Beatles fans can now show off their fandom with their footwear.
The band has teamed with Crocs for a new clog collection inspired by The Beatles’ 1968 animated movie Yellow Submarine.
The Beatles x Crocs line comes in two options – Classic Clog, featuring the psychedelic colors of the film, and the Yellow Submarine Clog, in bright yellow, with red and white accents.
There are also two options for Yellow Submarine-themed Jibbitz to add some bling to the clogs.
All are available to order now at The Beatles store. The Croc options sell for $69.99, while the Jibbitz sell for $19.99.
Former Yes lead singer Jon Anderson and his backing band The Band Geeks are releasing a new live CD/DVD in March and they’ve just given fans a preview of what to expect.
Anderson released a performance video of the Yes classic “Your Move – I’ve Seen All Good People,” which appears on Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks Live – Perpetual Change, a recording of their concert at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois, which took place during their 2023 summer tour.
This is the second performance video they’ve shared from the release. They previously posted a video for the Yes classic “And You And I.”
Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks Live – Perpetual Change will be released March 14 as a two-CD/DVD package and as a three-LP set. They are both available for preorder now.
Anderson and The Band Geeks are getting ready to hit the road on a new U.S. tour this spring. The 18-show trek kicks off April 1 in Tucson, Arizona, and wraps May 18 in Carteret, New Jersey.
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Babygirl star Harris Dickinson is once again talking about the possibility of playing John Lennon in SamMendes’ upcoming biopics on The Beatles, although it sounds like he really doesn’t want to.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Dickinson reportedly groaned when he thought the interviewer was about to ask about the Lennon role and said, “Don’t ask me about that,” although the journalist writes that he was actually going to ask Dickinson if he was going to be on the YouTube series Hot Ones.
But during a follow-up interview, Dickinson did eventually offer up a few words on the possibility of playing Lennon, although he still didn’t confirm or deny he has the role.
“Okay, my comment is that I think it would be a brilliant opportunity to play John Lennon, and to work with Sam and everyone else mentioned,” he said. “Yeah, I don’t know. It would be splendid.”
Dickinson previously commented about playing Lennon back in December, telling Variety, “It would be amazing to do that. I think the idea of Sam teaming up to do something like that would be incredibly exciting. Obviously, John Lennon is a very complex role, a pretty formidable force to try to do. It would be cool.”
Mendes’ Beatles project was announced back in February, with the director revealing he planned to make four separate films, one for each member of the group — Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison.
Previous reports have claimed that Paul Mescal will be playing McCartney, Barry Keoghan has been cast as Ringo and Joseph Quinn will be playing Harrison, although so far there’s been no official word on casting.
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The star-studded FireAid concerts, taking place Jan. 30 at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, will feature 27 artists, including Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. But there were so many others who wanted in that you can expect some unannounced performances.
Famed music manager Irving Azoff, who’s one of the producers of the event, tells Billboard the show is already running 5 1/2 hours. “After it was already on sale and [artists] are all set, then other [artists] called,” he explains.
“[We said], ‘It’s too late to add you to the bill and we don’t have a slot, but how would you like to go do XYZ with such and such an artist?'” he adds. “I think there’s a good half dozen really surprise moments.”
Azoff tells TheWall Street Journal the concert was announced 48 hours after he came up with the idea. His first call was to the Eagles, who weren’t available, but who kicked in a $2.5 million donation. The first artist who officially confirmed was Stewart, who said he’d charter a plane for himself and his band.
Nicks was next to confirm and plans to perform a song “with relevant lyrics that she’d never recorded or released before,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
But Azoff told the Journal he turned one superstar down because he wanted artists who had an LA connection. “My friend and client Jon Bon Jovi said, ‘I’m on the next plane.’ And I said, ‘Jon, stay in New Jersey. There’ll be a tragedy there, and we’ll come there,’” he joked.
You can watch FireAid on multiple platforms, including Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount+, Prime Video, and TikTok and YouTube.
John Fogerty and Smokey Robinson will be honored at the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music’s third annual American Music Honors.
This year’s other honorees include Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Emmylou Harris and Joe Ely, with Springsteen and E Street Band members Steven Van Zandt, Patti Scialfa and Nils Lofgren confirmed as presenters.
The awards are handed out each year to artists “who have demonstrated artistic excellence, creative integrity, and a longstanding commitment to the value of music in our national consciousness.”
The third annual American Music Honors will take place April 26 at the Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, the home of the Bruce Springsteen Archives.
Van Zandt’s band Disciples of Soul will act as house band for the night, with Brian Williams hosting the evening.
The American Music Honors launched in 2023, with Van Zandt, Darlene Love, Sam & Dave‘s Sam Moore and Steve Earle honored. Last year’s honorees included John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne, Dion DiMucci and Mavis Staples.
The event is open to the public, with tickets going on sale March 25.
From 1975 to 1987, Fleetwood Mac was one of the biggest bands in the world, and now the albums the group released during that time period have been collected in a new box set.
Coming March 28, Fleetwood Mac 1975-1987 will be available as six LPs on crystal-clear vinyl or five CDs. The box set includes the band’s self-titled 1975 release, 1977’s world-beating Rumours, 1979’s Tusk, 1982’s Mirage and 1987’s Tango In the Night. An exclusive, limited-edition version available only via Rhino.com adds a 12-inch crystal-clear vinyl single of “Silver Springs” and “Go Your Own Way.” You can preorder the box now.
1975’s Fleetwood Mac album introduced new members Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and gave us the hits “Rihannon,” “Say You Love Me” and “Landslide.” Rumours, of course, is one of the bestselling albums of all time, with classics like “Don’t Stop,” “Go Your Own Way” and “Dreams.” Its follow-up, the more experimental double album Tusk, included the hits “Sara” and the title track.
1982’s Mirage features “Gypsy” and “Hold Me,” while 1987’s Tango In the Night became the second-biggest Fleetwood Mac album ever, after Rumours, thanks to “Everywhere,” “Big Love” and “Little Lies.”
After Tango In the Night, there were multiple lineup changes, but Fleetwood Mac continued to release albums on and off through 2003’s Say You Will, their final studio LP.
Neil Young was honored by the Recording Academy as the MusiCares Person of the Year, at the organization’s 20th anniversary gala.
Young was celebrated at the gala for his philanthropic work, with a star-studded lineup performing Young tunes. Artists who performed that evening included Crosby, Stills & Nash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Leon Russell, Ben Harper and John Fogerty.
Proceeds from the gala benefited MusiCares, the Recording Academy’s charity arm, which provides critical health and welfare services to the music community.
The 2025 MusiCares Person of the Year is the Grateful Dead and they’ll be celebrated at a gala happening Jan. 31 in Los Angeles.
Ringo Starr made a surprise appearance at Paul McCartney’s concert at London’s O2 Arena in December, where they played “Helter Skelter” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise).” And while it was a surprise for the audience, the reunion wasn’t exactly a spur of the moment thing.
“It was so surprising he asked me a month ago,” Ringo joked during his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!Tuesday, before noting, “It’s always still great to play with him.”
“And you know what’s also great, the audience love it,” Ringo added. “They just love to see the two of us together. They still love it.”
Kimmel also asked Ringo to clear up some of the stories that have circulated about him over the years, and some of the answers were surprising.
The rocker confirmed that he’s never eaten pizza or curry, noting, “I’m allergic to several items, and pizza, you don’t know what they’re putting in it half the time or the curry.”
Ringo also shared that he learned how to knit when he was in the hospital at age 13, but added that during that time a lady came in one day and gave him a drum, explaining, “from that, I only ever wanted to be a drummer.”
As for the other rumors, Ringo wouldn’t confirm he owns and operates a yellow submarine, admitted he was once in a gang and confirmed that the first time he ever smoked weed was with Bob Dylan, sharing that he “loved” the experience.
Photos of Debbie Harry, David Bowie and Grace Jones are currently up for auction, with the money raised going to help musicians affected by the California wildfires.
The portraits, all shot by photographer Greg Gorman, are part of an auction put on by Giorgio’s Discotheque in Los Angeles, with proceeds from the sale benefiting MusiCares’ fire relief efforts.
The Harry photo is a framed black-and-white portrait of the Blondie frontwoman in sunglasses from 1994. The starting price for the photo is $3,500, although the listing says it has a retail value of $12,500.
The Bowie shot, from 1984, features the rocker with a guitar and has a retail value of $22,500, while Jones is also wearing sunglasses in her photo, which is from 1987. It has a retail value of $12,500.
The auction is set to run until Friday at 1 a.m. PT. More info can be found at givebutter.com.
The day before the Troubadour concert, Armstrong is performing with Green Day at the giant FireAid benefit, taking place Thursday across two venues: the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum. That lineup also includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt, Dave Matthews and The Black Crowes.
