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Melissa Etheridge and country music legend Wynonna Judd have done the “impossible”: They’ve spent the summer sharing a stage on their joint Raised on Radio Tour.

“They don’t know how hard it is to coordinate two artists to get together and do something. It’s almost impossible,” Melissa told ABC News’ Ashan Singh in an interview that aired Tuesday on Nightline. “Where we’re at in our life right now, this is something we want to come out and do.”

“We were all raised on radio,” Wynonna added. “I remember hearing my song for the first time on the radio. Everybody has a memory. And everybody in the audience, when I sing ’80s and ’90s, they go nuts.”

And Melissa, who came out publicly in 1993, loves hearing about their fans’ memories during that time.

“Thirty-three years later, I still have people telling me that in high school it meant so much that there was someone who was out,” she said. “You can’t take that away from me.”

Wynonna and Melissa have both experienced devastating lost. Wynonna’s mother and musical partner, Naomi Judd, died by suicide in 2022. Melissa’s son Beckett Cypher died in 2020 at age 21 from causes related to opioid addiction.

“Losing a child is devastating. There’s not even a word for it in the English language,” Melissa said. “The best thing you can do for your child, or for the memory of that child, is to take care of yourself, to find your joy, because they’re out of pain now.”

And for Melissa, finding her joy means making music. 

“Music is never over. I don’t understand how people say they retire, because I don’t think that’s a word,” she said. “That’s like saying I’m going to stop using my right arm. And you don’t. We’ll just make music till we can’t.”

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Grateful Dead fans will once again have the chance to head to the theaters to see their favorite band on the big screen.

Details have been announced for The Dead’s latest Meet-Up at the Movies, happening Aug. 8 and Aug. 10 in theaters in select territories worldwide. 

This year’s Meet-Up at the Movies will feature the band’s historic June 17, 1991, concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, which, according to a press release, is “(w)idely considered one of the most exciting, inspired, and greatest shows of the band’s final decade of performing.”

The screening will also feature a performance of “Shakedown Street,” from The Dead’s upcoming Merriweather 6/30/85 release, which drops Sept. 18.

“The Summer Tour of 1991 was widely considered one of the best of the 1990s, and the June 17, 1991 show at Giants Stadium was nearly universally acclaimed as the best of the tour,” says Dead Legacy manager and archivist David Lemieux. “Because it’s one of only two shows captured on 48-track analog tape, the audio quality is spectacular. Hearing this mix in a theater with fellow fans is going to be transportive, and we’re thrilled to sweeten the pot with an exclusive look at ‘Shakedown Street’ from the upcoming ’85 Merriweather release.”

Tickets for Meet-Up at the Movies are on sale now.

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The music of Neil Young was celebrated with a tribute album, Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, back in April 2025 and at the time it was billed as Volume 1. We now have information about the next two installments in the series.

Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of the Blue and Vol. 3 – Into the Black will be released on Nov. 6. The subtitles of the albums are a reference to a lyric in the Young classic “Hey, Hey, My My (Into the Black).”

Artists contributing Young covers to the new installments include Heart’s Ann Wilson, Peter Frampton, Modest Mouse featuring Califone, My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams, Jesse Malin, LP, MJ Lendermann, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, Cold War Kids, and Kurt Vile and The Violators.

Previews of both albums are out now. Out of the Blue’s preview is a cover of “After the Gold Rush” by Latin star Draco Rosa, while King Princess covers “Helpless” for Into the Black.

Proceeds from both albums will benefit The Bridge School, an educational institution co-founded by Neil and Pegi Young, for children with severe speech and physical disabilities.

Limited-edition colored vinyls are available for preorder now.

Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1 featured covers from Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Lumineers, Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, Mumford and Sons, Brandi Carlile and The Doobie Brothers with Allison Russell.

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On This Day, July 22, 1977…

Elvis Costello released his debut album, My Aim Is True, in the U.K. produced by musician Nick Lowe.

The album was released to critical acclaim, and included future Costello classics, “Alison” and “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes.”

When it was released in the U.S. that November, it contained an additional track, “Watching the Detective,” which became the album’s first hit, peaking at #15 in the U.K.

While the album was recorded with the backing band Clover, they were uncredited on the record. Before the album’s actual release though, Costello formed a new band, The Attractions, which included musician Steve Nieve, who Costello continues to play with to this day.

Costello has gone on to release 32 studio albums, his last being 2022’s The Boy Named If.

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Cheap Trick has added more dates to their All Washed Up Tour.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has extended their tour through November, with new dates starting Nov. 11 in Kansas City, Missouri.

The additions include stops in Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Ohio before wrapping Nov. 22 in Detroit, Michigan.

A presale for tickets begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Cheap Trick is touring in support of their 21st studio album, All Washed Up, which came out in November 2025. Their next show is Aug. 2 in Minnedosa, Canada.

A complete list of dates can be found at CheapTrick.com.

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Go ahead: We know you wanna bid with somebody who loves you.

Julien’s Auctions has announced that The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation 2026 Auction will go live Aug. 11 in LA and online at 10 a.m. PT, marking the second year the auction is being held. Proceeds will go to the foundation’s work supporting youth from underprivileged backgrounds via scholarships and grants. You can register to bid now.

Among the items up for grabs: Whitney’s gold-plated Social Security card, her 9-times RIAA Platinum sales award for “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” her luggage, various lots of jewelry and multiple outfits that Whitney either wore onstage, in photo shoots or to special events.

Some of the items will be on display during the Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation’s 5th Annual Legacy of Love Gala, scheduled to take place in Atlanta on Aug. 8, which would have been her 63rd birthday. Babyface will be the headlining performer at the charity event.

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Carlos Santana, Patti Smith and Phil Lesh are among the artists contributing essays to a new photo book about American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.

Coltrane: The Definitive Visual Celebration of the Legend, dropping Sept. 1, is described as a “photographic celebration” of Coltrane’s life, featuring dozens of never-before-seen photos from throughout Coltrane’s career. It includes photos in the studio, on tour and at home.

Others contributing essays include The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes.

The book, edited and overseen by John’s son, Ravi Coltrane, is part of a yearlong celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of John’s Sept. 23, 1926, birth.

The Definitive Visual Celebration of the Legend is available for preorder now.

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Fans on a Beatles tour of Liverpool got quite a surprise when they had a chance encounter with Paul McCartney.

Neil Morton, who drives the Magical Mystery Tour Bus around Liverpool, tells the BBC that during a recent tour, the bus pulled up to find McCartney at a traffic light. It happened at the very moment McCartney was on a video call with his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr.

“It was surreal,” said Morton. “I had pulled up at the traffic lights on Hope Street when who should I see – Sir Paul with Ringo on Facetime. He waved to us and everybody took photos. The passengers could not believe it.”

Unfortunately for fans, Morton said, “Nobody really got chance to speak with him.”

According to the BBC, McCartney was back in Liverpool to honor Adolescence actor Stephen Graham with a companionship from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, the school he co-founded.

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Queen is looking back at the past for a new series of posters.

The band is releasing a new collection of replica vintage Queen posters, with the first installment in the series featuring four posters.

The first set includes Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You and Queen Are Coming posters. There’s also a 1980 concert poster with an image of the band, and frontman Freddie Mercury in a jumping position that makes it appear as though he’s floating onstage.

All posters feature an official Queen embossed stamp and cost $50. They are available for preorder now, with shipping set for Aug. 15. More info can be found at QueenOnlineStore.com.

This isn’t the first time Queen has released a vintage replica poster. In 2025 they released a replica Queen Live Aid poster for the 40th anniversary of the all-star benefit concert. Proceeds from that poster were split between The Band Aid Trust and The Mercury Phoenix Trust.

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Jimmy Buffett passed away in 2023, but his music lives on.

Mac McAnally, longtime member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, tells Billboard that he and his Coral Reefer bandmate Michael Utley have been working on a posthumous Buffett release.

McAnally tells Billboard the album will include songs that are “for the most part, things that have never been out,” or they were “cut for a one-off purpose, a TV episode or a movie.”

“The oldest of these tracks is, like, 2003, and the newest is maybe four years ago or so,” McAnally says. “None of those things have ever been on a Jimmy Buffett album. We’re pretty excited.”

This won’t be the first Buffett album released since his death from skin cancer at 76. McAnally and Utley produced his final album, Equal Strain on All Parts, which was released in November 2023, two months after his passing.

There’s currently no release date or title for the posthumous album, which McAnally says is “really good.”

“When you hear Jimmy sing you can tell that he’s smiling; you can hear that smile, and I’ve been listening to that smile for three months finishing this record, so I’m almost sore from smiling — but I ain’t gonna quit,” he adds.

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