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The John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentary One to One: John & Yoko is coming to HBO.

The film, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, will debut Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

One to One follows the 18 months John and Yoko lived in New York’s Greenwich Village in the early ’70s. It culminates with the pair’s 1972 One to One concerts, which were Lennon’s only full-length performances after The Beatles‘ 1970 breakup.

The film features never-before-seen and fully restored footage of the concerts. It also includes audio recordings the couple made of themselves when they feared the FBI was listening in on their phone.

One to One previously screened at a variety of festivals, including the Venice Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. It opened in IMAX theaters in April.

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Bruce Springsteen continues to come out in support of his biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.

The Boss attended the AFI Fest opening screening of the film at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood alongside the film’s director, Scott Cooper, and cast Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young and others.

Springsteen also treated the audience to a post-screening performance of two songs: “Atlantic City,” which is featured on Nebraska, the making of which is the subject of the film; and “Land of Hope and Dreams,” from his 2012 album, Wrecking Ball.

He told the audience before he started performing, “I really love the people who made this film,” and then joked, “This is my last night in the movie business, I’m sticking to music.”

Deliver Me From Nowhere opens in theaters on Friday.

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While the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has released few details about what is going to happen on induction night, Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers may have shared a hint about what fans can expect when the band is inducted.

During an interview with Rolling Stone, Rodgers revealed there’s a good chance he and Simon Kirke, the only other surviving member of Bad Company, may perform.

“I’m going to be there for sure, yeah. And I believe Simon is, too,” he said, when asked if he was attending the ceremony. When questioned about performing, he replied, “Well, we may well. We’ll see how we go.”

“Well, they want us to, and I may,” he added. “I haven’t decided what songs to sing at this point in time. But it could be ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy.'”

Rodgers says he’s “a little bit nervous” about the ceremony, especially since he has to make a speech. He notes, “I’m not used to really making speeches of any nature, but I’ll be ok.”

As for his fellow inductees, he says he’s a fan of the late Joe Cocker, explaining, “I toured with him on the ARMS tour. He’s such a great guy. He said to me once, ‘Singing is sometimes like pushing a ten-ton truck up a very steep hill.’ I said, ‘I know what you mean, Joe.’ I’m sure he would love this. He was such a great singer.”

The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Nov. 8 in Los Angeles and will stream live on Disney+ starting at 8 p.m. ET. ABC will also air a highlights special on Jan. 1, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET.

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The Doors‘ 2009 documentary, When You’re Strange, is returning to theaters as part of the band’s continuing celebration of their 60th anniversary.

The Grammy Award-winning doc, directed by Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp, will hit theaters on Dec. 4 and Dec. 6. The release has been remastered in 4K, with a new introduction from surviving Doors members John Densmore and Robby Krieger.

The showings will include the worldwide debut of a new performance of “Riders on the Storm.” The performance, in partnership with Playing for Change, will feature the pair joined by 20 musicians, including Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson, Sierra Ferrell and Rami Jaffee of the Foo Fighters, as well dancers from eight countries.

Tickets for When You Are Strange are on sale now.

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Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist who, along with singer Marc Almond, rose to fame as the ’80s synth pop group Soft Cell, has passed away.

His death was confirmed on the Soft Cell website, which reported he “passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home” on Wednesday. He was 66.

“He was a wonderfully brilliant musical genius and the pair of us have been on a journey together for almost 50 years,” Almond writes in a tribute on the website. “He will always be loved by the Soft Cell fans who love his music, and his music and memory will live on.”

He adds, “Thank you Dave for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me. I wouldn’t be where I am without you.”

Ball and Almond formed Soft Cell in 1979 when they were both students at Leeds Polytechnic. They released their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, in 1981. It included their breakthrough hit “Tainted Love,” which was a top-10 hit in the U.S., and hit #1 in the U.K. and 17 other countries.

After splitting in 1984, Ball and Almond reunited several times, including in 2018 when they played a show at the O2 Arena in London, which they said would their last U.K. gig. But it sparked a resurgence, and they continued to tour and release albums.

According to the post on the Soft Cell site, they had been back in the studio working on a new album, Danceteria, which will be their sixth and now final release. Their last show together happened at the Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames, England, in August.

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David Byrne, and members of KISS and The Guess Who are among the contenders for the 2026 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The organization has announced the artists in the running for induction next year, with the Talking Heads frontman, KISS’ Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, and The Guess Who’s Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings all nominated in the performers category.

Other performers nominated this year include: The Go-Go’s Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin; America’s Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell; Kenny Loggins; Taylor Swift; Pink; Sarah McLachlan; LL Cool J; The Carpenters’ Richard Carpenter; Harry Wayne Casey aka KC of KC and the Sunshine Band; and Boz Scaggs.

In the non-performing category, the nominees include folks who wrote or co-wrote hits like Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Donna Summers’ “Hot Stuff,” Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” Madonna’s “Like A Prayer,” Starship’s “We Built This City” and Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical.”

Nominees become eligible 20 years after their first commercial release of a song. Voting will run through Dec. 4, and the inductees will be celebrated at a gala event in New York City next year.

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On This Day, Oct. 23, 2020 …

Bruce Springsteen released his 12th studio album, Letter To You, his first new studio album with the E Street Band since 2014’s High Hopes.

The album debuted at #2 in the U.S. and topped the charts in the U.K., Italy, Ireland, Australia and several other countries.

The album’s title track was the first single from the record, followed by “Ghosts.” It also featured three tracks — “If I Was the Priest,” “Janey Needs a Shooter” and “Song for Orphans” — that were written prior to Springsteen’s 1973 debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.

The album’s release was accompanied by a making-of documentary, which streamed on Apple TV. It was directed by Springsteen’s longtime collaborator Thom Zimny.

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U2 was honored with the Woody Guthrie Prize Tuesday at a ceremony in Tulsa, Oklahoma, hosted by the Woody Guthrie Center.

Bono and The Edge were on hand to accept the award, named after the late folk icon, which recognizes “a recipient who embodies the spirit of Woody Guthrie’s social consciousness and musical legacy.” The event was held at Cain’s Ballroom, a venue U2 headlined in 1981 on their Boy tour.

The pair took part in a conversation about art and activism, with Bono crediting Bob Dylan with introducing him to Guthrie. He noted that Dylan “really did bring us to the place where the song was an instrument to open up worlds.”

“Our favorite protest songs always had a sense of vision, something to aim for … you don’t talk about the darkness, you make the light brighter,” The Edge added. “I believe music can actually change the mood of the room and actually shift a culture.”

The rockers also treated the audience to a surprise performance of six songs: “Running to Stand Still,” which included a bit of Guthrie’s “Bound for Glory”; “Mothers of the Disappeared”; “Sunday Bloody Sunday”; “One”; “Pride (In The Name of Love),” which also featured a bit of Guthrie’s “Jesus Christ”; and “Yahweh.”

Bono also gave fans a preview of what’s on the way for U2, sharing lyrics to a song he’s working on about the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, a consultant on the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land who was killed in July by an Israeli settler.

The lyrics include: “One father shot/ three children crying/ if there is no law/ is there no crime/ if there is no hope/ what’s there to rhyme/ history is written/ one life at a time/ ONE LIFE AT A TIME.”

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Melissa Etheridge is hitting the road in 2026.

The “Come to My Window” singer has just announced dates for The Rise Tour, which kicks off March 26 in Detroit.

The tour will hit cities in Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Texas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and more before wrapping May 9 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

An artist presale is happening now, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

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

Etheridge spent much of the summer on the road on the Yes We Are tour with the Indigo Girls. It wrapped Oct. 12 in Phoenix. She also recently dropped a brand new single, “Don’t You Want a Woman.” 

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Rush has announced second shows in the newly added cities to the band’s 2026 Fifty Something comeback tour.

The itinerary now includes extra dates for stops in Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Denver, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The first shows in those cities were announced on Monday.

Registration is open now through Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET for access to a Rush artist presale, which begins Oct. 27 at noon local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Oct. 31 at noon local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Rush.com.

Rush’s initial tour announcement, made on Oct. 6, consisted of multiple shows in seven cities. The full tour kicks off June 7 in Los Angeles and wraps Dec. 17 in Vancouver.

The Fifty Something tour will be the first time Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have toured as Rush since the death of drummer Neil Peart in 2020. Playing drums on the tour will be Anika Nilles, who previously worked with the late Jeff Beck.

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