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The lineup for the upcoming Bad Company tribute album has been revealed.

Can’t Get Enough: The Music of Bad Company, dropping Oct. 24, will have artists covering the group’s biggest hits, including “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Bad Company” and “Shooting Star,” along with a cover of Free’s top-five hit, “All Right Now.”

Artists contributing to the record include Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, The Pretty Reckless, HARDY, Halestorm, The Struts, and more.

Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke also appear on the album. Rodgers collaborates with Halestorm on “Shooting Star,” and with Blackberry Smoke’s on “Run With the Pack.” Meanwhile both Rodgers and Kirke join Elliott and Collen on “Seagull.”

“I’ve loved Bad Company since the very beginning, a phenomenal combination of two of my favorite bands, Free and Mott The Hoople, what’s not to love?!” says Elliott. “What a privilege it is for myself and Phil to cover one of my favorite Bad Co songs WITH Paul & Simon! Wow!”

The first track released from the record is The Struts’ cover of “Rock & Roll Fantasy,” which was previously released as a 7-inch vinyl for Record Store Day in April. It is available now via digital outlets.

Can’t Get Enough: The Music of Bad Company will be released on CD, digitally and on limited edition silver colored vinyl. All formats are available for preorder now.

The album’s release comes ahead of the band’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, happening Nov. 8 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. It will stream live on Disney+ and a highlights special will air on ABC at a later date.

Here is the track list for Can’t Get Enough: The Music of Bad Company:

“Ready For Love” – HARDY
“Shooting Star” – Halestorm (feat. Paul Rodgers)
“Feel Like Makin’ Love” – ​​Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
“Run with the Pack” – Blackberry Smoke (feat. Paul Rodgers & Brann Dailor)
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”– The Struts
“Bad Company” – Charley Crockett
“Rock Steady” – Dirty Honey
“Burnin’ Sky” – Black Stone Cherry
“Seagull” – Joe Elliott and Phil Collen of Def Leppard (feat. Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke)
“All Right Now” – The Pretty Reckless

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Billy Joel is the subject of a new two-part documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, and the film’s directors Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin didn’t have to hold back when interviewing the rocker for the film.

Lacy tells ABC Audio that from the beginning she asked Joel if there were “any sensitivities” she should be aware of, and he simply told her to “tell the truth.”

“Nothing was off-limits,” she says.

Part two of the documentary debuted Friday on HBO, and Levin says it’s “a little bit of a different animal” than part one, which was somewhat of an origin story.

“It’s a much more personal story,” she says, noting it delves into his time with wife Christie Brinkley, but also touches on his family and his Jewish heritage, explaining, that’s “probably the most important aspect” of the film.

The doc also features artists like Bruce Springsteen, Sting and others talking about Billy and his career.

“The thing about musicians is, whether the critics got him or not, musicians got him,” Lacey says. “It means a lot when you hear Bruce Springsteen say the critics missed a lot of the best of Billy ’cause they just didn’t know how to pigeonhole him, but his melodies are actually better than mine.”

The two parts cover quite a bit of Billy’s life and career, and Levin says she and Lacy hope viewers will “come away with a really complete and satisfying experience of understanding an artist that is a lot more than his top line hits.”

She adds, “I think that you will be really surprised about what a complex and emotionally available artist you find in the film in a way that Billy has never been seen before.” 

Billy Joel: And So It Goes is now streaming on HBO Max.

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Billy Joel is not an artist who often gets political. But in the second part of his HBO documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, he has some very strong words for President Donald Trump regarding the comments he made after 2017’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

While Billy says in the film that he “never liked getting political onstage,” he did just that after Trump responded to the rally of white nationalists by giving a speech in which he said there were “some very fine people on both sides.”

Not long after the speech, Joel came out onstage at Madison Square Garden with a yellow Star of David on his jacket as a way of protest. He explained in the film, “I had to do something. I was angry.”

“Here they are marching through an American city saying, ‘Jews will not replace us.’ We fought a war to defeat these people!” he says. “And then when Trump comes out and says, ‘There were very fine people on both sides,’ he should’ve come out and said, ‘Those are bad people.’ There is no qualifying it. The Nazis are not good people. Period!”

Joel, whose father’s family escaped Nazi Germany, adds that while he didn’t want to “get up on a soapbox,” the star was his way of doing something. He said that he wore it “basically to say, no matter what, I will always be a Jew.”

Part two of Billy Joel: And So it Goes premieres Friday on HBO. Part one and two will also stream on HBO Max.

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Yungblud plans to honor the late Ozzy Osbourne by covering the Black Sabbath song “Changes” at every one of his shows.

The “Fleabag” rocker performed the Vol. 4 ballad at the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, which marked the final show by the original Sabbath lineup, as well as Ozzy’s last performance ever. Just over two weeks later, on July 22, Ozzy’s family announced that he’d passed away at age 76.

“To sing this song for you at an event surrounded by legends inspired by you to a crowd that loved you was truly my life’s greatest honor,” Yungblud writes in an Instagram post. “I vow to play this song every night for the rest of my life.”

Yungblud adds that Ozzy was “my hero in every regard” and hopes he’s “up there [having] a drink with Randy,” referring to Ozzy’s late guitar player Randy Rhoads.

“For the prince of darkness you sure brought all the light to the world,” the post concludes. “I love you Ozzy.”

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John Forgerty continues to preview his upcoming album of rerecorded Credence Clearwater Revival classics, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, which drops Aug. 22.

The rocker has now released his new take on “Travelin’ Band.” Fogerty said rerecording it “was like climbing a mountain,” adding, “I had to work myself up to hit that level again. I’d sing until I didn’t have anything left.”

He’s also released “Long as I Can See the Light,” which he says “means so much” to him.

“If you see a ray of light you can always find your way,” Fogerty says. 

Both songs are now available via digital outlets.

Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, produced by Fogerty and his son Shane Fogerty, comes two years after Fogerty fully regained the rights to his CCR catalog. The album also features new takes on CCR classics like “Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son” and “Bad Moon Rising.”

The rocker is backed on the album by both of his sons, Shane and Tyler Fogerty.

Legacy is available for preorder now.

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Much like time, Beavis and Butt-Head also march on, as the iconic metal-loving duo is back for another go-round. Fittingly, Beavis’ favorite band Metallica soundtracks the new trailer for the series’ return.

The trailer begins with an animated Metallica performing their song “For Whom the Bell Tolls” as Beavis and Butt-Head fly into the stadium in a helicopter filled with gold.

“Beavis and Butthead, we love you guys!” James Hetfield exclaims from the stage.

“How much to buy Metallica?” Beavis asks, to which Hetfield replies, “One gold bar ought to be enough!” Cut to Hetfield getting hit in the head with said gold bar.

New episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head will air on Comedy Central starting on Sept. 3.

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A guitar that was previously owned by Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page is going up for auction in September and is expected to bring in a pretty penny.

The U.K. publication The Standard reports that the guitar up for grabs was originally part of a collaboration between New Music Express magazine and the band over 50 years ago. Back then, the mag ran a sweepstakes with the grand prize being a 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 electric guitar that Page purchased in Nashville for about $270.

In order to enter to sweepstakes, competitors had to match six guitars with their superstar owners; a man named Charles Reid from North London won.

Reid sold the guitar in 1990 to a man named Phil O’Donoghue for under $3,000. Following O’Donoghue’s death earlier this year, the family decided to put it up for auction.

The auction is now scheduled to take place Sept. 9 in England; the guitar is estimated to sell for somewhere between $40,000 and $70,000.

Whoever purchases the guitar will also get original copies of New Music Express, along with receipts and correspondence.

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Kelly Osbourne quotes lyrics from the Black Sabbath song “Changes” in her first post since her father, Ozzy Osbourne, passed away.

In her Instagram Story, Kelly writes, “I feel unhappy I am so sad. I lost the best friend I ever had,” which Ozzy sang to open the Vol. 4 ballad.

Ozzy’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, and their children announced his death on Tuesday, sharing, “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”

Ozzy, 76, had performed his last concert just over two weeks prior on July 5 with Black Sabbath. That weekend, Kelly got engaged to Slipknot‘s Sid Wilson. 

In video of Wilson’s proposal, Ozzy can be heard joking, “F*** off, you’re not marrying my daughter!”

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Warren Haynes is sharing another preview of his upcoming release, The Whisper Sessions, which features seven stripped-down versions of songs from his 2024 solo album, Million Voices Whisper.

The latest is a new take on the song “You Ain’t Above Me” and is available now via digital outlets.

“This stripped-down version is actually the only time I’ve ever performed it this way,” Haynes shares. “I played it on my new Signature Gibson Les Paul with P-90 pickups which offers a cleaner and brighter sound than most folks would expect from me, which worked perfectly for the rhythm accompaniment of this kind of soul ballad.”

This is the second song released from the album. Haynes previously shared the track “These Changes,” which features his Allman Brothers bandmate Derek Trucks, who co-wrote the tune with Haynes.

In addition to the new takes on Million Voices Whisper tunes, The Whisper Sessions includes a new version of the Allman Brothers Band classic “Melissa,” featuring Trucks.

The Whisper Sessions is available for preorder now.

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If watching the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes makes you want to go back and listen to Billy Joel‘s whole catalog, you’ll soon have an easy way to do so.

A new digital 100-track album, also called Billy Joel: And So It Goes, drops Saturday, July 26, and it’s described as a “companion” piece to the documentary, the second part of which is now streaming. Among those tracks are eight never-before-released songs:

“December Theme (December Song)” from the Cold Spring Harbor sessions

“My Life” from The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden CBS TV special

“An Innocent Man (Live In London)”

A 2025 mix of “Tomorrow Is Today,” from Cold Spring Harbor

“You’re My Home (Live at Sparks)”

An unreleased version of “Everybody Has a Dream” from the Cold Spring Harbor sessions

“Vienna” from a Masterclass Billy gave in Nuremberg, Germany

“No Man’s Land (The Shelter Island Sessions),” an early version of the song from River of Dreams

Over the next year, a bunch of archival rarities that were discovered during the making of the documentary will be released on Billy’s YouTube channel, including the unreleased first-ever performance of the classic hit “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, recorded at CW Post University, and his first TV appearance in 1972.

On Aug. 22, Billy’s original 1985 compilation Greatest Hits Volume I and II will be re-released on black vinyl.

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