Dave Grohl played a hilarious prank on the audience during the band’s set at the Welcome to Rockville festival. At one point, he complained to the audience that he never gets a solo, then ripped into Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’, sending a buzz through the crowd. But it turned out that Grohl was miming to what Wolfgang Van Halen was playing backstage.

Pulled a prank on the @RockvilleFest crowd with Dave and the Foos last night. Good times. Stoked to rock some shows with them this summer! ????

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— Wolf Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) May 12, 2024

Hootie & the Blowfish, Jason Mraz and Seal are among the acts who will perform on Sunday’s “American Idol” season finale. In addition to previously announced guest mentor Jon Bon Jovi, New Kids on the Block, James Bay, Bishop Briggs, CeCe Winans, Wynonna Judd, Cody Johnson, and Season 14 winner Nick Fradiani will also perform.

Avril Lavigne will release her first-ever best-of collection on June 21, a few days before her debut appearance at England’s Glastonbury Festival. The career-spanning “Greatest Hits” compilation will contain 20 songs.

 Joe Elliott says that he hates his band being called ‘metal’. The singer said on a podcast: “I have an issue with the term heavy metal because everybody outside of rock always thinks if you’re in a heavy metal band, it’s like bad news…You get this impression that everybody’s a moron.” He went on to admit, however, that Def Leppard does have “a couple of heavy metal songs.”

A new musical with a score written by him will open in London this fall. “A Face in the Crowd” is based on the 1957 movie of the same name, which starred Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau and Patricia Neal. It will run at the Young Vic theater Sept. 17-Nov. 9.

 June 17, Bruce Springsteen will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his “Born in the USA” album with a special vinyl release. Not only will it be on translucent red vinyl, it’ll also feature new liner notes and a booklet filled with goodies from the era, and a 4-color lithograph (…whatever that is).

Paramount+ has unveiled the official trailer for the upcoming 3-part docuseries “Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza”, which will premiere in the US and Canada on May 21 – and on May 22 elsewhere. It tells the story of how a 1991 Jane’s Addiction farewell tour launched a cultural movement that changed music forever.