Sting and Shaggy to tape new episode of public TV interview series “Speakeasy” in NYC this month

Credit: Salvador OchoaSting and pop/reggae star Shaggy, who last month released a collaborative album titled 44/876, will be featured together in a new episode of the public TV series Speakeasy. The show will be taped on May
Smashing Pumpkins add dates to Shiny and Oh So Bright tour; Metric to open

Credit: Olivia BeeSmashing Pumpkins have added a trio of Canadian tour dates to their Shiny and Oh So Bright tour: August 9 in London, Ontario; September 8 in Calgary, Alberta; and September 9 in Edmonton, Alberta. Tickets
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready teams up with KT Tunstall to cover Tom Petty's “I Won't Back Down”

Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesPearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has teamed up with “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” singer KT Tunstall for a cover of the Tom Petty classic “I Won’t Back Down.” You can download the track
New charity auction to feature items donated by Heart's Nancy Wilson, Lita Ford & more

Courtesy of Reverb.comHeart‘s Nancy Wilson and Lita Ford are among the many artists taking part in an auction benefiting Girls Rock Camp Alliance, an organization supporting summer-camp and music-educations programs for female, transgender, and gender non-conforming youth.
Rock and Goal! Robert Plant performs at favorite soccer team's end-of-season awards ceremony

Credit: Mads PerchRobert Plant showed a whole lotta love for his favorite soccer club, the Wolverhampton Wanderers, when he gave a surprise performance at the team’s end-of-season awards dinner Tuesday night in Telford, U.K. The Shropshire Star
Watch Foo Fighters try to get kid drummer to leave the stage during Nashville show

Credit: Brantley GutierrezFollowing KISS Guy’s guitar heroics and even John Travolta, Foo Fighters may have found their most endearing live guest: a kid drummer who refuses to leave the stage. During the Foos’ show in Nashville last
Billie Joe Armstrong's band The Longshot postpones tour dates due to “serious family emergency”

ABC/Heidi GutmanBillie Joe Armstrong‘s new band The Longshot has postponed the remainder of the group’s West Coast tour. According to an Instagram post from Armstrong, one of The Longshot members is dealing with a “very serious family
Billy Corgan teases video for new Smashing Pumpkins song, “Solara”

Credit: Olivia BeeEarlier this year, Billy Corgan teased that in addition to going on tour together, he, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin were working on new Smashing Pumpkins music. Now, it appears the first preview
Rolling Stones pop-up shops opening next week at Selfridges stores in the UK

Credit: Dave HoganIn celebration of the upcoming U.K. leg of The Rolling Stones‘ No Filter tour, special pop-up shops offering exclusive band-themed merchandise will open on Monday, May 14, at Selfridges & Co. department stores in the
Money sings: Upcoming Eddie Money concert to be filmed for new AXS TV special

Stewart Volland/AXS TVEddie Money‘s May 25 show in Clarkston, Michigan, will be captured for a new concert special for AXS TV, the network that airs his new reality series, Real Money. Money will be joined onstage during