Peter Gabriel recently released a new song, “Won’t Stand Down,” the fifth track from his upcoming 11th studio album, o/i.

“It’s really a song to encourage some sort of activism,” Gabriel said of the politically charged single and added that he originally wanted to create music for The Elders.org – the organization founded by Nelson Mandela that sees independent global leaders fight for justice, human rights and a more sustainable planet.

“That’s something which I wanted to talk about, write about and encourage, because it’s pretty dark out there in lots of places and I think we need people who can just nudge both us and our leaders and keep alive some basic values of justice, compassion and democracy – a hope that can help us start envisioning a just, peaceful and fairer world,” Gabriel added.

Gabriel also recalled how he believes people “generally respond much better” towards messages of hope and positivity, rather than being “bombarded and scared by negative ones,” and therefore wanted to bring that lighter feeling to his new music.

For the “Bright Side” version of “Won’t Stand Down,” he was inspired by Marvin Gaye and the “Cuban element to his song ‘Sexual Healing,'” which brought energy and movement to the song.

“A million mothers looking forward/ They’re all looking out ahead/ In the haze they can make out a planet/ Alive, or was it dead?,” Gabriel sings in the ethereal, invigorating first verse. “Moving out in so many directions/ This is not the way we want to live/ It’s not the way it has to be.”

It gradually builds towards the euphoric-yet-tranquil chorus: “But we won’t stand down/ Until there’s something better showing on the ground.”

Source: RTT Music News

British rock icons Def Leppard have revealed plans to release two new editions of Greatest Hits, featuring the band’s “biggest songs from their illustrious career.”

The newly mastered set is being made available on 1LP, and across 2 formats: Standard black vinyl and special edition blood red marbled vinyl featuring exclusive 2026 tour edition artwork. The new editions are due out on June 12 and are available to pre-order here.

Meanwhile, Def Leppard are set to tour the U.K. and Europe in June and July 2026. The tour features special guests Extreme and includes a headline show at the iconic The O2 in London and the band’s first show in Paris, France, in nearly 30 years.

Def Leppard Greatest Hits Tracklist:

Side One:

1. Pour Some Sugar on Me
2. Hysteria
3. Photograph
4. Love Bites
5. Animal

Side Two:

1. Rock Of Ages
2. When Love and Hate Collide
3. Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
4. Foolin’
5. Armageddon It

Source: RTT Music News

The Police’s Stewart Copeland has added more dates to his North American spoken word tour due to high demand.

The trek was initially scheduled to hit 34 cities this summer but has been extended into the fall and will now visit 53 cities.

The new dates begin October 28 in Thousand Oaks, California, with stops including Tucson, Arizona; Boulder and Denver, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; Detroit; and Homer and Bethel, New York. The tour will wrap on November 22 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

On the tour, the drummer reflects on his life in his trademark funny, intelligent, sharp, and unique style. The show celebrates his extraordinary journey through an evening of conversation, photos, videos, and a Q&A, titled Stewart Copeland’s Have I Said Too Much – The Police, Hollywood, and Other Adventures.

Tickets are on sale now via www.stewartcopeland.net.

Stewart Copeland 2026 Have I Said Too Much Dates:

June 3 – Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Amaturo Theatre
June 5 – Clearwater, FL @ Capitol Theatre
June 6 – Melbourne, FL @ King Center for the Performing Arts
June 7 – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
June 9 – Atlanta, GA @ City Winery
June 12 – Dallas, TX @ The Kessler Theatre
June 13 – Austin, TX @ State Theatre
June 14 – Houston, TX @ Heights Theatre
June 16 – Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum
June 18 – San Juan Capistrano, CA @ Coach House
June 20 – San Francisco, CA @ Presidio Theatre
June 27 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
June 28 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
July 7 – Old Saybrook, CT @ The Kate
July 9 – Boston, MA @ City Winery
July 10 – Waldoboro, ME @ The Waldo Theatre
July 11 – Concord, NH @ BNH Stage
July 12 – East Greenwich, RI @ Greenwich Odeum
July 14 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
July 16 – South Orange, NJ @ South Orange Performing Arts Center
July 17 – Pawling, NY @ Daryl’s House Club
July 18 – Phoenixville, PA @ The Colonial Theatre
July 19 – Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere
July 21 – Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage
July 22 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Palace Theatre
July 24 – Kent, OH @ The Kent Stage
July 25 – Cincinnati, OH @ Ludlow Garage
July 28 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Parkway Theatre
July 30 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium
July 31 – Skokie, IL @ North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Aug 1 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Wealthy Theatre
Aug 4 – Nashville, TN @ City Winery
Aug 6 – Rocky Mount, VA @ Harvester Performance Center
Aug 7 – Hopewell, VA @ The Beacon Theatre
Oct 28 – Thousand Oaks, CA @ Scherr Forum
Oct 30 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
Nov 1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Rose Wagner Theater
Nov 3 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre
Nov 4 – Denver, CO @ Holiday Theatre
Nov 6 – Omaha, NE @ The Admiral
Nov 7 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
Nov 8 – Edwardsville, IL @ Wildey Theatre
Nov 10 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Bag
Nov 12 – Homer, NY @ Center for the Arts of Homer
Nov 13 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Event Gallery
Nov 15 – Stowe, VT @ Spruce Peak Performing Arts
Nov 17 – Sellersville, PA @ Sellersville Theatre
Nov 18 – Elkton, MD @ Elkton Music Hall
Nov 20 – York, PA @ Appell Center for Performing Arts
Nov 22 – Charlotte, NC @ Carolina Theatre

Source: RTT Music News

Mercury Studios will release expanded and remastered recordings from Yes’ 2010 sessions of From A Page on 2 CD and LP deluxe editions on April 24th.

Yes revisits their 2019 four-song mini-album From a Page in a 15-track double album and 2CD Deluxe Edition, pairing the original tracks with alternate takes and demos recorded during the sessions, several of which would later surface on Fly From Here.

In 2010, after a last-minute show in Zacatecas, Mexico, the band met up in Phoenix, Arizona, to begin writing for the next Yes album. This two-week session would result in the four released songs in addition to “Into The Storm”, “Hour Of Need”, and “The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be,” all of which would appear on the Fly From Here album.

Overseen by Oliver Wakeman and mixed and remastered by Karl Groom, this expanded and remastered edition of From A Page incorporates the original four songs, along with alternate keyboard versions of three songs from Fly From Here, featuring Oliver Wakeman’s keyboard parts from the original writing sessions replacing the keyboard parts added by Geoff.

Disc 1 also features the studio version of the Chris Squire-written song “Aliens,” which was played during the 2008 “In The Present” tour.

Source: RTT Music News

Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts are set to release a new live album, As Time Explodes, next month.

The new live record, which will arrive on May 29th through Reprise Records, captures their Love Earth Tour of Europe and the U.S. throughout 2025.

The album features career-spanning tracks from Young’s catalog, including new versions of old favorites like “Cortez the Killer,” “Ohio,” “Like A Hurricane” and “After the Gold Rush” as well as “Big Crime,” which Young released last year with The Chrome Hearts.

As Time Explodes was produced by Lou Adler with The Volume Dealers. Meanwhile, the Chrome Hearts consist of Spooner Oldham, Micah Nelson, Corey McCormick and Anthony LoGerfo, alongside Young.

Source: RTT Music News