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Your Tuesday, October 13 music roundup from Pretoria Fields Radio: farewells, big tours, deluxe reissues, and new country and Americana for the drive home.
Priest’s longest-serving member steps away, Greta Van Fleet and Sheryl Crow have new albums, a final David Allan Coe record is on the way, and Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tusk’ came out on this day in 1979.
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill retires after 56 years, Def Leppard lines up 45 dates with the Goo Goo Dolls, and there’s plenty of new music and rock history to go around this October weekend.
Judas Priest loses its last original member, Aerosmith reunites with friends at the Hollywood Bowl, a posthumous Todd Snider record arrives, and radio honors its own in Chicago.
New music from Sheryl Crow and the late John Prine, Aerosmith’s two big Hollywood Bowl nights, a Queen touring update from Brian May, and a 50th birthday for Judas Priest’s ‘Sad Wings of Destiny’.
Steven Tyler and company are booking two all-star nights, the Radio Hall of Fame adds eight new members tonight, and October’s release calendar is full of Beatles outtakes, Georgia rock and plenty of twang.
Your Pretoria Fields Radio rundown for Wednesday, October 7, 2026: fresh reissues, new country and Americana records, lineup news, and a few rock-history birthdays worth raising a glass to.
Remembering Eddie Van Halen and Ginger Baker, a big week of new music from Sheryl Crow and Paul Simon, and the Radio Hall of Fame class of 2026.
A birthday for ‘Love Me Do’ and ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,’ a new Slash single, fresh music from Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert, and the radio folks still doing it the hometown way.
Tony Iommi picks up an MBE, Dave Grohl gets a stage turn with AC/DC, Metallica opens in Las Vegas, and a full month of country, Americana and classic-rock releases starts now.
