Bushbranch/Surfdog RecordsEric Clapton is planning a little holiday gift for fans, announcing plans to release a new song called “Heart of a Child” next Friday…Christmas Eve.

The digital track can be pre-saved and pre-added now.

Interestingly, Clapto…

Randall SlavinWhen Rob Thomas wrote his holiday hit “Small Town Christmas,” he was thinking about his own town in New York State.  But now, the track has become the theme song for a new TV show that just happens to be called…Small Town Christmas.

Th…

JMEnternational/Getty ImagesPerformances by Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Neil Young, Lindsey Buckingham and a variety of other artists will be featured on the 2021 edition of Nordoff Robbins charity’s The Stars Come Out to Sing at Christma…

Amy Sussman/FilmMagicMariah Carey said she couldn’t sit back when Britney Spears’ conservatorship drama came to a head this year.

Speaking to NME, the Grammy winner touched upon her own struggles with her family and the music industry, but hinted her …

Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesPhil Chen, a Jamaican-born session bassist whose long list of credits include recordings with Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck and members of The Doors, died on Tuesday, December 14, after “a long battle with cancer” at age 75.

Chen’s…

ParlophoneToday, December 17, marks the 50th anniversary of the U.K. release of David Bowie’s fourth album, Hunky Dory, and two special releases are planned to celebrate the milestone.

First off, a new alternative mix is being made available as a stre…

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live NationAs we usher in 2022, Journey will be there to remind us all, “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will be performing live in New York’s Times Square on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve wi…

Courtesy of Live NationJourney wraps up its 2021 tour schedule this Saturday with a special symphonic performance in Las Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which follows a six-date Vegas residency at The Theater at Virgin Hotels.
Keyboardist Jon…

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for MCMariah Carey is helping London Underground’s commuters to feel a bit more festive on their travels by taking over the system’s intercom.

The Grammy winner revealed on Wednesday that she has teamed with Amazon Music UK to…

Lookout Records/Reprise RecordsWednesday, December 15, marked the 30th anniversary of Green Day’s sophomore album, Kerplunk! In celebration of the milestone, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong shared a series of photos from the Kerplunk! days, as well as a …

Disney/Richard HarbaughGwen Stefani is helping to ring in the holidays with her brand-new series on Facebook Watch, Live from the Orange Grove, where she will serenade fans with performances from her biggest holiday hits.

The No Doubt frontwoman unvei…

Gareth Cattermole/Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesEric Clapton has won a court case he brought against a 55-year-old German woman who put up for sale on eBay a CD featuring a bootlegged performance of a concert Clapton played in the U.S. during the 1980s…

Credit: Marcy GensicGraham Nash and James Taylor are part of the just-announced lineup of musicians who’ll salute Joni Mitchell at the 31st annual MusiCares Person of the Year gala, which takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 29, …

Sony MusicA restored and re-edited version of Pink Floyd’s 1995 concert video Pulse will be released on February 18, 2022, as a two-Blu-ray set and a two-DVD package.

The marks the first time that the Pulse movie will be available on Blu-ray as a stan…

Courtesy of Musicians On CallFor more than 20 years, the non-profit Musicians On Call has worked to bring live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities nationwide.  This year, the charity has rounded up some of music’s bi…

BMG BooksThe Byrds’ three surviving original members, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman, have come together to collaborate on a new deluxe photo book focusing on the influential band’s early years that will be published next year.

The 400-…

Fantasy RecordsGov’t Mule, the group fronted by ex-Allman Brothers Band singer/guitarist Warren Haynes, recently released a new studio album titled Heavy Load Blues that’s the jam band’s first full project dedicated to the blues.

Haynes and company mu…

Credit: Danny ClinchIn a deal that dwarfs even that of his idol Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen has sold his masters and music publishing to Sony for a whopping $500 million, sources tell Billboard.  The publication says the deal may be the biggest payday…

The Island Def Jam Music GroupRush is releasing a collection of rare, never-before-seen photos from the Moving Pictures album cover shoot.

The images were taken by photographer Deborah Samuel, who also shot the covers for the Rush releases Permanent W…

BMG Rights Management (Europe) GmbH/Sony ATV Publishing/Demetri JaggerSinger/songwriter Chris Jagger, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger’s younger brother, has been hosting a podcast series for the Austin, Texas-based Hot Pie Media podcast network, an…

Josh: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images; Billy: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesJosh Groban has recorded at least one of Billy Joel’s songs, but now, he’ll actually be playing the part of The Piano Man himself in a new original scripted series from Audibl…

Primary Wave MusicA Whitney Houston NFT was auctioned this week for $999,999, setting a record for the highest-selling NFT on the Tezos blockchain.

From The Whitney Houston Collection, the NFT is an early, never-before heard, full length song demo tha…

Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImageIt can be a fan’s worst nightmare to come across their idol in public and fail to recognize him or her — but in the COVID-19 era where people are masking up, it is a likely reality.  Case in point, one couple didn’t recognize…

Capitol/UMeRingo Starr, Joe Walsh and Jeff Lynne are among the more than 40 celebrities featured in the first-ever official video for the late George Harrison’s chart-topping 1970 hit “My Sweet Lord,” which premiered Wednesday on Harrison’s YouTube cha…

Zachary WaltersElton John has notched a major milestone in his illustrious career: He’s just scored his 70th entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Sir Elton’s holiday collaboration with Ed Sheeran, “Merry Christmas” has debuted at number 72 on the Hot…

Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesOver the years, we’ve seen titans square off against each other on the Verzuz stage, such as Chaka Khan, Bobby Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Brandy, Monica and many others. But is the biggest Verzuz battle of all on the horizon?…

The O’Jays in 1965, Frankie Little not pictured; Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesHuman remains discovered in 1982 in the Cleveland suburb of Twinsburg, Ohio, have been identified as Frank “Frankie” Little Jr., a one-time guitarist and son…

Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesHere’s wishing a speedy recovery to KISS frontman Paul Stanley, who revealed in a Twitter post that he’s having an operation on his shoulder today.

According to the message, this will be the latest in a series of surgical proc…

David Livingston/Getty ImagesKen Kragen, the music manager who organized the 1980s charity projects “We Are the World” and “Hands Across America,” has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 85 and died Tuesday in LA of natural causes.  

In …

Headline Publishing GroupKinks guitarist Dave Davies has written a new autobiography titled Living on a Thin Line that’s scheduled to be released on July 7, 2022, in hardcover and e-book editions.

According to TheBookseller.com, the memoir will featur…