Classic Rock News

Paul McCartney is ready to return to Brazil. 

The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer brought his Got Back tour to Brazil in 2023, and now he’s announced two new shows there this fall.

The two new dates are set for Oct. 15 in São Paulo and Oct. 19 in Florianópolis. Presale tickets go on sale Tuesday, with tickets going on sale to the general public Wednesday. 

“Finishing 2023 in Brazil was an incredible experience. The warmth and love you showed us on our last visit was incredible,” McCartney shares. “We just knew we had to get back and see you again. You guys know how to party and rock out and we are beyond excited to get back this year.”

The Brazil dates are just the latest additions to McCartney’s Got Back tour. He also recently announced shows in South America, Europe and Mexico. A complete list of dates can be found at PaulMcCartney.com.

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Talking Heads frontman David Byrne met with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday, according to a post on Cruz’s social media accounts.

“Once in a lifetime opportunity meeting David Byrne of the Talking Heads,” Cruz wrote, referencing the band’s classic song. “We had a great conversation about royalties for musicians.” 

In the photo, the pair is posing in front of a mural of former President Ronald Reagan.

Byrne has not commented on the meeting.

The music of Talking Heads was recently celebrated with a tribute album, Everyone’s Getting Involved, featuring artists like Miley Cyrus, Paramore, Lorde and more covering Talking Heads tracks. The album came out in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the band’s classic concert film, Stop Making Sense.

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On This Day, June 24, 1944 …

Geoffrey Arnold Beck, better known as legendary guitarist Jeff Beck, was born in Surrey, England.

Beck came to prominence as a member of the Yardbirds, with future guitar legends Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. He later went on to have a successful solo career, fronting his own Jeff Beck Group.

Beck was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice: in 1992 as a member of the Yardbirds and again in 2009 for his solo work.

Beck won six Grammys for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, plus additional wins for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Pop Collaboration with vocals. He was honored with the British Academy’s Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2014. Rolling Stone ranked him in its top five of the 100 Greatest Guitarists.

Beck passed away Jan. 10, 2023, from bacterial meningitis. He was 78.

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Krist Novoselic revisited Nirvana‘s song “Love Buzz” during a concert in Kurt Cobain‘s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington, on Friday.

The bassist played the track alongside his current project, the Bona Fide Band, which also includes original Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel, as well as guitarist Kathy Moore and vocalists Jillian Raye and Jennifer Johnson. Raye and Johnson also played with Novoselic in the bands Giants in the Trees and 3rd Secret.

Nirvana posted footage of the performance on social media.

“Love Buzz” was originally recorded by the Dutch band Shocking Blue. Nirvana released their version in 1988 as their debut single and included the cover on their 1989 debut album, Bleach.

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Eddie Vedder took a moment during Pearl Jam‘s show in Dublin on Saturday to honor two of Ireland’s late music legends, Shane MacGowan and Sinéad O’Connor.

In introducing a cover of the Warren Zevon song “Keep Me in Your Heart,” Vedder told the crowd, “I was thinking about Shane and I was thinking about Sinéad, and I just wanted to play this one.” Fan-shot footage of the performance is streaming now on YouTube.

O’Connor died in July 2023; MacGown passed away a few months later in November.

The Dublin show marked the first date on Pearl Jam’s European tour in support of their new album, Dark Matter. They launched a U.S. tour in May; a second stateside leg will kick off in August.

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Many Swifties were convinced that Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl threw shade at Taylor Swift during the band’s London show on June 22.  Well, shade or no, Taylor has seemingly responded to Grohl’s comment at her June 23 show in London.

As previously reported, during the Foo Fighters concert, Grohl joked they were calling their tour the Errors Tour, “because we play live.” He then reacted to his own comment by saying, “What? Just saying. We’re a live band! You guys like live rock ‘n’ roll music, right? You came to the right f****** place.”

Following a standing ovation at Taylor’s show at Wembley Stadium on Sunday night, fan-recorded video shows her telling the crowd, “Every one of my band members, every single one of our crew, my band who’s gonna be playing live for you for three-and-a-half hours tonight, they deserve this so much.”

“And so does every one of my fellow performers,” she added. “And you just gave that to us so generously, we will never forget it.”

It’s not clear whether or not Grohl was joking. In the past, he’s declared himself to be a Taylor fan.

As previously reported, at that same London show, Taylor’s boyfriend Travis Kelce made a guest appearance, carrying her onstage during her “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” segment. Plus, Taylor’s opening act, Gracie Abrams, came out to join her for a performance of their duet “us,” from Gracie’s new album.

And finally, Taylor’s The Tortured Poets Department is #1 for a ninth week on the Billboard Top 200.

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The new tribute album to the late Tom Petty, Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, is out now, and Petty’s Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell is 100 percent behind it.

“I’m so proud of all those artists, and I know that Tom would really be proud and happy that all these artists honored his songs,” Campbell tells ABC Audio. “I just want his memory and the legacy that we built together, I’m very proud of it, and anything that illuminates it is good for me.”

Campbell even appears on the album, joining Margo Price for her cover of “Ways to Be Wicked.” Campbell says it was written for Petty and the Heartbreakers’ second album, 1978’s You’re Gonna Get It!, but “has been collecting dust all these decades.”

“It’s, like, perfect for her, you know, a woman’s point of view and the way she belts it,” Campbell says, “and then she cut it and asked me to join in, and I put some guitar, little harmony on there. I call it a Lazarus song. It came back from the dead.”

Campbell says some of his favorite covers on the album include Dolly Parton’s take on “Southern Accents” and Chris Stapleton’s cover of “I Should Have Known It,” but he notes, “I like them all.”

“I think Tom would have liked it,” he says. “It’s nice to get the songs out there and keep them alive, keep people aware that, you know, Tom was real and he’s still with us with the music.” 

Campbell, who recently released Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits, a new album with his band The Dirty Knobs, is currently on tour. He and the band play Kansas City, Missouri, on June 24. A complete list of dates can be found at thedirtyknobs.com.

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Dave Grohl may have found himself on the wrong side of Swifties. 

Foo Fighters were playing London Stadium Saturday night, the same night Taylor Swift was headlining her second of three Eras Tour shows at Wembley Stadium, and it seems Grohl took a moment out of the Foo concert to take a swipe at the pop superstar.

Fan shot footage posted to social media shows Grohl telling his audience, “I tell you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift,” before adding, “So we like to call our tour the ‘Errors Tour.’ We’ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few f***** errors as well. Just a couple.”

Then he seemed to go after Taylor’s performance noting, “That’s because we actually play live,” adding an exaggerated, “What?” 

“Just saying,” Grohl added. “You guys like raw, live rock ‘n’ roll music, right? You came to the right f****** place.”

The Foos show also featured an appearance by Shane Hawkins, son of late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who took over at the drum kit for a performance of “My Hero.”

Foo Fighters bring their tour to Cardiff, Wales, on Tuesday, June 25. A complete list of dates can be found at foofighters.com.

Swift, meanwhile, welcomed Paramore‘s Hayley Williams onstage during her Saturday Wembley show to perform their collaboration, “Castles Crumbling.” Paramore has been opening the European leg of the Eras Tour.

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Paul McCartney’s photo exhibit has found its next location.

The rocker just announced that Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm will debut at Knowledge Capitol Event Lab in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 12 and run through Jan. 5. 

Eyes of the Storm features more than 250 photographs taken by McCartney between November 1963 and February 1964, giving fans insight into his point of view during the height of Beatlemania.

The exhibit first debuted in June 2023 at London’s National Portrait Gallery before moving to Virginia’s Chrysler Museum of Art. It is currently running at New York’s Brooklyn Museum until Aug. 18. It is also set to run at the Portland Art Museum from Sept. 14 to Jan. 19.

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