Paul McCartney will let fans hear one of the most eagerly anticipated tracks on his new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, on Friday.

That's the day he's releasing "Home to Us," which features his old bandmate Ringo Starr on vocals and drums. You can hear a snippet of the song, minus the vocals, on McCartney's Instagram. 

But Starr's voice isn't the only one you'll hear on the track: Backing vocals were provided by Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri from the band Texas. 

McCartney says in a statement, "This song [was] done totally with Ringo in mind. 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."

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

McCartney said after he sent the song to Starr, the drummer sent him back a version in which he'd sung a few lines in the chorus. "I thought, maybe he doesn’t like it. I rang him and he said he thought I only wanted him to sing one or two lines, and I said I’d love to hear him sing the whole thing," McCartney recalled.

"So we took my first line, Ringo’s second line, and then we had a duet. We’d never done that before."

McCartney said Hynde and Spiteri were recruited because, "I had the idea it would be nice to hear girls."

McCartney's new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, will be released May 29. It's his first solo album since 2020’s McCartney III.

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Graham Nash has extended his 2026 tour into the fall.

The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced a set of September and October shows that include an appearance at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, on Sept. 19,  and two nights at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, New York, on Sept. 27 and 28.

The fall dates kick off Sept. 12 in Northampton, Massachusetts, and wrap Oct. 9 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Nash wrapped the first leg of his 2026 tour on Saturday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He is set to kick off a summer leg of the tour on July 7 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The summer leg includes some co-headlining shows with Lucinda Williams, as well as a special guest appearance at The Avett Brothers' show July 12 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

A full list of dates and ticket information for the new shows can be found at GrahamNash.com.

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After weeks of teasing fans, The Rolling Stones have finally spilled the beans about their new music.

The band has revealed that their next album, Foreign Tongues, will be released July 10. They also dropped the album’s first single, "In the Stars," which is available now via digital outlets. 

While "In the Stars" is the first single, it's actually not the first taste fans have gotten of the album. The opening track, “Rough and Twisted,” was released in April as a white label vinyl under the name The Cockroaches. It has now been released digitally.

Like their last album, 2023’s Grammy Award-winning Hackney Diamonds, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood worked with producer Andrew Watt on the 14-track Foreign Tongues. It was recorded in under a month at London’s Metropolis Studios and is described as a "dynamic and forward-looking record that captures the band’s unmistakable sound while pushing into new sonic and lyrical territory, further cementing their unparalleled legacy."

Foreign Tongues features an appearance by the band’s late drummer, Charlie Watts, taken from one of his final recording sessions before his death in 2021. It also features guest appearances by such A-list artists as Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

Foreign Tongues will be released in a variety of formats and is available for preorder now.

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The Who has dropped another performance from their upcoming album, Live at Eden Project. It's a recording of their July 2023 concert at Cornwall’s Eden Project, the home of a sustainable network of biomes in the English countryside.

The latest is a live performance of "You Better You Bet," the hit single from The Who’s 1981 album Face Dances, which is now available on YouTube.

The Who’s Eden Project concert was part of their The Who Hits Back! tour, which saw Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend backed by the Heart of England Philharmonic Orchestra. It featured performances of “Pinball Wizard,” which the band previously released, as well as “Who Are You,” “My Generation,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” “Baba O’Riley” and more.

Live at Eden Project will be released May 29. It is available for preorder now.

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On This Day, May 5, 1981 ...

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers released their fourth studio album, Hard Promises.

The album featured the future Petty classic "The Waiting" as well as “Insider," a duet with Stevie Nicks.

“Insider” was recorded around the same time Petty and Nicks recorded her hit "Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around," which Petty and Heartbreaker guitarist Mike Campbell wrote. It eventually appeared on Nicks’ debut solo album, Bella Donna, and went to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Hard Promises' release was delayed when Petty and his label, MCA, went to war over the album’s list price. MCA wanted to sell it for $9.98, a dollar more than its other releases. After Petty threatened to call the album Eight Ninety-Eight, MCA backed down.

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Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Nicks was one of the special musical guests at Monday night’s Met Gala in New York, where she shared the stage with pop star Sabrina Carpenter.

According to Vogue, Stevie and Sabrina, one of the co-chairs of the Gala, opened up the performance with a collaboration on Stevie’s iconic Fleetwood Mac song “Landslide,” before Stevie performed the Fleetwood Mac hit "Gypsy" and her solo classic "Edge of Seventeen,” on her own. Stevie then closed the night with another Fleetwood Mac classic -- "Don't Stop" -- joined by Sabrina and a 12-person choir.

The "Don't Stop" performance comes a little over a week after she performed the tune at New Orleans Jazz Fest, which was her first performance of the track in 15 years.  The song is normally sung by Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie.

Stevie’s appearance at the high-profile New York event marked her Met Gala debut. On the red carpet, she wore a custom midnight blue and black Zara gown designed by John Galliano, as per People. The gown featured an enormously wide skirt, topped with a velvet and silk taffeta jacket. She crowned the look with one of her signature top hats.

Vogue reports that for her performance, Stevie wore a vintage Morgane LeFay dress and Margi Kent jacket.

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Rolling Stone is highlighting iconic guitar solos in its latest staff-curated list.

The mag has just released its picks for the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time, with tunes by such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, the Eagles and more making the cut. The mag says criteria for songs making the list are that the solo “makes the song; can be sung or hummed; doesn’t repeat the main melody.”

Prince’s iconic tune “Purple Rain” tops the list, with Hendrix’s “Machine Gun” landing at #2. The mag writes that the Hendrix solo is “Hendrix at his most Hendrix,” noting it’s “the most ambitious, raw, soulful, go-for-broke expression of his musical genius.”

Coming in at #3 are the dueling guitar solos of the Eagles’ “Hotel California,” followed by David Gilmour’s solo in Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” at #4 and Eddie Van Halen’s solo on Van Halen’s “Eruption” at #5.

Rounding out the top 10 are Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” at #6, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” at #7, Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne” at #8, Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” at #9 and The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at #10.

And while Rolling Stone may think these are the greatest guitar solos, they aren’t necessarily what your average guitar fan likes to play.

According to the mag, Guitar Center recently conducted a poll to find the most-played guitar riffs at its stores, with Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” landing at #1.

Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” comes in just behind Metallica at #2, with The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army,” Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” rounding out the top five.

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Ocean’s Eleven director Steven Soderbergh will premiere his new John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentary at the Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 12-23.

The film, John Lennon: The Last Interview, centers on Lennon’s final interview, which he and Ono sat for just hours before he was shot and killed on Dec. 8, 1980. The interview took place at the couple’s New York apartment, The Dakota, and was tied to the release of their album Double Fantasy.

Much has been made about Soderbergh’s use of AI in making the film, but in a new interview with Deadline, he insists it wasn’t used “to fool somebody or manipulate them" into thinking something's real. Instead, he says, it was used like “VFX or CGI or any sort of non-photographic technology.”

“I think people, when they heard about this project and that I was using AI tech, jumped to the absolute worst conclusion, which is, 'He’s going to try and bring John Lennon back to life,'" he says. “And all I can say is, have we met? Do I look like somebody that would do that?"

Soderbergh says he felt a "moral obligation" to himself, Ono, Lennon's son Sean Lennon and the audience to make "the best version of this film, period," noting, "And we were able — luckily, through good timing — to get our hands on some tools that I know resulted in the best version of this film."

When it comes to the actual Lennon and Ono interview, Soderbergh says he was surprised by “how excited they were to talk about everything and anything.” He notes, “You’d think listening to them that they’d never been interviewed before. They had like no filter at all.”

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Don McLean has dipped into his archives for a new album of previously unreleased recordings.

Don McLean & The Jordanaires: Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall is out now, featuring 10 previously unheard performances taken from rehearsals for McLean’s 1984 show at Carnegie Hall with the vocal quartet The Jordanaires.

“These recordings take me right back to that moment in time,” McLean says. “There was something very special about hearing my songs come alive in the room with The Jordanaires. They brought such warmth, soul, and history to everything they touched.”

He adds, “What you hear on Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall is real music in its purest form — unguarded, heartfelt, and full of life. I’m thrilled that people finally get to hear and see this chapter of my journey.”

To coincide with the release, McLean has launched a new video series, Rehearsal Series: Carnegie Hall, on his official YouTube page, with the first release a recording of the rehearsal for the iconic tune “Crying.” A new rehearsal clip will premiere every Saturday at 7 a.m. ET through July 11.

Here is the track list for Don McLean & The Jordanaires: Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall:
“Crying (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“Dig A Little Deeper (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“It's Just The Sun (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“Jerusalem (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“Believers (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“Left For Dead on the Road of Love (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“Love Hurts (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“Tulsa Time/Deep In The Heart Of Texas (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”
“Your Cheatin’ Heart (Rehearsals For Carnegie Hall)”

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Rush will launch their Fifty Something tour in June, their first since the death of drummer Neil Peart in 2020. In a new interview with The New York Times, frontman Geddy Lee explains why they felt the need to do so.

“In the back of my mind and in the back of my heart, it’s felt like unfinished business, like we owed him a proper thank you and a celebration,” Lee says. “Not a morbid, funereal type of thing. We want to celebrate the wonderful music the three of us spent almost 50 years writing together.”

Sitting behind the drum kit for the tour will be Anika Nilles, who says when she first started working with Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson they gave her insight into working with Peart.

“I got a really good idea of what Neil was to the guys as a band member, but also as a friend. So you cannot replace that, you know?” she says. “I’m basically here to help them to get their music back onstage and make it feel right for them and make it feel right for the fans.”

Lee and Lifeson have credited their participation in the 2022 Taylor Hawkins tribute shows with planting the idea of them returning to the road without Peart. Lee notes the shows “taught us something really important about music. A band can end, but the music lives on.”

“I think for a while we put Rush in a box and put that box in our closet, and it’s almost like we felt weird to open the closet and open that box,” Lee says, noting after the Hawkins shows, “It’s like we had taken the box out of the cupboard and we had opened it up. And you know what? It was OK.”

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Alex Ligertwood, best known as one of the vocalists for Santana, has died. He was 79. His wife, Shawn Brogan, announced the news on her Facebook page, noting he “passed away peacefully in his sleep.” 

“It’s with great sadness and heartache to announce the passing of my sweet dear Alex Ligertwood, my husband of 25 years, we knew each other for 36 years,” Brogan wrote. “He touched so many with his extraordinary voice. He was all heart and soul. His favorite thing in life was to make music, sing and to share his gift with us.”

She added, “He performed his last show just two weeks ago. I’m grateful for that. He did it his way, on his terms, till the end. I will always love you, my sweet Alex. Rest in peace. Soar and sing with the angels, my love.”

Ligertwood's tenure with Carlos Santana’s group started in 1979. He had five different stints with Santana until 1994 and appears on such classic Santana tunes as “Winning,” “Hold On” and “You Know That I Love You.” He performed with the group at such high-profile shows as 1982’s US Festival and 1985’s Live Aid.

In addition to Santana, Ligertwood performed with the Jeff Beck Group, British jazz-fusion ensemble Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express Band and more.

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Eagles are returning to Las Vegas this fall.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has announced six new shows of their Sphere residency: Sept. 18 and 19, and Nov. 13, 14, 27 and 28.

Registration for a presale that begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT is now open. Tickets will go on sale to the general public starting Friday at 10 a.m. PT.

The new dates will extend the Eagles’ record for the longest-running residency at the Sphere with 64 shows. They launched the residency on Sept. 20, 2024.

Meanwhile, Eagles headlined New Orleans Jazz Fest on Saturday but apparently had to cut their set short due to a health issue in the band.

NOLA.com reports that Eagles left the stage with 25 minutes remaining in their set, leaving out their classic ballad “Desperado.” According to the site, they ended their set after “the band's piano player went limp and was carried offstage." 

“Without him, they had to skip the piano-heavy 'Desperado,'" the site explained.

It's not that the audience hadn't already been treated to a hit-filled show. According to setlist.fm, the band’s set featured performances of such classics as “Hotel California,” “Heartache Tonight,” “Already Gone,” “Take it to the Limit,” “Life’s Been Good,” “Take It Easy,” “One of These Nights,” “Lyin’ Eyes” and more.

Next up, Eagles will bring their The Long Goodbye Act III tour to Atlanta on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at Eagles.com.

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On This Day, May 4, 1982 …

Queen released their 10th studio album, Hot Space, which found them embracing sounds from disco, funk, pop, new wave and more.

The album featured the Queen/David Bowie collaboration, “Under Pressure,” recorded before the band started work on the album and released as a single in 1981.

The second single, “Body Language,” written by frontman Freddie Mercury, wasn't a hit in the U.K., but it peaked at #11 on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100. The video for the single was one of the first to be banned on MTV due to its erotic undertones and the inclusion of nudity, even though the members of the band remained fully clothed.

Hot Space, which was poorly received by critics, peaked at #22 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and made it #4 in the U.K.

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Sean Ono Lennon, only son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, has shared his thoughts on Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles films, and he sounds pretty happy with the project.

Sean tells NME that he’s “met everyone on the film set” and notes that Harris Dickinson, who plays his dad in the film, “is amazing.”

“I think he’s really smart and I did hear him do my dad’s voice a little bit – and it was so good,” he says. “It was kind of spooky actually. But there’s also something really funny about meeting someone half your age who is supposed to be your dad.”

Shōgun actress Anna Sawai plays Sean's mom, Yoko Ono, and he says he was already familiar with her.

“Yeah, I know Anna. We kind of hung out a little bit,” he says. “She’s a very studious person. She would ask me questions about my family and she was really serious, you know, taking notes and thinking about it.”

He adds of the two actors, “They both understand the craft. I have a lot of faith in them to play those roles.”

Sean notes that Sawai hasn't met with his mother about the role.

“She’s retired now. She’s 93,” he says. “She’s not going to micro-manage this project.”

The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, opening in April 2028, will consist of four films, each told from the perspective of one of band members. In addition to Dickinson and Sawai, it stars Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.

The cast also includes Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, Mia McKenna-Bruce as Ringo's wife Maureen Starkey, and Aimee Lou Wood as Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd.

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Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer turned up to introduce host and musical guest Olivia Rodrigo’s first performance of the night: her latest single, "drop dead." Her second performance, of the unreleased track “begged,” was introduced by Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie.

Harry also returned at the end of the show for the final good nights, wearing a T-shirt that read “Rodrigo 1”

This isn’t the first time Harry has appeared on SNL. In January of 1987 she was the musical guest as a solo artist. With Blondie, she was the musical guest back in October of 1979.

Blondie is expected to release a new album, High Noon, this year. So far they have not revealed any details of the project.

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After weeks of teases, The Rolling Stones appear ready to let their fans in on the news they have to share.

The band has confirmed on social media that they will be revealing their latest project on Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET: It's called Foreign Tongues, but whether it's a song, an album or both remains to be seen.

In addition to announcing the time of the reveal, the band appears to have revealed the Foreign Tongues artwork. They've posted a video showing portions of a caricature of the band members - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood – moving around, before meshing together into one image.

The latest announcement comes after The Stones posted photos of billboards that had been popping up in cities around the world, with the words "Foreign Tongues" written in several languages and the band’s famous lips logo in the corner.

The band’s website also displayed a series of videos that appear to be surveillance clips of them in the studio, and a post on their Instagram page included what sounds like a snippet of a new song, along with a new take on their lips logo.

A new album would be the follow-up to The Stones’ 2023 release, Hackney Diamonds. That project was the band’s first album in 18 years, and their first new music since the 2021 death of drummer Charlie Watts.

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have had to make a scheduling change to their Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.

With two Philadelphia teams in the playoffs – the Flyers in the NHL playoffs and the 76ers in the NBA playoffs – Springsteen has just announced that his May 8 concert at Xfinity Mobile Arena has been moved to May 30.

The current Philly sports schedule has the Flyers facing off against the Carolina Hurricanes at Xfinity Mobile Arena on May 7 and 9, with the 76ers taking on the New York Knicks May 8 and 10 at the same venue.

All tickets for the May 8 show will be valid for the rescheduled date. The Philadelphia show will now be the final stop on the tour.

Next up, Springsteen and The E Street Band bring the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour to UBS Arena in Belmont, New York on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at BruceSpringsteen.net.

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If you weren't around in the '90s, you may not be aware that the title track of Lizzo's new album is based on an iconic song from that decade — a song that was pretty controversial in its day.

The single, "Bitch," which Lizzo just dropped Friday along with a music video, takes its chorus from the song "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks. Released in 1997, it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned two Grammy nominations. At the time, it was controversial, not only because of its lyrics, which the record label didn't censor, but because some felt it was an Alanis Morissette rip-off.

In the song, Meredith sings, "I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother/ I'm a sinner, I'm a saint, I do not feel ashamed/ I'm your Hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between/ You know you wouldn't want it any other way."

Lizzo sings the same thing but changes one line: "I'm a mess/ I'm a Queen/ and everything between" for "I'm your Hell, I'm your dream/ I'm nothing in between."

On Instagram, Lizzo wrote, "This song is dedicated to the women who get called a bitch for having boundaries, for being sexual, for speaking up for themselves, for working hard and owning businesses… If we don’t smile and perform all the time we’re 'ungrateful.'  If we run a strict program we’re 'mean.' If we enjoy sex we’re 'sluts' and shamed. This WOMANIFESTO is a declaration of independence from the b*******."

Meredith replied in the comments, "Yessss!!" with a heart. She also reposted Lizzo's video on her Instagram Story and captioned it, "Yess!! Queen!"

She then shared an Entertainment Tonight report on the connection between the two songs.

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The Rolling Stones appear to once again be teasing fans.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers posted a 13-second video on Instagram that starts with a crumpled piece of paper that opens up to show their lips logo. The paper then rips through the center, to display a new version of the logo. All of this is happening while a snippet of what could be a new song plays in the background. The caption of the post included a stuck out tongue emoji and a CD emoji.

The post follows several other teases from the band that seem to be hinting that new music is on the way.

The Stones recently posted photos on Instagram of billboards that had been popping up in cities around the world, with the words "Foreign Tongues" written in several languages and the band’s famous lips logo in the corner. This led to speculation that Foreign Tongues could be the name of the band’s rumored new album.

The Stones' website is also teasing fans with a series of videos that appear to be surveillance clips of them in the studio.

If this is all leading up to a new album announcement, it will be the band’s 25th studio album. It will also be  their first new album since 2023’s Hackney Diamonds.

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Stevie Nicks is reflecting on her sixth studio album, Trouble in Shangri-La.

The album was released on May 1, 2001, and the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer shared an Instagram post to mark the album’s 25th anniversary.

“25 years ago you all visited my Shangri-La for the first time,” she wrote. “This record gave me not only one of the most fun & creative times in my life but also my friendship with @sherylcrow. I owe it so much.”

The post was accompanied by a clip of the video for the song “Sorcerer,” a collaboration with Crow. In addition to “Sorcerer,” Crow co-produced several songs on the album and wrote the track “It’s Only Love.”

Trouble in Shangri-La debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, giving Nicks her highest-charting album since her second solo record, 1983’s The Wild Heart. It would go on to spend 20 weeks on the chart and be certified Gold by the RIAA.

Stevie hasn’t released a solo album since 2014’s 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault, although in 2025, while being inducted into the Pollstar Live! Hall of Fame, she said she was working on a new record. So far there’s no word on when that album may be released.

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