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Billy Joel joined by Jerry Seinfeld, Sting at 100th Madison Square Garden residency show

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Billy Joel played the 100th show of his Madison Square Garden residency in New York on Thursday, March 28, and brought out some very special guests to help him with the celebration.

Fan-shot footage of the evening shows fellow Long Islander Jerry Seinfeld making a surprise appearance to help raise a banner marking Billy’s 100th consecutive sell-out residency show and the most lifetime performances by any artist at the arena.

Calling the residency “the most beautiful medallion on this magnificent career,” Seinfeld discussed how Billy’s music has touched people, particularly those from Long Island and New York.

“He is like the companion that we have gone through our whole lives with,” Jerry said. “His music is like our best friend for our whole life. I don’t even think he can understand how much his music means to us, being from where we are.”

The night’s other special guest was Sting, who came out to join Billy for The Bridge track “Big Man on Mulberry Street” as well as The Police classic “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.” Billy and Sting previously performed these two songs together at their co-headlining date in Tampa, Florida, last month. Their next show together is on April 13 at Petco Park in San Diego.  

Fans who didn’t make it to New York City to catch the 100th show in person will still get to enjoy the concert. CBS is set to air 100th: Billy Joel At Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run Of All Time on April 14.

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AXS TV devoting an entire Sunday to Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar at Sammy's Island at Palms Pool: Photo Credit: Robert John Kley

Sammy Hagar fans are going to want to tune in to AXS TV on Sunday, April 14, because starting at 10 a.m. ET the network will devote a day of programming to the rocker.

Dubbed Sammy Super Sunday, the programming will include the concert film Sammy Hagar & The Wabos: Livin’ It Up, featuring Hagar’s former Van Halen bandmate Michael Anthony. The concert will air at 9 p.m. ET, with a set that includes tunes like “I Can’t Drive 55" and "Heavy Metal," along with Van Halen tracks like “Good Enough” and “Best of Both Worlds." 

Other highlights of Sammy Super Sunday include a Sammy appearance on Daryl Hall’s Live from Daryl’s House; episodes of Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar, featuring such artists as Willie Nelson, Robby Krieger and Rick SpringfieldThe Eddie Money Tribute Concert, with a performance from Sammy; and a Sammy edition of Rockstar Shuffle. 

“Sammy Hagar is the quintessential rock icon, and a longtime favorite for our audience,” said Katie Daryl, vice president of programming for AXS TV. “He continues to be a beloved fixture on our network, and we are excited to raise a toast to him this spring!” 

To coincide with Sammy Super Sunday, AXS TV is holding a sweepstakes in which a winner and their guest will get to see Sammy live in Las Vegas. The package includes two VIP tickets to the opening party of Sammy’s Island, a poolside restaurant and bar at the Palms Casino, along with two VIP tickets to see Sammy with The Circle at The Pearl on May 18. The sweepstakes open April 1 and runs until April 15 via AXS TV’s social media platforms.

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Lou Gramm reacts to efforts to get Foreigner into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Foreigner’s Lou Gramm seems impressed by producer Mark Ronson’s efforts to get the band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. 

In February, Ronson, stepson of Foreigner’s Mick Jones, shared a star-studded video featuring artists like Dave Grohl and Slash declaring their love of the band to try to get them inducted.

“I think he’s a pretty creative guy, and there hasn’t been anything too boisterous or outlandish,” Gramm tells Billboard. “It’s telling the story the way he sees it, from his vantage point with his stepdad. It makes sense.”  

Ronson even got Paul McCartney to film a clip, with The Beatles member using some colorful language to express his shock that Foreigner isn't already in the Hall of Fame. Gramm calls it awesome.

“That one I certainly didn’t expect, and if you just see it once you know it was completely off the cuff for him,” he says. “He said what needed to be said and that was it. I was very impressed and very thankful.” 

Gramm tells the mag he “had given up” on Foreigner ever getting nominated, sharing, “I was not feeling good that our peers were in years ago and we were completely neglected.” 

And while Gramm believes “things look pretty good" they'll make it in this year, he’s trying not to get his hopes up. He notes, “I’m patiently waiting to see what happens.” 

The Hall of Fame fan vote is open until April 26 and winners will be announced later that month. The 2024 induction ceremony will take place in Cleveland in the fall.

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Def Leppard celebrates 40th anniversary of 'Pyromania' with new merch collection

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Def Leppard is continuing their 40th anniversary celebration of the album Pyromania.

In addition to the upcoming 40th anniversary deluxe edition of the album, set to drop April 26, the band has just launched a new 40th anniversary Pyromania merch collection.

Items in the collection include a Union Jack tank and short set and a variety of T-shirts, including one that reads “Ah F F Foolin,’” plus a woven blanket, mug, baseball cap, lighter and more.

All are available now at store.defleppard.com. 

The 40th anniversary edition of Pyromania will be released as a four-CD + Blu-Ray box set featuring the original album and a full disc of unheard demos. It will also be released digitally, as a one-LP half-speed master, and on two-LP black vinyl and two-LP colored vinyl. All formats are available for preorder now.

Released in January 1983, Pyromania featured such hit songs as “Photograph,” “Rock of Ages” and “Foolin,” and reached number #2 on the U.S. Album chart. It sold 6 million copies in 1983 and went on to be certified Diamond by the RIAA for selling over 10 million copies.

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Mick Jagger gets stamp of approval from Maroon 5 after dancing to “Moves Like Jagger”

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Mick Jagger's recent Instagram post in which he's dancing to the tune "Moves Like Jagger" has not gone unnoticed by Maroon 5, the band that made the track a hit. 

The Rolling Stones frontman, 80, shared his video on Wednesday, March 27. In the clip he's seen busting some moves while laughing and smiling, adding the caption, "Moves like who!" It appears the video was taken at one of the rock icon's favorite island destinations, Mustique.

Well, Maroon 5 caught wind of the clip and reposted it to their Instagram Story, captioning it with an animated "GOAT" -- "Greatest of All Time" -- graphic. 

"Moves Like Jagger," featuring Christina Aguilera, came out in 2011 and became Maroon 5's second #1 hit, as well as one of the bestselling singles of all time.  

And those Jagger moves will be on full display in just one month, when The Stones kick off their Hackney Diamonds tour on April 28 in Houston, Texas. A complete list of dates can be found at rollingstones.com.

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U2’s Sphere residency reigns over 'Billboard' tour charts for the month of February

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U2's successful Las Vegas residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, has landed them on top of the Billboard Top Tours chart for the month of February.

The Irish rockers brought in $56.5 million from 166,000 tickets sold to put the Sphere show on top for the first time. Previous months of the residency landed at #2 on the chart.

U2 played a total of 10 Sphere shows during the month of February, before wrapping the residency for good the following month with two shows on March 1 and 2.

Thanks to the success of the February concerts, U2 is also at #1 on the Billboard Top Boxscores list, with the Sphere becoming the top-grossing venue for the month.

U2 launched their sphere residency on September 29, playing a total of 40 shows. They were the first band to play the state-of-the-art venue, with Phish set to follow with four shows booked from April 18 to April 21. Dead & Company will then take over, playing 24 shows between May 16 and July 13.

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Trailer released for documentary on Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg

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A new documentary about German-Italian actress, artist and model Anita Pallenberg, ex-girlfriend of The Rolling StonesBrian Jones and Keith Richards, is set to come out in May, and fans are getting their first look at it.

The first trailer for Catching Fire: The Story Of Anita Pallenberg, coming to Video on Demand on May 3, has just been released. 

The film has Scarlett Johansson reading from Anita's unpublished memoir and includes never-before-seen home movies and family photos, as well as interviews with Richards, the two of the children he had with her — Marlon and Angela Richards — and others.

“I’ve been called a witch, a slut and a murderer,” Johansson is heard saying in the trailer. “Maybe people confuse me with the characters I played.” 

“I was bursting in love,” Richards says about their relationship.  “Anita is in a lot of those songs. She’s a muse I’m sure though not just for me.” He also adds, “Basically, I was trying to keep up with her most of the time and most of the time it was fun.” 

Pallenberg appeared in over 40 films throughout her career but is best known for her association with The Stones. She dated Jones for two years, ending the relationship in 1967. She then began a relationship with Richards, which lasted until 1979. While the pair never married, they had three children together, Marlon, Angela and a son, Tara Jo Jo Gunne, who died from SIDS when he was 2 months old.

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The Black Crowes’ “Wanting and Waiting” revealed as TBS Tuesday night baseball anthem

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As Major League Baseball’s opening day festivities begin on Thursday, March 28, The Black Crowes have revealed that their music is set to play a big role in baseball season.

The band shared on Instagram that their single “Wanting and Waiting” from their new album, Happiness Bastards, will be the new anthem for Tuesday night baseball on TBS.

“Tune in next Tuesday on TBS for an incredible double-header and every Tuesday all-season long," they share.

“Wanting and Waiting” is the first single The Black Crowes released from Happiness Bastards, the group's first album of new material in 15 years. The Crowes will kick off a tour in support of the album on Tuesday, April 2, in Nashville, Tennessee. A complete list of dates can be found at theblackcrowes.com.

 

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Lorde covers “Take Me to the River” for 'Stop Making Sense' tribute album released

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Music fans are getting another preview of the upcoming album paying tribute to Talking Heads’ 1984 concert film and live album, Stop Making Sense.

Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense features 16 reworked versions of the songs on the soundtrack, from artists like ParamoreThe NationalMiley Cyrus and more. 

The latest song released is Lorde’s take on “Take Me To The River,” a track originally recorded by soul legend Al Green in 1974 and then covered by Talking Heads in 1978. The Talking Heads version became the band's highest charting single at the time, and a live recording is included on Stop Making Sense.

In a statement, Lorde shares that she wanted her "Take Me to the River" cover to reflect when her mom first showed her a Talking Heads video on YouTube when she was 12 years old. 

"It's my interpretation of that pixelated spiritual experience," Lorde says. "We did it fast, I didn't let myself tidy it up too much, it had to feel young and imperfect, the peeling posters, the jaw of acne."

You can listen to Lorde's "Take Me to the River" now via digital outlets.

So far, a release date for Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense has not been announced.

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The Rolling Stones begin rehearsals for Hackney Diamonds tour

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The Rolling Stones are getting their fans hyped up for their upcoming tour. 

The band is set to kick off their Hackney Diamonds tour in a month, and they just revealed on Instagram that they’ve started rehearsals for the trek.

The rockers shared a collage of photos of their equipment and gear, captioning the post, “Meanwhile… somewhere in the US the Rolling Stones were starting tour rehearsals.” 

The Hackney Diamonds tour, The Stones’ first North American tour since 2021’s No Filter tour, is set to kick off April 28 in Houston, Texas, with dates confirmed through July 17 in Santa Clara, California. The tour also includes a headlining set at JazzFest in New Orleans on May 2.

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

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Unflattering portrait of Paul McCartney raises over $1,700 for charity

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An unflattering portrait of Sir Paul McCartney has brought in a nice chunk of change for charity.

London artist Wilfrid Wood created a sculpture of The Beatle's face to be used as the cover art for “Pipes of Peace,” McCartney’s contribution to War Child U.K.’s annual Secret 7” auction, in which seven tracks from seven artists get auctioned off to raise money for the organization. 

But Wood says his contribution, a rendering of McCartney’s face on polymer clay, was rejected, explaining on Instagram that it was “BANNED by Macca and the gang because it was TOO UNFLATTERING.”

As a way to still raise money for the charity, Wood decided to auction the sculpture off on eBay, and it sold for over $1,700. He plans to donate all proceeds from the sale to War Child U.K. in their mission to help children affected by conflict in various war zones, including Gaza and the Ukraine.

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On This Day, March 28, 2005: U2 launched the Vertigo tour in San Diego

On This Day, March 28, 2005…

U2 kicked off their Vertigo tour at the iPayOne Center in San Diego, California.

The North American portion of the tour consisted of two legs. The first was made up of 28 sold-out arena shows, wrapping May 28 in Boston, and the second, consisting of 50 sold-out shows, launched September 12 in Toronto and wrapped December 19 in Portland. 

The band performed on an ellipse-shaped stage surrounded with fans on both the inside and outside. The stage also featured see-through LED lighting that hung behind and to the side of the stage.

The tour followed the release of U2's 2004 album, How To Dismantle and Atomic Bomb, with the set list including album cuts “Vertigo,” “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” and “City of Blinding Lights," and classic tunes like “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “One,” “Mysterious Ways” and more.

The tour wound up being the top earning tour of 2005, grossing $260 million.

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Bruce Springsteen flies across country for surprise appearance at Zach Bryan show

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After headlining a concert in San Diego on Monday, March 25, you’d think Bruce Springsteen would take a few days to relax on the West Coast before his San Francisco show on Thursday, March 28, but apparently, The Boss had other plans.  

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer instead decided to hop on a plane back to New York and, according to video posted to social media, popped up onstage at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center to join country singer Zach Bryan for his Wednesday, March 27, show 

According to setlist.fm, The Boss took the stage with Zach, who was dressed in a Springsteen T-shirt, for his two-song encore, performing the tracks “Sandpaper” and “Revival," with additional help from Bryan’s tour opener, Maggie Rogers.

Bryan is set to play a second night at Barclay’s Center on Thursday, but his fans shouldn’t expect a repeat performance. Springsteen is headed back to the West Coast to play two nights at San Francisco’s Chase Center, Thursday and Sunday, March 31. A complete list of dates can be found at brucespringsteen.net.

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Billy Idol shares animated video about his 'Rebel Yell' cover of “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore”

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Billy Idol recently released his take on the Rose Royce classic “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” which will be featured on the upcoming 40th anniversary deluxe edition of Rebel Yell.

Idol and his guitarist Steve Stevens recorded the cover while making the rest of the album. They discuss the decision to record the track in an animated video for the UDiscover’s Beyond the Bus series.

Idol says the idea came to him while they were making the album at Electric Lady studios in New York.

“I always look for a song I could cover that people aren’t expecting,” he says, noting “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore" “was one of those songs, I don’t know why, I thought I could take it and do something with it dramatically different and make it my own.”

It never made the album, though, because while they were working on the song, someone from Idol's record company informed them Madonna had just recorded her own cover of the tune.

“Nothing sobers you up like having Madonna steal one of your babies,” Stevens says, with Idol adding, “so yeah, we decided to put it on the shelf, unfortunately.”

When they started putting together the 40th anniversary edition of Rebel Yell, they decided to revisit the cover, and Stevens added a bit of guitar to what was already recorded.

Idol shares that while Madonna’s cover is pretty faithful to the original, “I took it and made it into a rock song and I started to really scream the chorus." He adds, “It came out fantastic.”

The Rebel Yell deluxe expanded edition will be released April 26. It is available for preorder now.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

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Mick Jagger proves he’s got the “Moves Like Jagger”

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Have you ever wondered what it would look like for Mick Jagger to show off his dance moves to a song about his dance moves? Well, wonder no more.

The Rolling Stones rocker shared a video on Instagram of him dancing wildly to a band performing the Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera track “Moves Like Jagger,” and it leaves him in a fit of laughter.

He captioned the clip, “Moves like who!”

Folks in the comments certainly seemed to enjoy the clip, although his son Lucas, whose mom is Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez, had some other thoughts, commenting, “Dadda WHO PUT U UP TO THis.”

Fans will soon get to see Jagger show off those moves onstage. The Rolling Stones are set to kick off their Hackney Diamonds tour on April 28 in Houston. A complete list of dates can be found at rollingstones.com.

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