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We are getting our first look at Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen.

The Bear star will play The Boss in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, and 20th Century Studios has just released the first photo of White in character, wearing a flannel shirt and leather jacket.

Production is now underway on Deliver Me From Nowhere, based on author Warren Zanes’ book, which follows Springsteen as he makes his 1982 solo record Nebraska.

“Beginning production on this film is an incredibly humbling and thrilling journey,” said the film’s director Scott Cooper. “Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska has profoundly shaped my artistic vision. The album’s raw, unvarnished portrayal of life’s trials and resilience resonates deeply with me.”

He adds, “Our film aims to capture that same spirit, bringing Warren Zanes’ compelling narrative of Bruce’s life to the screen with authenticity and hope, honoring Bruce’s legacy in a transformative cinematic experience.”

Deliver Me From Nowhere also stars Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young, Sir Stephen Graham, and Johnny Cannizzaro.

The film is expected in theaters in 2025.

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Art from music legends like Bob Dylan, Bono, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr is set to go on display at a new art exhibition and sale in November.

Beyond the Stage: Art by Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll, described as “the largest collection of art by iconic names in rock and roll” is opening Nov. 7 at Animazing Gallery in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. 

It will feature an array of drawings, sketches, paintings, unique guitars and other works of fine art from some huge names in music. Other stars with art in the exhibit include Stevie Nicks, The Doors’ Robby Krieger, John Lennon, David Bowie, Jerry Garcia, Gene Simmons and Steven Tyler.

To celebrate the opening, a special event will be held at Animazing Gallery on Nov. 8, with appearances by guitarists Steve Vai and Billy Morrison, who’ll both have pieces shown at the gallery.

“I’m honored to have been invited to show my abstract art at Animazing Gallery’s exhibit along with so many inspired artists,” said Vai. “It’s a unique exhibit that explores the artistic expression of musical icons. We know their musical expressions, but at this exhibit we get to see how that translates into shapes and colors.”

The exhibit will mark the first time all these works have been shown together.

And folks who can’t make it to Vegas will still be able to enjoy the collection. The show will be available to stream at www.animazinggallery.com.

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The surviving members of the Grateful Dead – Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann – have paid tribute to their bassist and founding member Phil Lesh, who died Friday at the age of 84.

“Today we lost a brother,” the trio wrote on social media. “Phil Lesh was irreplaceable. In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river would flow. It went where the muse took it. He was an explorer of inner and outer space who just happened to play bass. He was a circumnavigator of formerly unknown musical worlds. And more.”

“We can count on the fingers of one hand the people we can say had as profound an influence on our development – in every sense,” they continued. “And there have been even less people who did so continuously over the decades and will continue to for as long as we live. What a gift for us. We won’t say he will be missed, as in any given moment, nothing we do will be without the lessons he taught us – and the lessons that are yet to come, as the conversations will go on.” 

The post described Phil as “much more than a virtuoso bass player,” noting he was “a composer, a family man, a cultural icon…”

“There will be a lot of tributes, and they will all say important things. But for us, we’ve spent a lifetime making music with Phil Lesh and the music has a way of saying it all,” they shared. “So listen to the Grateful Dead and, in that way, we’ll all take a little bit of Phil with us, forever.”

They ended the post with, “For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago…”

In addition to the group tribute, Kruetzmann, Hart and Weir also shared their own personal tributes on their social media pages.  

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Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh has announced the cancelation of his annual veterans charity concert VetsAid, which was due to take place Nov. 11 at UBS Arena in New York.

A post on social media blamed the cancellation on “circumstances beyond organizers’ control.”

“The wellbeing of our veterans and their families remains my foremost concern and the primary mission of VetsAid,” Walsh wrote. “While I am disappointed in the cancellation of this year’s event and apologize for any inconvenience to our fans, I am thrilled to share that VetsAid will provide $400,000 in grants to these fine organizations who will focus these funds on the ground in New York and New Jersey to veterans who have sacrificed so much and asked for so little in return.“

The 2024 edition of VetsAid was to feature a lineup that included Walsh, Post Malone, Toto, country star Eric Church and Kool and the Gang. Those holding tickets to the concert will receive refunds.

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The new Bruce Springsteen documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+, and if after watching it you get the urge to listen to some live Springsteen performances, a new playlist may be just the thing for you.

As a companion to the documentary, Road Diary: The Music, a curated list of 25 live tracks from Springsteen’s 2023-24 World Tour, is now streaming on nugs.net.

Songs on the playlist include “No Surrender” and “Ghosts” from Tampa, Florida; “Letter To You” from Atlanta; “The Promised Land” from Ferrara, Italy; “Mary’s Place” from Newark, New Jersey; and “Last Man Standing” from Barcelona.

There are also plenty of classics, like “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out” from Newark; “Glory Days” from Rome; and “Dancing in the Dark” and “Born in the U.S.A.” from Barcelona.

Bruce & The E Street Band are getting ready to hit the road once again. They kick off a Canadian tour on Oct. 31 in Montreal. A complete list of dates can be found at brucespringsteen.com.

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Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh passed away Friday at the age of 84. His death was announced in a statement on his official Instagram page.

“Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning,” read the post. “He was surrounded by his family and full of love.”

“Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love,” it continued. “We request that you respect the Lesh family’s privacy at this time.”

Lesh co-founded the iconic jam band with Jerry Garcia, Bobby Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bill Kreutzmann in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1965, with drummer Mickey Hart and lyricist Robert Hunter joining the group in 1967. He co-wrote several of their iconic tunes, including “Truckin'” and “Box of Rain.”

The band, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, was best known for their live shows, with fans aka “Deadheads” known to follow them around on tour.

Following Garcia’s 1995 death, Grateful Dead disbanded, but Lesh continued to play in offshoots of the group, including The Other Ones with members Weir and Hart; they eventually changed their name to The Dead. He also toured with Weir under the band name Further, which disbanded in 2014.

Lesh also released three albums under the name Phil Lesh and Friends and toured extensively with that band. He celebrated his 84th birthday onstage at the Capitol Theatre in New York in March and played his last live show on July 21 in San Rafael, California.

No cause of death has been released for Lesh, although he has had health issues in the past. In 2006 he announced that he’d been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and in 2015 he revealed he’d been diagnosed with bladder cancer.

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Looks like we’re going to be getting some new music from Blondie in 2025. 

Guitarist and co-founder Chris Stein broke the news on Instagram, sharing a black-and-white photo of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in the studio, along with the caption, “New Blondie album next year.” 

Stein offered no other information about the Blondie album.

An upcoming album will be the first from Blondie since 2017’s Pollinator, which featured songs written by the members of Blondie and outside collaborators like The Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Sia and Charli XCX.

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Lenny Kravitz has dropped a new video for his latest single, “Honey.”

The clip, shot at a waterfront villa, is one big thirst trap, filled with plenty of images of a shirtless Lenny, singing and just looking sexy. And when he’s not shirtless, he’s almost shirtless, wearing a suit with nothing under his jacket, or wearing a mesh top that he slowly pulls off. 

The clip also features a woman, often seen taking photos of the rocker. At one point she’s seen feeding him, and there’s even a closeup of him licking what appears to be honey off her hands.

“Honey” is the latest track Kravitz has shared from his most recent album, Blue Electric Light. This is the fourth video he’s released form the album, following “TK421,” “Human” and “Paralyzed.”

Kravitz is about to wrap his Las Vegas residency at the Dolby Live. He has two more shows, Friday and Saturday, before he heads to Atlantic City, New Jersey, for shows Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. A complete list of dates can be found at lennykravitz.com.

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U2 has offered a health update about their drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who was forced to sit out of their Sphere residency after having surgery.

Guitarist The Edge and bassist Adam Clayton chatted with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on a variety of subjects, with The Edge sharing the latest on Larry. 

“So the great news is Larry is getting better every week and we’ll be making a racket with him in no time,” he said. “So we’re very excited about that.”  

Meanwhile, the pair revealed what’s next for the band, and it sounds like they may be going back to basics with their next release.

“If all the world is a loop, I think we’ve got to the point where we’ve pushed things as far as we can in terms of adding extra things into the band,” Adam shared. “And now we want to go back and take the layers off and get down to what the band does really well, which is to play live in a room.” 

The Edge notes, “I do think that sort of music made in real time has been underserved for the last number of years and it’s started to feel really fresh again. … And I think albums that have that energy and that quality, I think are going to be really interesting for people over the next little while.” 

He shares, “I think we’re in a good place to make an album like that because that’s what we started out doing. We, as a band, found our creative chops by playing live in front of an audience and by necessity had to keep things quite simple. And I think that’s hopefully the hallmark of the next collection of songs.”

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On This Day, Oct. 25, 1986 …

Bon Jovi landed their first #1 album with their third studio release, Slippery When Wet.

The album spent eight weeks on top of the chart and went on to be certified 12-times Platinum by the RIAA. 

The record featured their signature tune, “Livin’ On A Prayer,” as well as “You Give Love A Bad Name” and “Wanted Dead or Alive.” It’s the New Jersey rockers’ bestselling album to date.

Slippery When Wet was the first of four #1 albums for Bon Jovi. Their others are 1988’s New Jersey, 2007’s Lost Highway and 2009’s The Circle.

Slippery When Wet has since gone on to be certified 15-times Platinum by the RIAA.

Bon Jovi, who is in the midst of celebrating their 40th anniversary, released a new album in 2024, Forever, which peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 Album chart.

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