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BLACKPINK's management company YG Entertainment is threatening legal action against those responsible for leaking personal photos of band member Jennie Kim.

E! News reports that YG has asked the police in South Korea to investigate who distributed images of Jennie dining with BTS singer V, after the pics surfaced on Twitter and the Telegram App.

Since the leak, rumors have begun to spread that the two K-pop stars are now a couple.

YG says Jennie has been the victim of "indiscriminate rumors, criticism, personal attacks, sexual harassment and violations of personal life."

Chris Martin of Coldplay has come down with a serious lung infection and has to postpone upcoming shows in Brazil.

Taking to social media on Tuesday (October 4), the band wrote: "Chris has been put under strict doctor's orders to rest for the next three weeks."

The group went on to say that they're working as fast as possible to lock in the new dates.

They also stated that they're optimistic that Chris "will return to good health" after his medical break. They went on to apologize to their fans for the inconvenience.

TL;DR:

• Chris Martin of Coldplay has come down with a serious lung infection and has had to postpone upcoming shows in Brazil.
• Chris has been put under strict doctor's orders to rest for the next three weeks.

Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic shed light on his time with the band and helping formulate Kurt Cobain's musical ideas. During a chat with Rick Beato's on his podcast In the Room With Nirvana And Soundgarden, Novoselic explained, "He'd have these riffs, and he just kind of started playing them. And we would just say, 'Okay, that's a cool riff.' Then I'd have an idea, an impression of the song like, 'This is what the song needs. This is not me as a bass player. This is what I want to do for the song.' What the song is demanding of me, or asking."

He went on to say, "It's all for the song. 'About A Girl' for example -- (Kurt) listened to Meet The Beatles. He was in his little apartment in Olympia, and he listened to that record over and over again one night, and he just wrote that song. And I go, 'Well, I know what that needs on bass. It's as plain as day.' I just played this little bouncy bass thing."

He offered up some advice to aspiring bass players, telling them to hone in on the song's lead vocals: "I would just follow along on it. I didn't necessarily follow what the guitar is doing. I'd listen to the vocal melody and just kind of triangulate, play off the vocal. And then you'd get a bigger sound that way."

Krist Novoselic told us that it was the band's own belief in the power of music that attracted people to them right from the start. "Nirvana always listened to music or always wanted to connect with something, and the best music is music that you connect with in a way that you can't really put your -- you just emotionally connect with it. So if we were projecting anything like that, people caught onto it."

It was 59 years ago today (October 5th, 1963) that Beach Boys guitarist and co-founder David Marks played his final concert as a full member of the band. Marks, who grew up across the street from future Beach Boys' Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, was only 15 at the time of his final show, which took place at San Diego's Balboa Park Bowl.

Marks, who began making music with the Wilsons as a pre-teen, was a member of the Beach Boys from 1961 to 1963 and one of the five names on the band's original contract to Capitol Records. He performed on the group's first five albums, including the hits "Surfer Girl," "409," "Little Deuce Coupe," "Surfin' Safari," "Shut Down," "In My Room," "Little Saint Nick," "Catch A Wave," "Be True To Your School," and "Surfin' U.S.A." Marks, who was part of the Beach Boys' 2012 50th anniversary tour, toured in 2013 with Brian Wilson as part of his joint trek with Jeff Beck. Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine and '70s-era Beach Boy Blondie Chaplin were also on board. Marks has also joined up several times with Mike Love's touring version of the band for a string of overseas dates.

David Marks quit the Beach Boys in 1963 due to his frustration at not having his own music incorporated into the act, and over frictions with the Beach Boys' manager, the Wilson brothers' father Murry Wilson. Marks, who's now a sober, happily married family man and world renowned for his guitar work, told us that it's only in recent years that he's able to look back clearly at his exit from the group back in '63: "I let those guys down when I quit the band. I did. I never really thought of how it affected them, but looking back, it had a profound effect on Brian, for one, because he was forced to come back on the road -- which was his worst nightmare -- and bummed him out, because he wanted to stay home and write and produce records."

Marks and Beach Boys historian Jon Stebbins recently co-authored Marks' autobiography chronicling the band's early days, called The Lost Beach Boy. Stebbins shed some light on Marks' exit from what was -- at that point -- the hottest rock and roll band in America: "Basically, Murry had been needling him for a long time. I mean, this had been an ongoing thing where Murry was giving David a hard time. And David, you've got to remember is a 14-year-old kid; he's not exactly a show-business veteran. Y'know, Mike Love and Brian were in their early-'20s; 19, 20, 21 at this point -- they're a lot older, a lot more mature. Yeah, Murry kind of set him up. I think, in a sense. But you've gotta give David credit, 'cause he stuck to it."

After splitting from the Beach Boys, Marks formed his solo band the Marksmen and became one of the first acts signed to A&M Records. Later on he played in the late '60s psychedelic and jazz-inspired band the Moon, and went on to attend classes at Boston's Berklee School of Music before becoming a session guitarist.

Although Marks had initially kept in touch with his former bandmates, as the '60s progressed he had pretty much lost touch with the group. In 1971 he was surprised to receive a phone call from Mike Love, urging him to rejoin the band: "He just thought that it was a good idea that I started touring with the band. And I guess Carl, grudgingly, went along with him. I went up to Brian's (house) and was going to be in the band. But Carl informed me that I was going to be the bass player in the band, and proceeded to try to get me to do, y'know, '(Help Me) Rhonda,' and 'Dance, Dance, Dance.' So, he sat at the piano and we played those songs and I played the bass. And I really didn't feel comfortable. I wasn't focused on that kind of music."

In the early '70s, Marks occasionally would pop onstage at Beach Boys concerts. In the early '90s, he contributed to Brian Wilson's unreleased album Sweet Insanity.

Marks rejoined the Beach Boys in 1997 and stayed for three years. After regrouping with the original Beach Boys for the 2012 Top Three comeback album, That's Why God Made The Radio, he amazed audiences with his guitar work during this year's 50th Anniversary Tour, where he took lead vocals on such Beach Boys classics as "Hawaii," "Getcha Back," and his show-stopping solo guitar spotlight -- "Pet Sounds."

Mike Love says that after years of watching him battle his demons, Marks is a pleasure to be around: "David Marks, y'know unfortunately he got involved in alcohol and drugs, and so on like that, like too many people have in the music business. But he is so intelligent and such a great artist, too. I mean, he's really gifted at guitar and a really great person, and fun as could be. Whenever we've hung out together it's nonstop fun."

Of all the Beach Boys, Al Jardine performs most often with Marks and says that he's impressed with their onstage chemistry: "Dave's a great guy, he really is. He's a nice, nice man. He's grown into a man from a boy. He's become a real gentleman; it's been nice working with him. He has a little self-confidence issue. He needs to step forward. . . He needs to grow into his own skin, but he's getting there. He's been under the radar for a long time."

Brian Wilson clearly has a deep connection to David Marks and told us he loves being around him both on and off the stage: "David is a very, very, good musician. He's a good singer and he's a very, very good musician. And he loves playing on my shows -- he loves it."

Jon Stebbins says that Marks, who quit the Beach Boys after their first five albums, hates being compared inaccurately to the Beatles' drummer Pete Best, who was fired prior to the group recording their first single: "It's funny, it's like the only thing in the world that gets his hackles up. Y'know he's the easiest going guy on earth, but one thing is, 'Don't call me Pete Best.' Y'know, you just need to point out to these people when they mention it, (that) Pete Best played on no Beatles hits. He played on none of their hit albums, none of their hit singles. And David played on all of these iconic Beach Boys singles."

Out now is David Marks' latest album, called Back In The Garage. The collection -- which features Marks backed by the renowned surf band the a-Phonics from Valencia, Spain -- includes newly recorded takes on Marks' classic tunes by the Beach Boys and the Marksmen.

Also recently released is the 17-track compilation David Marks & The Marksmen The Ultimate Collector's Edition 1963 To '65.

Bono will hit the stage next month in North America "for an evening of words, music and some mischief" as he promotes his new memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, which will be published on November 1st. On this side of the Atlantic, Bono is set for theatre chats in New York City, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

In Europe, Bono has book dates booked in London and Manchester, England; Glasgow, Scotland; Dublin, Ireland; Berlin, Germany; Paris, France; and Madrid, Spain.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 7th at 10 a.m. local time -- with a copy of the book included with every ticket sold.

Bono explained that at the end of the day it's the connection between his music and the listeners that makes it matter: "That is, y'know, (laughs) my drug of choice. That's for me, the thing. I cannot believe you hear this melody line in your head and you, sort of, take it down and you find words for it and arrangement for it -- and the next thing y'know, you can be in a car in Tokyo, and it's on the radio. That's really my, my drug of choice. And songs are everything, really, to us."

JUST ANNOUNCED: Bono's North American 'Surrender' book tour dates (subject to change):

November 2 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
November 4 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
November 6 - Toronto, ON - Meridian Hall
November 8 - Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
November 9 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
November 12 - San Francisco, CA - Orpheum Theatre
November 13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum Theatre

Ed Sheeran has announced details for the North American leg of his + - = ÷ x Tour (pronounced "The Mathematics Tour") on Monday (October 3rd).

The "Shape of You" singer will be hitting stadiums across the continent for the first time since his history-making Divide Tour in 2018, which officially became the most-attended and highest-grossing tour of all time by its completion.

Dates begin on May 6th, 2023 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, before wrapping up on September 23rd, 2023 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA.

Khalid will open from May 6th to September 2nd with rapper/singer-songwriter Russ rounding out the tour, serving as support for most September dates.

Sheeran recently wrapped the UK/European leg of the + - = ÷ x Tour, performing in front of over 3 million people in six months and highlighted by a five-night stand at London's Wembley Stadium.

After several starts and stops while overseas, Lindsey Buckingham has scrapped his current European tour. The ousted-Fleetwood Mac leader posted a message to his social media outlets stating: "Due to ongoing health issues, Lindsey Buckingham is regrettably having to cancel the remaining shows on his current European tour. Refunds will be available from the point of purchase. Lindsey sends his deepest apologies to all his fans who were planning to attend and hopes to return to Europe in the future."

As Buckingham and members of his band fell ill from Covid, he was forced to cut the final four dates of his 2021 North American trek and push back the European jaunt. This time out, several of the European dates were cancelled due to illness before calling it quits on the entire run. There's no word when Buckingham hopes to return to the continent.

A while back, we caught up with Lindsey Buckingham, and he admitted to us that his most recent albums provide a fuller picture of him as an artist: "The funny thing is that I made those three solo albums. . . y'know, I did two (more) kinda back-to-back, I guess it's about three or four years ago now. And now this one, which I didn't even really plan to make, but the time opened up. And so, when you kind of fill it in more, I think it is kind of easier to get an overview of it."

Ringo Starr has covid and has let fans know the remaining dates of his ongoing All Star Band tour have been canceled while he recuperates.

A message to fans was posted online, which reads: "Ringo hopes to resume as soon as possible and is recovering at home. As always, he and the All Starrs send peace and love to their fans and hope to see them back out on the road soon. Check his website for any further updates. Peace and Love, Team Ringo"

CANCELLED: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band tour dates:

October 1 - New Buffalo, Mi - Four Winds Casino
October 2 - Prior Lake, MN - Mystic Lake Casino
October 4 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Canada Life Centre
October 5 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Sasktel Centre
October 6 - Lethbridge, Alberta - Enmax Centre
October 8 - Abbotsford, BC - Abbotsford Centre
October 9 - Penticton, BC - South Okanagon Events Centre

Two previously unseen photos of the pre-fame Beatles performing at Liverpool's Cavern Club have mysteriously popped up online. The two shots -- one featuring John Lennon singing and the other Paul McCartney belting out a tune -- were shot in July 1961, following the band's second trip to Hamburg, Germany. The photos, featuring drummer Pete Best, were taken at either one of the band's lunchtime or evening gigs at the subterranean venue.

The band is already decked out with their first professional guitars; George Harrison with his Futurama -- a cheap knockoff of the Fender Stratocaster, Lennon with his Rickenbacker 325, and McCartney with his first signature Hofner "violin" bass.

A while back, Paul McCartney pointed out that with Liverpool being a seaport city, kids were fed a steady stream of popular music they never would've heard had they had been stuck out in the sticks: "Y'know, it's that thing where kids know about something and the grown-ups don't know about. And that gives it a totally magic air. And you were getting friends who had, like, blues records, and stuff, in Liverpool being a seaport, a lot. I think you'd get a lot of imports, and C&W, and blues -- there was a lot of that knocking around. Chuck Berry and Ray Charles 'What I'd Say,' and stuff like that."

Hollies singer-guitarist, Liverpudlian Terry Sylvester, replaced Graham Nash in the band and made his bones in such Liverpool groups as the Escorts and the Swinging Blue Jeans. Having played the Cavern Club countless times, he told us that although an immensely historic and legendary venue -- at the end of the day, the place was dump: "It was horrible. It was smelly. It smelled of disinfectant. There was only one way in; there was no back door, so everyone had to come in carrying the amps up and down the stairs all past the people comin' in. Very small place, very small. You'd be playing to 200 people. Maybe 300."

During John Lennon's 1970 Rolling Stone interview, he set the record straight once and for all about the Beatles' abilities as a live act: "We were four guys, that. . . I met Paul (McCartney) and said, ‘Y'wanna join me band? And then George (Harrison) joined, and then Ringo (Starr) joined. We were just a band that made it very, very big -- that's all. Our best work was never recorded, y'know? We were performers -- in spite off what Mick (Jagger) says about us -- in Liverpool, Hamburg, and around the dance halls, y'know? And what we generated was fantastic, when we played straight rock. And there was nobody to touch us in Britain, y'know? But as soon as we made it, we made it -- the edges were knocked off. Y'know, Brian (Epstein) put us in suits and all that and we made it very, very big — but we sold out. The Beatles' music died then -- as musicians. That's why we never improved (laughs), y'know? As musicians, we killed ourselves then, to make it. We always missed the club days, ‘cause that's when we were playing music."

Harry Styles got political during his sold-out mini-residency at Austin's Moody Center.

The "Watermelon Sugar" singer appeared onstage flashing a "Beto for Texas" sticker on his guitar as Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke watched from the pit.

O'Rourke, who is running against Republican Greg Abbott in the November 8th general election, uploaded footage of the interaction on his Instagram Stories.

It was 47 years ago today that Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here hit Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album, which was the followup to the band's massive 1973 hit, The Dark Side Of The Moon, topped the charts for two weeks and remained in the U.S. Top 10 for nine weeks. To date, Wish You Were Here has sold over 20 million copies globally.

The tracklisting to Wish You Were Here is: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)," "Welcome To The Machine," "Have A Cigar" (featuring Roy Harper)," "Wish You Were Here," and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts VI-IX)."

The song "Wish You Were Here" was written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters for Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. Barrett retired from the band in 1968, and due to his growing emotional problems exacerbated by heavy drug use, he only recorded sporadically in the years immediately following his departure.

Barrett turned up unannounced at the studio during the 1975 Wish You Were Here sessions. He wasn't recognized at first because he had gained a tremendous amount of weight and had shaved his head. When his former bandmates realized it was Barrett, they were devastated and stopped work for the day.

Shortly before his death in 2008, keyboardist Richard Wright spoke frankly about Syd Barrett, who was responsible for spearheading Floyd's early direction: "It's a tragedy what happened to him, because over the career of the band, he was in the band for an extremely short time -- but it was a very important time. He did the first album, and then, that was it. He was gone. It's very sad. It was a drug-related illness, and it was such a waste. I can't say much more than that about Syd, except bless him -- that was the reason the band started."

During a lengthily chat with acclaimed director John Edgington, Roger Waters spoke candidly about not only the Wish You Were Here sessions -- but its inspiration, Syd Barrett: "It seemed to me, when we were making that record in the aftermath of the enormous success of The Dark Side Of The Moon, that I, sort of, knew, really, that we were over as far as the 'band of brothers' notion of a pop group was concerned. We just weren't anymore -- and we were never going to be that again. And so, I was mourning that loss as well as the loss of, of Syd as a friend and as a colleague. And with my band now, I do 'Shine On. . . ' and 'Wish You Were Here' and when I'm singing, y'know, 'Shine On. . . ', Syd's right there all the time, obviously, because the song is just, y'know, absolutely about him and it describes how I experienced his disintegration and to express the love that I have for him."

It was 52 years ago today (October 4th, 1970) that Janis Joplin was found dead. After a long night of partying, Joplin's body was discovered in her room at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood with fresh needle marks in her arm, and her death was ruled an accidental overdose. Joplin was 27-years-old, and at the time of her death was working on what became her final album, Pearl.

In March 2021, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of it topping the Billboard Hot 100, was the first official video for Janis Joplin's "Me And Bobby McGee." The clip, which was created in partnership with the Janis Joplin Estate and Columbia/Legacy Recordings, features the classic tune written by Kris Kristofferson, which in Joplin's death became her signature song. The new clip features elements included in the new book, Janis Joplin: Days & Summers - Scrapbook 1966-68, which was released in June.

Originally released on January 12th, 1971, Janis Joplin's "Me And Bobby McGee" from the posthumous Pearl album, became the second posthumous single in pop music history to reach Number One; the first was Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," in 1968.

The recent Joplin documentary, Janis: Little Girl Blue, premiered in 2015 at the Venice Film Festival, before hitting PBS via its American Masters series. The doc is now available for digital download.

2018 saw the 50th anniversary of Big Brother & The Holding Company's major label debut and the double-disc release of Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills -- featuring the material that introduced the world to Janis Joplin. The set was issued under its original title, which was nixed by Columbia Records for being too controversial. Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills "restores the band's vision and intent in an essential new collection of 30 rare performances including 29 studio outtakes -- 25 previously unreleased -- from the mythic 1968 sessions that generated Big Brother & The Holding Company's Cheap Thrills." Highlights on the set include such Joplin & Big Brother classics as "Piece Of My Heart," "Ball And Chain," and "Summertime," among others.

Sadly, on February 12th, 2015, Joplin's closest musical collaborator, guitarist Sam Andrew -- who performed alongside her in both Big Brother & The Holding Company along with her solo band Kozmic Blues Band -- and was the primary musician that promoted and championed her work over the decades, died at 73 following complications from a heart attack.

In August 2014, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative Joplin "Forever" postage stamps as part of the USPS' ongoing "music icons series," and unique in that while purchased at the current first class rate, it will always be accepted as a first class stamp throughout the years and never need additional postage as rates increase.

In November 2013, Joplin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard. Among those who paid tribute to Joplin were Kris Kristofferson, record label exec Clive Davis -- who signed Joplin along with Big Brother & The Holding Company to Columbia Records, and Joplin's siblings, Michael and Laura.

Janis Joplin recalled her long road to personal and creative freedom: "I started singing when I was about 17. I listened to a lot of music first and one day I started singing, and I could sing. It was a surprise (laughs) -- to say the least. About '63, I couldn't stand Texas anymore and I went to California, ‘cause it's a lot freer, and you can, y'know, you can do what you wanna do and nobody bugs you."

Fans have often wondered since her 1970 death what Joplin would have gone on to do, and shortly before his death, her old friend and bandmate Sam Andrew told us that a very modest Joplin might have gone away from rock n' roll: "I think she would have gone through a couple of jazz standard albums, maybe -- I, I hope she would have, 'cause I loved the way she did 'Little Girl Blue' and 'Summertime,' and to hear a couple of albums of that kind of material would have been truly great. But mainly, I think she'd just be really tickled -- (does Joplin impression) 'They're still thinking about me? How can they be thinking about me? (laughs).'"

Andrews recalled that Joplin was a lot deeper than people might have gotten from her public image: "She was, like, real fast and real funny, and she had these colorful Texan expressions, and then behind there, there was an IQ maybe of 165 or something. She was just as bright as could be and interested in everything. And then, on top of that, she was punctual, which doesn't sound like an important thing when you're talking about a diva, but in day-to-day life it becomes really important. So, I just loved Janis a lot."

In 2008, in commemoration with Joplin's 65th birthday (January 19th), a historic marker was placed by one of her childhood homes in Port Arthur, Texas.

In 2012 it was announced that actress Amy Adams had signed on to portray Joplin in the upcoming biopic, Get It While You Can. Adams, a three-time Academy Award nominee, joins a long list of actors around Hollywood who either are, or have been, attached to different Joplin films in varying stages of pre-production -- including The Gospel According To Janis, which had Zooey Deschanel attached to it and a Sean Durkin-directed feature starring Nina Arianda. No start date has been announced for the biopic.

Actress Zooey Deschanel -- who at one point was on board to portray Joplin -- told us her research into the role has given her a deeper understanding of the legendary, yet ill-fated singer: "She's more recognized for her dysfunction than she is for, y'know, what she brought to the world of music and women in general. She was a strong woman in a time when the views of women were changing and I think she had a lot to do with that. She was a really smart person but because she had a lot of problems, that's what people focus on. That, to me, is her tragedy."

Janis Joplin's road manger John Cooke, who sadly discovered Joplin's lifeless body on October 4th, 1970, recalls the power of Joplin's live show: "People just hadn't heard a white girl sing the blues this way. If you hadn't heard Janis before and she came out and started singing you were just blown away."

Frontman Myles Kennedy has already named his favorite tune from Alter Bridge's upcoming album, Pawns & Kings. The new collection, which drops on October 14th, is the band's seventh studio set and the followup to 2019's Walk The Sky.

During a chat with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Myles Kennedy was pushed to name his personal standout track from the Pawns & Kings and said, "Probably a song called 'Fable Of The Silent Son', which is kind of a long song, I think it's just over eight minutes long. It's a journey. I'm excited to hear how people feel about that one, and what I mean by hear about how they feel is from a lyrical standpoint."

He went on to say, "I'm hoping that it'll resonate with people because it really is kind of a 'learn from our mistakes' narrative. Y'know, it's the idea of, when sometimes you go through life, and you fall down and make your mistakes, you get up, you dust yourself off, and you learn from those mistakes, and it makes you a better person. But with that said, they are sometimes your hope is that somebody else doesn't have to make the same mistake, that they don't have to live through the same mistakes you did."

Alter Bridge was started by the three instrumental members of Creed and guitarist Mark Tremonti told us how ex-Mayfield Four singer Myles Kennedy became the final piece of the puzzle: "When we first started the band, we were desperately looking for a singer, and my buddy had brought me a Mayfield Four CD and, y'know, hearing the CD, I was blown away -- this guy's, y'know, not doing anything right now and he's this good? I made demos and sent 'em his way, and he sang over them and he seemed to be into the songs and we loved what he did and he flew down January 2nd, 2004, and we've been a band ever since."

Alter Bridge kicks off its 25-date European tour on November 1st at Hamburg, Germany's Sporthalle Hamburg.

Paramore played "Misery Business" live for the first time in four years during the first stop on their 2022 tour.

On Sunday (October 2nd), singer Hayley Williams told the crowd in Bakersfield, CA, "F**k it" before launching into the 2007 hit that they had previously retired.

According to Consequence of Sound, she said, "Four years ago we said we were gonna retire this song for a little while and technically we did. But what we did not know was that jus about five minutes after I got canceled for saying the word ‘whore' in a song, all of TikTok decided that it was ok. Make it make sense."

Post Malone is feeling better following his rib-cracking fall in St. Louis last month.

Video posted to Twitter shows the performer rocking out with a bra on his head at the Little Ceasars arena in Detroit Saturday (October 1st).

TMZ reports that those in attendance say he was in really good spirits, despite still recovering from the recent spill.

Malone suffered a fracture to his rib cage after he took a nasty fall through a hole in the stage while performing in St. Louis on September 17th. He briefly ended up in a hospital and was forced to cancel his Boston concert.

On Saturday night (October 1st) Bruce Springsteen joined the Killers on stage at New York's famed Madison Square Garden for a three-song mini-set. "The Boss" and E Street Band saxophonist Jake Clemons -- nephew of "The Big Man," the late-Clarence Clemons -- were on hand to perform Springsteen's 2021 team-up with the band on "A Dustland Fairytale," along with his own classics "Badlands" and "Born To Run."

In 2005's Wings For Wheels documentary, Springsteen explained that the writing and recording of his third album Born To Run -- which took far longer than both his first two albums combined -- was the moment where he needed to allow himself the room to discover where his next creative steps would be through patience, persistence, and most of all -- trial and error: "I was not interested in a strictly professional setup, because I didn't want to contain my. . . my talents in that box, because I didn't know where they we're going to lead me at the time. At that time, my concern was this; I have these abilities -- I don't know what they are -- but, I know that they're there and I don't know where they're going to lead me, but wherever that is I have to go, even if it's down a bunch of blind alleys till I find the one that I want. . . that I do wanna go down. And also just felt like, give me room to do this particular thing in my own fashion."

On November 7th, Bruce Springsteen will once again headline the annual "Stand Up For Heroes" benefit taking place this year at Manhattan's David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Coming on November 11th is Springsteen's soul covers set, titled Only The Strong Survive.

Taylor Swift is reportedly plotting a massive stadium tour for the summer of 2023.

One insider told Page Six Friday (September 30th), "Taylor has some really ambitious plans in place. She's excited to get back on the road after such a long but fruitful break."

A second source added that several shows have already been booked.

The singer was scheduled to go on tour in 2020 in support of Lover but was forced to cancel due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

If Conjuring Kesha is renewed for a second season at discovery+, the singer already has one famous friend asking to guest star.

Kesha revealed to E! News that Olivia Munn has reached out to be a part of the series which tracks the pop star as she explores the nation's biggest mysteries, haunted locations and supernatural phenomena.

The "Tik Tok" singer said, "She saw an episode of the show and was like, 'Dude, if you do a season two, I'm down.' I just feel like that would be so hilarious. 'Cause she's such a bad b***h. She's so funny. She's so smart."

Conjuring Kesha will have its broadcast debut Oct. 1st at 10 p.m. on the Travel Channel. The full season is available to stream on discovery+.

Only weeks after fan-shot 1970 footage of Led Zeppelin in L.A. was unearthed -- previously unseen pro-shot silent film of the band at the Bath Festival has popped up on YouTube. Loudersound.com reported the 30-minutes of outdoor footage comes from Zeppelin's June 28th, 1970 performance at the Bath & West Showground in Shepton Mall and was captured by director Peter Whitehead -- best known for his famed 1965 Rolling Stones tour documentary, Charlie Is My Darling.

Zeppelin's performance was but part of an extensive weekend lineup that also featured such heavyweights as Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues, the Byrds, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, Fairport Convention, Dr. John, and more.

Jimmy Page told us that he was aware immediately that Led Zeppelin was breaking new ground on not only a musical level -- but on how music was actually created: "We knew that we were doing work -- we knew it was substantial because it wasn't like anybody . . . what anybody else was doing. So, then it has a substance to it and it's radical, purely because of that level. As far as the sort of counterpoint of the four musicians playing together and the sum total of that, or even the alchemy of it, that basically is what the magical aspect of Led Zeppelin is, I believe."

On Friday (September 30th), Eddie Vedder joined Steve Nicks for a duet of her Tom Petty-written solo classic, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." Nicks welcomed the Pearl Jam frontman during her headlining set at Vedder's Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California.

Rolling Stone reported that in addition to Vedder handling the Petty-sung vocal line, the two rock legends danced together during the tune's iconic guitar solo.

Although Stevie Nicks has recorded duets with such distinctive vocalists as Lindsey Buckingham, Kenny Loggins, Don Henley, Sheryl Crow, and Tom Petty, she told us that she's waited over 50 years to share a stage with three specific singers: "Well, when I moved to Los Angeles with Lindsey (Buckingham) in 1972, I wanted -- there were three songs I wanted to sing two-part harmony with; Paul McCartney 'Yesterday,' James Taylor 'Fire And Rain,' and Elton John 'Your Song.' I've never gotten to sing any of those three songs with those three men! So, I'm still looking that maybe that will happen someday. Because that was before this happened, y'know? That was like way before we were famous."

It was 45 years ago tonight (October 3rd, 1977) that CBS aired Elvis Presley's final concert special, Elvis In Concert. The show, which was broadcast six weeks after Elvis' death of a heart attack at the age of 42, featured a heavily made up and obviously ill Elvis, looking bloated and sweating profusely. Sadly, in pop culture circles, the show is best known as the "Fat Elvis" concert. After its initial airing and several repeats, which were allowed as part of the original contract with CBS, the Presley estate has never permitted any further showings of the full special, which showed Elvis at his worst.

Although he was physically in bad shape, his voice was able to carry the special, which featured footage taped on June 19th, 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska and on June 21st in Rapid City, South Dakota. Although many have referred to the performance as Elvis' final show, his last concert actually took place on June 26th, 1977 in Indianapolis.

Among the high points of the show were a near operatic version of his cover of Timmy Yuro's "Hurt," 1970's concert staples such as "You Gave Me A Mountain," and such '50s and '60s hits as "It's Now Or Never," "Jailhouse Rock," "Teddy Bear," "Don't Be Cruel," "Can't Help Falling In Love," and his version of the Frank Sinatra standard "My Way."

Pete Townshend told us the enormity of pressures surrounding Elvis is what ultimately led to his death at such a young age: "That's a terrible tragedy when you think what a decent kind of guy he seemed to be when you read the stuff. Y'know he came to pieces at the end. And it's easy to blame Vegas, but it wasn't about Vegas, it was just about the load."

James Burton, Elvis Presley's lead guitarist and bandleader from 1969 to 1977 says that "The King" was unpredictable as he was charismatic on stage: "With Elvis, y'know it was a lot of surprises, and you didn't have any idea. You could never take your eyes off of him. You had no idea where he was going to go next."

Former Memphis Mafia member Jerry Schilling, who was the longtime Creative Affairs director of Elvis Presley Enterprises -- and is now the president of the Beach Boys' Brother Records Inc. -- was asked whether fans can ever expect to see an official release of the 1977 special: "I wouldn't be one on a bandwagon saying, 'Let's do 14 DVD's on the concert on which Elvis looked the worst of his life and shouldn't have been on the stage, and was dying. . .' No, I'm not that guy. Should it ever come out again? Probably. I wouldn't say that it's never going to come out. I think there needed to be a moratorium after his death."

According to Schilling's recent memoir, Me And A Guy Named Elvis, he took Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker to task for allowing Presley to appear in such bad shape before the cameras. Parker reportedly told Schilling that he tried to stop the deal due to Presley's poor health, but that Presley demanded that the special go ahead as scheduled.

The soundtrack album to the Elvis In Concert special peaked at Number Five on the Billboard 200 album charts and went all the way to Number One on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts.

FAST FORWARD

Elvis Presley's legendary guitarist James Burton has revealed he's battling kidney cancer.

In a Facebook post, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer wrote:

PRAYERS REQUESTED

I have been diagnosed with kidney cancer and I am scheduled for an operation Monday Oct. 3rd at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Even though I have a great team of Doctors, I know GOD is in control.

I would personally appreciate your prayers for a TOTAL HEALING.

Please share this request with all your friend.
Thank You with Love

GOD BLESS YOU, James

Billie Eilish isn't going to get on stage without a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

The "Ocean Eyes" singer revealed in an Apple Music TikTok posted Friday (September 30th) that she always has schar backstage, a gluten free bread from Germany and added, "I have that and I always have peanut butter and jelly."

She revealed that he also includes crackers, chips and salsa, guacamole, and watermelon and tajin in her rider.

As for drinks, Eilish says she prefers lemonade chocolate milk and Poppi, a low-sugar probiotic sparkling soda.

Unfortunately for fans, the chance this time around to see a full Jane's Addiction reunion has fallen short. The band, which is currently out on the road with Smashing Pumpkins, is missing its iconic guitarist Dave Navarro, who's been sidelined by a case of long covid.

Subbing for Navarro is good friend Troy Van Leeuwen -- best known for his work with Failure, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Eagles Of Death Metal.

Navarro posted on a message to fans on social media, which reads in part:

To all of the Jane's Addiction fans attending the Jane's/ Smashing Pumpkins 'Spirits On Fire' tour, I am sorry to have to say that I will not be attending due to my continued battle with Long Covid that I have been dealing with since last December.

I had hoped for a full recovery by October, but I am still very fatigued and will not be able to join this leg. I am personally gutted as our original bass player has returned, Eric Avery. We wanted to bring you the original lineup, but that will have to wait until I am recovered. While the band is touring, I will be working on some new Jane's material in the studio here in LA.

I am personally gutted as our original bass player has returned, Eric Avery. We wanted to bring you the original line up but that will have to wait until I am recovered.

Though I am saddened to not make this tour I am focused on making a full recovery and re-joining the guys when I am able.

I truly wish the band well on this tour and I am confident they will breeding everything to make it a fabulous show! Go get em guys. I can get to a show one night and watch my own band for the first time.

Thank you for understanding,

Dave Navarro

• Ringo Starr postponed two of his All Starr Band shows due to illness. Both his October 1st gig in New Buffalo, Michigan at Four Winds Casino and the October 2nd show in Prior Lake, Michigan's Mystic Showroom will be rescheduled.
  • An announcement from Mystic Lake Casino said: "Ringo is sick and was hoping to be able to perform, hence the late notice, but it has affected his voice. Ringo does not have COVID-19. He and the band send peace and love to all the fans who were planning to come out and see the show. A rescheduled date will be announced in the future. All original tickets will be honored for the new date. Refunds available via original point of purchase through 11/1/2022." (Press release)
    
    
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse will release their latest album, titled, World Record, on November 18th. The album, which was produced by Rick Rubin, was recorded at his Malibu studio Shangri-La -- which was originally the base of operations from the Band in the 1970's. "(On) World Record, Young provides vocals across the album's tracklist alongside instrumentation from Crazy Horse, all of which was recorded live and mixed to analogue tape by Rubin." (NME)
  
  
• Paul Simon was forced to pull out of an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Friday night (September 30th) after suddenly falling ill. There's been no word from either Simon's camp or the Kimmel producers regarding Simon's condition. (Showbiz411.com)
  
  
• Billy Joel has announced a July 7th concert in London's Hyde Park. The show, which is being billed as the "Piano Man's" only European appearance in 2023, goes on sale this Thursday (October 6th) at 10 a.m. local time. (Press release)