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Bon Jovi returned to the stage Saturday, performing a short set at the opening of Jon Bon Jovi’s Nashville Bar, JBJ’s Nashville.

According to setlist.fm, the band kicked off their mini set with the New Jersey track “Blood on Blood,” which was the first time they played the song since 2019. 

The set also included “We Weren’t Born To Follow,” “You Give Love A Bad Name” and “Born to Be My Baby,” along with their latest single, “Legendary,” from their newly released album, FOREVER.

Fan-shot video posted to YouTube shows the band walking out onstage, with Jon telling the crowd, “We’re gonna just play you a couple and then I’m gonna get to drinking.” 

JBJ’s Nashville is located on Nashville’s Lower Broadway, and is the tallest and second-largest bar in the area, boasting five stories and 37,000 square feet, including two rooftop spaces with panoramic views of Music City. 

The show was the first major performance from the band since Jon underwent vocal chord surgery back in 2022. Jon previously took the stage to perform a couple songs at his MusiCares Person of the Year celebration, which took place back in February. He also performed “Legendary” on American Idol back in May.

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The bands Bastardane and OTTTO, both of which feature children of Metallica members, have announced a co-headlining tour.

The joint outing, dubbed the Reconquest tour, runs from Aug. 2 in New York City to Sept. 6 in Los Angeles.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Bastardane.com.

James Hetfield‘s son Castor plays drums in Bastardane, while Robert Trujillo‘s son Tye is the bassist in OTTTO.

Perhaps next time Bastardane and OTTTO will be joined by the third Metallica offspring band, Taipei Houston, featuring Lars Ulrich‘s sons Layne and Myles.

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Paul McCartney is headed back on the road in 2024.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced South American dates for a 2024 leg of his Got Back tour, hitting Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru.

McCartney will play a total of five new shows, kicking off Oct. 1 in Montevideo, Uruguay, and wrapping Oct. 27 in Lima, Peru. It will be the first time in 10 years that McCartney has played either of those cities. 

Following a variety of presales, tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday, with ticket sales staggered by show. More information can be found at paulmccartney.com.

These are the first new McCartney dates since he wrapped the 2023 leg of the Got Back tour in December in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

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Billy Joel played his second to last Madison Square Garden residency show on Saturday, and brought a very special guest to join him on a couple songs – Phish’s Trey Anastasio. 

The pair teamed for a performance of the Glass Houses tracks “Sleeping with the Television On” and “You May Be Right,” as well as a partial cover of the Derek & the Dominoes classic “Layla.”

Billy is set to wrap his residency on July 25, which will be his 150th show at the Garden. Trey and Phish have also played a lot of shows at MSG — 83, to be exact — prompting MSG to point out the significance of the collaboration.

“No one plays @thegarden more than @billyjoel and @treyanastasio,” the venue shared on Instagram. “Tonight they played together.” 

In addition to the residency shows, Billy has several other dates on the books this year. A complete list of shows can be found at billyjoel.com.

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Bruce Springsteen recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his classic album Born in the U.S.A., which featured the hit single “Dancing with the Dark.”

The single was accompanied by a now-iconic video, featuring a pre-Friends Courteney Cox being pulled onstage by The Boss to dance with him, and in a new video posted to Instagram, Cox is revisiting her signature moves from the clip. 

Courteney’s video starts with her wearing a sweatshirt, with text on the clip reading, “asking my mom how she danced in the 80s.” After a few awkward moves, Cox shakes her head no, unzips her sweatshirt to reveal a Born in the U.S.A. concert T-shirt like the one from the original video and starts recreating her dance.

She captioned the clip, “1980’s dancing…in the dark”

Released June 4, 1984, Born in the U.S.A. was one of Springsteen’s most successful albums, selling over 30 million copies worldwide. It spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart and produced seven top-10 singles: the title track, “Dancing in the Dark,” “Cover Me,” “Glory Days,” “I’m On Fire,” “I’m Goin’ Down” and “My Hometown.”

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We’re getting another preview of the upcoming Tom Petty tribute album, Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty.

The latest is Margo Price’s cover of “Ways to Be Wicked,” which features Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell. The original track was featured on the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1995 box set, Playbacks.  

“I am sincerely moved that these artists are honoring my friend and partner Tom Petty….I think these songs are timeless and it’s great to hear other artists’ interpretations,” Campbell shares on Instagram. “I had a wonderful time recording with Margo Price on ‘Ways To Be Wicked.’ She’s a phenomenal talent and warm person.”

This is the fifth track released from Petty Country, following Dierks Bentley’s “American Girl,” Chris Stapleton’s “I Should Have Known It,” Dolly Parton’s “Southern Accents,” and Lainey Wilson and Wynonna’s “Refugee.”

Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty is available for preorder now.

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On This Day, June 10, 1975 …

Eagles released their fourth studio album, One Of These Nights, which became their commercial breakthrough.

The album was the band’s first #1 record, spending four weeks on top of the charts. It contained three top-10 hits: the title track, which was their second #1 track, “Take it to the Limit” and “Lyin’ Eyes.”

One of these Nights was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year, while “Lyin’ Eyes” was nominated for Record of the Year and won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, the first Grammy for the band.

The album was certified four-times Platinum by the RIAA.

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AXS TV is celebrating the music of the ’70s with a brand new series debuting in July.

The Top Ten Revealed: 200 Of The Greatest Songs Of The 70s will take a deep dive into the classic songs of that decade, as well as the artists who made them famous. The show will cover songs by such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Meat Loaf, The Who, David Bowie, Chicago, Donna Summer and more. 

The series will premiere July 9 at 8 p.m. with two new episodes airing each week. Rock stars offering commentary on the hit ’70s tunes include KISS’ Paul Stanley, Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5, Twisted Sister‘s Dee Snider and Lisa Loeb.

July will also bring new seasons of two popular shows, including the third season of The Very VERY Best of the 80s, starting July 12 at 8 p.m. ET, and a second season of Nothing But Trailers Flashback, featuring trailers of such classics movies as Rocky, The Godfather, Footloose and more.

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The Who‘s Roger Daltrey is getting ready to launch a solo acoustic tour, and while he’s not with bandmate Pete Townshend, Who fans can expect to hear plenty of songs they know and love.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer tells ABC Audio that while he’ll “play any Who song” on the tour, he prefers to pick ones “that have a resonance with things that are happening today.”

But those songs may sound a little different than what fans are accustomed to.

“It’s not trying to be The Who,” Roger says of his performances, noting with his current band he can have fun with “different interpretations” of classics like “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

“I can leave the big scream out. It doesn’t need it,” he says. “It makes you hear the song again for the first time if you play it with different instruments and it becomes something else, which is kind of interesting.”

Another thing he enjoys about these solo acoustic shows is, “I can hear myself,” adding that during most of his career with The Who, “I haven’t been able to hear myself at all.”

Roger turned 80 in March and you’d think he’d consider taking a break from the road, but there’s a good reason why he still goes out there.

“Well, it pays the rent,” he joked, before getting serious.  

“I’ve been given a gift, it will be criminal not to use it until it’s no good anymore and at the moment, it’s really, really good,” he says. “When it starts to go, I shall stop.” 

But for now, there’s no stopping Daltrey. His tour kicks off June 10 in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and runs through June 29 in Highland Park, Illinois. A complete list of dates can be found at thewho.com.

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Lzzy Hale‘s tenure in Skid Row earned the approval of at least one big-name rock star.

In an interview with Rock Sound, Jon Bon Jovi says to the Halestorm frontwoman, “Please join Skid Row.”

“Put the two bands together if you need to,” the Bon Jovi singer continues, laughing, “This is the best thing that’s happened to Snake [guitarist Dave Sabo] since he met me.”

Sabo and Jon were childhood friends, and he was Bon Jovi’s original guitarist before Skid Row formed.

Hale fronted Skid Row for four concerts in place of vocalist Erik Grönwall after he announced his departure from the band to focus on his health. Following the run, Hale posted that she’s “overflowing with gratitude,” but that she’s currently unable to commit to a “permanent role” with Skid Row.

Following Jon’s comments, Hale reposted video from the interview alongside the caption, “What a compliment, what an honor.”

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