The collaborative record will be released the benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust The post Zak Starkey teases all-star charity album with father Ringo Starr, Elton John, Slash, Iggy Pop and more appeared first on NME.

Lars Ulrich and Chad Smith will appear in the This Is Spinal Tap sequel, which is currently in production in New Orleans. The Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummers will presumably join the long lineage of Spinal Tap’s ill-fated drummers. They join a cast that includes already-announced cameos from Paul McCartney, Elton John, and...

Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox and Brandi Carlile were also among the performers at the ceremony The post Watch Metallica cover Elton John at 2024 Gershwin Prize appeared first on NME.

Tonight, Elton John and Bernie Taupin are being celebrated as the recipients of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for songwriting. A tribute concert in Washington, DC is taking place, and Metallica opened the show with “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.”

The rock veteran has been working on the ‘Devil Wears Prada’ and ‘Tammy Faye’ musicalsThe post Elton John is working on two musicals and is “open to any great ideas” appeared first on NME.