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As expected, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band have rolled out 22 North American stadium and arena dates for this summer and fall. The band is currently on the road and will head out for a string of European dates before returning stateside in August.

As of now, the new North American leg kicks off on August 9th at Chicago's Wrigley Field and runs through December 8th at San Francisco's Chase Center.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band next perform on February 16th at Austin's Moody Center.

Bruce Springsteen explained that each and every concert has its own indelible fingerprint: "The inner-dynamics of it are very unusual, if done with a certain state of mind, y'know? It's like, it's new every night. It's hard to explain, but it really comes to life uniquely on a nightly basis. There's no two nights that were ever the same."

NEWLY ADDED: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band North American tour dates (subject to change):

August 9 - Chicago, IL - Wrigley Field
Onsale: Friday, February 17 at 10:00 AM CT

August 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Citizens Bank Park
Onsale: Tuesday, February 28 at 10:00 AM ET

August 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Citizens Bank Park
Onsale: Tuesday, February 28 at 10:00 AM ET

August 24 - Foxborough, MA - Gillette Stadium
Verified Fan Onsale: Monday, February 27 at 10:00 AM ET

August 28 - Washington, DC - Nationals Park
Verified Fan Onsale: Tuesday, February 28 at 10:00 AM ET

August 30 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium
Verified Fan Onsale: Friday, February 24 at 10:00 AM ET

September 1 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium
Verified Fan Onsale: Friday, February 24 at 12:00 PM ET

September 7 - Syracuse, NY - JMA Wireless Dome
Verified Fan Onsale: Friday, February 24 at 10:00 AM ET

September 9 - Baltimore, MD - Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Verified Fan Onsale: Tuesday, February 28 at 10:00 AM ET

September 12 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
Verified Fan Onsale: Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM ET

November 3 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
Verified Fan Onsale: Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM PT

November 6 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
Verified Fan Onsale: Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM MT

November 8 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
Verified Fan Onsale: Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM MT

November 10 - Winnipeg, MB - Canada Life Centre
Verified Fan Onsale: Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM CT

November 14 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
Verified Fan Onsale: Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM ET

November 16 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
Verified Fan Onsale: Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM ET

November 18 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre
Verified Fan Onsale: Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM ET

November 20 - Montreal, QC - Centre Bell
Verified Fan Onsale: Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM ET

November 30 - Phoenix, AZ - Footprint Center
Verified Fan Onsale: Wednesday, February 22 at 10:00 AM MT

December 4 - Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum
Verified Fan Onsale: Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM PT

December 6 - Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum
Verified Fan Onsale: Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM PT

December 8 - San Francisco, CA - Chase Center
Verified Fan Onsale: Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM PT

BTS' Suga will embark on his first solo world tour this spring.

According to the singer's announcement on WeVerse, the North American leg includes Belmont Park, NY; Newark, NJ; Rosemont, IL; Los Angeles, CA and Oakland, CA.

He will also be making stops in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Korea and Japan.

The official title of the tour will be unveiled at a later date.

Charlie Puth announced Tuesday (February 14th) that he will be embarking on a 2023 tour.

Charlie Puth Presents The "Charlie" Live Experience kicks off on May 24th at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Dallas. He'll make stops across the U.S. and Canada in Atlanta, Miami, New York and more before wrapping up in Los Angeles at The Greek Theatre on July 11th.

The general onsale for The "Charlie" Live Experience will start Friday, February 17th.

Pink paid tribute to her late father on Instagram Tuesday (February 14th).

Her new single, "When I Get There," played over a carousel of childhood photos in a post with the hashtag "hewasmyfirstvalentine."

She wrote, "Sometimes love leaves us too soon. On Valentine's Day – I cherish the love I have that I can touch – and the love I have in my heart for those who have gone on to the next adventure. This one's for you, Daddy Sir."

'80s icons Genesis and Sting topped Forbes' recent list of highest paid entertainers. The recently-reunited Genesis raked in a cool $230 million thanks to the cash windfall their "The Last Doimino" reunion tour brought in -- although it seems to not include the recent sale of their collective publishing.

Sting snagged a $210 million payday thanks in part to the highly publicized -- and extremely lucrative -- sale of his publishing catalogue to Universal Music Group.

Honorable mention goes to the only fellow rockers of the list -- the Rolling Stones who saw a $98 million profit thanks to their recent roadwork.

Phil Collins, who had stated that this was Genesis' final tour, told us that he feels as though his entire career has been a series of brilliant and happy accidents: "It's like being adrift in a boat. I fell asleep once on my boat on the lake in Geneva. I woke up and I was nearly at the bank. I just drifted all this way, and sometimes I look at my career like that. 'How did I get here? I didn't want to be here. I didn't even want to be a singer. I'm a drummer, y'know?' But things happen, and suddenly your life takes a big diversion and you're not really so aware of it at the time."

Highest-Paid Entertainers of 2022 according to Forbes:

1. Genesis - $230 million
2. Sting - $210 million
3. Tyler Perry - $175 million
4. Trey Parker & Matt Stone - $160 million
5. James L. Brooks & Matt Groening - $105 million
6. Brad Pitt - $100 million
7. The Rolling Stones - $98 million
8. James Cameron - $95 million
9. Taylor Swift - $92 million
10. Bad Bunny - $88 million

SHAKIRA SINGS ALONG TO 'KILL BILL': Shakira posted a video to Instagram on Valentine's Day where she sang along to SZA's "Kill Bill." The newly-single singer can be seen in the clip lip syncing the lyrics, "I might kill my ex," while mopping the kitchen floor.

LADY GAGA SHARES FIRST IMAGE OF 'FOLIE A DEUX': Lady Gaga shared a snap of herself in the forthcoming musical, Joker: Folie à Deux. In the Joker sequel, the "Bloody Mary" singer will portray Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck.

Britain's Mojo magazine has listed the Top Ten "Greatest Who Albums." The band's classic 1971 set Who's Next topped the list, with 1969's double-album rock opera Tommy coming in second. The Top Three was rounded out by the band's third album, 1967's pop art concept set, The Who Sell Out.

It's interesting to note that two compilations -- the 1994 box set, 30 Years Of Maximum R&B, and the 2000 live-in-studio set BBC Sessions -- made the list, while six of the band's proper studio sets did not: 1965's My Generation; 1974's Odds & Sods; 1978's Who Are You; 1981's Face Dances; 1982's It's Hard; and 2019's WHO.

Pete Townshend told us that although "Baba O'Riley" -- the lead track on Who's Next and the band's current concert-closer -- has been a radio and concert staple for the band for decades, most of the Who's fans still don't have a clue what the song is really about: "'Baba O'Riley,' y'know that song was meant to be the opening music, the back story to the movie that was going to be Lifehouse. So, it's not about getting wasted, it's about the fact that we, at that time, back in those days, we seemed to as a society (to) have our way of giving our young people a sense of value."

The Who's 'Top Ten Greatest Albums' according to Mojo magazine:

1. Who's Next (1971)
2. Tommy (1969)
3. The Who Sell Out (1967)
4. Quadrophenia (1973)
5. Live At Leeds (1970)
6. Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy (1971)
7. 30 Years Of Maximum R&B (1994)
8. A Quick One (1966)
9. Endless Wire (2006)
10. BBC Sessions (2000)

Van Halen fans are in for treat with the recently released book, Tonechaser - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey With Edward Van Halen. The tome by musician, friend, and journalist Steve Rosen chronicles the pairs relationship between 1977 and 2003.

In addition to major in-depth chats with Van Halen over the course of his most important years creatively, Rosen is able to paint a vivid picture of life on the road, hanging out, recording at 5150 and just simply existing in the rarefied air Eddie Van Halen lived and breathed.

Steve Rosen spoke about the difficulty in juggling the dual-role of being both a die-hard Van Halen fan -- and an actual buddy to the guy creating the music: "Ed would ask me about a song or he would play something for me and I'd go, 'Yeah, really good' -- when in my head and my heart I'm thinking, 'This is so remarkable, I don't even know the words for it, Edward. What and I supposed to say, to you?' And his response to me -- because I almost came off as if I was underwhelmed -- was, like, 'Well, man, I thought it was really neat, I thought it was really good.' I had to walk this line between going overboard every second I was with him."

Tonechaser - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey With Edward Van Halen is available via Amazon.

It was 58 years ago today (February 15th, 1965) that the Beatles recorded their eighth U.S. Number One hit, "Ticket To Ride." The session was the Beatles' first for the year and the start of the Help! album, which featured a new technique for the group. Instead of recording multiple takes of each song, they began by recording a very simple basic track, and then overdubbing on top of it.

"Ticket To Ride," written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, was inspired by an early visit to the British town of Rhyde, which made the song's title a subtle in-joke within the band. The session also marked the first time that McCartney played lead guitar on a Beatles session, performing the song's galloping solo. The song's distinctive circular introduction, however, was played by George Harrison. Years later, John Lennon, who criticized the performance and sound of many of the Beatles' biggest records, was especially proud of "Ticket To Ride," and credited McCartney with suggesting to Ringo Starr the song's slightly off-the-beat drumming.

Also taped that evening at London's Abbey Road Studios were two more songs featured in the group's Help! movie: McCartney's "Another Girl," which also featured the three-guitar lineup of Lennon, Harrison and McCartney, and George Harrison's "I Need You." "I Need You" was only Harrison's second released solo composition, and was written about his future wife Pattie Boyd.

Pattie Boyd told us that Harrison often felt his material was passed over on Beatles albums to make more room for Lennon-McCartney songs: "I think he felt quite often that Paul didn't think that his songs were quite good enough for a Beatles album. Because he felt that he was being left out quite often -- song-wise. Obviously Paul and John together were terribly prolific, and if not together then individually. It was all, y'know, a question of time."

Although it was later a four-week Number One hit in America, "Yesterday" first reached British fans as one of the non-soundtrack songs buried on Side Two of Help! Paul McCartney admits that he's still astounded at the continuing popularity of 'Yesterday' -- which remains the most covered song in modern history: "My most successful song was 'Yesterday' that got covered by just everyone. 3,000 people including Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Elvis (Presley), Frank Sinatra -- I mean, I should be so lucky. It's just unbelievable. But that one song; I woke up one morning and I had dreamed it. See, I don't know where it came from. I just woke up (sings melody) -- I had that song. So, I believe in magic."

The late-Beatles producer George Martin recalled to us how 'Help!' was a late in the game addition to both the "Fab Four's" second feature film as well as their fifth UK album: "'Help!,' of course was originally written for the film. And John was the one who came up with the title song, because up till that time, the film wasn't called Help! -- and it was the song that made it."

During his 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, John Lennon listed "Help!" as among his best songs: "Because I meant it. It's real. The lyric is as good now as is was then, it's no different. And it makes me feel good that I was that sensible or whatever -- not sensible, but aware of myself then. It was just me singing ‘Help' -- and I meant it. I don't like the recording that much -- the song I like. We did it too fast to try and be commercial."

"Ticket To Ride" was released on April 19th, 1965 and on May 22nd went on to become the Beatles' eighth Number One hit.

Happy Birthday to Brian Holland, who turns 82 today (February 15th)!!! Holland along with brother Eddie, and Lamont Dozier, formed Motown's legendary songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, and have written nearly 300 songs -- including the Four Tops' Top Ten hits "Standing In The Shadows Of Love," "Bernadette," "It's The Same Old Song," and their Number Ones "I Can't Help Myself" and "Reach Out (I'll Be There)."

Holland-Dozier-Holland are also responsible for writing and producing Martha & the Vandellas' "Nowhere To Run," "Heatwave" and "Jimmy Mack." However, they are best known for their string of Number Ones with the Supremes, including "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Stop! In The Name Of Love," "Come See About Me," "Back In My Arms Again," and "I Hear A Symphony."

Sadly, the great Lamont Dozier died last August 9th of undisclosed causes.

Not long before his passing, Lamont Dozier told us that he and the Holland brothers took great pains to make their compositions great records -- as well as timeless songs: "If I'm there working on 'I Hear A Symphony' or Brian is working on 'Stop! In The Name Of Love' -- whatever it is, we would get together and figure out where do we go from one point to the other, so that the song sounds different, that it's not trite musically, production-wise. And have something that would say something that would give a person a lift."

Motown labelmate Martha Reeves says that it was the Supremes being taken under the wings of Holland-Dozier-Holland that first turned the group's then-hitless career around: "The machinery got intact when Holland-Dozier-Holland were assigned to the Supremes, who had been there all along, and very well deserving of a hit. Well, Smokey Robinson had put out a whole album of singles on the Supremes, but none of them had a hit the way that his music had hit with Mary Wells."

Brian Holland told us that the global success of the partners' work pretty much took them all by surprise: "Y'know when we were writing songs all along, we thought that they were hits, but we didn't necessarily (laughs) think they were gonna change the world! We're as shocked as anybody else that they shook the world, and are still shaking the world, so to speak."

Otis Williams of the Temptations told us that when he first heard Holland-Dozier-Holland's production of the Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" he was left speechless: "When I heard that, I said, 'Man, these guys are something else. Y'know they don't only write songs they write unusual, strong, melodic, different chord structure-flowing kind of songs."

Although Holland-Dozier-Holland were never too self-congratulatory over their many Motown successes, years after its release Brian Holland says that the lyrics to "I Hear A Symphony" actually reduced him to tears: "Only one song ever really got me. I talked to my brother about it years ago -- it was 'I Hear A Symphony.' Somehow, I was coming out of a health club, and it was on the radio. And then I just start taking in the lyrics, (I) pulled over and my eyes started tearing up, y'know what I mean. There were some hell of a lyrics on that, man. 'Cause it kept going on and building. What he did, he built upon top of emotion on top of emotion -- which really got me. 'I hear a symphony. . . as you talk to me . . . (laughs) as you touch me. . . as you. . .' Y'know what I mean? You just build upon emotion and it really got to me."

Holland-Dozier-Holland was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

In 2009, Motown founder Berry Gordy presented Holland-Dozier-Holland with the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in New York City.

Post Malone was recently turned away from a bar in Australia because of his facial tattoos.

Posty was reportedly denied access to QT Perth's rooftop bar because his ink did not meet the venue's dress code.

He told The West Australian, "They turned me away for my tattoos. I've never really experienced anything like that."

According to Billboard, the venue's dress code prohibits, "face, neck and offensive tattoos."

Reports say that Rihanna hid her pregnancy throughout her SuperBowl rehearsals by wearing baggy clothing. Sources told TMZ that the most of the singer's dancers had no idea that RiRi was pregnant before she hit the stage.

Sources say that the singer was wearing baggy clothing on both Saturday and Sunday before the performance.

In related news, RiRi's Halftime performance bought in 118.7 million viewes during the broadcast, earning her the status of the most-watched Super Bowl Halftime show since Katy Perry's Halftime Show in 2015. She is also the second most watched Super Bowl Halftime performance on record. Immediately after her 13-minute set, Rih's concurrent listeners on Apple Music spiked by a whopping 331%.

Stephen Stills and Neil Young will team up on April 22nd for the 2023 "Light Up The Night" benefit at L.A.'s Greek Theater. As of now, the show will mark the pair's first concert appearance since the recent death of bandmate David Crosby.

Joining the pair is Willie Nelson's son and Neil Young collaborator, Lukas Nelson, Stills' sons Chris and Oliver Stills, and David Crosby's son and longtime solo and Crosby, Stills, & Nash keyboardist James Raymond. Also appearing are three autistic artists -- rapper Rio "Soulshocka" Wyles, opera singer Amanda Anderson, and singer and guitarist Will Breman. More artists will be announced soon.

Stills and wife Kristen launched the charity gig back in 2013 to benefit and support Autism Speaks. The organization is near and dear to Stills' heart with his adult son Henry on the autism spectrum.

Buyer pre-sale begins Wednesday, February 15th at 10 a.m. PST, local pre-sale begins Thursday, February 16th at 10 a.m. PST, and public on-sale starts Friday, February 17th at 10 a.m. PST via TicketMaster.com.

Stephen Stills and Neil Young's musical connection goes back to the heady Sunset Strip days. Stills told us that Buffalo Springfield self-destructed after only three albums, because they were simply too hot to last: "It was so laden with talent, this bunch, that we just hit the track going so fast that we went into the wall with no skid marks. Y'know, we spun out, but we spun out because we didn't realize how hot the car was."

Taylor Swift was the highest paid female entertainer of 2022.

According to Forbes, the "Anti-Hero" singer took in a whopping $92 million last year.

She is the ninth highest paid entertainer overall, following Genesis, Sting, Tyler Perry, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, James L. Brooks & Matt Groening, Brad Pitt, Rolling Stones, and James Cameron.

Bruce Springsteen has written a new song for the indie movie, She Came To Me. The film premieres at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend and co-stars Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, and Anne Hathaway.

The new Springsteen track, "Addicted To Romance," features longtime Springsteen producer Ron Aniello behind the boards with the film's primary composer and orchestrator Bryce Dessner, along with backing vocals by Patti Scialfa, Benjamin Lanz on trombone, and Kyle Resnick on trumpet.

Director Rebecca Miller shed light on how she snagged "The Boss" to contribute the song to her film: "I really love Bruce's music. For the end of She Came To Me, we wanted an original song. I had a secret wish it might be Bruce, but I was reluctant to ask because I felt it was so unlikely, and frankly I was a bit shy. . . I approached him. Bruce and (his wife Patti Scialfa) ended up watching the film, and, to my delight, they both loved it! Bruce said he'd take a few days to see if anything came to him for a song. Miraculously, 'Addicted To Romance' was the result. He says he was inspired by the film, which is a great honor for me."

It's probably no coincidence that Bruce Springsteen was drawn to a film, in which psychotherapy plays a significant role. Springsteen has been open about how therapy has centered him as depression has continued to lay him pretty low with seemingly no notice: "It lasted for a long time. In my 60's it would last for a year, then it would slip away, then it would come back for a year-and-a-half. It sneaks up on you. It's like this thing that engulfs you. I got to where I didn't want to get out of bed, and you're not behaving very well at home, and you're tough on everybody -- hopefully not the kids. I always tried to hide it from the kids, but, y'know, Patti really had to work with me through it. And her strength and the love she had was very important, y'know, as far as guiding me through it. She said, 'Well, you're going to be okay -- maybe not today' (laughs) '. . . or tomorrow, but it's gonna be alright."

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band perform tonight (February 14th) at Houston's Toyota Center.

BTS' Jimin is getting ready to unleash his solo album next month.

Billboard reports that the K-pop superstar revealed his plans on WeVerse Friday (February 10th).

According to a translation, he said, "I think the album I've been working on is going to drop in around March. I'm currently preparing lots of things that I can do together with you guys around that time. I'm planning lots of different kinds of things we can do to have fun together and enjoy ourselves, so I think you can safely look forward to it."

To date, Jimin has released the solo songs "Lie,", "Intro: Serendipity," "Filter," and his 2022 collaboration with Ha Sung-woon on the Our Blues soundtrack song, "With You."

Miley Cyrus took to her Instagram Stories Monday (February 13th) to celebrate the one month anniversary of "Flowers" as it leads the Billboard Hot 100 for the fourth week.

She wrote, "Happy 1 month anniversary of ‘Flowers.' To still be celebrating #1 on the hot 100 & around the world is phenomenal. With Valentine's Day coming up tomorrow this song feels even more meaningful to me. I hope this holiday is filled with the joy of honoring love in all of its forms. It's human nature to want to give & receive it. Sharing your love is special but it's always important to save enough of that love for yourself.

"You are enough anything more is just extra. Thank you for another incredible week. I love you."

Bon Jovi's co-founding guitarist Richie Sambora was revealed as "The Masked Potato" on Britain's talent show, The Masked Singer. Loudwire reported, "Over the course of his run, Sambora had performed Elvis Presley's 'Viva Las Vegas,' Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah,' Fleetwood Mac's 'Go Your Own Way' and John Newman's "Love Me Again."

During the performance of 'Go Your Own Way' he even played guitar while in costume, which took a bit of doing. Sambora appeared on England's Sunday Brunch on Channel Four and explained: "They cut my gloves off and matched (my) fingers to gloves" -- and admitted he couldn't see the instrument while playing it.

During a recent chat with Yahoo Entertainment, Slash admitted that Guns N' Roses' behavior back in the 1980's would've gotten them "cancelled" today.

Although taken to task back in the day for their at times gluttonous behavior -- along with material that was often deemed misogynistic and homophobic -- Slash says there's no way the band would've survived unscathed in these more PC-centric times: "Everything that we did (laughs) would've gotten us cancelled in this day and age. We would not have fared well in this environment, for sure. I mean, on so many levels -- right? But that's just, y'know. . . I mean, a lot of things from back then would be what you considered, uh, 'acceptable' at this moment in time. I can't put my thing on a specific thing because, 'cause it's pretty much all of it."

Guns N' Roses will next perform on June 30th at London's Hyde Park.

Today (February 14th) marks the 53rd anniversary of the recording of the Who's legendary 1970 gig at England's Leeds University Refectory -- the concert which eventually became their first live set, Live At Leeds.

The original 1970 release only featured six tracks, including elongated versions of "My Generation" and "Magic Bus" along with show stoppers such as Mose Allison's "Young Man Blues," their 1966 single "Substitute," and covers of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' "Shakin' All Over."

Roger Daltrey told us that although he loves the Live At Leeds album, he isn't wild about his particular performance that night: "I always felt under pressure when anything was knowingly being recorded. I didn't mind if people were kind of surreptitiously doing it. Personally, it wasn't one of my best gigs, but the individual in the band never sees the band in the audience's perspective. It's a great album. I love that album because it captures a moment in time."

The original expanded two-disc version of Live At Leeds features such Who standards as "I Can't Explain," "Tattoo," "Happy Jack," "I'm A Boy," "A Quick One While He's Away," and a complete performance of the rock opera Tommy -- including live staples as "Pinball Wizard," "The Acid Queen," "Christmas," "Cousin Kevin," "Sparks," "I'm Free," "We're Not Gonna Take It,' and "See Me, Feel Me."

The "Super-Deluxe 40th Anniversary Collectors' Edition" of Live At Leeds included the band's 1970 Hull's City Hall concert taped two nights after the Leeds show, on February 16th, 1970. The Live At Hull collection was reissued separately in 2012.

Daltrey, who makes it a point to never dwell on the band's past or delve into its massive archive, feels that Hull had a slight edge over the Leeds show in terms of the band's performance: "I mean, it's a great album. It does capture the energy of the period. My recollection of the two nights was that I've always felt that Hull was a better performance. I haven't heard the record, so I might be wrong on that, but it always felt that it was to me."

Pete Townshend says that no matter what genre of music the Who tackled, their musical shorthand was able to carry them through uncharted waters: "The chemistry of the Who originally, the instrumentalists, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, and I talk about myself as another creature here, y'know. I wrote the songs and then I would give the songs to this trio. They would do something to the chemistry that was very, very chaotic but very, very internalized, and it was chemistry. We didn't understand how it worked, we couldn't explain how it worked, it just worked."

The latest version of the set, which marks the third time the 1970 classic has been expanded and reissued, is now housed in a hard-back box with cover artwork reproducing the original black stamped vinyl first UK pressing.

The expanded Live At Leeds was reissued twice on CD -- in 1995 and 2001 -- each time featuring more songs from the Leeds show from February 14th, 1970 -- with the 2001 version including the Who's full performance of Tommy.

Thanks to digital technology, the newly added Hull concert utilizes John Entwistle's bass parts from the Leeds show to cover the missing bass amp feed, which rendered the Hull show unsuitable for release back in the day.

Live At Leeds was released on May 16th, 1970 and peaked at Number Four on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and reaching Number Three in Britain.

The only single taken off the set, a cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" became a radio staple peaking at Number 27 and 38 in America and Britain, respectively.

The Who returned to perform at Leeds University twice after the legendary show -- on November 21st, 1970 and June 17th, 2006. The band most recently performed in Leeds on December 2nd, 2014 at First Direct Arena.

In 2020 -- 50 years to the day of the original 1970 Leeds show -- the Who commemorated the anniversary with a pair of acoustic shows at Pryzm in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England. Highlights from the night were released as a bonus disc on the expanded version of 2019's WHO as Live As Kingston.

It was 56 years ago today (February 14th, 1967) that the late, great Aretha Franklin recorded her cover version of Otis Redding's "Respect." Redding had originally recorded the song in 1965 and scored only a moderate hit when it peaked at Number 35. Redding's arrangement was slightly more upbeat and consisted of only verses with no chorus or bridge.

Aretha recorded the song in New York City's Atlantic Studios, playing piano on the track and using the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section -- a group of four session musicians who mainly played sessions in Nashville and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, before later starting their own Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. It was Aretha's idea to use the tape of King Curtis's sax solo from Sam & Dave's "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" -- which was recorded the night before at Memphis' Stax Studios -- to create a new bridge to the song.

The song's producer Tom Dowd recalled the session: "Aretha said she liked the song, and started running (through it), although Aretha's sister Carolyn (Franklin) was instrumental in the tempo aspect of it, the way they did it with (the) 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T' lines . . . It just went by very easily."

Not long before her 2018 death, we asked Aretha if she was aware at the time that she was recording one of the most iconic records in all of rock, pop and soul history: "At the time, no. It was just good and funky, and I liked it, and my sister and I put the 'sock it to me' phrase to it. And of course, a little later it became a mantra for civil rights groups and various other people."

Aretha's version of "Respect" debuted in the Billboard Top 40 on May 6th, 1967, and hit Number One on June 3rd, holding down the top spot for two weeks.

Apart from being a radio staple since its release, the song has been featured in movies like Platoon, Forrest Gump, Mystic Pizza, and Back To School -- as well as having been used prominently on Candace Bergen's hit TV show Murphy Brown.

Dave Grohl played a rare private gig on February 10th at Phoenix, Arizona's Crescent Ballroom for Crown Royal whiskey. Grohl, who was featured in a Super Bowl ad for the famed Canadian Whisky, performed a four-song set at the invitation-only event, "which was meant to celebrate the hospitality and military communities while working with two of the brand's long-standing charity partners, CreatiVets and Packages From Home."

Grohl's mini-set consisted of acoustic run-throughs of "Times Like These," "My Hero," "Best Of You," and "Everlong."

Blabbermouth transcribed some of Grohl's comments to the crowd regarding his and Foo Fighters' connection to Crown Royal, stating, "If you're wondering why I'm here. I've had a long and fruitful relationship with Crown Royal. This goes back a long, long time. I'm talking, like, late-'90s, maybe mid-'90s. We went and we hung out with this band called Pantera a long time. If you've ever had a night with Pantera, you won't remember it. But Pantera loved the Crown Royal. And they got us hooked on that Crown Royal."

Grohl went on to recall, "It got to the point where we started getting the Crown Royal backstage. Then it got to the point where we started bringing that f***ing Crown Royal on the stage with us. Then it got to the point where our audience knew that we loved Crown Royal loved so much that our fans actually f***ing made a cape of the purple bags and sent it to us. So when we were. . . That record -- our fourth record -- has the song 'All My Life' and a bunch of s**t on it. I was wearing that f***ing cape while we were mixing that record. Prized possession."

Harry Styles won big at the Brit Awards Saturday (February 11th) night.

The former One Direction bandmember took home the awards for Pop/R&B Act, Song of the Year, Artist of the Year and Mastercard Album of the Year.

The “Watermelon Sugar” singer seemingly attempted to correct the misstep he made at the Grammys when he said during his Album of the Year speech, “This doesn't happen to people like me very often.“

When he collected his ‘Artist of the Year’ award Saturday, he said, “I’m very aware of my privilege up here tonight. So this is for Rina [Sawayama], Charli [XCX], Florence [+ the Machine], Mabel and Becky [Hill].”

Styles also thanked his mother for signing him up for The X Factor and extended his gratitude to his former 1D bandmates, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, and Liam Payne. 

As expected, U2 is headed to Las Vegas. The band officially announced the "Sin City" run via a Super Bowl Sunday (February 12th) ad, which stated the "U2: UV Actung Baby Live At The Sphere'" would take place shows this fall at the new globe-shaped arena. The MSG Sphere shows will mark the band's first without drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., who is recovering from back surgery, and will feature stand-in Bram van den Berg for the 2023 concerts. No official dates have been announced for U2's Vegas stand.

According to the announcement, "The Sphere show has been in the works for a long time. We don’t want to let people down, least of all our audience. . . The truth is we miss them as much as they appear to miss us. . . our audience was always the fifth member of the band. Bottom line, U2 hasn’t played live since December 2019 and we need to get back on stage and see the faces of our fans again. And what a unique stage they’re building for us out there in the desert. . . We’re the right band, Actung Baby the right album, and the Sphere the right venue to take the live experience of music to the next level. That’s what U2’s been trying to do all along with our satellite stages and video installations, most memorably on the Zoo TV Tour, which ended in Tokyo 30 years ago this fall. The Sphere is more than just a venue, it’s a gallery and U2’s music is going to be all over the walls."

Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton touched upon performing with a new drummer for the first time in their career, explaining, "It’s going to take all we’ve got to approach the Sphere without our bandmate in the drum seat, but Larry has joined us in welcoming Bram van den Berg who is a force in his own right."

Over the years, Bono has been no stranger to self-promotion, and admits that he has no problem doing that, since he sees it as a necessary part of the music business: ["I come from a long line of traveling salespeople on my mother's side. I mean, I will sell my wares, and I believe in them. Rock bands get all shy and don't like to discuss the filthy lucre and pretend that their songs exist entire to themselves, which we all know is not true. You've got to get them on the radio. You've got to get people to take them seriously. I mean, it's, y'know. . . the job is not over when you finish the song, sadly."] SOUNDCUE (:23 OC: . . . the song, sadly)

U2's new album, Songs Of Surrender, drops on March 17th. The set will be available as a full 40-track digital set; a limited edition 40-track double CD with hardback deluxe book; and a limited edition 40-track four-vinyl collection.