Half a century to the day since its original 1975 release, Pink Floyd announced a 50th anniversary edition of their era-defining album, Wish You Were Here.

Due out December 12 via Sony Music, Wish You Were Here 50 gives fans an exciting new perspective into one of Pink Floyd’s most iconic and best-loved records. The 50th anniversary edition features multiple discs of rarities.

At the core of this special collection are six previously unreleased alternate versions and demos presenting Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album in a brand new way.

Wish You Were Here 50 will be released in multiple formats including 3LP, 2CD, Blu-ray, digital and a Deluxe Box Set. The digital release includes the original 1975 album, featuring a new Dolby Atmos mix by James Guthrie.

It also includes 25 bonus tracks made up of nine studio rarities, and 16 live recordings captured by the renowned bootlegger Mike Millard at Pink Floyd’s Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on April 26, 1975, now receiving its first official release. The live audio has been meticulously restored and remastered by Steven Wilson.

The Blu-ray edition also gives fans the chance to see three concert screen films from the band’s 1975 tour, plus a Storm Thorgerson short film.

The 3LP and 2CD formats include the original album and the nine studio bonus tracks. The Deluxe Box Set includes all 2CD, 3LP (on exclusive clear vinyl) and Blu-Ray material, plus a fourth clear vinyl LP, Live At Wembley 1974, a replica Japanese 7″ Single of “Have A Cigar b/w Welcome To The Machine,” a hardcover book including unseen photographs, a comic book tour programme and Knebworth concert poster.

Wish You Were Here 50 is available to pre-order here. Exclusive 50th Anniversary Merchandise along with Limited Edition product releases will also be available at PinkFloyd.com.

To celebrate the album announcement, a previously unheard early demo recording of “Welcome to the Machine,” originally titled “The Machine Song” has been released. Shorter in length than the epic original, “The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited)” gives fans an exciting preview of what to expect from Wish You Were Here 50.

Wish You Were Here has been a mainstay on all-time greatest albums lists for decades. The multi-Platinum-selling No. 1 hit record was Pink Floyd’s first to reach the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Iconic Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd recently released a new music video for their classic track “Gimme Three Steps.”

The track is the latest release from the band’s new project, Celebrating 50 Years – Live At The Ryman, via Frontiers Music Srl, available now on 2CD/DVD, Blu-Ray or a double LP.

The video captures their live performance of the song at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville during the band’s 50th anniversary concert, which took place in November 2022.

The Ryman concert was filmed before the 2023 death of guitarist Gary Rossington, the last founding member of Skynyrd, and he is seen front and center in the video.

The band is on tour in North America through the fall.

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Motley Crue’s Vince Neil says he “had to learn to walk again” after suffering a stroke.

In a recent interview, the Motley Crue frontman revealed that he suffered a stroke the day after Christmas last year, forcing the band to postpone their Las Vegas residency.

“I had a stroke. My whole left side went out. I had to learn to walk again, and that was tough. The doctors said they didn’t think I’d be able to go back on stage again. I go, ‘No, no, I’m gonna do it. Watch and see,'” he told The Las Vegas Review Journal.

Neil added that after the incident, he had to go through a “required medical procedure,” including months-long physical therapy at his home in Nashville and was able to regain his strength.

“I went from people carrying me to the bathroom, because I couldn’t walk myself, finally to a wheelchair,” Neil says. “I graduated to a walker, and then I had a cane. Now I don’t need anything. But it’s like a full-time job getting back to where you feel good again.”

“It’s been tough, but I’m back, I’m 90-, 95-percent to where I was before, and it’s going to be great,” he adds.

Neil returned for his first performance after suffering the stroke in August with his solo band.

Motley Crue opened their 10 show-residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM on Friday.

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Twisted Sister have announced a reunion tour in celebration of their 50th anniversary.

The band announced plans to embark on the tour in 2026, with dates still to be announced.

Founding guitarist and manager Jay Jay French shared, “Beginning on Feb. 2, 1976 in a little bar called The Turtleneck Inn in Hunter Mountain, NY, Dee Snider, Eddie Ojeda and I have called ourselves Twisted Sister and stood shoulder to shoulder for nearly five decades, through multiple personnel changes and thousands of performances.”

“We are proud to celebrate a milestone that once felt unthinkable: a 50-year anniversary!!” he added. “We have created a music and performance legacy that has and will continue to inspire millions of fans around the world. Twisted Forever, Forever Twisted!”

“If you’re lucky enough to be in a band that people still want to see after fifty years(!), how can you not answer the call? In 2026, Twisted Sister will hit stages around the world because we still wanna rock!!” frontman Dee Snider says.

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