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Squeeze is getting ready to drop a new album, although the material in it isn’t new … to them.

The band will release Trixies, their first album in eight years, on March 6. The songs on it were the first tunes Squeeze’s Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook ever wrote together back when they were teens.

The songs are described as a “collection of stories set in a fictional night club, Trixies.” They were written by the duo back in 1974 when recording was beyond their skill set.

“We fully committed ourselves to songwriting but this was three or four years before we even got to make our first record,” Difford shares. “Long story short, these were songs that we just didn’t have enough musical experience to record properly.”

Now, following the discovery of the original cassette, the band has finally turned the songs into an album, and they’ve just released the first song, “Trixies Pt.1,” to digital outlets.

“The songs that we wrote then astound me. I’m proud of them now, and I’m particularly proud that it was young us that did that,” Tilbrook says, adding, “The act of revisiting the Trixies songs had me in tears, partly because they’re so good, but also because I’m aware of all the stuff that I’ve still yet to hear and write.”

Difford notes, “It really fills me with joy that at my age we can discover that we wrote such great songs when we were teenagers. I’m very proud of that.”

Trixies is available for preorder now.

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Cheap Trick will release their 21st studio album, All Washed Up, on Friday, and bassist Tom Petersson says their approach to making records today is the same as it was when they first started out over 50 years ago.

“We just are making songs that we like, would like to hear ourselves,” he tells ABC Audio. “So it’s like we’re making it for ourselves and our friends, and then the rest, it’s like having a lottery ticket.”

Songs on the album range from fast rockers like “The Riff That Won’t Quit” to ballads like “The Best Thing,” but Petersson says they don’t go into the studio with a plan to have specific types of songs on an album.

“If one person doesn’t like it we won’t do it,” he says of the songs they record, noting they won’t include a ballad on a record just because someone tells them to.

“If somebody writes a ballad, then we go, ‘Hey, that is a good one. OK, let’s do that,’” he explains. “Now we just basically do it for our own enjoyment because that’s probably all anybody’s gonna get out of it is their own enjoyment.”

“We want to do something we’re not embarrassed to play for people,” he says, explaining that they wouldn’t want to record something they don’t like even if it could sell 10 million copies.

He adds, “We just want to do what we think sounds good.” 

All Washed Up is Cheap Trick’s first album since 2021’s In Another World. It will be released digitally, on CD and on black vinyl. There will also be an orange marble variant, limited to 1,000 copies, sold through the band’s website.

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A new biopic on legendary R&B singer Roberta Flack is in the works.

ABC Audio has confirmed that Good Morning America host Robin Roberts’ production company, Rock’n Robin Productions, has acquired the singer’s life rights for a biopic and a documentary on Flack’s life.

“We are thrilled to add Roberta Flack to the illustrious list of American icons whose stories have been told by Robin Roberts and Rock’n Robin Productions,” Suzanne Minka Koga and Joan Martin, co-artistic executors of the Roberta Flack Foundation, said in a statement. “Roberta was a devoted fan and friend of Robin’s and she considered her one of our greatest journalists who continues to inspire us with storytelling that exemplifies extraordinary courage and creativity.”

Flack, who passed away in February at the age of 88, is known for such chart-topping ’70s hits as “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Where is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You.”

Flack won the Grammy for record of the year two years in a row, in 1973 for “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and in 1974 for “Killing Me Softly,” making her the first artist ever to do so. “Killing Me Softly” would go on to have renewed popularity in the ’90s, when the Fugees topped the charts with a cover of the song.

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When he isn’t being a rock star and touring the world, Bryan Adams is also an acclaimed photographer, and you’ll be able to see his work in LA.

Adams’ latest photography exhibition, #SHOTBYADAMS, will open at the Leica Store & Gallery Los Angeles Nov. 17 and run through Dec. 1. It’s the first time the show has been staged in the U.S. Among the highlights are Adams’ photos of a smiling Queen Elizabeth II and the late Amy Winehouse, but there are other photos of notable people, as well.

The pictures are black-and-white, color and silver gelatine prints under colored plexiglass. Bryan says in a statement, “In #SHOTBYADAMS, I explore the human experience through light, composition, and authenticity. Photography, for me, is about trust and connection — it’s about capturing what exists between the subject and the lens in a single, unguarded moment.”

Adams, who inducted Joe Cocker into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday and also performed as part of Bad Company‘s induction, is on tour in the U.S. with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo through Nov. 26.

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The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame in Boston has announced its 2025 inductees, including Neil Young and Jackson Browne.

Young and Browne are recognized in the living artist category, along with Judy Collins, folk singer Tom Paxton and folks/blues singer Tom Rush. The honor goes to “a contemporary performer whose initial impact on the genre was at least 25 years before the year of induction.”

Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen and Muddy Watters are among the musicians recognized this year in the legacy artist category, which goes to “a performer whose initial impact on the genre was at least 45 years prior to the year of induction.” Others recognized this year include Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mississippi John Hurt.

“These inductees represent the heart and soul of Folk, Americana, and Roots music,” says J. Casey Soward, president and CEO of the Boch Center, home of the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame. “They gave voice to ordinary people and helped shape the soundtrack of this country; its struggles, its hopes, and its beauty.”

A special ceremony celebrating the artists will take place March 24, 2026, at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre in Beantown. A permanent Legacy exhibit, featuring items from all of the inductees, is also open at the Boch Center Wang Theatre.

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Graham Nash has announced his first shows of 2026.

The new tour kicks off April 4 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, with stops in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, South Carolina and more, before wrapping with a two-night stand in Ponte Vedra, Florida, May 1 and 2.

“Excited to be going out on the road again and doing what I love!” Nash writes on Instagram. “Looking forward to seeing you in the new year.”

A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at GrahamNash.com.

Nash has only one more appearance set for 2025. He’ll perform at the 45th annual John Lennon Tribute, happening Dec. 12 at Town Hall in New York City.

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Heart‘s Nancy Wilson is set to appear on a new podcast from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The Music Makes Us podcast, premiering Nov. 18, will be hosted by Bikini Kill‘s Kathleen Hanna. In addition to Wilson, it will feature such guests as Chaka Khan and Paramore‘s Hayley Williams.

“I wanted to sit down with the most exciting musicians on the planet to talk about their influences, weird behind-the-scenes moments and the music that made them,” Hanna says. “Everyone says their podcast is for you the listener and that’s true, but it’s also for me. By talking to other artists I’m being reminded of all the ways music can comfort us, fuel us and create community.”

Wilson, by the way, performed at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday. She joined Toni Cornell, daughter of the late Chris Cornell, for a performance of “Fell on Black Days” in honor of inductee Soundgarden. She also played alongside Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke, Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry, Bryan Adams and The Black Crowes‘ Chris Robinson to celebrate Bad Company’s induction.

Highlights from the ceremony will air as an ABC primetime special on Jan. 1.

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Little Feat is ready to say goodbye to the road. The band just announced that their upcoming tour will be their last.

The trek, fittingly called The Last Farewell Tour, a callback to their 1975 release, The Last Record Album, will kick off April 10 in Orlando, Florida.

“Playing is the joy and satisfaction of touring, but it comes with the hard part — travel, the endless miles on a bus,” the band said in a statement. “There’s no dodging the wear and tear, and Little Feat has been playing for quite a while.”

Although dates are currently confirmed through May 24 in Thornville, Ohio, more shows are expected to be announced.

“It’s definitely not an absolute, never-gonna-play again statement,” the band adds. “This wind-down will take several years to accomplish, and while it does, Feat will continue to perform and record as long as they are able. It’s a retirement from the travel of touring.”

“Feat has an incredible legacy of music and the celebration that comes with it, and the near future will see them honoring their own past with more playing,” they note. “But it’s time to give the trusty tour bus, however comfy, a rest.”

To coincide with the announcement, Little Feat has released the previously unreleased song “Feathers and a Smile,” which was written by Little Feat’s late co-founder Lowell George and features his daughter Inara George on vocals. It is now available via digital outlets.

A complete list of dates can be found at LittleFeat.net.

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Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh has donated instruments, personal items and memorabilia to a new auction, and now we’re getting a peek at what’s up for grabs.

Julian’s Auctions is hosting the Life’s Been Good: Joe Walsh auction Dec. 16-17 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles and online, and now the full list of what’s available has been unveiled. In addition, highlights from the auction are now on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, New York, with the exhibit open until Dec. 3.

The auction will include more than 800 of the rocker’s personal items, including over 400 guitars, plus cars, gear, stage wardrobe and more. Items include Walsh’s McLaren Luxury Supercar; the “brick wall” Moschino suit Walsh wore to the Eagles’ 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction; and a stage-played 2014 Duesenberg Joe Walsh Signature semi-hollowbody electric guitar.

“One thing you find about human nature is we collect things and I have acquired too much stuff. I wanted people to have a chance to get a guitar or get something of mine that they may think is valuable,” Walsh says. “So, it’s my way of giving back.” A portion of the proceeds will go to his nonprofit VetsAid, which raises money for veterans services charities.

“And now I will have more room in my warehouse so I can go get more stuff!” he adds.

Bidding is open now at Juliensauctions.com.

Walsh is set to host his annual VetsAid concert on Saturday in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas, featuring full sets from Eagles touring member Vince Gill and Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen, as well as a “super-set” from Walsh, joined by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band, Nathaniel Rateliff and other special guests.

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On This Day, Nov. 12, 2012…

The Rolling Stones released the compilation album GRRR! to mark their 50th anniversary.

The 50-track album featured such Stones classics as “Gimme Shelter,” “Honky Tonk Woman,” “Ruby Tuesday,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Start Me Up” along with two new songs “Doom and Gloom” and “One More Shot.”

The Stones hit the road that December on the 50 and Counting tour, recording their Dec. 15, 2012, show at the Prudential Center in New Jersey for a pay-per-view concert.

The concert featuring guest appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John Mayer Gary Clark, Jr., Mick Taylor and The Black Keys, was remixed and reedited and released as an album and concert film in February 2023.

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