John Lennon & Yoko Ono's 1972 NYC 'One To One' Concerts Coming To Cinemas Worldwide

 

Trafalgar Releasing will be bringing Power To The People: John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Special Guests – Live at the One To One Concert, New York City, 1972 to the big screen worldwide this spring. The film is produced by and released in partnership with Mercury Studios.

Representing the only full-length concerts John Lennon, with Yoko Ono, performed after leaving The Beatles, Power To The People: John & Yoko Live in NYC is a multiscreen concert film of two massive Madison Square Garden live shows. This is a film restoration 20 years in the making, with every frame physically and digitally cleaned by hand. This definitive version has been newly restored, re-edited and remixed by the Lennons’ award winning team, led by Sean Ono Lennon.

Tickets for Power To The People: John & Yoko Live in NYC go on sale Friday, March 20 —coinciding with John and Yoko’s 57th wedding anniversary. Fans can visit powertothepeoplefilm.com to purchase tickets. Audio will be in 5.1 Surround or Dolby Atmos® at select locations. Visit the official event website now and sign up for the most current information and event updates.

John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Special Guests performed the One To One concerts on August 30, 1972, to a combined audience of 40,000 people, raising over $1.5M (equivalent to $11.5M in 2026) for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Originally filmed by multi-camera director Steve Gebhardt in 1972, this 2026 version of the concert film is directed by Simon Hilton, edited by Ben Wainwright-Pearce and produced by Peter Worsley and Sean Ono Lennon with a view to creating the film as a multiscreen experience. Music Production is by Sean Ono Lennon; mixed and engineered by Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon. 

The audio multitracks were similarly given the ultimate restoration treatment, having been baked and re-transferred at high resolution by Rob Stevens and then digitally restored and remixed in High Definition 192/24 Stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos. Hits performed include John’s “New York City,” “Instant Karma!,” “Imagine,” and “Mother,” plus Yoko’s “Don’t Worry Kyoko” and “Open Your Box,” plus rousing renditions of “Come Together” and “Hound Dog,” and the encore “Give Peace a Chance” with special guests including Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na, Melanie Safka-Schekeryk and many others.

Sean Ono Lennon says: “It was a concert that had a legendary status in my mind, because it was my dad’s last concert. I remember wanting a Les Paul because he played Les Paul during that show. I feel very grateful I got to work on it because he did plan on touring and he didn’t get to, so all we’ve got is this concert. And I think it is very beautiful because it is so unlike what people were doing at the time. Everybody was getting into slicker and slicker stuff in the early ‘70s, and I think my dad was already kind of pre-empting the arrival of punk. He just wanted to go back to basics and be raw and spontaneous and rock ‘n’ roll. It’s a very cool thing he was doing that was very against the grain. Maybe not everyone realizes how special it is for me to hear my dad talking or to see him. I grew up with a set number of images and audio clips that everyone’s familiar with. So to come across things that I’ve never seen or heard is really deep for me, because it’s almost like getting more time with my dad.”

On October 10, 2025, the day after John’s 85th birthday, Capitol/UMe released Power To The People, a massive 12-disc box set produced by Sean Ono Lennon and his production team, that chronicles and celebrates John & Yoko’s political activism and their early years in New York City. The new film serves as the definitive companion to that collection, arriving at a time of peak anticipation following the box set and the 2025 documentary One To One: John & Yoko, which documented the rehearsals and preparation for the MSG shows.

National GUITAR Museum Presents “Lifetime Achievement” Award To Ritchie Blackmore

 

The National GUITAR Museum has awarded Ritchie Blackmore, whose career spans more than 60 years, its annual “Lifetime Achievement” Award. Blackmore is the sixteenth recipient of the award.

 

The guitarist, best known for his work with Deep Purple and Rainbow, joins previous award winners including Honeyboy Edwards, Jeff Beck, Bonnie Raitt, Liona Boyd, Jose Feliciano, and B.B. King. Recipients are recognized for a lifetime of contributing to the legacy of the guitar and having a singular historical importance to the development and historical appreciation of the instrument.

 

HP Newquist, NGM executive director issued the following statement: "Most people know Ritchie from being the driving creative force behind two of the defining hard rock bands of all time — Deep Purple and Rainbow. But before starting those bands, he had a long career as a London session musician, performing on records by numerous artists, including The Outlaws. And then—after helping to define hard rock guitar in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s — he formed Blackmore’s Night, incorporating medieval and Renaissance acoustic music into his immense repertoire.”  

 

Blackmore responded: “I’m rather thrown by the magnitude of this honorable award. I am grateful to accept this award and this recognition.”

 

Blackmore’s guitar playing has inspired countless numbers of musicians to follow in his wake, and very few guitarists can match his lifetime of achievements. His influence is pervasive amongst players in a wide variety of genres, from blues-rock and heavy metal on to neoclassical and pop rock. It is conceivable that every electric guitarist on the planet has learned how to play the riff Blackmore came up with for “Smoke On The Water.”

 

Added Newquist, “It’s difficult to find any modern guitarist who has incorporated so many diverse styles into their playing — and then fused them all into something recognizably their own over their entire career. Ritchie was one of the first electric guitarists to add classical melodicism to his playing, along with classical speed and finesse. I think that most of the early '80s guitarists who played lightning fast riffs and claimed to be learning from Bach and Mozart were, in fact, borrowing from Ritchie."

 

Ritchie Blackmore joins previous Lifetime Achievement Award recipients:

 

2010: David Honeyboy Edwards

2011: Roger McGuinn

2012: B.B. King 

2013: Vic Flick 

2014: Buddy Guy

2015: Tony Iommi 

2016: Glen Campbell

2017: Bonnie Raitt

2018: Liona Boyd

2019: Jose Feliciano

2020: Eddie Van Halen (in memoriam)

2021: Al Di Meola

2022: Jeff Beck

2023: Tommy Emmanuel

2024: Alex Lifeson

2025: Ritchie Blackmore

For more info about the National GUITAR Museum, visit nationalguitarmuseum.com. 

 

To keep up with Ritchie Blackmore, go to blackmoresnight.com.

Ringo Starr Announces New Album 'Long Long Road,' His Second With T Bone Burnett

Ringo Starr has released a new song called "It’s Been Too Long," featuring Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz. This is the first single from his forthcoming album Long Long Road (dropping on April 24), co-written and produced by T Bone Burnett, the 10-song album also includes collaborations with Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow and St Vincent and is the highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s chart topping Look Up. 

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“I’m blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records,” Ringo stated.  “After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened. I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, like you can go left or right at any point, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one, which I’m calling 'Long Long Road,' because I’ve been on a long long road.”   

As the title implies, and like Ringo’s own journey, Long Long Road has solid roots in Country and Americana, and evolved into something broader, creating an aural mosaic of Starr’s musical legacy and influences, including Carl Perkins. “I recorded two Carl Perkins songs with The Beatles, and both T Bone and I wanted one on this record,” Ringo explained, “and he found this beautiful track I’d never heard before, ‘I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore’.”   

Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles, this record sees the return of many of the Look Up musicians including the core band (that T Bone affectionately dubs The Texans after the 1959 band Ringo played with in Liverpool) featuring Paul Franklin, David Mansfield, Dennis Crouch, Daniel Tashian, Rory Hoffman, Patrick Warren and Colin Linden. 

“I've loved Ringo’s playing and his singing for my whole life,” T Bone stated. “And then one night we were at a poetry reading together and he said, why don't you write a song for me? So I wrote him a Gene Autry type song because I always heard Ringo as a Texas artist, the way he played felt just like Texas music to me. Ringo Starr is a recording artist of the highest caliber, and I wanted to surround him with these young masters, bringing in some of this extraordinary young energy that's happening around Nashville for both of these records.”  

Their first collaboration, Look Up, released January 10, 2025, brought overwhelming success and acclaim. It was Ringo’s first Country record in 50 years, and it earned him his first Top 10 on Billboard’s all genre Top Album Sales chart, as well as landing him on multiple other Billboard Charts. In the UK, the album reached a significant career milestone garnering him his first solo #1 album on the Official Country Chart. 

In February 2025 Starr made his Grand Ole Opry debut after being invited by Emmylou Harris during the first of his two-night run at the legendary Ryman, which was recorded for a 2-hour special still streaming on CBS/Paramount Plus. 

UFO's ‘The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent’ Expanded & Remastered For May Release

 

Chrysalis Records is reissuing UFO's 1981 album The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent as a triple LP and double CD on May 1. The new remastering comes from the original tape transfers. Originally released on January 16, 1981, the album blends soaring melodies, powerful performances, and Phil Mogg’s unmistakable voice. The lineup had modified a little with the debut of keyboardist/guitarist Neil Carter, replacing Paul Raymond. Carter also supplied backing vocal and saxophone on "Lonely Heart."

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Mogg recalls: “Neil had a box of tricks. Getting the backing vocals was great, though I still don’t think he’s forgiven me for making him play saxophone. He was a great add to the band. Plus, he was a nice bloke.”

Drummer Andy Parker adds: “Neil was just an incredible musician. He brought another energy into the band.”

This deluxe edition also includes a brand-new mix of the previously unreleased Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, recorded on January 29th, 1981, by Brian Kehew, offering an electrifying snapshot of UFO’s energy on stage. Original 7” edits of the two singles "Couldn't Get It Right" and "Lonely Heart" released with this album are included as well as an alternative mix of album standout “It’s Killing Me”.

The set is rounded out with newly written liner notes by Michael Hann, featuring fresh interviews with Phil Mogg and Andy Parker, alongside a collection of previously unseen photographs from the era — making it an essential addition for fans and collectors alike.

Eagles Announce 2026 North American Tour

 

Eagles – Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey – welcome Tedeschi Trucks Band as special guests for three announced stadium shows: May 5 at Truist Park in  Atlanta, GA;  May 9 at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, TN; and May 16 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX.         

Fans who sign up at eagles.com by Monday, March 2, at 10 AM ET are eligible for Eagles Artist Presales thaT begin on Tuesday, March 3, at 10 AM local time,  No codes are needed – access is tied to your Ticketmaster account, and anyone who signs up can join the sale. Additional presale opportunities begin Thursday, March 5, at 10 AM local time. Limited VIP Ticket Packages are available now.

 

In January 2026, the Eagles became the first band to earn Quadruple Diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of more than 40 million units (40x Platinum) of Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975, which remains the best-selling album of all time in the U.S. Additionally, the band’s legendary album, Hotel California, has been re-certified 28x Platinum by the RIAA, scoring the third best-selling album of all time. Before it was certified multi-Diamond, Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 was the first album ever to be certified Platinum by the RIAA.

 

Grammy-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band will release their sixth studio album Future Soul on March 20. The 12-piece band take to the road on their own headlining tour beginning April 14 in Dallas, after a 10-night run in March at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Since forming in 2010, TTB has received numerous Americana Music Honors & Awards nominations and won Band of the Year in 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2023 at the Blues Music Awards. They’ve sold out Madison Square Garden and sold over 20 nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. 

Final Lineup For 'Cruise To The Edge' 2026 Announced

 

Cruise to the Edge (CTTE) has announced the final artist lineup for its 10th anniversary voyage this March 4 - 9. Last July, promoter On the Blue Cruises, Inc. announced the five-day/five-night full-ship charter cruise is set to sail out of Miami, Florida aboard NCL’s Norwegian Pearl and visit two ports: Key West, Florida and Nassau, Bahamas.

Featuring an array of events and music-filled days with performances from some of the world’s greatest prog rock artists, CTTE ‘26 (dubbed Voyage of Mechanical Resonance) will be headlined by Marillion, Steve Hackett, Big Big Train, and Eddie Jobson. The lineup also includes cruise favorites Symphony X, Adrian Belew, Haken, Lifesigns, The Flower Kings, Queensrÿche, Stick Men, Protocol, alongside cruise newcomers Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford, Wishbone Ash, Airbag, and newly added Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, followed by Crown Lands, Klone, Crack the Sky, Randy McStine, and another new addition, Kyros. The lineup keeps building with Earthside, Rendezvous Point, Temic, Baraka, Alex Henry Foster, and the newly added Jane Getter Premonition, then Lari Basilio and another new act, Truce. Closing out the roster are District 97, Dueling Pianos, Marbin, and the final two additions: Dave Kerzner and Friends and Estronaut. Plus, official cruise hosts Jon Kirkman, Roie Avin, and Mike Dawson will be moderating Q&A’s and activities.

A limited number of cabins are still available, starting at $1,649.00 per person (double occupancy). Government fees, taxes, and merchant fees, are additional and mandatory for all passengers, regardless of age. For booking and more info, visit CruiseToTheEdge.com.

New York City To Co-Name West 8th Street 'Jimi Hendrix Way'

On February 24 at 11:00 AM EST, New York City will officially co-name West 8th Street Jimi Hendrix Way in honor of Jimi Hendrix, marking the storied block where his legendary Electric Lady Studios still stands as one of the most historic and continuously operating recording studios in the city. The street naming, led by NYC District 2 Council Member Harvey Epstein and spearheaded by Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., the Hendrix family–owned company led by Janie Hendrix, with guitarist and writer Jeff Slate, will serve as the public kickoff to a new national education partnership in collaboration with Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock. The partnership expands TeachRock’s library of more than 500 free, standards-aligned lessons that use music and popular culture to teach history, social studies, language arts, and other core subjects, with a new, multimedia Hendrix curriculum for middle and high school students.

Joining Council Member Epstein at the ceremony will be TeachRock founder Stevie Van Zandt, Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., and a group of local TeachRock teachers and students, connecting one of rock music’s most hallowed creative landmarks to local classrooms and the national network of educators who will bring this curriculum into their schools.

The new lesson, Jimi Hendrix: Rock’s Trailblazing Innovator and Influential Guitarist, invites students to explore Hendrix’s journey from his Blues and R&B roots to his revolutionary impact on rock music, sound design, and live performance. Through video, interactive tools, and hands-on projects, students examine how Hendrix reshaped creative identity and why his influence continues to resonate more than 50 years later.

“I’m proud to honor the legacy of Jimi Hendrix today,” said Council Member Harvey Epstein. “Our district is a hub of culture, arts, and activism, and Jimi Hendrix embodies this. Not only was he a legendary musician, but he was also a fierce advocate for peace, racial equity and social justice. He revolutionized music just steps away from where we are today, and it is only fitting that these streets now carry his name.”

“Jimi Hendrix didn’t just play guitar — he reimagined what art could be,” agrees Stevie Van Zandt. “I want TeachRock to transport students into that same sense of possibility and discovery I felt the first time I saw Jimi perform. His story, lyrics, and sound remind young people that creativity has no limits.”

The lesson was co-developed with educator and musician John Anthony and features exclusive archival footage and expert interviews provided by Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., including Hendrix’s iconic 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival performance. TeachRock partnered with NYU’s MusEdLab to create interactive tools that allow students to experiment with the guitar effects and sonic innovations that defined Hendrix’s signature sound.

“This collaboration speaks to the heart of our mission — carrying on Jimi’s legacy through education,” said Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. “His music is a powerful gateway for young minds to connect with history, creativity, and their own potential.”

In keeping with TeachRock’s commitment to make education accessible in all classrooms, the free lesson, which meets guidelines of  National Standards for Music Education, National Core Arts Standards, Social Studies standards, and Common Core State Standards, is available now at teachrock.org/lesson/jimi-hendrix-rocks-trailblazing-innovator-and-influential-guitarist/ as part of TeachRock's free curriculum library.