Dave Grohl played a hilarious prank on the audience during the band’s set at the Welcome to Rockville festival. At one point, he complained to the audience that he never gets a solo, then ripped into Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’, sending a buzz through the crowd. But it turned out that Grohl was miming to what Wolfgang Van Halen was playing backstage.

Pulled a prank on the @RockvilleFest crowd with Dave and the Foos last night. Good times. Stoked to rock some shows with them this summer! ????

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— Wolf Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) May 12, 2024

Hootie & the Blowfish, Jason Mraz and Seal are among the acts who will perform on Sunday’s “American Idol” season finale. In addition to previously announced guest mentor Jon Bon Jovi, New Kids on the Block, James Bay, Bishop Briggs, CeCe Winans, Wynonna Judd, Cody Johnson, and Season 14 winner Nick Fradiani will also perform.

Avril Lavigne will release her first-ever best-of collection on June 21, a few days before her debut appearance at England’s Glastonbury Festival. The career-spanning “Greatest Hits” compilation will contain 20 songs.

 Joe Elliott says that he hates his band being called ‘metal’. The singer said on a podcast: “I have an issue with the term heavy metal because everybody outside of rock always thinks if you’re in a heavy metal band, it’s like bad news…You get this impression that everybody’s a moron.” He went on to admit, however, that Def Leppard does have “a couple of heavy metal songs.”

A new musical with a score written by him will open in London this fall. “A Face in the Crowd” is based on the 1957 movie of the same name, which starred Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau and Patricia Neal. It will run at the Young Vic theater Sept. 17-Nov. 9.

 June 17, Bruce Springsteen will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his “Born in the USA” album with a special vinyl release. Not only will it be on translucent red vinyl, it’ll also feature new liner notes and a booklet filled with goodies from the era, and a 4-color lithograph (…whatever that is).

Paramount+ has unveiled the official trailer for the upcoming 3-part docuseries “Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza”, which will premiere in the US and Canada on May 21 – and on May 22 elsewhere. It tells the story of how a 1991 Jane’s Addiction farewell tour launched a cultural movement that changed music forever. 

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz is teasing a band reunion. On Instagram, the 72-year-old posted a photo of a theatre with the band’s name on the marquee, and captioned it: “We shall return.” The band split in 1991, following the departure of frontman David Byrne. 

 

 

 

 

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After an acclaimed IMAX theatrical re-release earlier this year, the concert film “Queen Rock Montreal” will be reissued this Friday in a variety of formats. The vid, capturing the band’s 1981 performance at Forum de Montréal, which was recently named the most successful IMAX concert film ever — will also debut on Disney+ on May 15. 

 A second song from the upcoming box set “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”, out June 14, has been released. This one is an alternative version of ‘Lady Stardust’, recorded in 1971, during sessions for the classic album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.” LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3usy6n2n

Pet Shop Boys want to record with Cardi B. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe were thrilled to learn that Cardi is a fan of their music, when she mentioned them during an appearance on “The Tonight Show”. But if a collab is going to happen, Tennant said she needs to get in touch: “The ball’s in her court.”

Madonna capped her Celebration Tour with a free show at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, and set a record while doing it. Her team claims the show drew 1.6 million fans, the largest audience ever for a stand-alone concert by any artist in history. The previous record of 1.5 million was set by the Rolling Stones in 2006.

Lenny Kravitz after going viral with a post that showed him lifting weights in boots and leather pants, he has now explained his unusual choice of attire. Quote: “I’m coming from somewhere or I’m going somewhere…I’m gonna pop in, I’ve got 45 minutes, we’re gonna hit it and I’m gonna go run to where I’m going….I didn’t do that to be like…“let me be just different and wear leather pants and glasses.”

A few weeks ago, Maroon 5 reposted a video that Mick Jagger had shared, showing him dancing to the band’s hit ‘Moves Like Jagger’. Now, frontman Adam Levine has reposted video of the Toronto Raptors’ star Scottie Barnes singing the 2004 hit ‘This Love’ at karaoke in Cancun. He tagged Barnes, who reposted, adding the comment: “So Cool”.

On May 11, the concert film “Music of the Spheres: Live at River Plate” will stream for free on Veeps.com. It was shot during the group’s 10 sold-out shows at Buenos Aires’ River Plate stadium last spring, and a resulting 2-night theatrical event was previously the only chance for fans to see it.

Deep Purple has dropped a music video for ‘Portable Door’, the first single from the album “+1”, out July 19. It’s the group’s 23rd studio album, and first with new guitarist Simon McBride. 

The first official preview for the new, restored version of the “Let It Be” film has been released. The 1970 film from Michael Lindsay-Hogg chronicled the era of tumult during creation of the group’s final album “Let it Be”. It drops May 8 on Disney+. 

76-year-old Ron Wood battled drugs and booze for years, but with the group having kicked off its “Hackney Diamonds” tour over the weekend, what does his backstage preparation consist of these days? Quote: “I like to have my green juices now and I do workouts with my trainer…I like to have my quiet time. I’m addicted to (Netflix series) Ripley.”