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The Black Crowes have debuted the music video for “Profane Prophecy,” one of two singles from their upcoming album, A Pound of Feathers.

In the video, according to its description, the band has “conjured seven devils (representing each deadly sin) to wreak havoc on this little fairytale world of stark morality and harsh retribution.”

“‘Profane Prophecy’ is about the devil you know, the devil you never knew, the devil inside of me and devil inside of you,” The Crowes’ Chris Robinson says. “The mischief and madness in the beautiful expression that is rock n roll … and you can dance to it.”

A Pound of Feathers, dropping March 13, is The Black Crowes’ 10th studio album and their first since 2024’s Happiness Bastards. In addition to “Profane Prophecy,” they previewed the album for fans by releasing the track “Pharmacy Chronicles.”

A Pound of Feathers is available for preorder now.

The Black Crowes have already announced several dates for 2026. They’ll kick off a tour in Australia on April 2 in Melbourne, followed by two nights in Japan on April 14 and 15. The band also has dates booked across the U.K. and Europe in June and July, and will open four shows on Guns N’ Roses‘ North American tour, starting Aug. 22 in Las Vegas.

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

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On This Day, Jan. 19, 1993…

The classic Fleetwood Mac lineup of Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie and John McVie reunited for the first time in six years to perform at President Bill Clinton’s first inauguration gala.

The band performed their classic Rumours track “Don’t Stop,” which had been used as Clinton’s campaign song.

Other performers at the gala included Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin.

The classic Fleetwood Mac lineup reunited again in 1997 for a live, filmed concert called The Dance. It spawned a live album of the same name, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and was supported by an arena tour.

The lineup continued to work together until 2018, when Lindsey Buckingham was fired from the group. The band went on to tour without him, adding Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Crowded House’s Neil Finn to the lineup.

Following Christine McVie’s death in November 2022, Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks have said that they can’t see the band touring again without her.

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Roger Waters has responded to criticism of his comments regarding the late Ozzy Osbourne.

As previously reported, the Pink Floyd founder commented on the Black Sabbath frontman’s death in an interview with The Independent Ink, saying, “[Ozzy] was all over the TV for hundreds of years with his idiocy and nonsense.”

“I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did,” Waters said. “I have no interest in biting the heads off chickens or whatever they do.”

Waters’ comments were roundly excoriated by the Osbourne family. Son Jack Osbourne called him “pathetic and out of touch,” while Sharon Osbourne deemed him “insignificant.” Meanwhile, the Ozzy Osbourne web store sold a limited-edition t-shirt featuring the phrase “another p**** in the wall,” a reference to Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall.”

Waters later defended his comments in an interview with Piers Morgan, saying, “Do I have to like every rock group there ever was in the world?”

When asked whether he’d like to apologize to the Osbourne family, Waters first said, “Yeah, of course I will,” before adding, “Not that I have any time for Sharon Osbourne,” noting their disagreement over Israel.

“If [Jack] wants to have a chat, I’ll have a chat with him,” Waters said. “I’m sorry you lost your dad, Jack.”

Waters did, however, learn that Ozzy had bitten the head off a bat, not a chicken.

“I don’t like people who bite the heads off bats,” Waters said. “I think it’s disgusting.”

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Pink Floyd is giving fans a chance to enjoy their 1972 concert film, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, from the comfort of their home. The band is set to release the film on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on Feb. 27.

Digitally remastered with enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII released in theaters in April 2025 to critical acclaim. The film captures the band’s October 1971 performance at the ancient Roman amphitheater in Italy, marking the first live concert ever to take place at the site.

The film, directed by Adrian Maben, also featured behind-the-scenes footage of Pink Floyd at Abbey Road Studios as they began work on what would become their iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray includes both the movie and the concert audio, and it’s available for preorder now.

The first official soundtrack to the movie was released in May and debuted at #1 in the U.K., becoming the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s seventh U.K. #1 album.

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Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, whose death was announced Jan. 10, was remembered with a celebration of life in San Francisco on Saturday.

The public event took place at Civic Center Plaza, and featured speeches by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and Dead & Company’s John Mayer. Also sharing their memories of Weir were Joan Baez, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, as well as Weir’s family, wife Natascha Weir and daughters Monet Weir and Chloe Weir.

“There was nothing like Bob Weir. … He was singular. He was not a copy of anything that came before. He was a true original,” Hart said, “I could sit here and tell you so many stories about our lives together. But at the heart of it all is that this was never just a band. It was a family.”

Hart also addressed the fans gathered, saying, “The songs of our lives are yours now, and it’s up to all of us to keep the refrain building. Love is real, not fade away.”

Mayer talked of all he learned from Weir over the decade they performed together, noting the rocker “changed my life.”

“Bob took a chance on me, he staked his entire reputation on my joining a band with him. He gave me musical community, he gave me this community,” Mayer said. “He invited me into the worlds he’d constructed, and he taught me what the songs meant and what it meant to perform them.” 

Mayer added, “In return, I gave him everything I had night after night, year after year.”

The celebration also included recorded messages from musicians including Weir’s Grateful Dead bandmate Bill Kreutzmann, as well as Dave Matthews, Gov’t Mule‘s Warren Haynes, Willie Nelson, Phish‘s Trey Anastasio, Sammy Hagar and more.

The celebration ended with Mayer on guitar and vocals leading the fans in the Grateful Dead classic “Ripple.”

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Ringo Starr is planning to release a new album this year.

The Beatles drummer posted a January 2026 update video, recapping all the highlights of 2025, including the release of his country album, Look Up. He then gave fans a heads-up about what’s in store for the new year.

“Just so that you know, I do have another country album ready that will be out sometime this year,” he says in the video.

He also noted that he’ll be going back out on tour. While he said he’d be hitting the road in June, his already announced dates with his All-Starr Band actually kick off May 28 in Temecula, California.

“Anyway, I just want to say peace and love to everybody who supported me,” he ended the clip, adding, “if you’re feeling down, look up.”

Ringo released Look Up, produced by T Bone Burnett, in January 2025. It featured 11 songs, with special guest appearances by Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, Lucius, Larkin Poe and Alison Krauss. The Eagles‘ Joe Walsh, Ringo’s brother-in-law, also played on the album.

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A new jukebox musical featuring the music of John Mellencamp is set to make its world premiere in Maine this fall.

Small Town, directed by three-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall, will stage its first performances at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine, from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1.

The musical, with a book by Naomi Wallace, follows star-crossed lovers Jack and Diane. It features iconic songs from Mellencamp’s catalog, including “Jack and Diane,” “Hurts So Good,” “Lonely Ol’ Night” and “Small Town.”

So far casting on the musical has not been announced.

“Ogunquit Playhouse has a storied legacy of debuting world and American premieres, and we take immense pride in fostering new works alongside world-class artists,” said Executive Artistic Director Bradford Kenney in a statement. “We cannot wait for our audiences to experience the story of Jack and Diane this October, and to hear Mellencamp’s iconic hits reimagined for the stage by this incredible creative team.”

Tickets go on sale March 17.

Small Town has been in the works for a long time. Mellencamp hinted about the project in interviews as far back as 2018, with an official announcement in 2019 that the musical was in development.

The news comes just days after Mellencamp announced dates for the Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits, which kicks off July 10 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and wraps Aug. 12 in Mountain View, California. A complete list of dates can be found at JohnMellencamp.com.

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James Taylor, Duran Duran and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are set to play the 2026 Beachlife Festival, happening May 1-3 in Redondo Beach, California.

Duran Duran and Taylor, with his All-Star Band, and are set to headline the fest. Duran Duran will take the stage  May 1, followed by Jett on May 2, with Taylor closing out the event on May 3.

Some of the other artists on the bill include The Offspring, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Sugar Ray, Sheryl Crow, and My Morning Jacket.

Information on the complete lineup and tickets can be found at BeachlifeFestival.com.

Beachlife Festival launched in 2019. The 2025 lineup included Lenny Kravitz, Pretenders, Alanis Morissette, Jackson Browne and The Beach Boys.

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While many fans are excited about Sam Mendes’ upcoming films about The Beatles, Queen guitarist Brian May seems concerned.

The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event will be four movies each told from the perspective of a different Beatle, and May thinks that may cause some problems.

Asked whether he’d have wanted the same approach taken for his band, he told the Daily Mail, “No, I would dread it if that happened to Queen.”

“I love the Beatles, the Beatles are like the Bible,” he said. “But four films, I feel like it’s a horrible kind of thing where it’s a competition between them, that can be pretty invidious.”

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was the subject of the 2018 movie Bohemian Rhapsody, and May says, “I’m happy with the film we made about Freddie, for now, I don’t need any more than that.”

He adds, “I feel very proud that we did it for Freddie, not for us, it made it right for us, it was the right thing for us.”

In the same interview, May explains why he and Queen will not be playing England’s Glastonbury Festival, which is set to return in 2027.

May, the co-founder of the animal welfare organization Save Me, has said in the past that the band never played the festival because its founder, Michael Eavis, supports badger hunting, something May’s opposed to; May tells Daily Mail that hasn’t changed.

“I wouldn’t do Glastonbury next year because of the politics of the people who run it,” he says. “Unless that changes, I won’t do it.”

May notes the band has never really been asked to play.

“I don’t think the conversation of us doing has ever taken place because they know how I feel,” he says.

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Cyndi Lauper‘s wardrobe is one of the most unique in pop music, and now a select group of shoppers have a chance to own a piece of it.

Cyndi is holding a Closet Clean Out in New York’s Lower East Side on Jan. 20 and 21. According to her Instagram, shoppers will find “a treasure trove of designer gems, stage and street wear, and many new or unworn pieces pulled straight from Cyndi’s closet.” Net proceeds will go to Cyndi’s charity, the Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund at the Tides Foundation.

Tickets to both VIP shopping sessions, which provide first crack at the goodies, are sold out.  

If you’d like a Cyndi Lauper experience in a much warmer climate, she’s performing June 20 at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Tickets are on sale now at atlantislive.com.

And in between these events, starting April 24 Cyndi will be headlining her first residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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