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)

CBS has announced a new primetime concert special featuring live performances and captivating stories about Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s enduring friendship and an intimate look at their upcoming joint album.

“An Evening With Elton John And Brandi Carlile” will be broadcast on April 6 beginning at 8 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+.

Filming on March 26 at London’s iconic Palladium Theatre and accompanied by a live band, Elton John and Brandi Carlile will perform songs from their new album, Who Believes in Angels?, which will be available on April 4 via Interscope Records. The musicians will also play a selection of their individual greatest hits, including timeless classics from Elton’s catalogue and a very special performance of an unreleased track by Carlile.

Between these electrifying solo and duo performances, Elton and Brandi will also invite the audience into an intimate sit-down conversation on stage that will pull back the curtain on their 20-year friendship, the profound journey behind their latest collaboration and share intimate footage from their process. Additionally, throughout the evening, those closest to Elton and Brandi will pay emotional tributes to the artists’ illustrious careers.

“An Evening With Elton John And Brandi Carlile” is produced by Fulwell Entertainment with Ben Winston, Gabe Turner and Sally Wood serving as executive producers.

Source: RTT Music News

ZZ Top have announced that drummer Frank Beard is taking time off their current tour due to health issues.

Shelter Music Group, ZZ Top’s management announced in a message posted on Facebook that Beard has temporarily stepped away from the rock band’s current tour to attend a health issue requiring his focus in the near term.

It did not specify what the health issue is.

Beard, along with fellow ZZ Top members Billy F Gibbons and Elwood Francis, has been taking part in the Elevation Tour since March 5.

In Beard’s absence, ZZ Top has engaged fellow Texan and longtime tech member, percussionist and drummer, John Douglas, for the interim.

Douglas has maintained a close relationship with Beard and the band, having served with the group in the past. Douglas actually filled in when Beard underwent an emergency appendectomy in Paris back in 2002. Douglas is also best known as replacing longtime Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer when he stepped aside from the band.

ZZ Top’s Elevation Tour wraps up on April 12 in Forrest City, Arkansas.

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The Tom Petty Estate has shared previously unreleased video footage of a cover of The Troggs’ classic “Wild Thing” performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Los Angeles-based studio The Record Plant in 1982.

The Justin Kreutzmann-directed video, with newly remastered audio, features footage of the band’s performance at The Record Plant, filmed for the French TV program, Houba Houba, alongside never-before-seen bonus footage originally captured by Cameron Crowe for his 1983 film, Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party.

The film, which has been restored and released for the first time in more than 40 years, is now streaming on Paramount+.

The “Wild Thing” clip follows The Record Plant videos of “Keeping Me Alive,” “Finding Out” and “Stories We Could Tell.”

“Wild Thing” is one of the many highlights from the recently released Deluxe Edition of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers classic 1982 album, Long After Dark.

Source: RTT Music News

In celebration of their 60th anniversary, legendary band The Grateful Dead will be releasing a new limited edition 60-CD box set, titled Enjoying The Ride.

Enjoying The Ride will drop on May 30th exclusively via Dead.net. The record will feature more than 450 tracks and over 60 hours of music curated by the band’s archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux.

The record will feature previously unreleased live recordings from 20 venues spanning 25 years (1969-1994).

The collection features full shows from 17 notable venues, including Winterland Ballroom, Frost Amphitheatre, Madison Square Garden, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and Hampton Coliseum, plus selections from multiple-night runs at the Fillmore West, Fillmore East, and Boston Music Hall.

“I truly believe that Enjoying The Ride captures both the spirit of following the Grateful Dead and the magic of their live performances at these storied venues,” said Rhino Records president Mark Pinkus. “The collection David has curated is even more meaningful to me because it includes the official release of my first-ever Dead show—July 13, 1984 at the Berkeley Greek Theatre—with its epic ‘Dark Star’ encore.”

“This show marked the start of a lifelong journey for me, and I’m willing to bet there are many shows in this fantastic set that will resonate with fans who also found community on the road,” he continued. “I am forever honored to work alongside David and the Grateful Dead to keep this long, strange trip alive.”

Source: RTT Music News