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Kanye West claims that he lost $2 billion in one day.

On Thursday (October 27th), Ye wrote in an Instagram post directed to Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, "I lost 2 billion dollars in one day and I'm still alive. This is love speech. I still love you. God still loves you. The money is not who I am. The people is who I am."

The post comes one day after the Yeezy founder was escorted from Sketchers' Los Angeles corporate office after he "arrived unannounced and without invitation."

Additionally, sources close to the rapper's Donda Academy tell TMZ that the school may shut down for good because so many staffers have quit due to West's antisemetic comments.

JUSTIN BIEBER AND SHAWN MENDES ATTEND CHURCH TOGETHER: Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes were spotted attending church together Wednesday (October 26th) night. According to TMZ, both singers, who are taking breaks from touring to deal with their mental health, were spotted at Churchome in Beverly Hills. It is unclear if they sang for the congregation as Bieber has in the past.

HARRY STYLES DEBUTS DROPS VIDEO FOR 'MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT': Harry Styles has premiered the official video for "Music For A Sushi Restaurant," the third official single from Harry's critically-acclaimed and Platinum-certified album Harry's House. The visual was directed by Aube Perrie and shot last month in Brooklyn, NY.

It was 58 years ago today (October 28th, 1964), that The T.A.M.I. Show (Teenage Awards Music International Show) began its two-day film shoot. The landmark film was the first theatrically released rock n' roll concert movie.

The concerts combined the biggest British and American acts on one stage. The show was hosted by Jan & Dean, who also performed but mainly appeared as comic relief while introducing each act. The concert was filmed on October 28th and 29th, 1964, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, in front of 3,000 screaming fans, and featured such legends as Chuck Berry, the Supremes, James Brown, the Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, the Beach Boys, and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.

Each act was featured in a three-or-four song set. Highlights included Smokey Robinson & The Miracles performing "You Really Got A Hold On Me," the Supremes singing their back-to-back Number One hits "Baby Love" and "Where Did Our Love Go," and the Beach Boys performing "Dance, Dance, Dance" and "Surfin' U.S.A." against a wail of "Beatlemania"-like screams.

Beach Boys author, historian and documentary producer Jon Stebbins, who wrote the definitive biographies on Dennis Wilson -- The Real Beach Boy -- and David Marks -- The Lost Beach Boy, explains that Mike Love's importance to the Beach Boys' live shows should never be underestimated: "Mike's confidence standing onstage as a frontman is one of the really crucial things that he brought to the table, that without him, they woulda been screwed, man! They just did not have a personality in the band that could do what he did. And he did it well right from the start, and he got better and better and better at it. Until the point where then it became uncool to be that way. And it's sort of like he couldn't turn it off. Y'know, he was what he was."

Other highlights included Chuck Berry performing "Sweet Little Sixteen," Marvin Gaye singing his early Motown singles "Hitch Hike" and "Pride And Joy," and Lesley Gore turning in note-perfect renditions of her hits "You Don't Own Me," "Judy's Turn To Cry," and "It's My Party."

Also performing on the show were British Invasion hitmakers Gerry & The Pacemakers and Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas. James Brown's singing and dancing during his performances of "Please, Please, Please" and "Night Train" brought the teen crowd to the brink of pandemonium.

The Rolling Stones had the unenviable task of having to follow Brown, yet closed the concert with electrifying performances of their hits "Time Is On My Side" and "It's All Over Now."

Mick Jagger remembered the band's fans during their early British Invasion days when they had barely broken America: "It was terribly innocent. And some of them look like they're nine-years-old, don't they? And they were! They were the -- what did we used to call them? There was a name for them -- 'Tinys.' Oh this is a show. . . 'What's sort of audience is it?' 'Tinys.' (Laughs) They were like nine to 11, 12, 13 -- and they just made this high pitched noise."

Teenage Music International was a foundation devoted to providing music scholarships for teens. The film of The T.A.M.I. Show was originally meant to be shown only at the awards ceremony for the T.A.M.I. recipients. However, the T.A.M.I. foundation folded right after the film was edited, and the concert went on to be released theatrically in the spring of 1965.

In 2010, after years of red tape and legal hassles, The T.A.M.I. Show finally saw an official DVD release -- featuring the complete movie with digitally restored pictured and newly remastered sound.

In 2016, The T.A.M.I. Show was reissued on DVD and Blu-ray along with its 1966 follow-up, The Big T.N.T. Show, in one package for the first time.

Happy Birthday to Motown songwriter Eddie Holland, who turns 83 on Sunday (October 30th)!!! Holland, his younger brother Brian Holland, and Lamont Dozier -- better known as "Holland-Dozier-Holland" -- are responsible for writing and producing such Motown classics as Marvin Gaye's "How Sweet It Is"; the Four Tops' "Baby I Need Your Loving," "Standing In The Shadows Of Love," "Bernadette," "It's The Same Old Song," "I Can't Help Myself," and "Reach Out (I'll Be There)"; Martha & the Vandellas' "Nowhere To Run," "Heatwave" and "Jimmy Mack"; and the Supremes' Number One hits "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Stop! In The Name Of Love," "Come See About Me," "Back In My Arms Again," "I Hear A Symphony," "You Can't Hurry Love," "You Keep Me Hangin' On," "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone," and "The Happening."

After leaving Motown in 1967, the team continued on with such hits as "Give Me Just A Little More Time" for Chairmen Of The Board, among others.

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

The Holland-Dozier-Holland team wrote many hits for the Four Tops. Holland said that "Baby I Need Your Loving" was a surprise hit for the group: "'Baby I Need Your Loving' was a song that sort of fell on the outside. It was just lying around a couple years. And the Four Tops came by, Mickey Stevenson, an A&R director, yes, he said, 'We got anything for the Four Tops?' And we said, 'Yeah, we got this one song, I mean, may be pretty good.' I didn't look at it as anything exceptional. It was nice, it was a nice tune, it was a hit, but I didn't look at it as anything earthshaking. And we did that and it became great. Matter of fact BMI has it as our best-selling record."

Eddie Holland remembers that writing the lyrics to Holland-Dozier-Holland's Motown classics was a solitary experience: "With those melodies that Lamont and Brian was coming out with, I mean, man! Norman Whitfield used to tease me. They'd say, 'When he's in Detroit on Lumpkin Street living up there over his grandmother in those attic rooms, and he never comes out, and all they do is open a little door and shove a little food and water in there for him' (laughter) -- because I, I would hibernate."

Holland credits Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. for empowering his staff producers and allowing them the room to find the perfect combination between their songs and the label's talent: "First of all, you could get a crack at anybody there. That's the way that the company was set up. Whoever was there, if they was signed to that label, I don't care who you are -- you could get a crack at them. And the way . . . This is the beauty of the company, which I think led to the success of the organization, is that they weren't allowed to refuse anything. Their job was, 'Hey, you're here to sing, that's the producer signed to this company -- you sing when he tells you to sing.' Any other problems, you had a problem with him."

Another Holland-Dozier-Holland hit for The Four Tops was the song "Bernadette." Holland says he clearly remembers how the song was written: "Brian was at the piano once. This was in a basement, I can visualize it just like it was yesterday. Lamont hadn't walked in quite yet. And Brian was playing this melody. He started singing 'Bernadette.' I said to myself 'Bernadette? I hope he's not serious.' I didn't say anything. And so he played more of the melody and Lamont came in and he sort of liked what Brian was doing. But, I tell you, that was a tough one. I really, truly did not want to write something about a Bernadette."

Holland-Dozier-Holland composed the score for the recent musical version of The First Wives Club, which was written and directed by Rupert Holmes of "Escape (The Pina Colada)" song fame. The play wrapped its run in 2015 at the Oriental in Chicago, with the producers eying an upcoming Broadway run.

Happy Birthday to Temptations co-founder Otis Williams, who turns 81 on Sunday (October 30th)!!! Williams -- who was present at the birth of Motown alongside founder Berry Gordy Jr., Smokey Robinson, and a host of others -- is the sole surviving original member of the Temptations still performing with the group. Williams has outlived all of the other members of the Temps' classic lineup: Paul Williams, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, and Melvin Franklin. 2022 saw the release of the Temps' latest studio set, Temptations 60.

Otis Williams recalled after years of struggling with no success, how the Temps found out about scoring their first hit in 1964: "We recorded 'The Way You Do The Things You Do' and went to upstate Michigan and was up there for a number of weeks and came back, and Berry (Gordy) had been trying to find us. They told us 'You guys finally got a hit.' Somebody got the Billboard and the Cashbox and showed us we were in the charts, and David Ruffin and myself sat down and we cried because we had tried so many years of getting there. And we were off and running."

Williams recalled that during the Temps' golden era at Motown, Berry Gordy actually nixed Williams' efforts to write songs for the group while Smokey Robinson was their producer: "One day when Berry got out of his car walking to his office, I had asked him, 'Hey, well I write. When I'm home, can I go into the studio?' And he said, 'No, you just let Smokey write and you be the artist.'"

Williams told us that, in the early days, Gordy stayed hands-on with all the label's artists, but by the mid-'60s he knew better than to fool with the winning team of the Temps and Norman Whitfield -- who wrote and produced most of the group's late '60s hits -- including "Cloud Nine": "Berry just said, 'Hey, these guys are having hit after hit, I'm not messing with them, whatever they want to come up with and release. . .' -- that was it. So Berry, in essence, just stepped aside, 'cause Norman had so many hits on us that he didn't question the success we were having."

Williams shares a birthday with Eddie Holland, Jr. of the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. Holland and producer-songwriter Norman Whitfield penned the Temptations' hits "(I Know) I'm Losing You" and "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," but Williams said Motown head Berry Gordy did not want the group to perform songs by the Holland-Dozier-Holland team. Williams said that to this day, he's still a big fan of their work: "I'm still a Holland-Dozier-Holland fan because those guys, those brothers were ahead of their time as far as putting the chords that they were using, the melodies. And when you listen to that 'Reach Out'. . . very strange movement in the chord structure and the melody and that's why those songs are so popular today, they were really were ahead of their time."

Otis Williams admitted to us that he's wondered at times why he's the last original member left in the Temptations: "When Melvin passed, I said to myself, ‘Otis, there is a reason why you're still around.' Because it's not like I haven't been sick and it wasn't like I was not there with the rest of us when we broke out having fun like everybody else, you know, but I'm still here. So there's a reason and I guess God said, ‘No, there's work that still must be done,' and I'm here. It's hard to explain, but I continue to carry the banner on with God's good graces."

He told us that although he has deep affection for most of the group members who have been part of the Temps, he'll always be bonded most strongly with the Temps' original members -- David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, and Melvin Franklin: "It's just a wonderful connection. They live on through the spirit of what we try to do, and (were) just a great bunch of guys. So I'm just happy with the association -- even though history has shown that as great as we were, we still had our ups and downs to the point of us parting. But I love them just the same."

The Temptations perform tonight (October 28th) in Nijmegen, The Netherlands at Concertgebouw de Vereeniging.

Mötley Crüe has announced its co-founding guitarist Mick Mars has retired from touring. Variety broke the news that the 71-year-old guitarist will no longer tour -- but will remain a part of the band.

The band's official statement reads:

Mick Mars, co-founder and lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe for the past 41 years, has announced today that due to his ongoing painful struggle with Ankylosing Spondylitis (A.S.), he will no longer be able to tour with the band.

Mick will continue as a member of the band, but can no longer handle the rigors of the road. A.S. is an extremely painful and crippling degenerative disease, which affects the spine.

There has been no word as to who will tour with the band next year for the Crüe's extensive European double bill with Def Leppard. Some recent reports had hinted that guitarist John 5 would be standing in for Mars but nothing has been officially announced.

Friday's (October 28th) the big day when fans will finally get their hands on the Beatles' "Super Deluxe" Revolver box set collection. In addition to a clutch of outtakes and alternate versions of the album's classic songs, remix producer Giles Martin was able to go back and mine the master takes for elements that were either buried or unheard in the original primitive 1966 stereo mix.

Giles Martin discussed his premixing process to the Word In Your Ear podcast: "'For No One' -- the softer songs actually come out really well. You can hear Ringo's kick drum and the finger snaps on 'Here, There And Everywhere,' which I never really noticed before. Then you go back, listen to the original record and they're there. It's good for things like 'She Said (She Said)' because the drums aren't over to one side so much with the rest of the band. They can be more central, so therefore, it's more rocking. Y'know, you have Ringo come in on both speakers opposed to one speaker. . . You've also got to remember with Revolver, stereo wasn't a thing. Radio was in mono, most people's systems at home were mono, and so there was no need to think about this."

Ariana Grande has a whole new look that she's displaying to the world and she chose social media as her way to show it off to the public.

The singer debuted her new hair, which was a blonde ponytail, in an Instagram post.

She captioned the post, "New earrings."

Ariana has had several hair colors over the years, including her signature brunette and dark blonde looks.

It was 50 years ago today (October 27th, 1972) that Stevie Wonder released his watershed album, Talking Book. The album topped out at Number Three on the Billboard 200 and hit Number One on the magazine's R&B Albums chart.

Talking Book featured two massive Number One hits -- "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" and "Superstition" -- along with "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" which was covered by both Peter Frampton the next year and Art Garfunkel in 1975, respectively.

The album helped define Steve Wonder as a Grammy favorite, with "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" winning Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and "Superstition" snagging the prizes for both Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song.

Around the time of Talking Book's release in the fall of '72, Stevie Wonder appeared on England's The Old Grey Whistle Test and tried to explain what he and his music were about: "A lot of people say, 'Stevie Wonder, he's black, he's a soul artist.' I consider myself, number one as being myself; y'know, accept me for being me. And having soul is having the ability to express what you feel, to express whatever you feel inside. To bring it out to the public."

Jeff Beck, who contributed to the Talking Book sessions, recalls being absolutely starstruck when he and Wonder first joined forces in the studio: "I just was like a blithering idiot. I didn't really know what to play. . . and he was more of a comedian than anything. He liked the way I spoke. But every time he put his hands on the keys, this magic came out. And then when it was my turn to play, it was a bit embarrassing. I didn't know what the hell to do. He said, 'I'm gonna go out of the room, and you play a solo.' And he disappeared. And I played the solo on 'Looking For Another Pure Love.' When he said, 'Do it, Jeff,' that was it, you couldn't get near me for a week after."

Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. told us he thinks Stevie Wonder's personality, on top of his musical genius, made him stand apart from his peers: "He's got a heart and he's transcended his own music, and his own music is so great. It's so wonderful. It's phenomenal and he's the most imitated artist -- all the new singers, they have a little Stevie in them. And above all that, he is one of the greatest human beings and he will sacrifice his life to fight bigotry, racism, and he deals with human values and there's just so much wrapped up in one human being."

Despite there being rumors that Adele has collaborated with Nicki Minaj, Adele is setting the record straight that this hasn't actually happened.

In a video clip that has been making its rounds on social media, a fan asked Adele if there was any truth to her working with Nicki Minaj following the British singer perfectly mimicking Nicki during an episode of Carpool Karaoke.

Adele replied, saying, "That's never even nearly happened. I don't know how people think that… I've always loved Nicki Minaj. She's a real vibe."

Selena Gomez wasn't able to perform at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (October 26th) due to her testing positive for COVID-19.

She made the announcement that same day via her Instagram Story, writing, "I'm not going to be on Fallon tonight. I ended up getting covid but am resting and feeling ok. A friendly reminder that covid is still out there."

Gomez added, "Get updated on your boosters. I was actually scheduled to get mine this week. Love you all."

The video for Taylor Swift's song "Anti-Hero" has been edited following backlash the visual received about a scene where Taylor stands on a scale and it reads "fat."

According to Variety, that particular scene from the video seems to have disappeared after Taylor was accused of portraying body image issues.

One fan responded to the video and said, "Taylor Swift's music video, where she looks down at the scale where it says 'fat,' is a sh*tty way to describe her body image struggles. Fat people don't need to have it reiterated yet again that it's everyone's worst nightmare to look like us."

Taylor, however, hasn't addressed the change made to the video.

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson maintains that none of the lyrics to the band's 1980 Back In Black album were written by his predecessor, late co-founder, Bon Scott. Rolling Stone reported for years there's been a persistent rumor that Scott actually wrote the album's lyrics, which were supposedly found in notebooks left behind -- but instead credited to Johnson.

In his new memoir, The Lives Of Brian, Brian Johnson tries to finally set the record straight: "The conspiracy theories are legion -- usually started by people who think they know what happened but weren't there. It was me at the end of the pen, writing every night and every morning, with only the title to work with. That's what happened. That's the truth and I really hope that settles it."

A highlight of AC/DC's 2003 Rock Hall acceptance speech was when Brian Johnson quoted the band's 1977 song "Let There Be Rock," written by late-cofounder Bon Scott: "'In the beginning, back in 1955, man, didn't know about the rock n' roll show and all that jive. The white man had the schmaltz, the black man had the blues, but no one knew what they was gonna do, but Tchaikovsky had the news -- he said, 'Let there be rock.'' Bon Scott wrote that, and it's a real privilege to accept these awards tonight."

With only two days away (October 28th) from the release of the Beatles' "Super Deluxe" version of Revolver, the teaser tracks are all the rock world can talk about.

Perhaps Revolver's original fan -- longtime friend of the "Fab Four" -- David Crosby remains one of the album's most ardent supporters. He spoke to Mojo about how the Beatles set the bar so high for all modern music that it blew the minds of all their creative peers.

Crosby said, "I don't recall where and exactly when I first heard Revolver; I just know what it did to me. Rubber Soul was what you thought the Beatles were, but Revolver -- somebody has smoked a joint and dropped acid. Their consciousness was completely different and it's a joy for that."

He explained how the album showcased the band's tremendous growth only eight months after the release of Rubber Soul: "They had a more sophisticated worldview, more understanding of human emotion, their story telling had gotten better, and their musical experimentation has gone sky high. They were growing so fast you could hardly keep up."

Crosby went on to say that the album -- and the artistic choices taken on it -- only inspired him to reach higher and further with his own music: "Revolver completely convinced name I was going in the right direction, playing music at the most adventurous level I could imagine."

Just after Revolver was released, while John Lennon was on location filming How I Won The War, he was pressed about the exotic sounds on the Beatles' latest records -- including brass, strings, backwards tapes, and in the case of George Harrison -- Indian instrumentation: "The sitar just happened to come in useful for a couple of tracks, but it's really nothing to do with it. That's George's own scene. Y'know, George will obviously write more numbers where the sitar's involved if he feels like it."

While working on Revolver, Paul McCartney spoke to the BBC and shed light on his and John Lennon's songwriting partnership: "We think nearly alike -- but pretty differently at the same time. We can write a song -- say, like 'Day Tripper' where we've got to write one -- and at the same time be the same writing it. Y'know, we can write thinking the same thing about it -- but if we each wrote it individually, it'd be a completely different song."

Adidas announced that they were severing ties with Ye yesterday (October 25th), saying in a statement, "Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. Ye's recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company's values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness."

It is being reported that the company will take a $246 million hit to its net income this year.

Meanwhile, Ye has reportedly lost his billionaire status after Adidas terminated their partnership. According to Forbes, Ye is now worth somewhere in the ballpark of $400 million. The Adidas deal accounted for $1.5 billion of Ye's net worth.

GAP TO REMOVE ALL YEEZY PRODUCTS FROM STORES

In related news, GAP also announced that they severed ties with Ye over comments he made about Jewish people. The statement said, "In September, Gap announced ending its Yeezy Gap partnership. Our former partner's recent remarks and behavior further underscore why. We are taking immediate steps to remove Yeezy Gap product from our stores and we have shut down Yeezygap.com."

Taylor Swift may have revealed the name of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' unborn child in her latest album.

According to Glamour, fans believe the couple is planning to name their fourth child "Daisy May" after hearing the name in Midnights' fifth track, "You're on Your Own, Kid." Swift previously used the names of Lively and Reynolds three older daughters for characters in her 2020 album, Folklore.

Swift also released the video for the Midnights track, "Bejeweled," on Tuesday (October 25th), and the cast is speaking out about what a "delight" it is to work with the singer and director.

The visual featured Swift as the Cinderella to the Haim sisters' evil stepsisters. Laura Dern made a cameo as the wicked stepmother, while Dita Von Teese appeared as the fairy godmother.

The famed burlesque performer told Billboard in a statement Tuesday, "I had a wonderful time working with Taylor's stylist Joseph Cassell on creating the costumes with Catherine D'Lish, and coaching Taylor on the act… and what a delight to perform alongside her for the video.

"Taylor's generosity radiates in all that she does. I'm deeply touched by her kindness in acknowledging not only me, but burlesque, an American art form to which I have dedicated my life. It was a true pleasure to share my martini glass act with her."

Additionally, Dern, an Oscar and Emmy-winning actress, tweeted, "Thank you to my director @taylorswift13 for inviting me to join her party and celebrate her triumph!!."

Billboard reported Monday (October 24th) that Swift sold 1.2 album units in just the first three days of Midnights' release. The last artist to have a similarly successful opening week was Swift, herself when she released Reputation in 2017.

The video for Adele's single, "I Drink Wine" drops Wednesday (October 26th).

The singer wrote on social media Tuesday (October 25th), "'The I Drink Wine' video was the first one I shot for this album. And it's finally coming out tomorrow!! I'm excited for you to see it and I can't wait to see some of you tonight!"

Last year she told YouTuber NikkiTutorials that the visual is ""f**king hilarious." She adds, "It's the campiest thing you'll ever see, and I feel like everyone might be dressed up as Halloween for it next year."

Bill Wyman admits it wasn't exactly easygoing quitting the Rolling Stones over 30 years ago. The legendary bassist, who just celebrated his 86th birthday, recalled to Classic Rock that his bandmates were far from thrilled with him jumping ship: "It was quite stressful and they didn't want me to leave. So they became bitchy. Instead of being nice and saying: 'Great 30 years. Cheers mate,' Mick (Jagger) would say the most absurd, stupid things, with that spoilt attitude he had. He'd say things like: 'Oh well, if anybody has to play bass I'll do it. It can't be that hard' -- and Keith (Richards) said: 'No one leaves this band unless they're in a wooden box.'"

Wyman went on to say, "Anyway, they left the door open for me for two years. Charlie (Watts) and Mick would phone and say: 'You're not really leaving are you? Have you re-thought it?' Then when it came time for them to do the '94/'95 (Voodoo Lounge) tour they had to make a final decision. Mick and Charlie came over and spent the evening with me, trying to talk me into staying. Have I had any regrets about not going back? None whatsoever."

He shed light on his relationship with the Stones today: "Keith still sends me scented candles at Christmas. We all send each other birthday and Christmas presents. It's still a family thing, social not business, and it works really well. It's like distant relatives -- you've got an Auntie Elsie and an Uncle Fred who are really charming but you don't want to see them all the time."

Amazingly, Bill Wyman has been out of the Rolling Stones longer than he was with them. Noted Stones historian Bill German explained the back story on Wyman's 1991 departure from the band: "He does the Steel Wheels tour in 1989 in the U.S. and then that continues on to Europe, where they call it the Urban Jungle tour in 1990. And after that, Bill feels, 'Y'know, we've done it. That's it, this is as good as it possibly could get.' I think Bill wanted the Stones to all retire with him. And when they wouldn't, he realized he had to leave. But, he didn't wanna fly anymore, he really didn't wanna be part of the band anymore, he got tired of a lot of the politics in the business, y'know? And he just didn't wanna do it anymore!"

Katy Perry's mid-performance "glitch" has fans joking that she may be a robot.

The viral clip, posted to the KatyPerryTV TikTok account, shows the singer's right eye shut involuntarily during a Las Vegas performance. When she managed to get it open again, she continued with her performance as if nothing ever happened.

On user wrote, "Her robot seems to glitch a lot," while another commented, "Her clone was glitching. That's scary."

The comments about Perry's wonky eye came about as the singer turned 38 on Tuesday (October 25th).

• Due to a recent injury, Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction will be sitting out of this week's shows on their joint "Spirit On Fire" tour with Smashing Pumpkins. Farrell and the band are hoping to be back on stage this Saturday (October 29th) at Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.
  • Farrell posted a message to fans on social media, which reads in part: "After Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, I suffered an injury that resulted in my inability to perform. I have since been in pain and discomfort and have been receiving rigorous physio therapy that has done wonders. Due to doctors (sic) orders, we regrettably and forcibly have to cancel the following shows, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, as well as Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City. Our friends, Our Lady Of Peace will be covering the next three shows as we aim to rejoin the tour this Saturday in Cleveland. I am filled with sadness and frustration to have to announce this, but I have to mend in order to continue the tour and get back on stage."
    
    
• Red Hot Chili Peppers have scored a pair of back-to-back chart toppers on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart. The placings mark the first time a band has enjoyed two chart-toppers in a row since 2005 when System Of A Down hit the top spot with both Mezmerize and then Hypnotize.
• The band's new set, Return Of The Dream Canteen returns the band to Number One after Unlimited Love held down the top spot earlier this year.
  • Unlimited Love has fared better on Billboard 200, which snagged the band Number One honors, with Return Of The Dream Canteen having to settle for Top Three status. (Ultimate-Guitar.com)
    
    
• Last Saturday night (October 22nd), Kiss performed an ultra-private gig for tobacco's biggest company, Philip Morris International. According to reports, the band played a small club in Austin, Texas called the Vulcan Gas Company for only about 100 guests. The entire performance has since found its way online. (MichaelCavacini.com)
  
  
• Wolfgang Van Halen posted a photo of his father's 1962 Gibson SG Jr., which he's used on Mammoth WVH's second album currently in production. The guitar, which had its lower horn sawed off by Eddie Van Halen in the early-1980's, was used by the late-guitar legend for the slide guitar part on 1982's "Dirty Movies" from Van Halen's classic Diver Down collection.

A grateful Sam Smith is "nauseous" after learning that "Unholy" has become their first No.1 single on the Billboard Hot 100.

The singer wrote on Twitter Tuesday (October 25th), "I am honestly speechless, overwhelmed, nautious and extremely happy. This song is so special tome for so many reasons and I am just so proud of everyone involved for their bravery and guts and spirit."

They also thanked Kim Petras for featuring on the track, calling the 30-year-old German artist a "treasure and an inspiration."

Smith and Petras are the first out trans artists in history to earn an No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Bono has revealed that U2 has a new album ready for release that the band will hold off on issuing. The legendary singer spoke to The New York Times ahead of the November 1st publication of his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, and shed light on the new album -- which will not be the band's next release.

Bono explained, "We have almost finished this album called Songs Of Ascent, which we're not putting out. We're going to put out a rock 'n' roll album. So we're not putting this out, but I'm telling you it's awesome . . . The feeling of The Edge's and my songwriting together is at a very high level. My phone here is packed with new songs. We were tempted to put them out -- out of competition. But we felt that the material was so strong that it deserved time to make sure people heard about them as well as heard them. When we're in the room together with Larry (Mullen, Jr.) and Adam (Clayton), it's great. I'm excited. . . There's about 20 of them finished."

Bono characterized what he wants the next U2 album to sound like instead: "A noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album. In among that unreasonableness, it is likely that I will put the part of me, the anger that hasn't been managed, to good use."

Bono went on to say, "I would not be surprised if U2 makes the best album of its life in the next (few) years. Not because the world needs it, but because the band might. That's a great reason to go into the studio."

Bono explained that U2 has always gone into the studio with a certain amount of reverence and respect for the creative process: "It is a big deal, and it's a very, very big deal for us. When we go into a studio, it's kind of like -- it's a temple, y'know, it's a place where we really have to give ourselves and get the music. And we don't do it lightly."

After only four weeks, Sam Smith has taken the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with his new single, "Unholy" featuring Kim Petras. The song debuted at #3 and skyrocketed when it was released last month.

It also has the #1 position on Billboard's Global 200, Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts and has been #1 for fourth consecutive weeks on the UK Official Singles chart.

The multi-platinum artist released it as the lead single from his fourth studio album, Gloria, which comes out on January 27.

TL;DR:

• After only four weeks, Sam Smith is #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with his new single, "Unholy" featuring Kim Petras.
• The song also has the #1 position on Billboard's Global 200, Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts and has been #1 for fourth consecutive weeks on the UK Official Singles chart.