The 20th anniversary of Bob Seger’s 16th studio album, Face the Promise, is being celebrated with an expanded release.
Dropping Sept. 18, the expanded edition will include a newly remastered edition of the original album, along with four bonus tracks: “Time,” “Little Jane,” “Red Eye to Memphis” and “Let Me Try.”
The expanded album will be released on CD and as a two-LP black vinyl set, the latter of which will come with a 12-page LP-sized booklet, complete with lyrics, photos and more. The album’s also being released to streaming services for the very first time.
Released on Sept. 12, 2006, Face the Promise was Seger’s first album since 1995’s It’s a Mystery. It was also the first studio album since 1975’s Beautiful Loser where he was not credited as Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Poster for ‘If These Walls Could Rock’ (Credit: Sean Pierce)
Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Dave Grohl are among the musicians featured in a new film about Los Angeles’ iconic Sunset Marquee Hotel.
If These Walls Could Rock, directed by Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams, tells the story of the Sunset Strip hotel using archival footage, animation and interviews. According to a press release, the film will give fans insight into a hotel that “became more than a place to stay while on tour.”
“It became a creative sanctuary where songs were written, debauchery was shared, and music history unfolded behind closed doors,” the description adds.
It also tells the tale of the hotel’s founder, George Rosenthal, and his son Mark Rosenthal, who turned a one-time motel into “one of the most iconic destinations in music history.”
The film also features contributions from The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Heart’s Nancy Wilson, E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt, Cyndi Lauper, Sheryl Crow, Morrissey, Billy Bob Thornton, KISS’ Gene Simmons, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and more.
If These Walls Could Rock is set to open Aug. 14 at the Landmark Theatres Sunset in Los Angeles, and will debut on Apple TV and Amazon on the same day. The LA screening will be followed by a Q&A with the directors and guests.
Gerry Beckley “Norwegian Wood’ cover art (Blue Élan Records)
America co-founder Gerry Beckley has released another preview of his upcoming solo album, Merciful.
The latest is a cover of of The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood,” featuring a guest appearance by two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash.
“I’ve always loved the song,” Beckley says. “Graham’s one of my true heroes going back to his days with the Hollies. When this recording came together, I knew he would bring something special to it.”
This is the second track Beckley has released from Merciful, following “Get it Right.” The album, the follow-up to Beckley’s 2024 self-titled solo album, is due out Aug. 28. It features a combination of previously unfinished material with newly written songs.
Queen’s 1981 Greatest Hits compilation has been named the biggest album of all time by the U.K. Official Charts, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary.
Greatest Hits, which features such Queen classics as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions,” has sold 7.8 million album units to date.
Coming in at #2 is ABBA’s Gold – Greatest Hits, with Oasis’ What’s the Story Morning Glory, Adele’s 21 and The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band rounding out the top five.
Several other classic albums have landed in the top 10: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours at #6, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon at #7, Michael Jackson’s Thriller at #8, Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Legend at #9 and Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms at #10.
Melissa Etheridge and country music legend Wynonna Judd have done the “impossible”: They’ve spent the summer sharing a stage on their joint Raised on Radio Tour.
“They don’t know how hard it is to coordinate two artists to get together and do something. It’s almost impossible,” Melissa told ABC News’ Ashan Singh in an interview that aired Tuesday on Nightline. “Where we’re at in our life right now, this is something we want to come out and do.”
“We were all raised on radio,” Wynonna added. “I remember hearing my song for the first time on the radio. Everybody has a memory. And everybody in the audience, when I sing ’80s and ’90s, they go nuts.”
And Melissa, who came out publicly in 1993, loves hearing about their fans’ memories during that time.
“Thirty-three years later, I still have people telling me that in high school it meant so much that there was someone who was out,” she said. “You can’t take that away from me.”
Wynonna and Melissa have both experienced devastating lost. Wynonna’s mother and musical partner, Naomi Judd, died by suicide in 2022. Melissa’s son Beckett Cypher died in 2020 at age 21 from causes related to opioid addiction.
“Losing a child is devastating. There’s not even a word for it in the English language,” Melissa said. “The best thing you can do for your child, or for the memory of that child, is to take care of yourself, to find your joy, because they’re out of pain now.”
And for Melissa, finding her joy means making music.
“Music is never over. I don’t understand how people say they retire, because I don’t think that’s a word,” she said. “That’s like saying I’m going to stop using my right arm. And you don’t. We’ll just make music till we can’t.”
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Grateful Dead Meet-up at the Movies (Trafalgar Releasing and Rhino Entertainment)
Grateful Dead fans will once again have the chance to head to the theaters to see their favorite band on the big screen.
Details have been announced for The Dead’s latest Meet-Up at the Movies, happening Aug. 8 and Aug. 10 in theaters in select territories worldwide.
This year’s Meet-Up at the Movies will feature the band’s historic June 17, 1991, concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, which, according to a press release, is “(w)idely considered one of the most exciting, inspired, and greatest shows of the band’s final decade of performing.”
The screening will also feature a performance of “Shakedown Street,” from The Dead’s upcoming Merriweather 6/30/85 release, which drops Sept. 18.
“The Summer Tour of 1991 was widely considered one of the best of the 1990s, and the June 17, 1991 show at Giants Stadium was nearly universally acclaimed as the best of the tour,” says Dead Legacy manager and archivist David Lemieux. “Because it’s one of only two shows captured on 48-track analog tape, the audio quality is spectacular. Hearing this mix in a theater with fellow fans is going to be transportive, and we’re thrilled to sweeten the pot with an exclusive look at ‘Shakedown Street’ from the upcoming ’85 Merriweather release.”
Tickets for Meet-Up at the Movies are on sale now.
“Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of the Blue’ and ‘Vol. 3 – Into the Black’ (Cinema Music Group and Killphonic Records)
The music of Neil Young was celebrated with a tribute album, Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, back in April 2025 and at the time it was billed as Volume 1. We now have information about the next two installments in the series.
Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2– Out of the Blue and Vol. 3 – Into the Black will be released on Nov. 6. The subtitles of the albums are a reference to a lyric in the Young classic “Hey, Hey, My My (Into the Black).”
Artists contributing Young covers to the new installments include Heart’s Ann Wilson, Peter Frampton, Modest Mouse featuring Califone, My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams, Jesse Malin, LP, MJ Lendermann, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, Cold War Kids, and Kurt Vile and The Violators.
Proceeds from both albums will benefit The Bridge School, an educational institution co-founded by Neil and Pegi Young, for children with severe speech and physical disabilities.
Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1 featured covers from Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Lumineers, Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, Mumford and Sons, Brandi Carlile and The Doobie Brothers with Allison Russell.
Elvis Costello released his debut album, My Aim Is True, in the U.K. produced by musician Nick Lowe.
The album was released to critical acclaim, and included future Costello classics, “Alison” and “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes.”
When it was released in the U.S. that November, it contained an additional track, “Watching the Detective,” which became the album’s first hit, peaking at #15 in the U.K.
While the album was recorded with the backing band Clover, they were uncredited on the record. Before the album’s actual release though, Costello formed a new band, The Attractions, which included musician Steve Nieve, who Costello continues to play with to this day.
Costello has gone on to release 32 studio albums, his last being 2022’s The Boy Named If.
(L-R) Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick perform onstage during the 2025 Backyard Concert supporting Teen Cancer America and the UCLA Health Center October 03, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BC)
Cheap Trick has added more dates to their All Washed Up Tour.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has extended their tour through November, with new dates starting Nov. 11 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The additions include stops in Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Ohio before wrapping Nov. 22 in Detroit, Michigan.
A presale for tickets begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Cheap Trick is touring in support of their 21st studio album, All Washed Up, which came out in November 2025. Their next show is Aug. 2 in Minnedosa, Canada.
A complete list of dates can be found at CheapTrick.com.
Whitey Houston Legacy Foundation Auction 2026 (Marc Bryan Brown – Courtesy of The Estate of Whitney E. Houston)
Go ahead: We know you wanna bid with somebody who loves you.
Julien’s Auctions has announced that The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation 2026 Auction will go live Aug. 11 in LA and online at 10 a.m. PT, marking the second year the auction is being held. Proceeds will go to the foundation’s work supporting youth from underprivileged backgrounds via scholarships and grants. You can register to bid now.
Among the items up for grabs: Whitney’s gold-plated Social Security card, her 9-times RIAA Platinum sales award for “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” her luggage, various lots of jewelry and multiple outfits that Whitney either wore onstage, in photo shoots or to special events.
Some of the items will be on display during the Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation’s 5th Annual Legacy of Love Gala, scheduled to take place in Atlanta on Aug. 8, which would have been her 63rd birthday. Babyface will be the headlining performer at the charity event.
