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Bono’s Apple TV+ documentary, Bono: Stories of Surrender, is out now, and to coincide with the release, the U2 frontman has dropped a three song live EP featuring tracks taken from his one-man stage show.

Songs on the EP include “Desire,” “The Showman” and “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” with Bono backed by Gemma Doherty on harp, keyboard and vocals, and Kate Ellis on cello, keyboard and vocals, as well as his musical director Jacknife Lee.

Stories of Surrender EP is available now via digital outlets, with a 7-inch vinyl out now in Ireland, the U.K. and Germany, and available everywhere else on June 13.

Bono: Stories of Surrender is described as a “reimagining” of the U2 frontman’s one-man stage show, Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief. That coincided with the release of his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, released in November 2022.

The doc features footage from one of his shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre, which had him sharing stories about his life, family, friends and more, along with performances of some U2 songs “that have shaped his life and legacy.”

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The new documentary Ron Delsener Presents looks at the 60-year career of legendary New York concert promoter Ron Delsener, and director Jake Sumner tells ABC Audio there’s good reason why he’s a great subject for a film.

“To me, Ron is a great character and a way to look at the kind of larger picture of live music and to be a vehicle to kind of take you on a journey,” he says. “He’s great because he is kind of larger than life. … They kind of broke the mold with Ron.”

Sumner, son of The Police frontman Sting, knew of Delsener prior to making the film because he’d met him during his childhood out on the road with his father.

“He’s just a character and he … had just kind of great stories about everyone,” he adds.

The film features interviews with artists like Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Van Zandt, Jon Bon Jovi, Paul Simon and Billy Joel, and Sumner says he didn’t have a hard time getting them to talk.

“There were people that called me up asking to be in the film … big artists,” he says. “(Delsener) had an impact on them and their careers that they felt they wanted to be part of it.”

And while Delsener may be the focus of the film, Sumner says the doc is about more than just the famed promoter.

“To me, the film tells the bigger story of live music and the kind of history of it,” he says. “And it was Ron and a handful of others that really kind of created an industry where there wasn’t one.” 

Ron Delsener Presents opens at Quad Cinema in New York on Friday and will then hit theaters in select cities nationwide.

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Exit light, and enter the world of College Football 26 with help from Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman.”

The metal icons’ signature hit soundtracks the new trailer for the upcoming EA Sports video game. It includes clips of Metallica’s recording, as well as of crowds singing along.

You can watch the College Football 26 trailer on YouTube. The game is out July 10.

You may recall that “Enter Sandman” is famously used as the entrance song for the Virginia Tech football team. In fact, when Metallica played a concert in Virginia Tech’s stadium earlier in May, seismic activity was measured during the moment they performed “Enter Sandman.”

Metallica also announced in April that the Division 1 college grand prize winner in their marching band competition would be featured in a future College Football game.

In other “Enter Sandman” news, Megadeth frontman and onetime Metallica member Dave Mustaine feels that it bears a resemblance to a song called “Tapping into the Emotional Void” by the band Excel. The Excel song came out in 1989, two years before “Enter Sandman” premiered in 1991.

“Pretty similar,” Mustaine says in an interview with the Shawn Ryan Show.

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After being forced to skip ZZ Top’s tour of Australia and New Zealand due to health issues, drummer Frank Beard is ready to rejoin the lineup.

The band announced that Beard will be back with the group when they kick off the North American leg of their Elevation tour on June 1 in Victoria, British Columbia.

A statement from the band’s management reveals that Beard had been suffering from “foot and ankle issues” but “he’s now set to see the tour through to its completion in October.”

“We’re happy that Frank is back with (bassist) Elwood (Francis) and yours truly, BFG,” ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons shares. “We missed him and are looking forward to turning it up and rocking out with him as has been the case for the last few hundred or so decades.”

He adds, “His complete recovery is cause for celebration and that’s just what we intend to do on an open-ended basis. Welcome back, pardner!”

Beard adds, “It’s good to be back. See you out there.”

It was originally announced in March that Beard had “temporarily stepped away” from the band’s tour “to attend a health issue requiring his focus in the near term.” In April that break was extended to their tour of Australia and New Zealand.

ZZ Top will play six shows in Canada, before bringing the tour to the U.S. on June 10 in Moorhead, Minnesota. A complete list of dates can be found at ZZTop.com.

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John Mellencamp appears to be upset about what went down during Game 4 of the NBA playoffs Tuesday between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks.

The rocker shared a post on Instagram in which he calls out fan behavior at the game, with the Indianapolis Star suggesting he was specifically referring to what happened when ESPN’s Pat McAfee tried to hype up the crowd.

McAfee was given a mic and called out several famous New York Knicks fans in the crowd, including Spike Lee, Ben Stiller and Timothée Chalamet. He told the crowd, “Let’s send these sons of b****** back to New York with their ears ringing!”

Mellencamp decried the lack of “Hoosier Hospitality” at the game.

“I was embarrassed when somebody, under whose direction I don’t know, called out some of the people who had made the trip from New York to support their team – and in turn, support our team,” Mellencamp wrote. “The audience booed these people. I’d say that was not Hoosier Hospitality. One could only say it’s poor, poor sportsmanship. I was not proud to be a Hoosier, and I’ve lived here my entire life.”

He added, “On behalf of most Hoosiers, I would like to apologize for our poor behavior. I’m sure the Pacers had nothing to do with this smackdown.”

The Pacers currently lead the Knicks in the series 3-1. Their next game is Thursday in New York.

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Pearl Jam touring member and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has been sentenced to probation and community labor for a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence.

The charge alleged that Klinghoffer hit and killed a 47-year-old pedestrian, Israel Sanchez, with his car while failing to yield during a March 2024 accident in California.

In court proceedings held Wednesday, Klinghoffer pleaded no contest to the charge, Rolling Stone reports. The sentence, which also requires the completion of a driver safety class and restitution payment, allows Klinghoffer to avoid jail time.

Klinghoffer’s lawyer tells ABC Audio there will be no public comment.

Klinghoffer also faces a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Sanchez’s family in July 2024. 

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Pearl Jam touring member and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has been sentenced to probation and community labor for a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, Rolling Stone reports.

The charge alleged that Klinghoffer hit and killed a 47-year-old pedestrian, Israel Sanchez, with his car while failing to yield during a March 2024 accident in California.

In court proceedings held Wednesday, Klinghoffer pleaded no contest to the charge. The sentence, which also requires the completion of a driver safety class and a to-be-determined restitution payment, allows Klinghoffer to avoid jail time.

Klinghoffer’s lawyer tells ABC Audio there will be no public comment.

Klinghoffer also faces a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Sanchez’s family in July 2024. 

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Talking Heads are continuing the celebration of their 50th anniversary with the release of a new super deluxe edition of their sophomore album, More Songs About Buildings and Food.

The three-CD/Blu-ray release will include the remastered album, as well as 11 rarities, four of which are previously unreleased versions of album tracks. There’s also a live album, featuring a recording of the band’s August 1978 show at New York’s Entermedia Theatre.

The Blu-ray includes Dolby ATMOS and 5.1 surround sound mixes of the album. There’s also footage from the Entermedia concert, plus another concert, recorded at Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley.

The set also includes a hardcover book featuring previously unseen photos, as well as liner notes from the four members of Talking Heads: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison.

As a preview of the set, Talking Heads have shared a previously unreleased alternative version of the track “Found A Job,” which is now available.

The set will also be released as a four-LP vinyl edition, featuring the original album, rarities and a live New York concert. There will also be a second version, available on the band’s website, featuring the bonus reissues of four international 7-inch singles, as well as a two-LP black vinyl version and a red vinyl pressing.

More Songs About Buildings and Food (Super Deluxe Edition) will be released July 25 and is available for preorder now.

Released in July 1978, More Songs About Buildings and Food was a top-40 hit for Talking Heads, peaking at #29 in the U.S. It contained the band’s first hit single, a cover of Al Green’s “Take Me To The River,” which also peaked at #29.

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On This Day, May 29, 1971 …

The Rolling Stones hit #1 with “Brown Sugar,” the opening track and lead single from their ninth studio album, Sticky Fingers.

The tune, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, spent two weeks at #1 in the U.S., but failed to reach the top spot in the U.K., peaking at #2.

Previously a staple at The Stones’ live shows, in 2021 the band announced they’d be removing the song from their set list, reportedly due to the tune’s controversial lyrics.

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Bruce Springsteen is offering up another preview of his upcoming box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums.

The latest is the song “Adelita,” from the album Inyo, described as a “ten-song thematic collection set throughout the border states of California and Texas (plus one detour to New Jersey).”

“Inyo was a record I wrote in California during long drives along the California aqueduct, up through Inyo County on my way to Yosemite or Death Valley,” The Boss shares. “I was enjoying that kind of writing so much. [On The Ghost Of Tom Joad tour] I would go home to the hotel room at night and continue to write in that style because I thought I was going to follow up The Ghost of Tom Joad with a similar record, but I didn’t. That’s where Inyo came from. It’s one of my favorites.”

“Adelita,” inspired by female soldiers in Mexico who helped fight for the country’s independence, is available now.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums is due out June 27 and is available for preorder. It features seven previously unheard Springsteen records, featuring 83 songs, all of which were originally recorded between 1983 and 2018.

Springsteen and the E Street Band are currently on the Land of Hope and Dreams tour in Europe. The tour hits Marseille, France, on Saturday. A complete list of dates can be found at BruceSpringsteen.net.

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