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Warren Haynes is finally sharing details of his new solo record.

The Gov’t Mule frontman first teased the record, Million Voices Whisper, back in July. Now he’s announced that it will be coming out digitally and on CD Nov. 1, and on vinyl Nov. 15. 

“This album is quite different than my previous solo records,” Haynes shares. “There’s a lot of soul music influence but very song oriented with subtle nods to a few of my heroes. … I’m really proud of this new album.”

Million Voices Whisper, Haynes’ first solo record in almost a decade, features guest appearances by Derek Trucks, Lukas Nelson and Jamey Johnson. It is being previewed with the release of the first single, “This Life As We Know It,” along with an in-studio performance video that features behind-the-scenes footage.

“It has a very uplifting message and musically, as well, it is just a very positive feeling song,” Haynes says of the tune. “One that I feel we can all relate to. It’s about moving forward and getting past a lot of things but feeling good about life and feeling good about yourself.”

Million Voices Whisper is available for preorder now. There will also be a deluxe CD edition that includes four additional tracks.

Haynes and his Warren Haynes Band will support the album with the upcoming Million Voices Whisper Tour, which kicks off Sept. 19 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found at warrenhaynes.net.

Here is the track list for Million Voices Whisper:
“These Changes” (ft. Derek Trucks)
“Go Down Swinging”
“You Ain’t Above Me”
“This Life As We Know It”
“Day of Reckoning” (ft. Lukas Nelson and Jamey Johnson)
“Real, Real Love” (ft. Derek Trucks)
“Lies, Lies, Lies > Monkey Dance > Lies, Lies, Lies”
“From Here On Out”
“Till The Sun Comes Shining Through”
“Terrified”
“Hall of Future Saints” (ft. Derek Trucks)

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Personal items belonging the late Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie are set to go up for auction this fall.

Julien’s Auctions just announced the new Property from the Life and Career of Christine McVie auction, taking place over two days, Oct. 16 and Oct. 17, at the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville.

The auction will feature over 650 McVie items from her London estate, including instruments, handwritten lyrics, clothing, jewelry and fine art.

Some of the items up for grabs include a tour-played Hammond XK-5 organ, estimated to sell for up to $8,000; Fleetwood Mac Tusk chord sheets and unknown handwritten lyrics, estimated at up to $1,200; a watercolor painting by Edward Reginald Frampton titled “St. Cecilia,” estimated to go for as much as $150,000; a floral lace blazer McVie wore at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year gala honoring Fleetwood Mac, estimated to sell for $2,000 to $4,000; and her 1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Award, estimated to sell for as much as $15,000.

Fans will be able to get a preview of the items up for auction at an exhibition running from Aug. 30 to Oct. 15 at the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum. And to celebrate the auction, AXS TV will air a weekend of special Fleetwood Mac programming Oct. 12 and Oct. 13, including concerts, interviews and previews of the auction items.

More info can be found at juliensauctions.com.

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ABBA is the latest act to complain that Donald Trump is using their songs at his campaign rallies.

According to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagladet, ABBA hits like “The Winner Takes It All,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Dancing Queen” were played at a Minnesota rally in July, and video footage of the band was shown on video screens, along with messages asking people to donate.

The Guardian reports that the group’s record label, Universal Music, said the campaign did not receive permission for the use of the songs and is asking that footage from the rally be “immediately taken down and removed.”

According to the paper, a spokesperson for the label said, “We have discovered that videos have been released where Abba’s music/videos has been used at Trump events, and we have therefore requested that such use be immediately taken down and removed.”

The statement added that neither the label nor the group’s publishing companies “received any request, so no permission or license has been given to Trump.”

ABBA is just the latest music act to complain about the Trump campaign playing its music. Recently, Foo Fighters, Celine Dion, Isaac Hayes, Beyonce and the estate of the late Sinead O’Connor have all objected to the use of their songs.

In order to play music at events, political campaigns are generally required to get a special license from music publishing companies, which gives them access to a database that includes millions of songs. While artists can ask for their songs to be taken off that list, the BBC notes that it seems nobody really checks to make sure they have clearance for a particular song.

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Rod Stewart is setting the record straight about the state of his marriage to Penny Lancaster.

The rocker took to social media to respond to a recent Daily Mail article that claimed the couple had reached a “stalemate” in their marriage and that they were at odds over where they were going to live, with Penny wanting to be in the U.K. and Rod changing his mind about selling his Beverly Hills mansion.

Well, Rod is denying the claims.

“Despite erroneous articles in the Daily Mail and other tabloids that followed suit. We wanted to put the record straight,” Rod wrote in a note on social media. “There is absolutely no rift between Penny and I and no disagreement over where we should reside, in fact it’s the opposite.” 

Rod notes that they permanently moved back to Britain a year ago, but still own homes in different countries.

“Originally we did think it made sense to sell our house in LA, but having spent a wonderful time there in the summer with family and friends during my Vegas residency we realised that it makes sense to keep our house there,” he shared.

“Penny and I could not be more in love with each other after 27 glorious years,” Rod added. “Please trust me on this … there’s no disharmony in our marriage.”

He then signed the note, “Rod ‘a very lucky man’ Stewart.”

Rod and Penny began dating in 1999 and were married in 2007. They have two sons together, Alastair, born in 2005, and Aiden, born in 2011.

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On This Day, Aug. 29, 1966 …

The Beatles played what would be their last-ever full public concert, at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park.

The band played an 11-song set, which didn’t include any songs from their recently released album, Revolver.

The public was unaware that it would be the band’s final concert, although The Beatles themselves knew and brought a camera onstage to capture the moment.

The Beatles’ final public performance of any kind was their iconic “rooftop concert” in London in January 1969. That concert was recorded for the documentary Let It Be, which was rereleased on Disney+ in May and was also part of the 2021 Disney+ documentary The Beatles: Get Back.

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The Apple TV+ Vince Vaughn series Bad Monkey features a soundtrack of Tom Petty covers, and the show’s music supervisor, Tony Von Pervieux, says it wasn’t hard to get artists to agree to take part in the project.

In an interview with Vulture, Von Pervieux says the original plan was to include 10 Petty covers in the Florida-set series, but that ballooned to 21, and all the artists they reached out to were quick to jump on board.

“It was the easiest sell to say, ‘Hey, we have this cool show and really cool experience to do a cover. This is the specific way I want this cover to be done based on the scene,’” he says. “And they were all like, ‘Yeah, of course. We’re huge Tom Petty fans. You don’t have to explain.’”

Van Pervieux says it was also important the Petty estate was happy, noting they kept the rocker’s daughter Adria in the loop as the songs progressed.

“I had a little bit of anxiety going through it because you don’t know what you’re going to get out of covers and I didn’t want to make any kind of mockery about the music,” he said, sharing he’d send Adria demos of the covers. “We would get comments like, ‘We really like this one, great job.’” Their only requirement was that no lyrics could be changed. 

The soundtrack, dropping Oct. 4, features covers from artists like Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Weezer, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Sharon Van Etten and more.

“Tom Petty is just a healthy diet for anyone,” Von Pervieux says. “What we did was bring together a family of artists whom we respected and loved and also respected and loved Tom Petty right back.”

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Def Leppard is set to headline the Harvest Nights Music Festival, happening Nov. 22-24 at the John Jimmie Rodeo Grounds in Immokalee, Florida.

The festival, put on by The Charity Pros, will also feature former Eagles guitarist Don Felder, Train and Tesla, along with country stars Brad Paisley, Tyler Hubbard and more. Def Leppard is set to headline Nov. 23.

Camping and ticketing information can be found at thecharitypros.org.

According to their website, The Charity Pros’ mission is to “advocate for children’s social causes and expand their opportunities to live their best lives.” Proceeds from the festival will go to Southwest Florida’s The Immokalee Foundation, Guadalupe Center and Cancer Alliance Network.

Def Leppard is currently on their Summer Stadium tour with Journey and plays San Francisco on Wednesday, with shows booked through Sept. 10 in West Valley City, Utah. The Harvest Nights Music Festival is their only show on the schedule once the tour wraps.

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Former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry is out with his first new song in over a decade.

Ferry just released the new single “Star,” which will appear on his upcoming box set, Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023. A celebration of Ferry’s solo career, it will feature 81 tracks culled from his 16 solo albums.

The song is described in a press release as originating as a “sketch by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails,” then further developed by Ferry and the artist Amelia Barratt, who also sings on the track.

“’Star’ is a collaboration with the painter and writer Amelia Barratt,” Ferry shares. “A couple of years ago I helped her record an audiobook here in my studio. I was very impressed by her writing, and this is the first song we did together. I’m very excited about this new work – there’s a lot more to come.”

You can listen to “Star” now via digital outlets.

Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 will be released Oct. 25 in a variety of formats. It’s available for preorder now.

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Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro have released another song from their upcoming album, Blues Experience, which comes out Oct. 18.

The latest is a cover of the Procol Harum classic “Whiter Shade Of Pale.” 

“This is a song I’ve always wanted to play… of course, the song recorded by Procol Harum was a world-renowned classic… with a melody so strong that it became a gift to us!” Mick shares. “And Jake totally commands the full need for dynamics and a passionate delivery. At last, I got to play and record this song!!!” 

“This was a song that Mick suggested. Such an iconic piece of music,” Jake adds. “It truly plays like an anthem. And Mickʻs drumming makes the track feel amazing. I was just transported through his drum sounds.” 

This is the second tune the pair has shared from the record, following their take on the blues classic “Rollin’ N Tumblin’.” 

Blues Experience also has the two artists covering songs like Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World” and the Christine McVie-penned Fleetwood Mac track “Songbird,” with Mick also adding a spoken word version of the song. Jake penned one original song, “Kula Blues,” about the area in Maui where Mick lives.

Blues Experience is available for preorder now.

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Bruce Springsteen is one of the many artists who recorded a song for the upcoming tribute album in honor of longtime New York City punk fixture Jesse Malin, and now his contribution to the record has been released. 

The track, “She Don’t Love Me Now,” features Jesse’s band backing Springsteen, along with E Street Band saxophonist Jake Clemons. The tune originally appeared on Malin’s 2015 album, New York Before The War. 

“Bruce gave it that Stax-soul-thing that we were dreaming of when we recorded the original. It’s so surreal to me,” Malin shares. “Bruce’s generosity, honesty and support are equally as powerful as his songwriting and performing.”

He adds, “Bruce is one of the guys. He walks it like he talks it. You spend some time with him, and it feels like you’ve known him for years.”

You can listen to “She Don’t Love Me Now” via digital outlets.

This isn’t the first time Springsteen and Malin have worked together; they previously collaborated in 2007 on Malin’s song “Broken Radio.”

The Malin tribute album, titled Silver Patron Saints, will be released Sept. 20. Proceeds will benefit Malin’s Sweet Relief artist fund. The rocker had a spinal stroke in 2023 that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

Other artists on the album include Elvis Costello, Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello, Bleachers and the late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer.

Silver Patron Saints is available for preorder now.

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