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Two members of Fleetwood Mac appear on a new song Miley Cyrus wrote as a birthday gift for her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, who turned 64 on Monday.

Billy Ray wrote on Instagram, “For my birthday, Miley gave me the gift of music and wrote me a song called Secrets and got my favorite musicians Fleetwood Mac to play on it! I love you Mile.”

According to People, those Fleetwood Mac members are guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and drummer Mick Fleetwood, who are both credited on the track.

You can hear a snippet of the song on Billy Ray’s post. Miley sings, “Secrets, I want to keep your secrets/ Like sunlight in the shadows/ Like footsteps in the grass/ I won’t ever break my promise/ Like a songbird in the silence/ Like stones against the glass.”

The paring of Fleetwood and Buckingham may be the closest thing fans get to a Fleetwood Mac reunion. Buckingham was fired from the group in 2018 over a disagreement about touring. Plus, Mick has said in interviews that he doesn’t see a future for the band following Christine McVie’s 2022 passing.

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Tony Iommi is bringing back his signature guitar humbucker in collaboration with Gibson.

The pickup boasts “an exclusive configuration of powerful ceramic and Alnico 2 magnets,” which “give it the incredible tone and sustain that have helped make Tony’s work with Black Sabbath instantly recognizable,” a press release says. It originally launched in the ’90s as the very first signature Gibson pickup and has now returned three decades later.

“I’m really excited that Gibson’s bringing back my signature humbucker, they were getting pretty hard to find!” Iommi says. “This pickup came about after a lot of time spent in Nashville, just experimenting with different setups to get that perfect tone and sustain from my favorite guitars.”

“We had to make sure it worked with my light gauge strings and low tunings, but still pack a punch, and the result has got some serious output,” the “Iron Man” shredder continues. “They’re on my signature guitars too, and I couldn’t be more pleased with how they turned out.”

You can order yours now via Gibson.com.

Iommi performed with his original Black Sabbath bandmates Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward at the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5. Ozzy died just over two weeks later, on July 22.

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Folks in the U.K. sure do love their Queen, specifically “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

The U.K. radio network Gold Radio recently polled its listeners to uncover the greatest song of all time, with Queen’s 1975 classic landing at #1.

“Wow. Yet again, you lovely people have remembered Bo Rhap with maximum fondness!” Queen’s Brian May says. “Thanks Gold Radio listeners! Much appreciated by us!”

Coming in at #2 on the list of the top 300 songs is the Eagles’ “Hotel California.” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” is #3, Elvis Presley’s “The Wonder of You” is #4 and John Lennon’s “Imagine” is #5.

And while The Beatles did not land in the top five, they were well represented on the list, with 20 tracks landing in the top 300, the most of any artist. Their highest-charting song was “Hey Jude” at #8.

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On This Day, Aug. 26, 2007 …

The Rolling Stones played the final night of a three-night stand at London’s O2 Arena to wrap their A Bigger Bang World Tour.

The tour, in support of their album A Bigger Bang, launched in Toronto in August 2005. But like most of their tours, they played a surprise club show ahead of the tour in the same city.

The tour consisted of 147 shows, and when it wrapped it became the highest-grossing tour of all time, although that record was later surpassed by U2’s 2009 to 2011 360 Tour and then Taylor Swift’s 2023 to 2024 Eras Tour.

The tour had the band playing arenas and stadiums, but it also included two nights at New York’s Beacon Theatre. Those performances were filmed for the movie Shine A Light, directed by Martin Scorsese.

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Kelly Osbourne is upset with wrestler Becky Lynch after the WWE star dissed the late Ozzy Osbourne‘s hometown of Birmingham, England.

During Monday’s WWE Raw broadcast, which aired from Birmingham, Lynch took a shot at the city leading up to her match with Nikki Bella. 

“The only good thing that came out of [Birmingham] died a month ago,” Lynch hissed at the booing crowd. 

She continued, “But in fairness to Ozzy Osbourne, he had the good sense to move to [Los Angeles], a proper city. Because if I lived in Birmingham, I’d die, too.”

While Lynch is known as a heel character that says intentionally inflammatory things to rile up the crowd and their opponent, Kelly thought her comments crossed the line.

“You are a disrespectful dirtbag!” Kelly writes in an Instagram Story while tagging a Lynch fan account. “Birmingham would not piss on you if were on fire. #BirminghamForever.”

Kelly continues, “Shame on the @WWE for allowing such things to be said about my father and his home!!!” 

Ozzy performed for the last time in Birmingham during the July 5 Back to the Beginning concert. He died just over two weeks later, on July 22. 

Birmingham held a public funeral procession in honor of Ozzy on July 30.

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Matthew McConaughey is launching a book tour in September, and he’s taking some big-name musicians along for the ride.

To promote the book, Poems & Prayers, the actor is visiting a variety of cities, and for select stops he’ll have a special guest with him. He’ll appear at King’s Theatre in Brooklyn on Sept. 16, where he’ll be joined by Jon Bon Jovi. He’ll appear at the Saban Theater in LA on Sept. 20 with special guest John Mayer.

According to the event website, McConaughey’s Poems & Prayers Revival Tour will “blend heartfelt dialogue, spoken word performances, music, and unexpected moments of connection.” In addition, there will be “intimate, spontaneous and honest conversation” between the actor and his special guest, designed to “put a mirror to our souls to see if we recognize each other again.”

McConaughey’s other guests include Zach Bryan, Jon Batiste and Lukas Nelson. Poems & Prayers, due Sept. 16, is described as “an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief.”

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Jason Bonham recently added more dates to his tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, and he’s bound to have fans of all ages coming out to his shows.

The rocker tells ABC Audio he’s seen “three generations of people” at his concerts, some of whom have personal connections to the original band.

“I had people that were in line … in 1980 on the day before my dad passed away,” he says, referring to his late father, Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. “They’ll come and see me and they’re in tears.”

Jason was behind the drum kit the last time the surviving members of Led Zeppelin — Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones — played together in December 2007 at London’s O2 Arena for the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. Jason says the show was a fitting end for the iconic rockers.

“They walked away with that knowing of, ‘It’s not that we can’t do it anymore, it’s just that we choose not to,’” he says. “And they left it in such a high standard.”

While Zeppelin fans would love to see them reunite again one day, Jason doesn’t expect that will happen. But he says his predictions aren’t always right.

“If you’d have asked me in 2007, in January, would it have happened again, I’d have said no then. And then later that year, I ended up playing drums with them,” he says. “So whenever I’ve said maybe, it never happened. Whenever I’ve said no, it always happened.” 

Bonham’s An Evening with JBLZE Celebrating 50 Years of Physical Graffiti hits Jacksonville, Oregon, on Tuesday, with shows booked until Nov. 26 in Hollywood, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found at JasonBonham.net.

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Tommy used to work on the docks, but Tico Torres is still drumming in Bon Jovi. 

Torres has taken to Bon Jovi’s Instagram to deny apparent reports that claimed he’d retired from the “Livin’ on a Prayer” band.

“I’m here to dispel a lot of rumors that I’ve read,” Torres says. “People [are] calling me up, saying, ‘Did you retire from music, from the band?'”

“Well, no,” the drummer continues. “I have no idea how this stuff starts. Musicians don’t retire, especially me.”

Torres adds, “Me and the boys, Johnny [Jon Bon Jovi] and everybody, we’re still making music, [we’re] the best we’ve ever been.”

Bon Jovi writes in the post’s caption, “Heard it here first.”

Torres is one of the three remaining original members still in Bon Jovi, alongside Jon and keyboardist David Bryan. The band put out their latest album, Forever, in 2024.

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John Fogerty‘s new album, Legacy, includes rerecorded versions of classic Creedence Clearwater Revival songs like “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain.” Each track on the album is tagged “John’s Version,” a nod to Taylor Swift‘s own rerecording project. As it turns out, Fogerty wanted to be even more direct with his reference to the pop star.

“I wanted them to call [the rerecordings] Taylor’s Version,” Fogerty tells Billboard. “I lobbied for that: ‘You want this to sell? Call it ‘Taylor’s.'”

Swift started her rerecording process after her master recordings to her first six studio albums were purchased by music mogul Scooter Braun in 2019. Braun later sold the masters to a private equity firm, from which Swift finally purchased them in May 2025.

Similarly, Fogerty decided to record Legacy after fully regaining the rights to his CCR catalog.

“I was so happy to see her solution to her predicament … I was applauding her doing [the rerecordings],” Fogerty says. “I’m convinced that her rerecording those albums in many ways reset the condition, so that she was able to purchase the originals. She was strong enough and powerful enough a force that she rearranged the playing field.”

Legacy is out now.

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Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom “TC” Constanten is battling lung cancer, and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is raising money to help support him.

Donated funds will go toward covering Constanten’s medical bills, as well as “other vital living expenses.”

“Over the years I have experienced such generosity that it boggles the mind,” Constanten says. “I count my wealth in friends, and it’s a blessing I’d never want to trade away. Still, situations change and things come up.”

“Sweet Relief is honored to help Tom during this difficult time in his life,” adds Sweet Relief Executive Director Aric Steinberg. “Our Directed Artist Funds can provide a meaningful solution when the community rallies around the recipient, and we know that Tom’s community cares about him deeply. His influence on the musical landscape with the Grateful Dead is long-lasting, and he has touched many people around the world.”

For more info, visit SweetRelief.org.

Constanten played on the Grateful Dead records Anthem of the Sun and Aoxomoxoa, released in 1968 and 1969, respectively, as well as the 1969 live album Live/Dead. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Dead in 1994.

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