Classic Hits

Bruce Springsteen has dropped a lyric video for his just-released protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis.”

Directed by his longtime collaborator Thom Zimny, the video displays the lyrics of the tune while clips of Springsteen singing the song are cut with news footage of the events happening in Minnesota.

Footage includes ICE protests, federal agents clashing with protesters, and images of memorials for Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the two Minneapolis residents who were fatally shot by federal agents. It also includes video footage of both Pretti and Good’s encounters with the agents just before their deaths.

“I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis,” Springsteen wrote on Instagram when he released the song Wednesday. “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”

He signed it, “Stay free, Bruce Springsteen.”

(Video includes uncensored profanity.)

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ASIA has released a live performance video for their top-20 hit “Only Time Will Tell,” taken from their upcoming live album, ASIA – Live in England, arriving on March 13.

 “‘Only Time Will Tell’ has always been a favorite to play live, as each member has a distinctive part to play,” says ASIA founding member Geoff Downes.

ASIA – Live in England was recorded in April during the first night of ASIA’s three-night stand at Trading Boundaries in Sussex, England. In addition to Downes, the band now consists of drummer Virgil Donati, guitarist John Mitchell, and vocalist and bassist Harry Whitley.

Asia – Live in England is now available for preorder.

“Only Time Will Tell” was the second single off ASIA’s self-titled debut album, which was released in 1982. It peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album reached #1 in the U.S. and also included lead single “Heat of the Moment,” which peaked at #4.

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Chaka Khan was honored at the second annual Resonator Awards Wednesday, receiving the Luminary Award for her impact on the music industry.

Joni Mitchell presented her with the honor, telling a story about the time they dined and dashed before going back to pay the bill. “Every time we meet, something spectacular happens,” she said, according to Rolling Stone.

Chaka returned the praise, telling the crowd, “When it comes to writing and … trying to know your words, how to use your words, how powerful they are — she is the absolute tops of that for me. In fact, she sent me to the dictionary several times.”

While accepting the award, Chaka spoke about longevity in the music industry. “Longevity isn’t about staying the same. It’s about staying open … open to collaboration, open to new voices, open to change, and open to the people behind the scenes whose creativity helps shape everything you hear[.] … When women and all creators are supported, we rise together,” Chaka said, as per Rolling Stone. “To the honorees tonight, you are the future. To the leaders here, keep opening those doors. And to the next generation, your voices matter.”

Sia, Greg Kurstin, Daniella Haim and Thundercat then took the stage to pay tribute to Chaka with a performance of her song “Tell Me Something Good.” Maggie Rogers and Grace Bowers performed “Ain’t Nobody,” and Lalah Hathaway sang “Through the Fire” with help from Chaka.

The Resonator Awards are presented by nonprofit We Are Moving the Needle to honor women and nonbinary producers, songwriters and engineers in the music industry. Chappell Roan, St. Vincent and Haim were also honored.

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Ronnie Wood has booked a new live gig.

The Rolling Stones rocker and his band have been announced as a special guest for Eric Clapton‘s Aug. 23 concert at the royal family’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. The show will also feature Andy Fairweather Low and The Low Riders and U.K. blues rock artist Will Wilde.

Tickets for the concert are on sale now.

Wood’s solo music career was celebrated in 2025 with the release of the box set Fearless: Anthology 1965-2025, which featured not only selections from his solo career, but important tracks from his work with The Stones, Faces, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane and The Jeff Beck Group.

The last time Wood was on stage with The Rolling Stones was back in July 2024. He has performed live several times since then, making a surprise appearance at Paul McCartney’s December 2024 concert at London’s O2 Arena and joining Stewart at the Glastonbury Festival in June.

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Cher has won two Grammys, an Emmy and an Oscar, but now, she could be adding an unexpected honor to her trophy shelf.

Cher is nominated for an Audie Award, which honors audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment, for her best-selling 2024 autobiography, Cher: The Memoir, Part One. She narrated the book with actress Stephanie J. Block, who portrayed her in The Cher Show on Broadway and is also nominated.

Cher wasn’t able to narrate the entire audiobook due to her dyslexia, so she reads the dedication, author’s note, preface and first chapter. She also introduces each chapter and reads a few minutes of it before Block takes over.

Among her competitors in the category is another chart-topping female singer: Beyoncé. She’s nominated — along with mother Tina Knowles, sister Solange and Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland — for her narration of Tina’s memoir, Matriarch.

Cher will find out whether she wins the award on March 2, when the 2026 Audies Gala takes place in New York City.

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Cher has won two Grammys, an Emmy and an Oscar, but now, she could be adding an unexpected honor to her trophy shelf.

Cher is nominated for an Audie Award, which honors audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment, for her best-selling 2024 autobiography, Cher: The Memoir, Part One. She narrated the book with actress Stephanie J. Block, who portrayed her in The Cher Show on Broadway and is also nominated.

Cher wasn’t able to narrate the entire audiobook due to her dyslexia, so she reads the dedication, author’s note, preface and first chapter. She also introduces each chapter and reads a few minutes of it before Block takes over.

Among her competitors in the category is another chart-topping female singer: Beyoncé. She’s nominated — along with mother Tina Knowles, sister Solange and Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland — for her narration of Tina’s memoir, Matriarch.

Cher will find out whether she wins the award on March 2, when the 2026 Audies Gala takes place in New York City.

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Rush‘s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are doing what they can to help make a Neil Peart memorial in St. Catherines, Ontario, finally happen.

The St. Catherine Standard reports that Lee and Lifeson plan to donate a portion of the proceeds from Rush’s upcoming Fifty Something tour to the St. Catharines memorial, which will help the city where Peart grew up meet the $1 million goal it has targeted for the Peart tribute.

The plan is to commemorate the Rush drummer with a bronze sculpture installation in Lakeside Park. It will feature two Peart statues, connected by a pathway, one of him in his younger years and one of him in his later years.

The Neil Peart Commemorative Task Force was established in April 2020 to move the project forward, with the plan to raise all funds through donations. After a soft fundraising launch in 2021, the official fundraising campaign began in September 2024. It has so far raised $208,000 for the project.

According to the paper, Rush’s contributions will come from sales of VIP experiences to their shows.

Peart died Jan. 7, 2020, at 67 after a battle with brain cancer.

Rush’s Fifty Something tour, featuring Anika Nilles behind the drum kit, kicks off June 7 in Los Angeles and wraps Dec. 17 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It will be their first tour in 10 years and the first tour since Peart’s death.

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

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Neil Young continues to be outspoken about companies who he says support President Donald Trump and his policies.

In his latest post on his Neil Young Archives website, the rocker rails against Verizon and Apple, writing that he’s upset he may have to get rid of his phone because it’s from Verizon.

“I can’t use a Verizon phone,” he writes. “Verizon is a supporter of Trump, with big $. What can I do? I’m checking with our office to see if I can get a T-Mobile flip phone. T-Mobile is not a supporter of the Trump fascist regime.”

He adds, “I am trying to not support the companies that support the regime with huge donations, just to cover their own a*****, while people are being shot in the streets of America, not just Minnesota, America!”

Young’s also rethinking the fact that he uses an Apple computer, though his manager told him he could keep it  since it’s already paid for.

“I have to stop and re-assess,” he writes. “No more upgrades! That feeds Apple, Apple supports ‘The Regime.’  That money is going to Apple now. Tim Cook, the CEO, falling over backwards to support the regime!”

“I have to re-asses everything I am doing,” he concludes. “I will sue Apple if my computer doesn’t work without the new costly upgrade. What about Warner Brothers?”

In the post, Young notes there’s a list of companies supporting Trump on his Archives editorial page, along with numbers to contact the CEOs of the companies.

Young’s latest post follows his recent announcement that he’s making his Neil Young Archives site available for free to people in Greenland. He also encouraged his fans not to use Amazon, calling Jeff Bezos “a billionaire backer of the president.”

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Three of John Fogerty’s classic tunes are now available on the subscription-based music education service Rocksmith+.

Fogerty’s Creedence Clearwater Revival tracks “Bad Moon Rising,” “Down on the Corner” and “Proud Mary” can now be found on Rocksmith+. All three versions are ones Fogerty rerecorded for his most recent album, Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years.

Rocksmith+ can be accessed by downloading the mobile app for iOS and Android, or on PS5, PS4 or PC. It allows subscribers to learn tracks by using their own instruments to play along with songs in the Rocksmith+ library.

Fogerty released Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years in August. The 20-track album is made up of newly recorded versions of his classic CCR tunes. All songs were labeled (John’s Version), similar to what Taylor Swift has done when rerecording her early albums.

Next up, Fogerty is set to play a music festival in Mexico in March, before launching a three-night residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas March 18.

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

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John Mellencamp recently announced dates for his Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits, and it seems he’s already getting his body ready for the trek, although how he’s going about it seems a bit questionable.

The rocker shared a video on Instagram of him working out on a treadmill, while smoking a cigarette. He added the caption, “Getting in shape for the Dancing Words – The Greatest Hits Tour. Who’s joining us?”

In the clip he puffs away as he tells the camera, “I’m gonna play 2 1/2 hours of nothing but hits so I thought I better get in shape, you know what I mean?”

Mellencamp’s Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits kicks off July 10 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and wraps Aug. 12 in Mountain View, California.

He’s promised fans a set filled with hits including “Jack and Diane,” “Hurts So Good,” “Small Town” and “Pink Houses,” as well as break-out tracks he hasn’t performed live in nearly a decade, like “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute To 60’s Rock),” “I Need a Lover,” “Wild Night” and “Ain’t Even Done With the Night.”

Tickets are on sale now. A complete list of dates can be found at Mellencamp.com.

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