The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night, where he talked about The Stones’ new album Foreign Tongues.

During the chat it was revealed that Wood recorded a nine-minute guitar solo for a song called “Back in Your Life,” although he said it was eventually cut down to four or five minutes.

“I’ll tell you what, I was so moved that day, and disappointed and sad and I had so much feeling because Brian Wilson died that day,” Wood said, referring to the late Beach Boys legend, who died in June 2025. “And that week Sly Stone died too and I thought, oh no, it’s so sad. It came out through my guitar, the feeling you know.”

Wood added that he did the solo in one take, but noted, “I didn’t do that, the guitar played itself.”

Another tidbit about the album: Fallon mentioned that it features a cover of the Amy Winehouse track “You Know I’m No Good,” which appeared on her 2006 Grammy-winning album Back to Black.

Foreign Tongues, The Stones’ first album since 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, will be released July 10. It is available for preorder now.
 

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Paul McCartney has released the latest track from his upcoming solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, and it is a collaboration with his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, marking their first-ever duet together.

The track, “Home to Us,” also features backing vocals from Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri from the band Texas.

“This song [was] done totally with Ringo in mind,” McCartney said when first announcing the track. “In writing the song, I’m talking about where we came from. In common with a lot of people, you come from nothing and you build yourself up,”

"Even though it was crazy, it was home to us,” he added, referring to his and Starr's rough Liverpool upbringing.

“Home to Us” is available now via digital outlets. It is the second song McCartney has released from The Boys of Dungeon Lane following “Days We Left Behind.”

The Boys of Dungeon Lane, McCartney’s first solo album since 2020’s McCartney III, will be released May 29 and is available for preorder now.

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Hey, oh, Stadium Arcadium is 20 years old.

The hit ninth studio effort from Red Hot Chili Peppers was released on May 9, 2006 — 20 years ago Saturday. The 28-track double album gave RHCP their first-ever #1 record on the Billboard 200 and is certified four-times Platinum by the RIAA.

The song "Dani California" was released as Stadium Arcadium's lead single, and was accompanied by a video featuring Anthony Kiedis and company cosplaying as different rock bands from throughout history. While it may bear a resemblance to Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance," "Dani California" was a huge hit, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. That was the last time the Peppers have been in the top 10 of the all-genre chart.

Stadium Arcadium also spawned singles in "Snow (Hey Oh)" and "Tell Me Baby." It won best rock album at the 2007 Grammys and was nominated for album of the year.

In 2009, guitarist John Frusciante announced he was leaving the Peppers and was replaced by Josh Klinghoffer. Stadium Arcadium remained the last RHCP album to feature Frusciante until his return to the band in 2019, and the release of 2022's Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen.

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The 50th anniversary of an iconic Grateful Dead concert will be celebrated in Boston in June.

The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame and Rhino Records have teamed for a special event marking the anniversary of the band’s June 11, 1976, concert at the Boston Music Hall, now known as the Boch Center Wang Theatre.

Shakedown at Boston Music Hall: Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Celebration 6/11/76 - 6/11/26 will take place June 11, 50 years to the day of the original concert. It will take place at the Boch Center’s Grand Lobby and feature a performance by Dead tribute band Playing Dead.

It will also include Dead-themed food and beverages, including Dogfish Head Brewery’s Grateful Dead Citrus Daydream and Juicy Pale Ale on tap, plus merch and more. There will also be an exhibit highlighting The Dead’s history in Boston.

The 1976 concert was the fifth show in The Dead's comeback tour after an extended hiatus. Grateful Dead historian David Lemieux notes, “The perfection they achieved on this tour is on full display on June 11, 1976, in Boston.”

A special five-LP recording of the concert was recently released for Record Store Day.

“The Dead played here more than a dozen times, but this show, 50 years ago, stands out as one of the absolute highlights of the Wang Theatre’s 100-year history. We have hosted some incredible acts from Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith to Whitney Houston and Lady Gaga, and the Dead show remains an all-time fan favorite,” said Casey Soward, president and CEO of the Boch Center. “We look forward to welcoming everyone to this historic theatre in partnership with Rhino Records as we pay homage to one of the greatest shows in the Dead’s extensive catalog.”

Tickets for the concert are on sale now.

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Mötley Crüe will be joined by Carrie Underwood for their performance on the upcoming season finale of American Idol.

The former American Idol winner is a noted rock fan and previously covered the Crüe song "Home Sweet Home" to be used as the show's season 8 farewell song.

While that means they'll probably be playing "Home Sweet Home" together, we're holding out hope for a mash-up called "Jesus, Take the Feel(good)."

The American Idol finale will air May 11 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. It will stream the next day on Hulu and Disney+.

As previously reported, the episode will also feature performance from Shinedown, Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms, among others.

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Sounds like we may be getting some new music from KISS.

During a YouTube interview with KISSbySienna, Gene Simmons gave fans an update on what they’ve been up to, and it's good news for fans anxious for new tunes.

"KISS is in the studio now," Simmons said when asked what they’ve been doing since retiring from the road in 2023. He then elaborated further, noting they had just recorded a song written by Paul Stanley.

"I can’t tell you more about it," he said. "And that’ll be coming out at some point."

This isn’t first time this year that Simmons has mentioned KISS making new music. In an April interview with Pollstar in which he and Stanley discussed the band’s upcoming Las Vegas avatar show, Simmons said the show would include “new songs,” adding that the tunes were "written by us. We have songs done."

The KISS avatar show is expected to launch in 2028.

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Patti Smith is one of the artists booked for Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment, a live event happening June 14 at Town Hall in New York City.

The event is being put on by the free speech advocacy group Committee for the First Amendment, founded by actress and activist Jane Fonda. It is described as “an evening of song, solidarity, and action that will celebrate the freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment, of speech, religion, press, assembly, and protest.”

Fonda is also part of the night’s lineup, along with Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Reid, Sasha Allen and Broadway Inspirational Voices, with more artists to be announced.

“Music has long been a tool to stand up to authoritarianism, and I am honored to spend the evening with these fiercely committed, talented, and brilliant people to celebrate our First Amendment rights,” said Fonda. “As we continue to watch bad faith leaders take more and more power, it is critical that we gather together, raise our voices collectively, and stand united against this administration – and have some fun while doing it.”

Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment will be streamed online for free, with watch parties planned across the country.

Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster and the event’s website. Proceeds will support the Committee for the First Amendment's work.

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Billy Joel’s concert documentary The Last Play at Shea is getting a special outdoor screening as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Tribeca Festival.

The documentary, which debuted at the Tribeca Festival in 2010, will screen at Hudson Yards in New York City on June 4 at 7 p.m. ET. The screening is part of Tribeca at 25: Celebrating the Stories We Share, a series of outdoor screenings of films tied to the history of the festival.

The Last Play at Shea, directed by Paul Crowder, is centered around Joel’s two 2008 concerts at New York’s Shea Stadium, the final concerts at the home of the New York Mets before its demolition. In addition to footage of the concerts, the doc explored the history of the stadium and the team, and featured interviews with Joel.

The concerts also featured guest appearances by Tony Bennett, The Who's Roger Daltrey, Paul McCartney and others.

The Tribeca Festival is taking place June 3-14 in New York City.

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Neil Young is giving fans an update on his upcoming new album with his band The Chrome Hearts.

In a post on his Archives website, Young writes that he recently played the album, Second Song, for his label, Reprise Records.

“It was a celebration,” he says of the playback. “I have been doing this for about 60 years and am so thankful to still be doing it in these days.” He added, “The album is quite special to all of us who made it together.”

Young previously revealed that the album would feature five new songs, plus three other unreleased tracks that were 60 years old, but it appears that may have changed. A caption under a photo of Young and the band in the studio says the album’s made up of seven songs in total, "five written recently in 2026 and 2 unheard ones from 1964."

“I can’t wait until you hear this album,” Young writes. “Music is good for the soul and this one is special.”

“So love to you all. I hope you are well and happy,” he concludes the post. “These days we have a lot to worry about but we still have much to celebrate. Families, love, life.”

Young didn’t say anything about when the album may be released. It will be the follow-up to 2025's Talking to the Trees, his first album with The Chrome Hearts.

In the meantime, Young and The Chrome Hearts are releasing a live album, as time explodes, on May 29. It features performances recorded during The Love Earth Tour 2025 that hit Europe, the U.K., the U.S. and Canada.

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Steve Cropper passed away in December, but fans will be getting new music from the late Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist this summer.

Watching the Tide, the album Cropper and his band The Midnight Hour were working on prior to his death, will be posthumously released on Aug. 28. It will feature guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Queen’s Brian May, ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons and The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood.

The first single off the album, “Ticket First,” featuring Clapton, is available now via digital outlets.

"Making music was Steve's greatest joy," says songwriter/producer Jon Tiven, a close friend of Cropper’s. He adds that Cropper was “so encouraged” by his 2024 album, Friendlytown, “He was adamant he wanted to do another record.”

Tiven says 10 of the 11 tracks on Watching the Tide were finished before Cropper's death, and he got to hear them before he passed.

“I finished the mixes about a week-and-a-half before Steve passed and we brought a CD to him at the medical facility,” he says. “He called me the night before he passed to tell me how much he loved it. He was playing it for everyone who came to visit him, telling them it was the best record he’d ever made.”

Watching the Tide, the title a nod to the Otis Redding classic “(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay,” which Cropper co-wrote, is available for preorder now.

Here is the track list:
"Tandoori Chicken"
"Ticket First" (feat. Eric Clapton)
"My Angels Are Calling" (feat. Brian May & Billy F. Gibbons)
"Until Now" (feat. Ronnie Wood)
"Blood From A Stone"
"Here & Gone" (feat. Ana Grosh)
"It's Gonna Get Worse"
"Down & Out"
"Stand Right Here" (feat. Billy F. Gibbons & Ana Grosh)
"Tipoff To The Ripoff"
"House Of Cards"
"Tandoori Chicken Part 2"

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Mick Jagger got a chance to show off his comedic chops when he stopped by The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night.

The Rolling Stones frontman took part in a comedy sketch, "Real People Fake Arms." Setting up the premise, Fallon claimed to have starred in a British soap opera in the '90s called Jacob’s Patience, noting that his co-star was difficult because he wouldn’t use his arms in any of the scenes. Instead, he used mannequin arms, so the show's director made everyone else use them as well.

Fallon noted that while it sounded crazy, “if you watched it you’d never be able to tell.”

He then threw to a clip of the show, where, of course, you could totally tell. The clip showed Jimmy at a jewelry store called Hackney Diamonds, after The Stones’ 2023 album, with Mick playing the sales person.

“Please to meet you, I hope you guess my name,” Jagger said as he introduced himself to Fallon, a reference to The Stones’ classic “Sympathy for the Devil.”

The sketch then captured Jagger showing Fallon some jewelry pieces for a Mother’s Day gift for Fallon's wife, all the while using his awkward mannequin arms, which led to several absurd interactions, including Jagger “booping” Fallon a few times.

There was also another Rolling Stones reference, when Fallon noted he couldn’t afford one of the suggested pieces and said, “You can’t always get what you want.”

Jagger’s appearance comes just one day after The Rolling Stones announced their new album, Foreign Tongues, is coming out July 10. Keith Richards is expected to stop by The Tonight Show Thursday, and Ronnie Wood is making an appearance on May 13.

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On This Day, May 7, 1977…

The Eagles hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Hotel California," the title track from their fifth studio album, which also went to #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.

The tune was the band’s fourth #1 single, following "Best of My Love," "One of These Nights" and "New Kid in Town," the last of which also appeared on Hotel California.

The six-and-a-half-minute song, which features a two minute and 12 second guitar solo at the end, went on to be one of the band’s signature tunes and is often played live during their shows.

"Hotel California" won record of the year at the Grammys and has been certified triple Platinum by the RIAA.

Almost 50 years later, the Eagles are still performing live. They headlined New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 2 and their next show is happening Saturday in Nashville.

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Paul McCartney’s new solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, will be celebrated with record store release parties across the country.

The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer revealed a list of record stores hosting the events May 29-31. The Instagram announcement noted that the parties will include postcard party favors and tote bags that come with the purchase of the album, plus a chance to win an undisclosed “special prize.”

Those attending will also have the chance to purchase a special limited-edition silver vinyl variant of the album, which will only be available at the parties.

The Boys of Dungeon Lane, dropping May 29, is McCartney’s first solo album since 2020’s McCartney III. It is described as "a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared along with some newly inspired love songs."

The album includes the song “Home to Us,” a collaboration with McCartney’s Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, which will be released Friday. The song also features Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri from the band Texas.

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Heart’s Ann Wilson has announced a new set of tour dates with her band Tripsitter.

The trek kicks off Sept. 11 in The Villages, Florida, hitting cities in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York and more, before wrapping Oct. 9 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Wilson and Tripsitter released their first album together, Another Door, in 2023.

Next up for Wilson, she’s set to embark on a screening and Q&A tour in support of her upcoming documentary, In My Voice. The tour, which also features the film’s director, Barbara Hall, begins May 11 in Seattle and wraps June 1 in Boston.

The film follows the 75-year-old Wilson from her childhood to stardom in Heart and features personal home movies, photographs, journals and never-before-seen footage. It also includes contributions from the singer’s family, bandmates, fellow artists and more.

A complete list of Ann Wilson dates can be found at AnnWilson.com.

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Bonnie Raitt is set to return to Austin City Limits to help celebrate Brandi Carlile as she’s inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.

The 12th annual ACL Hall of Fame induction will take place July 1 at ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. Raitt will handle Carlile’s induction and also perform.

“Being inducted into the ACL Hall of Fame by one of my absolute heroes — Bonnie Raitt — means everything to me,” says Carlile. “I’m so grateful to have had such a deep and powerful connection to the city of Austin and Austin City Limits all these years — and I cannot wait to hit the Moody stage in July to celebrate this immense honor.”

Raitt adds that she’s thrilled to be inducting Carlile.

“She is truly one of our most respected and impactful artists. I admire her not only for her incredible music, but for standing up for the causes and artists she’s passionate about, all while balancing her wonderful family life,” says Raitt. “I can’t wait to get to perform together for this show that has meant so much to us both.”

Highlights from the induction will air during season 52 of Austin City Limits, which will premiere on PBS in September.

Raitt, who made her ACL debut in 1984, was inducted into the ACL Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Queen has gotten into the wine business.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have just debuted the new Queen Côtes de Provence Rosé, with wine lover Roger Taylor taking a hands-on role in its creation.

According to the website’s description, the rosé “captures the pure essence of Provence with a rhapsody of wild strawberry and ripe red berry aromas,” noting its “beautifully balanced texture harmonises ripe, supple fruit with fresh citrus acidity giving a silky creaminess to the mid palate,” which is “an unmistakable sign of a great rosé.”

“I’ve spent a lot of time around wine over the years and I wanted to create something that felt consistent, expressive and genuinely enjoyable in partnership with good friends,” says Taylor. “It needed to have that sense of joy to it – something that brings people together.”

He adds, “This isn’t about putting a name on a bottle; it’s about creating something with integrity.”

As for why he chose rosé, in a post on Instagram Taylor explains, “For me, rosé has always been about joy - that moment of elation when you raise a glass with people you love. I wanted to create a wine that carries that same feeling.”

Queen Côtes de Provence Rosé is currently only available for those in the U.K. More information can be found on the wine’s website, queenwinesofficial.com.

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Bryan Adams' biggest hit is also one of the bestselling singles of all time, but even though it came out back in 1991, it's only now hitting a major YouTube milestone.

“(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” has just joined the Billion Views Club on the streaming platform. It's Bryan's second video to hit that mark, following the clip for his 1993 hit "Please Forgive Me."

"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" was written for the Kevin Costner movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100; it was also the publication's #1 song of 1991. It went on to sell over 15 million copies worldwide and win Bryan a Grammy for best song written specifically for a motion picture or television. It was also nominated for an Oscar, but lost to Celine Dion's title track for Beauty and the Beast.

"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" is one of Bryan's four #1 hits, all of which were written for movies. 1985's "Heaven" was from A Night in Heaven, while "All For One," a collaboration with Rod Stewart and Sting, was from the 1993 movie The Three Musketeers. 1995's "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" was written for the Johnny Depp movie Don Juan DeMarco.

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Grateful Dead will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their double live album Steal Your Face with a new remastered release.

Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Remaster) is set to drop June 26, 50 years to the day of the album’s original release. It will be released as a two-LP set in The Dead’s official Pantone colors, Grateful Red and Stealie Blue; the vinyl will split the colors half and half, with the addition of some black splatter.

The vinyl also includes The Dead’s “Steal Your Face” logo in the center and comes with a sticker sheet filled with the logo.

The album, remastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer David Glasser, will also be available for streaming and digital download.

As a preview of the remastered album, Grateful Dead has released the performance of “Black Throated Wind” to digital outlets.

Originally released June 26, 1976, Steal Your Face captures performances from The Dead’s five-show run at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco in October 1974. The tour was a farewell of sorts, as the band would go on an indefinite hiatus after the shows. The tour hiatus eventually ended in June 1976.

Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Remaster is available for preorder now.

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Is Bruce Springsteen America's greatest protest singer? He made a decent case for it Tuesday night, when he brought his Land of Hope and Dreams American tour to Belmont, New York. 

"The E Street Band was built for hard times," Springsteen remarked, as he cherry-picked his massive catalog to spotlight tales of crumbling cities, death and powerlessness, punctuated by the message that hope is possible if we work together. As Springsteen put it in one of several speeches on Tuesday night railing against the current administration, "This American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people."

Kicking off with the one-two punch of Edwin Starr's "War" and his own "Born in the U.S.A.," Springsteen led the band and guest guitarist/vocalist Tom Morello through songs whose titles alone conjured the story he's telling with this tour: a cover of The Clash's "Clampdown," "Death to My Hometown," "No Surrender," "Darkness on the Edge of Town," "My City of Ruins," "Wrecking Ball," "Badlands," "Murder Incorporated" and what Springsteen called "our immigrant song," "American Land."

The setlist also highlighted how songs Springsteen wrote years ago — most notably "American Skin (41 Shots)" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad" — are scarily relevant again. They sat comfortably next to his recent song, "Streets of Minneapolis," which details the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Springsteen led the crowd in chants of "ICE out now!" during that number. 

But the show wasn't all despair and anger: Springsteen lightened the mood periodically with songs like "The Promised Land," "Two Hearts," "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Hungry Heart," while the encore featured the joyous singalongs "Born to Run," "Dancing in the Dark" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out." With it being Cinco de Mayo, he even accepted and downed a shot offered by some women in the crowd.

The show ended on a hopeful note with a song by another great American protest singer, Bob Dylan. Springsteen sang "Chimes of Freedom" and then closed the circle with his walk-off music: Dylan's mentor Woody Guthrie singing "This Land Is Your Land."

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On This Day, May 6, 1997…

Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield and Joni Mitchell were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the first-ever induction ceremony held in Cleveland, where the Hall of Fame is located. Previous induction ceremonies were held in New York City.

James Taylor handled the induction for Crosby Stills & Nash, who performed “Teach Your Children” and “49 Bye-Byes.” Tom Petty inducted Buffalo Springfield, who were honored with an all-star jam of the band’s classic “For What It’s Worth.” Mitchell’s induction was handled by Shawn Colvin, who performed “Free Man in Paris," while James Taylor performed “Woodstock.”

The night’s other inductees included The Jackson 5, The Bee Gees, The Young Rascals, Parliament-Funkadelic and Stephen Stills, who was actually inducted into the Rock Hall twice that evening as a member of both Crosby, Stills & Nash and Buffalo Springfield.

Crosby, Stills & Nash went on to become the first band to have all its members inducted into the Rock Hall twice; Nash was inducted as a member of The Hollies in 2010, and Crosby was inducted with The Byrds in 1991.

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