(L – R) Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform during the final night of the Hackney Diamonds ’24 Tour at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena on July 21, 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)
Looks like we may be getting a new album from TheRolling Stones.
Andrew Watt, who produced The Stones’ last album, Hackney Diamonds, confirmed to Rolling Stone that he’s once again working with the band.
”I’ve said it before, but it’s like working for Batman,” Watt, who’s also produced albums for Pearl Jam, Ozzy Osbourne and Elton John, tells the mag. “When the tongue is up in the air, you just go.”
He adds, “I can say we did some recording together, but that’s all I can say.”
Released in October 2023, Hackney Diamonds was The Stones’ first album of new material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. The album topped the chart in the U.K. and Australia, and peaked at #3 in the U.S.
Hackney Diamonds went on to win the Grammy for best rock album.
(R-L) Kevin Cronin and Bruce Hall of REO Speedwagon perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre on July 15, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images)REO Sp
REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin is set to reunite with his bandmates for a special event in September.
In September 2024, REO Speedwagon announced they were going to cease touring as of January 2025. Following that announcement there seemed to be some bad blood between Cronin and his former bandmate, bassist Bruce Hall, and Cronin has since been touring as the Kevin Cronin Band. Well, now it appears that any issues between the bandmates have been put aside.
Hall shared on Facebook that REO Speedwagon, which formed in Illinois, will be the grand marshals at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s homecoming parade on Sept. 26. In addition, the school’s band, the Marching Illini, will be performing selections of REO’s music during the halftime show on Sept. 27, with the rockers playing along.
Although Hall’s initial post didn’t indicate whether Cronin would be taking part in the festivities, Cronin has now confirmed that he will be there.
“I am honored to have been approached by representatives of the University of Illinois, and invited to appear on the field for the Homecoming Game halftime show on September 27,” Cronin wrote on social media, noting it’s “been too many years to count” since he and his REO Speedwagon bandmates, Hall, Neal Doughty and AlanGratzer, have all been together.
“As a songwriter, there are few greater honors than to hear other artists and musicians perform my songs,” he adds. “I know I will be looking on in awe as the four hundred-plus Marching Illini pay tribute to the music of REO Speedwagon with an all-REO halftime presentation.”
Cover of Def Leppard’s ‘Diamond Star Heroes Live From Sheffield’/(Mercury Studios)
Def Leppard is revisiting their 2023 hometown show in Sheffield, England, with a new live release.
Diamond Star Heroes Live From Sheffield, dropping Nov. 21, is a recording of their concert at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane during their world tour with Mötley Crüe.
The show, 47 years after the birth of the band, had them playing in front of 40,000 fans, treating the hometown crowd to such hits as “Photograph,” “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” “Animal,” “Foolin’” and more. They also performed the Diamond Star Halos track “This Guitar,” which was dedicated to their late guitarist Steve Clark, who died in 1991.
Diamond Star Heroes Live From Sheffield will be released in a variety of formats, including two-CD + Blu-ray, two-CD and two-LP. The vinyl is pressed on red, white and black splatter to honor the home kit colors of Sheffield United FC, the football team that plays at the same venue.
The release will also come out on 4K UHD (Ultra High Definition), which, in addition to the Bramall Lane show, will include Def Leppard’s 2023 Sheffield club show, One Night Only Live at The Leadmill. That show took place just days before the stadium gig.
The Beatles ‘Anthology Collection’ cover/(Capitol Records)
The Beatles are sharing a preview of their upcoming Anthology reissue.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have shared a new take on their classic track “Helter Skelter,” which appeared on 1968’s The Beatles aka the White Album. The clip, titled “Helter Skelter (Second Version – Take 17),” features snippets of the band working through the song in the studio.
“’Helter Skelter’ is this track we did in total madness and hysterics in the studio,” Ringo Starr shares in a clip posted to Instagram.
Paul McCartney adds, “We just tried to get it louder. Guitars, can we have them sound louder? The drums. Louder! We did it like that, because I like noise.”
The Beatles will release the Anthology Collection box set on Nov. 21, featuring the original three Anthology albums, plus a new fourth installment, Anthology 4. It will be released digitally and as a 12-LP or eight-CD collection.
Anthology 4 will also be released on its own, as a three-LP or two-CD set, featuring 36 tracks, including 13 previously unreleased demos and session recordings, and other rare recordings.
Cover of 38 Special’s ‘Milestone’/38 Special Records
Rockers 38 Special have just released Milestone, their first new album in over two decades.
To mark the occasion the band, known for such hits as “Hold on Loosely” and “Caught up in You,” has dropped a new music video for the song “So Much So Right.”
“‘So Much So Right’ is, of course, about the moment of raw passion, but it is more than that,” says 38 Special co-founder and frontman Dan Barnes. “It also speaks to how a man feels when he’s found his partner for life. She can make so much so right!”
Milestone is the first new album from 38 Special since 2004’s Drivetrain. It features songs co-written by Train’s Pat Monahan, Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s Randy Bachman and the band’s longtime collaborator Jim Peterik, who also co-produced the record.
38 Special is currently on tour, and will play a show in Coachella, California on Friday. A complete list of dates can be found at 38Special.com.
‘One More Time’ EP artwork. (Capitol Records. Artwork by Joe Foti/Chrome Hearts)
Aerosmith and Yungblud have shared their new collaborative single, “My Only Angel.”
The track follows Steven Tyler and Joe Perry’s performance with Yungblud, born Dominic Harrison, at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne.
“The decision to meet Yungblud and make this music with him … was like plugging into pure electricity!,” Tyler says. “For Joe and me it was another cosmic collision … to find ourselves in the studio with this outrageously talented and positively wild animal named Dom.”
“Aerosmith have been such a staple of rock and roll and showmanship for me, so I’ve been ready for this my whole life,” Yungblud adds. “As soon as we entered the studio, the chemistry exploded and the songs just poured out of us.”
“My Only Angel” is out now, and it will also appear on an upcoming joint Aerosmith/Yungblud EP called One More Time, due out Nov. 21.
One More Time marks the first set of new Aerosmith music in over 12 years. Along with “My Only Angel,” it includes three more new original songs, plus an updated mix of the Aerosmith classic “Back in the Saddle.”
John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)
Legendary rock band Led Zeppelin will be the subject of a new photo exhibition in Los Angeles.
It’s Been a Long Time will feature never-before-seen Zeppelin photos from the archives of music photographer Jeffrey Mayer, including concert and backstage images from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ first tour.
The exhibition is set to open Sept. 26 at Eye For Sound Gallery, which is owned by System of a Down lead singer Serj Tankian.
In addition to the archival photos, Mayer has teamed with graffiti writer and mural artist Marcel ‘SEL’ Blanco to reinterpret five photos as part of SEL’s Sonic Remix Series featuring his “signature LA Street Art Style.”
“Excited to be exhibiting these rare and powerful photos of an iconic band such as Led Zeppelin at Eye For Sound,” Tankian says. “As a musician and artist myself, seeing these great moments in rock immortalized on our gallery walls is always a treat.”
The exhibition will be open to the public and run through October. Some of Mayer’s photos will be available for purchase for the very first time. Images from the Sonic Remix Series will also be available, along with official Led Zeppelin T-shirts.
Cover of David Byrne’s ‘Who Is The Sky?/(Matador Records)
David Byrne’s latest solo album, Who Is the Sky?, is making its mark on the charts.
According to Billboard, the record has landed in the top 10 on four separate Billboard album charts, although it debuted at #172 on the all-genre Billboard 200. It is his first solo album since 2018’s American Utopia.
The record had its best showing on the Indie Store Album Sales chart, where it debuted at #4, and the Vinyl Albums chart, where it debuted at #5.
The album also landed at #9 and #10 on the Top Current Album Sales and Top Albums Sales charts, respectively.
Byrne launched a tour in support of Who Is the Sky? on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. According to setlist.fm, his set included his first performance of the Talking Heads classic “Psycho Killer” since 2006. The tour hits Akron, Ohio, on Friday. A complete list of dates can be found at DavidByrne.com.
U2 on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2017/Photo creedit: ABC/Randy Holmes
U2 is set to be honored with the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize.
Named after the late folk icon and presented by the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the award recognizes “a recipient who embodies the spirit of Woody Guthrie’s social consciousness and musical legacy.”
According to a press release, the Irish rockers “continue a tradition of using music as a force for social change, echoing Guthrie’s belief that songs can help make the world a fairer place.”
“U2 embodies the mission of the Woody Guthrie Prize, using music to confront injustice and inspire action,” Cady Shaw, senior director of the Woody Guthrie Center, says. “By presenting the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize to U2, we honor a legacy of music that continues to challenge who we are and connect us the world over.”
U2’s Bono and The Edge will be on hand to accept this year’s prize at the ceremony on Oct. 21 at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom. U2 previously played the venue in 1981 on their The Boy Tour.
Previous Woody Guthrie Prize winners include Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Joan Baez and RageAgainst the Machine’s Tom Morello.
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden performs at London Stadium on June 28, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Redferns)
Iron Maiden is going to be very busy in 2026.
The rockers just announced their first tour dates for next year, which will have them hitting Europe and the U.K.
The Run For Your Lives World Tour kicks off May 23 in Athens, Greece. The tour will also hit Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, France and Portugal. They’ve also announced a special U.K. show on July 11, although details will be coming at a later date.
According to a post on Instagram, the Paris show on June 22 will be “filmed for our fans and for posterity.” The post notes, “We chose an indoor stadium to see the best of the production and also a great audience which we know Paris is and always has been for us.”
While the band is asking fans to once again limit their phone use during shows, the Paris concert will actually be phone free, “guaranteeing the best possible environment for both fans and filming.”
Maiden adds that more dates will be announced.
“Rest assured we will be visiting as many of you as possible next year, before the band take a well-earned break from the road in 2027,” they write.
