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🎸 Pink Floyd Drops Reissue 🔹 🕰️ Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1–9 now one 25-min track 🔹 📀 Part of 50th anniversary Wish You Were Here reissue (Dec 12) 🔹 🎨 New video features Noel Fielding painting Syd Barrett 🔹 🌟 A timeless tribute to Floyd’s original frontman

🎸 Mötley Crüe Announces 2026 Tour! 🔹 🎪 Return of the Carnival of Sins celebrates 20 years since iconic tour 🔹 📅 33 cities across U.S. & Canada | July 17 – Sept 26 🔹 🤘 Extreme & Tesla joining as opening acts 🔹 🎟️ Tickets on sale Friday | $1 per ticket supports ASAP!

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👑 Freddie Mercury Honored with Royal Coin 🔹 🪙 Celebrates 40th anniversary of Live Aid 🔹 🎤 Features his portrait, signature & vocal range design 🔹 💷 Collection ranges from £18.50 to £9,350 🔹 🌍 Special gold coin to be auctioned for Mercury Phoenix Trust

🎵 Paul McCartney Joins AI Protest Album 🔹 🕊️ Releases silent track “Bonus Track” on vinyl 🔹 🤖 Statement against AI-driven copyright changes 🔹 🌍 Album features The Clash, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox & more 🔹 💡 Profits benefit Help Musicians charity

🎵 Bon Iver’s Future 🔹 🗣 Justin Vernon says he’d be “very surprised” to make another album 🔹 🎶 Latest release SABLE, fABLE may be his final full-length 🔹 💔 “For the first time since I was 12, I’m not writing songs” 🔹 🤝 Open to collaborations despite creative pause

🎬 New Trailer: Restored & Expanded Beatles Anthology 🔹 📺 Disney+ drops 2.5-min trailer for refreshed docuseries 🔹 🎵 First 3 episodes premiere Nov 26, new episodes Nov 27–28 🔹 🎥 Includes unreleased footage of Paul, George & Ringo 🔹 🔊 Enhanced with restorations

🔥 Historic Chart Moment for Rock & Metal 🔹 🎸 Five Finger Death Punch scores 13th straight No. 1 with “The End” 🔹 🤝 Features BABYMETAL—the first Japanese act to hit No. 1 🔹 📈 FFDP now has 17 total No. 1's 🔹 💿 Track re-recorded for BEST OF (Vol. 2) release

🎬 Oh. What. Fun. Soundtrack Drops Dec 3! 🎄✨ 🎶 Holiday classics reimagined by St. Vincent, Jeff Tweedy, Fleet Foxes 🌟 Two festive originals from Gwen Stefani: Shake The Snow Globe & Hot Cocoa 🎤 Sharon Van Etten covers The Pretenders’ 2000 Miles ❤️

🏥 Hospitalized just 2 weeks before his July 5 farewell concert 🎸 Battled pneumonia, sepsis, Parkinson’s & more in recent years 💪 “He wasn’t going to give up on it” – Sharon recalls his determination 🌟 Performed one last time to thank fans before passing at 76

🎸 Toni Cornell Honors Soundgarden at Rock Hall Induction ❤️ 🎤 Performed Fell on Black Days with Nancy Wilson 🏆 Soundgarden officially joins the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 💔 “One of the hardest things I’ve ever done” – Toni reflects

🎤 Micky Dolenz Announces 60 Years of The Monkees Tour! 🐒 📅 23 dates kicking off Feb 12 in Solana Beach, CA 🎶 Hits performed in chronological order + personal stories 🌟 Honoring The Monkees’ legacy with fans nationwide 🎟 Tickets on sale now!

🎶 Hundreds of Bagpipers + AC/DC = World Record! 🏴 Nearly 400 pipers rocked Melbourne 🎵 Covered “It’s a Long Way to the Top” 👴 Oldest performer? 98 years old! 🇦🇺 Tribute to AC/DC’s iconic 1976 flatbed truck scene 🔥 Band returned for their first Aussie show in 10+ years

🎤 Live From the Hollywood Bowl – Imagine Dragons x LA Film Orchestra 🌟 🎶 Explosive hits reimagined with a 50-piece symphony 🔥 Radioactive, Demons, Believer like you’ve never heard before 🎇 Jaw-dropping fireworks finale 🎟 Enter for your chance to win: 981themax.com/win/imagine-dr…

Lucero Family Christmas | Minglewood Hall December 13 at 6pm Buy tickets here! ticketmaster.com/lucero-family-…

🎸 Bohemian Queen LIVE in Memphis! 📍 Cannon Center for the Performing Arts 🗓️ Fri, Nov 14 | 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM CST 🎤 Celebrate 50 years of Queen’s first U.S. tour 👑 High-energy tribute with iconic Freddie looks & mega hits 🔗 Tickets & info: thecannoncenter.com/events/cannon-…

From growls to crowns! 🎤👑 Death metal vocalist Ignacia Fernández shatters stereotypes, winning Miss World Chile 2025 after a jaw-dropping extreme metal performance. Next stop: the global stage! More: 981themax.com/2025/11/11/con…

🎸 Creed Fans, Get Ready! • 🗣 Mark Tremonti says new music coming • 📅 Plans to start with Scott Stapp mid-2026 • 🎶 First new material since Full Circle (2009) • 🔥 Fresh riffs already in the works • 🎄 Annual “Creedmas” shows this December

🎶 Eagles Extend Sphere Residency • 🏟 Final 4 shows: Mar 20–21 & 27–28 • 📈 56 total dates since Sept 2024 • 👥 Current lineup: Henley, Walsh, Gill, Schmit, Deacon Frey • 🏆 Longest-running Sphere residency • 🎟 Artist presale starts Nov 19

🎸 Classic Rock Supergroup for Charity 🎤 Singers from Chicago, Journey, REO Speedwagon & more 🏟 One-night at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville 📅 Nov 23 for Scott Hamilton’s cancer fundraiser ⛸ Skating by Nathan Chen & Gracie Gold ❤️ Benefit cancer research & mentorship