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David Lee Roth has revealed that he’s sold his publishing.

In an interview with The Associated Press at the Coachella Festival, which was just published to YouTube, the former Van Halen frontman reveals he sold his publishing catalog “eight months ago.” He didn’t reveal who he sold it to.

He then told the reporter, “Ask me how I feel.” When they did, he replied with a laugh, “Rich,” noting, “For the first time in my life I can rub two coins together and create a little interest. No, really.”

Roth was the surprise guest during both weekends off Coachella, coming out to perform “Jump” with Teddy Swims.

Roth is currently on a U.S. tour, where he’s been performing a set filled with Van Halen classics. He’s even been performing the track “Little Dreamer” from Van Halen’s 1978 self-titled debut, which is the first time he’s performed the song since 2003.

Roth’s Don’t Love Me, Rent Me tour hits Austin, Texas, on April 29. A complete list of dates can be found at DavidLeeRoth.com.

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KISS recently announced the dates for the 2026 KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas, and now Gene Simmons has revealed details of this year’s lineup.

This year’s convention will be held Nov. 13-15 at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. In addition to two unmasked KISS shows featuring Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, the weekend will feature an all-star tribute to KISS founding member Ace Frehley, who passed away in 2025. According to the announcement, the tribute will include “sit-ins from members of KISS & guests.”

The weekend will also include performances by Night Ranger, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, Slaughter and Faster Pussycat. There will also be a pre-party on Nov. 12 featuring the Ace Frehley Band, Enuff Z’Nuff and others.

In addition to performances, the weekend will include a whole host of activities, like Q&A artist panels, a KISS lookalike contest, KISS karaoke and artist meet-and-greets.

Folks can register now at KissKruiseVegas.com to get the first info on when reservations open.

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It’s not clear if it was planned that way, but two of Sabrina Carpenter’s special guests at her April 18 Coachella performance just happened to be former colleagues who were able to catch up at the event.

Madonna performed onstage with Sabrina, while Geena Davis appeared in a prerecorded piece, delivering a monologue as an older version of Sabrina. But more than three decades previously, Madonna and Geena co-starred in the 1992 movie A League of Their Own, a fictionalized account of the real-life all-female professional baseball team that existed during World War II.

Now Geena has posted a photo of herself posing backstage with Madonna at Coachella. “Mae – so happy to see you again! Love, Dottie,” she captioned the photo. Madonna played “All the Way” Mae Mordabito in the movie, while Geena played Dorothy “Dottie” Hinson.

One fan wrote in the comments, quoting the film’s most famous line, “I know there’s no crying in baseball but I’m literally crying.”

A League of Their Own, directed by Penny Marshall and also starring Tom Hanks, Lori Petty and Rosie O’Donnell, was a critical and commercial success. It was preserved in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2012.

During Sabrina’s April 10 Coachella appearance, the part of older Sabrina in the prerecorded monologue was played by Susan Sarandon, Geena’s co-star in 1991’s Thelma & Louise.

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Live Nation is once again giving fans a way to enjoy live music this summer without breaking the bank.

The concert promoter is set to launch what they’re calling the Summer of Live, offering $30 all-in concert tickets to over 4,000 shows.

The promotion includes tickets for artists like John Mellencamp, Rod Stewart, John Fogerty, Paul Simon, The Black Crowes, James Taylor, Chicago and Styx, Deep Purple, Sammy Hagar, Santana and The Doobie Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner, The Guess Who, Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe and more.

The promotion runs from April 29 to May 5 at LiveNation.com/SummerofLive. After picking a show, there will be the option for tickets labeled “Summer of Live Promotion,” to add to your cart.

There’s also an option for early access for Live Nation All Access members starting Thursday, April 23, and T-Mobile members starting Tuesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time.

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Duran Duran has reteamed with Nile Rodgers for a brand new song.

The artists have just released the new song, “Free to Love,” described as an “uplifting, high-energy track built around a euphoric groove.”

“‘Free to Love’ is disco for the 2020s,” says Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon. “It’s up-beat and up-tempo; it’s about freedom; it’s about loving the modern world instead of hating it, and that is something we need right now. Be free! Be free to love!”

“True love is free and unconditional,” Rodgers, who co-wrote the song, adds. “My love for Duran Duran, and what our music together has always been about, is the love we share for our song’s deepest meanings. Whatever chaos is going on outside, inside the studio we’re free to love our peace.”

“Free to Love,” now available via digital outlets, is accompanied by a music video, directed by Jonas Åkerlund.

Duran Duran has a long history with Rodgers, starting with his 1984 remix of “The Reflex,” which became Duran Duran’s first #1 song.

“Every time we plug in and play with Nile, the electricity he generates could light up a whole city,” says Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes. “We share a common belief that music is a force for good and something that brings positive energy into the world.” He noted that the song “has a simple message, there is nothing more important than freedom and love. We certainly need a lot more of both in the world right now.”

The song’s release comes as Duran Duran is getting ready to headline the BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, California, on May 1. They’ll then head to Las Vegas for four nights at the Fontainebleau, May 2, 6, 8 and 9.

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On This Day, April 23, 1976…

The Rolling Stones released their 13th studio album, Black and Blue, which was their first following the departure of guitarist Mick Taylor.

His eventual replacement, Ronnie Wood, is featured on three songs on the album. The Stones used the recording sessions as auditions for Taylor’s replacement, with other guitarists like Jeff Beck, Robert A. Johnson and Wayne Perkins taking part.

The album went to #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, where it spent four weeks.

In November, ahead of the album’s 50th anniversary, The Stones reissued the album as a five-LP or four-CD super-deluxe box set, featuring an album of outtakes and jams, and a recording of a 1976 concert at Earls Court in London, which was part of a six-night residency at the venue.

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New on Netflix in April is Sitting Bull, a two-part History Channel documentary about the legendary leader of the Lakota people. But rock fans may not be aware that its main title theme is one of the last things Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Robbie Robertson worked on before his 2023 death.

The theme was created by Robbie and his son, Sebastian Robertson, drawing from their Native American heritage. Earlier this year, it won both of them a CLIO Award.

“The idea was, I was going make the piece of music, get it into a pretty good place and share it with my dad, and then we were gonna build it together,” Sebastian told ABC Audio.

“He was really happy with the first demo I did … and that’s, like, an impossible thing to have happen with my dad. He’s very picky and very detail-oriented.”

Sebastian and Robbie then joined forces. “We sat down in his studio with it. We batted back and forth some guitar ideas,” he explains. He also incorporated a melody that Robbie began humming.

“I made it into something that I thought worked for the theme. And I said, ‘I think we should send this in’ … and they loved it,” he said.

Robbie passed away during the production of documentary, and while Sebastian finished the theme for broadcast, he said he continued to feel his dad’s presence.

“My dad was still there working with me,” he recalled. “And we were just kind of working on a mystic level at that point. And by the end of it, you know, I felt incredibly proud of the music.”

“It probably will always be the most memorable and important thing that I do,” he added. “Because it will be the last thing that I ever did with my dad.” 
 

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Eagles will be reissuing their 1975 album, One of These Nights, on May 1, and they’ve just shared another bonus track from the release.

One of These Nights (Deluxe Edition) includes a previously unreleased concert, recorded Sept. 28, 1975, at Anaheim Stadium in California. They’re previewing the concert with the digital release of a live performance of the On the Border track “Best of My Love.”

The concert features Eagles members Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Bernie Leadon and Don Felder performing tracks from One of These Nights, as well as other hits. The show, Leadon’s final performance with the band, features his eventual replacement, Joe Walsh, joining them for the encore to perform his track “Rocky Mountain Way.”

One of These Nights (Deluxe Edition) will be released as a three-CD/Blu-ray set, featuring a new mix of the album and the 1975 concert. The Blu-ray features Dolby Atmos and high-res stereo mixes of both the album and concert. It will also be available digitally and as a three-LP set featuring the new album mix and the concert. All formats are available for preorder now.

The deluxe reissue is coming out just one day before the Eagles headline New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 2. They also have May shows in Atlanta; Nashville; Arlington, Texas; and Hollywood, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found at Eagles.com.

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Neil Young has given fans an update on his next album and has revealed it will include three songs he wrote in the ’60s.

In the latest post to his Neil Young Archives website, Young writes that the new album is “quite a special album to me.” He adds, “Music is a gift and when it comes like this I really feel it. Everything here feels so good. I hope you will agree.”

He goes on to say that the album includes five news songs that he recorded with his band The Chrome Hearts, noting they recorded four on day one in the studio, and the fifth on day two.

“We were then out of songs. We needed more,” he writes. “The next morning I had a song going through my head and was playing it. I checked it out in the archives and found it was from 1963, unreleased.”

“There were three more. I found the three others with it … also unreleased!” he continues. “Three 60 year old songs and five brand new ones!”

Young says the album is now “ready to go,” adding, “I cannot wait for you to hear it and I hope it gives you what it gives me.” He says the album is “coming soon.”

But before we get the new album, Young says he’ll be releasing As Time Explodes, a live album he recorded with The Chrome Heart on their 2025 U.S. and European tour. He says the album is “ready to go,” although he doesn’t reveal any details about a possible release date.

Young released his first album with The Chrome Hearts, Talkin to the Trees, in June 2025.

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Another clip from the upcoming John Lennon and Yoko Ono concert film, Power to the People: John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests – Live at the One To One Concert, New York City, 1972, has just been released.

The latest features a performance of “Instant Karma!,” John’s third solo single, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. This is the second performance clip released from the film, following a video for “Imagine.”

Power to the People captures John and Yoko’s historic August 1972 concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden, which were John’s only full-length performances after The Beatles’ 1970 breakup. The pair were joined by special guests, including Stevie Wonder and Sha Na Na. The concerts raised over $1.5 million for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The footage of the concerts has been restored, reedited and remixed by a team led by the couple’s son, Sean Ono Lennon.

Power to the People will screen in theaters nationwide starting April 29 for a limited time. Tickets are on sale now.

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