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Coldplay and BTS recently released a video for their collab, "My Universe," the second single from Coldplay's ninth studio album Music of the Spheres.

Dave Meyers directed the "My Universe" music video. The visual features top groups exploring the galaxy of The Spheres where music is forbidden. It shows BTS, Coldplay and a supergroup of aliens called Supernova 7, turning out in the form of a hologram and showing that their voices won't be silenced.

BTS and Coldplay co-wrote "My Universe."

Coldplay released "My Universe" on September 24 via Parlophone and Atlantic Records. Music of the Spheres, produced by Max Martin, is due to arrive on October 15. The album is a follow-up to the band's 2019 double album Everyday Life.

(Photo: Dave Meyers)

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AC/DC recently released a nostalgic music video for "Through the Mists of Time," the latest single from their 2020 album, Power Up.

The video, which originated from a concept from Angus Young, was directed by Najeeb Tarazi. It features footage shot by Clemens Habicht of each of the five band members in five separate shoots around the world. Josh Cheuse is the creative director of the visual.

In addition to the band's impressive archive of music videos, performance clips from "Shot in the Dark," "Witch's Spell," and "Realize" also feature in the visual.

Tarazi and Cheuse got Paris-based visual effect studio Mathematic's support to combine the elements in order to "take the stage together to perform." It gives the effect of AC/DC literally playing a concert through the mists of time.

The video ends with a regal image featuring seven past and present band members - Bon Scott, singer Brian Johnson, drummer Phil Rudd, bassist Cliff Williams, guitarists Angus and Stevie Young - on a Sistine Chapel-like painted ceiling.

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Kelly Clarkson performed a powerful cover of Billie Eilish's "Happier Than Ever" for the "Kellyoke" segment of her namesake talk show, "The Kelly Clarkson Show."

"You ruined everything good/ Always said you were misunderstood/ Made all my moments your own/ Just f**king leave me alone," Clarkson belted out emotionally and closed the song with a high note.

"Happier Than Ever" was released as the sixth single of Eilish's album of the same name on July 30, 2021, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. The song had peaked at No. 11 on Billboard Hot 100 and topped Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.

Clarkson had previously covered Eilish's "My Future," on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" in October 2020.

(Photo: Carter Smith)

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John Mellencamp recently shared "Wasted Days," a duet with Bruce Springsteen. The song is the first single from Mellencamp's upcoming 25th studio album, due to arrive next year.

The song, with musical arrangement, featuring several instruments, sees Mellencamp and Springsteen go on a nostalgic trip, taking turns with lead vocal duties.

"How many days are lost in vain / Who's counting down these last remaining years? / How many minutes do we have left?" they wonder at one point.

"Wasted days, Wasted days / We watch our lives just fade away to more wasted days," the legendary musicians sing in the chorus.

Rumors of Mellencamp and Springsteen working together were doing the rounds for several months. Mellencamp officially confirmed the collaboration in May.

"Bruce is singing on the new record and is playing guitar," he told Billboard during Clive Davis' virtual 2021 Grammy gala.

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The Rolling Stones recently shared their previously unreleased cover of The Chi-Lites' "Troubles A' Comin."

The Chi-Lites, who recorded the song in 1971, placed it on the B-side of their two top 10 R&B singles that year, "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" and "(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People."

The Rolling Stones, who recorded the song's cover version in Paris in 1972, made it a guitar-driven, mid-paced track.

The cover is set to appear on the band's forthcoming 40th anniversary edition of their 1981 album Tattoo You, which will feature a number of previously unreleased tracks.

The newly remastered and expanded edition of Tattoo You is set to arrive on October 22. The edition will include nine extra songs as part of a 'Lost & Found: Rarities' disc, recorded during the same era as the original 11-track album. It will also contain the band's 1982 appearance at Wembley Stadium.

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Grammy Award-winning band Evanescence have launched a collection of NFT inspired by their new graphic novel series, Echoes From the Void.

Evanescence, production company Incendium, and NFT platform Sweet have announced a collaboration on the new line of NFT collectibles.

The Echoes From The Void collection on sweet.io includes 4 NFTs available to purchase, including 2 collectors cards, a virtual souvenir coin, and an auction of a one-of-a-kind 3D interactive sculpture.

Echoes From the Void is a five-volume fantasy anthology featuring stories based on themes from the band's songs. The first title, which was written by Carrie Lee South and Blake Northcott and illustrated by Abigail Larson and Kelly McKernan, is inspired by "Better Without You" and recent single "Wasted on You," which appear on their upcoming fifth LP, The Bitter Truth.

"It's been awesome to see the art and stories of Echoes From The Void evolve into the digital space. The series is becoming a showcase with so many talents adapting visions from songs in our discography," said Evanescence's Amy Lee.

She added, "Diving into the world of digital collectibles let's us add a new dimension to the characters and storylines that we've loved creating. I can't wait to see what more we can do as the rest of Echoes From The Void unfurls!"

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The Scorpions announced that their 19th studio album, Rock Believer, will be released on February 11, 2022, and followed up with a world tour.

As a prelude to the album, the first single, "Peacemaker," will come out on October 21.

During the pandemic, the band retreated to the studio in their German hometown of Hanover and started working on new songs.

"The album was written and recorded in the Scorpions DNA with core Schenker/Meine compositions," says frontman Klaus Meine. "We recorded the album as a band live in one room, like we did in the 80s."

The Scorpions will kick off their "Rock Believer World Tour" in March 2022 in Las Vegas. The band will play 9 shows as part of their residency at the Planet Hollywood Hotel.

Afterwards, they will cross the Atlantic to Europe. They will play 6 concerts in France and 6 shows In Germany supported by Wolfgang Van Halen's new band Mammoth WVH.

Scorpions Rock Zone fan community members have exclusive first access to tickets and VIP packages. Tickets will go on-sale to the general public on Friday at 10 am CEST.

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A never before released David Bowie album Toy will be officially released on January 7, the day before what would have been the late legendary musician's 75th birthday.

Bowie planned to record the album "old school," with his band playing live, choosing the best takes and then releasing it as soon as possible. Unfortunately, in 2001 the concept of the "surprise drop" album release and the technology to support it were still quite a few years off, making it impossible to release Toy as instantly as Bowie wanted.

Now, twenty years after its originally planned release, Bowie's co-producer Mark Plati says, "From time to time, he used to say 'Mark, this is our album' - I think because he knew I was so deeply in the trenches with him on that journey. I'm happy to finally be able to say it now belongs to all of us."

Available in 3CD or 6x10" vinyl formats, TOY (TOY:BOX) is a special edition of the album. The package also contains a 16-page full-colour book featuring previously unseen photographs by Frank Ockenfels 3.

Toy finishes with a new song from which the album takes its title, "Toy (Your Turn To Drive)." It was constructed from a jam at the end of one of the live takes of "I Dig Everything."

On November 26, Parlophone Records/ISO Records will release David Bowie 5: Brilliant Adventure (1992 - 2001), the fifth in a series of box sets chronicling his career from 1969 to the 21st century. It is an eleven CD box, eighteen-piece vinyl set and standard digital download box set collection.

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Music legends Elton John and Stevie Wonder have teamed up to release "Finish Line," the latest single from Elton's upcoming all-star album The Lockdown Sessions.

Elton was full of praise for Wonder while speaking about the song, saying, "Stevie's voice is as good as I can ever remember hearing him - he sounds like a 17-year-old again, he's singing with a sheer joy and exuberance in his vocals."

"I've always loved collaborating with Stevie, and I'm delighted that after fifty years of friendship we finally get to do a full-blown duet. He has always been so kind and sweet to me, and his talent is beyond ridiculous. When you listen to what he does vocally and instrumentally on 'Finish Line' you think, this is a true genius here," he added. Elton also described The Lockdown Sessions as one of the best records he has made.

Kanye West's Sunday Service choir supported the duet, produced by Andrew Watt.

"Finish Line" is the third collaboration featuring the two legends. The others are their charity single "That's What Friends Are For" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues."

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Sting on Thursday unleashed a driving new single, "Rushing Water," from his forthcoming album The Bridge.

The Bridge is set for release on November 19 via A&M/Interscope/Cherrytree Records.

The new song, available now on all digital service platforms, is accompanied by a performance-fueled, chiaroscuro music video, directed by Eric Ryan Anderson.

"The song 'Rushing Water' is a fitting start to an album that seeks to bridge all of the petty differences that can separate us," Sting says.

Written by Sting, "Rushing Water" features Dominic Miller and Gavin Brown on guitars, Josh Freese on drums, Martin Kierszenbaum on organ and keyboards, Fred Renaudin on additional synthesizers and Gene Noble on background vocals.

The 17-time Grammy Award winning artist collaborated with Kierszenbaum and Brown for the song's music.

The Bridge, penned in a year of global pandemic, showcases Sting's prolific and diverse songwriting prowess, with this new set of songs representing styles and genres explored throughout his inimitable career. Another new song, "If It's Love" - an infectious ear worm - is also available now on all digital platforms.

Sting's new weekly web TV series, "On the Bridge" premiered Tuesday and features an intimate glimpse into the musician's everyday life as he prepares to launch his new album.

(Photo: Eric Ryan Anderson)

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Kelly Clarkson covered "My Own Worst Enemy" during the "Kellyoke" segment of her talk show on Tuesday, September 28.

The Texas singer rocked the chart-topping hit while accompanied by her band Y'all and backup singers.

"It's no surprise to me, I am my own worst enemy/ 'Cause every now and then, I kick the living sh-- out of me/ Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk?/ I didn't mean to call you that," she rocked.

"My Own Worst Enemy" is the lead single from Lit's second studio album, A Place In The Sun, which was released in 1999. The song peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart. The song went on to win the Billboard Music Award for Modern Rock Track Of The Year at the 1999 BBMAs.

The "Kellyoke" segment has become one of the highlights of Clarkson's talk show after the singer's impressive covers of artists like Demi Lovato, Chris Stapleton, Jason Aldean, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys and many more.

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Marking the 50th anniversary of their classic 1970 album Benefit, Jethro Tull will release an "enhanced edition" of the record on November 5.

Benefit (The 50 Anniversary Enhanced Edition) will be a 4CD/2DVD set, featuring remixes by Steven Wilson, previously unreleased material, packaged within a deluxe hardback book, containing commentary from contributors alongside images of the band creating and performing their first million-selling album.

CD3 delivers a previously unreleased Steven Wilson remix of Jethro Tull performing at Tanglewood in 1970, while DVD2 has the previously unavailable film footage of that show. CD4 contains a newly remastered mono version of a previously unreleased concert at The Aragon Ballroom in 1970.

The 100-page book contains an essay from Martin Webb, who expands upon the 2013 "A Collector's Edition" booklet notes.

Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Glenn Cornick, and Clive Bunker comment on each of the album's tracks. The book also features interviews with Robin Black (studio engineer of Benefit and many other Jethro Tull albums), Terry Ellis ('executive producer' of Benefit), Joshua White and Steven Wilson explaining the mixing of Benefit in 2013.

The enhanced edition comes after pandemic-enforced delays.

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Depeche Mode will release on December 3 a deluxe limited edition box set of their 1989 documentary concert film 101.

The release will come with three previously unseen bonus performances of "A Question of Lust," "Sacred," and "Something to Do." The official promotional video for "Everything Counts" is also included in the expanded edition.

The film is named after the band's 1988 performance during the Music For The Masses world tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

It was Depeche Mode's 101st show on the tour, captured for the group's 1989 live release, 101.

A groundbreaking collaborative documentary, 101 was co-directed by the acclaimed husband-and-wife film-making team of D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

"DM 101's parallel realities following the historic tour of this pioneering British band as they storm across America bringing an exciting new sound to the masses, along with an intimate view of a busload of ardent young fans on an unforgettable road trip to the Rose Bowl made this documentary a groundbreaking influence on the reality genre," said Hegedus.

"It's incredible to be able to see D.A. Pennebaker's film and this period of our career presented in this new high-definition light," Depeche Mode said in a press release.

The Depeche Mode 101 box set includes a 48-page behind-the-scenes story of the day photo book, a replica of the original U.S. theatrical release movie poster, a 16-page Anton Corbijn Photo Mode book as featured in the original album release, a Double CD of the original 20 track 101 concert release, a download card providing access to 4K downloads of the film, concert and bonus performances plus 24-bit audio files of the 101 concert release.

The two DVDs in the set contain the original extras from the 2003 DVD release of Depeche Mode - 101.

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Judas Priest lead guitarist Richie Faulkner is "stable and resting" after undergoing emergency heart surgery this week.

The update on Faulkner's condition was provided by his partner Mariah Lynch on Instagram on Tuesday.

"Richie underwent major emergency heart surgery. He is stable & resting. If you know him, you know how tough & strong he is. So tough that he finished the show & kept the hair flips coming. There's no one like him. We'd be lost without him," Lynch wrote, accompanied by a photo of the couple holding up their 1-year-old daughter Daisy Mae.

Judas Priest announced on Monday that they are putting the remaining part of their U.S. tour on hold after Faulkner was admitted to the hospital due to a "major medical heart condition."

The English heavy metal band assured its fans that new dates will be announced "as soon as we have any updates from his doctors on when we can reschedule the dates."

Tickets that are already purchased for the cancelled dates will be valid.

Judas Priest's "50 Heavy Metal Years Tour," which kicked off in Reading, Pennsylvania, on September 8, was scheduled to run until the concluding show at the Hamilton First Ontario Centre in Ontario on November 5.

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Kelly Clarkson covered Depeche Mode's 1990 hit single "Enjoy the Silence" during the "Kellyoke" segment of her talk show on Monday, September 27.

"All I ever wanted/ All I ever needed/ Is here in my arms/ Words are very unnecessary/ They can only do harm," Clarkson crooned while wearing a zebra-print dress accompanied by her band Y'all.

"Enjoy the Silence" was released as the second single from Depeche Mode's seventh studio album, Violator. The song was a top 10 hit for the English electronic band, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The single is Gold certificated in the U.S. and Germany and won Best British Single at the 1991 Brit Awards.

Depeche Mode's last full-length album was their 2017's Spirit. Earlier this year, band member Martin Gore released a five-track solo EP titled The Third Chimpanzee.

(Photo: Carter Smith)

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Mark Hoppus on Wednesday announced that he is "cancer-fee." The Blink-182 singer/bassist revealed the happy news on Instagram.

"Just saw my oncologist and I'm cancer free!! Thank you God and universe and friends and family and everyone who sent support and kindness and love," he wrote.

Hoppus said that he still has to get scanned every six months, and it will take him until the end of the year to get back to normal.

"But today is an amazing day and I feel so blessed," the 49-year-old rock star added.

Hoppus had revealed in June that he had been battling cancer for the past three months.

He has been regularly giving updates on his treatment for Stage 4-A Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma since then.

The "What's My Age Again?" singer lost his hair as a side effect of his chemotherapy treatment. He shared a photo of himself with a newly shaved head on social media in July.

(Photo: Instagram)

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Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth has announced a Las Vegas Residency at Mandalay Bay's House Of Blues.

The five-night residency will kick off with a New Year's Eve show and include four nights in early January 2022.

Tickets for residency will start at $63.50, plus applicable fees, and go on sale Saturday, October 2 at 10 a.m. PT.

Roth originally kicked off a residency at the same venue in January 2020. However, in March 2020, he postponed the final six shows of his Las Vegas residency due to the coronavirus pandemic.

David Lee Roth 2021-22 House of Blues Las Vegas Residency Dates:

Dec. 31, 2021Jan. 1, 2022Jan. 5, 2022Jan. 7, 2022Jan. 8, 2022

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Bruce Springsteen will headline the Stand Up for Heroes live benefit show to honor American veterans and their families.

The 15th Annual Stand Up For Heroes celebration will be held on November 8, at 8 p.m. ET at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, to raise awareness and funds for the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

Stand Up for Heroes is presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival.

SUFH will feature performances by comedians and musicians, including Nate Bargatze, Jim Gaffigan, Grace Gaustad, Nikki Glaser, Sing Harlem, Donnell Rawlings, and Jon Stewart.

"Our military community sacrifices so much for their fellow citizens. They have earned our enduring respect, and more importantly, our support. For 15 years, that has been the inspiration behind Stand Up for Heroes - an evening to honor, celebrate, and take action in support of our veterans and their families." said Bob Woodruff, co-founder of the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

Tickets for Stand Up for Heroes go on sale through bobwoodrufffoundation.org and the Lincoln Center box office. All attendees must be vaccinated and wear masks in accordance with state and venue guidelines.

Last year, the Stand Up for Heroes event was conducted virtually due to the pandemic.

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Iconic rock band Guns N' Roses have announced a four-track EP Hard Skool. The EP will be available exclusively to the official band store on February 25.

The record will feature the latest single, "Hard Skool," which was released on September 24, live recordings of 1991's "Don't Cry" and 1987's "You're Crazy," as well as "Absurd," a single that dropped in August.

It will be for the first time in 28 years that original members Slash, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan have all teamed up for a new Guns N' Roses record.

Hard Skool will also feature guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese.

Hard Skool Tracklist:

01. Hard Skool02. ABSURD03. Don't Cry (Live)04. You're Crazy (Live)

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Bob Dylan's fall U.S. tour dates have been announced. The U.S. leg is part of the legendary troubadour's four-year worldwide tour, named after his 2020 album, Rough and Rowdy Ways.

"The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour" will kick off in Milwaukee on November 2 and run through 2024 in cities across the globe.

Dylan will be performing live after a gap of nearly two years.

The first dates go on sale starting Friday, October 1.

Only fall 2021 show dates of the "Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour" have been revealed so far, and the remaining schedule will be announced later.

Fall 2021 Tour Dates:

Nov. 2 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside TheatreNov. 3 - Chicago, IL @ Auditorium TheatreNov. 5 - Cleveland, OH @ Key Bank State TheatreNov. 6 - Columbus, OH @ Palace TheatreNov. 7 - Bloomington, IN @ IU AuditoriumNov. 9 - Cincinnati, OH @ Procter & Gamble HallNov. 10 - Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville AuditoriumNov. 12 - Louisville, KY @ Palace TheatreNov. 13 - Charleston, WV @ Municipal AuditoriumNov. 15 Moon Township, PA @ Robert Morris Univ. - UPMC Events CenterNov. 16 - Hershey, PA @ Hershey TheatreNov. 19 - New York, NY @ Beacon TheatreNov. 20 - New York, NY @ Beacon TheatreNov. 21 - New York, NY @ Beacon TheatreNov. 23 - Port Chester, NY @ Capitol TheatreNov. 24 - Port Chester, NY @ Capitol TheatreNov. 26 - Providence, RI @ Providence Performing Arts CenterNov. 27 - Boston, MA @ Wang TheatreNov. 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ The MetNov. 30 - Philadelphia, PA @ The MetDec. 2 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem

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