podcast, The Metallica Report. 

The metal legends worked with Faithfull, who died in January at age 78, on “The Memory Remains,” a cut off their 1997 album, Reload.

Following Faithfull’s death, drummer Lars Ulrich posted, “Thank you, Marianne… For the good times For your kindness For the great stories For your fearlessness.”

The Metallica Report premieres new episodes on Wednesdays.

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Items signed by Mick Fleetwood and Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir are among the new additions to the Help on the Way benefit auction, which raises money for Los Angeles fire relief.

Fleetwood has contributed a Gibson Les Paul Studio Modern guitar, which he signed along with John Mayer, Zac Brown, Wynonna Judd and others, while Weir is offering up a signed photo and print.

Other available items include a Gibson ES-355 guitar signed by Duane Betts and Dead & Company‘s Jeff Chimenti, a Gibson SG Standard ‘61 Stop Bar guitar signed by Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, and a Breedlove Discovery S Concert CE Edge Burst guitar autographed by Dave Matthews.

Previously announced participants include Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes, Phil Lesh‘s son Grahame Lesh, The Police‘s Stewart Copeland and Metallica.

Help on the Way is being hosted by the platform Fandiem. For more info, visit Fandiem.com.

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Mötley Crüe has postponed their upcoming Las Vegas residency due to frontman Vince Neil undergoing an unspecified medical procedure.

The 10-show run will now take place between Sept. 12 and Oct. 3. The originally scheduled residency was set to include 11 shows starting March 28.

“To all the Crüeheads who were looking forward to see us this spring, I’m truly sorry,” Neil says. “My health is my top priority so I can bring you the awesome shows you deserve, and I can’t wait to return to the stage. Thank you for all the well wishes that keep reaching me. Your support means more than you know.”

In their own statement, bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist John 5 add, “Please join us in wishing Vince a speedy recovery.”

“We are looking forward for him to get well again and to take over Vegas together in September,” the trio says. “We can’t wait to see you all out there, and thank you for your understanding and support in the meantime.”

Originally purchased tickets will be honored for the new dates. For all ticket info, visit Motley.com.

Beyond his health, Neil has had a rough start to 2025. In February, a plane that he owned but was not on crashed into another aircraft while landing at Arizona’s Scottsdale Airport, killing one person and injuring several others. 

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Rockers Rod Stewart and Keith Richards are both grandfathers again.

Rod’s son Liam — one of two children he had with his second wife, Rachel Hunter — just welcomed his second child with wife Nicole.

The couple shared the news and photos on Instagram, revealing that the baby, who arrived March 2, is named Elsie Skylar Stewart. She joins big brother Louie, 21 months. Elsie is Rod’s fourth grandchild.

Meanwhile, Richards became a grandfather for the seventh time.

The Rolling Stones guitarist’s daughter Alexandra – one of two children he had with wife Patti Hansen – welcomed her second child with husband Jacques Naudé on Feb. 17. She announced her son’s birth in an Instagram post, sharing that the baby boy’s name is Elvis Nova Naudé. Alexandra is also mom to daughter Arlowe Mae, who was born in 2021.

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Heart recently launched their Royal Flush tour, and they’ve already announced plans for their next trek.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just revealed dates for the new tour, An Evening With Heart, which will have the band performing two sets each night. The tour kicks off May 31 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and wraps June 28 in Hollywood, Florida.

An artist presale launches Wednesday at 10 a.m., with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m.

Heart launched their Royal Flush tour, with special guest Cheap Trick, on Feb. 28 in Las Vegas. The tour was originally supposed to happen in 2024, but was postponed after Ann Wilson announced she was diagnosed with cancer.

In September Wilson shared on social media that she was doing fine after treatment, noting that the “worst is over.”

The tour hits Sacramento, California, on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at heart-music.com.

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