The Rolling Stones released the compilation album GRRR! to mark their 50th anniversary.
The 50-track album featured such Stones classics as “Gimme Shelter,” “Honky Tonk Woman,” “Ruby Tuesday,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Start Me Up” along with two new songs “Doom and Gloom” and “One More Shot.”
The Stones hit the road that December on the 50 and Counting tour, recording their Dec. 15, 2012, show at the Prudential Center in New Jersey for a pay-per-view concert.
The concert featuring guest appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John MayerGary Clark, Jr., Mick Taylor and The Black Keys, was remixed and reedited and released as an album and concert film in February 2023.
Jack Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne view tributes to the late Ozzy Osbourne from fans as his funeral cortege travels through his home city of Birmingham on July 30, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
The Osbourne family has released the first episode of The Osbournes Podcast following the death of Ozzy Osbourne in July.
Ozzy’s widow, Sharon Osbourne, and their kids Jack Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne “share raw memories, laughter, tears, and the incredible outpouring of love from around the world,” according to the episode description.
“They discuss Ozzy’s final days, his determination to perform one last show, his legendary spirit, and the powerful lessons of gratitude and authenticity he left behind,” the description continues. “This is a heartfelt tribute to one of rock’s most iconic legends — from the people who knew him best.”
During the episode, Jack plays a voicemail that President Donald Trump left Sharon expressing his condolences. They also share that England’s King Charles III sent them a letter.
“Just the outpouring of love is so overwhelming and comforting,” Sharon says.
You can watch the Osbournes Podcast episode streaming now on YouTube, or listen to it via your preferred podcast platform.
Ozzy died on July 22 at age 76. He’d just performed his final concert with his original Black Sabbath bandmates at the massive Back to the Beginning concert on July 5.
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready reunited with drummer Matt Cameron, who announced in July that he’d left the band, on Saturday when Soundgarden was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Speaking with ABC Audio on the show’s red carpet, McCready shared whether Pearl Jam is actively looking for a new drummer to replace Cameron.
“We’re kinda looking around right now,” McCready said. “That’s about it.”
McCready joked that the Rock Hall induction was the perfect place to start auditioning possible new drummers.
“I think tonight I’m gonna be trying, getting some numbers and auditioning with pencils, I’ll give some people some pencils,” he quipped. “So we’ll see.”
Cameron had joined Pearl Jam in 1998 after Soundgarden first broke up in 1997. He’s now been inducted into the Rock Hall with both bands.
Highlights from the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air during an ABC primetime special on Jan. 1.
Neil Young performs on Day 7 of 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)
Happy Birthday goes out to Neil Young who turns 80 on Wednesday (Nov. 12).
Young’s musical career took off in the 1960s after moving from Canada to Los Angeles and forming Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin and Richie Furay.
After the band’s breakup in 1968, Young launched a solo career, releasing his self-titled debut that same year. But it was his sophomore album, 1969’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, his first with backing band Crazy Horse, that became his first top-40 hit, thanks songs like “Cinnamon Girl” and “Down by the River.”
Not long after, Young joined Stills in his band Crosby, Stills & Nash, and in 1970 they released, Déjà Vu, which was a #1 hit. He would go on to join them for two more records.
Young has released 49 solo albums over the course of his career, including 1970’s After the Gold Rush, and 1972’s Harvest. His most recent album, Talkin to the Trees, with his new band Chrome Hearts, came out in June. Iconic Young tracks include his only #1 single “Heart of Gold,” “Old Man,” “The Needle and the Damage Done,” and “Rockin’ in the Free World.”
Never one to shy away from making a political statement, Young has spoken out against corporate sponsorship in music, removed his songs from Spotify over misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine and has directly called out President Donald Trump, releasing the new song “Big Crime,” which was aimed at the president.
Young’s also spent his career supporting causes he believes in, including launching Farm Aid in 1985 with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp,to help the plight of the American farmer.
Young’s career has earned him induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice, as a solo artist in 1995 and as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997.
Musician Benmont Tench performs at A Celebration Of Patti Smith: People Have The Power Rehearsal Show at City Winery on March 25, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench has announced his first tour dates for 2026.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will launch an eight-city tour on Jan. 15 in New Orleans, with stops in Nashville, Atlanta, Austin, Orlando and more, before wrapping Feb. 18 in his hometown of Gainesville, Florida. The trek includes two nights in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, as part of the 30A Songwriters Festival.
A ticket presale begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public starting Friday at 10 a.m. local time. A complete list of dates can be found at BenmontTench.com.
Tench is touring in support of his most recent solo album, The Melancholy Season, which was released in March. The album was his first solo release since his debut solo album, You Should Be So Lucky, which came out in 2014.
(L-R) Rick Savage and Joe Elliott of Def Leppard perform onstage during the 2025 Backyard Concert supporting Teen Cancer America and the UCLA Health Center at a private residence on October 03, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BC)
Back in October, Def Leppard joined The Who, Peter Frampton, John Fogerty, The Doobie Brothers and others to play a benefit concert in the backyard of a California home, and now they are giving fans a peek at what went down.
The band has released a new video featuring behind-the-scenes footage of Backyard Concert ’25 benefitting Teenage Cancer America and UCLA Health Center, and the clip shows them hanging out backstage with The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, members of Cheap Trick and more.
The clip opens with director Judd Apatow introducing the band, and while Def Leppard actually played after The Who, frontman Joe Elliott jokes to the crowd, “come out to California they said, open for The Who they said,” before adding, “thanks Roger and Pete (Townshend) for putting us on after you guys.”
The video also shows snippets of their performance. Def Leppard treated those in attendance to an acoustic set made up of five songs, including “Armageddon It,” “Hysteria,” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me.”
“We’re really excited to be here,” drummer Rick Allen says in the video. “And we’re just thankful to The Who for asking us to do this.”
Next up, Def Leppard is set to launch a Las Vegas residency, Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency, on Feb. 3. They will then hit the U.K. and Europe for a new tour that starts June 13 in Rättvik, Sweden. A complete list of Def Leppard dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is paying tribute to our nation’s veterans with the Veterans Day release of a new live video.
The clip is for the track “Red White and Blue” featuring 38 Special founding member Donnie Van Zant. Donnie is the brother of Skynyrd’s current frontman Johnny Van Zant and their original frontman Ronnie Van Zant, whodied in the 1977 plane crash that also killed Skynyrd guitarist Steve Gaines and four others.
The performance appears on the live album and DVD, Celebrating 50 Years – Live At The Ryman, which was released in June. It captures Skynyrd’s 50th anniversary concert, which took place in November 2022 and was the final concert of Skynyrd founding guitarist Gary Rossington, who passed away in March 2023.
In addition to Donnie Van Zant, the album features guest appearances by JellyRoll, Brent Smith of the rock band Shinedown, country star John Osborne of Brothers Osborne and Marcus King.
Cover art for Cheap Trick’s ‘All Washed Up’/ (BMG)
Cheap Trick has shared a new video for their latest single, “The Riff That Won’t Quit.”
The black and white clip gives fan a behind-the-scenes look at the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers in the studio while they work on new music.
“The Riff That Won’t Quit” is the second song Cheap Trick has released from their upcoming album All Washed Up, which drops Friday. They previously released the tune “Twelve Gates.”
All Washed Up isCheap Trick’s first album since 2021’s In Another World. Itwill be released digitally, on CD and on black vinyl and there will also be an orange marble variant, limited to 1,000 copies, sold through the band’s website.
Cheap Trick is currently on tour and is set to play Monterey, California, on Tuesday. They have dates confirmed through Dec. 7 in Waukee, Iowa. A complete schedule can be found at CheapTrick.com.
The “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” singer is set to release Hope and Fury on April 10, his first album since 2023’s Mr. Joe Jackson Presents Max Champion in ‘What a Racket!’
The album, being released digitally, and on CD and 180g vinyl, features nine new songs, with the sound of the record described in a press release as a cross between three of Jackson’s previous albums, 2019’s Fool, 1991’s Laughter and Lust and 1982’s Night and Day, the latter of which featured Jackson’s top-10 hit “Steppin’ Out.”
Jackson has also announced a new tour in support of the album, which will have him playing more than 80 shows and visiting 14 countries. North American dates kick off May 11 in Poughkeepsie, New York, wrapping July 18 in New York City. He then heads to the U.K. and Europe in September.
“Welcome to Burning-by-Sea” “I’m Not Sorry” “Made God Laugh” “Do Do Do” “Fabulous People” “After All This Time” “The Face” “End of the Pier” “See You in September”
Berry Oakley, bassist and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia. He was 24.
Oakley’s death occurred just three blocks from where fellow Allman Brothers Band member Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident one year prior, on Oct. 29, 1971. Duane also died at the age of 24.
Oakley played in guitarist Dickey Betts‘ band Blues Messengers prior to the 1969 forming of the Allman Brothers Band with guitarists Duane and Dickey, singer and keyboardist Gregg Allman, and drummers Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanson.
Considered by some to be one of the best bass players of all time, Oakley was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 with the Allman Brothers Band.
