George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Mike Love, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and Tony Macauley are the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s 2025 inductees.
   Post Malone is the 2025 Record Store Day Ambassador for the event set to take place on April 12.
   Papadosio will take an indefinite hiatus from touring at the end of 2025.
   FireAid organizers revealed the lineups for both venues of the benefit concert to be held at Intuit Dome and Kia Forum on Thursday, January 30.
   Dead & Company, John Mayer, Billy Strings and Maren Morris are among those expected to perform at the MusiCares’ Persons Of The Year benefit gala honoring the Grateful Dead later this month.
   Neighbor co-founder Lyle Brewer will leave the band next month with Rob Compa of Dopapod set to come aboard as the group’s new guitarist.
   The Recording Academy confirmed the 2025 MusiCares Persons Of The Year ceremony honoring the Grateful Dead will take place as planned.
   Nine Inch Nails revealed they will hit the road later this year but have delayed the announcement in the wake of the wildfires in Los Angeles.
   Lotus will respond to questions from fans during an upcoming Ask Me Anything session on Reddit.
   Kitchen Dwellers confirmed mandolinist Shawn Swain will return to the stage for their upcoming home state shows in Montana.
   Summer Camp Music Festival will return to Central Illinois in 2026 and will host a Peoria riverfront concert series this Memorial Day Weekend.
   An auction, ‘Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive, T Bone Burnett, & More,’ is set to take place in Nashville January 2025.
   Denver’s RTD and JamBase announced an innovative partnership allowing music fans to seamlessly plan rides to venues directly through RTD’s “Plan A Trip” and Next Ride app.
   Primus offered an update on their open auditions for a new drummer following the departure of Tim “Herb” Alexander.
   Primus bassist Les Claypool shared a humorous audition from his pal Billy Strings after the band made a call for drummers following the departure of Tim “Herb” Alexander.
   Produced by San Francisco tattoo artist Salme Ofa, ‘Gratefully Tattooed’ is the first-ever catalogued and published collection documenting tattoos inspired by the Grateful Dead’s iconic imagery.
   Bob Dylan took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his thoughts on the upcoming biopic about him, ‘A Complete Unknown,’ starring Timothée Chalamet.
   The star-studded “Soulshine” concert at Madison Square Garden on November 24 raised over $4.5 million for hurricane victims in North Carolina and Florida.