Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits compilation has reached new heights on the Billboard charts, nearly 40 years after its initial release.
The album was originally released in 1988. It landed at #10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart this week, thanks to an expanded reissue of the album featuring additional tracks. The new chart position marks a new peak for the album, which reached #13 on that chart in 2016.
The album also reached a new peak on the all-genre Billboard 200, where it jumped from #69 to #13 this week. The compilation’s previous peak on the Billboard 200 was #14 in 1989. The album has also peaked at #5 on the Vinyl Albums chart, up from its 2019 peak of #7, and lands at #4 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums and #3 on the Top Rock Albums charts.
Greatest Hits covered the band’s catalog from the mid-’70s to the late ’80s, specifically songs released after Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band. The newly released expanded edition added classic tunes like “The Chain,” “Landslide,” “Silver Springs (Live)” and “You Make Loving Fun,” among others.
‘Sound & Vision Live’ (Adopt The Arts courtesy Chipster P.R)
Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers and Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler are being celebrated on a new limited-edition charity album.
Sound & Vision Live, produced by former Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum, was recorded in March at the inaugural Palm Springs Sound & Vision Awards in Palm Springs, California. Proceeds from the album benefit Sorum’s Adopt the Arts foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing underserved elementary schools with high-quality music education.
In addition to performances from Rodgers and Butler, the double vinyl album features an all-star lineup of artists including Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale, Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes, Billy Idol’s longtime collaborator Steve Stevens, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo and Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt.
“I never went into that night thinking we were making a record,” says Sorum. “I originally had the show recorded and filmed because I wanted to preserve the experience for myself. But when I listened back, I realized we had captured something truly magical—the energy in the room, the performances, and the spirit of all these incredible artists coming together for the kids.”
The album’s first pressing will be limited to 2,000 copies. It is available for preorder now through Experience Vinyl, with a shipping date of Sept. 28.
A record release celebration for the album will be held Sept. 13 at the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs and will feature two screenings of a companion concert film. In addition, 250 Collector’s Edition colored vinyl copies of the album will be available at the event.
”Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run’ paperback (Liveright)
Paul McCartney’s 2025 book about his post-Beatles career with Wings is getting a paperback release with some bonus material.
Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run will be released in paperback on Oct. 6 and will feature an added conversation between McCartney and director Morgan Neville. The interview was recorded to coincide with the the Neville-directed documentary Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, which debuted on Prime Video in February.
When it was initially announced, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run was described as “a landmark account” of McCartney’s “triumphant musical reinvention in the 1970s and the subsequent rise of one of the decade’s most iconic bands.”
The book, edited by historian Ted Widmer with a foreword by McCartney, features over 150 photographs from the time period, many of which were previously unseen.
Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run isn’t McCartney’s first book. In 2021 he released The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, based on conversations McCartney had with the Irish poet Paul Muldoon. In it McCartney recounted the inspirations behind over 100 of his songs.
ASIA is giving fans another taste of their upcoming album, Indigo.
The band, which currently features original member Geoffrey Downes along with musicians Virgil Donati, John Mitchell and Harry Whitley, has released the new single “Echo of You,” along with an accompanying video.
“This song was part of the main writing sessions between Harry and I. It took on a whole different angle in the latter stages of development with more of a focus on electronica and a spacey production,” Downes says. “It’s a happy, uplifting tune, despite the nostalgic overtones of the lyrics, a love song with a twist.”
Indigo is the first new album from ASIA since 2014’s Gravitas, which was the band’s last album to feature vocalist/bassist John Wetton before his 2017 death. It will be released Nov. 6 and is available for preorder now.
Slash performs onstage during the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Welcome to The Lost Boys on Broadway, we got fun, games and possibly Slash.
The musical adaptation of the ’80s cult classic is teasing an appearance by the Guns N’ Roses shredder for its performance Thursday at Broadway’s Palace Theatre in New York City.
A flyer posted to the production’s Instagram reads, “The Lost Boys with Slash! Live at the Palace” and “One night only” alongside Thursday’s date.
Slash previously played on a studio recording of a song from The Lost Boys musical called “Have to Have You.”
In other Slash news, the guitar icon is set to provide the music for a haunted house called Killceañera as part of Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights season.
“In this haunted house featuring music by Slash, you’re invited to Lola’s quinceañera — where she’s summoned vengeful ghosts and malevolent spirits to help exact her monstrous revenge on school bullies,” reads a post on the Halloween Horror Nights Instagram. “Face legendary creatures from Latin American folklore as they help Lola snuff out her birthday candles one by one.”
Ritchie Blackmore of the British band Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow performs live on stage during a concert at the Velodrom on April 18, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns)
Ritchie Blackmore is set to reunite with Deep Purple for the first time in over 30 years.
The rocker revealed the news in an Instagram Live stream Tuesday, sharing that he plans to come out during the encore of Deep Purple’s concert at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, Wednesday night.
“You know, there is something we wanted to mention about tomorrow night. … Well, it is a secret and I don’t want anybody to know, but I’m probably (going to) get up and do an encore with the band, Deep Purple,” Blackmore said. “But you can’t tell anybody, and I know that this is gonna be kept a secret. And will it? I suppose so.”
Blackmore went on to say that he was the one who reached out to frontman Ian Gillan, asking him how he’d feel if he joined them for an encore for “old times’ sake.”
“He seemed to love the idea,” Blackmore said, noting the rest of the band also gave it a thumbs-up.
“It’ll be good to see the old guys again,” the 81-year-old Blackmore said, before joking, “I think we’ll all be on crutches and wheelchairs and things, although I think the rest of them are OK.”
Blackmore was one of the co-founders of Deep Purple in 1968, then left the group in 1975 to form his band Rainbow. He was part of Deep Purple’s 1984 reunion and last played with them in 1993.
Deep Purple is on a North American tour in support of their latest album, SPLAT! The tour runs through Sept. 12 in Sparks, Nevada. A complete list of dates can be found at DeepPurple.com.
Roger Taylor’s ‘Violence Insane in a Beautiful World’ (Columbia Records)
Queen’s Roger Taylor is offering up another preview of his upcoming solo album, Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, which will be released Sept. 18.
The rocker has just released the new single “I See You Now,” accompanied by a black-and-white video — except for Taylor’s red high-tops — created by Taylor’s wife, Sarina Taylor, and his longtime collaborator Simon Lupton.
“It’s a love song, it’s really about my wife,” Taylor says of the tune. “We’ve been together for quite some time, and I think when you really get to know someone, at first you really don’t see everything about them, but when you really get to know someone, it’s ‘oh, I see you now, that’s it.'”
This is the second single Taylor has released from Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, his seventh solo album. He previously released the track “Come on Summer (It’s Party Time),” featuring The Ndlovu Youth Choir.
To celebrate the album’s release, Taylor will head out on a U.K. tour beginning Sept. 21 in Newcastle, with stops in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester, Swansea and London. A complete list of dates can be found at rogertaylorofficial.com.
Rod Stewart performs during the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, an annual event honouring military service members, which holds special significance in 2025 as it marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at the Royal Albert Hall on November 8, 2025 in London, England. (Jack Taylor/Wpa Pool/Getty Images)
Sir Rod Stewart is on the mend after undergoing a routine heart procedure.
A statement shared Tuesday on his official Instagram account said he has “successfully undergone a routine coronary stent procedure,” adding that he’s canceling several dates on his current tour to recuperate.
“Doctors are pleased with his recovery, and Rod is doing very well and has returned to his normal daily activities,” the statement said. “On the advice of his doctors, he will take the next four weeks to recuperate and regain full fitness before returning to the stage.”
The statement continued, “Unfortunately, this means he will be unable to continue his current tour dates.”
The statement ended by saying that information about the affected performances will be shared by promoters and venues.
Rod later gave fans an update on his health in a message on his Instagram Story.
“I’m already feeling better and very much on the mend,” he wrote. “I want to thank the doctors, nurses and everyone who has taken such wonderful care of me.”
“I’m deeply disappointed to miss these shows and sorry to let my fans down, but I look forward to getting back on stage and having a good time with you all again,” he added.
According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a stent is a small mesh tube used to widen and hold open passages in the body. It is most often used to treat narrowing of the coronary arteries, which “provide the heart with oxygen-rich blood.”
The NHLBI adds that the most common type of stents are used in the coronary arteries. Doctors may recommend a stent to support a narrow or weak artery or airway.
Following a stent procedure, patients may resume normal physical activity when doctors give the green light. Doctors will require patients to take medicine.
Stewart was currently on his One Last Time Tour, which was slated to wrap in Kansas City, Missouri, on Aug. 15.
He was also slated to perform several shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, starting on Aug. 18, and had 2026 dates booked through Sept. 13.
Guitarist Brian May of Queen attends the “We Will Rock You” musical premiere at Stage Palladium Theater on October 17, 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)
Queen’s Brian May is sharing his thoughts on artificial intelligence, and he isn’t the biggest fan.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer posted a photo on Instagram of what he says is the result of asking Meta AI to show him the cover of the band’s 1980 album The Game. It is clearly not the original album’s cover, or the actual band members in the photo.
“Good job, eh ? So this is the kind of intelligence that will soon be ruling the world ??!” he wrote next to the picture. “Well, great. Maybe this is the time to realise WE ACTUALLY DON’T NEED AI !!!”
“But I’m now very serious. I believe the price we are about to pay for this ‘inevitable’ development is way too high,” he added, before going off on AI data centers.
“We must not allow these hideous Data Centres to be built in the UK,” he wrote. “They will destroy our beautiful country, like they are already destroying beautiful America.”
In other May news … The rocker recently released the new track “The Legend of Eternia,” described as “his own brand new version of themes from the film” Masters of the Universe. The song features The Darkness and British composer Daniel Pemberton. May’s guitar work was previously featured on Pemberton’s Masters of the Universe track “Eternia,” which was released in May.
Dave Stewart’s ‘The Way It Was Back Then’ (Bay Street Records)
Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart is getting ready to release a brand-new solo album.
The Way It Was Back Then, written, performed and produced entirely by Stewart, is set to drop Sept. 18 as a limited, physical-only release on CD and vinyl.
The 10-song album is described in a press release as “an intimate, unfiltered album about memory, survival, love, loss, loyalty, and betrayal.” The album was the result of a one-take performance, with Stewart improvising the lyrics and melodies in real time.
“I wasn’t aware that I was making an album — in-between the various things happening in my life — some I instigated, and some just happenstance, I started to record myself singing songs at the same time as playing guitar,” Stewart says. “In almost every song, I didn’t write down any lyrics — I just sang the words at the same time as singing the melodies and playing the chords, kind of freeform. The whole album is very spontaneous in its lyrics and music.”
“Some of the songs are very personal and rooted in where I came from,” he adds. “For me, the feeling of this album is bittersweet, cinematic, and human. The Way It Was Back Then is not really about trying to go back … it’s about finally facing what was there.”
Here is the album’s track list: “The Way It Was Back Then” “Your Wishes” “Cry If You Want To” “The House Where I Was Born” “Black Cat” “Makes Me Happy (And Sad)” “Oh Jesse” “All Done” “Thin Ice” “What’s A Man Supposed To Do”
