Bon Jovi will release their best-selling compilation album Greatest Hits on vinyl for the first time through the Sound Of Vinyl.

The rock band’s 2010 Platinum certified album will be available as limited edition 1LP and 2LP variants on standard black vinyl and exclusive colors at retail and through the artist store on September 13.

The set features their biggest hits, including “Runaway,” “Living On A Player,” “Bad Medicine” and “It’s My Life.”

Last month, Bon Jovi released their latest album, Forever, through Island Records.

Forever marks the New Jersey-based band’s sixteenth studio album.

Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits (2LP) Tracklist:

LP1 – Side A
Livin’ On A Prayer
You Give Love A Bad Name
It’s My Life
Have A Nice Day
Wanted Dead Or Alive

LP1 – Side B
Bad Medicine
We Weren’t Born To Follow
I’ll Be There For You

LP2 – Side C
Born To Be My Baby
Blaze Of Glory
Who Says You Can’t Go Home
Lay Your Hands On Me

LP2 – Side D
Always
Runaway
What Do You Got?
No Apologies

Source: RTT Music News

Neil Young is set to join Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and more at Farm Aid 2024 in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Farm Aid is scheduled to be held on September 21 at Broadview Stage at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs.

Besides performances from Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, the lineup also features Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson with the Travelin’ McCourys, Charley Crockett, Joy Oladokun, Southern Avenue, Cassandra Lewis and Jesse Welles. Additional artists are yet to be announced.

“We’re energized to be back in New York, said Farm Aid president and founder Nelson in a statement. “The farmers here have always found ways to innovate and contribute to their communities, even as they deal with uncertainties, extreme weather and policies that favor corporations over people. Farmers need us to stand with them as they work to grow our future.”

Tickets for Farm Aid 2024 will go on sale Friday, July 26, at 10 a.m. ET.

Late last month. Neil Young and Crazy Horse canceled the remaining dates of their “Love Earth Tour” dates, citing illness among some of their bandmates.

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Rush members Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee are each reissuing their debut solo albums.

Lifeson’s 1996 effort, Victor, and Lee’s 2000 LP, My Favourite Headache, will each arrive in various formats on August 9th via Rhino Records and Anthem Records.

Lifeson’s Victor will be released on vinyl for the first time ever, in Ruby Translucent 2LP, Blue Translucent 2LP, Crystal Clear Translucent 2LP and Standard Black; as well as on CD.

Victor was originally released on January 9, 1996. Lifeson took on the roles of songwriter, producer, and mixer for this album.

As a Rush Backstage exclusive, Lifeson will personally autograph 1,000 lithographs to be included with the Ruby Translucent 2LPs, which are available only through the Rush Backstage web store.

Meanwhile, My Favourite Headache, which is Geddy Lee’s only solo album to date, was initially released on November 14, 2000. This reissue marks its first vinyl pressing since a limited-edition Record Store Day exclusive in 2019.

Produced by Lee, Ben Mink and David Leonard, the album includes contributions from Mink and drummers Matt Cameron and Jeremy Taggart.

The reissue is available for pre-order on Blue/Green Galaxy 2LP, Green & Blue 2LP and on CD.

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Bruce Springsteen is now a billionaire, according to the Forbes magazine, which estimates his net worth to be around $1.1 billion.

Springsteen, who has consistently earned financial success ever since the release of his Born to Run album in 1975, has been growing rapidly in stature over the past few years. In 2021, he sold his entire music catalog to Sony for a whopping $500 million.

Additionally, he has been touring a lot since February 2023. His trek has reportedly brought in $380 million in revenue, according to Variety. Forbes lists Springsteen’s ticket sales from his 2023 world tour to be around 1.6 million.

Springsteen has a new Disney+/Hulu concert documentary coming up in October and a tour schedule for 2025. Also in line is the Springsteen biopic based on his 2023 biographical book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.

The legend, who has 21 studio albums, seven live albums, and five EPs to his name, and has sold over 140 million albums globally, has places in both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He has 20 Grammy awards, an Oscar, special Tony Award, Kennedy Center Honors, and Presidential Medal of Freedom as well.

Taylor Swift and Rihanna, who had already moved into the billionaires list, are worth an estimated $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively.

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Thirteen Genesis studio albums released between 1971 and 1997 will be reissued on vinyl worldwide.

Pressed on 180-gram vinyl, the reissues will be available in three waves. They begin on August 23rd with Foxtrot, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (2 LP), Duke, Abacab, and Genesis.

On September 6th, Nursery Cryme, Selling England By The Pound, Wind & Wuthering, We Can’t Dance (2 LP), and Calling All Stations (2 LP) will be released.

The series concludes on September 27th with A Trick Of The Tail, …And Then There Were Three…, and Invisible Touch.

Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford formed the prog-rock band in 1967 with the group’s early lineup cemented in the early ’70s with the addition of Phil Collins and Steve Hackett. Frontman Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, with drummer Phil Collins taking over as frontman until 1996.

Genesis released 15 studio albums throughout its tenure. The albums not set for reissue are the band’s first two: 1969’s From Genesis to Revelation and 1970’s Trespass.

Source: RTT Music News