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While speaking at the Television and Radio Industries Club’s (TRIC) Christmas Lunch in London on December 3, Brian May’s wife Anita Dobson shared how her husband is recovering from the “minor stroke” he suffered in September. “He’s much better now, he’s stabilized now, which is brilliant,” said the 75-year-old British actress. “I just hope we…

Carrie Underwood has been announced as the headlining performer for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2025. Underwood joins the other newly announced performers – CMA Awards Best New Artist Megan Moroney and Saltburn’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” viral sensation Sophie Ellis-Bextor – who will all perform during the holiday TV broadcast.…

Pearl Jam took to Instagram on Thursday (December 5) to announce new Dark Matter US tour dates for 2025. The 10-date run kicks off with a pair of concerts in Hollywood, Florida on April 24 and 26, followed by two shows each in Atlanta (April 29 and May 1), Nashville (May 6 and 8), Raleigh…

Surviving Soundgarden members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd are reuniting for a benefit show at the Showbox in Seattle on December 14th. The band will be performing under their old alias – and Soundgarden anagram – Nudedragons at the 13th annual SMooCH concert, which benefits Seattle Children’s Hospital’s uncompensated care fund. Nudedragons made…

In an interview on The Jesea Lee Show, Hinder drummer Cody Hanson shared a feisty interaction he had with Chad Kroeger while his band was on tour with Nickelback. “We always loved Nickelback growing up,” shared Hanson, revealing that Hinder recorded in Vancouver, including at Kroeger’s house, so “we’d kind of become buddies with them.”…

The long-rumored and highly-anticipated documentary, Becoming Led Zeppelin, finally has a release date on the big screen, as well as an official trailer to build excitement for the film’s premiere. Distribution rights for Becoming Led Zeppelin were acquired earlier this year by Sony Picture Classics, and they will release the rock doc exclusively in Imax…

Sum 41 have been forced to cancel their entire upcoming tour of Australia due to  frontman Deryck Whibley’s health issues. The band had previously cancelled a scheduled show at Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley Music Hall on December 4 “due to Deryck being diagnosed with pneumonia,” while revealing that the singer “is receiving the best possible local…

Reading & Leeds Festival announced the first round of artists set to appear at their 2025 joint events. The headliners for these celebrated English music festivals will be Travis Scott, Chappell Roan, Hozier, and Bring Me the Horizon. Those artists will top the bill at the dual-festivals held in Reading, Berkshire, and Leeds, Yorkshire, on…

Chappell Roan took to Instagram on Wednesday (December 4) to share an awesome throwback photo of the future pop superstar, as well as the results of her Spotify Wrapped year-end round-up. Her most-listened to artists shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, though one classic band stood out from the rest. Chappell shared her personal…

U2 impersonators confused and angered music fans with a series of spontaneous performances around Paris earlier this week. One specific fan-captured clip captured Bono impersonator Pavel Sfera and the Edge lookalike Steve Richards performing “One” outside of the Bataclan concert hall. That venue is where 89 fans were tragically murdered in 2015 at an Eagles…