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.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jon Anderson, founding singer of the classic rock band Yes, performs onstage during his “1,000 Hands” solo tour at The Rose on August 29, 2019 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
Former Yes frontman Jon Anderson has announced a new set of tour dates with his backing band, The Band Geeks.
The 10-show Yes Epics, Classics and More tour will kick off April 17 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with stops in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, before wrapping May 7 in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Anderson and The Band Geeks released their first album together, True, in August 2024, and songs from the album will be included in the set, along with tracks from the Yes catalog.
Anderson has been touring with The Band Geeks since 2023. They wrapped their most recent U.S. tour in July.
They are currently working on a new album, with plans to release it in the second half of 2026.
John Cale performs on stage at the Loaded Festival 2023 on June 08, 2023 in Oslo, Norway. (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)
Pop star Charli XCX has released her collaboration with The Velvet Underground’s John Cale.
The song, “House,” is part of the album of music Charli created for Emerald Fennell’s upcoming take on Wuthering Heights.
Charli previously explained in an Instagram Story message that a quote from Cale — “elegant and brutal” — had inspired the sound of her music for the film. She reached out to Cale to see what he thought about the songs, which led to them talking about “House.”
“He recorded something and sent it to me. Something that only John could do,” she said. “And it was… well it made me cry.”
The pair released a video to go with the song, which is set in a dark woods at night, and includes a raven, burning candle wax, and Cale seemingly holding Charli down against her will on a marble altar.
Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, hits theaters Feb. 13, 2026.
Bonnie Raitt performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Bonnie Raitt has announced her first tour dates for 2026.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to hit the West Coast and Canada, with the tour kicking off May 28 in Spokane, Washington, and wrapping in the U.S. on June 13 in Bellingham, Washington. It will then hit Canada with special guest Jon Cleary, starting June 16 in Vancouver and wrapping June 27 in Winnipeg.
A ticket presale begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Paul Rodgers performs onstage during the 2023 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for CMT)
Bad Company‘s Paul Rodgers couldn’t make it to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday due to health issues, so he’s decided to share his induction speech in a video posted to YouTube.
In the clip, Rodgers recalls that when he was 14 a teacher told his class that most of them, if not all, would wind up working in the steel mills, chemical factories and shipyards of his hometown of Middlesbrough, in northeast England.
“That night, I went to a dance and I heard a record by Little Richard,” he said, “And a whole box of fireworks went off in my head, rockets and all. And I thought to myself, I’m going to follow that music and find out all about it.”
“That’s what I did. I followed that music. Sixty plus years went by in the blink of an eye, and I find myself being inducted into the brotherhood and sisterhood of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with my bandmates Bad Company,” he added.
Rodgers went on to mention his bandmates, and thank the Rock Hall, his wife, family members, managers, artists he’s played with and more.
He also thanked their fans “for enabling us to live our dream,” and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, who signed them to their Swan Song label “for their total support from the start.”
Bad Company’s Rock Hall induction featured an introduction by Mick Fleetwood, and a performance featuring the band’s drummer Simon Kirke, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Heart’s Nancy Wilson, The Black Crowes‘ Chris Robinson and Bryan Adams.
Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air Jan. 1 on ABC.
Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes perform during the 2025 SEMA Fest at the Las Vegas Convention Center on November 07, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images)
The Black Crowes and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne are confirmed to play the 2026 Mad Cool Festival, happening July 8-11 in Madrid, Spain.
Both artists are booked to play the final night of the festival, which also features headliner Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pulp and The National’s Matt Berninger.
The festival’s other headliners include Foo Fighters, Florence + the Machine and Twenty OnePilots, with the lineup also featuring Kings of Leon, Halsey, Dogstar, Lorde, A Perfect Circle, Charlie Puth and more.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Mad Cool. After various presales, tickets go on sale to the general public on Nov. 20.
Byrne is currently on tour in support of his latest album, Who is the Sky?, and is set to play three nights in Seattle starting Tuesday.
The Black Crowes will release a super-deluxe box set of their third studio album, Amorica, on Friday. They also just announced a tour of Australia that kicks off April 3 in Melbourne and includes an appearance at the Byron Bay Bluesfest.
Cover of Freddie Mercury’s ‘Mr Bad Guy’/(Hollywood Records)
Freddie Mercury’s debut solo album, Mr Bad Guy, is being reissued in celebration of its 40th anniversary.
The album will be released Dec. 5 on 180 gram translucent green vinyl featuring a 2019 mix by Queen’s longtime sound team, Justin Shirley-Smith and Joshua J. Macrae. The mix originally appeared on the Mercury box set Never Boring. The album will also be reissued on picture disc.
“We went back to the original multi-track tapes,” Shirley-Smith says. “It’s a great collection of songs and Freddie’s vocal performance is absolutely extraordinary.”
He adds, “The idea wasn’t to try to make it sound like they would make it now, it was to make it sound like it would have then if they’d had better technology and more time. And of course, it’s a massive honor to work on anything Freddie did, and we always treat it with the utmost respect.”
Originally released in April 1985 during a Queen hiatus, Mr Bad Guy was made up of 11 songs written by Mercury, featuring more of a dance-pop sound than the music he recorded with Queen.
“I had a lot of ideas bursting to get out and there were a lot of musical territories I wanted to explore which I really couldn’t do within Queen,” Mercury said at the time.
Although not a hit in America, the album hit #6 in the U.K. The lead single, “I Was Born to Love You,” was later reworked by Queen after Mercury’s 1991 death and appeared on their 1995 album Made in Heaven, which was their 15th and final studio album.
Eric Singer of KISS performs during KISS: End of the Road World Tour at Madison Square Garden on December 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
KISS drummer Eric Singer has been added to KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas, happening Nov. 14-16 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
Singer is set to join Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer for the event’s two unmasked KISS performances, marking the first performances of the most recent KISS lineup since they wrapped their End of the Road World Tour at New York’s Madison Square Garden in December 2023.
In addition to the performances, the foursome will take part in a Q&A session with fans, while Singer and Thayer will host a “Name that Tune” guitar and drum riff event with Thayer.
Originally announced as KISS Army Storms Vegas, KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas will also include performances from former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick; Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini performing the music of Ratt; former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach; Quiet Riot; Black N’ Blue; and several KISS cover bands.
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings have announced their first tour as The Guess Who in 23 years.
The duo is set to hit the road on a Canadian tour that kicks off May 26 in Moncton, with stops in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and more. The Takin’ It Back tour, featuring former Eagles guitarist Don Felder as special guest, includes an appearance at the Ottawa Bluesfest on July 19, with the tour wrapping with a show at The Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver on Aug. 23.
“Randy and I are thrilled that our songs have never gone away. That people still want to hear us perform them live. We are going to go out and honor the music,” says Cummings.
Bachman adds, “I’m looking ahead and very excited to be joining up with Burton and touring as The Guess Who again. Together we created decades of incredible songs and memories that still stand strong today. Can’t wait to sing them with you all soon!”
The tour is the first trek for the duo since winning their fight to reclaim the band’s name.
In October 2023, Cummings and Bachman filed a lawsuit accusing former bandmates Jim Kale and Garry Peterson of tricking fans into thinking Cummings and Bachman were still performing with The Guess Who, when they were actually getting a “cover band.” They settled the suit in September 2023, with Cummings and Bachman acquiring the trademark for the band’s name.
In addition to the tour, Bachman and Cummings are booked to play the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Jan. 31, and are set to take part in the Rock Legends Cruise XIII, scheduled for Feb. 23-27.
A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at TheGuessWho.com.
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The Eagles have extended their residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have announced what they say are their “final shows” of 2026, adding four more shows on March 20, 21, 27 and 28.
Registration is now open for an artist presale that begins Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public starting Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. local time.
The Eagles launched their Sphere residency on Sept. 20, 2024, and the new dates bring the total shows to 56, extending their reign as the longest-running residency at the venue. Dead & Company previously held that honor, with 48 shows.
The Eagles wrapped their 2025 dates on Nov. 8. Their next show is happening Jan. 23.
