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A new era of Who history began earlier this month with the launch of the Song Is Over farewell tour in Italy. The show marked not only the start of the band’s supposed last tour, but also the unveiling of new drummer Scott Devours. He took over from Zak Starkey after a bizarre and protracted battle that played out in public, and placed Devour in a pretty awkward position.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s catalog is seeing a resurgence after the heavy metal pioneer’s death this week, as both his solo hits and works with Black Sabbath have been spiking on Spotify.

Since Osbourne’s death was announced Tuesday, he’s gained over 6 million monthly listeners on the platform as a solo artist, jumping from about 12.4 million to 18.7 million. Black Sabbath, meanwhile, went from 19.8 million to 24.6 million.

On the songs side, “Crazy Train” gained about 8 million Spotify streams since Tuesday, now up to 809 million; “No More Tears” rose by 7 million to just over 266 million all time; and his power ballad “Mama, I’m Coming Home” jumped by about 7.2 million, now up to almost 245 million streams.

For Black Sabbath, “Paranoid” has been streamed 9.3 million times on Spotify since Tuesday and now has 1.38 billion all time. “Iron Man” is up to over 587 million streams from about 581 million, and “War Pigs” jumped by...

An upcoming documentary about Ozzy Osbourne’s health setbacks in recent years and his desire to stage a farewell concert will still arrive later this year despite the heavy metal legend’s death Tuesday.

No Escape From Now, described as “a deeply personal portrait of the rock legend’s harsh new realities and his battle to take the stage for one final performance,” will hit Paramount+ this autumn, a rep for the filmmakers confirmed to Rolling Stone.

“We are truly heartbroken to hear the news of Ozzy’s passing,” Phil and Tania Alexander,...

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Ozzy Osbourne was widely credited as one of the founding fathers of heavy metal, and while the beloved performer was best known as the lead vocalist of Black Sabbath, he also occasionally played the guitar.

Osbourne died on July 22, and tributes quickly poured in from fans, fellow musicians, and colleagues following the news of his death. Among these tributes was a note from Gibson Guitars, a brand favored...

Billy Idol is one of many in the music industry grieving Tuesday after the legendary Ozzy Osbourne died at age 76. In Idol’s case, he credits Osbourne for “showing us the way” to succeed as punk-rockers. Just last October, Idol helped celebrate Ozzy’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist by performing “No More Tears” at the ceremony, joined by his bandmate Steve Stevens, one-time Oz collaborators Zakk Wylde and Robert Trujillo, along with the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith. During interviews at the time, Ozzy praised Idol and said he, too, should be inducted into the Cleveland shrine, and it was no coincidence that Billy found his name among this year’s nominees, even if he didn’t make the cut this time. Here, Idol remembers Osbourne for his indelible mark on music and the path he carved for those who came after him.

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Ozzy Osbourne played his farewell show with Black Sabbath just two weeks before his death on July 22. For the lucky few thousand in attendance at the rock band’s Birmingham, UK concert, it was — without hyperbole — likely the opportunity of a lifetime to see their favorite rockers reunite for one last refrain.

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Black Sabbath co-founders Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward have posted tributes to their bandmate Ozzy Osbourne Tuesday, hours after the Prince of Darkness died at age 76.

“I just can’t believe it! My dear dear friend Ozzy has passed away only weeks after our show at Villa Park,” Iommi wrote on X on Tuesday. “It’s just such heartbreaking news that I can’t really find the words, there won’t ever be another like him. Geezer, Bill and myself have lost our brother. My thoughts go out to Sharon and all the Osbourne family. Rest in peace Oz.”

As Butler wrote in an Instagram post of his own: “Goodbye dear friend- thanks for all those years- we had some great fun. 4 kids from Aston- who’d have thought, eh? So glad we got to do it one last time, back in Aston. Love you.”

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Some of the biggest names in the music and entertainment industry are paying tribute to Ozzy Osbourne after his family confirmed the news of his death earlier Tuesday.

Osbourne died at 76 following years of health issues, just weeks after he played his final show in Birmingham, United Kingdom, where he reunited with Black Sabbath. “He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time,” Osbourne’s family said.

“The whole world is mourning Ozzy tonight,” Alice Cooper said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Over his long career, he earned immense respect among his peers and from fans around the world as an unmatched showman and cultural icon. I always saw Ozzy as a cross between the prince of darkness, which is the persona his fans saw, and the court jester.

“That was the side that his family and friends saw,...

There are many, many ways that pop-culture fans have discovered shapeshifting rocker/actor Michael Des Barres over the decades. Some may know him from his big-screen debut at age 17 in the 1967 Sidney Poitier film To Sir, With Love; or as the frontman of the Deep Purple- and Led Zeppelin-associated bands Silverhead and Detective; or as the cowriter of Animotion’s 1983 hit “Obsession”; or as the longtime host of the Little Steven’s Underground Garage morning show on SiriusXM; or as iconic MacGyver villain Murdoc; or for his many other television appearances on shows like Roseanne, Seinfeld, Melrose Place, Northern Exposure, Frasier, and Nip/Tuck.

But if you’re one of the Gen X kids among the estimated 1.9 billion people (nearly 40 percent of the world population at the time) who watched the global Live Aid concert broadcast 40 years ago, on July 13, 1985, then you might best know Des Barres as the...

Billy Idol just found out he has a secret son – and he’s not surprised at all.

Idol revealed that his daughter, Bonnie Blue Broad, 35, took a 23andMe DNA test only to discover her long-lost stepbrother, Brant.

Idol admitted that due to his sexual history during his rock and roll prime, this news isn’t too out of the ordinary.

“The more I thought about it, I guessed there must be something like that,” he told iNews. “Because we were going around in the 80s and 70s, just having knockdown, drag-out sex with a million people you didn’t know.”

Idol shares two children with two different exes. He fathered Bonnie Blue Broad with ex Linda Mathis and Willem Wolfe Broad, 37, with ex Perri Lister.

He added, “A lot of people in the rock world got children beyond their usual relationships.”

Brant is presumed to have been conceived during Idol’s 1985 “Rebel Yell” tour.

Billy Idol has announced a trio of vinyl reissues, returning his debut EP Don’t Stop, 1986’s Whiplash Smile, and 1990’s Charmed Life to print on wax for the first time in years.

The reissues are set to arrive August 15th via Capitol/UMe on black vinyl, plus a colored variant of each album.

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Don’t Stop was Billy Idol’s first solo release following the breakup of his band Generation X, whose song “Dancing with Myself” is featured on the EP in a shortened format under Idol’s name. Although original pressings are abundant, the EP hasn’t been issued on vinyl since the ’80s.

Whiplash Smile came later in 1986 after Idol had achieved rockstar status via hits like “White Wedding” and “Rebel Yell” from his first two albums. This album also faired well, vaulting to No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart on the strength...

Guitarist Lita Ford was not pleased with the 2010 biopic The Runaways, saying it wasn’t an accurate depiction of her former band of the same name, while adding she’s no fan of ex-bandmate Joan Jett or actress Kristen Stewart (who played Jett in the movie).

The film starred Dakota Fanning as singer Cherie Currie, Scout Taylor-Compton as Ford, and Stewart as Jett, with most of the attention focused on Currie and Jett, as well as manager Kim Fowley (played by Michael Shannon).

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In a new interview with The Boom Boom Room, hosted by former boxer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Ford reflected on the movie. “I felt that The Runaways movie was all about Joan, and the stories that they told about Joan were just not accurate,” said Ford (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “They really made her to look larger than life. And I just...

A few years ago, Billy Idol discovered that he had a long-lost son named Brant. In a new documentary, Idol and his other children detail how they found out there was another member of the family.

The punk icon explained that he unknowingly fathered Brant while on his 1985 “Rebel Yell Tour” in the new doc Billy Idol Should Be Dead, which just premiered at the Tribeca Festival in New York City.

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As Far Out reports, Idol’s daughter Bonnie took a 23andMe DNA test, which led her to finding out about Brant.

“My husband just surprised me with a 23andMe, with a DNA test as a Christmas present,” explained Bonnie in the film. “And then a few weeks later, I get the results back on the app and open it and I’m like, who is this? This Brant. And it says his info’s like,...

The Tribeca Festival will launch its 24th edition Wednesday night with a brighter spotlight on shorts and more music documentaries then ever dotting its characteristically eclectic slate, and amid growing financial challenges for arts and entertainment.

World premieres like Tow by Stephanie Laing with Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer and Demi Lovato, Everything’s Going To Be Great by Jon S. Baird starring Allison Janney and Bryan Cranston, Paul Andrew Williams’ Dragonfly with Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn, Michael Weithorn’s The Best You Can with Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, and Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s Re-Creation with Vickey Krieps join animated psychedelic horror Dog of God from Latvia — the land of Flow. The lineup is heavy on directorial debuts with Kites from Brazil’s Walter-Thompson Hernández set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, The Scout by Paula Andrea González-Nasser about a location scout in NYC, Westhhampton by Christian Nilsson...

From spring into the start of summer, the festival season keeps on rolling. Cannes just gave a jumpstart to the movie year ahead, but the 24th edition of the Tribeca Festival, happening all over New York City June 4 through 15, is here with another ambitious, genre-crossing lineup. This year’s festival — celebrating film, television, immersive storytelling, music, audio storytelling, iconic movie revivals, and more — boasts nearly 120 features across narrative and documentary forms. Tribeca also boasts a massive shorts program.

The festival, which understandably dropped “Film” from its name in 2022 two decades after starting in 2002 from Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff as a way to boost Lower Manhattan after September 11, offers its most musically inclined programming yet this year. Tribeca launches Wednesday, June 4 with the world premiere of opening nighter “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” an ode to the hit-making piano man. Elsewhere, Miley Cyrus’ visual album “Something...

On the original casting call for "Star Trek: the Next Generation," authored in the late months of 1986, the Enterprise's security chief was to be a Latina character named Macha Hernandez, said to be modeled after the character Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) from James Cameron's then-recent film "Aliens." Indeed, there was a brief attempt to hire Goldstein for the role, until writer D.C. Fontana pointed out that she wasn't actually Latina. The character was renamed Tanya as a result, then eventually Tasha. The new Tasha Yar was given an intriguing backstory. She was a survivor of an ambitious Earth colony that had, through greed and mismanagement, completely collapsed. She lived among lawlessness, rampant sexual abuse, and poverty before escaping and joining Starfleet.

Denise Crosby was ultimately cast as Tasha Yar, and the show's producers gave the character a position on the bridge, ensuring that Yar would always be on camera. Crosby,...

The Who haven’t even launched their recently announced North American farewell tour, but things haven’t exactly been going smoothly in the lead-up to the final run. A new report claimed that singer Roger Daltrey is questioning if he even wants to tour with “half-hearted” guitarist Pete Townshend, but it turns out it was misleading.

As previously reported, the legendary rock band fired, re-hired, and then re-fired longtime drummer Zak Starkey, replacing him with Daltrey’s solo drummer Scott Devours. If that weren’t enough, Daltrey seemingly expressed disappointment in recent quotes made by Townshend.

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In an interview with the UK’s Sunday People, Townshend said, “The Who has gone on a bit too long with two of us dying. It does sometimes feel like flogging a dead horse.”

The Daily Mail reported on Thursday (May 22nd) that Townshend’s comments irked Daltrey, writing that the singer responded,...

Welcome back to Shadyside! Netflix’s Fear Street franchise returns with a new standalone installment, Fear Street: Prom Night.

I spoke with director/co-writer Matt Palmer and actors India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, David Iacono, Ella Rubin, Rebecca Ablack, and Ariana Greenblatt about carving out their own unique corner of the Fear Street universe with a slasher that’s set in and steeped in the 1980s.

While 2021’s Fear Street trilogy drew broad inspiration from R.L. Stine‘s ’90s teen horror novels, Prom Queen is based on a specific book in the series — 1992’s The Prom Queen — but don’t expect a straight adaptation.

“Because it was a slasher movie and in slasher movies you have the whodunit element, it felt like we had to go in a different direction, and R.L. Stine’s really open to that,” Palmer explains. “I thought the book had an absolutely killer premise,...

Set in 1994, 1978, and 1666, respectively, Leigh Janek’s Fear Street trilogy is, in many ways, a perfect encapsulation of the streaming era. The films’ period settings are little more than justifications for needle drops, while the costuming and set design are so broad in their presentation that the characters feel like modern teens dressed up in historical drag. For the first two films in particular, the reference points are closer to Stranger Things, Bridgerton, and American Horror Story than to the slasher films of the mid ’90s or late ’70s, and the same can be said of the series’ newest incarnation, the 1988-set Fear Street: Prom Queen.

Also based on R.L. Stine’s long-running book series, Prom Queen continues the earlier films’ offbeat, often awkward melding of YA drama and R-rated gore, here set to the tunes of Bananarama, Billy Idol, Tiffany, and Duran Duran, among others. The Shadyside-versus-Sunnydale town rivalry...

John Hughes’ exploration of the teenage caste system, The Breakfast Club, is a stone-cold classic. It’s packed from tip to tail with iconic characters and moments. Two of those seminal legacies belong to Molly Ringwald’s character and the unstoppable earworm that’s the movie’s de facto theme, Simple Minds’ “Don’t You Forget About Me.” Now, Simple Minds are getting a documentary in their own right, and in an interview with Ringwald, she casually drops that without her, the song might never have existed at all.

In further universal truth that hindsight is 20/20, the process of hiring someone to write a song for what would be one of the most beloved movies of the 1980s if not all time wasn’t easy. Simple Minds weren’t the first band to be asked to write a song for the movie Requests and denials had already been exchanged between...

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From Willie Nelson to Avril Lavigne, Nelly to LCD Soundsystem, it just got more affordable to see some of your favorite artists on the road this year. This week ticket company Live Nation kicked off its concert ticket deal that lets live music fans score $30 tickets to over 1,000 shows.

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The Who have revealed the openers for their upcoming North American farewell tour, featuring Billy Idol, the Joe Perry Project, and more.

Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters will open on the first two dates of the Song Is Over tour, taking place on Aug. 16 in Sunrise, Florida, and on Aug. 19 in Newark, New Jersey. The Joe Perry Project — featuring Perry, Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford and Buck Johnson, the Black Crowe’s Chris Robinson, and Stone Temple Pilot’s Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz — will support the band in Boston on Aug.

The Who have unveiled the support acts for their upcoming North American farewell tour, including Billy Idol, Feist, Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters, and The Joe Perry Project, among others.

Among the other special guests on the summer outing are Booker T. Jones, Candlebox, Joe Bonamassa, Tom Cochrane, and Zz Ward. The Joe Perry Project will feature the all-star lineup of Aerosmith’s Perry, Brad Whitford, and Buck Johnson alongside Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson and Stone Temple Pilots members Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz.

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The Who have also added a second Chicago show on September 9th due to popular demand. The outing, dubbed “The Song Is Over Tour,” now spans 17 dates from August 16th in Sunrise, Florida, through September 28th in Las Vegas. A Live Nation pre-sale for the newly announced Chicago gig starts Wednesday (May 21st) at 10 a.m. Ct using the code Freestyle,...

Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo has unveiled a new project dubbed One More Satellite. The outfit’s self-titled debut album is set to drop July 18th, and the lead single and LP opener “Paper Over the Cracks” can be heard now.

The project sees DeLeo in collaboration with English singer and lyricist Pete Shoulder, and the duo’s chemistry is palpable on the new song. DeLeo lays down a lanky, very Stp-sounding central riff that’s deceptively hooky, while Shoulder is in fine form, his grizzled voice and melodies perfectly complementing the track’s overall tone.

“I was simply sitting on some songs I wanted to record,” DeLeo said of the project in a press release. “What started out as an instrumental album, quickly changed soon after Pete and I chatted. He was going to sing on a song or two, then wound up singing on eight of the 10 on the record.

Billy Idol, female war field medics on the frontlines in Ukraine, a marriage agency matching North Korean women and South Korean men, a whistleblower in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the aftermath of Brexit, and Indian sex workers who begin making short films – those are just some of the topics to be featured in documntaries screening during the 32nd edition of Sheffield DocFest next month.

Overall, the festival in the north of England will screen 116 films, 82 features and 34 shorts. It will feature 51 world premieres, 16 international premieres, eight European premieres, and 39 U.K. premieres from 68 countries of production.

Among big names, Billy Porter will attend as executive producer of I Was Born This Way, Sam Pollard and Daniel Junge’s celebration of the life of Carl Bean, from a tough childhood through to his musical success and queer rights advocacy.

It will feature in the Sheffield fest’s Rhythms section, along with...

Billy Idol launched his 2025 North American tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on Wednesday (April 30th) at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix.

The outing, dubbed “It’s a Nice Day To…Tour Again!,” is running in two legs, with the first one scheduled through a May 23rd show in Toronto. A second leg will launch August 16th in Philadelphia, and wrap up September 25th in Los Angeles. Tickets to both legs are available here.

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Leading up to the tour, Idol told Heavy Consequence in an interview that being paired with Joan Jett is “a fantastic combination,” adding, “I just think it’s gonna be killer.”

At the tour kickoff, Idol played a 17-song set comprised of classics and tunes from his new album, Dream Into It, which was just released this past Friday (April 25th). The punk icon started the set with his recent single “Still Dancing,...

Billy Idol and Avril Lavigne performed their collaborative single “77” on Monday night (April 28th) on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The song appears on Idol’s new album, Dream Into It.

The TV performance comes just as Idol is set to kick off the first leg of his North American tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The spring outing launches Wednesday night (April 30th) in Phoenix, and runs through May 23rd in Toronto. A summer run will kick off August 14th in Chicago, with tickets to both legs available here.

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The Kimmel performance saw Idol and Lavigne both wearing black leather jackets as they traded verses on the pop-punk song. Idol’s longtime guitarist Steve Stevens got the spotlight with a solo around the 2:10 mark.

In Heavy Consequence’s recent interview with Idol, the rock legend discussed the song “77,” telling us, “I was just sort...

This Monday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the couch is getting packed with some serious star power from the Marvel universe, plus a potent mix of musical talent. The cast of the upcoming film “Thunderbolts” – David Harbour, Sebastian Stan, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, and Hannah John-Kamen – are all scheduled to stop by for […]

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 class of inductees, and it includes seminal hip-hop duo OutKast, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” singer Cyndi Lauper and leading indie rock band The White Stripes.

The Performer Category inductee class also includes English rock supergroup Bad Company, “King of the Twist” Chubby Checker, English rock-blues singer Joe Cocker and grunge band Soundgarden.

Meanwhile, other inductees made it into the Hall via special committee categories, including the Musical Influence Award, which honors hip-hop group Salt-n-Pepa and singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The Musical Excellence Award was bestowed upon Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye, while the Ahmet Ertegun Award (in honor of the Atlantic Records co-founder) was given to Lenny Waronker.

“Each of these inductees created their own sound and attitude that had a profound impact on culture and helped to change the course of Rock & Roll forever,” John Sykes, chairman...

Phish topped the fan vote for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2025 class, but unfortunately, the jam band still didn’t make the final cut.

That’s right, despite receiving nearly 50,000 more fan votes than any other artist nominated, Phish will not be among those inducted into the Rock Hall in 2025. Instead, the honor will go to performers Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes.

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As shocking as this may or may not be to the 330,000 fans who casted ballots for Phish, it’s not too surprising considering the way the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame selection process actually works.

Rather than equitably considering fan input, the Rock Hall considers the totality of the fan vote to be just one of 1,200 ballots. In other words, the top five artists in the fan vote are placed on a single ballot,...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has revealed its class of 2025: The White Stripes, OutKast, Soundgarden, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, and Chubby Checker will all be inducted during a ceremony held in Los Angeles on November 8th.

In addition, Warren Zevon and Salt-n-Peppa will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence category.

Other inductees include Carol Kaye, Thom Bell, and Nicky Hopkins, all of who will be honored with the Musical Influence Award. Music industry executive Lenny Waronker will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

This year’s inductees were determined by an international voting body of more than 1,200 artists, historians, and members of the music industry, as well as a fan vote. In order to be eligible, a nominee’s first recording must have been released at least 25 years ago. Notably, OutKast, Cocker, Bad Company, and Checker were all first-time nominees.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inductees were announced Sunday during a live, Rock Hall-themed American Idol episode mentored by James Taylor, and while the Performer category includes six artists that Gold Derby predicted correctly, the overall class still features some surprises.

This year’s Performer inductees are arena-rockers Bad Company, dance-craze pioneer Chubby Checker, late British blues belter Joe Cocker, pop diva Cyndi Lauper, Southern rap pioneers Outkast, grunge heroes Soundgarden, and Detroit garage-rock duo the White Stripes. Bad Company, Checker, and Outkast are all first-time nominees; Lauper, the Stripes, and Soundgarden were all on the 2023 ballot, and Soundgarden were also previously nominated in 2020.

The nominated artists passed over this year were the Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Maná, Oasis, and Phish. The snubs of previous nominees Carey, Joy Division/New Order, and Oasis are somewhat surprising, but the biggest shocker, or...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has officially unveiled its 2025 class, confirming Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes as this year’s inductees.

Ryan Seacrest announced the inductees on ABC’s American Idol on Sunday night, the second year in a row the show revealed the Rock Hall class (ABC parent company Disney has the TV rights to the event). Aside from the performer category, Salt-n-Pepa and Warren Zevon are being honored with the Musical Influence award. Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye are getting the Musical Excellence Award, and Lenny Waronker — the producer and executive best known for his longtime stint as the president of Warner Records — is this year’s Ahmet Ertegun Award recipient.

The induction will take place November 8th at the Peacock Theater, and it will stream live on Disney+ that night. A special will air on ABC at a later date.

Tonight on American Idol, the Top 14 contestants sing live for America's vote in hopes of reaching the Top 12. With guidance from guest mentor James Taylor, the Top 14 take on iconic songs from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legends as judges Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan share feedback.

During the episode (at approximately 8:40 p.m. Et/5:40 p.m. Pt), we will also see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inductees announced. According to a recent Gold Derby poll, fans are most hoping to see Cyndi Lauper, Mariah Carey, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, and Chubby Checker inducted. Other nominees this year are Joy Division/New Order, Outkast, The White Stripes, Bad Company, Soundgarden, Oasis, The Black Crowes, Phish, and Maná.

The "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" episode of American Idol airs live coast-to-coast on Sunday, April 27 (8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt). Follow along with our...

Neil Young and Stephen Stills joined forces Saturday night for the semi-annual Light Up the Blues charity show at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. They shared the bill with Billy Idol and Steve Stevens, Cat Power, Nathaniel Rateliff, Rufus Wainwright, and Linda Perry to raise money for Autism Speaks.

Young performed a couple of songs at a Bernie Sanders/Aoc Fighting Oligarchy rally in L.A. a couple of weeks back, but this marked his first proper concert of the year. Taking the stage alongside his new band the...

The 2007 CBS TV series "Viva Laughlin" was a remake of the show "Blackpool," which ran on BBC One in the mid-2000s. In the British series, David Morrissey played Ripley Holden, a character who became embroiled in a murder in a local video arcade right when he was planning on transforming it into a hotel and casino. Georgia Taylor played Shyanne, Ripley's bratty daughter, while Sarah Parish portrayed Ripley's wife Natalie, and erstwhile "Doctor Who" star David Tennant played a cop who was convinced that Ripley was guilty. "Blackpool" ran for six episodes in 2004 and then returned for a 2006 TV movie titled "Viva Blackpool." The show's main selling point was that it featured multiple musical numbers in every episode. The works of Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, Queen, Billy Idol, the Clash, and many others were crooned by the cast.

In 2007, "Blackpool" was adapted for the American airwaves by Bob Lowry...

Drew Barrymore opened up about people’s decisions over getting cosmetic work done.

The well-known actress and host of The Drew Barrymore Show turned 50 earlier this year.

With her celebrating a half century on the planet, many will likely speculate about her various procedures for maintaining a youthful appearance.

She recently participated in a behind-the-scenes Q&a session from the stage of her show, during which audience members could ask her questions.

With that came the question about Drew’s secrets for “aging gracefully” and being “comfortable in your skin.”

The star of hit films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and The Wedding Singer didn’t hold back with her response.

Drew reveals her secret to ‘aging gracefully’ and addresses cosmetic surgery

“Oh my God, thank you,” Drew replied to the audience member initially asking for her secrets.

“I haven’t done anything,” she told her, adding, “I want to try and stay that way.

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Lorde returns with a hypnotic synth-pop stunner, Young Thug taps Future on his first solo single since his release from jail, and Haim make leaving a relationship sound like a breeze over chill guitars. Plus, new music from Shaboozey, Jelly Roll, and Megan Thee Stallion.

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Cyndi Lauper and Mariah Carey are your top choices to be inducted into the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The only two female artists on the final ballot received the most votes in our recent poll. Lauper led the field with 59.3 percent of support, followed by Carey with 54.6 percent. The actual inductees will be revealed this Sunday night during American Idol airing live on ABC.

SEERock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025: See our voter's unfiltered official ballot

Here are the final results of our poll for the 14 artists on the 2025 ballot (seven of these will likely be chosen plus some committee selections not on the list below). As a reminder, here are some details about each finalist:

Cyndi Lauper (59.3 percent)

Eligible since 2009 (second time on ballot). Solo artist. Songs include "Time After Time," "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," and "True Colors."

Mariah Carey (54.6 percent)

Eligible since 2016 (second time on ballot). Solo artist.

Billy Idol has unveiled the latest single from his forthcoming album, Dream Into It, which is set for release this Friday (April 25th). The rock legend has teamed up with Avril Lavigne on the song “77.”

The tune is the second single from Idol’s new LP. following “Still Dancing,” which was released at the time of the album announcement in late February.

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“77” falls more in the musical realm of Lavigne than Idol, with its infectious pop-punk sound. Lavigne gets the vocals started on the first verse, and is soon joined by Idol, as the pair duet on the chorus. Idol then takes lead on the second verse, with Lavigne joining in shortly thereafter.

Heavy Consequence recently caught up with Idol to discuss the new album, and he told us about his inspiration for “77,” saying, “ I was just sort of ruminating about how today in America,...

Phish are notorious for having one of the most dedicated fan bases in music, and that loyalty is on full display as fans turn out in droves to vote the jam band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. With the deadline now closed, Trey Anastasio and company have officially won the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame fan vote, earning 330,000 ballots—nearly 50,000 more than runner-up Bad Company, who received 281,000.

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The top five finishers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Fan Vote will have their results counted alongside ballots from more than 1,200 artists, historians, and music industry professionals to help determine the Class of 2025. Joining Phish and Bad Company in the fan vote’s top five are Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, and Joe Cocker.

Other artists nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2025 include Oasis, Soundgarden, Mariah Carey, Joy Division / New Order,...

The next class of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be announced live on American Idol on Sunday, April 27.

Host Ryan Seacrest will reveal the artists who will join receive the honor this year. James Taylor will serve as a guest mentor for the themed episode, which will feature this season’s 14 top contestants performing songs associated with previous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.

One of the greatest songwriters ever joins us on Sunday! @JamesTaylor_com will be mentoring our #AmericanIdol finalists for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Night!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2025 inductees will be announced in late April. Who would be your top choices to be selected? Vote in our new poll below for seven of the 14 choices on this year's ballot.

As a reminder, here are some details about each finalist:

Bad Company

Eligible since 2000 (first time on ballot). Nominees are Boz Burrell, Simon Kirke, Mick Ralphs, Paul Rodgers. Songs include "Can't Get Enough," "Feel Like Makin' Love," and "Shooting Star."

The Black Crowes

Eligible since 2016 (first time on ballot). Nominees are Jeff Cease, Johnny Colt, Marc Ford, Steve Gorman, Eddie Harsch, Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson. Songs include "Hard to Handle," "She Talks to Angels," and "Jealous Again."

Mariah Carey

Eligible since 2016 (second time on ballot). Solo artist. Songs include "Vision of Love," "Emotions," and "Hero."

Chubby Checker

Eligible since 1986 (first time on ballot). Solo artist. Songs include "The Twist," "Limbo Rock," and "Let's Twist Again.

The Tribeca Festival has announced an impressive lineup of musicians set to attend the 2025 edition of the annual New York City event, which focuses on independent film, but has also expanded to television and music in recent years.

Among the musicians showcasing documentaries at the festival will be Metallica, Eddie Vedder, Depeche Mode, and Billy Idol.

Vedder and Idol will each perform after screenings of their respective films, Matter of Time and Billy Idol Should Be Dead. Members of Metallica will be on hand alongside director Jonas Åkerlund to engage in a conversation after a screening of the documentary Metallica Saved My Life.

Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus will be on hand for the world premiere of her visual album Something Beautiful, engaging in a conversation after the screening. And members of Depeche Mode will discuss their concert film Depeche Mode M, shot in Mexico City in 2023.

Other musicians set to attend or perform include Becky G,...

The Tribeca Festival has announced an impressive lineup of musicians set to attend the 2025 edition of the annual New York City event, which focuses on independent film, but has also expanded to television and music in recent years.

Among the musicians showcasing documentaries at the festival will be Metallica, Eddie Vedder, Depeche Mode, and Billy Idol.

Vedder and Idol will each perform after screenings of their respective films, Matter of Time and Billy Idol Should Be Dead. Members of Metallica will be on hand alongside director Jonas Åkerlund to engage in a conversation after a screening of the documentary Metallica Saved My Life.

Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus will be on hand for the world premiere of her visual album Something Beautiful, engaging in a conversation after the screening. And members of Depeche Mode will discuss their concert film Depeche Mode M, shot in Mexico City in 2023.

Other musicians set to attend or perform include Becky G,...

Miley Cyrus’ visual album world premiere will lead the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival line-up.Presented by Okx, the event will run from 4 to 15 June in New York City, and bosses have now unveiled a wide-ranging schedule of documentary, narrative and animated features for the dates – including a documentary produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. Other high-profile appearances are set to include performers such as Billy Idol, Becky G and Eddie Vedder will accompany select screenings.Jane Rosenthal, 68, co-founder of the Tribeca Festival and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises, described the long-running New York event as a creative sanctuary ahead of its 2025 run. She was quoted by Variety saying: “Tribeca has always been more than a festival – it’s a home for artists navigating an ever-changing industry and an ever-changing world.“We’re proud of the ecosystem we’ve cultivated and can’t wait to share it with the world this June.”The event will...

118 feature films have made the cut and will be screened during the 2025 Tribeca Festival running June 4-15 in New York City. 13,541 films were submitted for consideration, and the final selection includes 48 films directed by women and 42 directed by Bipoc filmmakers.

The 2025 Tribeca Festival kicks off with the world premiere of Emmy winners Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin’s Billy Joel: And So It Goes. This year’s festival will close with Yanuni, directed by Richard Ladkani and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.

“Tribeca has always been more than a festival—it’s a home for artists navigating an ever-changing industry and an ever-changing world,” stated Tribeca Festival Co-Founder and Tribeca Enterprises CEO Jane Rosenthal. “For over two decades, we’ve championed emerging voices, celebrated established storytellers, and built a creative community where artists can grow, connect, and thrive. We’re proud of the ecosystem we’ve cultivated and can’t wait...

Miley Cyrus' visual album and a Leonardo DiCaprio-produced documentary are among the films in the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival lineup.

Something Beautiful, the visual companion to Cyrus' new album of the same name directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman, and Brendan Walter, will have its world premiere at the festival. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the Grammy-winning singer.

Yanuni, produced by DiCaprio and directed by Richard Ladkani, is part of the closing night gala. The doc follows "the fearless Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia, who has survived six assassination attempts as she leads a relentless fight to defend her people's land alongside her husband, Hugo Loss, a steely Special Forces Unit ranger."

As previously announced, the Billy Joel documentary And So It Goes will open the festival, which runs June 14-15.

The feature film lineup includes Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick's first costarring film in 20 years, The Best You Can; Tow,...

The 2025 Tribeca Festival has revealed its feature-film lineup for this year’s event.

Among the highlights, this year’s festival will feature the world premiere of Miley Cyrus’ Something Beautiful film, the visual companion to her album of the same name, which drops on May 30. After the screening of the film directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter will be followed by a conversation with Cyrus.

The festival, which previously revealed its opening night film would be the Billy Joel documentary And So It Goes, will close with the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced Yanuni, directed by Richard Ladkani. The documentary that serves as both a love story and call to action follows Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia as she works to defend her people’s land alongside her husband, Hugo Loss, a Special Forces Unit ranger.

“Tribeca has always been more than a festival—it’s a home for artists navigating...

The 2025 Tribeca Festival, presented by Okx, has revealed its lineup of documentary, narrative and animated features, including the premiere of Miley Cyrus’ visual album, a Leonardo DiCaprio-produced documentary and films starring Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney. This year’s fest will run from June 4 to 15 in New York City.

The festival kicks off on June 4 with the previously announced world premiere of “Billy Joel: And So It

Goes,” directed by Emmy winners Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin. The world premiere of Miley Cyrus’ visual album “Something Beautiful,” directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter and produced by Tribeca alum Panos Cosmatos (“Beyond the Black Rainbow”), will be followed by an exclusive conversation with Cyrus.

The documentary lineup also features chart-topping performers like Counting Crows and Culture

Club. Billy Idol, Becky G and Eddie Vedder will deliver exclusive performances following the

world premiere of their films, while members of Metallica,...