It’s the news Guns N’ Roses fans have been waiting 17 years to hear: a new album is on the way. Okay, to be fair, that’s a headline you could have read dozens of times over the past decade-plus. But now guitarist Slash has given a bit more insight into the famously slow-to-record band’s process and it seems like new/old music is definitely on the way.

In a recent interview with Sylvia Alvarado of Las Vegas radio station KOMP 92.3, Slash described what might be a two-fer: a possible collection of older tracks the band has slowly been releasing over the past few years as well as the (very) long-awaited follow-up to 2008’s eternally delayed Chinese Democracy, which itself was the serially delayed sequel to 1991’s double album of original tunes, Use Your Illusion I and II.

Reacting to the recent release of two new songs, “Atlas” and “Nothin’,” which dropped in December, Slash said it was “good to have a couple of songs that we’re promoting and then a tour that’s really a long tour.”

“Atlas” and “Nothin’” were the first new songs from GNR since their 2023 one-off singles “The General” and “Perhaps.”

When Alvarado asked if the singles are the prelude to the first full album from GNR to feature him and fellow OG member bassist Duff McKagan since the Illusion LPs, Slash dropped a double-dose of good news. “We took a bunch of material that [singer] Axl [Rose] had and we sat down and listened to it and we sort of picked out all the different songs that we wanted to do, and what Axl wanted to do, and we just took all of the guitars and bass off and re-did it,” he said of the recent singles.

Slash said getting back in the studio was fun and the sessions were spread out over a long period of time, giving him a chance to really think about what he wanted to play on them.

In a transcript of the interview posted by Blabbermouth, Slash then went deeper, revealing that there might be two new GNR albums in the works. “I think in this instance it’s what we’re doing, because we only re-recorded those songs — like a couple of songs here, a couple of songs there. These were the last two that are left to do, and we actually did them not even back to back,” Slash said of ‘Nothin’” and “Atlas.”

“And then there’s really no more of that sort of old rehash stuff to release,” he said of the vault-clearing. “But I think what we’re gonna do, we’re gonna take all those songs and put them on something and release that as a package. And then the next record that we’re gonna do is gonna be all new original stuff, and that’ll be an actual album.”

Slash also promised that the band will play both of the new/old songs on their upcoming 2026 world tour. The pair of songs were the first music from GNR since 2023’s “The General” and while Rose has not sat for a formal interview in nearly a decade, Slash has kept the new album fire burning over the past few years with periodic teasers of what’s to come.

After saying in 2021 that after five years back in the fold, the refreshed GNR had not started writing new songs together yet, in December of last year, he told Guitar Player magazine, “There’s so much material at this point — it’s a matter of having the discipline to sit down and f—ing get into it. Slash promised at the time that a new LP is “coming,” though he didn’t offer a time frame for release and the band’s label did not respond to requests for comment on a timeline.

“But the thing with Guns is, in my experience, you can never plan ahead. You can never sit down and go, ‘We’re going to take this time, and we’re going to do this.’ Every time we’ve done that, it falls apart,” Slash said.

Blessd has revealed the complete dates and venues for his 2026 U.S. tour called El Mejor Hombre del Mundo (the best man in the world), Billboard can exclusively announce Thursday (Jan. 29). 

Presented by Live Nation, the monthlong, 16-date trek will kick off on April 8 at The Duke Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater in Tampa, Fla., and wrap at Miami’s Kaseya Center on May 8. The Colombian artist will also visit fans in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Houston, to name a few key cities. 

According to an official statement, “fans can expect a high-impact live experience featuring hits that have defined his career, along with new music that continues to push his sound forward … [the tour] is a statement of growth, leadership and a global artist moving with intention.” 

El Mejor Hombre del Mundo follows Blessd’s RHLM x Blessd Tour alongside Anuel AA, as well as his stint across Colombia and Europe. Presale tickets begin at 12 p.m. local time on Jan. 29, and general tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time on Jan. 30. To buy, visit the website.

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Music is well-represented on the annual roster of 25 additions to the National Film Registry, which include the 1982 documentary Say Amen, Somebody, a spirited history of gospel music; the 1983 box-office hit The Big Chill, which had a soundtrack brimming with Motown classics; the 1993 film Philadelphia, which featured a pair of Oscar-nominated songs; and the 2008 documentary The Wrecking Crew, about the West Coast studio musicians who played on countless hit records in the 1960s.

The Library of Congress announced its latest additions to the National Film Registry on Thursday (Jan. 29). The films were selected because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance. These 25 selections bring the number of titles in the registry to 925.

Philadelphia, one of the first mainstream films to focus on the AIDS crisis, included Bruce Springsteen’s Oscar-winning “Streets of Philadelphia” and Neil Young’s Oscar-nominated title song. White Christmas (1954) was built around the 1942 Oscar-winning classic that was written by Irving Berlin and recorded by Bing Crosby. It also included a new song by the pair that received an Oscar nod, “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep.”

Two other inducted films featured Oscar-nominated songs. High Society (1956) included Cole Porter’s “True Love,” a hit that year for Crosby and Grace Kelly. Frida (2002) featured “Burn It Blue,” co-written by composer Eliot Goldenthal and the film’s director, Julie Taymor.

Five of the inducted films had Oscar-nominated scores: High Society (Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin), Frida (Goldenthal), The Hours (Philip Glass), Inception (Hans Zimmer) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat).

Nearly two decades after its 1995 release, Clueless, the classic teen comedy directed by Amy Heckerling, inspired the music video for the Hot 100-topping smash “Fancy” by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli xcx. This underscores the unexpected ways that films can have long-term pop-culture influence.

The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson and released in 2014, is the newest film added to the National Film Registry this year. Six of the selections date from the silent film era, specifically 1896 to 1926. Some of those silents are quite obscure. The Tramp and the Dog (1896) was lost until 2021. The Maid of McMillan (1916) was a student film.

“When we preserve films, we preserve American culture for generations to come,” acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen said in a statement. “These selections for the National Film Registry show us that films are instrumental in capturing important parts of our nation’s story.”

George Nierenberg’s Say Amen, Somebody and Danny Tedesco’s The Wrecking Crew! are both of special interest to music fans. Say Amen, Somebody features substantial late-career footage of Thomas A. Dorsey, widely known as the “Godfather of Gospel Music.” According to a 2015 Billboard story, The Wrecking Crew! featured 110 songs, “at least 90 of them top 40 hits,” that the crack team of session musicians played on. Carol Kaye, a legendary bass guitarist who was part of that ensemble, appeared in the documentary. In 2025, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence Award category.

These two films are among four documentaries that were selected for the registry this year. The others are Ken Burns’ Brooklyn Bridge, about the New York City landmark that was completed in 1883, and Nancy Buirski’s The Loving Story, about the Virginia couple that put a face on interracial marriage.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will host a TV special on Thursday, March 19 at 8 p.m. ET to highlight a selection of films named to the registry this year. TCM host and film historian Jacqueline Stewart, who is chair of the National Film Preservation Board, will introduce the films. Stewart leads the board in recommending films for the Librarian of Congress to consider for the registry.

“It is very meaningful that the National Film Registry is adding six silent film titles, showing the range of topics and styles in the earliest years of American filmmaking,” Stewart said. “And it is especially exciting to see that the top title nominated by the public for this year, The Thing, has been added to the National Film Registry, along with The Truman Show and The Incredibles which also had very strong public support.”

The public submitted 7,559 titles for consideration this year. The public can submit nominations throughout the year on the Library’s website. Nominations for next year will be accepted until Aug. 15.

Here’s a complete list of films newly added to the National Film Registry, showing the year of release and the film’s director.

Additional reporting by Joe Lynch.

Let’s do the time warp again, only this time at Studio 54.

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show gets the Broadway treatment this year at the legendary Studio 54 (254 West 54^th Street), with a production by Roundabout Theatre Company, direction by Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton (Oh, Mary!), and a full cast, details of which are announced today, Jan. 29.

Joining the previously-announced Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast, High-Rise, Backstairs Billy), who makes his Broadway debut as the iconic Frank-N-Furter, is Rachel Dratch (POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, SNL) as Narrator; Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw, Shucked, Little Shop of Horrors) as Brad; Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, Be More Chill) as Janet; and Amber Gray (Eureka Day; Hadestown; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) as Riff Raff.

Also making their Broadway debuts are Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows, Companion, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish) as Eddie/Dr. Scott; Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets, Cape Fear) as Magenta; Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Loot, Pose, Rent) as Columbia; and Josh Rivera (American Sports Story, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, West Side Story), who will play the quiet hunk Rocky.

The cast will also include Renée Albulario, Anania, Boy Radio, Caleb Quezon, Andres Quintero, Larkin Reilly, Paul Soileau, and John Yi. 

The Rocky Horror Show will begin previews on Thursday, March 26, 2026, ahead of an opening on Thursday, April 23, 2026. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, June 21, 2026, producers insist.

Yes, time is fleeting for this production.

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show has been in continuous production around the globe for 52 years, and is recognized as the only musical to have such a remarkable longevity — despite critics deliver an early “turkey” verdict.

The show originally opened on London’s West End at the Royal Court Theatre in 1973, and has been seen by over 40 million people in 15 languages. The subsequent film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, premiered in 1975 and is now a bonafide camp, cult classic.

Initially a box-office donut, the Jim Sharman-directed film, with its singalong soundtrack and loveable, off-the-wall characters, played by Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Meatloaf and others, found fans everywhere. To this day, it’s still playing in limited theatrical showings around the United States, making it the longest big-screen run for a film in history. A 50th anniversary vinyl edition of the soundtrack hit shelves last October.

Check here for the full performance schedule and visit roundabouttheatre.org/subscribe for more.