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Simon Kirke has confirmed he’ll reunite with bandmate Paul Rodgers to perform when Bad Company is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

“I think the secret is out that we will perform. I don’t know, I might get into trouble, but I saw some Google news that Bad Company will perform at the Hall of Fame (induction). So, I will cautiously say yes,” he revealed on the Lyndsanity! with Lyndsey Parker podcast. “I’m not at liberty to say which songs. I mean, quite honestly, I don’t give a s***. We’re gonna play, and whatever Paul chooses is fine by me.”

He added, “And just to play with him again is gonna be a real thrill for me, ’cause I missed him. I missed playing with the band. I miss playing particularly with Paul, ’cause he’s such a wonderful singer.”

Simon said he hasn’t heard Rodgers sing since their last show together over five years ago. Although Rodgers has gone through some health issues since then, Simon doesn’t seem to be worried about how he’ll sound.

“When you have a voice that naturally good, it’s gonna take a hell of a lot for it to fray or devalue,” he said. “So I think he’s going to be fine for the two songs that we’ve chosen.”

The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Nov. 8 in Los Angeles and will stream live on Disney+ starting at 8 p.m. ET. ABC will also air a highlights special on Jan. 1, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET.

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The Rolling Stones have found a new way to make their fans look cool.

The legendary band has teamed with Revo, makers of high-performance polarized eyewear, for a new line of glasses.

The Rolling Stones x Revo collection features nine designs, each named after one of the band’s songs, including “Shine a Light,” “Start Me Up” and “Gimme Shelter.” The glasses are modeled after the band’s iconic style, with the company taking inspiration from archival photos and reimagining the group’s style “through a modern lens.”

Helping to get the message out about the new collaboration is Lucas Jagger, son of Stones frontman Mick Jagger and Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez, who appears in the ad campaign for the collection.

“The Rolling Stones x Revo collaboration isn’t just eyewear. It’s a wearable tribute to one of the greatest bands of all time,” said Cliff Robinson, CEO of Revo. “The Rolling Stones have inspired generations, and their music and style continue to resonate across ages. This collection lets us celebrate that enduring influence in a way fans of all eras can experience and wear.”

The collection, which ranges in price from $249 to $659, is available now at RollingStones.com, the Stones’ London store RS No. 9 Carnaby, Revo.com, Revo’s New York store and more.

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KISS just released a 50th anniversary deluxe edition of their third studio album, Dressed to Kill, and in a message to fans, honored their late bandmate Ace Frehley, who passed away Oct. 16.

“Just over a week ago we lost one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time, Ace Frehley, leaving behind a legacy that has reshaped rock forever,” read a post on Instagram. “As we honor his memory, we’re sharing something fans have long anticipated since it was first teased. The Dressed to Kill 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition is here, celebrating an album that has become a cornerstone of KISStory.”

They add, “Play it loud. For Ace, for the music and for 50 years of rock history.”

The deluxe edition features 107 songs, including 78 previously unreleased tracks, and two concerts from the 1975 Dressed to Kill tour. The Blu-ray includes various mixes of the record, including a new Dolby Atmos mix, as well as 1975 promo videos for “C’mon And Love Me” and “Rock And Roll All Nite.”

The set also includes a 100-page hardcover book, featuring interviews with KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, rare unreleased photos and more.

The reissue is available now digitally, as a five-CD + Blu-ray or eight-LP + Blu-ray set, and on premium color vinyl, limited to 3,000 copies. A deluxe picture disc will also be out Nov. 21.

Released March 19, 1975, Dressed to Kill became a top-40 hit for the band and was certified Gold. It featured what would become one of their signature tunes, “Rock and Roll All Nite,” although it wasn’t a hit when first released. A live version, released off KISS’ 1975 album, Alive!, eventually went to #12 on the charts.

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Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills and The Killers‘ Brandon Flowers are among the artists performing at an upcoming benefit concert marking the one-year anniversary of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, specifically the Eaton Fire that devastated the town of Altadena.

The show, dubbed A Concert for Altadena, takes place Jan. 7, 2026, at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, California. It’s being put on by the band Dawes, whose members were deeply affected by the fire. Dawes also opened the 2025 Grammys with a performance in honor of LA.

“It’s gonna be a heavy night but it’s going to be a beautiful one too,” Dawes say of A Concert for Altadena.

Other performers include Everclear, Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley and Mandy Moore. For more info, visit Dawes’ Instagram.

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Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil has announced a new memoir.

The book, titled A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond, is due out May 19. As Thayil explains, it “tells my story as an American son of immigrants growing up in Chicago.”

“Then, along with another immigrant’s American son, Hiro Yamamoto, we travel to Seattle as idealistic youths, involve ourselves with underground and independent subcultures, and connect with Chris Cornell to form Soundgarden,” Thayil says. “It follows my experiences, journeys and growth with the band and the building of the Seattle music scene; ultimately, to partner with Matt Cameron and later Ben Shepherd as we worked and played towards our worldwide successes.”

He adds, “I explore the heights, depths and insights gained from my experiences within the unique and special brotherhood we built.”

You can preorder A Screaming Life now.

Meanwhile, Thayil and Soundgarden will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 8. The ceremony takes place in Los Angeles and will stream live on Disney+.

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Bon Jovi has added two more dates to their Forever Tour in 2026.

The trek’s only U.S. shows are happening at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Due to overwhelming demand, the New Jersey rockers have added two more dates to the stint, July 16 and 19.

The six-night New York stand will kick off July 9 and will be followed by shows in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Dublin, Ireland, before wrapping Sept. 4 at London’s Wembley Stadium.

The Forever Tour will be Bon Jovi’s first trek since frontman Jon Bon Jovi underwent vocal cord surgery in 2022.

Registration is now open for a presale for the new New York shows. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

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Exit electricity, enter Kirk Hammett‘s new limited-edition Gibson acoustic guitar.

The Metallica shredder has announced the launch of the Raven, featuring a design inspired by Hammett’s love of horror and “The Raven” poet himself, Edgar Allan Poe. It’s described as a counterpart to Hammett’s previous Gibson acoustic, the Hummingbird.

The Raven was created with the Gibson Custom shop and is limited to just 100 pieces. It costs $4,999.

For more info, visit Gibson.com.

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Sammy Hagar is bringing his Best of All Worlds Tour to the U.K.

The former Van Halen frontman has announced a four-city tour that will once again have him backed by Van Halen’s Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff.

The arena tour, featuring special guest Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, begins July 4, 2026, in Manchester, with stops in Birmingham and Leeds, before wrapping July 9, 2026, at London’s O2 Arena.

The trek is Sammy’s first time playing the U.K. since 1996. “It’s been a long time coming. Let’s rock!” Hagar wrote on Instagram.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Hagar launched the Best of All Worlds Tour back in July 2024. The tour had him celebrating the Van Halen catalog, along with solo hits and more. In May 2025 he launched the Best of All Worlds Las Vegas residency at the Dolby Live at Park MGM. He’ll return to the venue in March and September of 2026 for a new round of residency dates.

He also released a live album, Sammy Hagar & The Best of All Worlds Band – The Residency, in October.

A complete list of dates can be found at RedRocker.com.

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The U.K.’s poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has released a new poem inspired by Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were Here.

The poem, Dear Pink Floyd, is part of the band’s upcoming 50th anniversary reissue of the album, dropping Dec. 12. Armitage reads it in a new video posted to YouTube.

“I was thinking about the album and their noise, and what effect that has had on people right across the globe,” Armitage says of the poem. “I didn’t know whether I could put into words what that music sounded like. I only get involved with projects if I think I can’t do them, so this was a natural invitation.”

“I wanted to write something that was album-shaped, that would fit onto the side of an LP and bleed right to the margins of a square,” he adds. “I was trying to mimic the noise of Wish You Were Here – there are no gaps in it. Like a wall of warm sound. I wanted the text to be a physical manifestation of that.”

Finally, he notes, “There aren’t many artistic experiences in the form of noise that send shivers up my spine and make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. But when I put Wish You Were Here on as a record, and it begins, I get that feeling every single time.”

Wish You Were Here 50 will be released in a variety of formats, including a digital release that features the original album mixed in Dolby Atmos. It will feature 25 bonus tracks, including six tracks that have never been released before.

The bonus material also includes 16 live bootleg recordings from a concert at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on April 26, 1975, which are getting their first-ever official release.

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The first-ever Nirvana record played on radio is going up for auction.

Produced by the label Sub Pop, the 7-inch vinyl 1988 test pressing contains Nirvana’s cover of the Shocking Blue song “Love Buzz,” which was released as the future “Smells Like Teen Spirit” band’s debut single. It made its way into the hands of Sub Pop employee Scott Vanderpool, who played it on a local college station.

“While I was working at Sub Pop, any test pressing that came in I immediately took to the radio station to play on that show,” Vanderpool writes in an accompanying certificate of authenticity. “So your Nirvana test pressing … has the distinction of being the first Nirvana studio recording played on the radio anywhere.”

The “Love Buzz” test pressing is part of auction house Goldin’s 2025 Fall Music Auction catalog. For more info, visit Goldin.co.

Nirvana’s “Love Buzz” cover was later included on their 1989 debut album, Bleach. The band released two more albums, 1991’s Nevermind and 1993’s In Utero, before frontman Kurt Cobain‘s death in 1994.

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