Classic Rock News

A new box set dedicated to David Bowie’s later career is coming this fall.

I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) is a massive 12-CD or 18-LP box set that includes Bowie’s last four studio albums: 2002’s Heathen, 2003’s Reality, 2013’s The Next Day and 2016’s Blackstar. It also includes two live albums, two EPs and a new compilation.

The two live albums feature the first official release of Bowie’s 2002 Montreux Jazz Festival performance, and a remastered and re-sequenced version of 2010’s A Reality Tour Live. The set also includes the EPs The Next Day Extra, which was released in 2013 and featured songs from that album’s recording sessions, and 2017’s No Plan, released posthumously on Bowie’s birthday. It featured songs written for the Bowie off-Broadway play Lazarus, which were recorded during the Blackstar sessions.

The final piece is the compilation Re:Call 6, featuring 41 nonalbum tracks, including alternate versions of songs, B-sides and soundtrack songs. One of those tracks, “New Killer Star (Sessions @AOL Live Version 23/09/03),” is available now via digital outlets.

The set also comes with a companion book that includes essays from Bowie producer Tony Visconti, as well as rare and unpublished photos, memorabilia and more.

I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016), dropping Sept. 12, is named after the final song on Blackstar. In addition to the box sets, it will be available digitally, although some portions of the set are exclusive to the physical copies. All formats are available for preorder now.

I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) is the sixth and final installment in a series of Bowie box sets released by Parlaphone Records. The series kicked off in 2015 with Five Years (1969-1973).

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It looks like Paul McCartney may be hitting the road again in 2025.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer seems to be teasing new tour dates, sharing a photo on his Instagram Story of two picks — one with his name written on it, “Got Back in 2025” written on the other. 

The post then links to a registration page for “information on tour dates, pre-sales and much more.”

McCartney launched his Got Back tour in 2022 in Spokane, Washington, wrapping that year with a performance at the Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. The tour has since hit Europe, Australia, Latin America and more, with the last leg touring Europe for a second time. That leg wrapped in December 2024 with two nights at the O2 in London, which included a reunion with his Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr.

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Ronnie Wood is known for his work as guitarist in The Rolling Stones and Faces, and now his 60-year career is being celebrated with a new compilation.

Fearless: Anthology 1965-2025 will feature selections from Wood’s solo career, as well as co-writes and important tracks from his work with The Stones, Faces, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane and the Jeff Beck Group.

The compilation will also include new recordings, which are his first solo releases since 2010’s “I Feel Like Playing.” Guests on those new releases include Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and Imelda May, the latter appearing on the track “You’re So Fine,” a cover of the Falcons‘ 1959 hit, which is now available via digital outlets.

Fearless: Anthology 1965-2025 will be released Sept. 26 on two-LP and two-CD formats. The CD release will take fans back to Wood’s teen years with the addition of songs made in the 1960s with his first band, the Birds, and The Creation.

Fearless: Anthology 1965-2025 is available for preorder now.

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Bruce Springsteen’s latest box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums, has landed in the top 10 on two Billboard charts.

The set, featuring seven unreleased albums, debuted at #7 on both the Top Album Sales and Americana/Folk Albums charts. The Boss moved 13,000 equivalent album units of Tracks II in its first week, 10,000 of which were in traditional album sales.

Over on the Billboard 200, Tracks II debuted at #68, making it Springsteen’s 44th entry on that chart.

Also making its chart debut is the compilation Lost and Found: Selections From the Lost Albums, featuring highlights from Tracks II, which debuted at #22 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.

Released June 27, Tracks II: The Lost Album features 83 songs, all of which were originally recorded between 1983 and 2018. Of those songs, 82 have never been released before and 74 have never been heard before.

The set is the follow-up to the box set Tracks, which was released in 1998. Springsteen has already indicated that he has enough material for Tracks III, telling the New York Times in June that it was finished and contains “five full albums of music.”

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Devo has just released a restored version of their 1976 short film, The Truth About De-Evolution.

The nine-minute film, directed by Chuck Statler, has been given a high resolution upgrade by the band’s audio and video archivist, Peter Conheim, and the Cinema Preservation Alliance.

According to the description, the film “captures the essence of Devo’s avant-garde vision and pioneering commentary on society, technology, and de-evolution.” It features two Devo performances, a cover of “Secret Agent Man” and “Jocko Homo,” which features the lyric, “Are we not men?/ We are Devo.”

The film is just the first piece of restored content the band is planning to release. On Instagram they teased, “More restored films and mind-melting content coming soon.”

And speaking of Devo, Rolling Stone reports that the band’s full-length documentary, Devo, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, is set to premiere on Netflix Aug. 19.

In the meantime, Devo has several upcoming tour dates on their schedule. Their next show is at Mosswood Meltdown 2025 July 19-20 in Oakland, California. A complete list of dates can be found at clubdevo.com. 

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Back in June, Paul Stanley revealed there were going to be some changes to the announced KISS Army Storms Vegas event — and apparently that includes the name.

The band just updated fans on the experience, which is now named KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas.

The event is still taking place Nov. 14-16 at Virgin Hotels, but now, in addition to the previously announced KISS unmasked performance, a second acoustic unmasked performance has been added on opening night.

The event will also include performances from former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick; Stephen Pearcy performing the music of Ratt; former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach; Quiet Riot; Black N’ Blue; and several KISS cover bands.

In addition to the music, Stanley, Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer will take part in Q&A sessions, as will the band’s manager, Doc McGhee. There will also be several panels, including one called The Future of Kiss, focused on what’s ahead for the band.

More information can be found at KissKruiseVegas.com.

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Ringo Starr celebrated his 85th birthday in Beverly Hills Monday with his annual Peace & Love event, but the big day was also marked in a very special way in his home city of Liverpool, England.

According to the U.K.’s The Independent, the city where The Beatles were founded unveiled the “Peace and Love Sculpture” in honor of Ringo. The silver statue, revealed by the city’s Beatles Story museum, features a hand making the peace sign and was created using a casting of Starr’s right hand. A similar statue is currently on display in Beverly Hills.

The unveiling was attended by locals, as well as students from Ringo’s primary school, St. Silas CE.

Ringo is known for spreading peace and love. In fact, on every birthday he asks fans to spread the message at 12 p.m. PT. This year the message was shared in over 38 countries and was also beamed from mission control in Houston to the International Space Station.

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Heart has extended their Royal Flush tour through the end of the year, including a return to Las Vegas.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have announced a new set of tour dates, starting with a three-night stand at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in November.

The rest of the tour, with special guest Cheap Trick on select dates, includes stops in Anaheim, their home city of Seattle and Cincinnati. The tour wraps Dec. 21 in Nashville.

“This tour has been super exciting so far and it just keeps on expanding and enhancing as we go,” Heart’s Nancy Wilson says. “Every generation has been showing up for the entirely live experience we bring to the stage. Covering everything from big rock energy to those intimate romantic songs we love, I like to say a Heart show is fun for the whole family!”

Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Heart continues their tour this summer, with their next show on Aug. 8 in Quincy, Washington. A complete list of dates can be found at heart-music.com.

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Former Pearl Jam drummer David Abbruzzese has commented following the news that Matt Cameron has left the band.

Abbruzzese, who was a member of Pearl Jam from 1991 to 1994 and played on their albums Vs. and Vitalogy, writes that he’s been “bombarded” on social media with “literally [thousands] of posts, messages and emails, hoping I would call Pearl Jam and attempt to reconcile with them.” But, he says, “To be clear, I have nothing to reconcile with them about.”

“Although I never truly understood what was so important to destroy the musical chemistry we had back then, it is what it is, and I can’t do anything about it,” Abbruzzese writes. “At least nothing that I can figure out.”

“The years since 1995 have served me well towards growing as a person and a player,” he continues. “It seems the guys in the band matured and grew up as much as I did, but the fact that I haven’t had any personal contact with any of them leads me to believe the water under the bridge runs too deep and too icy for there to be any reconnection or reconciliation. This is a shame and saddens me, greatly.”

Abbruzzese goes on to say that he “could and would have much to contribute if indeed the call came, but sadly, I don’t see that happening.” He adds that he wishes PJ “continued success” and hopes to reconnect one day, but asks that fans “please stop sending me messages asking & telling me to contact their management.”

“I appreciate and understand your desire to see what could come out of that reunion musically,” he says. “I would be lying if I said I wasn’t curious, also.”

You can view Abbruzzese’s entire message on his Facebook.

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