Roger Taylor will drop his new solo album “Violence Insane in a Beautiful World” on Sept. 18. Taylor quote: “There is a theme…it’s in the title really, what a beautiful world we live in, don’t (frig) it up.” The song ‘Come On Summer (It’s Time To Party)’, featuring The Ndlovu Youth Choir from South Africa, is available now. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2jrzrptc

The Rolling Stones have announced another collab in connection with their upcoming album “Foreign Tongues”. They’ve teamed with Marvel for 5 collectible vinyl variants, inspired by ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Captain America’, ‘Wolverine’, ‘Thor’ and ‘The Hulk’. Each comes with a custom comic book insert, and special artwork. The Stones previously announced a collab with FIFA. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/4548hjpe

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been named an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours. 78-year-old Iommi is being recognized for his services to music and charity. He posted: “What an unbelievable honour to receive an MBE.” Having been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012, he became an advocate for cancer patients. He has also dedicated himself to humanitarian work such as international disaster relief.

Foreigner has dropped a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’. It’s the latest song to be released from their upcoming live album “In the Eye of the Storm”, out July 24. The group is currently on a European tour, and will kick off their “Double Trouble Double Vision” tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd on July 23 in Alpharetta, Georgia. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/65kh92ht

 The Who is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their “Who Put the Boot In” tour with a set of limited-edition soccer jerseys (or football jerseys, as they say in the UK). Why soccer jerseys? The tour saw the band playing 3 different UK football stadiums: Charlton, Celtic Park, and Vetch Field. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2sycw4t9

Stevie Nicks made a major donation to University of Southern California to help reach a $3 million fundraising goal for an endowed chair at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. It’s to honor Dr. Joseph Sugerman, Nicks’ longtime ear, nose and throat specialist. She credits him with keeping her legendary pipes healthy “Through late nights on the road, years of touring, (and) hours in the recording studio.”

His estate dropped the unreleased song ‘Stone’ on Friday. It is a 1995 recording taken from the archives, and will appear on the 10-song album “Timeless”, out Aug. 28. The tracklist spans from 1977-2016, the first time a collection of Prince songs has included every iconic phase of his career. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5y55mz6z

At Friday’s premiere of “Confessions II”, Tribeca Film Fest organizers told fans to expect: “an ambitious visual work exceeding 10 minutes, built around the first 6 tracks of Madonna’s forthcoming album.” They ended up seeing “a surrealistic polyptych of women with lasers shooting out of their private parts, Benedict Cumberbatch voguing in a bathroom, and Madonna in her various personae”, according to Rolling Stone.

Belinda Carlisle and Kathy Valentine are taking part in the upcoming 4th edition of the Women’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp. It takes place Nov. 5-8 in Los Angeles, and will also feature Cherie Currie of The Runaways and Kate Pierson of The B-52’s. Campers will get to jam with the all-star guests, culminating in performances at the famed Whisky a Go Go and Viper Room in LA. LINK: RockCamp.com

 

Foreigner will release “In The Eye of the Storm” on July 24th. Fans can purchase the new album with exclusively signed vinyl and CD inserts by band members Jeff Pilson, Luis Maldonado, Bruce Watson, Michael Bluestein, Chris Frazier, and John Roth. A limited number of signed inserts by OG singer Lou Gramm will be inserted at random. LINK: https://shorturl.at/TbdOJ

Madonna is a pop legend, but she hasn’t forgotten where she came from. She’s teaming up with loyalty program Bilt to cover one month of studio rent for all musicians who are currently leasing space at The Music Building in Manhattan. Madonna herself used to play in that same rehearsal facility when she started building her career in the 1970s.