Ringo Starr made his Grand Ole Opry debut back in February, and now folks at home are finally going to get to see his performance.
Ringo’s set at the Nashville institution will air Saturday at 8 p.m. CT on Opry Live, as well as the Opry Facebook and YouTube channels, and on Circle Country.
Ringo performed three songs at the Opry: “Time on My Hands,” from his 2025 country album, Look Up, and “Act Naturally,” both with Molly Tuttle. He also performed his iconic Beatles hit “With a Little Help From My Friends.”
The news comes as Ringo just launched another tour with his All-Star Band, made up of Toto’s Steve Lukather, Men at Work’s Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette and Buck Johnson. The tour hits New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Friday. A complete list of dates can be found at RingoStarr.com.
A new box set dedicated to Elvis Presley’s ’70s studio sessions in Los Angeles will be released in August.
The set, Sunset Boulevard, is a digital and five-CD collection of songs from The King’s recording sessions and rehearsals at RCA’s Los Angeles studios between 1970 and 1975. The set includes 89 rarities, with over half of them previously unreleased in the U.S.
Songs on the album include alternate takes of Elvis classics like “Separate Ways,” “T-R-O-U-B-L-E” and “Burning Love,” the latter of which is out now on digital outlets.
In addition, the set’s first two CDs, made up of new and never-before-heard mixes, will be released as a separate two-CD set, as well as a two-LP vinyl set.
And to celebrate the release, Graceland’s Guest House in Memphis will host a special Sunset Boulevard listening party on Aug. 13 as part of Elvis Week 2025, featuring a Q&A with yet-to-be announced guests. Tickets are on sale at ElvisWeek.com.
Roger Waters has released the official trailer for the upcoming theatrical release of his concert film, This Is Not A Drill – Live from Prague The Movie.
The clip previews performances of Pink Floyd songs like “Comfortably Numb” and “Another Brick in The Wall, Part 2,” as well as the Waters solo track “Is This the Life We Really Want?”
This Is Not A Drill – Live from Prague The Movie is coming to theaters on July 23 and July 27, with tickets on sale now at RogerWaters.film.
The concert was recorded during the Pink Floyd rocker’s May 25, 2023, show at O2 Arena in the Czech Republic. The show was part of Waters’ “first ever Farewell Tour.”
Music from the film will be released on Aug. 1 in a variety of formats: four-LP, two-CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and digital audio. It is available for preorder now.
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The Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald, Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at a gala in New York, where they treated the audience to several of their hits.
The trio performed Doobie Brothers classics “Black Water,” “Taking’ It to the Streets” and “Listen to the Music.” They were also feted by surprise guest Garth Brooks, who performed two songs: “Long Train Runnin'” and “China Grove.”
“Songwriting to me is a way to express what’s going on inside you and tell other people about it, but at the same time, if people like what you write, which is f-ing amazing, than you can bring ‘em up,” Johnston said in his speech. “Basically we all feel, I guess, a responsibility of lifting people up. I think that’s really important, especially right now.”
On the red carpet, Johnston told ABC Audio they weren’t expecting such an honor, noting, “It just showed up.”
“We’re really excited because we’ve been writing songs for a really long time,” he added. “A lot of these people that are being inducted tonight, as well as the people that came before them, and us, we listened to. We were influenced by coming up.”
During a press conference in London, The Rolling Stones introduced guitarist Mick Taylor as Brian Jones‘ replacement.
Taylor’s live debut with the band took place in July at a free concert at London’s Hyde Park in front of 250,000 fans. The concert was held just two days after Jones’ death.
Taylor left The Rolling Stones in 1974 and was replaced by Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has remained with the band to this day.
Despite his departure, Taylor was still inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with The Stones in 1989.
Wood recently celebrated his 50 years with The Stones at the band’s official store on London’s Carnaby Street, where he debuted new artwork, titled 50 – The Portraits, featuring drawings of himself and his bandmates, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the late Charlie Watts.
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The family of Beach Boys creative force Brian Wilson announced June 11 that he’d died at age 82. On Thursday in New York City, Wilson’s cousin and bandmate, Mike Love, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame by actor and musician John Stamos, who’s been performing with The Beach Boys on and off since 1985. On the red carpet, Stamos shared that he was the one who broke the sad news to Love.
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking. I was with Mike at the airport … when I got the text and I had to tell him,” Stamos told ABC Audio. “And I’ve never seen him that quiet. He just shut down. Y’know, 84 years with his cousin.”
But Stamos said that recognition of Love’s lyrical contributions to the Beach Boys’ music had been a long time coming. “He painted the cinematic tableau of California … and it was all about love and positivity and optimism and joy,” Stamos said.
“Mike is a songwriter’s songwriter. Brian Wilson was the biggest genius that ever walked this earth. He was so big and he was so powerful that sometimes Mike got overlooked,” Stamos said. But he noted that Wilson was always quick to say, “Mike wrote that, Mike did this, Mike did that.”
“He loved his cousin. They loved each other,” he added.
“Brian, well, he was a mastermind of, particularly the tracks,” Love told ABC Audio. “If you were to listen to the tracks of Pet Sounds, it’s mind-blowing. You’d say, how the heck did he ever do that? But he did it, and then we slaved over the vocals.”
He also noted, “If … Brian came up with the track for ‘California Girls,’ I’d be out in the hallway writing the words.”
Told that Bruce Springsteen had, in his tribute to Wilson, called The Beach Boys “America’s greatest band,” Love said, “Well I think that’s a wonderful thing for him to say. He’s The Boss.”
“But you know what Elton John recently said, was that he believes that Pet Sounds will be the only album that will be played forever,” Love added. “That’s pretty amazing, coming from Elton John.”
At the ceremony, Stamos and Love performed a medley of “California Girls,” “I Get Around,” “Kokomo,” and “Good Vibrations.”
The Kinks have shared another preview from their upcoming compilation The Journey – Part 3, which focuses on the band’s career with RCA/Arista from 1977 to 1984, a breakthrough for The Kinks in America.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have shared two tracks, including a live performance of “Sunny Afternoon” that was recorded at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1993.
“As far as performances go, it was a high point achievement of The Kinks,” Dave Davies said of the show.
The other is a remastered version of “A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy,” which Dave called “a personal favorite.” He noted it was his brother Ray Davies‘ “sensitive portrait of a super fan based on his impressions of different people.”
The Journey – Part 3, dropping July 11, is a two-disc compilation featuring songs handpicked by Ray and Dave. It includes a disc of 11 remastered tracks and a disc featuring a never-before-released live concert from the band’s archives, a recording of their July 1993 show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. It will be released as a two-CD or two-LP set, and both are available for preorder now.
The compilation is a continuation of the band’s 60th anniversary celebration. They previously released The Journey – Part 1 and The Journey – Part 2 in 2023.
Bruce Springsteen is the latest artist to pay tribute to the late Beach Boys singer/songwriter Brian Wilson, who died at the age of 82.
“Brian Wilson was the most musically inventive voice in all of pop, with an otherworldly ear for harmony,” Springsteen wrote on social media. “He was also the visionary leader of America’s greatest band, The Beach Boys. If there’d been no Beach Boys, there would have been no ‘Racing In The Street,'” referring to the classic track from The Boss’ 1978 album, Darkness on the Edge of Town.
“Listen to ‘Summer’s Gone’ from The Beach Boys’ last album (That’s Why God Made The Radio) and weep,” Springsteen added. He concluded his post, “Farewell, Maestro. Nothing but love and a lovely lasting debt from all of us over here on E Street.”
Elton John’s April Record Store Day contribution was a vinyl edition of the live album Elton John – Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper, and now the album is getting wider release.
The album features songs recorded during a May 1977 six-show residency at London’s iconic Rainbow Theatre with percussion legend Ray Cooper.During the residency and the tour that followed, Elton played alone at the piano for the first half of the show, then was joined by Cooper for the second half.
Elton is now set to release the album digitally, on CD and on vinyl on July 25. It will feature 12 tracks, with the CD and digital versions getting a bonus track, “Goodbye.”
“I’m delighted that Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper will be available for my fans to enjoy,” Elton shares. “It’s an album I’m incredibly proud of, and listening back to it, I’m astounded by how great it sounds. The freedom I felt playing with just the two of us is something I will always remember.”
Elton John – Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper is available for preorder now. Here is the track list: “The Greatest Discovery” “Border Song” “Cage The Songbird” “Where To Now St. Peter?” “Ticking” “Better Off Dead” w/Ray Cooper “Sweet Painted Lady” “Tonight” w/Ray Cooper “Idol” w/Ray Cooper “I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)” w/Ray Cooper “Roy Rogers” “Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future)” “Goodbye” (CD and digital only)
The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page have shared a short film about the making of their collaborative live album, Live At The Greek.
As part of the continued celebration of the album’s 25th anniversary, the artists have shared The Making of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes Live At The Greek, an 11-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of the live album, with new interviews and never-before-seen footage.
“Ultimately we’re proud of it and we want to give it its due respect,” The Crowes’ Chris Robinson says in the film. Page notes, “It was such fun to do at the time. It’s infectious.”
Rich Robinson adds, “It takes you on a journey.”
The Crowes and Page reissued Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek back in March, featuring a new mix of the album. There were also 16 previously unreleased tracks, including “Jams,” a song Page and Rich Robinson wrote during a soundcheck, as well as behind-the-scenes photos and videos.
The 36-track album features performances of both Black Crowes and Led Zeppelin tunes, recorded in October 1999 at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre and in August 1999 at New York’s Jones Beach Theater.
