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Bruce Springsteen and members of The E Street Band made a surprise appearance at the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music’s Born to Run 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday, the Asbury Park Press reports.

Bruce and the band performed two Born to Run songs at the event, “Thunder Road” and “Born to Run.” Bruce was joined by current E Streeters Max Weinberg, Steven Van Zandt, Garry Tallent, Roy Bittan and Eddie Manion, as well as former keyboardist David Sancious and former drummer Ernest “Boom” Carter, who appeared on the album.

The Born to Run symposium, which ran Sept. 4-7 at the Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University, featured a variety of panels, with Springsteen participating in three of them.

Released Aug. 25, 1975, Born to Run became a breakthrough hit for Springsteen, propelling him to mainstream success. The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified seven-times Platinum by the RIAA.

In other Springsteen news, The Boss attended the U.S. Open Men’s Championship in Queens on Sunday with his daughter, Jessica Springsteen, and was reunited with one of his famous video co-stars. Courteney Cox, who starred in Bruce’s video for “Dancing in the Dark” before she became famous on Friends, was also there, and video shared on social media shows the actress coming over and giving Bruce a kiss hello.

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On This Day, Sept. 8, 1990…

Jon Bon Jovi landed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his debut solo single, “Blaze of Glory.”

The power ballad, which features Jeff Beck on guitar, was featured in the Emilio Estevez western Young Guns II, although Estevez originally wanted to use the Bon Jovi song “Wanted Dead or Alive.” Feeling that the song didn’t fit the theme of the movie, Jon decided to write the new tune.

“Blaze of Glory” would go on to earn Jon Bon Jovi a best original song nomination at the Oscars, although he lost to the Dick Tracy song “Sooner or Later,” which was written by Stephen Sondheim.

The tune did win a Golden Globe award for best original song and an American Music Award for best pop song.

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The late Ozzy Osbourne was remembered at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night with a musical tribute featuring Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, along with rocker Yungblud and Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt..

The tribute was introduced with a videotaped message from Ozzy’s son Jack Osbourne and his kids.

“I wish we could be here with you all tonight as you celebrate my dad’s amazing musical journey,” Jack shared. “I know for sure it would make him incredibly happy to see these great musicians carry on his legacy and help inspire the next generation of rockers.”

The kids then chimed in, saying, “In the words of our papa, let’s go crazy.”

After a video montage featuring performance and interview footage of Ozzy, the musical tribute began, kicking off with Yungblud performing “Crazy Train” and “Changes,” and then Tyler and Perry following with “Mama I’m Coming Home,” with Yungblud joining them at the end.

The performance ended with them shouting “Ozzy Osbourne forever,” before cutting to footage of Ozzy telling an audience, “Thank you, good night, God bless you.”

This isn’t the first time some of these artists have been involved in an Ozzy celebration. Yungblud, Tyler and Bettencourt all performed at the massive Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, which was the final live performance by Ozzy and the original Black Sabbath lineup. Ozzy died just over two weeks later on July 22.

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Rick Davies, founding member of the group Supertramp, died Saturday at the age of 81.

A statement shared with ABC Audio revealed that Davies passed away “after battling multiple myeloma for over 10 years.”

“As a co-writer, along with partner Roger Hodgson, he was the voice and pianist behind Supertramp’s most iconic songs, leaving an indelible mark on rock music history,” read the statement.  “Rick’s music and legacy continue to inspire many and bears testament to the fact that great songs never die, they live on.”

Davies, born in Swindon, England, founded Supertramp with Hodgson, and they released their self-titled debut album in 1970. They had their first commercial breakthrough with 1974’s Crime of the Century, which was their first album to hit the top 40 in the U.S.

Their biggest success was with the 1979 album Breakfast in America, which went to #1 and spawned three hits, including the top-20 hit “Goodbye Stranger,” which Davies wrote and sings lead on. Hodgson wrote and sang the album’s two other hits, “The Logical Song” and “Take the Long Way Home.”

Other Supertramp songs written by Davies include the top-40 hits “Bloody Well Right,” “My Kind of Lady,” and “Cannonball.”

Davies and Hodgson released seven albums together before Hodgson left the band in 1983. Davies continued on with the group, and they released four more albums, their last being 2002’s Slow Motion.

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Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott revealed in August that the band was working on a new studio album, and now he’s shared a bit more information about when fans can expect to hear new music.

During a chat with Plant Rock’s Breakfast with Paul Anthony, Elliott revealed that the group is hoping to get music out before their live shows in 2026, which include a Las Vegas residency in February and a U.K./European tour that kicks off in June.

“We’re working through a new album right now, which won’t be out next year, but we may – and probably will – release a new song in time for Vegas and then release another one again for the British tour,” Joe said. “That’s the plan that we have right now.”

He added, “So, we’re gonna kind of drip feed songs from the album and then it’ll come out late ‘26, early ’27 maybe. Hopefully. So, it gives us a great opportunity to do that.”

The new album will be Def Leppard’s first studio album since 2022’s Diamond Star Halos.

Def Leppard’s Las Vegas residency, Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency consists of 12 shows, starting Feb. 3. Their U.K. and European tour kicks off June 13 in Rättvik, Sweden. A complete list of Def Leppard dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.

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Lenny Kravitz has been added as a presenter for the MTV Video Music Awards.

Kravitz is also nominated for a VMA this year in the best rock category for his song “Honey.” He’s up against videos from Green Day, Coldplay, Evanescence, Linkin Park and Twenty One Pilots.

Kravitz won in the best rock category in 2024. He was recognized for the track “Human,” which, like “Honey,” appears on his 2024 album, Blue Electric Light. Kravitz also performed on last year’s show, treating the audience to a medley of “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” “Human” and “Fly,” featuring Quavo.

The 2025 VMAs will air live from New York’s UBS Arena Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and MTV, and will stream on Paramount+.

Kravitz has several U.S. festival dates coming up, his next being the Sea. Hear. Now festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on Sept. 14. A complete list of dates can be found at LennyKravitz.com.

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Green Day has shared a teaser for their upcoming movie, New Years Rev.

As previously reported, the film follows three friends who mistakenly believe that their band has been picked to open a New Year’s Eve gig headlined by Billie Joe Armstrong and company. It’s said to be inspired by “the exploits of Green Day and their years of living in a tour van.”

The teaser, streaming now on YouTube, shows the aspiring musicians load into a cab and hit the road towards the promise of their dream gig, along with shots of various teenage shenanigans along the way. It also includes shots of Green Day performing, and is set to the American Idiot single “Holiday.”

New Years Rev is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 12. The cast includes Mckenna Grace, Fred Armisen, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey and Bobby Lee.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.) 



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The Police’s Andy Summers is taking his guitar on a global trek.

Variety reports that Summers will star in a new eight-part docuseries, Global Guitar, that will have the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer traveling around the world to learn about the global impact of the guitar through meetings with local musicians.

“This comes from a deeply authentic and personal space – an extension of something I’ve been doing my entire adult life,” Summers shares. “I’ve always been interested in the music of other cultures, and the guitar in particular.”

He adds, “It is absolutely the preeminent instrument in the world. Every culture has accessed it and made something of their own of it. It’s a very evolving instrument that just never seems to stop.”

Filming on the series is expected to take place in February and March 2026.

Next up for Summers, he’s set to kick off a fall leg of his The Cracked Lens + Missing String solo tour on Sept. 17 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. A complete list of dates can be found at AndySummers.com.

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David Bowie was working on a new musical when he died in 2016, according to the BBC.

Handwritten notes on the project, called The Spectator, were donated to the V&A Museum, along with the rest of Bowie’s archives. They describe the show as an “18th century musical” set in London, with Bowie interested in weaving together the art and culture of the city during the time period with criminal gangs of the era.

The notes, which were made available to the BBC, were discovered in Bowie’s locked study by archivists tasked with cataloging the late rocker’s things. They will now be on display as part of the David Bowie Centre at the V&A East Storehouse, which opens Sept. 13.

The museum has been given access to over 90,000 items related to Bowie. The David Bowie Center will feature nine rotating displays, one of which has been curated by Nile Rodgers, who produced Bowie’s 1983 album Let’s Dance and 1993’s Black Tie White Noise.

There will also be an exhibit curated by British band The Last Dinner Party that features items from the 1970s that represent how Bowie continues to inspire new generations of artists.

Free tickets to visit the David Bowie Center will be available at vam.ac.uk.

David Bowie’s final project was the album Blackstar, which was released Jan. 8, 2016, on his 69th birthday. The rocker died two day later on Jan. 10, 2016.

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As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of their album Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin is releasing a new live EP, titled Live E.P., and now they’ve shared another preview.

The band just dropped a video for “In My Time of Dying,” featuring archival footage of their performance at London’s Earls Court in May 1975. The band previously shared a performance of “Trampled Underfoot,” also from Earls Court.

Live E.P. includes four live Led Zeppelin performances. In addition to the two Earls Court songs, there’s also “Sick Again” and “Kashmir,” both recorded at the Knebworth Festival in England in 1979.

In addition to the EP, the 50th anniversary of Physical Graffiti will be marked with the release of an update of 2015’s three-LP Physical Graffiti Deluxe Edition, which includes the remastered version of the album, the bonus album featuring rough mixes and early versions of songs, and a new replica Physical Graffiti poster.

Both releases are due out Sept. 12 and are available for preorder now.

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