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Paul McCartney is getting ready to release his new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, which was produced by Andrew Watt, the producer behind The Rolling Stones’ 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds, and their upcoming release, Foreign Tongues.

Dungeon Lane has McCartney in a reflective mood, looking back on his life. But when it came to the sound of the album, McCartney didn’t want to be inspired by the past.

“If you’re working with the Stones, they’ve got the Stones sound. It’s kind of the opposite with me – we’re trying not to do that,” McCartney says. “The way we approached this album was: We’ve done that before. Let’s do it different.”

McCartney and Watt worked on the album for four years, despite McCartney having an interesting first impression of the producer.

“I came away from the first session thinking, well, I like him, but he’s a bit pushy,” McCartney tells the mag. “But pushy’s not a bad thing in a producer,” he added. “It’s just enthusiasm from someone who wants to keep making this record. It’s infectious.”

The Boys of Dungeon Lane, McCartney’s first solo record since 2020’s McCartney III, will be released May 29. Ahead of the release, McCartney will be the musical guest on the season finale of Saturday Night Live on May 16.

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With the announcement of the new The Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues, fans, of course, now want to know if they can expect to hear news of a tour next. According to Keith Richards, that won’t be happening this year.

When asked by The Associated Press if The Stones were going to hit the road in support of the album, Richards replied, “Oh, I mean we can talk next year.” He added, “I mean, possibly, you know, I mean, at the moment, we’re just sort of saying we finished the record, let’s do this.”

He added that the band is “sort of basically considering what to do after” the release. But regarding a tour, he noted, “Not this year anyway.” 

Mick Jagger said he “would love to tour the album,” adding, “I absolutely would love to, so I hope to do it as soon as that’s possible.”

Foreign Tongues, the follow-up to The Rolling Stones’ 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds, will be released July 10.

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The Michael Jackson biopic Michael has helped boost interest in the King of Pop’s catalog, helping two of his albums land in the top 10 this week.

The latest Billboard 200 chart finds Jackson’s 1982 hit Thriller at #5, while the 2003 collection, Number Ones, is at #6.

While Thriller previously topped the Billboard 200 for 37 nonconsecutive weeks, this is the first time Number Ones has landed in the top 10, which means Jackson has now had at least one new top-10 solo album in every decade from 1970 onward.

He joins Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor as only the fifth act to land such a feat.

Jackson earned his first top-10 album with 1972’s Ben, which peaked at #5. Prior to Number Ones, the late singer’s last top-10 solo album was the 2014 compilation Xscape, which peaked at #2.

Jackson is also seeing a spike in interest in the U.K. The 2005 compilation The Essential Michael Jackson just hit #1 on the U.K. Official Albums chart for the first time in 17 years. In addition, Thriller and 1987’s Bad are both in the top 10 for the first time in 14 years, at #6 and #8, respectively.

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Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame Saturday. Reflecting on the achievement, she said in a speech that the 1989 album continues to resonate in 2026.

“Rhythm Nation still resonates on a deep and profound level. It’s an ongoing force that fights bigotry and promotes understanding. It cannot be stopped,” she said. “It’s simply too strong and too positive. Rhythm Nation is a movement of people of all ages and backgrounds seeking to give and receive love, free of judgment.”

She noted her hope for the album, which “transcends all borders, nationalities and faiths,” is “that we might live in a world free of fear and despair.”

“The prayer driving this Rhythm Nation remains the same, exactly the same, that peace prevails,” Janet said. “Peace the world over, peace among nations, peace in our neighborhoods, peace in our homes. May the music of Rhythm Nation continue to bring us together in peace and may that peace allow us to celebrate this precious gift of life that God has given us.”

Among the other albums inducted into the Hall of Fame class were Paid in Full by Eric B. and Rakim, Maggot Brain by Funkadelic — featuring George Clinton, who was joined by Erykah Badu and Blackbyrd McKnight for a  performance of “Can You Get to That” — and 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me, which E.D.I. Mean accepted on behalf of the late rapper.

“Thank you to the Recording Academy for this incredible honor,” E.D.I. said during his speech. “I’m sure Tupac is smiling big and saying, ‘I told you I was a legend.’” 

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Van Morrison is set to headline a five-show residency at the new British Airways ARC. The fully seated concerts will mark the first-ever residency at the new London venue, which is set to open June 16.

Morrison’s residency will kick off Sept. 23 and run through Sept. 29, with tickets set to go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Van Morrison will launch a new European tour with a two-night stand in Berlin, Germany, June 17 and 18. The tour will have him playing several festivals, including the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 18. The trek also includes a July 16 show at Burg Clam castle in Sperken, Austria, with The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood.

A complete list of tour dates can be found at VanMorrison.com.

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Carlos Santana has extended his Las Vegas residency yet again.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced eight new performances of An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The new dates run from Sept. 16 to Sept. 27.

This year marks Santana’s 14th year headlining a residency at the House of Blues.

Various presales for tickets run from Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT until Thursday at 10 p.m. PT. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. PT.

Santana will return to the House of Blues for new residency dates starting Wednesday and running through May 24. He’s also set to launch a new leg of his Oneness tour, with The Doobie Brothers, on June 13 in Chicago.

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

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On This Day, May 11, 1970…

Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More was released.

The live album featured performances from the movie documenting the iconic 1969 counterculture festival, which took place Aug. 15 – 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York, about 60 miles from the town of Woodstock.

The album included performances from Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joan Baez, The Who, Joe Cocker, Santana, Jefferson Airplane and more.

It went on to hit #1 on the Billboard charts and be certified double Platinum by the RIAA.

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Fans of The Beatles will have a new reason to plan a trip to London next year.

It was just announced that 3 Savile Row, the early location of the band’s Apple Corps headquarters, in Mayfair, London, will open its doors as the first-ever official Beatles fan experience.

The Beatles at 3 Savile Row, opening in 2027, will consist of seven floors filled with never-before-seen archival material from Apple Corps Ltd, along with rotating exhibits, a recreation of the original studio where the band recorded Let it Be, a fan store and more. Fans will also be able to access the building’s rooftop where The Beatles performed their famous Jan. 30, 1969, rooftop concert, their final public performance together.

“It was such a trip to get back to 3 Savile Row recently and have a look around,” says Paul McCartney. “There are so many special memories within the walls, not to mention the rooftop. The team have put together some really impressive plans and I’m excited for people to see it when it’s ready.”

Ringo Starr adds, “Wow, it’s like coming home.”

And that’s not all. It seems a second yet-to-be-revealed experience is also in the works, with details to be announced at a later date. Fans can register now to be the first to hear more news when its announced.

Not to be confused with the tech company Apple, Apple Corps LTD is a multimedia company founded by The Beatles in the 1960s, and included Apple Records, which the band launched in 1968.

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Tracks from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Santana, Heart and more are featured on the soundtrack to the upcoming Netflix series The Boroughs, which premieres May 21 on the streaming service.

Some of the songs featured on the soundtrack include Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” and “Born to Run,” Santana’s “Oye Como Va,” Heart’s “Barracuda,” and Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s “Night Moves.”

There are also songs by Bill Withers, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Earth, Wind & Fire, Etta James, Tina Turner, The O’Jays, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Djo, Queens of the Stone Age and more.

A 21-track digital edition of the soundtrack will be released on May 21 to coincide with the series premiere, while CD and vinyl editions will be released June 19.

The Boroughs, executive produced by Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers, is set in a seemingly perfect retirement community where a misfit group of heroes must face off against an unworldly threat. It stars Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, Bill Pullman and more.

Physical copies of The Boroughs (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) are available for preorder now.

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In a 2025 interview with Rolling Stone, Sammy Hagar said that he hasn’t spoken to his Van Halen bandmate Alex Van Halen in 21 years. But that distance didn’t stop Sammy from wishing Alex a happy 73rd birthday on Friday.

“Alex, I know these wonderful magical times have passed, and of course will never happen again,” Hagar wrote on Instagram next to a video of Van Halen’s final bows at a 1995 show in Austin, Texas. “But I want to wish you all the peace, love and happiness in the world as well as a happy birthday.⁠”

⁠The post included a comment from former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, who wrote, “Definitely good times!! Happy Birthday Al.”

While Alex has never come out and said what his issues are with Sammy, he did seem to diss him in his 2024 book Brothers, by not even acknowledging the years Sammy was frontman of Van Halen, which produced four #1 albums for the band.

In fact, the book focused on only the David Lee Roth years, and Alex only sort of acknowledged Hagar and their third frontman Gary Cherone, by writing, “we had a lot of other singers over the years.”

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