Ozzy Osbourne promises to ‘do the best I can’ at Black Sabbath reunion concert: ‘All I can do is turn up’

May 2, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Black Sabbath‘s giant reunion/farewell concert will also mark Ozzy Osbourne‘s last-ever performance. As the big day approaches, the Prince of Darkness remains focused on making sure he’ll be physically ready.

“I’ll be there, and I’ll do the best I can,” Ozzy tells The Guardian. “So all I can do is turn up.”

Since he last performed a full live set on New Year’s Eve 2018, Osbourne has dealt with a myriad of health issues, including suffered a fall in his home in 2019, which required multiple surgeries. In preparing for the concert, Ozzy says he’s been lifting weights and bike riding with help from “a guy living at my house who’s working with me.”

“It’s tough – I’ve been laid up for such a long time,” Ozzy says. “I’ve been lying on my back doing nothing and the first thing to go is your strength. It’s like starting all over again. I’ve got a vocal coach coming round four days a week to keep my voice going.”

“I have problems walking,” he continues. “I also get blood pressure issues, from blood clots on my legs. I’m used to doing two hours on stage, jumping and running around. I don’t think I’ll be doing much jumping or running around this time. I may be sitting down.”

Ozzy adds that both he and Sabbath are “only playing a couple of songs each.”

“I don’t want people thinking ‘we’re getting ripped off,’ because it’s just going to be … what’s the word? … a sample,” he says. “You’re going to get a few songs each by Ozzy and Sabbath.”

The concert takes place July 5 in Sabbath’s hometown of Birmingham, England. The bill also includes Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Halestorm and Alice in Chains.

Bryan Adams is rolling out tickets for Roll with the Punches tour: ‘We got a great show’

May 2, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, May 2, at 10 a.m. local time for Bryan Adams‘ Roll with the Punches Tour, named after his upcoming album. It’ll travel across North America starting Sept. 11 in Kamloops, British Columbia, in Bryan’s native Canada. And while Bryan is always playing somewhere in the world, he shares why he’s stoked for this particular tour.

“I’m excited for a bunch of reasons,” he tells ABC Audio. “First of all, it’s my umpteenth tour of America, and I’m always happy to be back there. [And] it’s my 17th album coming out this August. So, you know, the tour is sort of based around that, but it’s also a greatest hits tour.”

And finally, he says, “I’m excited because the band’s better than ever, and we got a great show for everybody.”

Bryan has so far released two songs from the new album: “Make Up Your Mind” and the title track. You’ll likely hear those songs on tour, but not at the expense of hits like “Summer of ’69” and “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You.”

“Yeah, I mean, I don’t put too many in the show,” Bryan says of his new songs. “We put in a couple and see how it goes. And as the album gets more popular and people get to know the songs, we add more. But right now we’re only adding in two.”

The tour officially begins in the U.K. on May 8 and will travel through Europe before it gets to North America in September. Opening acts for the U.S. dates will be Pat Benatar and her husband and musical partner Neil Giraldo. You can get tickets at BryanAdams.com.

Jason Bonham on celebrating Led Zeppelin’s ‘Physical Graffiti’: ‘I do it for passion and the love of the music’

May 2, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s classic album Physical Graffiti with a new tour.

Jason, son of Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, launched his JBLZE tours in 2010 and tells ABC Audio there’s a good reason why he keeps doing them.

“It would have stopped many years ago if we didn’t feel that people liked it, for one, and if I didn’t enjoy it,” Jason says. “It just says something about the music … that’s the main thing.”

For this tour, Jason and the band will play Physical Graffiti in its entirety, along with other classic Zeppelin tracks. Since this is the first time they’ve performed a complete album, Jason says it helps keep things fresh.

He adds that Physical Graffiti is his “favorite album” from Zeppelin, and one of the main reasons is because “it’s got ‘Kashmir’ on it.” He suggests the song is where the band “went to another level.”

“Now no band can put any kind of Eastern promise in any riff or anything without people going, ‘Oh it sounds like Zeppelin,'” he adds.

And although Jason has had plenty of other projects he’s worked on, there’s a simple reason why he keeps coming back to play Led Zeppelin.

“I do it for passion and the love of the music and the people that come to see it,” he says. “You know, once they stop coming, then we’ll stop playing it, I guess.”

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening Celebrating 50 Years of Physical Graffiti kicks off Saturday in Wallingford, Connecticut, and wraps May 21 in Los Angeles. A complete list of dates can be found at jasonbonham.net.

Ann Wilson & Tripsitter Live In Concert coming to Blu-Ray and digital video

May 1, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Ann Wilson is spending the summer on tour with Heart, but now fans at home will get to experience a live concert she recorded with the band Tripsitter.

Ann Wilson and Tripsitter Live in Concert will be released June 6 on Blu-Ray and digital video. The release will feature a concert recorded at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl in July 2023, during a tour for their album Another Room, which came out in September of that year.

The concert, which previously aired on PBS, features a set list that includes songs from the album, as well as Heart classics like “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda” and “Magic Man,” as well as two Led Zeppelin covers.

Next up for Ann, she’ll join sister Nancy Wilson for a new Heart tour. The trek, An Evening With Heart, kicks off May 31 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A complete list of dates can be found at heart-music.com.

‘Night Divides The Day’, the first official anthology of The Doors, getting wide release in May

May 1, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

The first official anthology of The Doors is getting a wide release in May.

The book Night Divides The Day: The Doors Anthology originally went on sale as a limited-edition release back in February, but now a hardcover bookstore edition will be available starting May 13.

Described as the “most definitive book yet” on the band, Night Divides The Day features new interviews with surviving members Robby Krieger and John Densmore, and archival contributions from the late Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek.

Hours of archival interviews were used as sources for the book, which also features rare photos, song lyrics, poster artwork and more. It also includes contributions from artists like Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, Chic’s Nile Rodgers, Nancy Sinatra and Van Morrison.

Night Divides The Day: The Doors Anthology is available for preorder now.

The Doors are currently celebrating their 60th anniversary as a band. They launched the celebration in November with a limited-edition six-LP set, The Doors 1967-1971. Densmore will continue the celebration with a talk at a June 14 Tribeca Festival screening of the 2009 documentary When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors, which is narrated by Johnny Depp.

40th anniversary of Live Aid to be celebrated with new docuseries

May 1, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

The upcoming 40th anniversary of Live Aid will be celebrated with a new docuseries.

Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World is a four-part series set to premiere July 13 at 9 p.m. ET. on CNN, 40 years to the day that the all-star charity concerts were held in London and Philadelphia.

The docuseries will feature interviews with Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof, as well as U2’s Bono, Sting, Phil Collins, Patti LaBelle and Lionel Richie, along with what’s being described as “rare archival footage” of Live Aid performances and backstage.

There will also be interviews with President George Bush, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Nigerian President Obasanjo and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Live Aid, organized by Geldof and Midge Ure, took place at London’s Wembley Stadium and Philly’s John F. Kennedy Stadium. The benefit concerts, which raised more than $150 million for Ethiopian famine relief, were watched by about 2 billion people in more than 100 countries.

U2, Queen, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, The Who, Elton John and Paul McCartney were among the performers at the London show, while Philly’s show included a reunion of Led Zeppelin, Bryan Adams, Madonna, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Neil Young and Mick Jagger and more. Collins played both venues, flying in from London to make it to the Philly show.

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong feels ‘something is gonna happen’ with scrapped ‘American Idiot’ movie

May 1, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Green Day‘s upcoming New Years Rev film isn’t the first movie they tried to make.

A film adaptation of the musical inspired by the band’s American Idiot album was announced in 2016, but by 2020 the project had been scrapped. However, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong remains confident that an American Idiot movie will eventually become reality.

“I’m sure something is gonna happen,” Armstrong tells Variety. “The musical did so well and they’ve done it in Australia, Italy, Germany, England. … It’s traveled so well. Eventually it’s going to happen, I would think.”

American Idiot the musical premiered in 2010 and won two Tony awards in technical categories. During the run, Armstrong would occasionally play the role of the character St. Jimmy.

New Years Rev, meanwhile, is currently in production. It’s inspired by Green Day’s early van touring days.

Sammy Hagar kicks off Vegas residency with live debut, first performance of ‘Love Walks In’ in 30 years

May 1, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Sammy Hagar kicked off his Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM Wednesday night and treated fans to a few songs that haven’t been played in a while.

According to setlist.fm, the rocker kicked off the show with the live debut of his new single, “Encore, Thank You, Good Night.” He then filled the night with mostly Van Halen tracks, including the first performance of Balance’s “Amsterdam” since 2007 and the first performance of 5150’s “Love Walks In” since 1993, which ended the night.

Other Van Halen tunes in the set included “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love” with Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony on lead vocals and a guest appearance by Kesha, “Panama,” “Right Now,” “Why Can’t This Be Love” and more.

Sammy, who in addition to Anthony was backed by Joe Satriani on guitar and Kenny Aronoff on drums, also performed some of his solo songs, including the hit “I Can’t Drive 55,” “Heavy Metal” and “There’s Only One Way To Rock.”

“Playing that setlist here tonight, in front of this kind of crowd, was powerful,” said Hagar. “Kicking off our residency with ‘Encore, Thank You, Goodnight.’ with Mikey’s vocals and bass, Joe’s big, emotional guitar work, Kenny’s driving rhythm, the sound from the Dolby and the energy of the fans— that’s the transcendent power of the music we created.”

The next show of Hagar’s The Best Of All Worlds residency is Friday. The residency runs until May 17. A complete list of dates can be found at RedRocker.com.

Van Morrison releases ‘Cutting Corners’ from upcoming album, ‘Remembering Now’

May 1, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Van Morrison has released another track off his upcoming album, Remembering Now.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has shared the new single, “Cutting Corners,” the second track released from the record following “Down to Joy.”

“Cutting Corners” is available now via digital outlets.

Remembering Now is made up of 14 original tracks and is Morrison’s first album of all new material since 2022’s What’s It Gonna Take? The album will be released June 13 digitally and on black double vinyl, orange double vinyl, CD and cassette. It is available for preorder now.

Morrison has several European dates on his schedule this summer. The next shows are June 4 and June 5 in Madrid. He’s also set to open for Neil Young at his BST Hyde Park show in London on July 11 and will wrap his tour with two 80th birthday shows in his hometown of Belfast, Ireland, on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31.

A complete list of dates can be found at VanMorrison.com.

Bruce Springsteen shares ‘Tracks II’ cut ‘Faithless’ from unreleased movie soundtrack

May 1, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Bruce Springsteen is sharing another song from his upcoming box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums.

The latest is “Faithless,” the title track from a previously unreleased film soundtrack for a movie that never got made. The 11-song album was recorded between Springsteen’s Devils & Dust tour in November 2005 and the April 2006 release of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, his album dedicated to the music of folk singer Pete Seeger.

“‘Faithless’ was a piece of work I took (on commission) for a spiritual Western film that was preparing to be made around 2004,” The Boss shared on Instagram about the album. “In Hollywood, I have found, you can disappear into ‘development’ for long periods of time, so I thought I would release these now and let you hear my results of this interesting project.”

Songs on the album were mostly recorded by Springsteen on his own, although touring members of The E Street Band — Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Curtis King, Jr., Michelle Moore and Ada Dyer — appear on the album, as does Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa and his kids Evan and Sam Springsteen.

“Faithless” is now available via digital outlets.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums, will be released June 27, and is available for preorder now. It features seven previously unheard Springsteen records, including 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.

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