The 50th anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will be celebrated with the release of a new box set, Origins 1971-1978, exploring the band’s formative years. The collection is due out November 6 via UMe.

The five-LP collection traces Petty’s musical development from the early Mudcrutch recordings through the formation of the Heartbreakers and their emergence in Los Angeles.

At its center is No Sleep Til L.A., a 12-track rarities collection featuring seven previously unreleased songs and five tracks in new high-resolution mixes.

The box set also includes 50th anniversary editions of the band’s first two albums, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and You’re Gonna Get It!, newly mixed and remastered by longtime producer and engineer Ryan Ulyate.

Also featured is Live From the Record Plant 1977, released in full for the first time, along with The Cut Out Bin, which collects recordings Petty made with session musicians and Leon Russell. The set closes with the band’s 1978 performance on the BBC’s The Old Grey Whistle Test.

The collection will be available in 5-LP, 4-CD and deluxe formats, with the vinyl editions featuring an 88-page fanzine and archival memorabilia.

Source: RTT Music News

The Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs invites listeners to her most intimate, frank and personal conversations with the release of her brand new album of all original music, The List.

Recorded in her Los Angeles home and produced alongside CJ Camerieri, The List is said to be what happens when an artist and her closest friends gather around the kitchen table and share the stories that define one’s life.

From heartbreak to an empty nest, a new crush, foolish mistakes and the fading memory of what might have been, it is all part of The List, as Hoffs turns her deepest, decade-spanning memories into “a dozen touching and witty songs,” reflecting “an emotional wisdom that had to be earned through experience.”

The List turns the page to a new chapter of Hoffs’ astounding artistic legacy. Opening with “Casablanca,” inspired by the surreal New Orleans encounter Hoffs had with the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir in 1988, The List closes with “What Are Wings For,” written by Hoffs, Camerieri, and Edie Brickell, for the musical adaptation of Hoffs’ bestselling, debut novel, “This Bird Has Flown.”

Sung by the story’s protagonist, Jane Start, it is a declaration of personal and artistic freedom, as Jane finds the courage to break free from expectation and claim her own moment in the spotlight, discovering her own voice.

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KISS have announced they will release a super deluxe edition box set of their fifth studio album Rock and Roll Over (RARO) on November 6th via UMe, in celebration of the record’s 50th anniversary.

According to the announcement, the comprehensive super deluxe edition box set will showcase a 4CD and Blu-ray Audio experience, including 130 total tracks with 100 tracks and mixes previously unreleased.

The original 1976 album mix is newly remastered from the original stereo analog tapes on CD 1 by Bernie Grundman, who mastered all audio. CD 2 offers up a new album stereo mix by the original producer Eddie Kramer.

The set will contain twenty-two unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes, including nine Gene Simmons demos, the Davlen Sound Studios demos, extended mixes and the unfinished instrumental track “Queen For A Day.”

The Blu-ray Audio disc offers a new Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround mix for the original 1976 album mix by David Frangioni, along with a Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround mix for the new 2026 album mix by Eddie Kramer.

The Super Deluxe edition box set will also contain a 104-page hardcover book, featuring expansive liner notes written by Ken Sharp, drawn from interviews with Peter Criss, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eddie Kramer, and many others, in addition to unreleased photos and rare collectible imagery.

A comprehensive Rock And Roll Over 1976 Press Kit, containing a three-page press release, a merch order form, a marketing slick sheet, a five-inch cover sticker, and two glossy 7.5-inch by 10-inch black-and-white press photos is also part of the box set.

Source: RTT Music News

The 50th anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will be celebrated with the release of a new box set, Origins 1971-1978, exploring the band’s formative years. The collection is due out November 6 via UMe.

The five-LP collection traces Petty’s musical development from the early Mudcrutch recordings through the formation of the Heartbreakers and their emergence in Los Angeles.

At its center is No Sleep Til L.A., a 12-track rarities collection featuring seven previously unreleased songs and five tracks in new high-resolution mixes.

The box set also includes 50th anniversary editions of the band’s first two albums, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and You’re Gonna Get It!, newly mixed and remastered by longtime producer and engineer Ryan Ulyate.

Also featured is Live From the Record Plant 1977, released in full for the first time, along with The Cut Out Bin, which collects recordings Petty made with session musicians and Leon Russell. The set closes with the band’s 1978 performance on the BBC’s The Old Grey Whistle Test.

The collection will be available in 5-LP, 4-CD and deluxe formats, with the vinyl editions featuring an 88-page fanzine and archival memorabilia.

Source: RTT Music News

Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning, a documentary on Ozzy Osbourne and the original Black Sabbath lineup’s final performance, is set to be released in cinemas worldwide on October 28 through Trafalgar Releasing.

The film captures the sold-out farewell concert at Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5, 2025, where Osbourne performed a solo set before reuniting with Black Sabbath’s original members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time in more than 20 years. Osbourne died 17 days after the performance, on July 22, 2025.

Directed by Ben Wainwright-Pearce, the film also features personal reflections from musicians inspired by Osbourne and Black Sabbath, along with behind-the-scenes footage from the historic event.

The concert featured performances from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Slayer, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Gojira, Anthrax and others. Jason Momoa hosted the event, while Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello served as musical director.

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Styx will return to The Venetian Theatre at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas in 2027 for a five-night residency, marking the band’s seventh consecutive year performing at the venue.

The engagement is scheduled for January 29 and 30 and February 3, 5 and 6, 2027, with all shows beginning at 8:30 p.m.

The residency will feature songs spanning Styx’s more than five-decade career, including chart hits and deeper cuts.

The band’s current lineup includes founding guitarist and vocalist James “JY” Young, guitarist and vocalist Tommy Shaw, original bassist Chuck Panozzo, drummer Todd Sucherman, keyboardist and vocalist Lawrence Gowan, guitarist and vocalist Will Evankovich, and bassist Terry Gowan.

The shows come as Styx continue to support their 18th studio album, Circling From Above, released in July 2025. The 13-track record follows 2021’s Crash of the Crown and 2017’s The Mission.

General ticket sales begin Friday, September 18 at 10 a.m. PT, with tickets starting at $55 plus applicable fees.

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Iconic rocker Alice Cooper and legendary illusionist Criss Angel have released an exclusive video clip from their “Welcome To Our Nightmare” Las Vegas shows.

The rock star and illusionist will bring the unique production back to the Criss Angel Theatre at Planet Hollywood on November 27-28 and December 4-5. The shows combine Cooper’s classic rock hits with Angel’s magic and theatrical illusions.

Cooper also announced that guitarist Nita Strauss will rejoin his band for the upcoming performances.

Strauss, who joined Cooper’s band in 2014, last performed with him in Las Vegas in March before taking a break to have a baby.

“We added the November and December shows after the March, April and May shows sold out so quickly,” Cooper said. “Bringing Nita back after she took a break to start a family is the perfect way to wrap up 2026.”

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Long Live Def Leppard, the first authorized feature-length documentary about legendary English rock band Def Leppard, is set for a theatrical release in early 2027.

Bleecker Street’s event cinema division Crosswalk has acquired North American rights to the film. The documentary, which was directed, written and produced by Jeff Feuerzeig, was made in close collaboration with the band and will feature never-before-seen footage and extensive access to its members.

The film will chronicle Def Leppard’s journey from working-class Sheffield to global rock stardom, including the success of Pyromania and Hysteria and the major challenges that followed. These include drummer Rick Allen’s accident, which cost him his arm, and the death of guitarist Steve Clark.

Def Leppard have sold more than 110 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The band recently completed a sold-out residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Source: RTT Music News