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Archival 8mm footage of Led Zeppelin performing at Madison Square Garden in the ‘70s hit YouTube in May, and now more rare footage of the legendary band has surfaced. Bootleg trader John Waters has synced the audio bootleg recording of their September 4^th, 1970 concert at Los Angeles’ Inglewood Forum to a video shot by Zeppelin fan Eddie Vincent.

The lineup for the 16^th Annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit in New York City is out. Bruce Springsteen will once again perform at the event, taking place November 7^th at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, with Jon Stewart also set to return as well.

The sole surviving member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Carl Palmer, has announced the “Welcome Back My Friends – The Return of Emerson Lake & Palmer Tour” in association with the estates of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake. The tour will reunite the band by using live footage of Keith and Greg on massive video walls alongside Carl and his band on stage.

David Bowie was a devoted art collector throughout his life, and now his estate is continuing the late artist’s tradition with a new web3 NFT series called “Bowie on the Blockchain.” The project will feature works from nine different artists paying homage to Bowie with their work.

Britney Spears Thanks Elton John with Special Gift: The Elton John and Britney Spears collaboration “Hold Me Closer” came out last week, and Brit is so happy about the song that she sent Elton a thank you gift for having her on the track. 

For the first time since February 2020, Aerosmith hit the stage for a show Sunday night. That last show was part of their “Deuces Are Wild” Las Vegas residency that started right before the pandemic brought everything to a screeching halt.

After releasing a joint album in July, Johnny Depp is hitting the road with Jeff Beck. Depp is joining Beck for almost all of his 23 upcoming North American tour dates that kick off in October. The “Jeff Beck: Live In Concert” tour was announced last month, but Depp’s involvement wasn’t revealed until Thursday.

As we told you, Bruce Springsteen fans were up in arms after tickets for his 2023 North American tour went on sale and ticket prices were deemed outrageous due to Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing,” which had mid-range floor seats going for anywhere from $4,000 to $5,000. Well, now a New Jersey Congressman is getting involved.

Tomorrow is the scheduled release date for a new single from former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, but it’s not just any single. “Future If Future” is being billed as the world’s first commercially available Bioplastic 12” record.

David Bowie is about to take his place on London’s Music Walk of Fame. One of the best-selling musicians of all time, Bowie will receive a stone record inlaid into the pavement near Camden Town tube station in London, where acts like Amy Winehouse, The Who, Soul2Soul, and Madness are already honored.

Bono is getting ready to release his new memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story” on November 1^st, and he’s just shared a new excerpt with fans. 

Cher is certainly one of a kind and she has some issues with other artists being compared to her. Case in point, the singer felt the need to respond after someone on Twitter compared Dua Lipa to her. 

Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” is airing on Netflix now, but it could have looked a whole lot different if a certain King of Pop had his way. While appearing on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Gaiman revealed that Michael Jackson expressed a desire to play Morpheus in a TV adaption of the comic book back in the nineties. 

As we told you, Elton John and Britney Spears recently dropped their new collaboration “Hold Me Closer,” and it already appears to be a hit. But apparently label bosses want to make sure fans don’t forget about it, and they have a plan to make sure that doesn’t happen. 

Earlier this month, the Rolling Stones released two 4K videos for “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and now they’ve taken it up a notch. The band has released a 4K version of the promo film for their 1967 single “We Love You,” which is the first time the video has officially been made available online.

Yes is hitting the road this fall to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of their classic album “Close To The Edge,” which consists of three tracks, that span almost 39 minutes. The trek is set to kick off with a two-night stand, October 7^th and 8^th, in Glenside, Pennsylvania,  wrapping November 19^th in Westbury, New York. 

The popular ABBA show “ABBA Voyage” is already sold out through next May but fans who were unable to snag tickets may have a second chance. According to “The Sun,” the event, in which avatars of the band perform alongside a live band and backup singers, will now be extended until Spring 2026. 

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The Who are back on the road in North America this fall with a 30-date tour, with 16 of those stops in October and November and the rest in the spring of 2023. As they were on their last tour, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will be joined on stage by their live band and a local orchestra at every show.

In 2008, Steven Tyler spent a week playing with Jimmy Page when Page was thinking of playing some Led Zeppelin shows without frontman Robert Plant.