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A musical featuring over 20 classic rock tunes is set to open in New York in July.

Rolling Thunder, described as “part rock concert, part documentary,” tells the stories of soldiers during the Vietnam War and the protest movement spawned by it.

The show, which originated in Australia, is filled with songs from the ’60s and ’70s. It includes Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” and “All Along The Watchtower,” as well as The Rolling Stones‘ “Gimme Shelter,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” and The Animals‘ “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.”

“Rolling Thunder has been a labor of love for many years and salutes Vietnam and contemporary veterans,” the show’s producer Rebecca Blake shares. “It is bursting with energy and passion and has the invigorating atmosphere and feel of a rock concert. It also has tremendous energy and heart.”

The musical will begin a limited engagement off-Broadway at the New World Stages theater starting July 10, with opening night set for July 24. Tickets are on sale now.

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A musical featuring over 20 classic rock tunes is set to open in New York in July.

Rolling Thunder, described as “part rock concert, part documentary,” tells the stories of soldiers during the Vietnam War and the protest movement spawned by it.

The show, which originated in Australia, is filled with songs from the ’60s and ’70s. It includes Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” and “All Along The Watchtower,” as well as The Rolling Stones‘ “Gimme Shelter,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” and The Animals‘ “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.”

“Rolling Thunder has been a labor of love for many years and salutes Vietnam and contemporary veterans,” the show’s producer Rebecca Blake shares. “It is bursting with energy and passion and has the invigorating atmosphere and feel of a rock concert. It also has tremendous energy and heart.”

The musical will begin a limited engagement off-Broadway at the New World Stages theater starting July 10, with opening night set for July 24. Tickets are on sale now.

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A musical featuring over 20 classic rock tunes is set to open in New York in July.

Rolling Thunder, described as “part rock concert, part documentary,” tells the stories of soldiers during the Vietnam War and the protest movement spawned by it.

The show, which originated in Australia, is filled with songs from the ’60s and ’70s. It includes Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” and “All Along The Watchtower,” as well as The Rolling Stones‘ “Gimme Shelter,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” and The Animals‘ “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.”

“Rolling Thunder has been a labor of love for many years and salutes Vietnam and contemporary veterans,” the show’s producer Rebecca Blake shares. “It is bursting with energy and passion and has the invigorating atmosphere and feel of a rock concert. It also has tremendous energy and heart.”

The musical will begin a limited engagement off-Broadway at the New World Stages theater starting July 10, with opening night set for July 24. Tickets are on sale now.

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Back in 1996, Walmart refused to carry Sheryl Crow‘s album because it included a song that mentioned people killing each other with guns they bought at the retail chain. But she says the response to one of her more recent political statements involved actual guns.

Sheryl made headlines in February when she posted an Instagram video of her Tesla being towed away, and wrote that she’d sold it and donated the money to NPR due to it being “under threat by President [Elon] Musk.”

“There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with,” she added.

Speaking to Variety, Sheryl compared the response to the Tesla video by the far right to its response to the 1996 Walmart incident.

“This feels different, because when I came out against Walmart carrying guns, not everybody was armed — and certainly I didn’t live in Tennessee, where everybody is armed,” she says.

“So yeah, there was a moment where I actually really felt very afraid: A man got on my property, in my barn, who was armed,” she continued. “It doesn’t feel safe when you’re dealing with people who are so committed.”

Given that, Variety asked her if she’d post the same Tesla video now.

“I can’t help it,” she says. “I feel like I’m fighting for my kids. Also, that’s the way I was raised. There have been times when it hasn’t really been fun, but I follow my Atticus Finch dad; I’m very similar to him if I see something that seems unfair, you know?”

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Back in 1996, Walmart refused to carry Sheryl Crow‘s album because it included a song that mentioned people killing each other with guns they bought at the retail chain. But she says the response to one of her more recent political statements involved actual guns.

Sheryl made headlines in February when she posted an Instagram video of her Tesla being towed away, and wrote that she’d sold it and donated the money to NPR due to it being “under threat by President [Elon] Musk.”

“There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with,” she added.

Speaking to Variety, Sheryl compared the response to the Tesla video by the far right to its response to the 1996 Walmart incident.

“This feels different, because when I came out against Walmart carrying guns, not everybody was armed — and certainly I didn’t live in Tennessee, where everybody is armed,” she says.

“So yeah, there was a moment where I actually really felt very afraid: A man got on my property, in my barn, who was armed,” she continued. “It doesn’t feel safe when you’re dealing with people who are so committed.”

Given that, Variety asked her if she’d post the same Tesla video now.

“I can’t help it,” she says. “I feel like I’m fighting for my kids. Also, that’s the way I was raised. There have been times when it hasn’t really been fun, but I follow my Atticus Finch dad; I’m very similar to him if I see something that seems unfair, you know?”

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Back in 1996, Walmart refused to carry Sheryl Crow‘s album because it included a song that mentioned people killing each other with guns they bought at the retail chain. But she says the response to one of her more recent political statements involved actual guns.

Sheryl made headlines in February when she posted an Instagram video of her Tesla being towed away, and wrote that she’d sold it and donated the money to NPR due to it being “under threat by President [Elon] Musk.”

“There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with,” she added.

Speaking to Variety, Sheryl compared the response to the Tesla video by the far right to its response to the 1996 Walmart incident.

“This feels different, because when I came out against Walmart carrying guns, not everybody was armed — and certainly I didn’t live in Tennessee, where everybody is armed,” she says.

“So yeah, there was a moment where I actually really felt very afraid: A man got on my property, in my barn, who was armed,” she continued. “It doesn’t feel safe when you’re dealing with people who are so committed.”

Given that, Variety asked her if she’d post the same Tesla video now.

“I can’t help it,” she says. “I feel like I’m fighting for my kids. Also, that’s the way I was raised. There have been times when it hasn’t really been fun, but I follow my Atticus Finch dad; I’m very similar to him if I see something that seems unfair, you know?”

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Looks like Warren Haynes and Gov’t Mule will once again be heading to Jamaica next year.

The band has shared a save-the-date announcement for Island Exodus 16, their annual music festival that launched in 2010.

The 2026 festival will take place Jan. 15-19 at a new resort, Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters in Trelawny/Montego Bay, Jamaica. The move was prompted by the closing of Jewel Runaway Bay, the resort they’d been using for the past nine festivals.

According to the band, the new location “offers an elevated experience for all attendees and musicians” and “checks all the boxes” of improvements fans have been asking for in post-event surveys.

A lineup and sale information is expected at a later date.

Last year’s Island Exodus Festival featured three two-set beachfront concerts from Gov’t Mule, plus a headlining afternoon solo set from Haynes. Other artists on the bill included Drive-By Truckers, Karina Rykman, Big Sugar and Ron Holloway.

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Barbra Streisand has lined up quite a star-studded group of artists to sing with her on her new album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two.

The album, dropping June 27, features Babs collaborating with such artists as Paul McCartney Bob Dylan, Sting and James Taylor, as well as Seal, Sam Smith, Hozier, Josh Groban, Tim McGraw and Laufey. There is also a tune that’s a collaboration between Babs, Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande.

“I’ve always loved singing duets with gifted artists. They inspire me in unique and different ways…and make our time in the studio a joy!” Streisand shares, noting the album, “gave me the chance to work and play with some of my old friends, label mates, and new artists too.”

She adds, “I admire all of them… and I hope that you’ll enjoy listening to our collaborations as much as I enjoyed recording with all of my wonderful partners.”

And Babs is giving fans a preview of the record with the release of the first single, a cover of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” featuring Hozier. The tune, written by Ewan MacColl, was made famous by Roberta Flack. It is available now via digital outlets.

The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two, available for preorder now, is the followup to Streisand’s 2014 album Partners. Here is the track list for the album:

“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” with Hozier
“My Valentine” with Paul McCartney
“To Lose You Again” with Sam Smith
“The Very Thought of You” with Bob Dylan
“Letter to My 13 Year Old Self” with Laufey
“One Heart, One Voice” with Mariah Carey & Ariana Grande
“I Love Us” with Tim McGraw
“Secret O’ Life” with James Taylor
“Fragile” with Sting
“Where Do I Go From You?” with Josh Groban
“Love Will Survive” with Seal

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We are getting our first look at Bono‘s upcoming Apple TV+ documentary, Bono: Stories of Surrender, a “reimagining” of the U2 frontman’s one-man stage show, Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief, which was recorded at New York’s Beacon Theatre during the book tour for his memoir.

The first trailer has just been released, with the black-and-white clip opening with Bono sharing, “These are tall tales of a short rock star.”

The trailer includes footage from the show, including snippets of Bono singing U2’s “City of Blinding Lights,” “Where the Streets Have No Name” and “Beautiful Day,” and him talking about his relationship with his father, the last time he saw his mother and more.

“Turns out the most extraordinary thing about my life is the people I’m in relationships with,” he says in the clip. “I met my wife Ali the same week I joined U2.”

It ends with a voiceover in which Bono shares, “I was born with my fists up. Surrender does not come easy to me,” adding, “This is my story. I’m stuck with it.”

Bono: Stories of Surrender, described in the trailer as “the story of a showman in his own words,” premieres May 30 on Apple TV+. For those with Apple Vision Pro, Bono: Stories of Surrender (Immersive) will also premiere on May 30, giving viewers an immersive experience of the film. It will be the first feature-length film available on Apple Vision Pro.

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A new exhibit about Bob Dylan’s controversial ‘electric’ performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 is set to open this summer at the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Going Electric: Bob Dylan ’65 will follow Dylan during the pivotal moment in his career when he shocked music fans by changing his musical style, with a press release noting the exhibit “places visitors at the heart of Dylan’s evolution from acoustic folk hero to trailblazing rock ’n’ roll icon.”

Among the items on display are original manuscripts of albums Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited; drafts of the classic tune “Mr. Tambourine Man,” featuring handwritten edits; photos and memorabilia from Dylan’s last all-acoustic concerts; and a 1963 Telecaster played by Mike Bloomfield at the Newport Folk Festival.

The exhibit will also include a multimedia experience centered on Dylan’s July 1965 Newport performance, with never-before-seen interviews from folks who were there, including Joan Baez and Al Kooper.

“Dylan’s Newport moment is widely regarded as one of the most pivotal moments in the history of 20th-century popular music,” said Mark Davidson, curator of the exhibit and senior director of archives and exhibitions at American Song Archives. He adds that the exhibit “cuts through the myths to present a dynamic, kaleidoscopic portrait of an artist in a way that only the Bob Dylan Center can.”

Going Electric: Bob Dylan ’65 is set to open July 24, and will run until the spring of 2026.

More info can be found at BobDylanCenter.com.

Dylan’s electric performance at Newport was depicted in the biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet. The Oscar-nominated film is now streaming on Hulu.

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