{"id":42109,"date":"2025-07-28T13:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/paul-rodgers-and-simon-kirke-join-all-star-bad-company-tribute-lp\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:42:10","slug":"paul-rodgers-and-simon-kirke-join-all-star-bad-company-tribute-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/paul-rodgers-and-simon-kirke-join-all-star-bad-company-tribute-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke Join All-Star Bad Company Tribute LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Surviving members <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/paul-rodgers\/\">Paul Rodgers<\/a> and Simon Kirke will appear on the newly announced <em>Can&#8217;t Get Enough: A Tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/bad-company\/\">Bad Company<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>They join <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/def-leppard\/\">Def Leppard<\/a>&#8216;s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen on an update of &#8220;Seagull,&#8221; a deep cut from Bad Company&#8217;s five-times-platinum <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/bad-company-debut\/\">self-titled 1974 debut<\/a>. Rodgers also collaborated with <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/blackberry-smoke\/\">Blackberry Smoke<\/a> on &#8220;Run With the Pack&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/halestorm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halestorm<\/a> on &#8220;Shooting Star.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve loved Bad Company since the very beginning, a phenomenal combination of two of my favorite bands \u2013 Free and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/mott-the-hoople\/\">Mott the Hoople<\/a>. What&#8217;s not to love?!&#8221; Elliott said in an official statement. &#8220;What a privilege it is for myself and Phil to cover one of my favorite Bad Co songs <em>with<\/em> Paul and Simon. Wow!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/top-10-bad-company-songs\/\">Top 10 Bad Company Songs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Can&#8217;t Get Enough: A Tribute to Bad Company<\/em> is due on Oct. 24. Other guest appearances include <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/slash\/\">Slash<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/black-stone-cherry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Stone Cherry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/dirty-honey\/\">Dirty Honey<\/a>. &#8220;Bad Company was the background music of an important period in my youth,&#8221; Slash said. &#8220;They were such a great band, and a huge influence on me then and still are today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See a complete track listing and stream the Struts&#8217; cover of &#8220;Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Fantasy&#8221; below. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Listen to the Struts\u2019 Cover of \u2018Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Fantasy\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>When Will Bad Company Be Inducted Into the Rock Hall?<\/h3>\n<p>The supergroup group was initially formed in 1973 with vocalist Rodgers and drummer Kirke from Free and the late guitarist Mick Ralphs from Mott the Hoople. Original bassist Boz Burrell died in 2006, while Ralphs died earlier in 2025 after years spent dealing with complications from a 2016 stroke. He was 81. They&#8217;ll be <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/bad-company-rock-hall-performance-yet-to-be-decided\/\">posthumously inducted<\/a> into the <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/category\/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame\/\">Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> with Rodgers and Kirke in November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shooting Star&#8221; concluded Side 1 of Bad Company&#8217;s three-million-selling 1975 sophomore album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/bad-company-straight-shooter\/\">Straight Shooter<\/a><\/em>. &#8220;Run With the Pack&#8221; was the title track from Bad Company&#8217;s Top 5 hit 1976 album. Both went on to become classic rock radio staples. &#8220;Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Fantasy&#8221; was the gold-selling lead single from 1979&#8217;s multi-platinum Top 10 hit <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/bad-company-desolation-angels\/\">Desolation Angels<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Listen to Bad Company&#8217;s Simon Kirke on the &#8216;UCR Podcast&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pre-ordering for <em>Can&#8217;t Get Enough: A Tribute to Bad Company<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/found.ee\/badcompanytribute\" target=\"_blank\">already underway<\/a>. The album will be released in compact disc and digital formats as well as limited-edition silver vinyl. <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Can&#8217;t Get Enough: A Tribute to Bad Company&#8217; Track Listing<\/strong><br \/>&#8220;Ready for Love&#8221; \u2013 Hardy<br \/>&#8220;Shooting Star&#8221; \u2013 Halestorm (feat. Paul Rodgers)<br \/>&#8220;Feel Like Makin&#8217; Love&#8221; \u2013 Slash featuring Miles Kennedy and the Conspirators<br \/>&#8220;Run With the Pack&#8221; \u2013 Blackberry Smoke (feat. Paul Rodgers and Brann Dailor)<br \/>&#8220;Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Fantasy&#8221; \u2013 The Struts<br \/>&#8220;Bad Company&#8221; \u2013 Charley Crockett<br \/>&#8220;Rock Steady&#8221; \u2013 Dirty Honey<br \/>&#8220;Burnin&#8217; Sky&#8221; \u2013 Black Stone Cherry<br \/>&#8220;Seagull&#8221; \u2013 Def Leppard&#8217;s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen (feat. 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