Favorite Seventies Artists In The News

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Elton John and his latest singing collaborator Britney Spears unveiled a new Purple Disco Machine remix of their single "Hold Me Closer" on YouTube on Oct. 21. The remix comes complete with an animated visualizer that depicts a couple dancing and embracing against an appropriately purple background as the two pop stars croon, "I saw you dancin' out the ocean/ Runnin' fast along the sand/ A spirit born of earth and water/ Fire flyin' from your hands/ Hold me closer, tiny dancer/ Count the headlights on the highway/ Lay me down in sheets of linen/ You had a busy day today." Interestingly, Spears' vocals, in particular, take a much more prominent role in Purple Disco Machine's version of the song than in the original mix. Their mix is actually the second remix treatment of the song; English DJ and producer Joel Corry putting his own spin on the hit earlier in October. Its original version debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, giving Britney Spears her highest entry on the chart since 2012. She has since publicly thanked Sir Elton for giving her the confidence to get back in the studio for the first time in years. - Billboard, 10/21/22...... In a new interview with the UK's Uncut magazine, Peter Frampton revealed he's working on a new album of self-penned tracks. "I'm recording brand-new material right now," said the 72-year-old rock star, who released his first record 50 years ago. "No co-writers, all my own songs and I'm throwing out a lot already because every track has got to be a winner. I'm going nowhere Framptom has gone before!" Frampton, who released his 18th studio album Frampton Forgets the Words only last year, also added that becoming a teen idol in the late 1960s as a member of The Herd was a "big surprise" to him and joked that his "good looks" got him into "trouble." "Yeah, becoming a teen idol was as big a surprise to me as the other guys," Frampton said. "My guitar playing did good for me, but my looks got me into trouble -- both I thank my parents for, ha! But through all the ups and downs you have to pick yourself up and move on," he added. The British-born Frampton, who now resides in Nashville, Tenn., explained that his mantra was the reason behind his determination to return to the UK and Europe for a final tour, but teased that the "farewell" nature of the show -- which is due to conclude at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 8 November -- may become "indefinite" if things go well. "I don't ever give up on things," he said. "That's why I didn't give up on the farewell tour coming to the UK and Europe. It was a must for me. And if it goes well, I might be able to go to other places, too. So it's an indefinite farewell, really." Tickets for his UK tour kickoff Nov. 6 in Glasgow are already on sale. - Music-News.com, 10/23/22...... As antisemetic outbursts from Kanye West continue to make headlines, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has joined the fray, saying the controversial rapper should surround himself with "nicer people" and urging him to "take the medication." Speaking to British journalist Piers Morgan on his show Piers Morgan Uncensored on Oct. 20, Simmons was asked if he thinks Jewish people should accept an apology from West for his recent antisemitic outbursts, which resulted in both his Twitter and Instagram accounts being suspended after drawing widespread criticism. Simmons, who is Jewish, told Morgan that he'd never met West, but "from everything I've heard... he sounds really wounded, he sounds hurt, so he's lashing out." "I'm not a doctor. I'm not a physician. I don't know much about Ye (West's recently adapted moniker) or Kanye," he continued. "If there's medication, I respectfully urge for the gentleman to take the medication. If he's surrounded by the wrong people, get some nicer people." On the topic of Jewish people, Simmons added: "Let's be clear about this: African-Americans have been tortured physically, mentally, culturally for decades, centuries, but you're talking to a people who've heard this story and have been tortured mentally, physically for thousands of years." Jews have done well, let's be clear, because they worked for it. But don't kid yourself -- racism, anti-Semitism exists right next to each other, and we're all victims in some way or the other by the ruling establishment." The episode also featured an interview with West himself, with the rapper initially refusing to say sorry for his comments. He later offered something of an apology over a particular tweet that referenced "going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE." West's antisemitic outbursts have been numerous in recent weeks, blaming "Jewish media" and "Jewish Zionists" for alleged wrongdoings, and telling NewsNation TV host Chris Cuomo that he "doesn't believe" in the term antisemitism. West's record label, Universal, has shared a statement denouncing West's stand on antisemitism and his bank, JPMorgan Chase, has cut ties with him. - New Musical Express, 10/23/22...... Promoting his new heart-wrenching and hilarious memoir The Lives of Brian, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson says writing the tome affected him in a different way. "I had to be careful, because sometimes it can get a little emotional, and it all comes out," Johnson says. "It goes from your brain into your heart, through the soul and then the hand and you're writing and you gotta stop and, 'Whoo, this might be a bit much now, come on.' And there were tears. There were times I actually started crying." One of those times, Johnson says, came as he wrote about being treated for debilitating hearing issues during Oct. 2015 at the same Australian medical facility where AC/DC co-founder and guitarist Malcolm Young was being for dementia. "When I was writing about being next to Malcolm, just over the way, it was horrible," Johnson recalls. "The tears were falling when I was writing it. It was a very touching moment." The two bandmates did not connect, however; he writes that Young's wife limited visitors to immediate family only. Young passed away during Nov. 2017 at the age of 64. Johnson's 373-page The Lives of Brian, which publishes Oct. 25, is his second book and the follow-up to the car-centric Rockers and Rollers: A Full-Throttle Memoir in 2011. - Billboard, 10/21/22...... Grammy-winning pop legend Carly Simon is grieving after losing two sisters one day apart. In a wild coincidence, two of Simon's older sisters -- Lucy and Joanna Simon -- died of cancer within 24 hours of each other. Lucy Simon, a composer who received a Tony nomination in 1991 for her work on the long-running Broadway musical "The Secret Garden," died of breast cancer at her home in Piedmont, N.Y. on Oct. 20 at age 82. She was born in New York on May 5, 1940, to publishing giant Richard Simon of Simon & Schuster fame, and his wife, civil rights activist and singer Andrea. She was the second oldest of four children Joanna, Lucy, Carly and Peter. Carly and Lucy once performed as The Simon Sisters, opening for other acts in Greenwich Village folk clubs, and their recording of "Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod" hit No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. As her younger sis Carly found huge success in the early 1970s with such hits as "Anticipation," "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" and "You're So Vain," Lucy elected to enter nursing school. However after marrying and having children, Lucy recorded two solo albums, Lucy Simon (1975) and Stolen Time (1977), for RCA. Lucy and her husband, David Levine, produced two Grammy-winning children's albums, In Harmony (1981) and In Harmony 2 (1983). Her return to Broadway with "Doctor Zhivago" in 2015 was less successful, with the production lasting less than two months after blistering reviews. Lucy is survived by her husband; her children, Julie Simon and James Levine; and four grandchildren Sophie, Ben, Charlie and Evie. In 1962, Lucy's older sister Joanna Simon, 82, made her debut at the New York City Opera as Mozart's Cherubino, and went on to perform on stage with the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She went on to work as the arts correspondent for PBS's MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour until 1992, and later worked in real estate. Joanna Simon, who died of thyroid cancer on Oct. 19, was married to novelist and journalist Gerald Walker from 1976 until his death in 2004. She was also the companion of Walter Cronkite from 2005 until his death in 2009. On stage, she made her professional debut in 1962 as Cherubino in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at New York City Opera. That year, she won the Marian Anderson Award for promising young singers. Lucy and Joanna were predeceased by their brother, photographer Peter Simon, who died of cardiac arrest at age 71 in 2018 after being treated for cancer. "I have no words to explain the feeling of suddenly being the only remaining direct offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon," Carly Simon said in a statement. "They touched everyone they knew and those of us they've left behind will be lucky and honored to carry their memories forward." - Bang Showbiz/Billboard, 10/22/22...... Fleetwood Mac's bouncy 1988 hit "Everywhere" has bounced back into the Billboard charts thanks to its use in a new commercial for Chevrolet's electric vehicle line. Originally released on the band's 1987 album Tango in the Night, has risen to No. 25 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs tally (where older songs are eligible to appear if in the top 25 and with a meaningful reason for their return) for the week of Oct. 22. "Everywhere" has attracted 2.3 million official U.S. streams, up 16%, and 5,000 downloads sold, up 12%, in the U.S. Oct. 7-13, according to Luminate. "Everywhere," true to its title, concurrently rules the Rock Digital Song Sales chart for a third week, all consecutively, and vaults from 7 to 3 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales list. The ditty stands as Fleetwood Mac's most recent Top 20 hit, among 16 total, on the Billboard Hot 100, having reached No. 14 in Feb. 1988. It also became the band's second of three Adult Contemporary No. 1's. Tango in the Night marked Fleetwood Mac's last studio LP fully featuring its famed lineup of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. - Billboard, 10/18/22...... An acoustic demo of John Lennon singing "Yellow Submarine" from The Beatles' Revolver has been shared on Spotify.com ahead of the Super Deluxe Edition reissue of the band's 1966 album. Lennon's melancholic demo has never been bootlegged nor even rumoured, making the Oct. 28 album reissue's all the more enticing to Beatles fans. The new release contains 31 outtakes and three home demos from the Fab Four's recording archive as well as a four-track EP with "Paperback Writer" and "Rain." Also shared on Spotify ahead of the reissue is an early, sprightly outtake of "Got To Get You Into My Life." In September, the first take of the Revolver track "Tomorrow Never Knows" was shared. All 14 tracks on the original album have been newly mixed by Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell in stereo and Dolby Atmos, while the album's original mono mix has been sourced from its 1966 mono master tape. - NME, 10/21/22...... Motown Records icons Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson have been named the 2023 MusiCares persons of the year, the Recording Academy's philanthropic partner announced on Oct. 20. The longtime friends will receive the honor at the annual gala on Feb. 3, 2023. The event, which takes place two nights before the 65th annual Grammy Awards, will mark the first time the gala will honor two individuals together, as it's typically reserved for a single person or a musical group. With Berry Gordy as the creator of the Motown Sound and Smokey Robinson as his first writer and artist, the duo transformed popular music and fostered a legendary friendship -- one that has spanned more than six decades and produced countless classic songs. "I am grateful to be included in MusiCares' remarkable history of music icons. The work they do is so critical to the well-being of our music community, and I look forward to a most exciting evening," Berry said in a statement, while Robinson shared, "I am honored that they have chosen me and my best friend and Motown founder Berry Gordy to share this beautiful honor and celebrate with you all together." Gordy and Robinson join a prestigious list of recent MusiCares honorees, including 2022 person of the year Joni Mitchell, preceded by Fleetwood Mac, Dolly Parton, Aerosmith and many more. - Billboard, 10/20/22...... On Oct. 20 Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe announced a set of joint UK and Ireland tour dates for summer 2023. "After finally getting back on the road and having a monumental summer tour in the US and Canada this year, we're beyond thrilled to be bringing this massive stadium tour to major cities all over the world, and kicking off Europe in Sheffield where it all started for us 45 years ago," Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott said in a statement. The two bands toured together in North America over the summer, with the last gig of "The Stadium Tour" taking place on Sept. 9 in Las Vegas. "We had an incredible time playing 'The Stadium Tour' in North America this summer and we truly can't wait to take the show around the globe with The WORLD Tour in 2023," Mötley Crüe said in a statement. "Creheads in Latin America and Europe: Get ready! We're coming for you next and can't wait to finally see all of you out there again next year!" The UK and Ireland dates include Sheffield (5/22), London (7/1), Lytham (7/2), Dublin (7/4) and Glasgow (7/6). - NME, 10/20/22...... A memorial service for the late Loretta Lynn will air live on cable channel CMT on Oct. 30 with George Strait, Keith Urban, Wynonna and more paying tribute to the late Country music icon, who died on Oct. 4 at age 90. Hosted by NBC's Today show co-host and family friend Jenna Bush Hager, the evening will also include performances and appearances from Barbara Mandrell, Lynn's sister Crystal Gayle, Darius Rucker, Emmy Russell & Lukas Nelson, Faith Hill, Margo Price, Martina McBride and Sheryl Crow, among others. Two additional commercial-free encores of the Oct. 30 celebration will air on CMT on Nov. 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET and Nov. 6 at 11:00 a.m. ET. The special will also be made available on Paramount+ in early 2023. - Billboard, 10/20/22...... During an appearance on The Daily Show on Oct. 19, Brandi Carlile announced that she and folk icon Joni Mitchell are planning a sequel to their special "Joni Jam" performance at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park on July 24. Carlile revealed the two will reunite for a special concert weekend at Washington state's picturesque venue the Gorge Amphitheatre in June 2023 for a pair of shows they're calling "Echoes Through the Canyon." "Joni Mitchell is going to play. No one's been able to buy a ticket to see Joni Mitchell play in 20 years," Carlile noted of the artist who hadn't performed a full live set since 2000 before Newport and hadn't appeared in public much since suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015. "So this is enormous... and she is going to crush it!" Carlile played a show also called "Echoes Through the Canyon" at the Gorge in Aug. 2021 with Sheryl Crow and Amythyst Kiah. Carlile's interview on The Daily Show has been shared on YouTube. - Billboard, 10/20/22...... On Oct. 19 Bob Dylan thanked fans attending his gig at the London Palladium for being "music and art lovers" after playing his song "When I Paint My Masterpiece." Dylan, 81, has been speaking to audiences only a few times during the shows on his "Rough and Rowdy Ways World Tour 2022." He also broke his long-standing form of not addressing fans on the following evening by announcing the late The Clash member Joe Strummer's wife Lucinda Tait was in the audience and asking her to stand so she could be applauded. The largely quiet tone of the gigs on his current tour have been branded "serene" and "haunting" by reviewers, with the Palladium stage a simple backdrop of a huge plain curtain lit by a few yellow spotlights, and the venue going dark in between songs. He plays nine of the 10 songs on his Rough and Rowdy Ways album -- leaving out only the 17-minute "Murder Most Foul," which recently gave him his first US No. 1 hit single of his 60-year recording career. Dylan is set to play two more nights at the Palladium, on Oct. 23 and 24, before continuing his tour in England and Ireland. - Music-News.com, 10/21/22...... On Oct. 19 it was announced punk icon Iggy Pop has signed with Atlantic Records, in partnership with producer Andrew Watt's Gold Tooth Records, for the release of his next album. "I'm the guy with no shirt who rocks," said Pop in statement. "Andrew and Gold Tooth get that, and we made a record together the old-fashioned way. The players are guys I've known since they were kids and the music will beat the s out of you. Have a great day." The first release from Pop's forthcoming album, debut single "Frenzy," is slated to drop Oct. 28 on Gold Tooth Records / Atlantic Records. The album will be Pop's first since 2019's Free, released by Caroline International/Loma Vista. Pop rose to fame as the lead singer of Detroit-bred band The Stooges, which released three seminal proto-punk albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s: The Stooges, Fun House and Raw Power. After parting ways for over three decades, the group re-formed and released two additional albums: 2007's The Weirdness and 2013's Ready to Die. As a solo artist, Pop has released a total of 19 albums, including classics like The Idiot and Lust for Life, both produced by David Bowie. - Billboard, 10/19/22...... Co-founding Velvet Underground member John Cale has announced details of his first new album in a decade, Mercy. The collaboration-heavy album features turns from the likes of Weyes Blood, Animal Collective, Fat White Family, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Tei Shi, Actress and more. Discussing his love of Weyes Blood, Cale said in a statement: "I'd been listening to Weyes Blood's latest record and remembered Natalie's puritanical vocals. I thought if I could get her to come and sing with me on the 'Swing your soul' section, and a few other harmonies, it would be beautiful." A video of the Cale/Blood collaboration, "Story of Blood," has been shared on YouTube. Mercy drops on Jan. 20, 2023 via Domino Records. Cale kicked off a UK tour on Oct. 23 in Edinburgh, and is also set to visit York, Cardiff, Whitley Bay, Birmingham, Bexhill on Sea, London and Cambridge before wrapping in Liverpool on Nov. 11. - NME, 10/19/22...... Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson presented fellow Canadian musician Tom Cochrane with the SOCAN Cultural Impact Award on Oct. 17 for his 1991 enduring hit "Life Is A Highway," which rose to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1992 and was No. 1 in Canada, winning Juno Awards for single of the year and songwriter. The anthem, found on Cochrane's second solo album, Mad Mad World, sold a rare million copies in Canada (a diamond certification), and has, in recent years, racked up more than 1 billion streams, according to SOCAN, the performing rights organization. Lifeson and Cochrane have been friends for over four decades. "I played with him on occasion and performed 'Life Is a Highway,' as well," Lifeson told some 500 members of the music industry at the private event at Sheridan Centre Toronto Hotel. "It is a magical blend of music and lyrics with an infectious chorus that sticks with you, and a theme that is inspiring and uplifting. It truly captures our journeys down the highway of life, the high roads, the detours, the dead ends, the U-turns, and especially the fear of running outta gas, the challenges that we all face in order to reach our destinations," he added. After a video tribute, which touched quite heavily on the inspiration for the song, Cochrane took the stage to accept the award from Lifeson, and dug out his speech, written "old school" on a piece a paper. "Talk about cultural achievement," he said of Lifeson, calling Rush "one of the top five bands of all time." He then thanked his early band Red Rider and Mad Mad World musician John Webster, who insisted he take "the stupid little poppy demo" called "Love Is a Highway" and develop it into the anthem it is now. Since Canada removed all Covid-19 restrictions, Cochrane has been back out on the road -- 38 shows to date, with more scheduled in November. To cap off the three-hour awards, Lifeson jumped onstage to join several musicians on a version of the song. - Billboard, 10/18/22...... Rockabilly revival icon Robert Gordon, who released more than 20 albums and helped usher in a rockabilly resurgence in the 1970s and '80s, died on Oct. 18 at Don Greene Hospice in New York City following a diagnosis of leukemia, according to a Facebook post by his label Cleopatra Records. He was 75. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1947, Gordon was drawn to rock 'n' roll after he heard Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" at age nine. He soon dug into the music of Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochrane and others '50s greats and cut his first recording at 17 singing with a band called The Confidentials. His career ramped up after he relocated to New York City and joined the punk band Tuff Darts (which can be heard on the 1976 album Live At CBGBs alongside tracks by Mink DeVille, Sun Ra and others). In 1977, Gordon cut his debut "solo" album, Robert Gordon With Link Wray, and followed with several others, including 1978's Fresh Fish Special (with Wray), which also includes Presley's famed background singers The Jordanaires and Bruce Springsteen, who played on Gordon's rendition of the Springsteen-penned track "Fire." In 1979, Gordon released Rock Billy Boogie, which peaked at No. 106 on the Billboard 200. That was quickly followed by 1980's Bad Boy and 1981's Are You Gonna Be The One, which included the single "Someday, Someway," which peaked at No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1982, he ventured into acting, co-starring in outlaw biker flick The Loveless opposite Willem Dafoe. He can also be seen performing with his band in a 1981 skit for Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV, in which he's mistaken for astronaut Gordon Cooper. Since then, Gordon has released nearly 20 albums, including live recordings and international releases. He also continued to tour; his last live show was in February and his most recent album was 2020's Rockabilly For Life, which featured Spedding, Paul Shaffer, Albert Lee, Linda Gail Lewis and others. He was slated to perform some dates in the U.S. and Canada this past summer with Spedding, Anton Fig and Tony Garnier, but was forced to cancel due to health issues related to his leukemia. - Billboard, 10/18/22.

Judas Priest surprised fans during the first stop of its "50 Heavy Metal Years Tour" in Wallingford, Conn. on Oct. 13 by playing "Genocide" live for the first time in 40 years. Priest's 17-song set list featured fan favorites as well as other rarities together with songs from the band's acclaimed 1982 album Screaming For Vengeance, which turns 40 this year. Their performance of "Genocide" has also been shared on YouTube. Meanwhile, the veteran metal band will accept the Award for Musical Excellence at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame's 2022 ceremony, which is set for the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 5. The gong was first introduced in 2000 as the "Sideman" category; it became the Award for Musical Excellence 10 years later. Judas Priest had been nominated as one of the main performer inductees in the RRHOF class of 2022, and frontman Rob Halford has admitted he was "a bit pissed" that the band was given the "Musical Excellence" award instead. - New Musical Express, 10/16/22...... After watching a devastating report on TV about the plight of Ukranian families under attack from invading Russian forces, Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster have revealed they're footing the bill for a house rental in Berkshire UK for a refugee Ukranian family. Speaking to the Daily Mirror paper, Stewart said he believes it's his duty to help others after being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II six years ago. "I usually keep all my charitable efforts nice and quiet and just do it. But I thought, 'I am a knight, I have been given this knighthood because of the things I've achieved in my life and the charity work I've done over the years'," said Sir Rod, who was knighted in 2016 for his services to music and charity. Rod added that he and Penny "couldn't describe what we were watching" when they viewed a report about the war on TV news one night. "The bombing of innocent children, the bombing of hospitals and... playgrounds. Like everyone else, we were completely beside ourselves. I don't wish that one anyone. This is evil, pure evil," Stewart said. "I was born just after the [Second World] War, so my family have lots of memories of it. That's how devastating it was to me. I didn't think we would see the likes of land war with tanks again," he added. Stewart said he and his nephew Warren Cady then came up with a plan to fill trucks up with supplies and take them to the Ukrainian border. Although he wished to travel in a truck himself, he was ultimately advised against it. The trucks brought 16 refugees to Berlin. Afterwards, he got in contact with Ukranian Rostyslav and his family, who were not part of the 16 brought back by his vehicle, which led to him renting the home for the family of seven. The Mirror added that he and Lancaster will pay both the rent and bills for the family for at least a year as the Ukrainian family continue to settle into their new home, and he's also provided two other refugees with jobs on his Essex estate. Rostyslav and his wife Olena issued a statement thanking Stewart and his nephew "for their openness and genuine and big hearts." "Thanks to their sponsorship and Warren's hard work, our children are now safe and able to learn normally in school... We pray daily for God's blessings on Sir Rod, Warren, their family and all the British people," the statement added. - New Musical Express, 10/18/22...... On Oct. 13 Ringo Starr revealed that he has tested positive for Covid-19 once again and he's canceling the remainder of his 2022 All Starr Band tour. "I'm sure you'll be as surprised as I was I tested positive again for Covid the rest of the tour is off I send you peace and love Ringo," the 82-year-old former Beatles member wrote in an Instagram post alongside a selfie. The scrapped shows include dates in San Jose, Calif. (10/14); Paso Robles, Calif. (10/15); Los Angeles (10/16); and Mexico City, Mexico (10/19-20). Ringo initially tested positive earlier in October, and announced on Oct. 3 that he was canceling five shows in Canada. That announcement came after he had canceled a pair of concerts "due to illness." A week later, on Oct. 10, he shared on Instagram that had tested negative for the coronavirus and was ready to get back to work. "On the road again I will see you in Seattle on Tuesday the 11th Portland Wednesday I am negative peace and love everybody thanks for waiting," he wrote at the time. The second leg of the All Starr Band tour kicked off September in Bridgeport, Conn. The tour dates were initially planned for 2020, but when the global coronavirus pandemic hit, the former Beatle's tour -- like many musicians' around the world -- was postponed. - Billboard, 10/14/22...... On Oct. 15 Neil Young announced a 50th anniversary reissue of his iconic 1972 album Harvest will hit stores on Dec. 2 via Reprise Records. Harvest - 50th Anniversary Edition will include a documentary called Harvest Time, from which Young has shared on YouTube a previously unreleased live recording of him performing "Heart Of Gold" for the BBC. The set, also available on 3-LP vinyl, also includes three studio outtakes and the 8-song BBC solo set recorded on Feb. 23, 1971. The outtakes included in the reissue are "Bad Fog Of Loneliness," "Journey Through The Past" and "Dance Dance Dance," Harvest Time also features footage from Young's "Harvest Barn" sessions in Northern California along with recording sessions in Nashville and London. Meanwhile, Young's recently announced latest effort with Crazy Horse, World Record, will drop on Nov. 18. The 10-song set was produced by Rick Rubin at his Shangri-La studios in Malibu, with Young providing vocals across the album's tracklist alongside instrumentation from Crazy Horse, all of which was recorded live and mixed to analogue tape by Rubin. - NME, 10/15/22...... Concert news source Billboard Boxscore is reporting Elton John's "Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour" has become the third biggest trek in Boxscore's three-decade-plus history, as it has grossed $661.3 million and sold 4.5 million tickets across 257 shows around the world through Oct. 9. John's recent announcement of his final shows has also paid dividends, generating more than half a billion dollars while he plays to more than four million fans. Elton has been banking millions since the tour began, but stepped on the gas after returning from a two-year Covid-19 delay. After playing 39 North American arena dates in the spring, he flew to Europe for a 19-date stadium run, and then came back stateside for more than 30 domestic stadium shows. Of those, 20 have played so far, adding $133.4 million and 830,000 tickets to the tour's sum. From one North American leg to another, attendance jumped by 192% to 41,513 per show, and nightly revenue increased by 160% to $6.7 million. Boxscore also says John has become the highest-grossing solo act in its history, as the Rocket Man has grossed $1.7 billion and sold 19.1 million tickets across his career. - Billboard, 10/17/22...... Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon Osbourne has opened up about Ozzy's battle with Parkinson's disease in a new British TV documentary titled Paxman: Putting Up With Parkinson's. "Suddenly, your life just stops -- life as you knew it," Sharon told host Jeremy Paxman, who also suffers from the disease, in the documentary. Speaking about the family's experience, Sharon said: "I just think of my husband who was very energetic, loved to go out for walks, did a two-hour show on stage every night, running around like a crazy man. When I look at my husband, my heart breaks for him. I'm sad for myself to see him that way, but what he goes through is worse. When I look at him and he doesn't know, I'm, like, crying." Adding that there were some silver linings, Sharon said: "The positive thing is we spend much more time together as a family and I love my husband more than I do three years ago." Ozzy was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2003, but it wasn't until 2020 that he announced the diagnosis publicly. Speaking to Good Morning America in 2021, the former Black Sabbath frontman revealed he'd been diagnosed with a form of the condition called PRKN 2, saying: "It's been terribly challenging for us." - NME, 10/16/22...... The new Bruce Springsteen exhibit "Bruce Springsteen Live!" officially opened at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Oct. 15. The exhibit gives fans a backstage pass to five decades of Springsteen and the E Street Band's live shows, including rare memorabilia and clothing, instruments, photographs and interactive displays. The exhibit was co-curated by the Grammy Museum and Eileen Chapman, director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & the Center for American Music at Monmouth University. Highlights include "I Got This Guitar and I Learned How to Make It Talk" which features a number of The Boss's guitars including the gloriously roadworn and famous 1950s Fender Esquire; "I Got Debts No Honest Man Can Pay," an undated letter from what is likely the early '70s from Springsteen to his landlord apologizing for not paying his rent on time; "I Want Pounding Drums," a video tutorial from E Street drummer Max Weinberg giving wannabe drummers a tutorial and then the chance to play along with a video of Springsteen performing before tens of thousands of people at a stadium gig; "Is There Anybody Alive Out There?," an interactive exhibit allowing fans to build their own five-song encore to a live show and see how close they come to what Springsteen played that actual night; and "A Prayer for the Souls of the Departed," tributes to late E Street members Danny "The Phantom" Federici and Clarence "The Big Man" Clemons. In other Springsteen-related news, the New Jersey rocker has shared a video for "Nightshift," a cover of the original hit by The Commodores which features on his forthcoming album Only the Strong Survive, on YouTube. "Nightshift" first appeared on a 1985 Commodores album and was written as a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson (both of whom died the year prior). For his part, Springsteen stays true to the original, carrying the soulful tune atop a supporting band of brass, strings and backing vocalists. Only the Strong Survive is due on Nov. 5. - Billboard/NME, 10/14/22...... Pink Floyd mastermind Syd Barrett will be the subject of a forthcoming documentary titled Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd. According to Deadline.com, the rock doc was co-directed by Roddy Bogawa and the late graphic designer Storm Thorgerson. The latter was the co-founder of Hipgnosis, the London-based firm that specialized in creating album cover art for Pink Floyd and several other rock acts. Thorgerson passed away in 2013 at the age of 69. According to a press release, the documentary "was completed by Bogawa with StormStudios photographer Rupert Truman and producer Julius Beltrame after Storm's untimely death." Have You Got It Yet? will feature interviews with surviving Floyd band members David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters, as well as Barrett's sister Rosemary Breen, and Pink Floyd managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King. A release date has yet to be announced. - NME, 10/15/22...... A new tally of the UK's top-selling albums from debut artists has Meat Loaf's 1977 mega-seller Bat Out of Hell at the top. Compiled by The Official Charts Company in partnership with National Album Day on Oct. 15, the "Official All-Time Debut Albums Top 20" has placed the late artist's 1977 solo album in the pole position. The chart is based on combined UK sales and streams since records began in 1956, with Meat Loaf having sold over 3.5 million copies of Bat Out of Hell in the UK alone to date. Rounding out the Top 10 are debut efforts from James Blunt, Leona Lewis, Lady Gaga, Dido, Spice Girls, Keane, Alanis Morissette, Sam Smith and Coldplay, with Mike Oldfield's 1973 album Tubular Bells in the eleventh spot. Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, passed away earlier in 2022 at the age of 74. - NME, 10/14/22...... The Mattel toy company released its latest Barbie doll in honor of a music icon, the Tina Turner Barbie doll, on Oct. 13 as the latest edition to its Barbie Signature Music Series. The doll, which retails for $55, was released in honor of the music legend's 1984 smash hit, "What's Love Got to Do With It," which is nearing its 40th anniversary. Recreating her iconic outfit from the music video, the Tina Turner Barbie Doll rocks out in a black mini dress, cropped denim jacket, fishnet stockings and black heels. The doll captures Turner's signature, spiky blonde updo and other details, like the pearl drop earrings and silver necklace that she wears in the WLGTDWI music video. "I am honored to welcome my Barbie into the group of trailblazing women already represented and introduce more kids to my journey," Turner said in a statement. The Tina Turner Barbie joins David Bowie, Elvis Presley and Gloria Estefan in Mattel's Barbie Signature Music Series, and is available at Amazon, Walmart, Target and MattelCreations.com. - Billboard, 10/13/22...... Streams of Loretta Lynn's catalog have shot up 615% -- which also happens to be the area code of Nashville, Tenn. -- since the Country music legend's death on Oct. 4 at age 90. In the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 tracking period, Lynn's catalog earned 8.7 million official on-demand U.S. streams, a 615% jump from 1.2 million the previous week (Sept. 23-29). The primary bump occurred on Oct. 4, with her music being streamed 3.2 million times that day, up 1,841% from 167,000 on Oct. 3. Her signature hit, 1970's "Coal Miner's Daughter," led the pack at 1.3 million streams Sept. 30-Oct. 6, a 399% boost from 253,000 the previous period. It's followed by 1966's "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" (768,000 streams, up 381%), 1966's "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)" (593,000, up 351%), her 1973 Conway Twitty collaboration "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" (575,000, up 209%) and 1968's "Fist City" (427,000, up 424%). Her 2022 greatest hits package, All Time Greatest Hits, has also debuted on Billboard's Top Country Albums with 5,000 equivalent album units earned. - Billboard, 10/13/22...... A collaborator of late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has claimed Cornell came close to recording a song that featured guitar parts by the late Eddie Van Halen. During an appearance on The Mitch Lafon and Jeremy White Show podcast which can be streamed on YouTube, Thorn -- who toured as a guitarist with Cornell and contributed guitars to his 2009 album Scream -- recounted just how close a collaboration between the two rockers was to becoming a reality. "They were buddies... Eddie always wanted to do something with Chris, musically," Thorn said. "It's a long story, but it never got a vocal on it by Chris. You know, that was what it was," Thorn explained. "Ed got busy doing the next Van Halen record right around then and producing things... It just never ended up getting finished." According to Thorn, "somewhere" at 5150 Studios there's a reel with Van Halen's recording on it, that he'd "love to" hear again. Cornell died less than a decade after Scream was released, while Van Halen passed away in 2020. - NME, 10/13/22...... Actor Danny Masterson, former star of the long-running sitcom That '70s Show, is about to face three women in court who say he raped them two decades ago at a trial whose key figures are all current or former members of the Church of Scientology. Opening arguments are set to begin in the Los Angeles trial of the 46-year-old Masterson, and while a judge has expressed her determination not to have the controversial church become the center of the proceedings, it will inevitably loom large. Masterson is charged with raping the women between 2001 and 2003 in his home, which functioned as a social hub when he was at the height of his fame. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. One of the women had been Masterson's longtime girlfriend. Another was a longtime friend, and the third a newer acquaintance. All three were members of the Church of Scientology, as Masterson still is. All three accusers have since left, and they said the church's insistence that it deal internally with problems between members made them hesitant at first to go to authorities. "This is not going to become a trial on Scientology," Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo asserted at a pre-trial hearing. But she said she would allow its discussion as a reason why the women delayed reporting to authorities. Masterson is charged with three counts of rape by force or fear, which could mean up to 45 years in prison if if he's convicted. From 1998 until 2006, Masterson starred as Steven Hyde on Fox's That '70s Show, which made stars of Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Topher Grace and is getting an upcoming Netflix reboot with That '90s Show. Masterson had reunited with Kutcher on the Netflix comedy The Ranch but was written off the show when an LAPD rape investigation was revealed in Dec. 2017. - AP, 10/18/22...... Robbie Coltrane, the veteran comic and actor known for his star turns in the British crime series Cracker and the Harry Potter movie franchise, died on Oct. 14. He was 72. The boisterous and decidedly eccentric Scotsman, who began his career in comedy and theater, also commanded the screen in two James Bond films -- Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough -- during an illustrious career on both sides of the Atlantic. His early British TV credits include Flash Gordon, Blackadder and Keep It in the Family. His other comedy credits included series like A Kick Up the Eighties, The Comic Strip and Alfresco as he became a mainstay on British TV screens. Coltrane's breakout role was playing Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, an anti-social criminal psychologist with a gift for solving crimes, in Jimmy McGovern's Cracker series, which ran over 25 episodes between 1993 and 2006. He won three consecutive BAFTA best television actor awards for that role, sharing a record for most wins in a row. Coltrane penned an autobiography, Coltrane in a Cadillac, and also starred in the TV series of the same name in 1993, where he drove across America from Los Angeles to New York City in a classic 1951 Cadillac. - The Hollywood Reporter, 10/15/22.