Classic Rock News

Rocker Todd Rundgren is heading out on a U.S. tour this summer.

Rundgren has announced dates for the Still Me (Still We) tour, kicking off June 21 in Cranston, Rhode Island. The tour includes shows in multiple cities in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and North Carolina, before wrapping July 27 in Orlando.

An artist presale begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

Rundgren is actually currently touring the U.S. on his What The World Needs Now tour, in which he performs the songbook of legendary composer/songwriter Burt Bacharach. The tour hits Glenside, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at todd-rundgren.com.

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A cover of Sting’s classic song “Fragile” is used in the Netflix hit series Adolescence, and the rock star is thrilled at the attention it’s receiving.

“The reaction to the cover of my song, Fragile, in the new Netflix series Adolescence has been fantastic,” the former Police frontman shared on Instagram. “It’s always interesting for me to hear one of my songs through someone else’s lens. A great cover can reveal things about a song that I didn’t originally see and give a song a new life.”

The cover was recorded Emilia Holliday and the students of the Minsthorpe Community College Choir, who Sting calls “incredibly talented.” He adds, “Together they have created something beautiful.”

“Fragile” appeared on Sting’s sophomore solo album …Nothing Like The Sun, which was released in 1988. The song has been covered by several artists, and Sting himself rerecorded the tune in both Spanish and Portuguese for the 1988 EP Nada como el sol.

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Elton John scored his first top-10 album on the Billboard 200 54 years ago — and now he’s racked up his 22nd.

Who Believes in Angels?, his collaborative LP with Brandi Carlile, has debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200. It’s Elton’s second collaborative album to hit the top 10, following 2010’s The Union, which Elton made with the late Leon Russell. Meanwhile, it’s Brandi’s fourth top-10 album overall.

This is Elton’s second top-10 album of the 2020s, following his 2021 duets album, The Lockdown Sessions. He had four top 10s in the 2010s, one in the 2000s, two in the ’90s and 13 in the ’70s.

Elton is tied with Bruce Springsteen when it comes to top-10 albums — both artists have had 22. The only artists who’ve had more are Madonna, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and The Rolling Stones.

Who Believes in Angels? hit #1 in Elton’s native U.K., becoming his second #1 album in six months, following his best-of collection, Diamonds.

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Now here she goes again: Stevie Nicks will be performing in both stadiums and arenas this summer and fall.

In addition to her four scheduled stadium shows with Billy Joel in New Jersey, California and Michigan, Stevie has added nine new arena dates to her tour schedule. Those shows start Aug. 12 in Boston and run through Oct. 15 in Oklahoma City.

Tickets go on sale April 18 at 10 a.m. local time at livenation.com. A presale starts April 17 at 10 a.m. local time.

As previously reported, Stevie will perform with Billy Aug. 8 in East Rutherford, New Jersey; Oct. 4 in Santa Clara, California; Oct. 18 in LA; and Nov. 15 in Detroit.

Stevie’s only live performance in 2025 to date was at the FireAid benefit in January.

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Jackson Browne is headed to Las Vegas this fall.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced a five-night limited engagement at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, Oct. 31, Nov. 1, Nov. 5, Nov. 7 and Nov. 8.

A Citi presale kicks off Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. PT.

Browne has several tour dates booked for 2025, with his next performance May 4 at the BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, California. He’ll also play a four-night residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre starting Aug. 12. A complete list of dates can be found at JacksonBrowne.com.

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On This Day, April 14, 2018 … 

Bon Jovi, The Cars, Dire Straits and The Moody Blues were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in Cleveland.

The Bon Jovi induction included a reunion of the band with former guitarist Richie Sambora for a performance of four songs, including “Livin’ On A Prayer” and “You Give Love A Bad Name.”

The Cars were inducted by The Killers’ Brandon Flowers and performed such hits as “Just What I Needed,” “You Might Think” and “My Best Friend’s Girl.” The Moody Blues were inducted by Heart’s Ann Wilson and performed “Nights In White Satin,” “Your Wildest Dreams” and more.

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler did not attend the ceremony and no star handled their induction speech, making them the first act ever inducted without anyone introducing them. They also did not perform during the ceremony.

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Neil Young and Joan Baez were among the artists who performed Sunday at Senator Bernie Sanders’ Fighting Oligarchy: Where Do We Go From Here rally at Los Angeles’ Gloria Molina Grand Park.

According to setlist.fm, Young performed the track “Rainbow of Colors,” off his album Colorado, which was the first time he’d played the song since 2019. Then he broke out his classic “Rockin’ in the Free World,” and was joined by Baez and Maggie Rogers, who was also one of the performers at the rally.

Baez treated the crowd to a five-song set that included “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,” “There But for Fortune,” and John Lennon’s “Imagine,” as well as “America the Beautiful” and Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” for which she was joined by Rogers.

And Young, Baez and Rogers weren’t the only musicians Sanders got to rub elbows with this past weekend. He turned up at the Coachella Festival in Indio, California, making an appearance during Clairo‘s set, with Florida congressman Maxwell Frost, who is the youngest member of Congress.

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The music of the Allman Brothers Band is being celebrated with two all-star concerts in New York, and now folks who can’t make it to the Big Apple will get to enjoy the shows as well.

The concerts at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday and Wednesday will be headlined by the super group The Brothers, featuring ABB founding member Jaimoe, along with band members Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quiñones and Chuck Leavell. Joining them will be Joe Russo and Isaac Eady on drums and Reese Wynans on keyboards.

Both shows will be available to stream live via nugs.net and will be available on demand until April 23.

The Brothers even gave fans a little preview of what to expect, sharing footage of them rehearsing the ABB track “You Don’t Love Me” on Instagram. 

The concerts mark the second Brothers tribute to Allman Brothers Band. The first took place March 10, 2020, at Madison Square Garden and lasted over four hours. The show was one of the last concerts at MSG before the concert industry was temporarily shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Brian May made a surprise appearance at Coachella Friday, turning up during Benson Boone’s set to help him perform a cover of the Queen classic “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Footage from the festival shows May rising up from below the stage to perform the song’s first guitar solo from the top of a raised platform. May is then lowered back below the stage, but returns to join Boone’s side following the “mamma mia” portion of the song.

The appearance wasn’t actually a total surprise. May had teased it earlier in the day, sharing a picture of him and Boone on a jet together, writing, “Look who I bumped into – on the way to the fabled Palm Springs,” adding, “Maybe something will happen?!”

He posted another picture of the two cheesing for the camera and wrote, “Do we look happy ? !!! Gonna treasure this moment on the plane with @bensonboone- a truly golden 22 year old prodigy. I’m proud and happy to say we are now officially pals.”

May’s appearance comes seven months after he revealed he suffered a minor stroke that initially left him with no control over his left arm.

Boone will return to Coachella to play the festival’s second weekend on April 18. There’s no word on whether May will show up again.

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A new documentary about John Lennon will make its debut at the Cine International Film Festival in London in May.

Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade, from director Alan G. Parker, will be shown on May 9 at the Karma Soho Sanctum Hotel. The screening will feature a talk with Parker.

The film is a British documentary that explores Lennon’s post-Beatles career using archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with musicians, journalists and close friends. There are also archival interviews from Lennon, Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney.

Info on purchasing tickets can be found at cineinternationalfilmfestival.com.

The news comes as another Lennon documentary, One to One: John & Yoko, opens exclusively in IMAX theaters on Friday. It follows the 18 months John and Yoko lived in New York’s Greenwich Village in the early ’70s and features archival footage of the pair’s 1972 One to One concert, Lennon’s only full-length performances after The Beatles’ 1970 breakup.

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