Month: March 2025

Apple Music and Metallica have announced an “immersive concert experience” film created for the Apple Vision Pro headset.

Simply titled “Metallica,” the Apple Immersive concert experience was filmed during the band’s final “M72” stop of 2024 in Mexico City, featuring full performances of “Whiplash”, “One” and “Enter Sandman”, all captured exclusively in Apple Immersive Video.  It will be available for free only on Apple Vision Pro starting March 14.  The songs featured in “Metallica” will also be available as a new EP, Metallica Live from Mexico City, in Spatial Audio on Apple Music this Friday.

Metallica said in a statement: “This project marks a new foray into immersive technology, using ultra-high-resolution 180-degree video and Spatial Audio to give fans unprecedented access from vantage points as close up as the Snake Pit to wide-angle views. It brings the live show to a whole new level, and to achieve this, Apple built a custom stage plot featuring 14 Apple Immersive Video cameras using a mix of stabilized cameras, cable-suspended cameras, and remote-controlled camera dolly systems that moved around the stage.”

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Despite the recent announcement that Billy Joel’s upcoming tour will be postponed for four months while the singer-songwriter recovers from an unspecified medical condition, Joel and Sting are still scheduled for their ‘one-night-only’ performance at Citi Field in Queens, NY – the home of the NY Mets — on Thursday, August 21, 2025. The legendary musicians will each perform their most beloved songs from throughout their illustrious careers.

Joel will be making his first concert appearance at Citi Field after headlining the final two concerts at the venue, formerly known as Shea Stadium, in 2008. Sting will also be making his first appearance at Citi Field — he performed at Shea Stadium on August 18, 1983 as a member of The Police.

Mets VP of Events Nikki Romolo said in a statement: “We’re thrilled to host Billy Joel and Sting at Citi Field this summer as part of our ongoing concert lineup for 2025. Throughout Mets history, there’s always been a special connection with Billy Joel and the Mets. From closing Shea Stadium with the two final concerts in 2008, performing the “Star Spangled Banner” before the 2015 World Series, to “Piano Man” echoing throughout Citi Field regularly during games. We’re looking forward to welcoming this native New Yorker home for his first concert at Citi Field.”

Also not affected is the previously-announced show with Joel and Rod Stewart on Friday, July 18 at New York’s Yankee Stadium. Tickets for all of Joel’s shows, including rescheduled dates, are listed:  HERE.

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Billy Joel’s upcoming tour will be postponed for four months while legendary singer/songwriter recovers from surgery due to an unspecified medical condition. The postponement news comes just weeks after Joel, 75, fell onstage during a concert in Montville, Connecticut, on Feb. 22, but was able to get back on his feet and continue performing.

A press release posted to social media states that “Billy Joel’s upcoming concert dates will be rescheduled due to a medical condition. The current tour will be postponed for four months to allow him to recover from recent surgery and to undergo physical therapy under the supervision of his doctors. Joel is expected to make a full recovery. The tour will resume at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 5, 2025. “

Joel said in a statement: “While I regret postponing any shows, my health must come first. I look forward to getting back on stage and sharing the joy of live music with our amazing fans. Thank you for your understanding.”

Most of the affected concerts have been rescheduled  (with the exception of Milwaukee), including shows in both the U.S. and U.K. All previously purchased tickets will automatically be valid for the rescheduled shows.

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The Black Keys has announced the spring leg of their No Rain No Flowers Tour, kicking off on May 23rd in Oklahoma and hitting over a dozen iconic venues including Red Rocks Amphitheatre and The Greek Theatre before returning to Europe in July. The spring trek will feature support from Hermanos Gutiérrez and The Heavy Heavy on select dates.

The upcoming tour marks The Black Keys’ return to the road after they canceled a 2024 arena tour supporting their latest album, Ohio Players. The band, featuring guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, also revealed they are working on the follow-up to Ohio Players due later this year.

The Black Keys, featuring guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, also dropped their new track “The Night Before,” co-written by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney along with Grammy Award-winning songwriter Daniel Tashian.  Said Auerbach: “It’s so groove-based. ‘The Night Before’ started with a chord progression that Daniel and I came up with and the rest just fell out. It was really collaborative and all came together in about 30 minutes. Adds Carney: “We’ve never really worked with songwriters like that in Nashville. It’s crazy because Daniel was one of the first people I met when I moved to town over a decade ago. But we pushed ourselves to bring in some new co-writers, and we really tapped into something cool with Daniel. We’re finishing up the album now and plan to release more tracks leading into the tour.”

Tickets for the No Rain No Flowers Tour are on sale via: TICKETMASTER.

See the music video for The Night Before – HERE.

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Rush will celebrate their legendary career with a new box set, Rush 50, dropping March 21st.

Frontman Geddy Lee shares: “50? Is that all?” …seriously…it’s a cool collection…but look at all those songs – I’m exhausted just reading the effin list!”

The 50-track anthology will span from the band’s 1973 debut single and ends with the last song they ever played together live, including select songs from every studio album, as well as seven previously unreleased tracks, The set features the first ever CD and LP reissue of their first single, 1973’s “Not Fade Away,” as well as “You Can’t Fight It.” There’s also Vault Editions of 1974’s “Working Man” and 1978’s “The Trees,” featuring alternative guitar solos from Alex Lifeson. Both songs were previously only available digitally.

Rush 50 will be released in a variety of formats including a 7-LP Deluxe Edition, a 4-CD Deluxe Edition and a digital edition. There’s also a 4-CD/7-LP Super Deluxe Edition and a Rush Store Exclusive Super Deluxe Edition.

Rush 50 – in all formats – is available for preorder HERE.

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Jack White kicked off the start of his 2025 No Name Tour with his new No Name Live EP, a five-song collection of live tracks taken from White’s 2024 edition of the tour to support the 2024 album No Name, White’s sixth studio album. The record was recorded at White’s Third Man Studio throughout 2023 and 2024, pressed to vinyl at Third Man Pressing, and released by Third Man Records.

The No Name Tour kicked-off February 6th, with a sold-out show at Toronto’s History and then travels North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Japan through late May.

The five-song No Name Live EP collection includes No Name album tracks “That’s How I’m Feeling,” “Old Scratch Blues,” “Archbishop Harold Holmes,” “Morning at Midnight” and “Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking).” Those recordings were put down in Denver, Hobart (Tasmania, Australia), Atlanta, New Haven (Connecticut) and Dallas respectively.

Stream ‘No Name Live’ – HERE.

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