The Fleetwood Mac tune“Everywhere” is the latest track to join the Spotify Billions Club.
The tune, from the band’s 1987 album, Tango in the Night, has officially been streamed over 1 billion times on the streaming service, one of four songs by the band to reach the milestone.
Previous Fleetwood Mac tunes to join the Spotify Billions Club include “Dreams,” which joined in June 2022, “The Chain,” which joined in December 2023, and “Go Your Own Way,” which joined in July 2024.
“Everywhere,” a top 20 hit for the band, may have gotten a bit of a boost thanks to its use on TV. The song has been used in commercials for Chevy electric vehicles.
The Who is giving fans another chance to get their hands on the Dolby Atmos mix of Who’s Next, which was previously only available as part of the super deluxe edition of the album, released back in September 2023.
The band is now releasing it as a standalone Blu-ray to the SDE (Super Deluxe Edition) shop, featuring producer/audio engineer Steven Wilson’s Dolby Atmos and 5.1 mixes, as well as 14 bonus tracks and instrumental mixes.
The Who’s Next SDE-exclusive Blu-ray audio will be released Jan. 17 and is available for preorder from now until Nov. 1.
Released in 1971, Who’s Next features Who classics like “Baba O’Riley,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Behind Blue Eyes.” The album was originally conceived as another rock opera, Lifehouse, following their 1969 hit Tommy. Pete Townshend eventually scrapped the whole project.
Billy F. Gibbons has announced his first solo tour dates for 2025.
The ZZ Top rocker will hit the road with his band the BFGs,kicking things off with four nights in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 17-20. The tour hits such cities as Phoenix, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland and more before wrapping Feb. 20 in Bristol, Tennessee.
A complete list of dates can be found at billygibbons.com. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday.
Meanwhile, ZZ Top recently announced some 2025 tour dates, as well. They’ll kick off their 2025 Revelation tour on March 5 in Dothan, Alabama, with dates confirmed through April 11 in Cape Girardeau, Montana. Dates can be found at zztop.com. Tickets are on sale now.
Elvis Costello never went after Olivia Rodrigo for a writing credit on her SOUR tune “Brutal,” despite many people agreeing it sounded just like his hit “Pump It Up,” and now he’s explaining why.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Costello says people don’t cover “Pump It Up” — rather, he says, they “allude to it in their own arrangements. Like Olivia Rodrigo’s producer obviously did.”
“Now, I did not find any reason to go after them legally for that, because I think it would be ludicrous,” Costello continues. “It’s a shared language of music. Other people clearly felt differently about other songs on that record.”
Costello may have been referring to Taylor Swift with that comment; Taylor and her producer Jack Antonoff are listed in the credits of SOUR as co-writers of the songs “Deja Vu” and “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back.” That’s because of the similarities between “Deja Vu” and Taylor’s song “Cruel Summer,” and the fact that “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back” interpolates Taylor’s song “New Year’s Day.”
Costello continued to explain his point of view to Vanity Fair, noting, “[I]f there were no [musical] quotations, there’d be no Bach. There’d be no Mozart. There’d be no Sonny Rollins. So we can’t start worrying about that. That’s the way it works. One thing leads to another. That’s all I’ve ever been saying.”
Alice Cooper is headed back out on the road in 2025.
The rocker just announced eight more dates on his Too Close For Comfort Tour, with the new shows kicking off Jan. 31 in Augusta, Georgia. It hits Greensboro, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; Orlando, Florida; and more before wrapping Feb. 11 in St. Augustine, Florida.
Tickets for all shows go on sale Thursday aka Halloween.
Cooper also has two other gigs confirmed for 2025. He’s set to take part in the Rock Legends Cruise XII 2025, happening Feb. 13-17, leaving out of Miami, and he’s also on the bill for the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival on May 9 in Columbus, Ohio.
Cooper recently contributed to a new song by The Black Keys. The tune, “Stay in Your Grave,” will appear on the upcoming deluxe version of the Keys’ new album, Ohio Players. The expanded set is due out Nov. 15.
Stevie Nicks appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, where she talked about her new song, “The Lighthouse,” which is a protest song in support of women’s rights in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Asked why she decided to speak out on the issue, Nicks noted, “Because everybody kept saying, ‘Well, somebody has to do something. Somebody has to say something.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, I have a platform. I tell a good story. So maybe I should try to do something.'” She added, “I was also there. I was, been there, done that.“
Stevie recounted her decision to have an abortion in 1979 after she became pregnant with then-boyfriend Don Henley, saying that her having a baby would have “destroyed” Fleetwood Mac.
“It would’ve been a nightmare scenario for me to live through,” she shared.
Asked what she’d want to say to anyone who criticized her decision to have an abortion, Stevie said, “If people want to be mad at me, be mad at me. I don’t care. Had I made the other choice, had I gone the other way, I’d have been a great mom. I went this way, and I’ve done great.”
And for Stevie, the song is more about getting the message out than having a hit.
“Poets write what they write, and poets should not be censored. Writers should not be censored. This song should not be censored,” she said. “It should go out into the world and do what it’s gonna do, maybe change some minds. There is a God, and God gave me this talent to sing and write and dance. So, I’m doing my job.”
Carlos Santana has announced more dates for his Las Vegas residency, An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live, at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
The new dates are his first for 2025, consisting of 16 shows in January, February and May, starting Jan. 22 and running through May 25.
Santana has been headlining his House of Blues residency for 13 years and will return to the stage on Wednesday for his latest round of shows.
Tickets for the new dates go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. A complete list of dates can be found at santana.com.
The Allman Brothers Band played their final live show at New York’s Beacon Theatre.
The location of the concert was very special to the Allman Brothers Band. They’d played the venue annually since 1989, which helped them set a Broadway record of 237 consecutive sold-out shows.
The concert had the band — founders Gregg Allman, Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, along with Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones and Oteil Burbridge — playing a set that included such songs as “Mountain Jam,” “Midnight Rider,” “Whipping Post” and “Melissa.”
The three-set show was one of the longest in the band’s history, lasting into the wee hours of the morning, which coincided with the 43rd anniversary of Duane Allman’s death.
The concert was recently remastered and released digitally, with a three-CD set and a 16-page booklet dropping Nov. 22.
We are getting our first look at Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen.
The Bear star will play The Boss in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, and 20th Century Studios has just released the first photo of White in character, wearing a flannel shirt and leather jacket.
Production is now underway on Deliver Me From Nowhere, based on author Warren Zanes’ book, which follows Springsteen as he makes his 1982 solo record Nebraska.
“Beginning production on this film is an incredibly humbling and thrilling journey,” said the film’s director Scott Cooper. “Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska has profoundly shaped my artistic vision. The album’s raw, unvarnished portrayal of life’s trials and resilience resonates deeply with me.”
He adds, “Our film aims to capture that same spirit, bringing Warren Zanes’ compelling narrative of Bruce’s life to the screen with authenticity and hope, honoring Bruce’s legacy in a transformative cinematic experience.”
Deliver Me From Nowhere also stars Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young, Sir Stephen Graham, and Johnny Cannizzaro.
Art from music legends like Bob Dylan, Bono, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr is set to go on display at a new art exhibition and sale in November.
Beyond the Stage: Art by Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll, described as “the largest collection of art by iconic names in rock and roll” is opening Nov. 7 at Animazing Gallery in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas.
It will feature an array of drawings, sketches, paintings, unique guitars and other works of fine art from some huge names in music. Other stars with art in the exhibit include Stevie Nicks, The Doors’ Robby Krieger, John Lennon, David Bowie, Jerry Garcia, Gene Simmons and Steven Tyler.
To celebrate the opening, a special event will be held at Animazing Gallery on Nov. 8, with appearances by guitarists Steve Vai and Billy Morrison, who’ll both have pieces shown at the gallery.
“I’m honored to have been invited to show my abstract art at Animazing Gallery’s exhibit along with so many inspired artists,” said Vai. “It’s a unique exhibit that explores the artistic expression of musical icons. We know their musical expressions, but at this exhibit we get to see how that translates into shapes and colors.”
The exhibit will mark the first time all these works have been shown together.
And folks who can’t make it to Vegas will still be able to enjoy the collection. The show will be available to stream at www.animazinggallery.com.