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Jeff Hahne/Getty ImagesIf you've seen Billy Joel in concert, you know he often drops Led Zeppelin's song "Rock and Roll" into the set. But on New Year's Eve, he got to play another classic Zep song wi...

On This Day, Jan. 2, 1969 ...The Beatles began rehearsals for what would wind up being their final studio album together, Let It Be.Rehearsals took place at Twickenham Film Studios and were marre...

Gary Miller/Getty ImagesNeil Young won't be playing the U.K.'s Glastonbury Festival this year.The rocker announced on his Neil Young Archives website that he and his band the Chrome Hearts w...

Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht IILast year was a very eventful one for Peter Frampton, most notably because he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and it sounds like he’s not a...

Pete Still/RedfernsFreddie Mercury's birthday will once again be celebrated with a big bash this fall.The Queen frontman would have turned 79 on Sept. 5, and the band just announced that the...

In 2024, for the first time in more than four years, we heard Céline Dion's legendary voice.The diva hadn't performed since March 2020. She'd been forced to halt her tour due to COVID-19 and th...

Disney/Michael Le Brecht IIWhen Alex Van Halen released his memoir, Brothers, in October, the book failed to include anything about the Sammy Hagar years of Van Halen, with Alex on...

Sam Tabone/WireImageIt looks like we may be getting a new album from The Doobie Brothers in 2025.In a year-end note posted to Facebook, founding member Patrick Simmons reveals that they're a...

On This Day, Dec. 31, 1984 ...Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car crash in Sheffield, England.After trying to pass a driver who had been taunting him on the road, Allen lost cont...

For years music fans have wondered when Foreigner and Peter Frampton were going to get recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and this year they got their answer.Both Foreigner, which ha...