Dire Straits are set to release a 40th anniversary deluxe edition of their hit album Brothers in Arms.

Brothers in Arms 40th Anniversary Edition will be released on May 16 as a five-LP or three-CD set. It features the original album, along with a 14-track previously unreleased concert recorded at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas, during their Live in 85 tour.

The 3-CD set includes a 28-page booklet featuring interviews with band members Mark Knopfler, John Illsley and Guy Fletcher.

Released May 17, 1985, Brothers in Arms was the fifth studio album from Dire Straits. Brothers in Arms spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Albums chart. It contains the No. 1 song “Money For Nothing,” as well as “Walk of Life,” which went to No. 7, and “So Far Away.”

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Gene Simmons has postponed 17 shows on his upcoming solo tour until 2026. The affected dates are mostly in California, Florida, Indiana, and Texas.

The KISS icon’s tour, which was set to kick off on April 3 in Anaheim, is now set to begin on May 2 in Peachtree City, Georgia.

No specific reason was given for the postponement, but Christina Vitagliano, who handles Simmons’ VIP experiences, mentioned on Facebook that there is “nothing wrong health-wise” with the KISS legend.

The postponed concerts include Simmons’ entire April shows as well as six concerts in the second half of May. Nine concerts ranging from May 2nd through May 15th will still take place as scheduled.

Simmons is currently touring with his solo group, dubbed The Gene Simmons Band. In addition to the rock icon on vocals and bass, the lineup consists of guitarists Brent Woods and Zach Throne, along with drummer Brian Tichy.

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Bruce Springsteen has joined the lineup for the “People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith” tribute concert.

The tribute concert will take place at the renowned Carnegie Hall in New York City this Wednesday, March 26.

Patti Smith scored one of her biggest hits with the Springsteen co-written single “Because The Night.” Smith included the song on her 1978 album, Easter.

The rock star joins a star-studded lineup that includes R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, The National’s Matt Berninger, Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Hansard, Jim Jarmusch, Susanna Hoffs, The Kills’ Alison Mosshart, Kronos Quartet, Ben Harper, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O, Kim Gordon, Jesse Malin and Angel Olsen, among others.

Longtime Smith collaborator Tony Shanahan will serve as musical director. Shanahan will be joined in the house band by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Rolling Stones drummer Steve Jordan, former Bob Dylan guitarist Charlie Sexton and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench.

The show coincides with the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith’s landmark 1975 album, Horses.

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Neil Young, who had announced that he would perform a free concert in Ukraine ahead of his European tour with The Chrome Hearts, has cancelled the show, citing safety concerns.

“Our concert in Ukraine is cancelled. We had a good venue, close to a shelter, but the changing situation on the ground was too much,” Young wrote on his Neil Young Archives page. “I could not in good conscience take my crew and instruments into that area. My apologies to all. Ukraine is a great country with a good leader. Slava Ukraini.”

Young, who announced the show earlier this month but didn’t follow up with specific details such as the date and venue for the concert, had previously described Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “the crazy war of an old dying guy who wants to relive his life and make things better for himself because of mistakes he thinks were made 50 years ago.”

“We are currently in talks and will make the announcement of details here at NYA,” Young wrote on his website then.

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Def Leppard have announced a limited run of 2025 U.S. tour dates.

Bret Michaels, The Struts and Extreme will support the rock band on select dates.

The Live Nation-produced summer tour will include headlining shows at select amphitheaters across the country.

The seven-date tour will begin at the Walmart AMP in Rogers, Arkansas, on June 23, and wrap up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on August 31.

Citi presale will start on Tuesday, with additional presales running throughout the week. The general on-sale begins Friday at 10 AM local time.

Def Leppard 2025 U.S. tour dates:

Monday, June 23, 2025 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP (w/ Bret Michaels)
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 – Birmingham, AL – Coca-Cola Amphitheater (w/ Bret Michaels)
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater (w/ The Struts)
Sunday, July 20, 2025 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (w/ The Struts)
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Broadview Stage at SPAC (w/ Bret Michaels)
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater (w/ Bret Michaels)
Sunday, August 31, 2025 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater (w/ Extreme)