Global icons and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Def Leppard have announced a 2027 North American tour with four-time Grammy-nominated band Goo Goo Dolls and special guests The Struts.

The 45-date tour kicks off on March 2 and runs through July 2, making stops in major markets across the U.S. and Canada.

Presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale, beginning on October 16 at 10 a.m. at 313Presents.com, LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com. For every ticket sold, $1 will be donated to City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment organization.

Earlier this year, Def Leppard completed their third sold-out residency in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace. The remainder of 2026 has seen them perform sold-out shows across the UK.,. Europe, South America and Mexico.

The announcement follows the Goo Goo Dolls’ extensive run of Summer Tour dates, which included lauded performances at iHeartRadio Festival and Sea.Hear.Now Festival. Following their viral success, the band’s Diamond-certified hit “Iris” has garnered over six billion global streams.

Def Leppard + Goo Goo Dolls North American Tour Dates:

March 2, 2027 – Allentown, PA – PPL Center
March 5, 2027 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
March 7, 2027 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
March 9, 2027 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
March 11, 2027 – Quebec City, QC – Centre Vidéotron
March 13, 2027 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
March 17, 2027 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
March 19, 2027 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
March 21, 2027 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
March 23, 2027 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
March 25, 2027 – Chicago, IL – United Center
March 27, 2027 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
March 29, 2027 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
March 31, 2027 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center
April 13, 2027 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
April 16, 2027 – North Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena
April 18, 2027 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
April 20, 2027 – Mobile, AL – Regions Arena
April 22, 2027 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
April 24, 2027 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
April 26, 2027 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
April 29, 2027 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena
May 1, 2027 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
May 5, 2027 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
May 7, 2027 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
May 9, 2027 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
May 11, 2027 – Spokane, WA – Numerica Veterans Arena
May 14, 2027 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
May 16, 2027 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
May 29, 2027 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center
June 1, 2027 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
June 3, 2027 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center
June 5, 2027 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
June 7, 2027 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
June 9, 2027 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
June 11, 2027 – Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena
June 13, 2027 – Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena
June 17, 2027 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
June 19, 2027 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
June 21, 2027 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena
June 23, 2027 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
June 25, 2027 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
June 27, 2027 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena
June 30, 2027 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
July 2, 2027 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Source: RTT Music News

Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May has announced that he is done touring. May revealed his decision, made last year, in an interview with The Times.

“I made a decision 18 months ago that I didn’t want to tour again. A close family friend died when we were in the States, so I said to my tour manager, ‘I’ll just nip home for a few days and come back.’ She looked me in the eyes and said, ‘You know you can’t do that,'” May shared.

He added, “I love to play, I love to travel, but the trade-off is sacrificing your freedom. I have a wife, grandchildren and a lot of astrophysics I want to do, so I’m thinking maybe 50 years is enough.”

The 79-year-old Queen guitarist said he wants to “do something fairly revolutionary” with the band’s drummer and backing vocalist Roger Taylor.

“Not as ABBA did [with digital avatars], but along those lines,” May said. “Last year I went to the Sphere, my juices started flowing and I sketched out a whole Queen show. I think an immersive experience is still on the cards and it could conquer time and space, but currently you can’t make it without AI and I have serious misgivings about that. … Data centers are a massive evil and have to be fought.”

Source: RTT Music News

Duran Duran have officially announced physical editions of their Free To Love: Hot Star Remixes album.

Reimagining their euphoric cyber-funk anthem, featuring legendary collaborator Nile Rodgers, through the lens of a select group of contemporary dance music heavyweights, this marks the first remix album the band have ever made available on vinyl and CD.

Designed by Rory McCartney, the package comes in three formats: CD, single vinyl and a special edition vinyl, each printed in a different metallic ink and paired with an original cover photograph by Duran Duran co-founder and keyboardist Nick Rhodes.

In the CD and single vinyl formats there is also an eight-page booklet featuring more of Rhodes’ exclusive images, and in the special limited edition version, there are two double-height, fold out booklets that are attached to the gatefold. The physical release is set for release on October 30 and is available for pre-order here.

Across the three formats, the standard CD brings together every remix digitally released to date, the original single, and two brand-new reworkings from the band: “Love Overture” and “Across the Galaxy.” For vinyl collectors, the 12″ LP packages all 10 original high-energy remixes, alongside the band’s own exclusive versions entitled “Love Overture” and “Across the Galaxy.” Rounding out the collection is a strictly limited Special-Edition 12″ + 7″ Vinyl Deluxe Package, available only through the band’s official webstore.

Hidden at random among the special edition vinyl product will be one exclusive Gold ticket. Fans who discover this ticket will win Duran Duran’s complete discography on vinyl.

Since its release in April, Duran Duran’s latest single “Free To Love” has quickly become one of the band’s biggest and most celebrated new tracks.

The news comes ahead of Duran Duran’s special Halloween show at The O2 in London on October 31 as part of their 2026 U.K. and European arena tour.

Source: RTT Music News

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

Source: RTT Music News

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

Source: RTT Music News

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.

Source: RTT Music News

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”

Source: RTT Music News

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.

Source: RTT Music News