Special Beatles prints from oil-painted ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ video to be released

Special Beatles prints from oil-painted ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ video to be released
Special Beatles prints from oil-painted ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ video to be released
Archival photo of The Beatles (ABC)

A new set of limited-edition prints celebrating The Beatles will be released in March.

The two prints feature imagery from artist Em Cooper’s 2022 oil-painted music video for The Beatles’ 1966 song “I’m Only Sleeping,” which was created using more than 1,300 of Cooper’s hand-painted oil paintings.

The prints include “Early in the Morning,” which depicts John Lennon’s morning routine as seen at the start of the video, and “In The Middle of a Dream,” which features images of all four members of the band.

The limited-edition prints will be available through Avant Arte starting March 4 at 9 a.m. E, but only for 48 hours. More info can be found at avantarte.com.

Released in November of 2022, Cooper’s video for “I’m Only Sleeping” won a Grammy for best music video. It was released in conjunction with the 2022 reissue of The Beatles’  seventh studio album, Revolver.

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Bryan Adams goes acoustic for new YouTube series

Bryan Adams goes acoustic for new YouTube series
Bryan Adams goes acoustic for new YouTube series
Bryan Adams speaks at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, November, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta)

Bryan Adams has been stripping down his songs for fans.

The “Run To You” rocker recently launched a new acoustic series on YouTube, treating fans to performances featuring just him and his guitar. The latest release is a performance of the song “Hey Baby,” from his most recent album, Roll With the Punches.

Adams launched the Acoustic Fridays series on Jan. 30, kicking things off with a stripped-down version of another Roll With the Punches track “Love is Stronger Than Hate.” All performances were filmed at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada.

Released in August 2025, Roll With the Punches was Adams’ 16th studio album and his first album since 2022’s So Happy It Hurts.

Adams is currently on tour, playing Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday. He also has dates booked in Singapore, Egypt, Puerto Rico, Mexico and more. A complete list of dates can be found at BryanAdams.com.


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Mariah Carey sings in Italian at Olympics opening ceremony

Mariah Carey sings in Italian at Olympics opening ceremony
Mariah Carey sings in Italian at Olympics opening ceremony
Mariah Carey performs during the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at San Siro Stadium on Feb. 6, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Mariah Carey gave una performance fantastico during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy on Friday.

Wearing a sparkly white and silver dress and matching floor-length feather boa, Mariah stood onstage in the middle of San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan, Italy, and sang the beloved Italian song “Volare.” The song, recorded by Domenico Modugno, topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958.

It marked the first time she’s sung in Italian, which is likely why she appeared to be focusing on a teleprompter.

At the end of that track, she broke into one of her patented “whistle tones,” before segueing into her song “Nothing Is Impossible” from her 2025 album, Here For It All.

The Winter Olympic Games will stream on NBC and Peacock.

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Elton John testifies in court about ‘abhorrent’ UK newspaper’s ‘invasion’ of his privacy

Elton John testifies in court about ‘abhorrent’ UK newspaper’s ‘invasion’ of his privacy
Elton John testifies in court about ‘abhorrent’ UK newspaper’s ‘invasion’ of his privacy
Sir Elton John departs the Royal Courts of Justice on March 27, 2023 in London, England after attending a hearing in a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the ‘Daily Mail.’ (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Elton John testified via video in a U.K. court on Friday about a British newspaper’s “abhorrent” “invasion” of his and his family’s privacy.

Elton and his husband, David Furnish, are among several notable people, including Prince Harry and Elizabeth Hurley, who are suing The Daily Mail for writing articles about them based on “unlawful information gathering.” The newspaper’s publisher has denied any wrongdoing.

Specifically, Elton and David have identified 10 articles written about them between 2000 and 2015 that feature information they claim was obtained by tapping their phones, hiring private investigators and illegally obtaining medical records.

Elton wrote in his witness statement, “From a personal level, I have found The Mail’s deliberate invasion into my medical health and medical details surrounding the birth of our son Zachary abhorrent and outside even the most basic standards of human decency.”

Elton went on to write, “David and I have now seen documents proving that The Mail were digging into me during times when I was in hospital and because I was in hospital. We have also seen documents proving their intense digging into and around the birth of our first son Zachary.”

“We do not believe there could be any legitimate ways that they discovered details about our egg donor, embryos and questions of paternity. Those were among the most confidential matters in our lives at the time,” he added in the statement.

Elton wrote, “It has been truly sickening for David and me to see the disclosure in our case, with Zachary as a target when he was just born, with David and me as targets, with me as a target when I was sick and unwell.”

According to the U.K. paper The Independent, the trial is due to conclude in March.

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James Taylor reveals five favorite songs from his catalog

James Taylor reveals five favorite songs from his catalog
James Taylor reveals five favorite songs from his catalog
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and guest James Taylor during Thursday’s February 5, 2026 show. Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS

James Taylor was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday night, where the host got him to reveal his five favorite songs from his catalog.

The list included Taylor classics like “Sweet Baby James,” the title track from his 1970 sophomore album, and “Carolina in My Mind,” from his 1968 self-titled debut. He also chose three songs because they were liked by other rock stars.

He said that Paul McCartney told him the song “Mean Old Man” was the reason he bought Taylor’s 2002 album, October Road, so Taylor put that in the top five. He also included “Millworker,” from the 1979 album Flag, which was a track that Bruce Springsteen liked and performed. Rounding out the list was “The Frozen Man,” from 1991’s New Moon Shine, because Bob Dylan told him he liked the track.

Colbert also asked Taylor why there hasn’t been a biopic on his life yet, to which he responded, “It’s because God is merciful.”

He noted that he did an Audible memoir, which only covered his life to age 21, joking, “Nobody could really check it because there’s no proving or disproving any of it and most of the people involved are dead or don’t care anymore.”

Taylor added, “Once I get past 1970, basically, I start running into trouble … those people are still walking around.”

Taylor also performed on the show. Joined by his son Henry Taylor, he performed “You Can Close Your Eyes” from his 1971 album, Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. They also offered up a bonus performance of “Line ‘Em Up” from the 1997 album Hourglass.

James Taylor is set to hit the road starting April 26 in Highland, California. A complete list of dates can be found at JamesTaylor.com.



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Official soundtrack announced for Paul McCartney’s ‘Man on the Run’ documentary

Official soundtrack announced for Paul McCartney’s ‘Man on the Run’ documentary
Official soundtrack announced for Paul McCartney’s ‘Man on the Run’ documentary
Cover of Paul McCartney’s ‘Man on the Run – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack’ (Capitol Records/MPL Communications/UMG )

A documentary about Paul McCartney will naturally have plenty of music, and now it’s been announced that his upcoming film, Man on the Run, will have an accompanying soundtrack.

Man on the Run – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack will feature classics from the Paul McCartney and Wings catalog, including “Silly Love Songs,” “Band on the Run” and “Coming Up.”

The soundtrack will also include bonus material, such as three previously unreleased tracks: a rough mix of “Arrow Through Me” from sessions for the 1979 album Back to the Egg; a live version of “Live and Let Die” from the 1980 concert film Rockshow; and  “Gotta Sing Gotta Dance” from the 1973 TV program The James Paul McCartney TV Special.

Man on the Run – Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack will be released Feb. 27, the same day the documentary premieres on Prime Video. It will be released on a variety of formats, including CD, black vinyl and digitally, which are available for preorder now. The soundtrack will also be released on limited-edition New York taxi yellow vinyl via Jack White‘s Third Man Pressing plant and limited-edition tangerine peel orange vinyl through Amazon.

Directed by Morgan NevilleMan on the Run chronicles McCartney’s life after the breakup of The Beatles, including the formation of his band Wings. The film will premiere in theaters for one day only on Feb. 19.  Tickets are on sale now.

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Def Leppard releases behind-the-scenes look at residency rehearsals for new song ‘Rejoice’

Def Leppard releases behind-the-scenes look at residency rehearsals for new song ‘Rejoice’
Def Leppard releases behind-the-scenes look at residency rehearsals for new song ‘Rejoice’
Guitarist Vivian Campbell, bass guitarist Rick Savage, drummer Rick Allen, singer Joe Elliott and guitarist Phil Collen of Def Leppard perform during their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on February 03, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Las Vegas)

Def Leppard performed their new song “Rejoice” live for the first time during the opening night of their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, and now they’re giving fans a look at what it took to get it to the stage.

The band has released a behind-the-scenes look at their rehearsals of the residency, particularly their work on “Rejoice.” Phil Collen says of the track, “It’s fun, it’s a rock song.”

He says that frontman Joe Elliott came to him and said he had lyrics about “finding yourself and coming to terms with yourself and actually enjoying who you are, kind of happy and rejoice and triumphant and all that stuff,” and asked him if he had any kind of mid-tempo music to go with it. Collen says he actually had “this thing sitting around for ages,” which they were able to turn into the song.

The video was shot during early rehearsals for the residency, and Vivian Campbell says getting the song right wasn’t necessarily easy.

“Like anything new, it’s a bit of a challenge, some songs more than others,” he says. He notes that with “Rejoice” the issue was getting the vocals and the guitar riffs to sound right together, calling the vocals “pretty relentless.”

Campbell adds that while it was only day three of rehearsals, “I think we’ve got it. It’s starting to come together.”

Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency runs through Feb. 28, with their next show on Saturday. A complete list of dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.

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Ziggy Marley pays tribute to dad Bob Marley with new song

Ziggy Marley pays tribute to dad Bob Marley with new song
Ziggy Marley pays tribute to dad Bob Marley with new song
Bob Marley performing live on stage at the Brighton Leisure Centre, July 1980. (Photo by Mike Prior/Redferns)

Reggae legend Bob Marley would have turned 81 on Friday, and in celebration of his father, Grammy-winning singer Ziggy Marley has dropped the new song “Many Mourn For Bob.” 

The track is the first song Ziggy has ever written specifically dedicated to his father, who passed away in 1986 at age 45, when Ziggy was 12. An accompanying video features photos of Bob from Ziggy’s childhood.

According to a press release, Ziggy was inspired to write the song while producing the 2024 Marley biopic Marley: One Love.

“‘Many Mourn For Bob’ is a reflection on my father from the deepest parts of my heart and subconscious mind born from rediscovering him with new eyes,” says Ziggy.

“Many Mourn For Bob” is now available via digital outlets.

The song will appear on Ziggy’s upcoming ninth studio album, Brightside, which is being released April 18 for Record Store Day and digitally on May 1.

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Al Jardine to play ‘The Beach Boys Love You’ at special LA concert

Al Jardine to play ‘The Beach Boys Love You’ at special LA concert
Al Jardine to play ‘The Beach Boys Love You’ at special LA concert
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Al Jardine, founding member of The Beach Boys, performs onstage during the “Friends and Family” tour at Saban Theatre on July 23, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

The Beach BoysAl Jardine has announced a very special show in Los Angeles to coincide with the upcoming release of the new Beach Boys box set, We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, backed by the Pet Sounds Band aka Brian Wilson’s longtime backing band, will headline the United Theater on Broadway in Los Angeles on Feb. 27. They’ll perform the 1977 album The Beach Boys Love You in its entirety for the very first time.

According to the announcement, the show will feature “other surprises” from the upcoming box set.

Tickets for the show are on sale now.

We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years, dropping Feb. 13, is a three-CD, three-LP box set highlighting Beach Boys music recorded between 1976 and 1977.

It includes a newly remastered version of The Beach Boys Love You and a whole host of bonus material, including the shelved album Adult/Child, which was recorded in 1977, and previously only available through collector’s tapes and bootlegs.

We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years is available for preorder now.

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John Mellencamp to appear on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, daughter gets booted off ‘The Masked Singer’

John Mellencamp to appear on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, daughter gets booted off ‘The Masked Singer’
John Mellencamp to appear on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, daughter gets booted off ‘The Masked Singer’
John Mellencamp performs in concert during the 40th Farm Aid at Huntington Bank Stadium on September 20, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)

John Mellencamp is set to appear on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday.

The night’s other guests include former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

This isn’t the first time Mellencamp has chatted with Maher. In August 2023, the rocker was a guest on Maher’s Club Random podcast.

In other Mellencamp news, his daughter — reality TV star Teddi Mellencamp — was voted off Fox’s The Masked Singer on Wednesday following a tribute performance that honored her rock star father.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, who competed as Calla Lily, performed her dad’s #1 hit “Jack and Diane.” She later shared a clip on her Instagram Story of her watching the show with Mellencamp.

“Dad you excited?” she asks her dad, to which he replies, “yeah … I flew all the way here for it.” In another video, Teddi gets him to sing a line from the song.

John Mellencamp recently announced dates for Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits, which kicks off July 10 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and wraps Aug. 12 in Mountain View, California.

He’s promised fans he’ll play a set filled with hits including “Jack and Diane,” “Hurts So Good,” “Small Town” and “Pink Houses,” along with breakout tracks he hasn’t performed live in nearly a decade, including “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute To 60’s Rock),” “I Need a Lover,” “Wild Night” and “Ain’t Even Done With the Night.”

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

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