Robbie Robertson will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame, Canadian Music Week announced earlier this week.

Robertson, who was the lead guitarist and primary songwriter for The Band and also had a distinguished solo career, will receive the award May 9 at the annual Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner at Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto.

The 75-year-old musician, songwriter, film composer, producer, actor, and author has received also the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award as well as lifetime awards from the National Academy of Songwriters and the Native American Music Awards.

Robertson will join previously announced 2019 inductees Michael McCarty and Steve Herman in the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.

Grammy award winners Huey Lewis and the News have signed a new recording agreement with BMG and plan to release their first new album of original music in 18 years.

Huey Lewis and the News, known for classic Top Ten hits such as “Heart of Rock & Roll,” “I Want A New Drug,” and “Hip To Be Square,” will release their tenth studio album in spring 2019.

“We’re very excited about our new album, and honestly feel that it’s among our best work – we cannot wait to get it out to fans!” Lewis said. “We’re equally excited to be with BMG, whose reputation as a ‘music-first’ label precedes them admirably.”

Legendary session guitarist Reggie Young passed away last Thursday at his home in Leipers Fork, Tennessee, at the age of 82.

Young, who was the lead guitarist for the house band at American Studios, played on hundreds of rock, pop and country records, including songs by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash.

His most notable contributions includes guitar parts on Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” and “In the Ghetto,” Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man,” and the iconic intro to Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away.”

KISS are set to perform a private show at the legendary Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, the rock band’s first club show in over two decades.

“KISS: Rock And Roll Over LA,” a private show will be exclusive for SiriusXM subscribers on Monday, February 11. The exclusive SiriusXM event will mark KISS’ first-ever appearance at the club.

The show will air on KISS’ SiriusXM channel, KISS Army Radio, February 12th at 5 p.m. ET.

SiriusXM subscribers will have the opportunity to win tickets to the show via an e-mail invitation. One Grand Prize Winner will receive a trip for two to Los Angeles for the event, including round trip airfare, hotel accommodations and two tickets to the exclusive performance.

Meanwhile, KISS’ “End of the Road” farewell tour is set to kick off on January 31st in Vancouver, Canada, and conclude on April 13th in Birmingham, Alabama.

Facing some backlash after announcing plans to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, Gladys Knight defended her decision to perform in a statement to Variety.

Knight was responding after Variety asked the singer about her stance on the NFL’s treatment of Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who created controversy in 2016 after he started kneeling during the national anthem in protest of racial inequality in the U.S.

“I understand that Mr. Kaepernick is protesting two things, and they are police violence and injustice,” Knight wrote. “It is unfortunate that our National Anthem has been dragged into this debate when the distinctive senses of the National Anthem and fighting for justice should each stand alone.

“I am here today and on Sunday, Feb. 3 to give the Anthem back its voice,” she added. “I pray that this National Anthem will bring us all together in a way never before witnessed and we can move forward and untangle these truths which mean so much to all of us.”

Meanwhile, Maroon 5 have been tapped to play at halftime of this year’s Super Bowl along with rappers Travis Scott and Big Boi.

Following the recent news Billy Joel will play the first-ever concert at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the legendary musician is also set to play several other ballparks this year.

Joel will kick off the one-show-a-month stadium tour on March 9 at Phoenix’s Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The tour continues with shows at the Milwaukee Brewers’ Miller Park, the Philadelphia Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park, the Baltimore Orioles’ Camden Yards, the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field, the Boston Red Sox’ Fenway Park, and the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Park.

Joel is also scheduled to continue his monthly shows at Madison Square Garden through July and perform at Wembley Stadium in London on June 22.