Classic Rock News

Bon Jovi has enlisted some of their superstar friends for a new take on their 16th studio album, Forever.

The band is set to release Forever (Legendary Edition) on Oct. 24, which has them collaborating with an A-list lineup of artists to reimagine songs on Forever, which was released in 2024. Guests appearing on the new release include fellow New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Jelly Roll, Ryan Tedder, Avril Lavigne, Jason Isbell, James Bay and Lainey Wilson.

And Bon Jovi is set to preview the album on Friday by dropping two songs — the lead-off single, “Red, White & Jersey,” which was not a part of the original album, and a new take on “Hollow Man,” featuring Springsteen.

“This album is more than just a collection of collaborations, it is an album born out of necessity,” Jon Bon Jovi shares, noting it was made while he was still recovering from vocal chord surgery.

“Without an ability to tour at that time, I continued working in the studio and called on some friends, great singers, artists, musicians and also just great people,” he says. “The result is an album with a new viewpoint and new spirit — a collaboration album that proves we all get by in this world with a little help from our friends.”

Jon adds, “I feel tremendous joy and gratitude releasing this album and I think it shows in the music. I can say with certainty that there is always something bigger than ME, and that’s WE.”

Forever (Legendary Edition) is available for preorder now. Here is the track list:
“Red, White, and Jersey”
“Legendary” (with James Bay)
“We Made It Look Easy” (with Robbie Williams)
“Living Proof” (with Jelly Roll)
“Waves” (with Jason Isbell)
“Seeds” (with Ryan Tedder)
“Kiss The Bride” (with Billy Falcon)
“The People’s House” (with The War & Treaty)
“Walls Of Jericho” (with Joe Elliott)
“I Wrote You A Song” (with Lainey Wilson)
“Living In Paradise” (with Avril Lavigne)
“My First Guitar” (with Marcus King)
“Hollow Man” (with Bruce Springsteen)
“We Made It Look Easy / Hicimos Que Pareciera Fácil” (with Carin León)

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John Fogerty is heading out on the road again this fall.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced dates for The Legacy Tour, which is set to kick off Sept. 29 in Mexico City, Mexico. The tour will make stops in Atlantic City, Nashville, Atlanta, Virginia Beach and more before wrapping Nov. 14 in Boston.

The tour is in celebration of Fogerty’s recent release, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, which had him rerecording his Creedence Clearwater Revival classics. Songs on the album include “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” and “Born on the Bayou.”

Up next for Fogerty, he’s set to play Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday. A complete schedule and ticket information can be found at JohnFogerty.com.

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Ringo Starr is getting ready to showcase his art for the public.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s artwork will be on display at the Animazing Gallery in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas starting Sept. 5, which coincides with Ringo’s upcoming residency with his All-Starr Band.

The Starr Art exhibition, which runs through Oct. 15, is Ringo’s first art show since 2019, with 100 percent of all proceeds going to Ringo’s Lotus Foundation charity. The exhibition will be the first time Ringo will be displaying his original paintings and will feature a collection of Ringo’s Spin Art pieces.

“I loved Spin Art the first time I saw it,” Ringo says. “I saw a video of some kids doing it and I thought I’m going to try that. … You know it is always a surprise what you end up with and of course I love that part of it.”

He notes, “One of the great surprises has been that I started putting canvases around the room to capture the overflow and whatever paint the spinning threw off and those became their own art.”

The Starr Art exhibition will be open to the public and Ringo will attend a private event for collectors who purchase any pieces prior to the event. 

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band — Toto’s Steve Lukather, Men at Work‘s Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette and Buck Johnson — will kick off their latest Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Sept. 17, with dates confirmed through Sept. 27. Their next show is Sept. 10 in Chicago. A complete list of dates can be found at RingoStarr.com. 

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Lenny Kravitz is set to headline the 2025 Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival, which is scheduled for Oct. 22 to Oct. 26 at the Baha Mar resort. Kravitz’s performance will take place Oct. 24.

The annual event is described as a “celebration of world-class culinary talent and Caribbean artistic expression.”

“The Bahamas has always been my home, as well as heartfelt inspiration for my music,” Kravitz, who’s Bahamian on his mother’s side and who has a home in Eleuthera, says. “I’m humbled to join fellow Caribbean artists, creatives and innovators for The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival, and I look forward to sharing this experience with a community that means so much to me.”

“We are honored to welcome home one of the world’s greatest musical icons, Lenny Kravitz, to The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival stage,” said Graeme Davis, president of Baha Mar. “His deep personal connection to The Bahamas resonates with us all, and his performance is a full-circle moment.”

Tickets for the festival are on sale now.

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Gov’t Mule is set to kick off their Back in the Saddle tour, but it will be without founding member Matt Abts behind the drum kit.

In a post on social media, Abts shares that he will be sitting out the tour to recover from some health-related issues.

“As the Mule gears up to launch the Back in the Saddle Tour, I wanted to let all of our fans know I’ve made the tough but necessary decision to stay home and attend to some lingering injuries from years behind the kit,” he writes. “I’m okay – and will be fine! I just need some time at home to rest and recover.”

He adds, “I look forward to being back on the road soon.”

Gov’t Mule’s Back in the Saddle tour begins Wednesday in Milwaukee. A complete list of dates can be found at mule.net.

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The Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere opens in October with The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White playing The Boss, and it sounds like it took a lot to get him ready for the role.

“I had never really sang anything, never mind Bruce,” White tells The Associated Press. “There was a leap of faith that we were all taking.”

White says that after speaking to director Scott Cooper about the film he felt “really excited” about it, but expressed his concerns about not being able to sing or play guitar.

“Scott had faith. And Bruce had faith,” White said. “And we trusted each other.”

As for whether he had any worries about White playing Springsteen, Cooper notes, “I knew that he had the two qualities that really embody Bruce: humility and swagger. And they don’t teach swagger at [Juilliard]. You either have it or you don’t. I was never concerned. He’s sensational.”

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere follows The Boss’ efforts to make his 1982 solo album Nebraska. It also stars Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Paul Walter Hauser and Gaby Hoffmann. It opens in theaters Oct. 24.

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The 2025 edition of Bowl for Ronnie, the annual charity celebrity bowling tournament held in honor of the late Ronnie James Dio, has been announced.

The event will take place Nov. 13 at PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California. Spectator tickets and lane sponsorships are on sale now.

The lineup of celebrity bowlers has yet to be announced. Previous participants include Dave Grohl and Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello.

Bowl for Ronnie benefits the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. The 2024 edition raised over $70,000, which is dedicated to cancer prevention, research and education.

Dio died in 2010 of stomach cancer at age 67.

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Two members of Fleetwood Mac appear on a new song Miley Cyrus wrote as a birthday gift for her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, who turned 64 on Monday.

Billy Ray wrote on Instagram, “For my birthday, Miley gave me the gift of music and wrote me a song called Secrets and got my favorite musicians Fleetwood Mac to play on it! I love you Mile.”

According to People, those Fleetwood Mac members are guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and drummer Mick Fleetwood, who are both credited on the track.

You can hear a snippet of the song on Billy Ray’s post. Miley sings, “Secrets, I want to keep your secrets/ Like sunlight in the shadows/ Like footsteps in the grass/ I won’t ever break my promise/ Like a songbird in the silence/ Like stones against the glass.”

The paring of Fleetwood and Buckingham may be the closest thing fans get to a Fleetwood Mac reunion. Buckingham was fired from the group in 2018 over a disagreement about touring. Plus, Mick has said in interviews that he doesn’t see a future for the band following Christine McVie’s 2022 passing.

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Tony Iommi is bringing back his signature guitar humbucker in collaboration with Gibson.

The pickup boasts “an exclusive configuration of powerful ceramic and Alnico 2 magnets,” which “give it the incredible tone and sustain that have helped make Tony’s work with Black Sabbath instantly recognizable,” a press release says. It originally launched in the ’90s as the very first signature Gibson pickup and has now returned three decades later.

“I’m really excited that Gibson’s bringing back my signature humbucker, they were getting pretty hard to find!” Iommi says. “This pickup came about after a lot of time spent in Nashville, just experimenting with different setups to get that perfect tone and sustain from my favorite guitars.”

“We had to make sure it worked with my light gauge strings and low tunings, but still pack a punch, and the result has got some serious output,” the “Iron Man” shredder continues. “They’re on my signature guitars too, and I couldn’t be more pleased with how they turned out.”

You can order yours now via Gibson.com.

Iommi performed with his original Black Sabbath bandmates Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward at the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5. Ozzy died just over two weeks later, on July 22.

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Folks in the U.K. sure do love their Queen, specifically “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

The U.K. radio network Gold Radio recently polled its listeners to uncover the greatest song of all time, with Queen’s 1975 classic landing at #1.

“Wow. Yet again, you lovely people have remembered Bo Rhap with maximum fondness!” Queen’s Brian May says. “Thanks Gold Radio listeners! Much appreciated by us!”

Coming in at #2 on the list of the top 300 songs is the Eagles’ “Hotel California.” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” is #3, Elvis Presley’s “The Wonder of You” is #4 and John Lennon’s “Imagine” is #5.

And while The Beatles did not land in the top five, they were well represented on the list, with 20 tracks landing in the top 300, the most of any artist. Their highest-charting song was “Hey Jude” at #8.

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