Warren Haynes announces details for 33rd annual Christmas Jam

October 21, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Warren Haynes has announced details for his 33rd annual Christmas Jam, taking place Dec. 13 at ExploreAsheville.com Arena in the Gov’t Mule frontman’s hometown of Asheville, North Carolina.

The show will be headlined by Warren Haynes & Friends, with the lineup also including Stone Temple Pilots, MJ Lenderman & The Wind and Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country. The show will feature a special Christmas Jam tribute to Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, featuring Haynes, Lesh’s son Grahame Lesh, Widespread Panic’s Jimmy Herring, John Molo and Jason Crosby, along with special guests.

There was no Christmas Jam in 2024 due to the devastating damage and destruction Asheville suffered from Hurricane Helene. Instead, Haynes and Dave Matthews Band put on the Soulshine benefit at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

“Every Christmas Jam is special, but this coming one, the first since Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville and the surrounding areas, has an added significance and importance,” Haynes says. “We will not only continue to raise money for Asheville Area Habitat For Humanity and Beloved Asheville, but with the help of all the attendees, we’ll also be supporting the local tourism and hospitality industry and small businesses who still need help.”

He adds, “We’re working on a few surprises to make this year’s Jam one to remember. I’m really looking forward to getting back home to Asheville!”

Tickets for Christmas Jam will first go on sale at the arena box office on Thursday at 10 a.m. to better serve the local community. A nationwide presale will then begin on Friday at 10 a.m. ET, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. ET.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity and BeLoved Asheville.

Bon Jovi teases fans with ‘something special’ coming Wednesday

October 21, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Is Bon Jovi getting ready to announce a tour? Well, that’s what some of their fans think, based on a tease they posted on Instagram.

The New Jersey rockers posted a photo of them taking a bow in front of a large concert audience, with the caption, “Tomorrow we’ve got something special for you (eyes emoji) Any guesses?”

That led to fans in the comments speculating that a tour announcement is coming.

“Bon Jovi 2026 Tour,” one person commented, while another added, “World Tour pleasssse.”

If Bon Jovi does announce a tour, it will be their first tour since 2022. Following that tour, frontman Jon Bon Jovi underwent vocal cord surgery and they haven’t toured since. His recovery was detailed in the band’s 2024 Hulu documentary, Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story.

The tease comes as Bon Jovi is getting ready to release Forever (Legendary Edition) on Friday. The album has the band teaming with a whole host of artists to reimagine songs from their 2024 album, Forever.

Foo Fighters on tour? Toronto venue teases possible announcement

October 21, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Is there a Foo Fighters tour announcement coming?

It seems likely following an Instagram post from Live Nation Ontario, which posted a photo of the Foos logo outside Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena.

The photo also includes the date Oct. 23, so be sure to stay tuned Thursday.

Foo Fighters made their live return in September following a tumultuous year, which included the Dave Grohl infidelity scandal and the firing of drummer Josh Freese. The shows included a brief run of U.S. pop-up dates and a tour of Asia, which marked their first performances with new drummer Ilan Rubin, formerly on Nine Inch Nails.

Coming up, the Foos will play a pair of shows in Mexico in November. The band also recently posted a teaser possibly hinting at new music to follow the July single “Today’s Song.”

Eagles’ Joe Walsh booked as Mega Mentor on NBC’s ‘The Voice’

October 21, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joe Walsh is coming to The Voice.

The Eagles guitarist has been tapped to be a Mega Mentor for season 28 of the NBC talent competition, helping out the teams coached by One Direction star Niall Horan and country superstar Reba McEntire.

“They’re putting me back on TV!” Walsh shared on Facebook. “And I get to hang with my buddies Niall and Reba!”

This year’s other Mega Mentor is Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band, who’ll help out the teams coached by Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé.

Walsh and Brown will join the show for the Knockout rounds, which begin Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. ET.

The news comes as Walsh and the Eagles are set to return to Las Vegas for their Sphere residency on Oct. 31, with shows now running until Feb. 28.

Walsh is also hosting his annual VetsAid benefit on Nov. 15 in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas. He’ll be joined by country star and Eagles touring member Vince Gill; Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen; and a “super-set” from Walsh, joined by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of the Tedeschi Trucks Band and Nathaniel Rateliff.

Vivian Campbell picks Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as most memorable Def Leppard moment

October 21, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

After Joe Elliott and Rick Allen shared their most memorable moments with Def Leppard, guitarist Vivian Campbell is revealing his, and it centers around a really big show the band took part in not long after he joined the band.

In a video posted to Instagram, Campbell says getting to perform with Def Leppard at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness in 1993 sticks out for him, noting that while he had already played a club show with the band, it was his first really big gig with them.

“It was, I don’t know, 80-something thousand people in the stadium. It was broadcast live worldwide,” he said. “It was just wall to wall celebrities, Elton John came in to the dressing room to say hello to us, and I’m thinking, this never happened in Dio,” referring to the heavy metal band he played with in the ’80s.

Also making it special was that Queen‘s Brian May came out and performed with them.

“That was fantastic. I’d never met Brian before,” he said. “To be onstage, Wembley Stadium, Def Leppard, Brian May, I thought, ‘I could get used to this.'”

“There’s been a lot of great moments in the 33 odd years since,” Campbell concluded, “but that one certainly stands out as being probably the biggest for me and certainly the first one for me with Def Leppard.”

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour says there’s ‘no possible way’ he’d perform with Roger Waters again

October 20, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_DavidGilmour_102025.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>English singer David Gilmour performs in concert at Circo Massimo on july 02, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Roberto Panucci/Corbis via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>Pink Floyd fans shouldn’t hold out hope that David Gilmour and Roger Waters will settle their differences enough to perform together again.In an interview with <a href=”https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/david-gilmour-i-am-never-performing-with-roger-waters-again/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>The Telegraph</a>, Gilmour and his wife, Polly Samson, discussed their public comments about Waters, and Gilmour put an end to any speculation that he may one day work with Waters again.In February 2023, Samson called out Waters on <a href=”https://x.com/PollySamson/status/1622513762602205184?s=20&t=DYif274gXBIF4_raGup_6Q” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>X</a> over his pro-Vladimir Putin comments. She wrote that Waters was “anti-Semitic to your rotten core” and called him “a Putin apologist,” among other things. Gilmour backed her by retweeting the post and commenting, “every word demonstrably true.”In the interview with The Telegraph, Samson explained why she was so vocal, saying it was “because Pink Floyd are quite a faceless band.”“Everywhere I went, there’s a chance that people thought I was married to the one who said things like that. And it wasn’t a great feeling,” she said. “If they knew you’re married to someone from Pink Floyd, half the time people were giving me quite strange looks and it was really uncomfortable and I just wanted to draw a line and make it clear that these were not views held by me or the person I was married to.”Both Samson and Gilmour said their opinion on Waters hasn’t changed. Gilmour was then asked if there was anything that would need to happen for him to perform with Waters again, and Gilmour shut that down.”Nothing,” he said. “There is no possible way that I would do that.”Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Never-before-seen Tom Petty performance released for his 75th birthday

October 20, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_tomPetty_102025.png” alt=””><figcaption>Musician Tom Petty performs at the Bridgestone halftime show during Super Bowl XLII between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots on February 3, 2008 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>The late Tom Petty would have turned 75 on Monday, and to mark the occasion, the singer’s estate has released a never-before-seen clip from the Petty archives.The <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJyrtODeiTs” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>video</a> features footage of Petty performing the Wildflowers track “Don’t Fade On Me” from rehearsals for Petty’s Dogs with Wings tour.Also in honor of Petty’s birthday, a limited-edition numbered print of the artwork for Petty’s 2009 box set, The Live Anthology, has just been released. Only 1,000 copies are now available at the <a href=”https://store.tompetty.com/products/live-anthology-poster” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Tom Petty Store</a>, with proceeds going to the Tom Petty Endowment for Guitars and Innovation at University of Florida College of the Arts in Petty’s hometown of Gainesville. <div class=”raw-html-embed”><iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/hJyrtODeiTs” title=”Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Don’t Fade On Me (Official Dogs With Wings Rehearsal Video)” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Bruce Springsteen on facing his darkest moments in new film ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’

October 20, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_BruceSpringsteen_102025.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Bruce Springsteen attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios' "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere" during the 69th BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2025 in London, England. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for T)</figcaption></figure>Songwriting, Bruce Springsteen says in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, is “a funny thing, it’s about searching for something … something that’s going to give your life a little bit of meaning.”That search — both artistic and deeply personal — is at the heart of the new film that dives into the rock legend’s battle with depression during the making of his 1982 album, Nebraska.In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America that aired on Monday, Springsteen reflected on revisiting some of the most painful chapters of his life.“They tend to be the most interesting moments of your life,” Springsteen said. “At the end of the day, you know, when you’re making your way through some sort of crucible, hopefully to come out the other side with some knowledge gained, some greater sense of self, and a story to tell.”Directed by Scott Cooper, the film explores how the quiet, stripped-down Nebraska sessions became a lifeline for the artist.“Scott did an incredible job of transposing the fundamental nature of the album into film,” Springsteen said.When Stephanopoulos asked if he saw the movie as a story of what Cooper called “a neglected soul repairing himself through music,” Springsteen didn’t hesitate.“Music was the first way that I really medicated my anxieties and my depression,” he said.“I really knew what to do with those three hours onstage. It was the other 21 that were killing me, you know?” he added with a laugh.Stephanopoulos then asked if, during those darkest moments, he ever believed he’d “merge whole.”“No,” Springsteen replied. “In the middle of it, there’s a lot of confusion, chaos and unsureness, you know? I think that I was very surprised when I had my initial whatever you’d like to call it, breakdown, anxiety attacks. I had, up to that point, been quite successful in using my musical meds and keeping myself relatively steady.”“So it was very shocking to run into it where suddenly those things stopped working,” he said.Portraying the music icon is The Bear star Jeremy Allen White, alongside Succession actor Jeremy Strong as longtime manager Jon Landau.“They’re such big shoes to fill, and I just wasn’t sure,” White said of playing Springsteen. “I don’t play guitar, I don’t sing. I said, ‘Are you sure you don’t wanna find a guy that can kinda do some of these things, you know?’”Despite his hesitation, Springsteen said White was his first choice.“There was something about the way Jeremy carried himself,” Springsteen said. “He was the first guy that I thought of.”Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Blondie’s Debbie Harry reveals who she wants to play her in biopic

October 20, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_Debbie%20Harry_102025.png” alt=””><figcaption>Debbie Harry attends The Daily Front Row's 11th Annual Fashion Media Awards at The Rainbow Room on September 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Daily Front Row)</figcaption></figure>A lot of rock stars are getting biopics these days, and it looks like Blondie may be the next band to see their story on the big screen.The <a href=”https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/debbie-harry-80-interview-blondie-chris-stein-no-exit-reissue-vcqvgg8mj” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>U.K. Times</a> interviewed Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry, and the article notes that there’s not only a documentary about the band in the works, but a biopic as well. And it seems the 80-year-old rock icon already has her mind made up regarding who she’d like to see play her.”If it were somebody like Florence Pugh, I would be in heaven,” Harry tells the paper. “I just think she’s a great actor and she could do anything.”It sounds like Pugh would be up for it. According to <a href=”https://ew.com/debbie-harry-reveals-dream-actress-for-blondie-biopic-florence-pugh-11832516″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Entertainment Weekly</a>, Pugh said at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival that she’d be interested in playing Harry, noting, “just because she’s so cool.”Up next for Blondie, the band is set to reissue their 1999 comeback album No Exit on Oct. 31. They are also getting ready to release a new album, High Noon, which is expected out in spring 2026.Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Mick Fleetwood and Jerry Cantrell added to 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

October 20, 2025 by Classic Rock 93.9

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/M_RockHallLogo2025_042525_0%20%281%29.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Courtesy Rock & Roll Hall of Fame</figcaption></figure>Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood and Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell have been added to the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.They join previously announced performers and presenters Elton John, Beck, Iggy Pop, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea, The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen and Twenty One Pilots, as well as Brandi Carlile, David Letterman, Doja Cat, rapper J.I.D., Run The Jewels rapper Killer Mike, R&B star Maxwell, rapper Missy Elliott, pop star Olivia Rodrigo, Questlove, British pop star RAYE, singer Sleepy Brown and pop star Teddy Swims.This year’s inductees include Bad Company, Joe Cocker, Soundgarden, The White Stripes, Salt-N-Pepa, Chubby Checker and Outkast. In addition, Warren Zevon is being inducted in the Musical Influence category, while producer Thom Bell, guitarist Nicky Hopkins and bassist Carole Kaye will be inducted for Musical Excellence.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.Disney is the parent company of ABC News.Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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