The Band Directors Marching Band, led by Jon Waters, will return to the 2026 Rose Parade, featuring music educators from the U.S. and Mexico.

However, one undisclosed band will not be making the trip to Villa Park in Birmingham, England, at the behest of Ozzy’s wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne.

Members of Avril Lavigne's backing band appear on stage in "Scooby-Doo" costumes as Simple Plan performs at the Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview in Syracuse, N.Y., on May 28, 2025.

Sly Stone, the driving force behind Sly and the Family Stone, a multiracial American band whose boiling mix of rock, soul and psychedelia embodied 1960s idealism and helped popularize funk music ...

Sly Stone, the influential, eccentric and preternaturally rhythmic singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer whose run of hits in the late 1960s and early ’70s with his band the ...

The band's breakthrough came in 1968, when the title track to their second album, "Dance to the Music," cracked the Top 10. A year later, Sly and the Family Stone performed at Woodstock before dawn.

Billy Joel had "issues" with being compared to Elton John and thought working with his band was a "terrible idea." Joel recalls the incident in the documentary 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes.' ...

Orlando band shows cultural diversity strengthens un­der­standing BY Julie Gargotta Orlando UPDATED 8:53 AM ET May. 31, 2025 ...

I spoke with the band’s lead singer and guitarist, JJ Julius Son, about the brilliant throwback record. Steve Baltin: Were the songs written in a concentrated period or was it written over time?

The band is so endowed with musical chops that they can be almost exhausting. Fortunately, they also know the value of a cheap thrill, whether it’s a mighty melodic theme or a gritty metal riff.

Summer Music Camps USF Summer Jazz Camp: Honors Big Band: June 15-18, 2025 The Jazz Camp will include USF Jazz Faculty Tom Brantley (USF Jazz Ensemble I director and Trombone Studio Professor), James ...