Genesis frontman and drummer Phil Collins landed his first-ever solo #1 with “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now).”
The track was featured in the romantic thriller Against All Odds, which starred Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward and James Woods.
In addition to being #1, the song was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Grammy.
Collins went on to have 14 top-10 solo hits and six more solo #1 songs: “One More Night,” “Sussudio” and “Separate Lives,” featuring Marilyn Martin, which were all released in 1985; 1988’s “Two Hearts” and “Groovy Kind of Love”; and 1989’s “Another Day in Paradise.”
Dave Grohl made a surprise appearance during Coachella’s second weekend.
The Foo Fighters frontman showed up during conductor Gustavo Dudamel‘s set Saturday alongside the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. Together, they jammed the Foos songs “Everlong” and “The Sky Is a Neighborhood.”
In other Coachella weekend two happenings, Charli XCX reacted to Green Day drummer Tré Cool wearing a sash reading “actual headliner” after the pop star wore one reading “miss should be a headliner” following her weekend one set. During the Saturdays of both weekends, Charli played the main Coachella stage right before Green Day did.
On Sunday, Charli retweeted the photo of Cool and his sash alongside the caption, “obsessed.”
ZZ Top rocker Billy F Gibbons will be celebrating our nation’s independence onstage in Ohio.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and his band the BFGs are set to headline Madtree Red, White & Blue Ash, a festival taking place July 4 at Summit Park in Blue Ash, Ohio.
The event is free and will feature fireworks, rides, games and more.
Next up, ZZ Top is set to kick off a tour of Australia and New Zealand April 26 in Bendigo, Australia. They will then hit Canada before bringing their Elevation tour to the U.S., starting June 10 in Moorhead, Minnesota. The tour runs through Oct. 10 in Terre Haute, Indiana.
They are also booked to play the Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on Sept. 13.
A complete list of ZZ Top dates can be found at ZZtop.com.
News the band had parted ways with their longtime touring drummer, son of Ringo Starr, came out on Wednesday, but now they’ve announced he’s back in the band.
“News Flash! Who Backs Zak!” Pete Townshend shared on social media. “He’s not being asked to step down from The Who.”
“There have been some communication issues, personal and private on all sides, that needed to be dealt with, and these have been aired happily,” Townshend continued. “Roger [Daltrey] and I would like Zak to tighten up his latest evolved drumming style to accommodate our non-orchestral line up and he has readily agreed. I take responsibility for some of the confusion.”
Problems between the trio seemed to come to a head at The Who’s Teenage Cancer Trust shows in London in March, with Townshend sharing the shows were “a little tricky for me,” due to his knee replacement surgery recovery.
“Maybe we didn’t put enough time into sound checks, giving us problems on stage,” he added, noting, “Roger did nothing wrong but fiddle with his in-ear monitors. Zak made a few mistakes and he has apologised. Albeit with a rubber duck drummer.”
He then noted, “We are a family, this blew up very quickly and got too much oxygen. It’s over. We move forward now with optimism and fire in our bellies.”
Starkey later shared The Who’s post on Instagram, adding, “V grateful to be a part of the who family Thanks Roger and Pete xx.”
The Who have two more shows on the schedule for 2025, both in Italy: July 20 in Padua and July 21 in Milan. Daltrey also has several solo U.K. shows on the schedule. A complete schedule can be found at TheWho.com.
The Bruce Springsteen film Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White as The Boss, is due out later this year, and it sounds like Springsteen didn’t have many qualms about the film being made.
“They pitched the idea, and I said, ‘It sounds like fun,’” Springsteen tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. “It’s an interesting concept, because it’s only a couple of years out of my life. It’s ’81, ’82, and centered around the creation of that particular record while I was simultaneously recording Born in the USA and also going through some personal difficulties that I’ve been living with my whole life. But it’s fantastic.”
Springsteen was often seen on the New Jersey set during the filming of the movie, although he notes they shot “a good amount of it without me there” because he was on tour.
“It was interesting to see it played out, to see your grandmother’s house again, and to go inside and get a general feeling of what it was like when you were very young,” he says. “So I enjoyed all those parts of it.”
Springsteen, who is due to kick off a European tour with The E Street Band May 14 in Manchester, also touched upon the current state of the U.S. and the role music plays in helping people get through it.
“One of the artists’ jobs to make sense of existence and to make sense of the current times that you live in, and to contextualize those times,” he says. “Every artist does it in a different way. So I’ve got that on my mind, and I’m sure it’ll be reflected in our next leg of the tour.”
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Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and Alice Cooper are set to take part in an upcoming Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, dubbed Welcome to My Rock Camp, Nov. 13-16 in Phoenix.
The camp gives everyday musicians the chance to perform alongside the rock legends. There will also be Q&As, master classes, jam sessions and more, with counselors like former Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Megadeth’s David Elefson, former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Bumblefoot and more.
Both Halford and Cooper have taken part in Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp before and shared in a documentary about the camp why they like the experience.
“When I went to the fantasy camp, it was interesting to me. If a guy works a normal, stressful job, it gives him something to look forward to. It’s cool,” said Cooper. Halford noted, “It took me back to when I first started in the early days. It’s music in its most honest format. Looking forward to another good bashing of the rock camp.”
In addition to the camp experience, attendees can add on the exclusive opportunity to golf with Cooper during his upcoming charity tournament.
Registration information can be found at rockcamp.com.
Halford and Cooper will be spending a lot of time together in 2025. Cooper and Judas Priest are set to kick off a North American tour on Sept. 16 in Biloxi, Mississippi. For the full list of dates visit JudasPriest.com or AliceCooper.com.
Defiance Part 2: Fiction is the sequel to the Mott the Hoople frontman’s 2023 release, Defiance Part 1.
Other guests on Part 2 include Def Leppard’s Phil Collen, Queen’s Brian May, the late guitarist Jeff Beck, the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Lucinda Williams,Heartbreakers‘ keyboardist Benmont Tench and more.
Dee Snider’s contribution to the all-star Triumph tribute album has just been released.
The Twisted Sister frontman has recorded a cover of the Canadian rockers’ classic “Lay It On the Line,” one of 15 songs that will appear on Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph, dropping June 6.
“The first time I heard this song, I was blown away,” Snider shares. “There’s only one (Triumph frontman) Rik Emmett and Triumph. I’m honored to be a part of this!”
“Lay It On the Line” is now available via digital outlets. It is the second track released from the album, following Sebastian Bach’s cover of “Rock & Roll Machine.”
Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph features a lineup that includes Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, Heart’s Nancy Wilson, Journey drummer DeenCastronovo, guitarists Bumblefoot and Nita Strauss, Alex Lifeson’s band Envy of None, Night Ranger’s Jack Blades andguitarist Phil X, who was a member of Triumph from 1992 to 1993.
Hard rockers Triumph were popular in the ’70s and ’80s, releasing their last record, Edge of Excess, in 1993. They were known for their explosive live shows, which featured pyrotechnics, lasers and more. They were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2008 and Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2019.
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Pink Floyd’s 1972 concert film, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, is set to hit theaters and IMAX on April 24, but it sounds like the band almost skipped out on the whole project.
During a preview screening of the film in London, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason revealed that the band initially wasn’t interested in making the film. He credits the director, Adrian Maben, for getting them to do it.
“Someone that should be mentioned is Adrian Maben, who actually came up with this whole idea, we were unspeakably not interested,” Mason said, according to the U.K. outlet The Standard. “Adrian worked really hard to even persuade us to come out to Italy and actually make this movie.”
He added, “The thing that worked about it, that we didn’t see, and he did, was this thing of it being a live show, but with no audience, and the fact that this amphitheatre created such a sense of moment. Even without the audience, it had the feel of a full-on gig.”
There’s been a lot of animosity between the members of Pink Floyd in recent years, especially with Roger Waters and David Gilmour, and Mason said watching the film now he sees “an innocence” with the band. He notes, “[I]t’s extraordinary to sort of watch us just going at it and arguing, but in a constructive way.”
The version hitting the screen has been newly restored for audiences to enjoy, and Mason shared, “We’re delighted with the way it turned out.”
Tickets for Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII are on sale now.
Allman Brothers Band founding member Dickey Betts died at the age of 80.
Born Forrest Richard Betts on Dec. 12, 1943, Dickey co-founded Allman Brothers Band in 1969 with brothers Duane and Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanson. They released their self-titled debut that year.
They went on to be considered one of the pioneering Southern rock bands and were particularly known for their touring career, which included long shows filled with extended jams.
In addition to playing lead guitar in the band, Betts wrote and sang lead on several songs, including “Ramblin’ Man,” their only top-10 hit, and “Blue Sky.” He also composed the band’s well-known instrumental tunes, including “Jessica” and “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.”
Betts was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Allman Brothers Band in 1995. He was officially ousted from the band in 2000 and never played with them again.
Jaimoe is currently the only surviving founding member of the Allman Brothers Band.
