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Cyndi Lauper is famous for her crazy and colorful style, both onstage and off. So it’s only fitting that an artist who’s known for that same thing be the one to induct her into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Chappell Roan will do the honors when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony streams live on Disney+ on Nov. 8. Chappell says in an Instagram video, “She has inspired me with her fashion, her hair, of course her makeup, her music — I actually auditioned with ‘True Colors’ for America’s Got Talent when I was 13.”

Chappell laughs, “I didn’t make it, but the song is still incredible. I’m so excited, thank you for having me! Cyndi!”

In addition to their fashion sense, Chappell and Cyndi have something else in common: They’re both passionate about LGBTQ+ rights. For years, Cyndi’s True Colors Fund has provided aid and support for LGBTQ+ youth facing homelessness, and Chappell recently launched the Midwest Princess Project to provide resources for trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will also feature Teddy Swims, Olivia Rodrigo, Missy Elliott, Bryan Adams, Doja Cat, Brandi Carlile, Elton John and RAYE, plus many more. This year’s inductees include the late Joe Cocker, U.K. rockers Bad Company, Soundgarden, The White Stripes, Outkast and Salt-N-Pepa.

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Bon Jovi has added two more dates to their Forever Tour in 2026.

The trek’s only U.S. shows are happening at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Due to overwhelming demand, the New Jersey rockers have added two more dates to the stint, July 16 and 19.

The six-night New York stand will kick off July 9 and will be followed by shows in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Dublin, Ireland, before wrapping Sept. 4 at London’s Wembley Stadium.

The Forever Tour will be Bon Jovi’s first trek since frontman Jon Bon Jovi underwent vocal cord surgery in 2022.

Registration is now open for a presale for the new New York shows. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

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Sammy Hagar is bringing his Best of All Worlds Tour to the U.K.

The former Van Halen frontman has announced a four-city tour that will once again have him backed by Van Halen’s Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff.

The arena tour, featuring special guest Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, begins July 4, 2026, in Manchester, with stops in Birmingham and Leeds, before wrapping July 9, 2026, at London’s O2 Arena.

The trek is Sammy’s first time playing the U.K. since 1996. “It’s been a long time coming. Let’s rock!” Hagar wrote on Instagram.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Hagar launched the Best of All Worlds Tour back in July 2024. The tour had him celebrating the Van Halen catalog, along with solo hits and more. In May 2025 he launched the Best of All Worlds Las Vegas residency at the Dolby Live at Park MGM. He’ll return to the venue in March and September of 2026 for a new round of residency dates.

He also released a live album, Sammy Hagar & The Best of All Worlds Band – The Residency, in October.

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

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The U.K.’s poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has released a new poem inspired by Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were Here.

The poem, Dear Pink Floyd, is part of the band’s upcoming 50th anniversary reissue of the album, dropping Dec. 12. Armitage reads it in a new video posted to YouTube.

“I was thinking about the album and their noise, and what effect that has had on people right across the globe,” Armitage says of the poem. “I didn’t know whether I could put into words what that music sounded like. I only get involved with projects if I think I can’t do them, so this was a natural invitation.”

“I wanted to write something that was album-shaped, that would fit onto the side of an LP and bleed right to the margins of a square,” he adds. “I was trying to mimic the noise of Wish You Were Here – there are no gaps in it. Like a wall of warm sound. I wanted the text to be a physical manifestation of that.”

Finally, he notes, “There aren’t many artistic experiences in the form of noise that send shivers up my spine and make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. But when I put Wish You Were Here on as a record, and it begins, I get that feeling every single time.”

Wish You Were Here 50 will be released in a variety of formats, including a digital release that features the original album mixed in Dolby Atmos. It will feature 25 bonus tracks, including six tracks that have never been released before.

The bonus material also includes 16 live bootleg recordings from a concert at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on April 26, 1975, which are getting their first-ever official release.

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The Stray Cats have canceled their latest tour.

The band was supposed to kick off their a new tour on Oct. 25 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, but canceled the first two dates due to frontman Brian Setzer suffering a “serious illness.” Now, they’ve scrapped the whole thing.

“I’m heartbroken to share, due to serious illness, I am unable to perform and very regrettably have to cancel our Stray Cats tour,” Setzer shared in a statement. “I know this affects so many people and I am devastated to have to deliver this news.”

He added, “I’ve been trying everything I can to go on and do these shows, but it is just not possible. I’ve been looking forward so much to being on stage with my band mates again and playing for all of our amazing fans, and I’m gutted.”

The tour was to feature original band members Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom, and would have been their first trek since February 2024. It was also supposed to be their first tour since Setzer’s announcement in February that he’d been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and that one of the side effects was that he was no longer able to play guitar, although in September he shared video of him playing guitar again.

Ticketholders will get refunds at the point of purchase.

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Blondie‘s reissuing their 1999 comeback album, No Exit, on Friday, and Debbie Harry and Chris Stein are giving fans some insight into the record.

The band just released a new video, the No Exit Interrogation Tapes, in which Harry and Stein are questioned about the record. They reveal things like who came up with the title, their favorite songs, how it felt to reunite and more.

Both Harry and Stein say their late drummer Clem Burke came up with the title, suggesting he was insistent on it. Notes Stein, “It was kinda like, yeah, we’ll call it that, shut up already.”

Both artists also shared their favorite memories of Burke, who passed away in April.

“Clem was, you know, a singular character, but he was great with our kids when they would come on tour, and they remembered him very fondly and he was just really generous with them,” Stein said. Harry recounted a time when Burke came to her rescue.

“I was standing in the front of the bus where there were benches, you know, along the wall and something happened and the driver slammed on the brakes, but I mean slammed on the brakes,” she said. “And I was airborne and Clem caught me. And I was headed right for the windshield. I was going to hit that windshield.”

Harry ends the video by teasing the next Blondie record.

“I can reveal the name of the next Blondie album but … what’s it worth?” she says, with the camera cutting off, followed by “High Noon, 2026” quickly appearing on the screen.

Harry previously revealed the album’s title in a Los Angeles Times interview. Blondie also slipped the news into an announcement for a special edition of the 2023 Z2 Comics graphic novel Blondie: Against the Odds.

(Video includes uncensored profanity.)

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All I want for Christmas is … to get a buzz on at Mariah Carey‘s Holiday Bar. 

For the second year in a row, Mariah will be offering some Christmas cheer — the alcoholic kind — in pop-up bars in select cities: LA, New York, Miami and Las Vegas. In addition to cocktails made with Mariah’s signature Black Irish cream liqueur, fans will enjoy interactive photo ops with Santa’s sleigh, Mariah’s album artwork and an awards wall.

Plus, fans will be able to write a letter to Mariah, giving her your holiday wish list, while singing along to Mariah’s Christmas songs. Exclusive holiday merch and limited-edition vinyls will also be on offer, including copies of her new album Here For It All.

The fun starts Nov. 13 at LA‘s Mondrian Sky Bar. New York follows Nov. 14 at UNTITLED at 3 Freeman Alley. Miami’s next on Nov. 20 at Ray’s Hometown Bar. The last pop-up is in Las Vegas on Nov. 28 at On The Record. You can join the wait list at whatever city you prefer at Bucketlisters.com to be notified when reservations open for the experiences.

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KISS drummer and founding member Peter Criss appears to be teasing some news.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who left KISS in 1980, posted a new black-and-white teaser on YouTube that opens with images of a skyline on a rainy night, and then moves to what appears to be a rundown building with cobwebs on the walls, with crates on the ground that read “Criss.”

As a flash of lightning strikes across the sky, the image of a building that reads “Criss Incorporated” comes into view, with the images of cat eyes in the background, an obvious reference to his KISS Catman persona.

The clip ends with the date “October 31, 2025” on the screen, followed by the logos for two record labels, Flatiron Recordings and Silvercraft Records, Inc.

While Criss didn’t give any other clues as to what he’s teasing, the label logos suggests new music may be on the way. In April he revealed that he was working on a solo album.

If he is indeed teasing a new album, it will be Criss’ first solo album since 2007’s One For All.

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A teaser has been released for the upcoming Paul McCartney documentary, Man on the Run.

The film, directed by Morgan Neville, looks at McCartney’s life following the breakup of The Beatles, including the formation of his band Wings.

“The Beatles had broken up and I was thinking, what do I do now?” McCartney says at the opening of the clip. “How can I ever do anything that’s anywhere near as good as The Beatles?”

Set to the Wings tune “Band on the Run,” the rest of the teaser features archival photos and video, including clips of The Beatles, the rocker with his wife and Wings bandmate Linda McCartney, and more.

“I was on my own for the first time. I had to look inside myself, so I put a new band together,” McCartney says in the voice-over. “I thought, we should start from square one. It was a puzzle I had to unravel.”

Man on the Run is set to premiere globally on Prime Video on Feb. 25, 2026.

McCartney is also releasing a new book about his post-Beatles career. Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run will be released Nov. 4.

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Peter Frampton is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his iconic live album Frampton Comes Alive! with a special performance. 

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will be featured in a special episode of the Recorded Live at Analog series, dubbed Frampton Comes Alive 50th, Hits and More, which will be recorded on Nov. 8 at the Analog Hotel in Nashville.

Tickets for the event are on sale now.

Released in January 1976, Frampton Comes Alive! helped launch Frampton to stardom, with the album becoming one of the bestselling live albums of all time. It features live performances of now-iconic Frampton tunes like “Show Me the Way,” “Baby, I Love Your Way” and “Do You Feel Like We Do,” which all became top-15 hits.

The album would go on to become Frampton’s only #1 record, spending 10 nonconsecutive weeks in the top spot. In 2020 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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