Classic Hits

Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman is being honored with a new stamp collection.

Isle of Man Stamps and Coins has announced that the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s work is being celebrated in a new set of six stamps. The collection features illustrations by artist Roger Dean, best known for his work designing album covers for musicians in the ’60s and ’70s. His first album cover for Yes was 1971’s Fragile, which was the first to feature Wakeman.

Dean says he’s “always enjoyed working” with Wakeman, who he met when he was working on Fragile. He notes, “Designing this new set of Isle of Man stamps has been a joy and a tribute to that long collaboration.”

According to the description, the stamp collection highlights “key moments from Wakeman’s remarkable career,” including his solo albums Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

“I am honored to have my career featured on these stamps having spent many years as a resident of the Isle of Man,” says Wakeman, who moved to the island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland, in 1987. “Roger Dean’s artwork has always felt like a natural extension of the music I’ve created, and to see our worlds brought together on stamps is both surreal and wonderful.”

The stamps are available to order now at iomstamps.com.

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Heart’s Nancy Wilson was a special guest at Chappell Roan’s Sunday night concert in Forest Hills, New York.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer came out to join Chappell for a performance of the Heart classic “Barracuda.” Video of the performance can be seen in fan-shot video posted to YouTube.

The clips show Wilson coming out from the side of the stage, dressed in a black jacket with purple boots and playing a matching purple guitar.

This isn’t the first time Chappell has covered “Barracuda” in concert. She first performed it back in 2024, and it’s been in her set list for much of 2025.

Chappell is currently on her Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things tour, and has shows in Forest Hills on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Heart’s next shows will be a Las Vegas residency at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, which starts Nov. 12. A complete list of dates can be found at Heart-Music.com.

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Lenny Kravitz was a special guest at Dua Lipa’s Sunday night concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

“When I go back to thinking about New York artists, and artists and music that shaped my life, I think about this one song in particular that really helped me fall in love with music,” Dua told the crowd during her introduction of Kravitz.

“New York’s just got such an unbelievably cool energy. But the artist that sings this song, I’m afraid to say, might be a little cooler,” she added. “And he’s here tonight. For a treat for our last night in New York City — don’t say I don’t do anything nice for you guys — New York, give it up for New York’s very own Lenny Kravitz!”

Kravitz joined Dua for a performance of his track “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over,” from his second studio album, 1991’s Mama Said.

And Lenny wasn’t the only special guest Dua brought out during her shows in New York. On Saturday she was joined by legendary guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers of the band CHIC for a run-through of that group’s signature song, “Le Freak.”

Dua shared video of her performances with Lenny and Nile on her Instagram Story but you can find footage of both on YouTube, as well.

Kravitz’s next show will be at the Oceans Calling Festival in Ocean City, Maryland, on Friday. A complete list of dates can be found at LennyKravitz.com.

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Jon Bon Jovi is opening up about being a grandfather.

The singer’s son Jake Bongiovi and his wife, Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown, announced in August they adopted a baby girl over the summer. During an interview with Bunnie XO for her Dumb Blonde podcast, the rocker shared that being a first-time granddad is “crazy, but great. Wonderful.”

“They adopted a girl, and we met the baby obviously and immediately that becomes your grandchild, you know what I mean? Your baby,” he said in a clip of the interview shared on TikTok. “It’s beautiful. I want to see pictures, like, every other day. I’m that pain in the butt guy already.”

Jake and Millie wed in May 2024, when he was 22 and she was 20.

“We blessed it because we get it, you know?” Jon said, regarding them getting married at such a young age. “They’re sorta mature beyond their years. She comes from a family where her parents are still together and they married very young.”

“Her and Jake fell in love and we just thought, ‘OK, you know, we’ll support this.’ And it’s working out,” he added.

And there are more grandbabies on the way. Jon revealed that his son Jesse Bongiovi and his wife are expecting a baby, as well.

Bunnie XO is the wife of singer Jelly Roll. Bon Jovi and Jelly Roll just released the collaboration “Living Proof,” from the band’s upcoming album, Forever (Legendary Edition). The album has the band teaming up with other big-name artists to reimagine songs on their 2024 album, Forever. It will drop Oct. 24.

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After performing their 1977 album, The Grand Illusion, in its entirety during their 2025 Las Vegas residency, Styx is set to return to Sin City for a new set of shows focused on their 1978 album, Pieces of Eight.

Styx has announced five new residency dates — Jan. 23, 24, 28, 30 and 31 — at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. Each show will have the band playing Pieces of Eight in its entirety, along with other classic hits.

A Citi presale kicks off Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT, with other presales running through the week. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. PT.

Released in September 1978, Pieces of Eight was Styx’s eighth studio album. It was a top-10 hit for the band, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Albums chart, and went on to be certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. It featured the top-20 hit singles “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” and “Renegade.” 

Styx released their 18th studio album, Circling From Above, in July. They are set to play Englewood, New Jersey, on Thursday. A complete list of dates can be found at StyxWorld.com.

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On This Day, Sept. 22, 1985 …

Forty years ago, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp headlined the first-ever Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois.

The trio organized the all-star event to raise money to help family farmers in the United States. They were inspired by comments Bob Dylan made during the Live Aid concerts, in which he said he hoped some of the money could go to help struggling farmers.

Dylan also performed at the first Farm Aid, as did Billy Joel, Tom Petty, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison and others.

The first concert raised over $9 million.

Since then, Farm Aid has held concerts almost every year and has raised nearly $80 million to help American farmers.

The 40th anniversary edition took place Saturday in Minneapolis, with Nelson, Young and Mellencamp once again headlining, along with Dylan, Margo Price and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds. 

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Carlos Santana has announced the 2026 dates for his Las Vegas residency.

The rocker has confirmed 16 new shows for his ongoing An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live residency, happening in January, February and May at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

The new dates kick off Jan 21 and wrap May 24.

Citi and fan club presales kick off Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT, with tickets for all new shows going on sale to the general public starting Friday at 10 a.m. PT.

The announcement of the 2026 dates comes as Santana is set to return to the venue for a new round of shows this month. His next residency date is happening Wednesday.

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

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Paul McCartney is giving fans a chance to win a front row trip to see him in concert, and it comes with a chance to meet The Beatles legend.

The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has just launched a new Fandiem sweepstakes, with the lucky winner receiving a trip for two to see McCartney’s Got Back tour at the United Center in Chicago on Nov. 24.

The package includes front row tickets to the concert, a chance to meet McCartney backstage and take a photo, and access to soundcheck. It also includes roundtrip airfare and three-nights hotel accommodations, a merch package and a gift card for ground transportation and food in Chicago.

To enter, fans can make a donation to Meat Free Mondays, an organization, founded by Paul and his daughters, Mary McCartney and Stella McCartney, that helps fight climate change and creates awareness of the environmental impact of animal agriculture. The sweepstakes is open until Nov. 11.

McCartney is set to return to the stage with a warm-up show on Sept. 26 at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, California, before kicking off the North American leg of his Got Back tour on Sept. 29 in Palm Desert, California. The tour wraps Nov. 25 in Chicago.

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Sonny Curtis, a member of Buddy Holly‘s Crickets who also wrote The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song and other hits, has died, according to a Facebook post by his daughter. He was 88.

“I’m heartbroken to tell you that my dad Sonny passed away yesterday after a sudden illness,” she wrote Saturday. “I’m so grateful that I was with him at the end, along with my mom. It was peaceful and he didn’t suffer.”

“He was 88 and he lived a more exceptional life than anyone I’d ever met,” she continued. “He made a mark on this world, and he made a mark on the hearts of all who knew him. It’s a sad day, but what a life. May we look at his life with joy rather than sadness. He would have wanted that.”

Born in Meadow, Texas, Curtis met Buddy Holly at age 15 and formed a band with him. He eventually left to work with other musicians, but rejoined Holly and his band, now dubbed the Crickets, in 1958. After Holly died in 1959, Curtis became the band’s frontman and toured and recorded with them on and off until 2016.

In 2012, the Crickets, including Curtis, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by a special committee convened to correct the fact that the band hadn’t been inducted along with Holly in 1986.

Curtis was also a hitmaking songwriter; in 1970, he wrote “Love Is All Around,” the theme for The Mary Tyler Moore Show. His other compositions included the Everly Brothers‘ 1961 hit “Walk Right Back;” “I Fought the Law,” a hit for the Bobby Fuller Four that was later recorded by The Clash and dozens of others; Leo Sayer‘s 1980 hit “More Than I Can Say” and Keith Whitley‘s 1989 country hit “I’m No Stranger to the Rain.”

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Looks like we may be getting a new album from The Rolling Stones.

Andrew Watt, who produced The Stones’ last album, Hackney Diamonds, confirmed to Rolling Stone that he’s once again working with the band.

 ”I’ve said it before, but it’s like working for Batman,” Watt, who’s also produced albums for Pearl Jam, Ozzy Osbourne and Elton John, tells the mag. “When the tongue is up in the air, you just go.”

He adds, “I can say we did some recording together, but that’s all I can say.”

Released in October 2023, Hackney Diamonds was The Stones’ first album of new material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. The album topped the chart in the U.K. and Australia, and peaked at #3 in the U.S.

Hackney Diamonds went on to win the Grammy for best rock album.

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