Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On August 7, 1985, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers took the stage at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theatre. What followed was a rollicking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this week's culture catch-up, we dive into the live albums every collector needs on vinyl, deliver our verdict on 'Partir Un ...

There's something different about listening to a live album—the between-song banter, the roar of the crowd fueled by an epic guitar solo or a poignant song, and the energy that can't be captured on ...

Long before you could burn more hours than you’d prefer on the internet, the live album was the only way for fans to experience a concert at home. And many classic rock bands became known for ...

It just might be the case that the 1970s produced some of the best live albums around, and that doesn’t just concern their quality, whether music or recording is concerned, but also the quantity, as ...

Variety music writers round up the best albums of 2026 so far, including Olivia Rodrigo, Ella Langley, Drake, Raye, Paul McCartney and Brent Faiyaz.

I've written a piece about "Live at Shea Stadium," the just-released recording of The Clash opening for The Who at the New York stadium in 1982. In the press release for the record, Sony Legacy posits ...

Cheap Trick at Budokan is not only considered one of the best live albums ever released, it broke the band in America. Prior to the release of the album in 1979, Cheap Trick was a Chicago quartet that ...