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Billy Idol is back with new music.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee just released the new tune “Still Dancing,” the first single off his upcoming album, Dream Into It, which will be released April 25.

“‘Still Dancing’ is really a reflection of my whole journey,” Idol shares. “From the punk rock
period through to now. And I’m still looking towards the future, still living the life I set out to live.”

The album, Idol’s first full-length release since 2014’s Kings & Queens of the Underground, will feature guest appearances by Joan Jett, Avril Lavigne and The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart.

Dream Into It is available for preorder now.

Following the release of the record, Idol will hit the road on the It’s A Nice Day To … Tour Again tour, featuring special guest Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. The tour will kick off April 30 in Phoenix and wrap Sept. 25 at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. A complete list of dates can be found at BillyIdol.net.

Here is the track list for Dream Into It:
“Dream Into It”
“77” (featuring Avril Lavigne)
“Too Much Fun”
“John Wayne” (featuring Alison Mosshart)
“Wildside” (featuring Joan Jett)
“People I Love”
“Gimme The Weight”
“I’m Your Hero”
“Still Dancing”

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Paul McCartney has written another book.

The Beatles legend is set to release Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, which is described as “a landmark account” of the rocker’s “triumphant musical reinvention in the 1970s and the subsequent rise of one of the decade’s most iconic bands.”

The book, edited by historian Ted Widmer, is culled from interviews with McCartney and other important players in the band. It centers around Wings’ nine albums, which featured such classic tunes as “Live and Let Die,” “Band on the Run,” “My Love,” “Jet,” “With a Little Luck,” “Silly Love Songs,” “Let ‘Em In” and more.

“I’m so very happy to be transported back to the time that was Wings and relive some of our madcap adventures through this book,” McCartney shares. “Starting from scratch after The Beatles felt crazy at times. There were some very difficult moments and I often questioned my decision. But as we got better I thought, ‘OK this is really good.’”

He adds, “We proved Wings could be a really good band. To play to huge audiences in the same way The Beatles had and have an impact in a different way. It was a huge buzz.”

Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run will be released Nov. 4.

This isn’t McCartney’s first book. In 2021 he released The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, based on conversations McCartney had with the Irish poet Paul Muldoon. In it McCartney recounted the inspirations behind over 100 of his songs.

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On This Day, Feb. 26, 1995…

Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant kicked off a tour together in Pensacola, Florida.

The tour followed the November 1994 release of the joint album, No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded.

The album was a recording of the duo’s MTV Unledded special, which was filmed in London and Wales and aired in October of that year. It featured orchestrations of Led Zeppelin tunes, with the duo backed by a Moroccan string band and an Egyptian orchestra. It also included four new songs.

The tour featured a set heavy on Led Zeppelin tunes, including “Kashmir,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Dancing Days” “Immigrant Song” and more.

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Folks who didn’t get to catch Bono’s Stories of Surrender book tour will finally get a chance to see what they missed.

Apple TV+ is set to air the new documentary, Bono: Stories of Surrender, on May 30. The doc will feature what’s described as a “reimagining” of the U2 frontman’s one-man stage show, Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief, which coincided with the release of his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, released in November 2022.

The doc will feature footage from one of his shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre, which had him sharing stories of about his life, family, friends and more, along with performances of some U2 songs “that have shaped his life and legacy.”

And 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, recorded in 8K with Spatial Audio to produce a 180-degree video. It will be the first feature-length film to be available on Apple Vision Pro.

Bono’s Stories of Surrender book tour kicked off in November 2022 at the Beacon Theatre in New York, and had him hitting 14 cities in the U.S. and around the world. He later added a longer residency at the Beacon.

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The 90-track compilation album Good Music to Lift Los Angeles raised $275,000 in just 24 hours to help those affected by the California wildfires.

The album featured previously unreleased recordings, including covers, remixes, live tracks and unreleased demos. One such song was a previously unreleased R.E.M. live recording of the New Adventures in Hi-Fi song “Electrolite,” from the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 6, 1999.

The album also featured a live cover of the R.E.M. track “The One I Love” by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

Other artists contributing to the compilation included Soul Asylum, Dawes, The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie, Jeff Tweedy, Modest Mouse and Tenacious D.

Good Music to Lift Los Angeles was released Feb. 7 on Bandcamp and was available for 24 hours. All of the net proceeds from the record are being donated to California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund and the LA Food Bank. In addition, Bandcamp is donating 100% of its share of album sales to MusiCares’ relief efforts.

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Def Leppard is set to headline Ottawa Bluesfest, a nine-day festival that runs July 10-13 and July 16-20.

The “Hysteria” rockers will headline the July 16 bill that also features Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, The Decemberists and more.

Other headliners include Green Day, Hozier, Shania Twain, Lainey Wilson and Papa Roach.

Presales begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET, and tickets go on sale to the general public Thursday at 10 a.m. ET.
For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit OttawaBluesfest.ca.

Def Leppard is set to headline several other festivals this year, including Rockin’ Thunder in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Boardwalk Rock 2025 in Ocean City, Maryland; Milwaukee’s Summerfest; and Country Thunder Craven 2025 in Saskatchewan, Canada. Their next show is May 15 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A complete list of dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.

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Lenny Kravitz and Devo are among the artists booked to play the 12th edition of Shaky Knees Music Festival, taking place Sept. 19-21 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta.

The festival will be headlined by The Deftones, My Chemical Romance and blink-182, with the lineup also featuring 4 Non Blondes, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Alabama Shakes, Sublime, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend and more.

A presale begins Thursday at 10 a.m. ET.

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit ShakyKneesFestival.com.

Kravitz has been booking a lot of festivals in the U.S. this year. He’s already set to play Beachlife Festival in Redondo Beach, California; New Orleans Jazz Fest; Roots Picnic 2025 in Philadelphia; JAS Aspen Snowmass in Aspen, Colorado; and Oceans Calling in Ocean City, Maryland.

Devo is also set to play Oceans Calling, as well as Milwaukee Summerfest. They’ll also kick off their own tour, 50 Years of Devolution … Continued, on May 1 in Philadelphia.

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Stephen Stills and Neil Young are set to perform together at the upcoming Light Up The Blues fundraiser for Autism Speaks.

The show, hosted by Stills and his wife, Kristen, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Autism Speaks, which is “dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.”

The show will be held April 26 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, with a lineup that also includes Billy Idol, Linda Perry, Cat Power, Christina Applegate and Stephen’s sons, Chris Stills and Oliver Stills. 

“We are once again feeling grateful that we can play a part in helping Autism Speaks to fulfill their mission of creating such meaningful progress for autistic people and their families,” Stephen and Kristen share. “All the amazing artists joining us to celebrate autistic people will give our audience a night to remember for many years to come and we can’t wait to be with them once again!”

This is the seventh year of the charity show, which launched in 2013 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Young has played previous installments, as have such artists as Crosby, Stills & Nash, John Mayer, Jack Black, Patti Smith, Joe Walsh, Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow.

Tickets for Light Up The Blues go on sale Friday.

In other Stephen Stills news, he’ll join Judy Collins at her 85th birthday celebration in New York. Judy Collins and Friends: 85 Years of Music and Protest is happening March 8 at The Town Hall in New York. Other artists on the bill include Rickie Lee Jones and Paula Cole.

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The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page have shared another track from their upcoming 25th anniversary rerelease of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek.

The latest is a soundcheck performance of the Led Zeppelin tune “The Lemon Song.” It is one of five soundcheck recordings featured in the package. The others include “Custard Pie,” “You Shook Me,” “Ten Years Gone” and “Jam,” a song Page and The Crowes’ Rich Robinson wrote during a soundcheck.

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek, dropping March 14, features 36 tracks, 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.

“The Lemon Song” is the third track that’s been released from the set. They previously released a performance of The Crowes tune “No Speak No Slave” and a never-before-released performance of “Bring It on Home,” from Led Zeppelin’s 1969 album Led Zeppelin II.

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek is available for preorder now.

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Chris Jasper, a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame R&B group The Isley Brothers, passed away Sunday, according to an announcement on his official Facebook page. He was 73.

According to the post he had been diagnosed with cancer in December.

A classically trained musician who studied at Juilliard, Jasper served as keyboardist, vocalist and more in The Isley Brothers. He also co-wrote and co-produced several of their songs, including “For the Love of You,” “Between the Sheets” and “Fight the Power.”

After the group broke up in 1984, Jasper teamed with Earnie and Marvin Isley to form the trio Isley-Jasper-Isley, which had a hit with the tune “Caravan of Love.”

Jasper was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Isley Brothers in 1992 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2022. The group also received a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 2014.

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