Mötley Crüe will be joined by Carrie Underwood for their performance on the upcoming season finale of American Idol.
The former American Idol winner is a noted rock fan and previously covered the Crüe song “Home Sweet Home” to be used as the show’s season 8 farewell song.
While that means they’ll probably be playing “Home Sweet Home” together, we’re holding out hope for a mash-up called “Jesus, Take the Feel(good).”
The American Idol finale will air May 11 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. It will stream the next day on Hulu and Disney+.
As previously reported, the episode will also feature performance from Shinedown, Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms, among others.
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Gene Simmons on ‘Dancing with the Stars’/(Disney/Eric McCandless)
Sounds like we may be getting some new music from KISS.
During a YouTube interview with KISSbySienna, Gene Simmons gave fans an update on what they’ve been up to, and it’s good news for fans anxious for new tunes.
“KISS is in the studio now,” Simmons said when asked what they’ve been doing since retiring from the road in 2023. He then elaborated further, noting they had just recorded a song written by Paul Stanley.
“I can’t tell you more about it,” he said. “And that’ll be coming out at some point.”
This isn’t first time this year that Simmons has mentioned KISS making new music. In an April interview with Pollstar in which he and Stanley discussed the band’s upcoming Las Vegas avatar show, Simmons said the show would include “new songs,” adding that the tunes were “written by us. We have songs done.”
The KISS avatar show is expected to launch in 2028.
Patti Smith performs during the Democracy Now! 30th Anniversary Event at Riverside Church on March 23, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images)
Patti Smith is one of the artists booked for Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment, a live event happening June 14 at Town Hall in New York City.
The event is being put on by the free speech advocacy group Committee for the First Amendment, founded by actress and activist Jane Fonda. It is described as “an evening of song, solidarity, and action that will celebrate the freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment, of speech, religion, press, assembly, and protest.”
Fonda is also part of the night’s lineup, along with Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Reid, Sasha Allen and Broadway Inspirational Voices, with more artists to be announced.
“Music has long been a tool to stand up to authoritarianism, and I am honored to spend the evening with these fiercely committed, talented, and brilliant people to celebrate our First Amendment rights,” said Fonda. “As we continue to watch bad faith leaders take more and more power, it is critical that we gather together, raise our voices collectively, and stand united against this administration – and have some fun while doing it.”
Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment will be streamed online for free, with watch parties planned across the country.
Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster and the event’s website. Proceeds will support the Committee for the First Amendment’s work.
Musician Billy Joel performs during a concert entitled “The Last Play at Shea: From the Beatles to Billy.” Joel is the last musician to perform at Shea Stadium before it is replaced by Citi Field in 2009. (Photo by James Keivom/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
Billy Joel’s concert documentary The Last Play at Shea is getting a special outdoor screening as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Tribeca Festival.
The documentary, which debuted at the Tribeca Festival in 2010, will screen at Hudson Yards in New York City on June 4 at 7 p.m. ET. The screening is part of Tribeca at 25: Celebrating the Stories We Share, a series of outdoor screenings of films tied to the history of the festival.
The Last Play at Shea, directed by Paul Crowder, is centered around Joel’s two 2008 concerts at New York’s Shea Stadium, the final concerts at the home of the New York Mets before its demolition. In addition to footage of the concerts, the doc explored the history of the stadium and the team, and featured interviews with Joel.
The concerts also featured guest appearances by Tony Bennett, The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Paul McCartney and others.
The Tribeca Festival is taking place June 3-14 in New York City.
:Neil Young performs with the Chrome Hearts at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, September 15, 2025. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Neil Young is giving fans an update on his upcoming new album with his band The Chrome Hearts.
In a post on his Archives website, Young writes that he recently played the album, Second Song, for his label, Reprise Records.
“It was a celebration,” he says of the playback. “I have been doing this for about 60 years and am so thankful to still be doing it in these days.” He added, “The album is quite special to all of us who made it together.”
Young previously revealed that the album would feature five new songs, plus three other unreleased tracks that were 60 years old, but it appears that may have changed. A caption under a photo of Young and the band in the studio says the album’s made up of seven songs in total, “five written recently in 2026 and 2 unheard ones from 1964.”
“I can’t wait until you hear this album,” Young writes. “Music is good for the soul and this one is special.”
“So love to you all. I hope you are well and happy,” he concludes the post. “These days we have a lot to worry about but we still have much to celebrate. Families, love, life.”
Young didn’t say anything about when the album may be released. It will be the follow-up to 2025’s Talking to the Trees, his first album with The Chrome Hearts.
In the meantime, Young and The Chrome Hearts are releasing a live album, as time explodes, on May 29. It features performances recorded during The Love Earth Tour 2025 that hit Europe, the U.K., the U.S. and Canada.
Steve Cropper’s ‘Watching the Tide’ (Provogue/Artone Label Group)
Steve Cropper passed away in December, but fans will be getting new music from the late Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist this summer.
Watching the Tide, the album Cropper and his band The Midnight Hour were working on prior to his death, will be posthumously released on Aug. 28. It will feature guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Queen’s Brian May, ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons and The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood.
“Making music was Steve’s greatest joy,” says songwriter/producer Jon Tiven, a close friend of Cropper’s. He adds that Cropper was “so encouraged” by his 2024 album, Friendlytown, “He was adamant he wanted to do another record.”
Tiven says 10 of the 11 tracks on Watching the Tide were finished before Cropper’s death, and he got to hear them before he passed.
“I finished the mixes about a week-and-a-half before Steve passed and we brought a CD to him at the medical facility,” he says. “He called me the night before he passed to tell me how much he loved it. He was playing it for everyone who came to visit him, telling them it was the best record he’d ever made.”
Watching the Tide, the title a nod to the Otis Redding classic “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay,” which Cropper co-wrote, is available for preorder now.
Here is the track list: “Tandoori Chicken” “Ticket First” (feat. Eric Clapton) “My Angels Are Calling” (feat. Brian May & Billy F. Gibbons) “Until Now” (feat. Ronnie Wood) “Blood From A Stone” “Here & Gone” (feat. Ana Grosh) “It’s Gonna Get Worse” “Down & Out” “Stand Right Here” (feat. Billy F. Gibbons & Ana Grosh) “Tipoff To The Ripoff” “House Of Cards” “Tandoori Chicken Part 2”
Jimmy Fallon and The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger during Real People Fake Arms sketch, May 6, 2006 (Todd Owyoung/NBC)
Mick Jagger got a chance to show off his comedic chops when he stopped by The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night.
The Rolling Stones frontman took part in a comedy sketch, “Real People Fake Arms.” Setting up the premise, Fallon claimed to have starred in a British soap opera in the ’90s called Jacob’s Patience, noting that his co-star was difficult because he wouldn’t use his arms in any of the scenes. Instead, he used mannequin arms, so the show’s director made everyone else use them as well.
Fallon noted that while it sounded crazy, “if you watched it you’d never be able to tell.”
He then threw to a clip of the show, where, of course, you could totally tell. The clip showed Jimmy at a jewelry store called Hackney Diamonds, after The Stones’ 2023 album, with Mick playing the sales person.
“Please to meet you, I hope you guess my name,” Jagger said as he introduced himself to Fallon, a reference to The Stones’ classic “Sympathy for the Devil.”
The sketch then captured Jagger showing Fallon some jewelry pieces for a Mother’s Day gift for Fallon’s wife, all the while using his awkward mannequin arms, which led to several absurd interactions, including Jagger “booping” Fallon a few times.
There was also another Rolling Stones reference, when Fallon noted he couldn’t afford one of the suggested pieces and said, “You can’t always get what you want.”
Jagger’s appearance comes just one day after The Rolling Stones announced their new album, Foreign Tongues, is coming out July 10. Keith Richards is expected to stop by The Tonight Show Thursday, and Ronnie Wood is making an appearance on May 13.
Sir Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena during his ‘Got Back’ world tour on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)
Paul McCartney’s new solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, will be celebrated with record store release parties across the country.
The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer revealed a list of record stores hosting the events May 29-31. The Instagram announcement noted that the parties will include postcard party favors and tote bags that come with the purchase of the album, plus a chance to win an undisclosed “special prize.”
Those attending will also have the chance to purchase a special limited-edition silver vinyl variant of the album, which will only be available at the parties.
The Boys of Dungeon Lane, dropping May 29, is McCartney’s first solo album since 2020’s McCartney III. It is described as “a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared along with some newly inspired love songs.”
The album includes the song “Home to Us,” a collaboration with McCartney’s Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, which will be released Friday. The song also features Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri from the band Texas.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ann Wilson of Heart performs onstage during the Jim Irsay Collection Exhibit and Concert at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on January 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
Heart’s Ann Wilson has announced a new set of tour dates with her band Tripsitter.
The trek kicks off Sept. 11 in The Villages, Florida, hitting cities in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York and more, before wrapping Oct. 9 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Wilson and Tripsitter released their first album together, Another Door, in 2023.
Next up for Wilson, she’s set to embark on a screening and Q&A tour in support of her upcoming documentary, In My Voice. The tour, which also features the film’s director, Barbara Hall, begins May 11 in Seattle and wraps June 1 in Boston.
The film follows the 75-year-old Wilson from her childhood to stardom in Heart and features personal home movies, photographs, journals and never-before-seen footage. It also includes contributions from the singer’s family, bandmates, fellow artists and more.
A complete list of Ann Wilson dates can be found at AnnWilson.com.
(L-R) Brandi Carlile and Bonnie Raitt attend the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Bonnie Raitt is set to return to Austin City Limits to help celebrate Brandi Carlile as she’s inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.
The 12th annual ACL Hall of Fame induction will take place July 1 at ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. Raitt will handle Carlile’s induction and also perform.
“Being inducted into the ACL Hall of Fame by one of my absolute heroes — Bonnie Raitt — means everything to me,” says Carlile. “I’m so grateful to have had such a deep and powerful connection to the city of Austin and Austin City Limits all these years — and I cannot wait to hit the Moody stage in July to celebrate this immense honor.”
Raitt adds that she’s thrilled to be inducting Carlile.
“She is truly one of our most respected and impactful artists. I admire her not only for her incredible music, but for standing up for the causes and artists she’s passionate about, all while balancing her wonderful family life,” says Raitt. “I can’t wait to get to perform together for this show that has meant so much to us both.”
Highlights from the induction will air during season 52 of Austin City Limits, which will premiere on PBS in September.
Raitt, who made her ACL debut in 1984, was inducted into the ACL Hall of Fame in 2016.
