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The Band’s 1976 greatest hits collection is getting the reissue treatment.

The Best of the Band features 11 classic tunes from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group, made up of Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm and Rick Danko. The newly remastered album features such classic tunes as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and more.

The collection will be released Dec. 12 on standard black vinyl, its first time on vinyl since the ‘80s. It will also be released on CD and super high material CD.

The Best of the Band is available for preorder now.

Originally released in July 1976, the album came out as The Band was preparing for their farewell concert, which took place Nov. 25, 1976, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The concert featured a host of special guests, including Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, and was captured in the iconic concert film The Last Waltz, directed by Martin Scorsese.

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The Bruce Springsteen movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is in theaters now, and it sounds like the rocker may be open to revisiting his life on screen once again.

At the AFI Fest opening night screening of the film, director Scott Cooper told Variety that another Springsteen movie isn’t out of the realm of possibility.

“I suppose if you can make four Beatles movies, you can make a couple of Bruce Springsteen movies,” he said, a reference to Sam Mendes’ upcoming project, The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, due out in April 2028.

“There’s so many chapters in Bruce’s life, in all seriousness, that are quite right for cinematic treatment,” Cooper said. “That’s something quite honestly that Bruce and I have discussed. I think he really loves this film. He’s loved the experience.”

He added, “I think he feels incredibly comfortable with someone telling a very painful chapter in his life. You’d have to ask him, but I think he’s ready for more.”

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere stars Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as his manager, Jon Landau. It follows the rocker as he makes his 1982 solo album, Nebraska.

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The Beatles have shared another bonus track from their upcoming Anthology reissue.

The latest is a previously unreleased session recording of “I’ve Just Seen A Face,” recorded June 14, 1965, at Abbey Road Studios.

“I’ve Just Seen A Face (Take 3)” is now available via digital outlets.

The song is one of 13 previously unreleased recordings that will appear on Anthology 4, the new compilation that’s part of the upcoming Anthology Collection box set, dropping Nov. 21. The set, featuring the original three Anthology albums, plus the new fourth installment, will be released digitally and as a 12-LP or eight-CD collection.

Anthology 4 will also be released on its own, as a three-LP or two-CD set, featuring 36 tracks, including the 13 previously unreleased bonus tracks.

All formats are available for preorder now.

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The Aerosmith/Yungblud collaboration now has even more star power from an unexpected source.

The two acts have released a new version of their joint single “My Only Angel” featuring actor and comedian Steve Martin, who is also an accomplished banjo player.

“My Only Angel (Desert Road Version)” is an acoustic-driven version of the song that closes with a banjo riff courtesy of Martin.

According to a press release, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is a “longtime admirer” of Martin, and reached out to him to be a part of the track. Martin’s also posted a screenshot of a text exchange between him and Tyler of them setting up the collaboration, with the wholesomeness you might expect from a 77-year-old and 80-year-old man figuring out technology together.

You can watch the video for “My Only Angel (Desert Road Version)” streaming now on YouTube.

The original “My Only Angel” appears on the forthcoming Aerosmith/Yungblud collaborative EP, One More Time, due out Nov. 21.

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Two ’80s pop music icons who’ve never worked together before are joining forces for a U.S tour kicking off Saturday in Connecticut. Bryan Adams is launching the U.S. leg of his current world tour with opening act Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo.

While the tour’s in support of Bryan’s latest album, Roll With the Punches, he explains that he’s not one of those artists who’ll make you sit through a lot of the new stuff.

“I play all the songs everybody knows and loves, and then I pepper it with a couple of new songs,” he tells ABC Audio. How does he keep songs he’s been playing for decades, like “Summer of ’69,” fresh for him and his band? It’s all about the crowd, he says.

“There’s that old great adage, ‘There ain’t no audience, there ain’t no show,'” Bryan says. “So much hinges on the connection between people and the music. And that’s why we do what we do … because we love that connection and we try to make that connection.”

While Bryan and Pat had never met prior to the tour, they do have a connection: He originally wrote his 1981 song “Lonely Nights” for her to record.

“We submitted it to her, but we never heard anything back,” Bryan recalls. “So when it came time for me to make an album, I still had that song, so I recorded it and it became one of my [first] … songs on American rock radio.” 

And while Pat and Neil are usually headliners, Pat says teaming with Bryan gives them exposure to a whole new audience. Plus, as Pat explains, “We’re not performing in massive stadiums anymore. … So when you have an opportunity to go back out and do the Forum and do the Madison Square Garden, it is fun to pay the big places.”

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Soon-to-be Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Bad Company are the focus of a new tribute album, Can’t Get Enough: The Music of Bad Company, which is out now. It features guests like Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, The Struts and more covering iconic Bad Company tunes.

BadCo drummer Simon Kirke tells ABC Audio they’re “honored that these artists have taken the time to record” their songs, noting, “It’s wonderful.”

He does say, however, that while he’s familiar with artists like Slash and Elliott, he’s not familiar with “half” of the musicians who took part in the album. He does heap praise on the covers, though: “They actually were not that far removed from our originals.”

Kirke and BadCo frontman Paul Rodgers also contributed to the project; Kirke plays drums and Rodgers adds backing vocals on Elliott and Collen’s rendition of “Seagull,” while Rodgers also contributed backing vocals to “Run With The Pack,” covered by Blackberry Smoke, and “Shooting Star,” covered by Halestorm.

Kirke says doing it “was kind of like a hats off” to the artists who took part in the release.

Before Kirke and Rodgers formed Bad Company with guitarist Mick Ralphs and bassist Boz Burrell, they were both in the band Free, and the album includes a cover of Free’s biggest hit, “All Right Now.” Kirke says it makes sense the tune would be included on the album.

“It’s one of those songs that just will not die, and it’ll be around long after I’ve gone,” he says. “It’s an iconic song, always has been and always will be.” 

Bad Company will inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 8 in Los Angeles. The ceremony will stream live on Disney+ starting at 8 p.m. ET.

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In the original 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, the film’s fictional band, Spinal Tap, sings their song “Stonehenge” onstage as an 18-inch-high version of the real thing descends from the ceiling, instead of the planned 18-foot-high version. Well, who needs props when you can have the real thing? 

It seems the band — made up of Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer — actually got to perform the tune in front of the real Stonehenge rock formation, and now fans are going to be able to experience it in theaters.

The concert film Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale, documenting Spinal Tap as they perform the first-ever rock concert at the English heritage site Stonehenge, is set to hit theaters in 2026. It will feature special guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Shania Twain and Josh Groban.

The news follows the release of the This is Spinal Tap sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, which hit theaters in September. It follows the band as they attempt to stage a reunion concert 40 years after the first film. In the sequel, Spinal Tap performs “Stonehenge” with Elton John, and this time, the prop is the correct size.

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The John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentary One to One: John & Yoko is coming to HBO.

The film, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, will debut Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

One to One follows the 18 months John and Yoko lived in New York’s Greenwich Village in the early ’70s. It culminates with the pair’s 1972 One to One concerts, which were Lennon’s only full-length performances after The Beatles‘ 1970 breakup.

The film features never-before-seen and fully restored footage of the concerts. It also includes audio recordings the couple made of themselves when they feared the FBI was listening in on their phone.

One to One previously screened at a variety of festivals, including the Venice Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. It opened in IMAX theaters in April.

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Bruce Springsteen continues to come out in support of his biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.

The Boss attended the AFI Fest opening screening of the film at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood alongside the film’s director, Scott Cooper, and cast Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young and others.

Springsteen also treated the audience to a post-screening performance of two songs: “Atlantic City,” which is featured on Nebraska, the making of which is the subject of the film; and “Land of Hope and Dreams,” from his 2012 album, Wrecking Ball.

He told the audience before he started performing, “I really love the people who made this film,” and then joked, “This is my last night in the movie business, I’m sticking to music.”

Deliver Me From Nowhere opens in theaters on Friday.

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While the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has released few details about what is going to happen on induction night, Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers may have shared a hint about what fans can expect when the band is inducted.

During an interview with Rolling Stone, Rodgers revealed there’s a good chance he and Simon Kirke, the only other surviving member of Bad Company, may perform.

“I’m going to be there for sure, yeah. And I believe Simon is, too,” he said, when asked if he was attending the ceremony. When questioned about performing, he replied, “Well, we may well. We’ll see how we go.”

“Well, they want us to, and I may,” he added. “I haven’t decided what songs to sing at this point in time. But it could be ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy.'”

Rodgers says he’s “a little bit nervous” about the ceremony, especially since he has to make a speech. He notes, “I’m not used to really making speeches of any nature, but I’ll be ok.”

As for his fellow inductees, he says he’s a fan of the late Joe Cocker, explaining, “I toured with him on the ARMS tour. He’s such a great guy. He said to me once, ‘Singing is sometimes like pushing a ten-ton truck up a very steep hill.’ I said, ‘I know what you mean, Joe.’ I’m sure he would love this. He was such a great singer.”

The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Nov. 8 in Los Angeles and will stream live on Disney+ starting at 8 p.m. ET. ABC will also air a highlights special on Jan. 1, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET.

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