Foo Fighters “Run Rudolph Run” single artwork. (Roswell Records/RCA Records)
Foo Fighters have premiered a new animated video for their cover of Chuck Berry‘s seasonal classic “Run Rudolph Run.”
The clip features a cartoon Santa and his reindeer jamming guitars. You can watch it streaming now on YouTube.
The Foos originally released their “Run Rudolph Run” in 2020 exclusively for Amazon Music. It was then released wide in 2021.
In other Foos news, Dave Grohl and company are set to headline the 2026 Pinkpop festival, taking place June 19-21 in the Netherlands. The bill also includes headliners Twenty One Pilots and The Cure.
For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit Pinkpop.nl.
Foo Fighters’ 2026 schedule also includes a U.S. stadium tour kicking off in August.
Photo of QUEEN; Posed group portrait – Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deason (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)
It sounds like we may one day see an ABBA-type hologram show devoted to the band Queen.
In the latest edition of Big Issue, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor discuss whether they’d be open to continuing the band’s legacy with such a production. They seem open to the idea, with May noting that the band has “so many opportunities” to keep Queen and its music alive for fans.
“I mean things that are immersive, like The Sphere in Las Vegas, it will be possible to give people the experience very closely of what things were like for us when we were Freddie, John, Brian and Roger. And that really appeals to me,” he says, referring to their late frontman, Freddie Mercury, and drummer John Deacon, who retired in 1997.
“In our Queen shows for a very long time I’ve been doing ‘Love of My Life.’ And in the end, Freddie comes in and joins me as on video. It was just quite simply done, but it’s a way of involving Freddie, and I think we can basically take that a lot further,” May continues. “It wouldn’t be just playing old footage or whatever. It would be creating Queen as if we were creating it today.”
He adds, “I’m very taken with the idea that we can be the original Queen again.”
And while Taylor says he enjoyed the ABBA show, Voyages, he did have some issues with it, although that hasn’t turned him off to the idea.
“I didn’t find the actual projections that convincing,” he says of Voyages. “I do think technology now has come so much further since the ABBA show started, I think a lot more can be done.”
Frank Carter performs with Glen Matlock and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols at O2 Forum Kentish Town on September 26, 2024 in London, England. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images)
Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter have announced a run of U.K. shows for 2026.
The dates will take place July 11, July 12 and Aug. 2 in Halifax, Manchester and Scarborough, England, respectively, with a stop in Cardiff, Wales, in between on Aug. 1.
The current incarnation of the Pistols features original members Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, plus Carter on vocals in place of frontman John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon.
The Pistols and Carter were set to launch a U.S. tour in September, but the outing was postponed due to Jones breaking his wrist. Rescheduled dates have yet to be announced.
A studio group portrait of Labelle in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1975. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)
R&B/funk group Labelle, best known for their iconic hit “Lady Marmalade,” is the subject of a new rock opera now in development.
The show, titled Labelle, is being written by band member Nona Hendryx and Tony Award winner Lynn Nottage. It will follow the group — which also included Patti LaBelle and Sarah Dash — from their beginnings as a doo-wop group in the 1960s to their reinvention in the 1970s.
According to the description, the show plans to capture “how Labelle broke barriers of race, gender, and genre— blending rock, funk, soul, and glam to forge a bold new sound that transformed the music industry and inspired generations of artists to follow.”
“This rock opera will be an immersive celebration of artistic liberation, cultural defiance, and the timeless power of women who refused to be contained,” Hendryx says. “I cannot wait to bring our story to life in a way that honors our legacy while pushing the boundaries of what theatrical storytelling can be.”
Labelle, the first Black vocal group ever to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone, released “Lady Marmalade” in 1974. The song went on to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. They also had hits with such tracks as “What Can I Do for You?” and “Nightbirds.”
“Lady Marmalade” has been covered several times, most notably in 2001 by Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mya and Lil’ Kim for the soundtrack to Moulin Rouge. Their version also went to #1.
In 2021 the Labelle version was chosen by the Library of Congress for induction in the National Recording Registry.
Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers is featured in the new video for rock band Halestorm’s cover of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s classic track “Shooting Star.”
The song is one of several covers that appear on the Bad Company tribute album Can’t Get Enough, and the clip features Halestorm and Rodgers recording their parts from their respective studios.
“Rock n’ Roll with a soul wouldn’t exist without Paul Rodgers,” Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale says. “We grew up on the songs and sounds he gifted to the world, and we are honored to be on this record paying tribute to one of the greatest singers of all time.”
Can’t Get Enough was released in October. It also includes contributions from Def Leppard, The Pretty Reckless, Slash featuring Myles Kennedyand the Conspirators, The Struts, Dirty Honey and Black Stone Cherry.
Bad Company, meanwhile, was among the 2025 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Rodgers did not attend the Nov. 8 ceremony due to health issues, but he recorded a video message that played following the Bad Company induction.
Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air as an ABC primetime special on Jan. 1.
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready & Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)
With Soundgarden now joining Nirvana and Pearl Jam in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, three-quarters of the “big four” of grunge have officially been inducted. The odd one out is Alice in Chains, which Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready thinks is an oversight that should soon be corrected.
“Alice is one of the bands that came up with all of us,” McCready told ABC Audio on the red carpet of the 2025 induction ceremony on Nov. 8. “They … kinda hit first out of everyone.”
Indeed, Alice in Chains’ 1990 debut album, Facelift, was the first grunge record to be certified Gold by the RIAA, earning the distinction before Nirvana’s Nevermind or Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger were even released.
“We went on tour with them early on opening up for [Alice] and down the West Coast and had all sorts of crazy stuff going on,” McCready laughed. “It was fun.”
The ultimate argument for Alice’s induction into the Rock Hall is, as McCready put it, that “they’re a f****** great band.”
Both McCready and Alice’s Jerry Cantrell performed with Soundgarden during the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony. Highlights from the event will air as an ABC primetime special on Jan. 1.
Clem Burke of Blondie playing the drums during the recording of a pop promo for their single ‘Picture This’ at Isleworth Studios, Isleworth, London on 21 August 1978 for Chrysalis Records. (Photo by Brian Cooke/Redferns)
Blondie is paying tribute to their late drummer, Clem Burke, on what would have been the rocker’s 71st birthday.
“We lost our friend and drummer Clem Burke in April of this year,” they wrote on Instagram next to a photo of Clem behind the drum kit. “Clem was the heartbeat of Blondie – vital to our sound, success, and spirit.”
“His extraordinary talent, infectious enthusiasm, and fierce work ethic shaped everything we did,” they continued. “From the moment he answered our Village Voice ad for a ‘freak energy musical experienced drummer,’ our lives changed forever.” The post also included a photo of that ad.
Finally, they note, “We believe his energy lives on—somewhere still vibrant, echoing in ways we can’t yet understand. Happy Birthday, Clem — wherever you are.”
Burke died April 6 following a private battle with cancer.
Blondie is due to release a new record, High Noon, in 2026, which Clem recorded with the band before his death.
Rick Wakeman performs at City Winery on October 25, 2021 in New York, New York. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)
Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman announced back in July that he was postponing his summer tour due to some health issues. Now, he’s giving fans an update on his condition.
Wakeman explains in a post on his website that he had been diagnosed with a neurological disorder called normal pressure hydrocephalus, which led to him having surgery last week to put a shunt in his brain.
“I am pleased to say [it] was very successful and I am now recuperating at home being cared for by my lovely wife and our wonderful furry healing animals!” he writes.
Wakeman says that while he has to “take things easy for a while,” his doctors have told him that he should be “perfectly fine” to head to North America for his March tour with son Oliver Wakeman, plus any other shows after that. He also plans to play two charity shows in U.K. on Dec. 19 and 20.
“I am also pleased to say that it doesn’t seem to have affected my piano playing in any way as I still seem to be very capable of hitting the odd wrong note here and there when I lose my concentration!” he adds. “Once again, I’d like to thank everybody who wished me well over the last few months for a speedy recovery as it really did mean a lot to me.”
Wakeman’s tour with his son Oliver is set to begin March 11 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with dates confirmed through March 29 in Red Bank, New Jersey.
A complete list of tour dates can be found at rwcc.com.
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury passed away at his home in Kensington, England. He was 45.
The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. Mercury confirmed in a statement about 24 hours prior to his death that he had tested positive for HIV and had AIDS, although reports had suggested he was diagnosed as early as 1987.
Mercury was laid to rest three days later, with his Queen bandmates Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon in attendance for the funeral, as well as musician Elton John. Mercury’s cremated remains were given to his friend Mary Austin, who buried them at an undisclosed location.
The surviving members of Queen celebrated Mercury’s life five months later with The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness at Wembley Stadium in London, featuring appearances by such artists as John, Roger Daltrey, David Bowie, George Michael and Annie Lennox.
Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses perform onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip)
Welcome to 2026, it’s got Guns N’ Roses tour dates.
The “Welcome to the Jungle” rockers have announced a worldwide trek for 2026, including a U.S. leg running from July 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Sept. 18 in Atlanta. Additionally, they’ll play a one-off show in Hollywood, Florida, on May 5, and the Welcome to Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida, on May 7.
A presale begins Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. local time, and you can register for access now through Dec. 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit GunsNRoses.com.
Along with the tour dates, GN’R has announced the premiere of two new songs, “Nothin” and “Atlas,” which will premiere Dec. 2. The tracks follow the 2023 singles “The General” and “Perhaps.”
The most recent Guns N’ Roses album remains 2008’s Chinese Democracy, which was released before Slash and Duff McKagan rejoined Axl Rose in the band in 2016.
