Bruce Springsteen hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart with The Rising, which was filled with songs Springsteen wrote in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The album, The Boss’ first to top the chart since 1987’s Tunnel of Love, spent two weeks at the top spot.
The Rising was the first album Springsteen released since 1995’s The Ghost of Tom Joad, marking the longest stretch between studio albums for the rocker. It was also his first full album with the E Street Band in almost two decades.
The Rising was nominated for several Grammys, including album of the year, and best rock album, winning the latter. The title track won Grammys for best male rock vocal performance and best rock song, but lost out on song of the year.
The two releases from influential grunge band Mother Love Bone are set to be reissued.
The group’s 1989 EP, Shine, and their 1990 full-length debut album, Apple, will be newly available on CD and vinyl on Sept. 26. The CD editions for both reissues will include exclusive bonus tracks.
Mother Love Bone was fronted by Andrew Wood, and featured future Pearl Jam members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament. Wood died in March 1990 at age 24, just months before Apple was released, effectively ending the band.
Wood’s death inspired Soundgarden‘s Chris Cornell to form the band Temple of theDog, which also included Gossard and Ament, plus PJ’s Mike McCready and Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron.
The Boss is expected to attend the premiere, along with director Scott Cooper, and the film’s stars, JeremyAllen White, who plays Springsteen, Jeremy Strong, who plays his manager Jon Landau, and Odessa Young.
“The New York Film Festival has always felt like a spiritual home for the kind of cinema I believe in,” Cooper shares. “To now arrive with a film about Bruce Springsteen—an artist whose music shaped not just a country but my own sense of storytelling—is something I could never have imagined.”
He adds, “Getting to know Bruce, to explore his world and his spirit, has been one of the most profound creative experiences of my life. To share that experience with New York audiences, in a city that defines artistic possibility, is both an honor and a responsibility I hold with deep gratitude.”
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere follows The Boss’ efforts to make his 1982 solo album Nebraska. It also stars Stephen Graham, Paul Walter Hauser and Gaby Hoffmann.
The New York Film Festival is happening Sept. 26-Oct. 13. Tickets for the Deliver Me From Nowhere premiere go on sale to the general public on Sept. 18 at 12 p.m. ET.
U2 on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2017/Photo creedit: ABC/Randy Holmes
The members of U2 have shared a post on Instagram offering their thoughts on the current Israeli-Palestine conflict.
“Everyone has long been horrified by what is unfolding in Gaza – but the blocking of humanitarian aid and now plans for a military takeover of Gaza City has taken the conflict into uncharted territory,” reads the post’s caption. “We are not experts in the politics of the region, but we want our audience to know where we each stand.”
The post includes separate detailed statements from Bono,The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr. and Adam Clayton, with Bono’s lasting 10 slides. The first slide of the post simply notes it shares their thoughts “On Gaza.”
U2 previously commented on the situation in the Middle East during their Las Vegas residency at the Sphere. Following the Oct. 7 attacks at the Novo music festival in Israel the band performed “Pride,” with Bono changing the lyrics to “Early morning, October 7/ as the sun is rising in the dessert sky/ Stars of David they took your life/but they could not take your pride.”
Cover of Styx’s ‘Circling From Above/Alpha Dog 2T/UMe
Styx has debuted a new video for the track “Forgive,” from their recently released album Circling From Above.
The video kicks off with a child drawing figures of a man and a woman with black marker on white paper, when the images suddenly begin moving. The clip then uses animated drawings to tell several stories of forgiveness, including a couple on the brink of a split, friends who get into a fight, and soldiers during battle, the latter featuring the faces of the members of Styx.
“Forgive” is the second track Styx has released from Circling From Above, their first album of new material since 2021’s Crash the Crown. They previously released the tune “Build and Destroy.”
Styx are currently on their Brotherhood of Rock tour with REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin and Don Felder, which hits Saratoga Springs, New York, on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at StyxWorld.com.
Bobby Whitlock, the pianist, guitarist and songwriter who played on three of rock’s most legendary albums — Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, All Things Must Pass and Exile on Main Street — has died. He was 77.
A statement provided to ABC Audio by his manager Carole Kaye reads, “With profound sadness, the family of Bobby Whitlock announces his passing at 1:20am on Aug. 10 after a brief illness. He passed in his home in Texas, surrounded by family.”
Born and raised in Memphis, Whitlock played on recordings by Sam & Dave and Booker T. & the M.G.’s as a teen and was the first white artist signed to Stax Records. In 1969, he played on the album Accept No Substitute by Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett and joined their touring band, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends.
Eric Clapton and George Harrison subsequently joined the band as guest “Friends,” which led to Whitlock and Clapton backing Harrison on the former Beatle‘s landmark 1970 album All Things Must Pass.
While working on Harrison’s album, Whitlock and Clapton formed Derek and the Dominos with fellow Friends Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. Whitlock wrote or co-wrote seven of the 14 songs on their now-iconic album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, including “Tell the Truth” and “Bell Bottom Blues.”
After Derek and the Dominos split in 1971, Whitlock released two solo albums and played uncredited on The Rolling Stones’ 1972 album Exile on Main Street. He also played on albums by Dr. John and Manassas.
Whitlock, who was inducted into Memphis’ Beale Street Walk of Fame in 2024, continued to record and release albums throughout his career, later accompanied by his wife and musical partner CoCo Carmel Whitlock. He is survived by Carmel Whitlock, sister Debbie Wade and children Ashley Brown, Beau Whitlock and Tim Whitlock Kelly.
Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Billy Joel has debuted another archival performance, and this one is a real throwback.
The “Piano Man” shared a video of him performing the track “Long, Long Time” on the PBS station WSIU on Feb. 10, 1972.
The clip is from such an early point in his career that during the intro the host notes that Joel and his backing band have been together “less than a year,” but adds that the “maturity of sound is there.”
“Long, Long Time” is actually a song that didn’t appear on any of Billy’s original studio albums. A performance of it does appear on the 2011 Legacy Edition of his sophomore album Piano Man.
Joel began releasing archival rarities to his YouTube account following the release of his HBO documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, with many of the clips found during the making of the film.
Billy Joel: And So It Goes is now streaming on HBO Max
Mick Fleetwood attends the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Mick Fleetwood is marking two years since the devastating wildfires that destroyed parts of Maui, Hawaii.
The Fleetwood Mac drummer and founder shared a picture on Instagram of the fire scorched sign from his restaurant, Fleetwood’s on Front Street, which was lost in the fires writing, “Two years ago today, the heart of Lahaina was devastated by fires…..Taking with it not just our beloved Fleetwood’s on Front Street, but so much of what made this town!!”
“We lost friends and neighbors, including two beloved members of Fleetwood’s on Front Street, Joel and Felimon, along with their families,” he adds. “We continue to mourn their lives, and all the lives lost. Their memory will live on.”
“What stands strong still is the spirit of Lahaina! And the resilience of this island,” he continues. “My thoughts and love continue to be with the people of Lahaina, as we honor the past and look forward.”
Fleetwood had been living on the island of Maui for almost 30 years when the 2023 fires destroyed his community and his restaurant. That September he took part in a star-studded #MauiStrong livestream that raised funds for Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund as well as the Recording Academy charity MusicCares.
The Zombies’ ‘Odessey and Oracle’/Beechwood Park Records
The Zombies are set to reissue their iconic sophomore album Odessey and Oracle. The band just announced that the album has been newly remastered in mono and will be coming out digitally and on vinyl and CD.
After it was recorded in 1967, Odessey and Oracle was remixed in a then-new stereo format, which according to a press release, “sacrificed key elements from the mono recording.” A post on Instagram notes that the new reissue will give fans a chance to “experience the album the way it was intended to be heard and seen: raw, rich and timeless.” It will also feature the album’s artwork restored to its original colors.
As a preview of the release, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have shared the mono remaster of the track “This Will Be Our Year,” featuring restored horn parts that were lost in the stereo mix. It is now available via digital outlets.
Odessey and Oracle Mono Remastered will be out Sept. 26, and is available for preorder now.
Released in April 1968, Odessey and Oracle was not a commercial success when it initially came out. In fact, The Zombies has already broken up by the time the album was released. But the album’s third single “Time of the Season,” became a hit in the U.S. almost a year later, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It went on to become an iconic song for the band.
The Zombies’ story is highlighted in the recently released documentary Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies, which is now available on Apple TV+ and Prime Video.
Bonnie Raitt performs on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ June 14, 2022/ Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images
Bonnie Raitt is showing her support for comedian Stephen Colbert, whose late night talk show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, was canceled by CBS.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer shared video on Instagram of some of her performances on The Late Show, writing, “In light of the shocking cancellation of @colbertlateshow with Stephen Colbert (set to end next May,) we want to send along our support and appreciation for what he means to us and the crucial right to have free expression in a healthy democracy.”
“We know his brilliant, beloved and important place in our culture will continue to evolve in some new, exciting way,” the post adds. “We wish him and his incredible team all the best and are so grateful for what they continue to give us all. He’s number 1 in the late night market for a reason. Unstoppable!”
Performances featured in the post include Raitt’s last appearance in June 2022, where she performed “Blame It On Me” from her album Just Like That…, as well as a 2019 performance of John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery,” which the post says was one of Colbert’s favorite tunes.
CBS announced in July that the network was canceling The Late Show saying it was a “financial decision.” The longtime franchise will end in May 2026 after more than 30 years on air. At the time of the announcement Paramount had been working to finalize a deal to sell Paramount to Skydance Media, which needed approval from the Trump administration to go through. The merger has since closed.
Raitt will kick off the next leg of her current tour on Aug. 20 in Port Chester, New York. A complete list of dates can be found at BonnieRaitt.com.
