Classic Rock News

Looks like Bryan Adams is getting ready to release a very Canada-centric song on Canada Day.

The Canadian rocker revealed on Instagram that he’ll be dropping the tune “The 51st State” on July 1, which marks Canada’s national holiday.

The title appears to be a reference to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Canada should become part of the United States, but don’t think Adams is suggesting he wants that to happen. In the caption of his announcement, he clearly states it’s something “We’ll never be.”

There’s no word on whether the song is part of a future Bryan Adams album or just a standalone single. He released his last studio album, Roll With The Punches, in August.

Adams is currently on a European tour and plays Herceg Novi, Montenegro, on Friday. His tour returns to the North America on July 24 with a show in St. Louis, Missouri. A complete list of dates can be found at BryanAdams.com.

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Ann Wilson is once again making music with the band Tripsitter.

Wilson and Tripsitter are set to release their second album together, Consecrated Ground, on Aug. 14 and have just released the album’s first single, “I Will Not Be Coming Back,” to digital outlets.

According to a press release, the single “captures themes of liberation, transformation, and unwavering self-determination.”

Wilson and Tripsitter first began working together in 2023. They released their first album, Another Door, in September of that year.

Following the release of Consecrated Ground, Wilson and Tripsitter will be heading out on the road. Their new tour kicks off Sept. 12 in Lady Lake, Florida, and wraps Oct. 9 in Ridgefield, Connecticut. A complete list of dates can be found at AnnWilson.com.

Consecrated Ground is available for preorder now. Check out the track list below:

“I Will Not Be Coming Back”
“Bone Pain”
“Me And Comanche”
“Hard Fought”
“Ruby Rosé (Lady Of The Night)”
“Hot Foot”
“Dissonance”
“Renaissance Kids”
“Reverse Chaos”

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On This Day, June 26, 1965…

The Byrds hit #1 on the Billboard singles chart with their debut single, a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man.” It became the first recording of a Dylan song to reach number one on any pop music chart.

The track would be one of two #1 hits for the group. The other, “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season),” would top the chart six months later.

Dylan’s version of the song appeared on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The Byrds’ version was released less than a month after Dylan’s, and became the title track of their debut album.

Both versions of the song have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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The music of INXS is going to be the subject of a new ballet opening in the band’s native Australia.

The Queensland Ballet has teamed with HOTA, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, for the new contemporary ballet Elegantly Wasted, featuring dance interpretations of the band’s songs.

“INXS have always embraced exploring new ideas and the different ways our music can connect with people,” INXS founding member and composer Andrew Farriss says in a statement. “This ballet is a fresh artistic interpretation that stands in its own space. It’s not about the band’s story but shows how our music can inspire new forms of expression.”

He adds, “It’s exciting to see the work approached from a completely new perspective. … [W]e’re looking forward to seeing how it comes to life.”

The production is described as a “striking contemporary work that charts a compelling shift from artifice to awareness, from surface to soul. It invites us to question what we perform, what we conceal, and what we might rediscover if we dare to be seen without filters.”

Elegantly Wasted was the band’s 10th studio album and its final album recorded with frontman Michael Hutchence before his 1997 death.

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Songwriter Desmond Child has released a live performance of the KISS classic “I Was Made For Lovin’ You,” a song he co-wrote with KISS’ Paul Stanley.

The song is the first track released from Child’s upcoming live album, Desmond Child Rocks The Parthenon – The Live Concert Album, a recording of his June 2022 concert at the historic Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, Greece.

The album is filled with performances of songs Child wrote for other artists, like KISS, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Ricky Martin and more. The “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” performance features Canadian singer Justin Benlolo, one of several guests who appear on the album. Others include Alice Cooper, Bonnie Tyler, Rita Wilson and Kip Winger.

Desmond Child Rocks The Parthenon – The Live Concert Album, dropping July 24, is available for preorder now.

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Whitesnake’s career took off in the ’80s, and now the albums that helped launch the David Coverdale-fronted band to superstardom are set to be reissued on vinyl.

The band’s three mid-’80s albums — 1984’s Slide It In, 1987’s Whitesnake aka 1987 and 1989’s Slip of the Tongue — will be reissued on standard black vinyl on Sept. 18.

Each album will also get color vinyl variants. Whitesnake will get a gold black ice variant, Slide It In will be available as an onyx variant and Slip of the Tongue will be available as a crimson moon variant through CraftRecordings.com.

In addition, Whitesnake will be released on tan smoke vinyl via Walmart and limited-edition stone marble vinyl via Revolver. The album features the band’s biggest hits — “Here I Go Again,” “Is This Love” and “Still of the Night.”

All three vinyl reissues are available for preorder now.

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Billy Joel’s iconic track “Piano Man” is back on the Billboard chart.

The rocker’s signature tune, the title track to his 1973 sophomore album, is #1 on the Billboard Top TV Songs chart thanks to its appearance in the Prime Video series The Boys.

The song appeared in the show’s series finale, although Joel has often been referenced throughout the series because he’s the favorite artist of the character Hughie, played by Jack Quaid.

Thanks to its appearance in the show’s final episode, “Piano Man” got a boost of 19.1 official U.S. streams and another 1,000 downloads.

“Piano Man” was Joel’s first major hit, peaking at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013 and in 2015 was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

Other songs landing in the Top TV Songs chart top 10 this week include: Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day” at #3, due to an appearance in Netflix’s The Boroughs; Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” at #5, also because of The Boroughs; Steely Dan’s “Do It Again” at #6, thanks to its appearance in HBO’s Euphoria; and “I Played the Fool,” Michael Stipe and Andrew Watt’s theme song to HBO’s Rooster, at #10.

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The Rolling Stones are giving fans another preview of their upcoming album, Foreign Tongues.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have released two new songs from the album, including the new single “Jealous Lover,” which features special guest Steve Winwood on organ.

They also premiered a new video for the track on Amazon Music, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Beef’s Charles Melton.

But that’s not all. The Stones have also released the song “Divine Intervention,” which features Winwood on piano and organ, as well as The Cure’s Robert Smith on guitar.

The Stones have now released four songs from Foreign Tongues, which drops July 10. They previously released the single “In the Stars,” as well as the track “Rough and Twisted,” which was originally released under the name The Cockroaches.

And to coincide with the new songs, The Stones have also debuted the first episode of their new podcast, Speaking in Tongues, hosted by Norah Jones. It is available now via digital outlets.

Foreign Tongues is available for preorder now.

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Thursday is Global Beatles Day, which celebrates the anniversary of the legendary band’s 1967 live performance of “All You Need is Love” on the BBC’s Our World special. Now fans at home can relive the performance.

This year marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd, the company founded by The Beatles, has officially recognized the fan celebration, which was launched in 2009 by lifelong fan Faith Cohen. To celebrate, The Beatles have released a colorized version of the Our World performance to YouTube for the first time.

The performance, originally broadcast to over 400 million people across 26 countries, was shot at Abbey Road Studios with The Beatles singing live over prerecorded vocals. The band is backed by an orchestra and surrounded by such superstar friends as Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Keith Moon and Marianne Faithfull.

But that’s not the only way Global Beatles Day is being celebrated.

Ringo Starr posted a message on Instagram, writing, “All you need is love, love peace and love. I send you all peace and love love love no matter what you choose. Choose love” with #GlobalBeatlesDay. Paul McCartney also acknowledged the day on Instagram, posting black-and-white shots of the band and writing, “Have a great time on what is now Global Beatles Day (good group!).”

Plus, the music collective Rockin’1000 released a video of 1,000 musicians performing “All You Need is Love” during a sold-out concert at Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. According to the video description, “(T)his song became something more than a performance. For a few minutes, there were no strangers among us. Just instruments, voices, arms around each other, and one song connecting thousands of people.”

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On This Day, June 25, 2022…

Paul McCartney headlined the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, performing a 38-song set on the Pyramid Stage.

The concert took place one week after McCartney turned 80, making him the oldest solo headliner ever to play the festival.

McCartney’s set opened with The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” and was filled with Beatles and Wings tracks, as well as solo material.

It also included a special guest appearance by Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, who joined him on “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Band on the Run.”

Bruce Springsteen also made a surprise appearance, performing his Born in the U.S.A. hit “Glory Days” with McCartney. They also teamed up for The Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man.”

Both Springsteen and Grohl came out at the end of the set to help McCartney close the show with The Beatles’ “The End.”

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