A Special Edition of Paul McCartney’s internationally acclaimed album The Boys of Dungeon Lane has been released digitally, featuring four additional recordings including a new version of “Home To Us,” his celebrated duet with Ringo Starr, alongside three brand new songs.

The Special Edition release comes at a landmark moment for The Boys of Dungeon Lane. Released in May, Paul’s first new solo album in over five years topped the global charts, with Top 5 debuts in more than a dozen countries.

The Special Edition will give fans four more recordings from the world of The Boys of Dungeon Lane, including a new version of “Home To Us,” bringing Paul and Ringo Starr together once again.

Alongside the new version of “Home To Us,” the Special Edition features three brand new songs, titled “City Fox,” “One Night Stand” and “Chelsea Boots,” offering fans the opportunity to discover more of the music created during the sessions.

The Boys of Dungeon Lane (Special Edition) physical release, due on December 9, will feature stunning cover artwork adapted from a silkscreened collage by Kate Gibb, utilizing more than 100 images from Paul’s personal collection. The physical formats include a limited edition 2LP orange & blue marble vinyl featuring a zoetrope etching, and are available for pre-order here. The Boys of Dungeon Lane (Special Edition) will also be released on CD.

The album takes its title from one of its standout tracks, “Days We Left Behind,” a stripped-back and deeply intimate song that captures the emotional core of the project.

Speaking about “Days We Left Behind,” Paul said, “This is very much a memory song for me. The album title, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, comes from a lyric in this track. I was thinking just that, about the days I left behind and I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past but then I think how can you write about anything else? It’s just a lot of memories of Liverpool. It involves a bit in the middle about John and Forthlin Road which is the street I used to live in. Dungeon Lane is near there. I used to live in a place called Speke which is quite working class. We didn’t have much at all but it didn’t matter because all the people were great and you didn’t notice you didn’t have much.”

The Boys of Dungeon Lane (Special Edition) Tracklist:

1. As You Lie There

2. Lost Horizon

3. Days We Left Behind

4. Ripples in a Pond

5. Mountain Top

6. Down South

7. We Two

8. Come Inside

9. Never Know

10. Home to Us

11. Life Can Be Hard

12. First Star of the Night

13. Salesman Saint

14. Momma Gets By

15. City Fox

16. One Night Stand

17. Chelsea Boots

18. Home to Us – Flip Mix

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Following a year in which Peter Gabriel has released a new song on every full moon, on November 27, he will release his new studio album, o\i, a follow up to his critically acclaimed 2023 album, i/o, a No. 1 on the U.K. albums chart.

o\i is a companion piece to its reflected name-sake i/o expanding on many of the same themes: Our relationship with nature, the passing of time, the increasing influence of technology in our lives and our place in the world; “Trying to get a handle on where you fit in life, that’s what I write about a lot,” Gabriel says.

The 13 tracks of o\i showcase the breadth of Gabriel’s song-writing palette, lyrically always insightful and imaginative, able to explore big themes with emotional conviction whilst retaining a peerless ability to speak to the listener, directly, personally, and intimately.

“The songs are a mix of thoughts and feelings,” Gabriel says. “I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other, most likely triggered in three waves; AI, quantum computing and the brain computer interface. Artists have a role to look into the mists and, when they catch sight of something, to hold up a mirror. We are not, and have never been, the exclusively self-determining, independent beings that we imagine we are. We have had a sense of entitlement that everything exists for our benefit – that we’ve been given the run of the world to exploit as we see fit.”

He adds, “We are something else, a part of nature, a part of everything and when we feel that connection, shake our booty and give and receive a little love, it can help us find our proper place – and put a big smile on our faces. This is how I see the lumpy bits – i/o: the inside has a new way out and o\i: the outside has a new way in.”

o\i was written and produced by Gabriel and recorded primarily at Real World Studios and Peter’s home studio. The album, like most Gabriel records, contains both songs that have been written since the last album and some that have taken years, decades, to complete.

Long standing band members, guitarist David Rhodes, bassist Tony Levin and drummer Manu Katché feature on many of the songs, supplemented by other members of the i/o touring band Richard Evans, Josh Shpak and Don E and Real World staffers Faye Dolle and Katie May.

All 13 tracks come in two stereo mixes: the Bright-Side and the Dark-Side mix. Both versions are included on the 4CD package, and are also available separately as double vinyl albums.

Peter Gabriel’s o\i is available to pre-order here.

o\i Tracklist:

CD | Digital
Been Undone
Put the Bucket Down
What Lies Ahead
Till Your Mind Is Shining
Won’t Stand Down
Who Are We Talking To?
Yes, It Will Go
One by One
A Hard Lesson
Face the Wall
I Belong to the Sky
Looking for the Happy
Sacrament

2LP
SIDE A
Been Undone
Put the Bucket Down
What Lies Ahead
Till Your Mind Is Shining
SIDE B
Won’t Stand Down
Who Are We Talking To?
Yes, It Will Go
SIDE C
One by One
A Hard Lesson
Face the Wall
SIDE D
I Belong to the Sky
Looking for the Happy
Sacrament

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R.E.M. have announced they will release a 25th anniversary edition of their 12th studio album, Reveal, on November 20th, via Craft Recordings.

Reveal (25th Anniversary Edition) will expand the original album with The Black Sessions Revealed, a previously unreleased 17-song performance recorded for Radio France in Paris on May 7, 2001.

Reveal (25th Anniversary Edition) will be available as a deluxe 2-CD/Blu-ray set and expanded digital edition. All formats will feature reimagined cover art by longtime R.E.M. designer Chris Billheimer. The Blu-ray will be in high-resolution audio and 5.1 surround sound, alongside the music videos for “Imitation of Life,” “All the Way to Reno (You’re Gonna Be a Star)” and “I’ll Take the Rain,” plus the album’s original EPK.

The deluxe set, housed in a 32-page hardcover book featuring archival photographs, also includes new liner notes by journalist Birgit Fuss, with fresh reflections from Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills.

The Black Sessions Revealed will also be available separately as a 2-LP set, bringing the intimate 2001 performance to vinyl for the first time.

Upon its original release in 2001, Reveal was a great success, reaching the top spot in the U.K. and No. 6 on the Billboard 200, as well as topping album charts across Europe.

R.E.M.’s Reveal (25th Anniversary Edition) is available to pre-order here.

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Trafalgar Releasing and Mercury Studios have released a trailer for the concert film Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning.

The tracklist for the concert film, which captures Ozzy Osbourne’s final performance with Black Sabbath, has also been unveiled.

The film, which documents “Back To The Beginning,” the July 5, 2025 concert at Birmingham’s Villa Park, just 17 days before Ozzy Osbourne’s untimely death, is set to hit cinemas worldwide on October 28th for a limited time.

“There’s never been a precedent for a show like this,” says the event’s musical director, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello in voice-over. “Millions of people around the world who got to say, ‘thank you Black Sabbath. Thank you Ozzy,'” Morello continues over footage of Osbourne performing with Black Sabbath at the gig.

The show, featuring the first Black Sabbath reunion with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward in over two decades, attracted more than three million requests for the 44,000 available tickets.

The concert film, presented in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround sound, runs for two-and-a-half-hours. It features some of the most influential names in rock celebrating Black Sabbath’s legacy, and a behind-the-scenes look at the day itself, including insight from show host Jason Momoa and Musical Director Tom Morello.

Jim Parsons, Jamie Silk and Dan Seliger produced the film, which is directed by Ben Wainwright-Pearce, with Tim Van Someren directing the live concert.

Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning Concert Film Performances:

Ozzy Osbourne — “I Don’t Know”
Mastodon — “Supernaut”
Rival Sons — “Electric Funeral”
Anthrax — “Into the Void”
Halestorm — “Perry Mason”
Tool — “Hand Of Doom”
Ozzy Osbourne — “Mr Crowley”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft David Draiman, Jake E. Lee, David Ellefson, Mike D., Adam Wakeman — “Shot in the Dark”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft Whitfield Crane, Scott Ian, Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, II (Sleep Token), Adam Wakeman — “Believer”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft YUNGBLUD, Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, II (Sleep Token), Adam Wakeman — “Changes”
Lamb of God — “Children of the Grave”
Alice In Chains — “Fairies Wear Boots”
Gojira — “Under the Sun”
Pantera — “Electric Funeral”
Slayer — “Wicked World”
Ozzy Osbourne — “Suicide Solution”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft Travis Barker, Danny Carey, Chad Smith, Tom Morello, Nuno Bettencourt, Rudy Sarzo — “Symptom Of The Universe”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft Billy Corgan, Tom Morello, K.K. Downing, Adam Jones, Rudy Sarzo, Danny Carey — “Snowblind”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft Sammy Hagar, Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith, Vernon Reid — “Flying High Again”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft Papa V Perpetua, Vernon Reid, Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Wakeman, Rudy Sarzo, Travis Barker — “Bark At The Moon”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft Steven Tyler, Ronnie Wood, Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Andrew Watt, Rudy Sarzo, Travis Barker — “The Train Kept A-Rollin'”
Tom Morello’s All Stars ft Steven Tyler, Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, Andrew Watt, Rudy Sarzo, Chad Smith — “Walk This Way”
Guns ‘N’ Roses — “Never Say Die”
Metallica — “Hole In The Sky”
Ozzy Osbourne — “Crazy Train”
Black Sabbath — “War Pigs”
Black Sabbath — “N.I.B.”
Black Sabbath — “Iron Man”
Black Sabbath — “Paranoid”
Ozzy Osbourne — “Mama I’m Coming Home”

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Poison frontman Bret Michaels has announced five new shows, marking his return to live performances after postponing his 2026 tour following emergency surgery for a kidney stone.

Michaels will resume performing on October 16 at Founders Square Amphitheater in Portage, Indiana. The show was originally scheduled for August 7 with Night Ranger and has been rescheduled.

He will then perform two shows at Island Resort and Casino in Harris, Michigan, on November 13 and 14, followed by concerts at Northfield Park Racino near Cleveland on November 28 and the Palace Theatre in Pittsburgh on November 29.

Michaels initially postponed several weeks of touring in July after being diagnosed with a complicated obstructing kidney stone that required immediate surgery. He briefly returned to the stage on August 21 at The Bowl at Sugar Hill in Georgia, but doctors and paramedics determined afterward that he needed additional recovery time.

Looking ahead, Michaels will also join the 14th annual Rock Legends Cruise, sailing from Miami to Costa Maya, Mexico, from February 21-25, 2027. The lineup also includes Foreigner, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Collective Soul and other artists.

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legends U2 have announced they will release a new album, Carnaval De Luz, on November 13th, and also shared a new track “Silencio” along with a music video.

The 12-track Carnaval De Luz, produced by Jacknife Lee, includes a duet – “Torn” – with the late country superstar Dolly Parton. The song is described in a release as “what has sadly turned out to be her last recorded vocal performance.”

Carnaval De Luz arrives in U2’s 50th year. The record features collaborations from Brian Eno, Martin Garrix, and Daniel Lanois with additional production from Ryan Tedder on “Silencio.”

“It’s a messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs — and features the first-ever use of flat-wound strings on a U2 recording. Just saying,” U2 guitarist The Edge said.

Vocalist Bono added, “Roll up, roll up, roll up! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your rose-tinted naivety… oh be amazed in the hall of mirrors. There will be loud guitars, deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms and, yes, some silver tears will make an appearance!

“Cause in the near distance just outside our carnival of light there are all kinds of creatures… the same imagination that brings us our creativity can also bring us monsters. So we make the drums louder. We build a bigger fire. We make our stories wilder and funnier. We make the melodies sweeter and the songs, they better shine, because if the world is in darkness we better not be.”

The Cliqua-directed music video for “Silencio” was shot in Mexico City.

U2 previously released “Street of Dreams” from the upcoming 16th studio album, which is their first record in nine years. The album will be available in various formats.

Carnaval De Luz Tracklist:

“Go (Carnaval De Luz)”
“La Reina”
“Street Of Dreams”
“The Mirror Maker” (feat. Rosalía)
“Superficiality”
“If The World Is At War We Better Not Be”
“Silencio”
“The Greatest Show On Earth”
“Glorify”
“Midnight Sunshine”
“Can’t Stop Us Now”
“Torn” (Feat. Dolly Parton)

Ozzfest is set to return to the United States in 2027, marking the festival’s first U.S. edition since a one-day event at The Forum in Inglewood, California, on December 31, 2018.

The announcement came through Ozzfest’s official social media, with a teaser featuring Ozzy Osbourne, the Ozzfest logo and U.K. and U.S. flags alongside the message, “Ozzfest will come to the UK and US.”

The organizers said more information is forthcoming but have not yet announced the U.S. city, date or lineup.

The U.S. announcement follows confirmation of a 2027 Ozzfest at Villa Park in Birmingham, U.K., the hometown of Ozzy Osbourne and the venue for his final performance in July 2025.

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Legendary rock star Billy Idol recently shared a remix of his classic 1990 single, “Cradle of Love,” by DJ and record producer R3HAB.

“Cradle of Love (R3HAB Remix)” arrived via UMe along with a visualizer. The visual pays homage to the spirit and iconic imagery of the original 1990 MTV-era classic “Cradle of Love” music video while reimagining its provocative energy.

“Billy Idol is a living legend, one of the defining voices of a massively influential era of rock music,” notes R3HAB. “His catalog speaks for itself. It’s been a few years since I’ve worked on a rock record, and ‘Cradle Of Love’ is a classic, so this remix presented a fun and fresh challenge for me. My goal was to keep the spirit of the original while updating the production to bridge the song to a new audience. We love how it turned out and are happy to share it today.”

“Cradle of Love” reached No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has since racked up millions of streams worldwide. It was boosted in part by an accompanying music video directed by David Fincher.

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