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A new documentary called In My Voice will detail the life and career of Heart‘s Ann Wilson.

“This film is my story in my own words, told the way I’ve always wanted to tell it,” Wilson says in a statement. “It’s about finding my voice, keeping it alive, and sharing the journey with the people who’ve been part of it all along.”

In My Voice will focus on the “authenticity” of Ann Wilson, according to a press release. It will follow the 75-year-old’s journey from her childhood, to her stardom with Heart, to what’s described as “a bold new creative chapter,” and share how she “found her voice, sustained it across five decades, and allowed it to guide her through fame, adversity, and reinvention.” 

Family, friends, artists, bandmates and industry executives have also been interviewed for the project.

The film, directed by Barbra Hall, has not yet announced any release information. In a statement, Hall says of Wilson, “Her story exceeds a scriptwriter’s imagination, and her courage to share her story is inspiring. She is a master of her craft and is not defined by genre or gender.”

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Despite the horror-movie overtones of their classic work, Stephen King is apparently no fan of Black Sabbath.

The superstar author did an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit to promote the upcoming movie adaptation of the first novel he ever wrote, The Long Walk, which he penned under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The movie, set in a dystopian future America, is about a group of young men who enter a contest in which they must walk continuously; if they fall below 3 miles per hour, they’ll be shot. The winner is the last man left alive.

While answering fans’ questions, King was asked what would be on his playlist if he was taking the Long Walk. Noting that he wrote the book in 1967, King replied, “Back then I would have picked ‘Get Together,’ by the Youngbloods, ‘Eve of Destruction,’ by Barry Maguire, ‘Carol,’ by the Rolling Stones, ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues,’ by [Bob] Dylan, maybe ‘Summertime Blues,’ by Eddie Cochran, ‘Rock and Roll is Here to Stay,’ by Danny and the Juniors.”

He continued, “Now I’d load my playlist with AC/DC, Rancid, Metallica, Stones, [Bruce] Springsteen. Not Black Sabbath, I never liked them.”

In Black Sabbath-adjacent news, the BBC reports that one of a set of silver rings designed for the members of the band for their farewell concert in July is going up for auction on Sept. 17.

The designer, Jagga, created the five rings and four of them were presented to Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. The rings feature the crest of the Aston Villa football club — whose home stadium was the location of the final concert — and the year 1968, when the band was founded. The spare fifth ring is expected to fetch around $2,000.

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Neil Young has been openly critical of President Donald Trump this year, and that criticism continued on Wednesday night, when Young and his band the Chrome Hearts performed in Chicago.

Young performed a brand-new song called “Big Crime,” concerning Trump’s use of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. He posted audio of the soundcheck version of the song on his Neil Young Archives website, along with the lyrics.

“Don’t need no fascist rules/ Don’t want no fascist schools/ Don’t want soldiers on our streets,” Young sings. “There’s big crime in DC at the White House.”

“No more money to the fascists/ the billionaire fascists/ Time to blackout the system,” he added. In his transcription of the lyrics, he put “Time to blackout the system” in all caps and italicized the repetitions of “Don’t want soldiers on our streets.”

Earlier this year, Young speculated that as a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, if he was critical of Trump, he might be “barred” from reentering the country, should he leave. He also called out Trump’s attacks on Bruce Springsteen and other musicians who have been critical of him.

He wrote, “STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT ROCKERS ARE SAYING. Think about saving America from the mess you made. Taylor Swift is right. So is Bruce. You know how I feel.”

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Billy Joel hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart with River of Dreams, his 12th studio album and his final pop/rock record.

The album, with a cover painted by Joel’s then-wife Christie Brinkley, was Billy’s fourth #1 and spent three weeks on top of the chart.

The album’s title track went on to become a top-five hit, Joel’s last on the Billboard Hot 100. The record also featured “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel),” which he wrote as a tribute to his daughter Alexa Ray Joel.

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Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go‘s covers some of her favorite songs from her youth in her new album, Once Upon a Time in California, out Friday. The album features her takes on hits by artists ranging from Jim Croce, The Youngbloods and The Carpenters to The Hollies, Three Dog Night and The Association. Belinda tells ABC Audio the project has been a long time coming.

“I started thinking about it [in 2017],” she says. “I had a list of about 100 songs. And then of course the pandemic happened, and that ate up about two or three years. And then I was living in Thailand at the time, so I was commuting. And so it was hard to be consistent with the work.” All told, she says, the album took eight years.

Despite its title, not all the artists she covered on the album are from California. The title leans more into the Golden State as a concept. “I have … European friends that have this idea of California, this romance about it,” she says. “And it probably never really even existed, really.”

When it came to narrowing down the songs for the project, Belinda explains, “It had to work with my voice first. … And then of course, taking the song and keeping the integrity of a song, but changing it a little bit and making it my own.” 

She notes that all the songs were ones that she would “hear quite a bit” on the radio while growing up in California.

“Music was a big part of the culture and radio was a part of the culture,” she says. “So it was every day laying in front of the speakers and singing along. And they were the songs that inspired me to want to be a singer.” 

Here’s the track list, along with the artist who originally recorded the song:
“Anyone Who Had a Heart” (Dionne Warwick)
“If You Could Read My Mind” (Gordon Lightfoot)
“One” (Three Dog Night)
“Never My Love” (The Association)
“The Air That I Breathe” (The Hollies)
“Time In a Bottle” (Jim Croce)
“Superstar” (The Carpenters)
“Everybody’s Talkin'” (Harry Nilsson)
“Get Together” (The Youngbloods)
“Reflections of My Life” (Marmalade)

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Annie Lennox is set to release the “visual memoir” Annie Lennox: Retrospective in September, and she’s announced some U.S. events to promote the release.

The Eurythmics singer has confirmed five appearances in connection with the book in New Jersey, New York and Los Angeles.

Events kick off Oct. 11 at the Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center in New Jersey, where Lennox will take part in a moderated evening, followed by an Oct. 14 talk at Cooper Union in New York. She’ll end her East Coast dates with a book signing on Oct. 15 at Rizzoli Bookstore, also in New York.

Lennox will then head to Los Angeles for two appearances. She’ll sit down for a conversation at Live Talks LA on Nov. 2, followed by a book signing on Dec. 9 at Book Soup.

Tickets for all events are on sale now. More info can be found at AnnieLennox.com.

Annie Lennox: Retrospective, dropping Sept. 23, features over 200 photographs that take fans chronologically through the legendary singer’s career. The book includes shots from her personal archives, as well as album covers and music video stills, covering Lennox’s time with Dave Stewart in Eurythmics to her solo career and more.

The book is available for preorder now.

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The members of Heart are among the many people excited by the news that Taylor Swift is engaged to NFL star Travis Kelce.

During the band’s concert in Akron, Ohio, Tuesday, Nancy Wilson dedicated the song “These Dreams” to the happy couple. Nancy shared a clip of the moment on her Instagram page, with the caption, “Tonight in Akron I dedicated These Dreams to Travis and Taylor. Love is in the air!!!!”

In the video, Nancy tells the audience, “There’s a dedication I’d like to make to a very romantic couple in popular culture today, you know Travis and Taylor got engaged. So here’s a romantic dedication to Travis and Taylor.”

Ann Wilson also chimed in, making a comment about the ring Travis proposed with.

“These Dreams,” released in 1986, was the third single off Heart’s self-titled eighth studio album. It was the band’s first single to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Heart has a few more dates left on their summer tour, with the next show Wednesday in Allentown, Pennsylvania. They’ll also play Canandaigua and Bethel, New York, on Friday and Saturday, respectively. 

Heart will then return to the road later this year for shows in November and December. A complete list of Heart dates can be found at Heart-Music.com.

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Bon Jovi has enlisted some of their superstar friends for a new take on their 16th studio album, Forever.

The band is set to release Forever (Legendary Edition) on Oct. 24, which has them collaborating with an A-list lineup of artists to reimagine songs on Forever, which was released in 2024. Guests appearing on the new release include fellow New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Jelly Roll, Ryan Tedder, Avril Lavigne, Jason Isbell, James Bay and Lainey Wilson.

And Bon Jovi is set to preview the album on Friday by dropping two songs — the lead-off single, “Red, White & Jersey,” which was not a part of the original album, and a new take on “Hollow Man,” featuring Springsteen.

“This album is more than just a collection of collaborations, it is an album born out of necessity,” Jon Bon Jovi shares, noting it was made while he was still recovering from vocal chord surgery.

“Without an ability to tour at that time, I continued working in the studio and called on some friends, great singers, artists, musicians and also just great people,” he says. “The result is an album with a new viewpoint and new spirit — a collaboration album that proves we all get by in this world with a little help from our friends.”

Jon adds, “I feel tremendous joy and gratitude releasing this album and I think it shows in the music. I can say with certainty that there is always something bigger than ME, and that’s WE.”

Forever (Legendary Edition) is available for preorder now. Here is the track list:
“Red, White, and Jersey”
“Legendary” (with James Bay)
“We Made It Look Easy” (with Robbie Williams)
“Living Proof” (with Jelly Roll)
“Waves” (with Jason Isbell)
“Seeds” (with Ryan Tedder)
“Kiss The Bride” (with Billy Falcon)
“The People’s House” (with The War & Treaty)
“Walls Of Jericho” (with Joe Elliott)
“I Wrote You A Song” (with Lainey Wilson)
“Living In Paradise” (with Avril Lavigne)
“My First Guitar” (with Marcus King)
“Hollow Man” (with Bruce Springsteen)
“We Made It Look Easy / Hicimos Que Pareciera Fácil” (with Carin León)

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John Fogerty is heading out on the road again this fall.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just announced dates for The Legacy Tour, which is set to kick off Sept. 29 in Mexico City, Mexico. The tour will make stops in Atlantic City, Nashville, Atlanta, Virginia Beach and more before wrapping Nov. 14 in Boston.

The tour is in celebration of Fogerty’s recent release, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, which had him rerecording his Creedence Clearwater Revival classics. Songs on the album include “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” and “Born on the Bayou.”

Up next for Fogerty, he’s set to play Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday. A complete schedule and ticket information can be found at JohnFogerty.com.

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Ringo Starr is getting ready to showcase his art for the public.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s artwork will be on display at the Animazing Gallery in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas starting Sept. 5, which coincides with Ringo’s upcoming residency with his All-Starr Band.

The Starr Art exhibition, which runs through Oct. 15, is Ringo’s first art show since 2019, with 100 percent of all proceeds going to Ringo’s Lotus Foundation charity. The exhibition will be the first time Ringo will be displaying his original paintings and will feature a collection of Ringo’s Spin Art pieces.

“I loved Spin Art the first time I saw it,” Ringo says. “I saw a video of some kids doing it and I thought I’m going to try that. … You know it is always a surprise what you end up with and of course I love that part of it.”

He notes, “One of the great surprises has been that I started putting canvases around the room to capture the overflow and whatever paint the spinning threw off and those became their own art.”

The Starr Art exhibition will be open to the public and Ringo will attend a private event for collectors who purchase any pieces prior to the event. 

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band — Toto’s Steve Lukather, Men at Work‘s Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette and Buck Johnson — will kick off their latest Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Sept. 17, with dates confirmed through Sept. 27. Their next show is Sept. 10 in Chicago. A complete list of dates can be found at RingoStarr.com. 

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