Carly Pearce’s Monday benefit at City Winery raised $45,000 for Nashville’s Pet Community Center.
Ashley Cooke opened the show and returned during Carly’s set to sing Ashley McBryde’s part on “Never Wanted to Be That Girl.” Carly’s stripped-down performance included music from her upcoming album, including “Dream Come True” and her new hit, “If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay.”
“I am honored to be here tonight to raise money and awareness for needy pets in our community,” she told the audience. “Pet Community Center does tremendous work to provide veterinary care, food, supplies, and spaying and neutering services to the most vulnerable pets in Nashville. As a dog mom of Johnny and June, I am here to honor them tonight!”
In addition to donating her time, Carly gave $5,000 to the cause.
Pink Floyd is set to release a new compilation album.
Titled 8-Tracks, the release will, as the name suggests, feature eight curated classic tracks from the 1971-1979 era of Pink Floyd.
Songs on the album include iconic tunes like “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2,” “Time” and “Comfortably Numb,” along with early Pink Floyd tracks “One Of These Days” and “Wot’s… Uh The Deal.” The final track is a full version of “Pigs on the Wing,” which prior to this was only available on the eight-track release of 1977’s Animals.
According to the album’s description, 8-Tracks is a “starting point for new listeners to discover the depth and breadth of Pink Floyd’s peerless album catalogue, as well as a carefully curated collection for longtime fans to appreciate.”
8-Tracks will be released June 5 on vinyl, CD and digitally. It is available for preorder now.
Record Store Day is happening later this month, and ahead of the annual celebration of independent record stores, Robert Plant has been honored with the Record Store Legend award.
The award honors the Led Zeppelin frontman for his “lasting impact on music around the world” as well as his support for new artist and record stores,” according to a post on the Record Store Day’s Instagram.
Plant was on hand for the unveiling of a special plaque to mark the honor at Spillers Records in Cardiff, Wales, the world’s oldest record store.
“Record stores have always been a part of my life. For me, once you get to the physical record it’s because you really want to know and be a part of what the artist was considering,” said Plant. “And I know, as a guy who’s been making records since 1966, people want to take home something very special, to enjoy all the elements of what an artist has put together. We want a connection between the music and the art of the whole thing.”
Record Store Day is happening April 18. Plant, with his band Saving Grace and singer Suzi Dian, is set to release a four-track EP, Saving Grace: All That Glitters, this year.
Elton John was the first recipient of the Record Store Legend award in 2017; The Smiths’ Johnny Marr was honored with the award in 2025.
Cheap Trick, Steve Miller, Chicago and Deep Purple were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Cheap Trick was inducted by Kid Rock and performed “I Want You to Want Me,” “Dream Police” and “Surrender,” while Chicago was inducted by Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas, performing “Saturday in the Park,” “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” with Thomas, and “25 or 6 to 4.”
Deep Purple, inducted by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, performed three songs, including their classic “Smoke on the Water.”
Steve Miller was inducted by The Black Keys, and performed “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Rockin’ Me” and “The Joker,” but his induction was not without controversy. He made headlines for his negative remarks about the Hall of Fame, and claimed the Rock Hall nixed his idea to have Elton John induct him. The Black Keys, longtime fans of Miller, later said they regretted their participation.
Lauren Alaina & Chase Matthew’s “All My Exes” (Big Loud)
Lauren Alaina currently has her biggest hit on the radio since 2021’s “Getting Over Him” with Jon Pardi.
If there’s any downside to her new duet with Chase Matthew, it’s that the song Lauren co-wrote was, in fact, ripped from the pages of her own life.
“I wrote ‘All My Exes’ about a relationship I had that was, let’s just say not my best relationship,” she reveals. “And we were fighting down on Broadway, actually. Everybody’s had a fight down on Broadway, right? If you’ve been to Nashville, you have.”
“I basically wrote this song about things that he was, like, yelling at me and saying about me,” Lauren continues. “And I was like, ‘Well, you know, I’ve heard this before. I’m not saying you’re right, but you are not the first to say this to me.’ It’s the classic, ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ song.”
Another interesting twist to “All My Exes”? It was Lauren’s husband, Cam Arnold, who loved the song so much that he secretly played it for Chase while on tour, because he believed the two of them could make it a hit.
Donald Fagen performs onstage at the Second Annual LOVE ROCKS NYC! A Benefit Concert for God’s Love We Deliver at Beacon Theatre on March 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for God’s Love We Deliver)
Donald Fagen last played under the name Steely Dan in March 2024. So what’s he been doing since then? According to his stepdaughter, he’s “enjoying his retirement,” though he’s still making music and performing occasionally.
Fagen’s stepdaughter Amy Helm — daughter of Fagen’s late wife Libby Titus and the late Levon Helm of The Band — tells Vulture that Fagen is “doing fantastic,” adding that he’s living in Woodstock, New York, where she and her family are based, “full time.”
“We’ve been playing a lot of music. He’s enjoying his retirement,” adds Helm, a singer and songwriter who organizes the ongoing series of concerts known as the Helm Family Midnight Ramble.
“He’s playing piano and singing the occasional rock-and-roll cover with our family band at the Midnight Ramble, and we’re having a great time,” she says. “He’s working on music with my son as well. They’re working on an album, and that’s been fun. So it’s a nice time for the family.”
Helm says that Fagen has no plans to perform with Steely Dan, explaining, “Right now he’s really enjoying being retired and not having any expectations or pressure. We drive around, we listen to music, and he picks fun covers for us to try at the Midnight Ramble. He’s just enjoying the downtime, but I guess you never know.”
Helm gave Vulture the update after some Instagram videos she posted to promote the Midnight Ramble went viral simply because Fagen was seen in the background.
“All of a sudden friends were texting me and letting me know that it was really resonating with Steely Dan fans,” Helm tells Vulture. She adds, “Someone asked him what he thought about having a viral moment, and he said, ‘We must really have our finger on the pulse of the nation.’”
Sabrina Carpenter performs during Day 1 of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 19, 2024 in Indio, California. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella)
Sabrina Carpenter will headline Coachella for the first time on Friday, and she says fans should get ready for something special.
“It’s the most ambitious show I’ve ever done,” Sabrina tells Perfectmagazine in a chat with designer Marc Jacobs. “It’s probably the most time I’ve ever had to actually just sit down and talk about a show as I’m building it.”
“Most of the time, you’re really quickly thrust into physical rehearsals, but this time around we started this process around seven months ago. So it’s been a long journey,” she adds. “It will be very special.”
Sabrina’s current phase of global pop domination technically began at Coachella two years ago, when she played the main stage at sunset and sang what was then a brand-new song live for the first time: “Espresso.”
“That was a really special day for me … and now, two years later, we’re back,” she adds. “And I think that’s what makes this show feel really, really surreal: getting to celebrate all the songs that have come after it, and just how many lives they’ve lived since they’ve come out.”
But while “Espresso” helped shoot her to stardom, Sabrina tells Jacobs that the song didn’t have as big an impact on her life as did her Short n’ Sweet tour, which wrapped up in November 2025.
“I feel like that really, really changed my life. That was my first arena tour. It was the first time anyone got to really live with these songs and hear how they sound out loud,” she explains. “It was really the tour – and the fans. It’s mostly what they’ve done to change my life, which is existing, showing up. I owe it to them.”
Dustin Breeding, Kelly Breeding, Carnell Breeding, Patrick Breeding and Bryan Breeding of the band B5 perform during The Boys 4 Life Tour at Smoothie King Center on March 13, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Josh Brasted/Getty Images)
B5 has been busy performing as part of the Boys 4 Life tour — an opportunity they had just a few days to prepare for.
“We were asked to join, I’d say eight days prior for the tour,” Patrick tells ABC Audio. “So we did have to round up, get ourselves together pretty quickly. But you know what they say, when you stay ready, you don’t really have to get ready.”
The opportunity, he adds, was well worth it because of the love from their fans.
“Going to these cities and seeing these fans … in real time onstage … makes B5 feel great,” Patrick says. “It gives us just even more fuel to go out there each night and to just give it our all and leave nothing out there on the stage.”
The Boys 4 Life tour serves as a reunion of sorts. The group shares the lineup with Bow Wow, Omarion and Pretty Ricky — artists they toured with during the 2005 Scream IV Tour.
“It’s very nostalgic,” Carnell says, noting they get to see each other now as adults. “It’s a different vibe, it’s a different feeling.”
What’s also different is B5’s approach to performing.
“We were really wild back then,” Patrick says. “Nowadays … we’re seasoned, everything’s a little more controlled. Everything has intention behind it.”
Still, fans can expect high energy.
“Our set is pretty energetic. … We have a very good, seasoned, clean set,” says Dustin. “[We] hit you with the hits … and then, you know, kill them at the end with the ‘All I Do.'”
“The crowd goes crazy every time,” he adds of the crowd’s response. “The way [the set list] rolls out and flows is being received very well … so we definitely recognize that and we appreciate it.”
Jake Kiszka from Greta Van Fleet performs on stage at Tons Of Rock Festival 2024 on June 29, 2024 in Oslo, Norway. (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)
Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka is taking part in a live Q&A event taking place April 23 at the Gibson Garage in Nashville.
The event starts at 3 p.m. CT, and is free and open to the public. Anyone hoping to attend is encouraged to arrive early.
“To mark the occasion, we’ll be unveiling something truly special,” the Gibson Garage Instagram teases.
Greta Van Fleet’s most recent album is 2023’s Starcatcher. Kiszka has since launched the band Mirador, which released their self-titled debut album in 2025.
Jack Antonoff of Bleachers performs on stage during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 01, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images)
Bleachers are headlining the first show of Rolling Stone magazine’s 2026 Rock Tour, taking place May 20 at the Fillmore in New Orleans.
Presales begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday at 10 a.m. CT.
The Rolling Stone Rock Tour aims to showcase “the most exciting artists shaping the future of rock” and highlight “emerging voices across indie, alternative, and genre-defying rock,” according to a press release. It will also make stops in Denver, San Diego, New York City, Chicago and Nashville; artists for those dates have yet to be announced.
Bleachers, meanwhile, will launch a full U.S. tour in June in support of their upcoming album, everyone for ten minutes, due out May 22.
