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Island Def Jam Music Group KISS’ 12th studio album, Animalize, is turning 40 this year, and to celebrate the band has launched a new 40th anniversary merch collection, complete with two limited-edition vinyl variant bundles. One of the bundles includes an Animalize 40th anniversary picture disc, along with a T-shirt with the album’s track list. It was limited to only 500 and …

Evan Agostini/Getty Images A wax figure of the late Sinéad O’Connor has been pulled from Dublin’s National Wax Museum following uproar from the public, it was revealed on RTÉ Radio’s Liveline. The figure was unveiled Thursday, the day before the one-year anniversary of Sinéad’s death, and drew tons of backlash on social media. Sinead’s brother John O’Connor also voiced his displeasure. …

SVR B-52s founding member Kate Pierson is set to drop the new solo album Radios and Rainbows on Sept. 20. The album is Kate’s first solo album since her solo debut, 2015’s Guitars and Microphones. “It’s an eclectic group of songs, anthems, dance things, a disco song,” Kate shares. “Overall, the album has an upbeat vibe because I wanted to put …

Disney/Randy Holmes Back in June, The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, who’ll star as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, told Variety he had yet to meet The Boss — but it looks like that may change soon. Speaking again to Variety, this time on the red carpet at the Prelude to the Olympics event at Paris’ Fondation Louis …

Ross Marino/Getty Images Paul McCartney is the latest musician to pay tribute to legendary British blues/rock guitarist John Mayall, who passed away Monday at the age of 90. “In the 1960’s we would meet at one of the late-night music clubs and often go back to his house where he had a huge and glorious collection of records,” McCartney writes …

Warner Records Neil Young is ready to release the third installment in his Archives series.  Young is set drop Archives Vol. III (1976-1987) on Sept. 6. As the title suggests, it focuses on Young’s career from 1976 to 1987, complete with music recordings and film, as well as lots of content that has never been heard or seen before. The limited-edition deluxe …

Gus Stewart/Redferns Bruce Springsteen helped one of his fans pop the question at his show at Wembley Stadium in London on Thursday.  Video posted to YouTube shows Bruce noticing a sign in the audience as he finishes performing the tune “The Promised Land.” He grabs it and holds it to the cameras, showing the crowd that it reads “boyfriend will …

Experience Hendrix L.L.C./Legacy Recordings A treasure trove of previously unreleased music from the Jimi Hendrix Experience will be released in September as part of a new box set dedicated to Hendrix’s legendary New York studio, Electric Lady. Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, dropping Sept. 13 as a five-LP or three-CD set, will include 39 tracks, 38 of which …

On This Day, July 26, 1943 … The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, born Michael Philip Jagger, was born in Dartford, Kent, England. Now considered one of the world’s best rock ‘n’ roll frontmen, Jagger was studying at the London School of Economics when a chance meeting with childhood friend Keith Richards at a train station changed the course of his future: …

Gary Miller/Getty Images The Rolling Stones recently wrapped their Hackney Diamonds tour, and they are giving fans a unique way to memorialize their experience at the concert. The band is now selling limited-edition Hackney Diamonds 2024 tour crystal tickets, each individually numbered, with only 1,000 available worldwide. “Forget paper – this isn’t your ordinary ticket stub,” reads a description of the unique …