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AC/DC's Brian Johnson and Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler are set to star in a new documentary series titled Music Legends that will explore the careers of six other rock legends. Airing in the UK on Sky News from Apr. 25, and available to stream via NOW TV internationally, each episode will see Johnson and Knopfler examine the careers of, respectively, Tom Jones, Sam Fender, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana and Emmylou Harris, with the hosts also playing live with the guests on the episodes. "Join AC/DC singer, Brian Johnson and Dire Straits singer and guitarist, Mark Knopfler as they share their incredible knowledge and experiences with each other -- and a hand-picked selection of music royalty," a press release reads. "Guests including Sir Tom Jones, Nile Rodgers and Cyndi Lauper share stories from their own careers and discuss the tracks that shaped them as musicians and fans. Mark and Brian do the same, painting a fascinating portrait of their shared musical lives," it adds. AC/DC recently announced a huge UK and European stadium tour for 2024, performing 21 dates in 10 countries this summer for their first European tour in eight years. 
Knopfler, meanwhile, recently released a re-recorded version of his song "Going Home" for Teenage Cancer Trust, featuring Brian May, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton and Ronnie Wood. After being teased earlier in 2024, the track officially dropped on Mar. 15 on YouTube, and is a new take on Knopfler's solo hit. It also features the last ever recording by guitar virtuoso, Jeff Beck -- which he laid down for the track shortly before his death in Jan. 2023. The charity track was recorded at British Grove Studios in West London, and produced by Knopfler's longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher. As for Beck's contribution, Fletcher described it as "absolutely meant to be. And what he did with it, it just brings you to tears." The release also comes ahead of the 2024 edition of the annual Teenage Cancer Trust gig series, which will take place the last week in March and raise funds for the charity. Noel Gallagher, The Chemical Brothers and Young Fathers lead the line-up for the 2024 edition of the series, and the closing night will feature performances from Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Robert Plant with Saving Grace, Eddie Vedder and Paul Weller. Originally released by Knopfler in 1983, "Going Home" is also widely recognized from the film Local Hero, as the theme song. - NME, 3/16/24...... Speaking of Roger Daltrey, The Who frontman has opened up about the one time he smashed a guitar and compared it to "killing his wife." Appearing as a guest on Shawn Keaveny's Daily Grind podcast, the 80-year-old musician said: "[Fans] never came to hear the music, they came to see the guitar being broken. The trouble is the guitar was worth 50 gigs. I've only ever smashed one guitar and I'm really sorry I did it. I don't know why, just this thing came over me. I've always regretted it -- I thought 'I shouldn't have done that, that was like killing the wife'." Daltrey's interview can be heard on Spotify.com. - Variety, 3/14/24...... An upcoming BBC documentary series reveals that Paul McCartney was once so moved by the plight of a group of climate activists after they were seized in Russia during a protest and thrown in jail in 2013 that he attempted to convince Russian president Vladimir Putin to release them. As detailed in On Thin Ice: Putin V Greenpeace, the activists were aiming to film an oil rush in Arctic Russian waters, but 28 of them were arrested on their ship the Arctic Sunrise and charged under piracy and hooliganism charges. The arrest prompted McCartney, who famously played in Moscow's Red Square in 2003, to write a personal letter to Putin, imploring him to release the campaigners. "Forty-five years ago I wrote a song about Russia for The White Album ['Back In The U.S.S.R.'], back when it wasn't fashionable for English people to say nice things about your country," he wrote. "That song had one of my favourite Beatles lines in it: 'Been away so long I hardly knew the place, gee it's good to be back home.' Could you make that come true for the Greenpeace prisoners?," he added. The prisoners served a three month sentence before being released. Curve Media's On Thin Ice: Putin V Greenpeace is being positioned as the BBC's latest box-set series for BBC Two and iPlayer and will break with tradition by airing via bitesized half-hour episodes. - NME, 3/16/24...... Chic legend Nile Rodgers has been chosen as one of the recipients of Sweden's 2024 Polar Music Prize. "In Nile Rodgers, we honour a ground-breaking pioneer whose legacy spans his work as co-founder of CHIC and as record producer and creator behind so much of the world's greatest music," says PMP managing director Marie Ledin. "Nile's impact in pop culture is incomparable and his timeless songs will continue to delight, uplift and inspire for many years to come." Rodgers, whose producing and writer credits include hits for David Bowie, Madonna, Sister Sledge, Duran Duran, Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera and many more, will receive Prize money of one million Swedish Kroner (around £75,000 and $94,000) when he and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen are made laureates at a ceremony on May 21 in Stockholm, Sweden at the Grand Hotel. Previous recipients include Sir Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Sting, Joni Mitchell and Iggy Pop. - Music-News.com, 3/12/24...... 
During his Luck Reunion concert in Spicewood, Tex. on Mar. 14, Willie Nelson and Kermit the Frog delivered a sweet duet of The Muppets' classic "Rainbow Connection." With Kermit on banjo and Nelson on guitar, the pair delivered a tender, heartwarming cover of the classic song, which was originally released in 1979 for The Muppet Movie. Kermit's rendition -- performed by Jim Henson -- reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and earned an Academy Award nomination for best original song. In addition to "Rainbow Connection," the two icons also treated the crowd to a rousing gospel medley featuring selections such as "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," "I'll Fly Away" and "Hard to Be Humble." Footage of Willie and Kermit's duet has been shared on YouTube. The 2024 edition of Nelson's annual Luck Reunion, held at Willie's ranch in Spicewood, Tex., featured a star-studded lineup of performers, including Tyler Childers, Red Clay Strays, Durand Jones and Zella Day. On the same day as the concert, Nelson announced on Instagram his forthcoming 75th solo studio album, The Border, will be released on May 31. It will feature 10 newly recorded studio performances, including four new Nelson/Buddy Cannon compositions. - Billboard, 3/15/24...... A new Paul Simon documentary that premiered on the streaming channel MGM+ on Mar. 17 reveals that the veteran singer-songwriter has some hopeful news about his near-total hearing loss in his left ear, which has left him struggling to perform live. The 82-year-old musician says that his hearing has now come back to "enough of a degree that I'm comfortably singing and playing guitar and playing a few other instruments," after previously stating that two previous attempts to rehearse with his touring band didn't go quite to plan. "I haven't figured out how to perform with the hearing loss," he said in July 2023, adding "I've tried to rehearse with the guys in my touring band, to see if I could manage it. I can't so far." But now the "Kodachrome" hitmaker says, "I can hear my voice the way I want it in the context of the music." "If there's a drum or an electric guitar, it's too loud and I can't hear my voice. But when I first lost the hearing, I couldn't get, it threw me off. Everything was coming from this side," he said. Elsewhere in the documentary, Simon recalls the time he once tried to stop Frank Sinatra from covering one of Simon & Garfunkel's most famous songs, "Mrs Robinson." "I met him once. It was very interesting too, because he made a cover record of my song 'Mrs Robinson'. And he changed the lyric[s]," Simon said. "They were fantastic, but when I first heard it, it was like, 'Man, ring a ding, ding you Mrs Robinson, Jesus loves you more,' and this is in the sixties, and I said, 'He can't do that.' And so a guy from Warner Brothers called me up and said, 'Please don't do this. It's my fault I did it. Please don't do this to me.' So I said, 'Okay'." Part two of In Restless Dreams, in which Simon takes viewers behind the scenes during the recording of his 2023 album Seven Psalms, airs on Mar. 24. - New Musical Express, 3/17/24...... Smokey Robinson has confirmed that he is in talks for performing at the 2024 edition of the UK's legendary Glastonbury festival. After being asked when he will next perform in the UK by Bizarre's Howell Davies at Elton John's Oscars party in Los Angeles on Mar. 10, Robinson hinted at a playing there "soon." "We've been talking about that for the past two weeks -- probably soon," Robinson said. Davies also asked the 84-year-old music legend about the potential of playing at Glastonbury. "That's one of the things we've been talking about," Smokey shared, adding that he would "absolutely" love to take the stage at the Worthy Farm festival. "I love the UK, man. We've had some of our greatest times in the UK," he concluded. - NME, 3/13/24...... 
Neil Young announced on Mar. 12 that he's bringing his music back to Spotify more than two years after requesting its removal from the popular streaming platform. In Jan. 2022, Young published an open letter asking Spotify to pull down his catalog, citing what he called the spread of vaccine misinformation on the wildly popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which was then hosted exclusively on the streaming platform. Several other artists, including Joni Mitchell, Indie.Arie and Young's Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmates David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, subsequently followed suit, though CSN/CSN&Y and Aries music have since been restored to the service. Mitchell's catalog remains absent. Now in a new post on his Neil Young Archives website, Young said the end of Spotify's exclusive deal with Rogan led to his decision to restore his music to the service. "My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation podcast features I had opposed at Spotify, the post reads -- a clear reference to the Joe Rogan Experience, though Young never mentions it by name. "I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all, so I have returned to Spotify, in sincere hopes that Spotify sound quality will improve and people will be able to hear and feel all the music as we made it," Young continued, before giving a shout out Qobuz and Tidal, where his catalog also lives, as "High res streaming options." Young concludes his post by stating his hope that Spotify "will turn to Hi Res as the answer and serve all the music to everyone. Spotify, you can do it! Really be #1 in all ways. You have the music and listeners!!!! Start with a limited Hi res tier and build from there!" A longtime advocate of high-resolution audio, Young once launched his own (now-defunct) high-res audio download platform, Pono, in 2015 before shuttering it two years later. It has been estimated that the absence of Young's catalog on Spotify had cost him roughly $300,000 in lost recorded music and publishing royalties by Sept. 2023. - Billboard, 3/12/24...... Patti Smith will be among the headliners of London's Somerset House Summer Series this summer. The iconic central London venue will host the series again beginning in July, from the 11th to the 21st. Smith will close out the series, which also features the likes of Smino, Hak Baker, The Amazons, Hania Rani and The Big Moon, on July 21. - NME, 3/16/24...... Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed has described the script for the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael as "startlingly disingenuous." Given the project's connection to the Jackson estate, it is unclear whether the film will explore the most controversial aspects of the singer's life, including the allegations of child sexual abuse. However, according to Reed, who has read a draft of the script, the film makes a point to discredit Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the two men who allege that Jackson sexually assaulted them in the 2019 docuseries Leaving Neverland. "Jackson is only ever seen caring for children with childhood cancer, or dancing with a little girl in a wheelchair, or tucking up multiple little boys, mostly his nephews, at sleepovers," Reed said of the script. "It feels like the creators of the movie have been stuck in a room with John Branca and just told what to write." Michael will be directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer, Brooklyn's Finest) and Jackson's own nephew, Jaafar Jackson, will play the King of Pop in the film. The movie has been confirmed to receive a theatrical release in the US on Apr. 18, 2025, per production house Lionsgate. A UK release date is yet to be announced. - NME, 3/14/24...... Jack and Kelly Osbourne have revealed who they think should play their famous parents in a biopic about the couple. Speaking on a recent episode of The Osbournes Podcast, the two siblings spoke about the possible project, which was announced to be in development back in 2020, and officially confirmed in 2021. Bringing up the conversation about their movie, Jack asked the question: "Who do you want to play you guys?," prompting Kelly to say: "I know who I want to play mum -- Florence Pugh. I think Florence Pugh would do a fantastic [job]." Pugh, 28, recently starred in the critically acclaimed Dune: Part Two, as well as Oscar Best Picture winner Oppenheimer. Sharon, who has been a contestant on the latest season of Celebrity Big Brother, added: "I think Florence Pugh or the little girl from Game of Thrones," referring to Maisie Williams. Jack then chimed in with: "You know who I want to play dad? Bill Hader." He continued: "Everyone thinks I'm f---ing crazy until I show a side-by-side picture, and then that guy's ability to morph." Jack then showed his father a photograph of the former Saturday Night Live cast member, to which Ozzy responded: "F--- off!" His wife disagreed, repeatedly agreeing with Jack and saying: "I think he could nail it." No recent updates to the biopic's development have been made, and Ozzy made a witty remark on the podcast about the stagnant project saying: "By the time we finish this film I'll be dead." - NME, 3/12/24...... 
Steve Harley, the frontman of the '70s band Cockney Rebel, has died at age 73. The news was confirmed by his family in a statement, who said: "We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and father has passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side." Harley, who had been receiving cancer treatment, had cancelled a run of shows in late 2023, writing on his website at the time that it was a "heartbreaking decision, but necessary in order to fight a "nasty cancer." His family continued that they knew Harley would be "desperately missed by people all over the world... Whoever you know him as, his heart exuded only core elements. Passion, kindness, generosity. And much more, in abundance." Born Stephen Nice, the musician grew up in London, and while working as a local journalist in the early 1970s, he started busking and playing in the city's folk scene. He formed the glam rock group Cockney Rebel in 1972 with Jean-Paul Crocker, Stuart Elliott, Paul Jeffreys and Milton Reame-James, and they were quickly signed by EMI Records. The band had early success with singles such as "Judy Teen" and "Mr. Soft," but they began to fall apart due to other members wanting to write more of the group's material. Harley reformed the band with a new line-up, including Elliott, Jim Cregan, Duncan Mackay and George Ford, and renamed them Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. Their first single together, "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)," was a UK Number One single in 1975 and charted on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in the US. Harley's most enduring song, it has been named by PRS as one of the most played songs in British broadcasting history. Harley began a solo career in the late 1970s, releasing six albums under his own name, most recently 2020's Uncovered. Cockney Rebel also reformed multiple times, playing together as recently as 2021. Steve Harley is survived by his wife Dorothy, with whom he had two children and four grandchildren. - NME, 3/17/24.
Eric Carmen, the former leader of the '70s power pop band The Raspberries before setting out on an internationally successful solo career, died on Mar. 11. He was 74. "It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen," a message posted by his wife of eight years, Amy, to his website, Facebook and X account reads. "Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep, over the weekend. It brought him great joy to know, that for decades, his music touched so many and will be his lasting legacy," she added. Over his long career which began in the 1960s, Carmen scored three top five hits on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart: the No. 2-peaking "All By Myself" in 1976, followed by the Dirty Dancing soundtrack standout "Hungry Eyes," which peaked at No. 4 in 1988, and "Make Me Lose Control," a No. 3 hit, also in 1988. His highest-charting album was his self-titled 1975 solo debut, which peaked at No. 21 in 1976. Born on Aug. 11, 1949 in Cleveland, bassist/vocalist Carmen started his music career in earnest during his college years at John Carroll University in his home state of Ohio, when he joined a band called Cyrus Erie. In 1970, he formed The Raspberries with members of several local groups, including drummer Jim Bonfanti who had drummed on The Outsiders' 1966 Beatlesque hit "Time Won't Let Me," guitarist Wally Bryson, and bassist/guitarist Dave Smalley They became the most popular band in Cleveland, and in 1967 scored a minor hit, "It's Cold Outside." In mid-1971, their demos attracted the attention of producer Jimmy Ienner, who secured them a contract with Capitol Records. The eponymous 1972 The Raspberries had a raspberry-scented scratch-and-sniff sticker on the cover, and their second single, "Go All The Way," rose to No. 5 and sold more than 1.3 million copies. 
The second LP, Fresh, included "I Wanna Be With You" (No. 16, 1972), and "Let's Pretend" (No. 35, 1973). Carmen penned most of the hits himself, many of which were paeans to making out. Internal problems developed by the time of 1973's Side 3, with Bonfani and Smalley resisting the group's teenybopper image and leaving. They were replaced by Michael McBride, who had played with Cyrus Erie, and Scott McCarl, who had sent an audition tape to Ienner. The regrouped Raspberries then released its fourth and final LP, the critically acclaimed Starting Over, which many critics called the best LP of 1974. A concept album about stardom, Starting Over was a commercial flop, although the single "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" reached No. 18. Carmen then began an intermittently successful solo career as a pop balladeer, hitting the Top 40 with "All By Myself" (No. 2, 1976), "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" (No. 11, 1976), and "Sunrise" (No. 34, 1976), from his debut LP, and the last of which incorporated a Rachmaninoff melody, as did several other songs from the classically trained pianist/guitarist. In the 1980s, Carmen's Top 40 hits included "I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips" (No. 35, 1985), the No. 4 "Hungry Eyes" (1987) and "Make Me Lose Control" (No. 3, 1988). "'Love Is All That Matters -- Faithful and Forever,'" Amy Carmen concluded her announcement of Eric's death, referring to the lyrics of a song on his 1977 album, Boats Against the Current. A cause of death has yet to be disclosed. - Billboard/The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock, 3/12/24.
'70s pop idol Shaun Cassidy will kick off a 50-city "The Road to US" tour in Nashville on Sept. 13. "The truth is, in my whole career I never really toured -- because as a kid, I was working on The Hardy Boys, [TV show] so I'd go out on weekends, and then I got a week here or two weeks there in the summer," Cassidy says. "But this tour that I'm starting will be the biggest commitment of 50 shows and more to come I've ever had in my life." Following in the footsteps of his late older half-brother David Cassidy, Shaun burst onto the pop scene in 1976 with the Eric Carmen-penned hit "That's Rock 'n Roll." The breakthrough hit reached No. 3 on the pop chart and was followed by his chart-topping cover of The Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron," and "Hey Deanie," which reached No. 7. Cassidy, the son of Oscar-winning The Partridge Family actress Shirley Jones and Tony-winning actor Jack Cassidy, released five studio albums between 1977 and 1980 on Curb/Warner Bros. including the Todd Rundgren-produced Wasp. Simultaneously, he also was acting on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, which ran from 1977-1979. Cassidy then focused on the stage, appearing in plays on Broadway and London's West End during the '80s and early '90, before segueing into behind-the-scenes TV work in the mid-'90s. Since then, he has had an extremely successful second career creating, writing and and/or producing such acclaimed television series as American Gothic, Cold Case, Cover Me, The Agency and, most recently, New Amsterdam. In 2020, he began to tour sporadically as a one-man show that expanded to a full band, ending with five sold-out nights at 54 Below in New York City in 2023. But now he says he felt called to do another tour in order to "gather people, connect them and have a shared experience... so important at this at this stage in our world, I think." Between geographic segments of the tour, Cassidy says he'll come back home to his wife and four children in Santa Barbara, Calif., and tend to the wine they produce, My First Crush, which donates a portion of its proceeds to the food charity No Kid Hungry. Hitting many smaller markets, the tour is scheduled to wind down on Jan. 18, 2026 in El Cajon, Calif. "My early shows were just scream-a-thons, I couldn't talk to anybody," he says. "Now I actually can engage with people and look them in the eye and see that they've had a life, and I've had a life, and I'm just so grateful to share it." - Billboard, 5/28/25...... Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor were formally awarded the 2025 Polar Music Prize on May 28. The musicians accepted the award from Sweden's King Carl Gustaf in recognition for the entirety of their career. Speaking on stage, May shared, "In this special moment, I contemplate how that younger Brian May in 1974 would have felt if he knew that we would be living this kind of dream 50 years in the future." Taylor added, "When we started our band, we had ambitions, but never dreamed of the journey that was to follow. We were fortunate in the fact that our four wildly different personalities came together to achieve a wonderful chemistry." Known as the "Nobel Prize of Music," the Polar Music Prize is a Swedish international award for "significant achievements in music and/or musical activity" and was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, best known as the manager of the Sweden's ABBA. It is annually given to one popular musician and one classical musician. Previous winners include Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Dizzy Gillespie and Björk. - Music-News.com, 5/28/25...... Several musicians have paid tribute to Rick Derringer following news of the legendary rock guitarist's death on May 27. "God bless Rick Derringer. It was great playing with him in the All Starrs. I send peace and love to his family," wrote Ringo Starr. "Weird Al" Yankovic, whose first album was produced by Derringer, wrote on Instagram: "I'm very sad to say that my friend, rock guitar legend Rick Derringer, has passed. Rick produced my first 6 albums and played guitar on my earliest recordings, including the solo on 'Eat It.' He had an enormous impact on my life, and will be missed greatly. RIP." The band Foghat posted: "We just sadly heard that Rick Derringer has passed. We did many many shows with Rick back in the 70's. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, family & friends. RIP Rick," while Derringer's former bandmate Edgar Winter posted a tribute to the late rocker on 
Appearing on his SiriusXM radio show Ozzy Speaks with co-host Billy Morrison, Ozzy Osbourne says he's going to make it to the stage for the final Black Sabbath show "by hook or crook." "I haven't done any physical work for the last seven, six and a half, seven years," Ozzy said, promising that "by hook or by crook, I'm gonna make it [to the stage at Villa Park]," where Black Sabbath's final gig on July 5 in their hometown of Birmingam, UK, will find them joined by an all-star roster that will also include Metallica, Anthrax, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Slayer, Smashing Pumpkins, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine and many more. "I've got this trainer guy who helps people get back to normal," he said of the intense training he's undergoing following a rough several years that included spinal surgery and a Parkinson's disease diagnosis. "It's hard going, but he's convinced that he can pull it off for me. I'm giving it everything I've got." Ozzy, 76, said he's definitely waking up and stressing about the show at times, but he knows that getting worked up is not what will get him through his first show with Sabbath bandmates guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward in more than 20 years. "Sometimes [I stress], but what I do, if I start obsessing all the time, I'll be insane by Friday, you know?" he said. "So, I'm just taking it one day at a time and when I do it one day at a time. You know, when we were talking about this [obsessive-compulsive disorder], whatever. I have that badly. All I can say is I'm giving 120%. If my God wants me to do the show, I'll do it." Ozzy's full interview can be streamed on 
To celebrate his forthcoming album Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years, John Fogerty has released three newly recorded versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival classics: "Up Around the Bend," "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," and "Porterville," the latter originally released in 1967 under the band's earlier name, The Golliwogs. The new recordings are labeled "John's Version," a nod to Taylor Swift's "Taylor's Version" project, though Fogerty now owns his masters. He won control over his publishing rights in early 2023, ending a legal battle that spanned five decades. "For most of my life I did not own the songs I had written," Fogerty said in a statement. "Getting them back changes everything. Legacy is my way of celebrating that -- of playing these songs on my terms, with the people I love." The album features Fogerty's sons Shane and Tyler on guitars, and Shane co-produced the album with his father. Julie Fogerty, John's wife, served as executive producer. "I knew firsthand how much it meant for John to get his publishing back," said Julie. "It has been so joyful and beautiful since this happened for him. This is a celebration of his life's work. It is the biggest party for the good guy/artist winning." Legacy, due out Aug. 22 via Concord Records, features 20 tracks, including CCR staples like "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Fortunate Son," and "Down on the Corner." The project arrives as Fogerty celebrates his 80th birthday on May 28 with a pair of shows at New York's Beacon Theatre, ahead of a European summer tour and a performance at Glastonbury Festival. Fogerty has shared "Up Around The Bend" (John's version) from the new LP on 
Neil Young performed his 1983 deep cut "My Boy" for the first time in 42 years on the grounds of Ontario's Lakefield College School during a special benefit concert on May 23. The solo acoustic show marked Young's first full performance of 2025 and supported restoration efforts for a historic 116-year-old cottage nearby. Despite the cold and rainy conditions, attendees paid up to $1,500 for tickets to witness Young's intimate 18-song performance. While the set featured classics like "Heart of Gold," "Comes a Time" and "Sugar Mountain," it was the mid-show performance of "My Boy" that drew audible emotion from the crowd. Originally released on 1985's Old Ways LP, the banjo-led ballad is a tribute to Young's eldest son, Zeke Young. The song had not been performed live since the 1983 solo Trans tour. Hours earlier, Young had posted a vintage photo on social media of himself with Zeke and his late father, renowned Canadian journalist Scott Young. "Practicing for Lakefield, I was playing 'My Boy,' thinking about my own dad. I knew he must have heard this song," Young wrote. "My dad was a great guy and Zeke is a wonderful son. I think 'My Boy' is my favorite recording of all the ones I have done." The show comes ahead of Young's "Love Earth Tour," which launches June 18 in Sweden. The U.S. leg kicks off Aug. 8 in Charlotte, N.C. The setlist is expected to spotlight tracks from Young's upcoming album 
The L.A.-based pop duo Sparks is on track to score their first-ever UK No. 1 album with 
Legendary rock guitarist-singer-songwriter Rick Derringer, who penned such classics as "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and "Real American," died on May 26 in Ormond Beach, Fla. He was 77. Derringer's caretaker, Tony Wilson, shared news of the passing on his 
The song, produced by Derringer, topped the Billboard Hot 100 in May of 1973; he went on to replace Ronnie Montrose in the band shortly after and remained the Edgar Winter Group's guitarist and producer for the next three years. Also in 1973, Derringer enjoyed his first solo hit with "Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo" -- originally recorded by Johnny Winter; the song has had such a long life that it was used in the fourth season of Stranger Things. After leaving Edgar Winter's band, Derringer launched his eponymous group in 1976, which toured extensively throughout the decade and released several albums; their concerts were heavy on guitar dueling and showmanship, and climaxed with Derringer and his second guitarist dramatically throwing their guitars to each other from opposite sides of the stage. Throughout the 1970s and '80s Derringer also worked extensively as a session musician, playing on albums by Steely Dan (including 
Actor/director/writer/producer Garry Marshall, a beloved figure in show business responsible for such TV hits as 
Queen has issued a statement saying that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's use of their 1977 classic "We Are the Champions" during Day 1 of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 18 was "unauthorized" and "against our wishes." "An unauthorised use at the Republican Convention against our wishes," the band tweeted on July 19. Also on the same day, Queen's publishing company, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, weighed in: "Sony/ATV Music Publishing has never been asked by Mr. Trump, the Trump campaign or the Trump Organization for permission to use 'We are the Champions' by Queen. On behalf of the band, we are frustrated by the repeated unauthorized use of the song after a previous request to desist, which has obviously been ignored by Mr. Trump and his campaign." Sony/ATV went on to say that the band "does not want its music associated with any mainstream or political debate in any country," and that it does not want "We Are the Champions" "to be used as an endorsement of Mr. Trump and the political views of the Republican Party." "We trust, hope and expect that Mr. Trump and his campaign will respect these wishes moving forward," the statement concluded. In June, Queen guitarist Brian May had cautioned the Trump campaign to refrain from using the rousing ballad, saying "permission to use the track was neither sought nor given... We are taking advice on what steps we can take to ensure this use does not continue." - Billboard, 7/19/16...... In related news, the '60s pop band The Turtles is threatening to sue the Republicans for using its No. 1 1967 smash "Happy Together" as the GOP kicked off its convention earlier in the day. Turtles lead singer Howard Kaylan tweeted on July 18 that "We never approved this use... Now we call the laywers." In addition to Queen and The Turtles, several other musicians -- including Adele, Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and REM -- have refused to let the controversial politician use their music at his rallies. Meanwhile, cover of David Bowie's "Station to Station" by the house band at the convention, led by GE Smith of Saturday Night Live fame, has also raised eyebrows by some. The traditionally conservative audience was treated to the "Station to Station" lyric "It's not the side-effects of the cocaine / I'm thinking it must be love." - Billboard/New Musical Express, 7/19/16...... Paul McCartney was joined onstage by Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir during Macca's concert at Boston's Fenway Park on July 17 for jams of Wings' "Hi, Hi Hi" and the Beatles' classic "Helter Skelter." Weir's Dead & Company had just completed a two-night stand at the same venue, and Weir stuck around to perform with the Beatles legend for the first time ever. After the Boston gig, McCartney's One on One summer tour continued to Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Penn. - Billboard, 7/17/16...... In other McCartney news, a letter from Paul to the late Prince sold at auction for $14,822 on July 17. In the letter, McCartney greeted Prince as "Dear Princely person" and asked his fellow musician to help him set up the Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts. Sir Paul wrote that he was contacting "friends and all good people" asking for donations. He also told Prince: "One of these days you'll have to come and teach a class some moves!!" It is unknown if Prince made good on McCartney's request, as the vast majority of Prince's contributions to charity were made anonymously. Meanwhile, former Police frontman Sting has recorded a tribute to Prince as part of his first straight pop album in 17 years. Sting is putting the finishing touches on 57th & 9th, which will include "50,000," a ballad written the week Prince died in April. The album is named after the intersection in New York where Sting is recording 57th & 9th, which is produced by Sting's new manager, Martin Kierszenbaum. - NME, 7/19/16...... 
Alice Cooper says he's "tired of the rhetoric -- the mudslinging -- the media frenzy" going on in the current political scene in both the US and the UK, and is launching simultaneous campaigns to become both President and Prime Minister, respectively. On his just launched website aliceforprimeminister.com, the '70s shock-rocker outlines his manifesto, which includes "Getting Brian Johnson back in AC/DC, a snake in every pot, no more pencils no more books," and "adding Lemmy [Kilmister] to Mt Rushmore." Other amusing points include "a ban on talking during movies in theatres" and a "ban on taking selfies, except on a designated National Selfie Day." "He is asking his fellow Americans, his British friends and all those around the world who are disillusioned with their leaders, to join The Wild Party," according to a press release. "Alice Cooper is tackling the everyday concerns discussed among his fellow woman and man - the ordinary, decent hard working (and rocking) people he meets and entertains every day while performing nearly 100 concerts a year around the world." To accompany the campaign, the Coop has recorded a new version of his classic track "Elected," which originally came out in 1972. - New Musical Express, 7/15/16...... Diana Ross's summer tour hit the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on July 15, for her first L.A. performance in nearly three years. Descending from the ceiling of the Bowl stage on a swing while singing her smash single "I'm Coming Out," the Supremes legend then tore through a hits medley of "More Today Than Yesterday," "My World Is Empty Without You," "Baby Love," "Stop! In the Name of Love," "Come See About Me" and "You Can't Hurry Love." Ross also treated the crowd to a salute to the late Billie Holiday and the Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues in which she starred, performing "Don't Explain" and "Good Morning Heartache." Ross dedicated the latter tune to her former love and Motown label boss, Berry Gordy. She encored with a cover of Gloria Gaynor' "I Will Survive," "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)," and a reprise of "I Will Survive." Ross played a second show at the venue the following night. - Billboard, 7/16/16...... Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Heart, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick kicked off their co-headlinging Rock Hall Three For All Tour at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in suburban Detroit on July 14. All three bands have a touring history together -- tour headliner Heart and Cheap Trick date back to the '70s, and Heart and Jett have hit the road together extensively during the past couple years. "We all know each other and like each other, so it's cool," Heart's Ann Wilson said. Though the three acts did not collaborate at all during their sets, they made a point of paying homage to their own heroes as well as showcasing their respective repertoires. Cheap Trick payed homage to The Move with "California Man," Joan Jett covered Sly & the Family Stone's "Everyday People," and Heart paid tribute to Led Zeppelin with covers of "Immigrant Song" and "Misty Mountain Hop." The tour runs through Sept. 23. - Billboard, 7/15/16...... 
Speaking of Led Zeppelin, the band has announced it will release 
Jeff Beck is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his solo career in 2016, with a new album called 
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was hospitalized on July 10 after having a health scare as he was performing with the superband Hollywood Vampires during their performance at the Coney Island Ampitheater in Brooklyn. Perry, 65, was forced to leave the stage as the band performed a cover of Spirit's "I Got a Line on You." After the incident, fans and fellow artists tweeted their support for Perry, who is said to be in stable condition, including Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, who on July 13 said he is "really concerned" about his longtime bandmate. "It's starting to scare me a little bit," said Tyler. "I know they're putting out nothing, but he's recovering, he's really good, he fainted, exhaustion. But I know my brother. He's just about the only other guy that's as passionate about his art as I am," added Tyler, who is on the road promoting his new album 
In addition to his groundbreaking musical talent, late rock icon David Bowie also had a keen eye for fine art and modern British classics, and he amassed a collection of more than 400 objects d'art over his lifetime. Now Sotherby's Fine Art Auctions has announced it will publicly display the Bowie-owned paintings by "many of the most important British artists of the 20th Century" in November before putting them under the hammer in a three-part sale. The "Bowie/Collector" collection will be exhibited from Nov. 1-10 at Sotherby's in London, with review exhibitions also to be held in New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. "Art was, seriously, the only thing I'd ever wanted to own," Bowie told the New York Times in 1998. "It can change the way that I feel in the mornings." Meanwhile, Bowie's final album Blackstar, which was release on Jan. 8 and only two days before his death, has been named the best selling vinyl LP of 2016 to date. According to the vinyl publication The Vinyl Factory, Blackstar has sold 57,000 copies on vinyl so far this year, ahead of Adele's latest effort 25, which has sold 36,000 vinyl copies. - Billboard/NME, 7/14/16...... Pink Floyd's David Gilmour played his first ever concert at the historic Pompeii Ampitheatre in Italy on July 10. The 2,600 strong crowd was treated to an audio visual spectacle featuring lasers, pyrotechnics and a setlist featuring songs from throughout Gilmour's career, including the Pink Floyd classics "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "One of These Days" as well as selections from his latest solo album, Rattle That Lock. The ancient Roman stone ampitheatre was famously buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, and only uncovered after the Second World War. In 1971, Gilmour and the other members of Pink Floyd played there, with no audience present, for their 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. Gilmour's 2016 Rattle That Lock World Tour will continue in Italy, Germany, France and Belgium before wrapping with a five night stand at the Royal Albert Hall in London. - New Musical Express, 7/11/16...... An unexpected power cut during a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert in Paris on July 11 forced the New Jersey rocker to keep the crowd entertained by signing autographs and chatting with fans in close proximity to the stage, even joining his bandmates for an impromptu conga line. Once power was returned to the AccorHotels Arena after 20 minutes, The Boss launched into a rendition of his 1984 hit "Dancing in the Dark." The concert was the first of two gigs at the venue, with the band also performing there on July 13 before heading to Rome on July 16 to continue the European leg of his The River tour. - NME, 7/12/16...... Meat Loaf says he's signed up to a diet and fitness regime after he recently collapsed on stage during a gig in Canada. Meat Loaf, whose real name is Marvin Lee Aday, was playing a concert in Edmonton, Alberta when the incident occurred. He had previously cancelled shows in Moose Jaw and Calgary earlier in the week due to illness. "I'm okay. Weak. I've gotta go to physical therapy," Meat Loaf told Classic Rock magazine. "I had back surgery and knee surgery within the last two years, and the knee surgery failed, so I haven't been able to work out on tour." He added that he is now on a diet and has "lost getting close to 20 pounds now... So we're trying to watch out for my health and make it easier onstage." Meat Loaf says he plans to lose another 15 before he takes his tour to the U.K. behind his forthcoming album, 
The lyrics of Stevie Wonder's song "As" were quoted by Dallas Police Chief David Brown during a memorial service for five Dallas police officers who were fatally shot by a deranged gunman on July 7. Chief Brown said, among other lyrics: "Just as hate knows love's the cure, you can rest your mind assure that I'll be loving you always." Brown received a long, loud standing ovation from those in attendance. The five who died were shot during a protest against the police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Nine officers and two civilians were injured in the attack. Three days later on July 10 during a concert in the UK in Hyde Park for the British Summertime Festival, Stevie Wonder urged his fans to choose "love over hate" and expressed dismay over the troubles in the world. Wonder played his 1976 Grammy-winning album 
Chaka Khan released a statement on July 10 announcing that she and her sister, Yvonne Stevens, also known as Taka Boom, have both entered a drug rehabilitation program to battle their addictions to prescription drugs. Khan, 63, said the recent death of Prince motivated her to seek treatment and that said she has been battling an addiction to the same medication that led to Prince's untimely death on Apr. 21. "Unfortunately, I will miss concert appearances over the summer," she said. "However, it's vital that I put my health and well-being first. I know that I am disappointing some of my fans, but I also know they would want me to recover and be well and healthy." Khan said that she and her sister "agreed we would take this journey together and support each other through the recovery." The Grammy-winning Khan had one of her biggest hits with the Prince-penned song "I Feel For You," and the two were longtime friends. An autopsy found that Prince died of an overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid painkiller. - AP, 7/10/16...... The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on July 12 that it was closing the books on the unsolved case of the '70s hijacker known as D.B. Cooper, reasoning that its crime-fighting resources would be better used elsewhere. The famous case began on Nov. 24, 1971, when when a dark-haired man who called himself Dan Cooper, dressed in a business suit and tie and believed to be in his mid-40s, boarded a Northwest Orient Airlines flight in Portland, Oregon, bound for Seattle. After take-off, the man handed a flight attendant a note claiming he had a bomb in his briefcase and opened it to show a mass of wires and red sticks, according to the FBI's account of the incident. The aircraft safely landed in Seattle, where the man freed 36 passengers in exchange for $200,000 in cash from the airline and four parachutes, but kept several crew members aboard as the plane took off again, ordered this time to fly to Mexico City. At some point during that flight, at an altitude of about 10,000 feet (1.9 miles), the man executed one of the most flamboyant getaways in criminal history, leaping out of the back of the plane into the night with a parachute and the ransom money. Whether Cooper survived the jump over a rugged, wooded landscape somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nevada, has never been confirmed, and his true identity has never been established. The FBI said that evidence obtained during the course of the investigation "will now be preserved for historical purposes at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C." - Yahoo News, 7/12/16...... Oscar-winning director Michael Cimino, best known for the 1978 Vietnam war epic 
Appearing on the Comedy Network series The Colbert Report on Oct. 14, Neil Young said that Pres. Barack Obama should "be impeached" because of his apparent support for "fracking," the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas. "I think we should impeach him for fracking," said Young when asked by host Stephen Colbert if he thought Obama should be impeached over Iraq. "It's not in the interest of the American people... I am part of the free world, and he is the leader of the free world!" Young is making the media rounds to promote his new solo album 
The Doobie Brothers will release 
Country-pop icon Glen Campbell, who has been fighting the debilitating, destructive Alzheimer's brain disease, has released a powerful video for his final song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You." Directed by James Keach, the clip is a portrait of Campbell's great career and his life away from music. But it's tempered by images of the treatment he's undergone for Alzheimer's. There's an emotional impact to the words and vision of "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" that recalls one of Johnny Cash's final recordings, "Hurt." "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," which Campbell recorded in Jan. 2013 for the soundtrack of the documentary Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, opens with the lyric, "I'm still here but yet I'm gone. I don't play guitar or sing my song. It never defined who I am, the man who loves you till the end." Such famous musicians as Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift appeared in the documentary to pay tribute to the "Rhinestone Cowboy singer. Campbell, 78, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2011 and he was moved into a long-term care facility earlier this year. he was named both CMA Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year in 1968, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. The veteran performer has sold more than 45 million albums over the course of his career. - Billboard, 10/13/14....... Billy Joel has reportedly sold one of his beachfront mansions on Long Island. The 5,500-square-foot, four bedroom home that sits on 145 feet of beach front was sold earlier in October, and the buyer and price have not been disclosed. Sagaponack, a village in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, was been listed as the most expensive small village in the U.S in 2009. Joel has other homes on Long Island. - AP, 10/16/14...... Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon have announced plans for an inaugural "Ozzfiesta" at a Hard Rock hotel in Mexico for May 27-31, 2015. The five-day event is described as "an all-inclusive getaway with live music, meet and greets and more." The couple have put up a website devoted to the event, and Ozzy confirms he'll be playing a headlining set, and a dinner party will be hosted by Sharon. The first 500 rooms sold will also include a meet and greet with the singer. Osbourne has previously held a series of annual Ozzfest events in America; however, this is the first time the singer has taken the festival to Mexico. Meanwhile, Ozzy took to Twitter on Oct. 13 for a Q&A session with fans after beginning an #askOzzy hashtag on the site. The 65-year-old rocker revealed that he has "no vices" but "loves beans on toast." In still more Ozzy news, the musician is set to be receive the Global Icon award at the 2014 MTV EMAs, which are set for the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on Nov. 9. Osbourne will receive the MTV Global Icon award in recognition of his work as both a member of Black Sabbath and a solo artist. - New Musical Express, 10/16/14...... In more award show news, '70s artists Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Cat Stevens, Steve Miller, Steve Winwood, Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey and Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart are among the 12 nominees for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015. The selected songwriters will be inducted next June at a New York gala. Meanwhile, Nile Rodgers of Chic picked up a Song of the Year award at the 2014 BMI London awards at the citiy's Dorchester Hotel on Oct. 13. Rodgers accepted the award for "Get Lucky," which he co-wrote with Daft Punk and Pharrel Williams. Legendary lyricist Tim Rice, whose credits include Jesus Christ Superstar and The Lion King, was also honored with a BMI Icon award for his body of work. In BMI's always-interesting Million-Air Awards category, which honor's a song's combined radio plays in the U.S., awards went to Sting's "Every Breath You Take" (12 million), Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" (11 million), Eric Clapton's "Layla" (9 million), Free's "All Right Now" (5 million), and Eagle-Eye Cherry's "Save Tonight" (4 million). Attendees included Rice, Rodgers, Morrison, Cherry, Ray Davies, Don Black and BMI president Mike O'Neill. - AP/Billboard, 10/16/14...... 
A massive remastered collection of Joni Mitchell's greatest hits, 
Bob Seger was the musical guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on Oct. 14 and treated viewers to a cover of the John Hiatt-penned song "Detroit Made," which appears on the Detroit rocker's latest album, 
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Wisconsin-based clothing manufacturer Duluth Trading Company is being sued by Eagles principal Don Henley over the company's use of it's new marketing slogan, "Don a Henley and Take It Easy," a reference to the band's 1972 breakthrough single co-written by Jackson Browne and Eagles' member Glenn Frey. Attorneys representing Henley, who is known for being quite protective of his intellectual property, filed a suit in California district court on Oct. 10 claiming unauthorized use of the musician's name, trademarks and publicity rights. The suit charges Duluth Trading Company takes advantage of Henley's celebrity and is likely to cause confusion among consumers about the source of sponsorship. "This kind of thing happens with some degree of frequency and the members of the Eagles always defend their rights, often at great expense," a rep for Henley told The Hollywood Reporter. "One would think that the people in charge of marketing for these corporations would have learned by now that U.S. law forbids trading on the name of a celebrity without permission from that celebrity... Both Mr. Henley and the Eagles'... names are their trademarks and, therefore, they take offense when an individual or a business tries to piggyback and capitalize on their art, their hard work and their goodwill in the public arena." - The Hollywood Reporter, 10/10/14.
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has signed a new management deal with Larry Rudolph's ReignDeer Entertainment, the same firm that represents such acts as Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus. "At this exciting new time in my career, there was need for a big change," Tyler told Billbaord. "After meeting and getting to know Larry and (his partner) Rebecca Lambrecht and seeing that we all share the same vision, I knew it was the perfect time for me to work with people who truly have my best interest and well-being in mind. I look forward to making incredible history together and having FUN while we take over the world, work and travel on the most adventurous journey you could ever imagine." Tyler, who just wrapped Aerosmith's "Let Rock Rule" tour with the band, is currently working on a solo album. Meanwhile, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry says that their will be "stuff that (Tyler) is going to take exception to" in his just-released memoir, 
On Oct. 10 The Who announced itineraries for two North American "The Who Hits 50!" tour legs in 2015, with a 20-date spring trek kicking off Apr. 15 in Tampa, Fla., and running through May 30 in Forest Hills, N.Y. The tour then resumes in the fall on Sept. 14 in San Diego for 24 more shows and runs through Nov. 4 in Philadelphia. The tour will feature exclusive VIP packages, including reserved tickets for premium seats, access to a VIP pre-show soundcheck, pre-show VIP parties and autographed limited edition memorabilia. Tour details can be found on the band's 
Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry will be among the headliners of a John Lennon charity tribute concert set for New York City's Symphony Space on Dec. 5. The nonprofit Theatre Within made the announcement on Oct. 8, a day before what would have been Lennon's 74th birthday. Other performers set to perform include Kate Pierson of the B-52s, Joan Osborne, Marshall Crenshaw and Ben E. King. Commenting on the event, Lennon's widow Yoko Ono said in a statement: "I share Theatre Within's belief that music and the performing arts have a special power to bring people together and inspire us to make a positive difference. It's beautiful that the Tribute continues to have such a powerful impact in John's memory." Proceeds will benefit Lennon and Ono's Spirit Foundation. Meanwhile, the full back catalog of John's solo work was made available on the popular streaming service Spotify on Oct. 7. From 1970's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band to 1984's posthumous Milk and Honey, Spotify now offers listeners Lennon's eight proper solo albums and three official compilations. Not included are Lennon's trio of avant garde albums with Yoko (1968's Two Virgins and 1969's Life With the Lions and Wedding Album). Lennon now joins bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to Spotify as solo artists. The Beatles, who have an exclusive arrangement with iTunes, are currently not available through Spotify. - AP/Billboard, 10/8/14...... In other Beatles-related news, Paul McCartney has offered his support to save St Luke's Church, an arts venue in his hometown of Liverpool. Posting on his official site, Sir Paul wrote: "The people of Liverpool should do everything possible to keep this venue open for the use of the people and run by the people. It is a place that is regularly staffed by students from LIPA and every-day people of all ages, religions and backgrounds. It would be a terrible shame if we lost this cultural icon." Representatives from the church, better known as "The Bombed-Out Church," have raised over £20,000 to help running costs of the iconic Leece Street building. The church was built in 1832 and has served as a concert hall before and since the 1941 Liverpool Blitz, which left the venue as a roofless shell. St Luke's curator Ambrose Reynolds said it "means the world for us to have the support of this international legend." McCartney joins the likes of Yoko Ono in lending his support to the cause. - New Musical Express, 10/8/14...... Elsewhere on the Fab Four front, George Harrison's childhood home will be auctioned off later in October in his hometown of Liverpool, England. Harrison was six years old when he and his family moved in to the house in 1950, and they remained there until 1962. The late musician, who died in 2001, was living there when he met Paul McCartney, and he, McCartney, John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe formed the Beatles in 1960. The Harrisons were offered the home as government-owned public housing, and the house today has been completely renovated. The property features three bedrooms, a sitting room and a garden, and the auction will begin bidding at roughly $160,600. John Lennon's former home sold for $772,000 in Oct. 2013. "Taking into consideration the location, the property itself and the background, we expect a lot of interest locally and internationally," said Stephen Giddins of Realtor Entwistle Green. - UPI, 10/8/14...... With her remake of Adele's 2011 No. 1 smash "Rolling in the Deep" debuting on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart at No. 47, Aretha Franklin has become the first female, and just the fourth artist overall, to place 100 career titles on that chart. Franklin's interpretation the song incorporates a choral arrangement of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," made famous in 1967 by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. "Rolling" is the first cut from 
Patti Smith has announced she will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of her acclaimed 1975 album 
Geoffrey Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter, dancer and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway, famously