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The Rolling Stones have just dropped the live video for "Happy" as featured on the band's latest archival release, titled Grrr Live! The multimedia release drops on February 10th and was recorded on December 15th, 2012 during the band's "50 And Counting" tour stop at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center.

Keith Richards remains puzzled how a band that started in 1962 is still gaining new and younger fans: "I don't know how we crossed the (laughs) generation gaps. I can only presume that it's good music and everybody's had a good feeling when they hear it when they grow up with it. There's the air you breathe, the water you drink, the food you eat -- and then there's the Rolling Stones. And I guess we're just part of the furniture, y'know?"

Over 45 years since first hitting the road with the Rolling Stones, Ron Wood says that he and Keith Richards still possess a sixth sense about how to intertwine their guitar work onstage: "That was something that Keith and I have always luckily had from the start. We never planned, as such, what we are gonna do individually. We have a knack of if one goes this way, the other one will slide in this way. On a certain number, we don't even look at each other. If I wanna take the solo, I'll take it, right? And if he wants to take it, he'll take it."

ABC has canceled A Very Backstreet Holiday.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the special, scheduled to air on December 14th, was dropped following claims that Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter raped a fan.

In a civil lawsuit filed in Nevada, Shannon "Shay" Ruth alleges that Carter raped heron his tour bus after a concert in Tacoma, Washington in 2001. She was only 17 at the time.

Despite Thursday's (December 8th) court filing, Carter and the rest of the boy band performed at Jingle Ball in New York City Friday night (December 9th).

It was 52 years ago tonight (December 12th, 1970) that the Doors played their final concert with the late-Jim Morrison. The 20-song show took place in New Orleans at the 3,500-seat Warehouse and was only the second city in the band's planned winter run. Tickets were $5 for the show with future '70s stars Kansas serving as the opening act. Members of Kansas later joined the Doors onstage during "Light My Fire."

During the show the band tried out material that would be featured on theri next album, 1971's L.A. Woman -- including the title track, "Love Her Madly," "Hyacinth House," and "Riders On The Storm."

The Doors had played two well-received shows the night before in Dallas at the State Fair Music Hall but any future shows were scrapped after the New Orleans date.

Promoter Don Fox, whose Beaver Productions was the primary promoter for The Warehouse, recently recalled to Nola.com the Doors' final gig with their legendary frontman: "Jim had a buzz on that night. I don't know what exactly from, but he was not all there. He was slurring and rambling. He was having a tough time."

He went on to say, "I was standing on the side of the stage at the end. Jim started talking about life and death and what was going on in the world in 1970. All of a sudden, he took the mic stand and started smashing it and smashing it right into the stage floor. And then he walks off."

David Dutkowski, the Doors' official archivist, spoke about Morrison's final gig, revealing, "Multiple band members said it was like something left him at that moment. Ray Manzarek swore he looked up from his keyboard and saw Jim's spirit leave his body. He swears the shamanistic energy, the soul of Jim Morrison, flowed out of his body and with it, the will to perform."

Just prior to his 2013 death, Ray Manzarek told us he understood that the public would always be fascinated by Jim Morrison's short time on Earth and long for more of the long-dead "Lizard King": "I love the fact that people love the Doors. When you say 'The Doors,' it's very important to know the psyche of Jim Morrison. America cannot figure out the psyche of Jim Morrison. And they are having a marvelous Freudian struggle trying to figure out who he was, why he was that way, and they just can't figure it out. So I understand completely why they're so intrigued with him. And want more and more and more."

The Doors' setlist on December 12th, 1970 at The Warehouse in New Orleans - via Setlist.fm:

"Roadhouse Blues," "Back Door Man," "Love Her Madly," "When The Music's Over," "Riders On The Storm" - aborted, "Crawling King Snake," "L.A. Woman," "Hyacinth House," "Maggie M'Gill - Been Down So Long - Maggie M'Gill," "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man," "Who Do You Love?," "There's A Palace In The Canyon," Poem, "Light My Fire - Summertime - Light My Fire," Love Me Two Times," "Riders On The Storm," "Soul Kitchen," and "The End."

The Doors' L.A. Woman was the band's sixth studio album and was released on April 19th, 1971.

On July 3rd, 1971, Jim Morrison was found dead in the bathtub of his apartment in Paris, France by his longtime companion, Pamela Courson. The local coroner ruled the official cause of death for the 27-year-old Doors frontman as "heart attack induced by respiratory problems." Morrison was buried in Paris's Pere Lachaise Cemetery on July 9th of that year.

Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic recalled the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards when he tossed his bass into the air -- only to have it slam back down onto his head. While chatting with Bass Player magazine, Novoselic recalled, "Oh, that was mega! We started playing this song and my amp just didn't work. So I thought, 'I'm gonna do this bass toss and walk off'. Well, the bass got caught in the TV lights, and then boom! It fell on my head. So I storm off stage, and these paramedics come and take a look at me and put a bandage on and I had to sign all these release forms so I'm not gonna sue anybody. It was in front of 200 million people, right?"

Novoselic went on to recall the on-site medics tending to his head wound: "So I'm all annoyed, right, and I'm like 'What the hell!' and behind them there is this amazing fellow, with a glass of champagne. It's Brian May! Just standing there politely. He says, 'Here you are, my good man' and he hands me this glass of champagne. I was like 'You're Brian May! How are you?' and he said, 'More importantly, how are you?' Moments later Dave Grohl burst in. He'd been looking all over for me, only to find me enjoying a calm glass of bubbly with Mr. May."

Krist Novoselic recently looked back at Nirvana's 1991 breakthrough set, Nevermind, which revolutionized rock for a new generation: "Well, it was a phenomenon. I think a lot of it was timing as what was going on in the music business. And a lot of the Sunset Strip hair bands were past their prime and people were ready for something new. And I think Nirvana always tried to be sincere."

Celine Dion posted an emotional video and shared that she is facing a serious health struggle and will have to cancel shows because of it.

On Thursday morning (Dec. 8) the 54-year-old singer described her battle against a rare neurological disorder called Stiff-Person Syndrome and said it has caused uncontrolled and serve muscle spasms.

She acknowledging that she had been dealing with health issues for a "long time" and called her recent diagnosed a "very rare" disorder that affects one in a million people.

The immediate result is that she will not be able to re-start her tour in Europe in February as planned. In fact, all of her spring dates will move to 2024 and 8 of her summer 2023 shows have been cancelled.

Ongoing health issues have caused problems as far back as October of last year, when her Vegas residency was cancelled due to muscle spasms.

TL;DR:

• Celine Dion is facing a serious health struggle with a rare neurological disorder called Stiff-Person Syndrome.
• She will not re-start her tour in Europe in February as planned.
• All of her spring dates will move to 2024 and 8 of her summer 2023 shows have been cancelled.

Out today (December 9th) is Journey's Live In Concert At Lollapalooza. The new live collection follows their Freedom studio set released last summer and features the band's July 31st, 2021 performance at Chicago's Lollapalooza.

The album's lineup features classic members Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain along with longtime frontman Arnel Pineda. The band included the dual drumming by Deen Castronovo and Narada Michael Walden, Marco Mendoza on bass and Jason Derlatka on keyboards.

We recently caught up with keyboardist Jonathan Cain, and he walked us through how one of his and Steve Perry's greatest team-ups -- and the opening track to the new Lollapalooza live set -- "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" -- came into being: "We took Escape on the road and we knew we needed more teeth. We knew we needed something like 'Separate Ways,' y'know? Like, what would make our set undeniably great? And we tried to fill in what we were missing musically. I think we all sensed it. And I remember writing 'Separate Ways' with Steve (Perry) on the road. We wrote that in a hotel room -- (bassist) Ross (Valory) was going through a divorce and boom -- out comes 'Separate Ways,' and we're playin' it at the end of the Escape tour. Y'know, 'cause we needed it in the set. Now, we start fine tuning ourselves, y'know? And that's how in tune we were with our music. It was all of us, man."

The tracklisting to Journey's Live In Concert At Lollapalooza is:

"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
"Only The Young"
Guitar Interlude
"Stone In Love"
"Be Good To Yourself"
"Just The Same Way"
"Lights"
"Still They Ride"
"Escape"
"La Do Da"
Piano Interlude
"Who's Crying Now"
Guitar Interlude
"Wheel In The Sky"
"Ask The Lonely"
"Open Arms"
"Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'"
"Faithfully"
"Any Way You Want It"
"Don't Stop Believin'"

IN OTHER JOURNEY NEWS

As perhaps a solution to Journey's inner-band squabbles, Billboard reported Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain have hired Def Leppard's manager, Mike Kobayashi, to look after the band's affairs.

Cain is defending himself against a lawsuit filed against him by Schon, who claims there is a corporate American Express account set up by Cain in which, "millions of Journey funds have flowed through," that Schon is unable to access.

Jonathan Cain alleges Neal Schon is fully aware of the AmEx account -- but is simply suing him for access to the band's corporate credit card because he's strapped financially.

Alice Cooper has signed on as the opening act for Motley Crue and Def Leppard's upcoming string of U.S. stadium shows. The August dates will hit Syracuse, New York; Columbus, Ohio; Fargo, North Dakota; Omaha, Nebraska; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and El Paso, Texas.

Crue and Leppard are paring off in 2023 for a 28-date South American and European trek dubbed the "World Tour." The new tour, which kicks off in February and wraps in July, will hit Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Chile, Brazil, England, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and Ireland.

Although undoubtedly one of rock's most enduring legends, Alice Cooper admits he doesn't know how he would compete in today's music marketplace as a new original artist: "I think if I started a band today, I don't know, I wouldn't know how to compete with the bands today. If I were Alice Cooper starting today, I think you probably have to kill somebody and then get acquitted so people know that you're a killer, at least, so you have some validity, whereas when I played Alice before, all I had to do was play that killer. Now I think, you know, on a lot of rap records, a lot of even the metal things, you have to kill something or kill somebody or be implicated in a killing or something in order to have validity. That's scary."

UPDATED: Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Alice Cooper North American tour dates (subject to change):

February 10, 11 - Atlantic City, NJ - Rock Live at Etess Arena (Motley Crue and Def Leppard only)
August 5 - Syracuse, NY - JMA Wireless Dome
August 8 - Columbus, OH - Ohio Stadium
August 11 - Fargo, ND - Fargodome
August 13 - Omaha, NE - Charles Schwab Field Omaha
August 16 - Tulsa, OK - H.A. Chapman Stadium
August 18 - El Paso, TX - Sun Bowl Stadium

BLACKPINK has been named TIME magazine's Entertainer of the Year. Over the last 12 months, the all-girl group made their U.S. awards show debut on MTV, embarked on a world tour and released their sophomore album, Born Pink.

Member Jennie commented: "We put in a lot of work so we could look like superwomen. We're very normal girls, at the end of the day."

Collectively the K-pop group is from Australia, Thailand, South Korea, and New Zealand. Member, Rosé says that helps with their creativity calling their differences, "only a plus."

BLACKPINK recently wrapped the U.S. leg of their Born Pink World Tour, now they'll make stops in Europe before heading to Asia, Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

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• BMG has acquired the rights to Peter Frampton's catalog. The deal includes, "Frampton's publishing interests, songwriter, recording artist, and sideman revenue streams, and neighboring rights, spanning his entire musical career from his late-60s work with UK hitmakers the Herd, to 70's breakthrough supergroup Humble Pie" -- through gaining superstar status with Frampton Comes Alive! and beyond.
  • Frampton said in a statement: "I am so pleased to join the BMG family. As an artist-first company, I trust BMG will care for my legacy and that my songs are in good hands." (Press release)
    
    
• Out now is Roger Waters' latest project, the scaled-back six-track set, The Lockdown Sessions. The set, which was taped between May 2020 and 2022, features home-recorded remakes of solo tunes and Pink Floyd classics.
  • The Lockdown Sessions tracklisting is: "Mother," "Two Suns In The Sunset," "Vera," "The Gunner's Dream," "The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range," and "Comfortably Numb 2022."
    
    
• Billy Joel has just added three new dates to his itinerary. On May 5th, the "Piano Man" will play Madison Square Garden as part of his ongoing "Big Apple" residency, with two more stadium stops with Stevie Nicks set for 2023.
  • On June 16th, the pair will rock Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field and on September 23rd, they'll hit Foxborough, Massachusetts' Gillette Stadium.
    
    
• Streaming now on the Coda Collection on Amazon Prime Video is the rarely seen BBC documentary, 24 Hours: The World Of John & Yoko from December 1969. According to the announcement: "Last seen more than 50 years ago, and having aired just once on TV, this intimate documentary -- captured over a five-day period -- shows a day in the life of John Lennon and Yoko Ono while Lennon was still a member of the Beatles, controversies raged and activism became a central concern in the couple's everyday reality." (Press release)
  
  
• To mark its 15th anniversary, Led Zeppelin will present a global streaming event of Celebration Day, the concert film of the band's historic live performance at London's O2 Arena on December 10th, 2007. Celebration Day will begin streaming this Saturday, December 10th, at 3 p.m. ET / 12pm PT, on the Official Led Zeppelin YouTube channel. (Press release)

Kanye West's honorary degree from The School of Art Institute of Chicago over "anti-black" and "antisemitic" comments. According to TMZ, Elissa Tenny, the president of SAIC, said that Ye "exhibited disturbing behaviors and made dangerous statements that do not align with our community values."

She said, "His anti-Black, antisemitic, and incendiary statements, particularly those directed at Black and Jewish communities, are disgusting and condemnable. His words and actions have been painful for our entire community and, particularly, for those of us who feel that our identities and life experiences are under attack."

She continued, "While the School grants honorary degrees to individuals based on their contributions to art and culture as of a moment in time, his actions do not align with SAIC's mission and values. After hearing from many of you, and conferring with the Board of Governors, the honorary degree awarded to Kanye West has been rescinded."

Tenny also said that SAIC had never rescinded an honorary degree before, but administrators feel the measure is "appropriate" in this situation.

She explained, "There is no precedent in SAIC's more than 80 years of granting honorary degrees for rescinding one, and as an institution of higher education, we know we must uphold a higher standard in protecting freedom of expression. Though we firmly believe in the right to express a diversity of opinions and beliefs, the severity of his behavior made it clear that rescinding this honor was appropriate."

The 2022 year end results are in and the musician that was Google searched the most was Adam Levine.

He got more attention that he wanted in connection to his alleged affair with Instagram model Sumner Stroh back in September.

Rounding out the top 5 were Mary J. Blige, Lil Tjay, Kendrick Lamar, and Migos.

Outside of the "musician" category...Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were in the over-all top 5 Google searches of 2022.

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On Thursday (Dec. 8) Aerosmith canceled the final two dates of their Las Vegas residency due to Steven Tyler's undisclosed illness. One of the shows was only hours away, while the other one was scheduled for the upcoming weekend.

The band's statement read that the decision was made "on the advice of doctors."

A similar announcement was made earlier this week, when they canceled 2 other shows. According to Billboard, at time of press, a spokesperson for the band could not be reached for comment on Tyler's diagnosis.

Earlier this summer, Aerosmith canceled some concerts while Tyler entered a treatment program for his struggle with drug addiction. He had relapsed after using pain meds following foot surgery.

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Cardi B gave her followers some strong advice about plastic surgery after removing 95% of her butt injections. Calling it a "really crazy process," she said that if you're young and think your butt is too skinny, or you have diabetes… "Don't do it."

Cardi B told her 144 million followers that when it comes to Brazilian butt lifts, her advice is that, "you have to make sure your blood levels are all right."

She had previously opened up to GQ about receiving illegal injections in a basement apartment in Queens for $800.

TL;DR:

• Cardi B said that if you're young and think your butt is too skinny, or you have diabetes… "Don't do it."
• She said, "you have to make sure your blood levels are all right."

It was 54 years ago Sunday (December 11th, 1968) that the Rolling Stones and friends wrapped their two-day film shoot of their Rock And Roll Circus at London's Twickenham Studios. The Circus was originally envisioned as being a holiday TV special for the Stones to promote their latest album, Beggars Banquet, and featured the band's final performance with Brian Jones, along with along with performances by the Who, Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal, and the Dirty Mac -- a one-off supergroup with John Lennon, Eric Clapton, the Stones' Keith Richards, and Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell.

Not only was it Lennon's first gig apart from the Beatles, it was also his first live appearance with Yoko Ono, when she joined the Dirty Mac for an impromptu jam.

Many reasons have been given as to why the Stones eventually shelved the show -- but the main one seems to be that the Who was reaching the peak of their performing career and were caught while limbered up from an exhausting series of UK dates. Simply put, the Stones' ragged set was completely upstaged by Lennon's first solo performance and the Who's incredible run-through of their 1966 mini-opera "A Quick One While He's Away." To underline the fact that the Stones were not at their best, plans were in motion shortly after for the Who to purchase the rights to the special and release it as The Who's Rock And Roll Circus.

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey were recently asked what they remembered about the Who performing on the TV special: (Daltrey): "Um, Brian Jones walking backwards most of the time. . . (Townshend): He was sick . . . (Daltrey): He was in reverse, he was in a very sad state. So it was kind of the last time I ever saw Brian Jones, which was incredibly sad. But all in all, it was chaotic event that turned out incredibly successful. (Townshend): And Yoko Ono. . . (Daltrey): Oh yeah, and Yoko was there and John (Lennon) had just broken up with his first -- it was quite an event. (Townshend): I'm one of the select Yoko Ono fans (laughter). No but I really am a fan. I think she's amazing (Daltrey): Yeah, she's an amazing woman, that's for sure."

Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg recalled capturing the Stones' defining moment in the show at a time when the band and crew's energy was nearly gone: "When we did 'Sympathy For The Devil,' there were, like, half-done takes before but they were exhausted. And then Mick (Jagger) and I and a couple of other people thought, 'Well, maybe we should come back tomorrow night; because people were exhausted, including cameramen. They had had their eyes in the viewfinders for 18 hours. And he said to me, 'Can you do it one more time?' I said, 'Yes -- can you?' He said, 'Yeah, lemme talk to them.' And then he went to the other Rolling Stones and said this is it.'"

Future Black Sabbath co-founder Tony Iommi performed that day with Jethro Tull and recalled that he had no idea that the taping would become as legendary as it has: "I had no idea, quite honestly. It was all new to me, and I was thrown right into this pile of people who I'd never met in my life -- John Lennon, and sharing a dressing room with the Who and the Stones, Marianne Faithfull, and it was all like a big party. It was incredible, really. And then they started jamming, and there was a few jams going on -- Clapton and the Stones and John Lennon -- and quite honestly it sounded bloody awful! And Ian (Anderson) says to me, 'Well, what do you think of your, your heroes now, then?' (Laughs) I went, 'Oh, all right.' (laughs)"

Highlights include Taj Mahal -- featuring Jesse Ed Davis -- performing "Ain't That A Lot Of Love"; the Stones' live debuts of "Parachute Woman," "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "Sympathy For The Devil," and "No Expectations" featuring Brian Jones on slide guitar; and Lennon, Clapton, Richards, and Mitchell tearing through the Beatles' then-recently released 'White Album' classic "Yer Blues."

The Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus was released on CD and home video in 1996. The 2004 DVD version contains bonus content, including interviews and some performances that weren't part of the film.

Mick Jagger credited director Michael Lindsay-Hogg for some of the more interesting ideas featured in The Rock And Roll Circus: "Michael Lindsay-Hogg is a very creative guy. We came up with this idea and the whole idea, obviously, is to make it a mixture of different music acts and circus acts, taking it out of the normal and making it slightly surreal. . . mixing the two up. And also we wanted as many different kinds of music as possible. So that's why we thought about who would be the best kind of supporting acts."

Recently released is he Deluxe 50th anniversary edition of the Rock And Roll Circus, which contains perfect-bound 44-page book with David Dalton's original 1969 Rolling Stone essay, and photographs by Michael Randolf.

The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus soundtrack has been expanded to 28 tracks, received a new mix and 192k 24-bit HD restoration. Bonus material included by the late concert pianist Julius Katchen, three additional songs by Taj Mahal and never before heard recordings of the Dirty Mac performing the Beatles' classic, "Revolution" and the aptly titled track "Warmup Jam."

It was 55 years ago Saturday (December 10th, 1967) that the legendary Otis Redding died in a plane crash at the age of 26. At approximately 3:30 pm that afternoon, the plane carrying Redding and his backing band, the Bar-Kays, was on its way to a concert in Madison, Wisconsin, when it crashed in the state's icy Lake Monoma. Everyone on board except trumpeter Ben Cauley of the Bar-Kays was killed.

Born in Dawson, Georgia, Redding recorded for the historic Stax label and was one of the most significant artists of the 1960's. Initially a singer in guitarist Johnny Jenkins' band, Redding scored his first solo hit with "These Arms Of Mine." He hit his stride as a solo performer in the mid-'60s with hits like "I Can't Turn You Loose," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," and "Tramp," a duet with his labelmate Carla Thomas.

Although his hits were major R&B successes, Redding didn't start to cross over to the pop charts until 1967, when Aretha Franklin scored a Number One hit with a cover of his song "Respect," and Redding backed by Booker T. & The MG's performed a legendary set at the Monterey International Pop Festival.

Three months after his death, on March 16th, 1968, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," which was recorded just a few days before the crash, became Redding's biggest hit, topping the singles charts for four weeks.

In 2007, in commemoration of the 40th year of his death, a tribute was held at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, which overlooks the lake and is near the crash site. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz read a statement from Governor Jim Doyle declaring December 10th "Otis Redding Day," and local musicians played a selection of Redding's music.

Late-Bar Kays trumpeter Ben Cauley, who was the sole survivor of the legendary plane crash, performed at the memorial. The appearance marked Cauley's first return visit to the crash site.

In 1990, rockers the Black Crows scored a Top 30 hit with a cover of Redding's "Hard To Handle."

In 1999, Redding posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2002, Redding's hometown of Macon, Georgia honored him with a memorial statue in the city's Gateway Park. Two years after that, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Redding 21st on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."

Sam Moore of Sam & Dave, who in 2002 testified during the California Senate Judiciary Committee hearings investigating the accounting practices of record companies, says that Redding was to join him to fight for artist's rights at the time of his death: "Just before -- to give you an idea -- just before Otis Redding passed, he was supposed to be leaving Madison to meet me up in Washington. We were going to sit there and try. . . We're not magicians, like I said the other day, nor are we mathematicians, but we knew the figures are not correct. And we were gonna sit there and try and find. . . to go up on the hill and ask for somebody to help us."

The late-Isaac Hayes remembered that his first recording session at Stax studios as a sideman for Otis Redding was a life-changing experience: "I was nervous as hell on the Otis Redding album session. I was nervous, man. But I got through that. Otis was very charismatic and very personable. And (after) I found out how easy it went, I got inducted into the whole music staff."

In 1988, Paul Rodgers of Bad Company sang Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert, backed by Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. & the MG's -- the band that backed Redding on the original version of the song. Rodgers says that performing that song with Redding's bandmates was a once-in-a-lifetime experience: "'Dock Of The Bay,' it's just a great song -- great song to do, and it was exceptionally great to do with his band. But, of course, there are other (great songs) -- 'Champagne And Wine' is a beautiful song, too."

Out now is Otis Redding - Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings. In chronological order, the six-CD collection presents the entirety of Redding's historic performances over three nights at the famed Sunset Strip venue, recorded on April 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1966.

A Dua Lipa wax figure is now on display in New York City's Times Square location of Madame Tussauds.

Unveiled on Wednesday (12-7) the look-alike is wearing her famous custom, white-sequined outfit by The Attico, along with her Jimmy Choo square-toed, ankle-boots. The outfit commemorates her album Future Nostalgia and is the one she wore during her livestream at Studio 2054 in November of 2020.

Through a press release, she said she found it interesting to watch the process of how the statues are made and was impressed by "how precise" they were about every little thing.

More than 150 measurements were taken to meticulously capture her facial features. And it took 5 weeks, just to do the wax figure's hair, each strand was individually inserted by hand.

TL;DR:

• A Dua Lipa wax figure is now on display in New York City's Times Square location of Madame Tussauds.
• Wearing her famous custom, white-sequined outfit with her Jimmy Choo square-toed ankle-boots.

The Beatles have just released the newly created animated clip for the band's 1966 classic "Here, There And Everywhere." The new remix and the group's recent animated video for "I'm Only Sleeping" are highlights on the Giles Martin-produced "Super Deluxe" edition of the "Fab Four's" new Revolver box set.

During a recent chat on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show, Paul McCartney recalled receiving rare praise from John Lennon for one of his most enduring ballads: "I was rooming with John at the hotel we were staying at. And we had -- it was a cassette, I think, in those days, of the album. And we played 'Here, There And Everywhere' and he said, 'Wo. That's a really great song, y'know?' And it was really nice -- I remember it to this day, y'know, (I remember) exactly where I was when he said it. It really gave me a lot of confidence in that song and my writing. But you generally didn't do that kind of thing. Y'know, you never sat around and, sort of, said, 'I love you, man.'"

The Who has announced the first three concerts of their 2023 European tour. As it stands now, the band led by Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will feature a full orchestra every night, will play Barcelona, Spain on June 14th; Berlin, Germany on June 20th; and Paris, France on June 23rd. More cities will soon be announced.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on December 14th at 11 a.m. CET at Ticketmaster.

Pete Townshend said in the statement announcing the 2023 trek:

It is wonderful that we can return to Europe after so long away. We look forward to bringing our grand orchestral show which has received such great reviews so far and play some old-fashioned Who-style rock 'n' roll songs from our back catalog as well.

We mix it all up in the most amazing evening of music: I have to say that this show is one that I personally enjoy as much as anything I have ever done in the 60 years I've been working with Roger. We are so lucky to be able to spend an evening with you all.

Pete Townshend told us that he relishes the chance to shake the tried and true Who show up these days: "Y'know, it's 52 orchestral (laughs) musicians on the stage with us and Zak Starkey with an electronic drum kit. Y'know, and I'm having to leave my Marshall stacks at home (laughs). It isn't exactly Guns N' Roses, y'know what I mean? It's a very, very different experience."

Roger Daltrey told us he's adamant that the current road dates showcase the Who at its most unrelenting: "I don't want the Who to compromise the way we play at all. I want the same venom coming out of Pete and me and within the songs that are there that is always there. We just do not have to make the racket on the stage. We can do it in a way now that the PA can make that noise; I mean we actually generate it, but we do not need the volume on the stage, we can move it out to the sides, so the crowd get the full whack of the Who as it is as a six-piece, and then the orchestra added on top just makes it mega, y'know?"

The Who will perform acoustically on December 13th at London's St. Luke's Church in London. All proceeds from the show will benefit Nordoff Robbins and the music therapies it supplies to challenged children.

JUST ANNOUNCED: The Who European tour dates (subject to change):

June 14 - Barcelona, Spain - Palau Sant Jordi
June 20 - Berlin, Germany - Waldbuhne
June 23 - Paris, France - La Defense Arena

Kanye West reference his "Deathcon 3" comments in a new song. The rapper posted lyrics to a new song on to Instagram yesterday (December 7th), writing, "Waking up to / I can't do this anymore text / And The Bible said / I can't have anymore sex / Till marriage / And no drip till Paris / And the meek shall flurish."

The verse continued, " And everyone's a Karen / When they claim they care and / Wasn't given a fair hand / Getting calls from parents / God calls for prayer rants."

Ye contiued, "You know honestly / Yall all honor me / I know it's cause the headlines / Why she wanna leave. I ain't never rock with none of y'all no way / And I'm pulling up in that white OJ / And the watch filled up with Oshays / that's Jackson cause it's nasty / Tweeted deathcon / Now we past three / Tweeted deathcon / Now we past three."

Lewis Capaldi surprised everyone by posting what seemed to be his personal phone number on social media.

Fans were initially confused, but after ringing the number, they were greeted by a funny voicemail left on the other end.

After thanking fans for listening to his new single, he asked them to text him and download his music because his label is "demanding "yet another #1 single. He added, "Help ‘Pointless' climb the chart."

He followed with "And let me tell you guys, I don't know if I've got it in me. So give me your money and I will give you my body and soul."

Just last week, Capaldi revealed that his music has amassed over one billion streams on Spotify.

TL;DR:

• Lewis Capaldi surprised everyone by posting what seemed to be his personal phone number on social media.
• Fans were greeted by a funny voicemail left on the other end asking them to buy his music.

Meghan Trainor will be joining the Backstreet Boys for their holiday Christmas special. Variety reports that other guests will include Seth Rogen, Rob Riggle, and Nikki Glaser.

About their fans and the show, member Nick Carter said, "I think the Backstreet Boys bring a very nostalgic feeling from a particular time in their lives that are so special to them and important."

A Very Backstreet Christmas is set to air live on ABC on December 14.

TL;DR:

• Meghan Trainor will be joining the Backstreet Boys for their holiday Christmas special.
• Other guests will include Seth Rogen.
• Airs live on ABC on December 14.

Rihanna and Beyonce have made Forbes' Most Powerful Women list. RiRi came in at number 73. Forbes noted that the singer' net worth currently sits at $1.4 billion, making her the 2,031st most wealthy person in the world.

Beyonce ranked as the 80th most powerful woman on the list. The singer is worth $450 million.

Other notable names that appeared on this year's Most Powerful Women roundup include Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, who came in at number 3, Oprah Winfrey came in at number 24 and Shonda Rhimes came in at number 93.

BTS' V travels back in time for his newly released vintage concept film. He shared it with fans for the first time on Wednesday (12-7). Called Me Myself and V, Veautiful Days, starts off with sepia tone footage of him reading an elaborately bound book, wearing an all-white suit, and a wide brim hat. He's also seen spending time with majestic horses.

The release date for V's forthcoming book of photos has not been announced, but the clip posted online, gives fans something to look forward to while they wait for his solo album. In March, he said that it would be released "within the year."

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It was 43 years ago today (December 8th, 1979) that Styx scored its sole chart-topper today, with the Dennis DeYoung-written and sung, "Babe." The tune, which knocked Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer's monster duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" out from Number One, enjoyed a two-week run at the top spot.

"Babe" was the lead single from the band's Cornerstone collection, which peaked at Number Two and spent 17 weeks in the Top 10.

Guitarist J.Y. Young is not alone in pining for the days in the '70s and '80s when a label like A&M Records was around to actually support the artists on its roster: "They showed such great sensitivity to so many great rock artists -- Peter Frampton, Joe Cocker, Styx, the Police, Supertramp -- y'know, that we loved recording for A&M Records. We took less money to be there. We just felt there was human beings operating there. . . Their offices were on Charlie Chaplin's old film lot, it wasn't in some giant, black, steel and glass, corporate Warner Brothers, CBS, what have you. . . It just was. . . This was a place where art was created and where art was celebrated. And to be part of it was just phenomenal for us after being with a subsidiary of RCA Records -- and they gave us a chance -- I'm always grateful for that, but A&M was a unique and special place."

Dennis DeYoung admitted that writing his legendary Styx tunes was done primarily to inspire himself: "The human experience is not that different. And particularly now, at this point of my life, we all long for that moment in our individual lives where things seemed simpler, innocent and we didn't have the responsibilities and the burden of actually growing up and being an adult. And I was saying that to an audience when I was probably in my early-30's, and generally speaking, the audience was probably between the ages of 15 and 20. Remember; I was writing those songs for myself so many times to remind myself what I should be thinking. How I should be feeling. I was trying to buoy my own spirits."