Paul McCartney has shared his first-ever duet with Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, titled “Home to Us.”

The new single is the second song to be released from Paul’s forthcoming album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane.

Since the new album was announced, The Boys of Dungeon Lane has been surrounded by excitement from fans and media, and that anticipation reached fever pitch this week.

On Tuesday, Paul surprised 50 lucky fans invited for an exclusive first listen of his new album, joining them inside Abbey Road’s Studio Two to share stories behind the new songs and recordings.

Following the rapturously received “Days We Left Behind,” “Home to Us” is Paul’s first ever duet with Ringo and features backing vocals from Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri. The song was formed around a drum track Paul invited Ringo to record for the album with producer Andrew Watt, and marks the only song on The Boys of Dungeon Lane that features a guest drummer. Paul plays the majority of the instruments on the new record – much in the spirit of his 1970 solo debut album, McCartney.

Speaking about “Home to Us,” Paul said, “Ringo went round to the studio and drummed a bit. I said to Andrew, we should make a track and send it to him. So this song is done totally with Ringo in mind. In writing the song I’m talking about where we came from. In common with a lot of people, you come from nothing and you build yourself up. Ringo was from the Dingle, and that was well hard. He said he used to get mugged coming home, because he worked. Even though it was crazy, it was home to us.”

“I made the song around that idea and sent it to Ringo. He sent me back a version where he just added some lines to the chorus, so I thought, maybe he doesn’t like it. I rang him and he said he thought I only wanted him to sing one or two lines, and I said I’d love to hear him sing the whole thing,” he continued. “So we took my first line, Ringo’s second line, and then we had a duet. We’d never done that before. Then we wanted some backing vocals and I had the idea it would be nice to hear girls. Chrissie Hynde said she’d do it, and Sharleen Spiteri, they’re mates. So they did it.”

The Boys of Dungeon Lane is set for release on May 29 via MPL/Capitol Records.

The Boys of Dungeon Lane Tracklist:

As You Lie There
Lost Horizon
Days We Left Behind
Ripples in a Pond
Mountain Top
Down South
We Two
Come Inside
Never Know
Home to Us
Life Can Be Hard
First Star of the Night
Salesman Saint
Momma Gets By

Deep Purple have announced that they will release their new studio album, SPLAT!, on July 3 via earMUSIC.

Once again, the band have teamed up with renowned producer Bob Ezrin. Together, they have crafted an album that draws on the sound and attitude that has always set Deep Purple apart from the rest.

“Where we are now with this incarnation of Deep Purple feels very much like a very ‘now’ version of Deep Purple as it was in the seventies,” says frontman Ian Gillan.

He adds, “I have to say, now we are very much back in with material that is compatible with ‘Highway Star’, ‘Smoke on the Water’, ‘Lazy’ – the dynamics, the balance, and the fun of the music we made from ’69 to ’73.”

At the heart of SPLAT! is an idea conceived by Gillan. Rather than treating the end as destruction, the album imagines it as transformation: SPLAT! explores the end of humanity not in any crude apocalyptic sense but as a metamorphosis beyond physical existence.

The album concept will be revealed further in the weeks leading up to its release.

To celebrate the release, Deep Purple will continue their extensive 2026 touring schedule with 86 shows across 28 countries on three continents.

SPLAT! will be available in multiple formats: Limited Box Set, CD (Digisleeve), 2LP Gatefold, Limited Purple 2LP Gatefold, and Limited Transparent Yellow 2LP.

All LP editions include a rich 12-page LP-sized booklet with illustrations and all song lyrics – available exclusively with the first pressing.

To mark the 50th Anniversary of their 1976 double-live album Steal Your Face, taken from the band’s historic five-show “farewell” run, Grateful Dead will release a remastered version.

Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Remaster) will be released as a 2LP set on June 26, highlighting the band’s official Pantone colors, Grateful Red and Stealie Blue.

The album will also be available for streaming and digital download. The newly remastered performance of “Black-Throated Wind” is available digitally.

“A staple of the live repertoire 1972-1974, thankfully returning in 1990, Black-Throated Wind is widely considered one of Bob Weir’s finest compositions. Never recorded on a Grateful Dead studio album (it appeared on Bobby’s Ace album in 1972), this is the definitive Grateful Dead recording of this gem,” said David Lemieux, Grateful Dead legacy Manager and Audio Archivist.

Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Remaster) 2LP Tracklist:

Side One

“Promised Land”
“Cold Rain And Snow”
“Around And Around”
“Stella Blue”

Side Two

“Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo”
“Ship Of Fools”
“Beat It On Down The Line”
Side Three

“Big River”
“Black-Throated Wind”
“U.S. Blues”
“El Paso”

Side Four

“Sugaree”
“It Must Have Been The Roses”
“Casey Jones”