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Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has shared another track from Lighthouse: Live From London, his upcoming live album and concert film highlighting a show from his Lighthouse Tour ’24.

The latest is a performance of “Fallen Ones,” a track that appears on his third solo album, 2023’s Lighthouse. It is available now via digital outlets.

The album and film capture McKagan’s Oct. 25, 2024, concert at London’s Islington Assembly Hall and feature 19 tracks, including songs from Lighthouse, as well as covers and other songs from McKagan’s career. There’s also an appearance by Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones on covers of David Bowie’s “Heroes” and Johnny Thunder’s “Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory.”

Lighthouse: Live From London will be released Oct. 31 digitally, on CD and as a CD + Blu-ray set that includes the complete Live From London concert film. It will also be released as a two-LP black vinyl set that comes with a replica concert ticket signed by McKagan.

Lighthouse: Live From London is available for preorder now.

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Erica Campbell is back with fall dates for her Laugh, Cry, Heal conference, an event created to be a safe space for women. She will make stops in Birmingham on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, before making her way to Phoenix on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25. The final dates will take place in Chicago on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

“Women are holding so much beneath the surface emotionally, spiritually, and silently,” Campbell says in a press release. “We don’t just need motivation. We need moments that minister and bring us to healing and wholeness in Christ. A place to exhale, tools that restore hope, and a reminder that we are deeply seen, deeply loved, and never alone. That is the heartbeat of Laugh, Cry, Heal.”

She also announced the lineup for the event, featuring a mix of therapists, clinical experts, artists and cultural voices. The lineup includes relationship expert Love McPherson, gospel artist Lena Byrd Miles, pastor and life coach Adrian Lindsey and Campbell’s sister, confidence coach GooGoo Atkins.

Campbell says she curated the lineup with intention, featuring “women with a passion for healing inside and out, and a powerful male voice to stand alongside them.”

“Together, they represent truth-telling, emotional depth, spiritual grounding, and joy,” she says in a press release. “They speak to our real lives, not just our highlight reels. This is who I trust to help us laugh, cry, and most importantly, heal.”

Tickets are now available at LoveErica.com/LaughCryHeal.

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Florence + The Machine have released “One of the Greats” from their new album, Everybody Scream. That’s not subjective — that’s the actual name of the song.

Florence Welch explains in a statement that the song is “sort of a long poem about the cost of greatness: Who gets to decide what that is? Why do I even want it?”

In the song, Welch sings about literally coming back from the dead to “show you what it takes/ To become one of the greats.” She also describes her ambivalence about fame, singing, “Got everything I thought I wanted and cried hungover in a hotel closet.”
 
Welch says in the statement, “I feel like I die a little bit every time I make a record. … Yet I always dig myself up to try again, always trying to please that one person who doesn’t like it, or finally feel like I made something perfect and I can rest.” 

She notes, “Early in my career, I was consistently ridiculed and derided for the bigness of my expression. I was thrust into the spotlight but also told again and again I didn’t deserve it, or that because it wasn’t to their taste it wasn’t good. So maybe this is a 15-year outpouring of frustration. But also, a lot of the lines I just left in because I thought they were funny.”

Among those funny lines: “It must be nice to be a man and make boring music just because you can.” 

Welch co-wrote the song with Mark Bowen of fellow U.K. rockers IDLES; it was produced by Aaron Dessner. Welch says, “I wanted it to feel like you were disintegrating into nothing at the end. Which is sometimes what the creative process feels to me.”

Everybody Scream is out Oct. 31.

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Darius Rucker is joining forces with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and The Black Crowes‘ former drummer Steve Gorman for a new supergroup, Howl Owl Howl.

The group formed in 2021 out of a casual jam session between the three longtime friends, with a press release noting that session turned into “something unique.” As for the sound, Howl Owl Howl “fuses organic roots rock with an open-minded alternative flair, matching a fluid, feel-oriented rhythm section to the barrel-chested vocal rasp of an iconic frontman.”

“It feels great to be singing with a rock band again. It’s like buddies getting together, but also getting to play with your idols,” Darius shares. “The stuff we’re writing is so different than anything I’ve tried to do before.”

Mills adds, “You never can explain band chemistry. We all like each other. And we all admire each other musically. All those things come together and if it weren’t fun, we wouldn’t be doing it.”

Music fans will get their first experience of Howl Owl Howl when they release their debut track, “My Cologne,” on Oct. 31.

They are also planning to hit the road for the nine-date Howl Owl Howl tour starting Nov. 3 in Indianapolis. The tour wraps Nov. 15 in Athens, Georgia, which is the birthplace of R.E.M. A complete list of dates can be found at howlowlhowl.com.

Of course, Darius’ band, Hootie & the Blowfish, currently has a #3 country hit with Scotty McCreery and “Bottle Rockets,” which features the band singing their 1994 smash “Hold My Hand.” 

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Clipse have been tapped as headliners for the 2025 Pepsi Philly Eats Fest, an event celebrating the city’s best bites. They will take the stage as part of a lineup featuring Ari Lennox and Philly’s own Freeway, as well as appearances from members of the Eagles franchise.

Pepsi Philly Eats Fest is slated to take place at Eakins Oval on Oct. 4 and serves as Clipse’s thank-you to Philly, one of the cities that has supported them since the start of their career.

“Philly was one of the first cities outside our own to show us real love when we were coming up, and we’ve never forgotten that,” Pusha T and No Malice said in a press release. “The energy is unmatched, from the music to the food to the people. That’s why we’re excited to be part of Pepsi Philly Eats Fest, celebrating the flavors and fans that make this city special.”

The event will follow Clipse’s history-making moment at the Vatican for the Grace of the World concert, where they became the first rappers to perform at the location. They took the stage alongside John Legend and an orchestra for a live rendition of “The Birds Don’t Sing” off their latest album, Let God Sort Em Out.

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Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Beck and Lana Del Ray are set to headline the Harvest Moon benefit concert on Oct. 25 at The Painted Turtle camp in Lake Hughes, California.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit both The Painted Turtle, which offers the camp experience to children with serious medical conditions, and The Bridge School, an educational institution for children with severe speech and physical disabilities.

“We’re honored to welcome Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Beck, and Lana Del Rey to Harvest Moon this year,” said April Tani, executive director of The Painted Turtle. “This gathering, where music, nature, and purpose come together, is a powerful celebration of hope and community. It’s an opportunity for all of us to support two extraordinary organizations making a real difference in children’s lives.”

More artists are expected to be added to the bill. Tickets are on sale now at harvestmoongathering.com.

This is the second year in a row that Young has performed at Harvest Moon. At the 2024 edition he was joined by his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate Stephen Stills.

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Madonna is a big David Bowie fan. In fact, when Bowie was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, she accepted the honor on his behalf and gave a speech about how seeing Bowie in concert when she was 15 years old changed her life.

That’s why Madonna says she got emotional when she visited the branch of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum where Bowie’s archives are housed. The Queen of Pop writes on her Instagram Story, “The first concert I ever saw was in high school. David Bowie was playing in Detroit. He blew my mind.”

She goes on to note that while at the museum, “They brought out the very costume he wore onstage when I first saw him perform. It was such a life-changing experience. I almost started crying.”

She included a photo of the outfit, which Bowie wore on his Diamond Dogs tour: a white suit, blue-and-white sweater, red shoes, yellow socks and red suspenders.

Madonna also posted photos of herself visiting the museum and looking at additional Bowie items, along with her manager, Guy Oseary, and her boyfriend, Akeem Morris.

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