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Metallica will be teaming up with the American Red Cross for blood drives on the upcoming spring 2025 U.S. dates on the band’s ongoing M72 tour. The band announced on Monday (April 7) that its foundation, All Within My Hands, will be encouraging fans at select shows on their spring run to give blood to […]
SXSW London announced the initial batch of showcasing performers for the first-ever U.K. edition of the iconic music festival on Monday morning (April 7). Taking place from June 2-7 in Shoredictch, U.K., the event will feature sets from Mabel, Alice Glass, Sasha Keable, Miraa May and NAO, who will take the stage at more than a dozen venues, including Shoreditch Town Hall, Notion, Soul Surge, The Blues Project, Village Underground, Strongroom Bar, 93 Feet East, XOYO, Brick Lane Tap House, Colours, Juju’s and Jaguar Shoes, among others.
Among the other 100 Afrobeats, dancehall, blues, drill, drum & bass, dub, electronic, folk, funk, grime, hip-hip, jazz, metal, rock and soul acts from around the world slated to perform are: Aja Ireland, Ace Clvrk, Anthonia, Balter, Bemz, Benefits, Bison Rogue, Caleb Kunle, Cheb Mimo, Clara Serra Lopez, Coco & Breezy, Demae, Emmeline, Freddie Lewis, Gender Crisis, Gia Ford, Heartworms, Hiba, Hot Face, Hunnid22, Joejas, Kanis, Last Nubian, Lostchild, Mace the Great, Myylo, Nicole Blakk Sola Akingbola, The Deep, TwstXav and Zems, among many others.
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In addition to the traditional mix of music from all over the world offered at the annual fest in Austin, TX, the first-ever U.K. edition will feature conference programming covering the intersection of AI technology and human creativity and the crafting of branded product experiences, as well as the SXSW London Screen Festival, with appearances from actress Gillian Anderson and screenings of upcoming films and TV series.
Among the other musical acts slated to perform at the event that will feature such themes as “Diasporic Electronica,” “Independent Spirit” and “Future Sounds” are: Blasé, Cooper T, Deca Ota, El Combo De London, Gbrl Prkfv Ensemble, Ivy Lab, Jaz Elise, Korda Korder, Lewis G Burton, Majur, Mayelli, Micromoon, Montanera, Polldarier, Ras-I, Sarah Angel, Sean Focus, Tatyana, SophieGrey and Werkha, among others.
“One of the things I love most about London is that you can step out of any tube station and find yourself in a distinct community,” said SXSW London head of music Adem Holness in a statement. “That’s exactly how I want our festival to feel — each of our music venues will be a gateway into a different international new music scene. We’re collaborating with the most exciting pioneers in underground music movements to present the future of music from their unique perspectives, and I’m beyond excited by the artists they’ve chosen to platform.”
Three-day passes are available now here, with music wristbands slated to go on sale on April 14.
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Reunited thrash metal icons Slayer announced a run of 2025 North American and European dates in March, marking their first U.K. and Canadian shows in six years. They expanded that run on Monday morning (April 7) with the addition of the only East Coast performance of the year.
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The band will headline the 30,000-seat Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA on Sept. 20 along with a gang of other new and classic thrash/hard rock bands including Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Power Trip, Cavalera (performing Chaos A.D. in full) and Exodus (performing Bonded by Blood). The show will be hosted by WWE superstar and Slayer superfan Damian Priest; the wrestler’s finisher is set to Slayer’s “South of Heaven” and the band’s guitarist, Kerry King, created the guitar parts for Priest’s “Rise For the Night” theme song.
A ticket pre-sale will begin on Tuesday (April 8) at 10 a.m. ET, followed by a general on-sale on Friday (April 11) beginning at 10 a.m. ET; for additional ticketing information click here.
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In a statement Slayer bassist/singer Tom Araya said, ““Slayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeerrrrrr!!!!!! One night only, stacked line up, it’s going to be f–king sick!!!! Hersheypark – be there…..if not, you’re either dead, in jail or a sissy!!!!!”
Guitarist King added, “Last year, Slayer played only two shows, and those shows affected me like playing The Big Four shows did. When we played our first show last year in Chicago, I figured it was going to be great for the fans, maybe there would be some people who had never seen us play before, but the reaction was just completely overwhelming. The fans reacted to us like I’d expect them to react to the biggest band on the planet. It was amazing. So for the Hershey concert, we’ll play a Slayer show, we’ll have all of our big fire effects, and just burn everything like we used to.”
King also noted that the show will be the first time his group — which also features guitarist Gary Holt and drummer Paul Bostaph — will perform with Power Trip and Knocked Loose.
Check out the full list of Slayer’s 2025 concerts below.
July 3: Cardiff, Wales @ Blackweir Fields (with Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed, Neckbreakker)
July 5: Birmingham, UK @ Villa Park (Back to the Beginning final Black Sabbath show)
July 6: London, UK @ Finsbury Park (with Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed, Neckbreakker)
July 11: Quebec City, QB @ Quebec Festival d’été (with Mastodon)
Sept. 18: Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Festival
Sept. 20: Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium (with Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Power Trip, Cavalera and Exodus)
One of the oddest couples in music was back at it over the weekend when Carrie Underwood hopped up on stage with her old pals in Papa Roach during the band’s show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday (April 5) in Las Vegas. With PR singer Jacoby Shaddix setting up the iconic refrain […]
Rock, pop, country? You name it, Kelly Clarkson can nail it. On her daytime talker on Thursday (April 3) Clarkson did it again with a soaring cover of the Foo Fighters’ 1999 anthem “Learn to Fly” during the daily Kellyoke segment. With her My Band Y’all band providing muscular backing, Clarkson gave the rock classic a melancholy makeover, injecting an extra layer of longing into Dave Grohl’s lyrics, as well as, of course, busting out one of signature paint-peeling high notes.
“I just had, like, a lot of caffeine and I’m running hot is what’s happening right now!,” a revved up Clarkson told her studio audience after the performance. The singer noted that she had the Foos on her show a few years ago and she talked to singer/guitarist Grohl about “Learn to Fly,” and how she thought the lyrics had so much deep meaning. “He was like, ‘no, I really just wanted to become a pilot,’” she said Grohl told her.
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“I’m still callin’ b.s.,” Clarkson said with a finger wave. “You’re trying to be funny man, but it’s such a deep song! It’s such a cool song! He’s poetic, just lean into it Dave! You could be a pilot and a poet.”
In addition to rocking, out, Clarkson also made some dreams come true for her old friend Tanner Smith from the Netflix dating show Love on the Spectrum, which chronicles the dating lives of autistic adults. She played a clip from the last time Smith was on the show and invited him back to catch up on what he’s been up to and talk about his dating life. She also recalled that last time Smith was on he got a special video greeting from his favorite actor, A Minecraft Movie star Jack Black, after which he set a goal of meeting the energetic star in real life before turning 31.
Clarkson asked Black to make another video for Smith, in which he lamented that he once again could not be there in person because he’s out promoting the big screen video game adaptation. But then, summoning his “insane ninja kung fu powers,” Black burst through the studio doors and ran out on stage into a surprised Smith’s arms.
Smith jumped up, yelling “Jack is here! I’m so happy to meet you! I’m your biggest fan!” bear hugging the actor and introducing him to his younger sister and family in the audience. The sweet moment got even sweeter when the two men bonded over their love of working out, with Smith suggesting he could get Black’s number so they can set up a time to work out together. Black burst out in laughter at the suggesting and high-fived Smith, promising, “this is happening!”
“I love you on the show and I can’t wait for the next season and I’m so happy for you having all this success and time in your life and to meet yo in person is really amazing for me too,” Black said as the two sat arm-in-arm during the lovefest. “Thank you Miss Kelly, thank you so much! This is the best day of my life,” Smith said as Clarkson melted down in happy tears.
Black will host Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile.
Watch Clarkson’s Foos cover and Black’s sweet surprise below.
“I say this all the time to my team, it feels like I’m in a fan fiction. Like, a fan fiction that I would’ve written when I was 15,” says Brittany Broski over Zoom. “It gets more and more ridiculous by the day – in the best of ways.”
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Having just filmed an episode of her hit digital talk show, Royal Court – on which celebrity guests including Charli XCX, Maren Morris, Colman Domingo and more compete for a spot on her “medieval council” – Broski’s life of late does seem to be getting better and better. After becoming an internet sensation thanks to a clip in which she tried kombucha and her quizzical facial expression became a viral meme, Broski has successfully cemented that momentum into online stardom.
In addition to Royal Court, she hosts her own podcast, The Broski Report, in which she covers current mainstream obsessions and offers updates on her own life (see recent episode: “Left My Gallbladder In Italy”). One of her most recent viral hits involves Broski tossing it to her on-the-scene correspondent, who is also Broski, to interview a bystander, who is none other than Timothée Chalamet.
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But last month, Broski revealed a new side to the persona her community – fondly known as Broski Nation, which includes her 2 million Instagram followers and 7.6 million TikTok followers – has come to know and love.
On March 20, she shared a reimagined cover of Harry Styles’ “Adore You,” complete with a stunningly shot live video in which Broski wasn’t dressed for court, nor the news – but as a renaissance-inspired pop star.
On Friday (April 4), Broski is taking the next step in her musical journey and releasing her debut single, “The Sun.” The soulful, sultry rock song makes Broski’s ambitions and vision crystal clear – and proves that she’s been patiently waiting for this exact moment.
Broski – who co-wrote the song alongside songwriter/producer Luke Niccoli, as well as songwriters SXSSY and Emily Haber – says “The Sun” is a perfect way to introduce her music career because of how it represents the sonic universe she set out to create: “ethereal, whimsical, but also at the core of it, a fucking stink face bluesy rock song,” she says.
“I think life is wasted if you go through it not trying everything,” Broski continues. “It’s been a long time coming, but it’s landed right where it’s supposed to…And the best is yet to come. We’ve barely scratched the surface.”
You did theater and improv growing up, but when did you realize you had this voice?
I grew up in the church. I also grew up with a nana who has a beautiful voice. I was always like, “I’m an old soul.” I loved music from the ‘50s and ‘60s, The Mamas & the Papas and the Beatles, and I always was gravitating towards that bluesy rock-and-roll that has informed a lot of my favorite artists like Hozier. And so that [kind of music] was always on my playlist in middle and high school.
When I signed with the label during the pandemic and they asked me, “what’s the sound?” I’m like, “well, it’s Hozier meets Florence [and the Machine] meets Chris Stapleton.” And that’s kind of what came out in the studio. And it was beautiful because it’s like, “God, I know myself, b—h.” I know my taste and I know what I was raised on, and so many of those things blended into this beautiful smoothie that came out.
Tell me about signing with Atlantic, what was your pitch?
The label meeting was incoming. My A&R emailed in 2020, during the pandemic, and said, “Hi. I don’t know who this email’s going to, I just found this on Brittany’s profile. I am such a big fan, and I’ve seen her post videos of herself singing. If this is something that she’d like to give a chance, let me know.” I was like, “Is this real?” So we got on the call and my A&R Caterina [Nasr] asked me, “What would the look be? What would the sound be?” And I’m like, “I’ve got it, babe.” Pinterest board, Canva presentation. It’s done. It was this whimsical renaissance woman from the beginning. It was a lot of flowy fabric and corsets and candles and it just made sense. And I think it’s continued to make sense the more that we’ve developed the project. It feels so me, from what I talk about on the podcast to my show, adding whimsy and magic and fun into daily, mundane life is the correct way to live.
The fact that you do have a show, a podcast, and now you’re releasing music, how does that all fuel you in different ways?
The worst thing career-wise and also personal life-wise that I could do right now is say, “f–k all this stuff that I’ve developed, that my fans love, that I love doing. I’m a singer now.” Which is a project that my fans are obviously excited about, but the majority of them did not ask for it. So what I want to do is all of it – and do all of it well. The music isn’t eclipsing my other facets of expression or business. It’s just another plate on the table.
What are other benefits or challenges of having millions of followers before you even release your first song?
The benefits are plentiful because, in theory, I always say this and I’m kind of joking, but I could fart into the microphone and there’d be at least 10 people like, “She’s so talented. No one’s doing it like her.” But at the same time, I feel very seen by my audience…and I am very excited to give this piece of art to a fan base that already exists, is already familiar with me, and this is a more personal flavor of what I’ve already given them.
The cons are that all of those things are simultaneously working against me, so to speak, and the fact that people might already have an idea of me as a person or as what my artist persona would be. And I think that’s a bit unfair, [but] it motivates me even more. It’s a double-edged sword of people already know you, but people already know you.
Scrolling the Instagram comments of your “Adore You” cover, people were shocked.
Right. You don’t know this side.
How did some fans’ surprised response make you feel?
It was kind of a hell yeah moment. This is the point of the project, and this is to be revealed, that women are so diverse and multifaceted. And not to make a Shrek reference, but they’re like onions. You just peel back a layer and there are more underneath. That is so exciting to me about the future; I’m going to keep revealing things that you did not think I could do, or maybe you underestimated. And that gives me motivation for writing, for releasing, for live shows. There’s so many tricks in the metaphorical hat that I’m ready to pull out.
Your first taste of original music is “The Sun.” Tell me about this single.
The majority of my music was written, sung and recorded in Nashville, but this one was in L.A. And I think what happened was I was coming off of a situationship, but not even, where I was at my wits end of this feeling of, “I have done all of the work on myself, I am intelligent, funny, successful, beautiful, all these things and it’s taken me years to get there. What do you mean I’m not good enough? Or, what do you mean I’m too good for you?” What the f–k are you supposed to do with that? And so it was that frustration that I came into the writer’s room with…And what we landed on is, I think, the perfect introduction to my original music and what you can expect in the future.
How will you celebrate the song’s release?
I might take a little edible and watch me a National Geographic, Roman Empire or something on TV and fall asleep at 7:30 PM.
You mentioned “The Sun” offers a taste of what we can expect in the future – what do you have coming?
There is definitely a larger project coming, and I would say all the spoils of a rollout. It’s really important to me that people know my headspace on this record. I wrote all the music with my co-writers, I have a producing credit on some of the songs. Like this is so deeply personal and where maybe the Broski Report I’ve held back a little bit, this is going full throttle in terms of my personal life and how I really feel and my lived experiences. I’m seeking community with my audience, while at the same time I know they will find community in my story.
Little Feat, the archetypal ’70s band originally formed by Lowell George — a guitar virtuoso fired from the Mothers of Invention by Frank Zappa — has survived years of breakups, drug problems and even George’s untimely death in 1979. Now, the band is ready to reintroduce itself in a new format.
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On Thursday (April 3), the current members of the beloved band announced the launch of Feat Fest 2025, a three-day festival taking place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, New York A portion of the live shows will be recorded for an upcoming album.
“The town of Woodstock, NY, like most iconic spots on the American musical map, has become more than a place, it’s a feeling. The same could be said for the sound of Little Feat,” said Scott Sharrad, the group’s current frontman and lead guitarist, in a statement. “The connection of the band to this location goes all the way back to the 1960s and 70s … now it’s Little Feats’ turn to decamp, hang out a while and infuse the mountain air with some Feat Boogie.”
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Little Feat also announced the release of its new single “Midnight Flight” from their forthcoming new album Strike Up The Band, dropping May 9 via Hot Tomato. “I wrote this song in the winter of 2020,” Sharrad said. “It’s got that boogie feel that gets people up.”
Little Feat built a cult following in the late ’60s and ’70s as your favorite rock band’s favorite rock band, combining a sound that was part New Orleans rhythm-and-blues, part southern-rock with a healthy dose of country, funk, and jazz. The band has been cited as an important influence on everyone from Bonnie Raitt and the Rolling Stones to the 1975’s Matt Healy. Some of their most popular songs include “Willing,” “Dixie Chicken,” “Spanish Moon” and more. They have released a total of 16 studio albums and 10 live albums to date.
The current lineup of Little Feat includes founding member Bill Payne on keys, alongside Fred Tackett on guitars/vocals, Kenny Gradney on bass and Sam Clayton on percussion/vocals. Recently enlisted younger members include Sharrard and Tony Leone on drums, who both joined the group in 2020.
Tickets for Feat Fest go on sale Friday, April 4. Visit the band’s website for more information, and check out the official video for their new song “Midnight Flight” below:
Godsmack announced the departure of longtime guitarist Tony Rombola and drummer Shannon Larkin. The news was shared on Wednesday (April 2) in a lengthy statement revealing that both men had decided to retire from the band after nearly three decades of service.
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“We send this message to all of you to share some bittersweet news with you regarding a significant change in our journey together,” read the letter signed by founding singer Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill and their two former bandmates. “After almost 3 incredible decades, two of our most cherished members, Tony Rombola and Shannon Larkin have decided to retire from the band permanently, on good terms, but for no other reason than to fulfill their desire to live a more simple and quiet life away from touring.”
Rombola joined the hard rock group a year after it was founded, replacing original guitarist Lee Richards in 1996 and Larkin signed on in 2002, replacing founding drummer Tommy Stewart.
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“This decision was not made lightly. Tony and Shannon have been such a big part of our history, bringing their unique talents, creativity, and passion that have shaped our music and our message,” the statement continued. “Together, we have experienced countless, unforgettable moments and heartfelt interactions with fans like you around the world. We are immensely grateful for every memory we’ve created together.”
According to Blabbermouth, in a since-deleted Facebook video, Larkin, 58, and Rombola, 60, confirmed they are doing okay, but that after many discussions with Erna and Merrill “we did quit the band last year… they understood that we didn’t want to tour anymore — that’s the reason — and we understood that they wanted to tour. And so we understood each other. And in the end, Godsmack’s out there touring and we are happily here living our lives.”
Erna said he and Merrill are excited to “explore new directions,” though they said they’ve not yet made any permanent decisions about the mens’ replacements. “We will be continuing this journey together, and we look forward to sharing the decisions we make with all of you as they happen,” the remaining duo said. In the meantime, Evanescence drummer Will Hunt and Dorothy guitarist Sam Doltun have been filling in on Godsmack’s ongoing 2025 world tour with P.O.D. and Drowning Pool, which will is slated to hit Berlin on Friday (April 4).
Check out Godsmack’s announcement below.
Bruce Springsteen is really throwing open the vaults for his upcoming Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set. But, unlike the his 1998 four-disc odds and sods Tracks collection, The Boss’ sprawling sequel will contain seven previously unheard full length records. According to a release on Thursday (April 3), the 83-track collection due out on June 27 through Sony Music will “fill in rich chapters of Springsteen’s expansive career timeline — while offering invaluable insight into his life and work as an artist.”
In a statement, Springsteen said, “The Lost Albums were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released. I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.”-
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The box will include the lo-fi LA Garage Sessions ’83, described as a “crucial link” between the bare-bones Nebraska and the full-throated Born in the U.S.A., as well as the drum loop and synthesizer experimentation for the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions. The project covering the years 1983-2018 is a peek into 35 years of home recording and songwriting that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer said provides insight into work that no one has heard before.
“The ability to record at home whenever I wanted allowed me to go into a wide variety of different musical directions,” Springsteen said. Some of that includes the “sonic experimentation” on “Faithless,” a film soundtrack he wrote for a movie that was never made, as well as the country-leaning, pedal steel-fueled sound of Somewhere North of Nashville, featuring songs such as “Repo Man,” “Tiger Rose,” “Silver Mountain,” “Janey Don’t Lose Your Heart” and the title track.
There’s also the “richly-woven border tales” on Inyo songs including “Indian Town,” “The Aztec Dance,” “Our Lady of Monroe” and “Ciudad Juarez” and the “orchestra-driven, mid-century noir on such Twilight Hours tracks as “Sunday Love,” “Lonely Town,” “September Kisses” and “High Sierra.” Another album, Perfect World, featuring the songs “I’m Not Sleeping,” “Idiot’s Delight,” “The Great Depression,” “If I Could Only Be Your Lover” and “You Lifted Me Up.”
Springsteen previewed the album on Thursday with the muscular, devastating Perfect World song “Rain in the River,” on which he sings, “Down at the water, I head my Marie/ She said, ‘Now Johnny, your love mean no more to me’/ Than rain in the river/ Than rain in the river.” He also posted a 90-second trailer for the album on Thursday morning, in which he says, “I often read about myself in the ’90s as having some lost period or something. And I really, really I was working the whole time.”
The rock icon explains that during the COVID-19 pandemic he “finished” everything he had in his vault, totaling 83 songs — 82 of which have never been heard before — including 74 that have never been heard before in any version.
The Lost Albums will come in limited-edition 9-LP, 7-CD and digital formats, with distinctive packaging for each previously unreleased record, as well as a 100-page cloth-bound hardcover book with rare archival photos, liner notes on each album from essayist Erik Flannigan and a personal introduction from Springsteen. A 20-track compilation entitled Lost and Found: Selections From The Lost Albums will be released on June 27 on two LPs and one CD.
Check out “Rain in the River” and the full track list for Tracks II: The Lost Albums below:
LA Garage Sessions ’83
1. Follow That Dream
2. Don’t Back Down On Our Love
3. Little Girl Like You
4. Johnny Bye Bye
5. Sugarland
6. Seven Tears
7. Fugitive’s Dream
8. Black Mountain Ballad
9. Jim Deer
10. County Fair
11. My Hometown
12. One Love
13. Don’t Back Down
14. Richfield Whistle
15. The Klansman
16. Unsatisfied Heart
17. Shut Out The Light
18. Fugitive’s Dream (Ballad)
Streets of Philadelphia Sessions
1. Blind Spot
2. Maybe I Don’t Know You
3. Something In The Well
4. Waiting On The End Of The World
5. The Little Things
6. We Fell Down
7. One Beautiful Morning
8. Between Heaven and Earth
9. Secret Garden
10. The Farewell Party
Faithless
1. The Desert (Instrumental)
2. Where You Goin’, Where You From
3. Faithless
4. All God’s Children
5. A Prayer By The River (Instrumental)
6. God Sent You
7. Goin’ To California
8. The Western Sea (Instrumental)
9. My Master’s Hand
10. Let Me Ride
11. My Master’s Hand (Theme)
Somewhere North of Nashville
1. Repo Man
2. Tiger Rose
3. Poor Side of Town
4. Delivery Man
5. Under A Big Sky
6. Detail Man
7. Silver Mountain
8. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart
9. You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
10. Stand On It
11. Blue Highway
12. Somewhere North of Nashville
Inyo
1. Inyo
2. Indian Town
3. Adelita
4. The Aztec Dance
5. The Lost Charro
6. Our Lady of Monroe
7. El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona)
8. One False Move
9. Ciudad Juarez
10. When I Build My Beautiful House
Twilight Hours
1. Sunday Love
2. Late in the Evening
3. Two of Us
4. Lonely Town
5. September Kisses
6. Twilight Hours
7. I’ll Stand By You
8. High Sierra
9. Sunliner
10. Another You
11. Dinner at Eight
12. Follow The Sun
Perfect World
1. I’m Not Sleeping
2. Idiot’s Delight
3. Another Thin Line
4. The Great Depression
5. Blind Man
6. Rain In The River
7. If I Could Only Be Your Lover
8. Cutting Knife
9. You Lifted Me Up
10. Perfect World
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Bruce Springsteen is seemingly gearing up to release another massive collection from his vaults. After teasing on Instagram on Tuesday (April 1) that “what was lost has now been found,” The Boss posted the official teaser for what appears to be another career-spanning project on Wednesday (April 2) via another Insta post with the caption #TheLostAlbums.
The accompanying video featuring black and white footage of Springsteen, 75, playing an acoustic guitar was accompanied by an untitled instrumental track and the words Tracks II, leading to a website (lostalbums.net) with a studio card from the singer’s L.A. (and Colts Neck, N.J.-based) Thrill Hill Recording studio featuring the dates 1983-2018.
While no additional information was available on the project at press time — including a release date or track listing — the project appears to be a sequel to Springsteen’s 1998 four-disc, 66-song box set Tracks, which covered the years 1972-1995. That sprawling collection featured never-before-released songs, b-sides, demos and alternate versions of released tracks from throughout his career, including an acoustic version of “Born in the U.S.A.”
The original Tracks spanned from early demos recorded in 1972, before the release of his 1973 debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. through such landmark releases as Born to Run, The River, Born in the U.S.A., Tunnel of Love and 1992’s Human Touch.
Based on the dates from the Lost Albums site, the new set seemingly picks up right before the 1984 release of Born in the U.S.A. and runs all the way until just before 2019’s Southern California pop LP Western Stars. That period covers a dozen releases, including 1992’s Lucky Town, 1995’s The Ghost of Tom Joad, 2002’s The Rising, 2009’s Working on a Dream and 2012’s Wrecking Ball, among others.
It was unclear at press time when the set will drop, though the promo video features Thursday’s (April 3) date at the top. Back in December, Springsteen’s team teased that, “upcoming releases in 2025 include a look back at Springsteen’s storied recording career, featuring never-before-heard material.”
Springsteen has talked about recording much more material than fans have heard, telling Variety in 2017 that he and the E Street Band have “made many more records than we released. Why didn’t we release those records? I didn’t think they were essential,” he said of projects including the mythical electric version of his landmark bare-bones 1982 Nebraska album, which will be the focus of the upcoming Jeremy Allen White-starring biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere.
“I might have thought they were good, I might have had fun making them, and we’ve released plenty of that music [on archival collections over the years],” Springsteen added in the Variety interview. “But over my entire work life, I felt like I released what was essential at a certain moment, and what I got in return was a very sharp definition of who I was, what I want to do, what I was singing about. And I still basically judge what I’m doing by the same set of rules.”
Springsteen and the E Street Band will kick off their European tour on May 14 with the first of three shows at Co-Op Live in Manchester, U.K.