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We've all been pronouncing Adele's name wrong. According to E! News, the singer recently hosted a Q&A in celebration of her "I Drink Wine" music video where she praised a fan for properly saying her name.

Instead of pronouncing it as "ah-dell," she put the emphasis on the second syllable: "uh-dale."

The 34-year-old singer raved, "Love that. She said my name perfectly."

Billie Eilish has made her relationship with The Neighborhood's Jesse Rutherford Instagram official.

Early Tuesday (November 1st) morning, she posted a Halloween photo dump on the social media app, including a picture of herself and Rutherford celebrating the holiday in their controversial costumes.

The couople got flack from fans online for poking fun at their ten-year age gap by dressing up as an old man and a baby.

It was 48 years ago today night (November 2nd, 1974) that George Harrison launched his "George Harrison & Friends North American Tour" becoming the first solo Beatle to tour North America. Harrison opened the tour on November 2nd, 1974 at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. The 30-date tour was particularly grueling for Harrison, who had blown out his voice in the rush to complete his Dark Horse album, resulting in some reporters mockingly referring to the dates as the "Dark Hoarse" tour. To make matters worse, Harrison and his band were often playing two shows a day, with some dates not selling out. The show, which already had pacing problems due to Harrison's choice of material, featured guest spots by saxophonist Tom Scott and Billy Preston, as well as two long Indian music sets by sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar interspersed within the concerts, which all but wrecked any momentum the "rock" aspects of the show had gained.

Although Harrison and the press liked to portray the concert audiences as hostile toward his performances, underground recordings of concerts -- taped in such cities as Fort Worth, Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Baton Rouge -- show boisterous fans cheering the show, including the songs from Harrison's soon-to-be critically bashed Dark Horse album -- which didn't hit the stores until the tour was halfway over.

For many, the main problem with the tour was Harrison tampering with the lyrics and arrangement of Beatles classics. "Something," which surprised many as the second song of the night, had its lyrics changed to "When something's in the way we move it"; "For You Blue" was changed from an acoustic-based 12-bar romp into an extended up-tempo jazz number; "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" became "While My Guitar Tries To Smile"; and Harrison's update on John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "In My Life" had Harrison declaring during the song's chorus, "In my life, I love God more."

Among his solo hits performed on the tour were "What Is Life" and the Number Ones "My Sweet Lord" and "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)." Conspicuously absent from the tour was Harrison's Beatles hit "Here Comes The Sun."

Billy Preston performed show-stopping renditions of his hits "Will It Go 'Round In Circles," "Outta Space," and "Nothing From Nothing."

Harrison had his share of friends visit him throughout the tour, with Bob Dylan checking out both his afternoon and evening Los Angeles Forum shows, John Lennon and girlfriend May Pang catching one of the Nassau Coliseum shows on Long Island, and Paul and Linda McCartney attending one of the New York City shows at Madison Square Garden. McCartney tried to disguise himself in an afro wig and fake mustache, but was easily spotted by die-hard fans.

Beatlefan magazine reported that David Bowie visited Harrison backstage in Memphis, but that he and Harrison "didn't hit it off that well."

After the dates, Harrison was so turned off to performing that it was 17 years before he embarked on his next tour, a series of dates in Japan far away from the glaring Western media.

Harrison explained that the rock press didn't do him any favors when reviewing the shows: "I think the public were just -- didn't know what was happening, it was too much for them. Although, the public as a whole enjoyed it. It was always standing ovations -- even for the Indian section. But they got on my case, the press -- some of them anyway. And I don't know if I learned anything from that; it would probably be never to go on tour again."

Robert Rodriguez, author of the groundbreaking, Revolver - How The Beatles Reimagined Rock 'N' Roll , the two critically acclaimed Beatles FAQ books, and the recent Solo In The 70s: John, Paul, George, Ringo: 1970-1980, explained that the '74 Harrison shows added up to be much more than the two line quip history has afforded it: "I think, maybe the Ravi (Shankar) stuff might've been hard to take if people were going to the concert hall expecting to see, y'know, 'Beatle George,' or (The Concert For) Bangladesh - part two, or something. I think as. . . I put the quote in there from (Harrison drummer) Jim Keltner, y'know, 'George was breaking all the rules in a beautiful way.' He was so ahead of the curve in what he was trying to present; this whole integrated musical, rock jazz, funk, ensemble."

Mark Lapidos, who that same year founded what is now known as The Fest For Beatlefans, caught several of Harrison's 1974 New York shows and said that the press were too harsh on Harrison: "Y'know, after a while the headlines take over; Dark Hoarse, H-O-A-R-S-E, the Dark Hoarse Tour as it became known as. I don't think that the people were bothered by his voice. I noticed that it was a little bit off. My objection (laughs) was when he did 'In My Life' (and) he changed the words. I would have rathered him not to, but he was religious and that was his thing."

Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, who was with him for the duration of the '74 tour, says that although it's still on the back burner, she's planning some type of major retrospective around the tour, including a live CD and DVD -- a taste of which was featured in 2011's documentary, Living In The Material World: "There's a lot of footage and a lot of history around that 1974 tour. Y'know George filmed quite a lot, so I think that it needs a little more time to sort that out. Because there's this great footage, y'know he filmed backstage, he filmed in lots of cities, so many things happened on that tour, as well as a live album."

In future years, George Harrison sporadically appeared onstage with friends such as Bob Dylan, Carl Perkins, and Eric Clapton, along with assorted one-off charity performances or tributes. Barring a brief -- and incredibly lucrative -- 12-date December 1991 tour of Japan, George Harrison stayed far away from the road in the wake of the infamous 1974 tour.

Metallica's James Hetfield posted a photo on the band's social media platforms showing him dressed as Stranger Things' "Eddie Munson" for Halloween.

Back in July, Metallica met up with and jammed with actor Joseph Quinn, who portrays "Eddie" and had performed the band's 1986 song "Master Of Puppets" during show's season four finale. Stranger Things' use of the classic track spurred the song to hit the charts again after a new generation of fans discovered the tune.

The Rolling Stones may be in the home stretch for their long-awaited new album. The band has been at work on the still-unfinished collection for over a decade -- and even recorded their last album, the Granny Award-winning blues collection, Blue And Lonesome, during the all-original, album sessions.

Ron Wood hipped Britain's The Sun on where the Stones are at in the process, revealing that album will feature drumming by north late-drummer Charlie Watts as well as his replacement, longtime Keith Richards collaborator, Steve Jordan: "We are recording the new album now and we are going to L.A. in a few weeks to carry it on and finish it off. Charlie is on some of the tracks and drummer Steve Jordan."

Wood also confirmed the Stones would be back on the road in 2023.

Don Was, who has been co-producing the Stones since 1994's Voodoo Lounge, told us that over the course of the new album sessions, a tremendous amount of material has been tracked by the band. According to him, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards simply haven't created the album they want to release yet: "We continue to start songs and it's such a varied group of songs. We probably have 40 and depending on the 10 we choose to finish, the character of the album will be determined; right now, it could go any way. And there's some really good stuff in there. And there's a sense that making a 'good album' is not good enough -- it's gotta be great. So, I think when we feel we've got 10 things that are great an album'll come out."

Paul McCartney says that ultimately, he's happy that the Beatles never recorded portions of Revolver stateside. During his latest website Q&A on his official website (PaulMcCartney.com) dubbed "You Gave Me The Answer," "Macca" touched upon the band's unrealized plans to record at Memphis' Stax Studios with producer Jim Stewart.

When pressed as to whether Revolver would've turned into a different album without George Martin and their home base of London's EMI studios at Abbey Road, McCartney said, "It could have been -- the only reason you want to record in those kind of studios is because you love the records that come out of the studios. So, we loved a lot of Stax stuff but ultimately I'm glad we didn't record there."

He went on to say, "EMI was our home, and we didn't have to deal with anything other than making the record. If you're in a strange studio there's things you got to deal with, as you're getting used to the new surroundings and so on. At EMI we knew the space and the people, so it was just a case of concentrating on making the record."

McCartney explained, "EMI was always home, so it was easy to push boundaries and get creative. We didn't have to think about it! And the really great thing about EMI, let's not forget, was that it had instruments lying around. There was the Mrs. Mills piano, the sound effects cupboard, a harpsichord, a celesta, the Lowrey organ (which I used on the next album Sgt. Pepper, on 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds') – this stuff was all there. A Mellotron, even! EMI was definitely the best place for us."

Despite the incredible wealth he's attained over the past 60 years, Paul McCartney maintains that he and John Lennon enjoyed the money their songs earned, but it was hardly the main reason they wrote all the Beatles' classics: "It's never really been a material ambition, y'know? I mean I remember we did used to sit around when we were just starting and we started to get our glimpse of Number Ones and we did sit 'round and kind of think, 'Okay, now we'll write a swimming pool, y'know, let's write a swimming pool. Let's write the garage and let's write the car to go in it.' Y'know? But that was never really the big incentive. I don't think that's what made us write the songs. So now, that in part of the incentive isn't particularly there because y'know, I've got the car and the garage. But I don't really think it was every what I was writing for or else I probably wouldn't write now."

Post Malone helped fans pull off a gender reveal at his concert in Tulsa on Friday (October 28th).

According to TMZ, the rapper was signing autographs and greeting fans after the show when he was handed an envelope by an excited dad-to-be.

Malone, opened it up and showed it to the crowd, revealing the words, "Congrats, it's a girl."

The Who's ultimate fan, Eddie Vedder weas on hand this past October 29th to join the band at a private benefit show in Los Angeles. The Pearl Jam frontman joined a scaled-back acoustic version of the band at a Teenage Cancer America fundraiser as they tore through their 1970 classic, "The Seeker."

During a chat with Mojo earlier this year, Pete Townshend shed light on how his friendship with Vedder has blossomed with the singer and Townshend's two brothers, Paul and Simon Townshend: "We've been very good friends, but it goes further than that. He's also very good friends with my brothers. My two brothers are much younger than me. Simon is 14 years younger and my brother Paul is 12 years younger. And they still live in the same street that I grew up in (in England)."

Townshend went on to say, "And often I'll hear from, y'know, somebody in Ealing Common: 'Oh, we saw Eddie Vedder and your brother Paul in the pub the other day.' I'm like, 'I didn't even know he was here.' 'Oh, he was just passing through but he bought a few rounds.' In other words, people in Paul's local pub in Ealing know Eddie Vedder probably as well as anybody."

On his 2012 album Looking Out Looking In, Who touring guitarist Simon Townshend recorded a salute to Vedder, titled "Electric Friend." Simon gave us the back-story to the Eddie Vedder tribute: "That was inspired by Eddie Vedder. I was in L.A. and I had a friend contact me from Washington saying they wanted to get Pearl Jam tickets. So I texted Eddie, and within a half-an-hour he got 10 people in to the show in Washington. But not only got them in; shown them around backstage, got them all drinks, y'know, chatted to them. And I just thought that was so wonderful, that I could just so quickly do. . . could get that contact, that I was inspired to write 'Electric Friend.'"

Billie Eilish and Jesse Rutherford are facing criticism on social media for their Halloween costumes.

The couple was photographed dressed as a baby and an elderly man on Halloween weekend, seemingly poking fun at their 10-year age gap.

One critic wrote, "Billie is grown enough to know how weird and creepy this is," while another tweeted that the singer "thinks she's being big and bad and grown up trolling the haters, but she's just showing her immaturity and proving a point."

The 20-year-old "Bad Guy" singer was first spotted holding hands with the 31-year-old vocalist from The Neighborhood at Halloween Horror Nights in Los Angeles earlier this month.

John Mellencamp has just dropped "Smart Guys," the latest teaser and lyric video from the 2022 "Super Deluxe Edition" of his 1985 Scarecrow album. Mellencamp has previously released his demo of "Small Town" and the studio outtake "Carolina Shag" in advance of the box set, which is set for release this Friday (November 4th.)

John Mellencamp is a world away from the MTV-saturated star he was back in the mid-1980's when he was running steadily on the rock business treadmill: "I'm not complaining, but, y'know, the music today is made inside of those buildings in New York and Los Angeles. And they give 'em to kids, and these. . . they make little clocks now. You wind these little clocks up, they work for awhile, and then they break down, and then they get new little clocks. And that's what it is, and it's got nothing to do with me -- has nothing to do with me or what I do. I'm no part of it."

HARRY STYLES HELPS REGISTER MORE THAN 50K VOTERS: Harry Styles helped register more than 54,000 new voters in HeadCount's "Good to Vote" initiative ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Billboard reports that the "As It Was" singer was instrumental in breaking the record for the organizations most successful campaign driven by a musical artist in its 18-year-history.

RYAN MURPHY WANTED JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FOR 'GLEE': If Ryan Murphy had his way, Justin Timberlake would have starred in Glee. The producer told Variety on Monday (October 31st), "When we were writing the pilot, I've never really talked about this, that pilot was written for Justin Timberlake. Mr. Schue was written for Justin." Instead, the role went to Broadway actor, Matthew Morrison.

Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx took to Twitter to chat about the band's new guitarist John 5. John 5 will be taking over live duties from co-founding member Mick Mars as he retires from the road due to health issues.

Nikki Sixx explained why John 5 was the perfect choice for the band: "He checks all the boxes. He's a (sic) insane player. Has respect for our music, is funny as f*** and has history with us and we've written some pretty big hits together."

Ultimate-Classic Guitar shed light on John 5's connection to the Crüe: "In addition to being close friends with Crüe members for years, John 5 co-wrote a number of original songs that appeared on the Mötley Crüe 2019 biopic The Dirt. He collaborated with the celebrated songwriter Desmond Child and Nikki Sixx on writing the song 'The Monster Is Loose' for Meat Loaf, and has played with the Crüe bassist in the L.A. Rats supergroup, which also includes Rob Zombie and drummer Tommy Clufetos.

Nikki Sixx was asked if the band has any plans on packing it in after the next set of dates and answered: "We have no plans of stopping now. We're having too grand of a time and in a short 8 years we will celebrate 50 years together as a band."

Sixx took time out to salute the great Mick Mars, posting: "He's been a soldier along with us for 4 decades. We will continue to carrying our legacy to Generations of fans and honor Mick's request for us to keep touring as Motley Crue."

Many fans first became acquainted with John 5 through his groundbreaking work with Rob Zombie. During their time together, Zombie explained to us why he felt their partnership was so successful: "John is many things. I mean, he's a phenomenal guitar player, which is quite obvious, and he's a great guy, but he's a great collaborator, y'know? A lot of times people are really difficult to work with, and we really work well together and, y'know, every singer wants their right-hand man guitar player. That's the whole basis of a band, and I never had that ever and it was always, always a struggle. Only now do I have that and it's, y'know, it's an invaluable combination."

Ariana Grande won Halloween weekend with her impression of Jennifer Coolidge.

The singer teamed up with her former Victorious costar Liz Gillies to shoot a series of scenes from Best In Show.

The Instagram clips showed Grande playing Linda Kash's Fay Berman, Eugene Levy's Gerry Fleck and Coolidge's trophy wife character Sherri Ann Cabot.

Coolidge herself called the impersonation "f***ing great."

Charli XCX and Lorde nearly dressed up as each other for Halloween.

The "Good Ones singer wrote on Twitter Friday (October 28th) that she not only planneded to dress as Lorde but do a cover of "Royals" as well.

According to Charli, she texted the "Solar Power" singer about the idea and she thought it was "iconic."

Charli added, "and then we both cackled and then we were like, ok cute yeah but actually cba maybe next year. So just so you know THE THOUGHT was there and we KNOW it's legendary butttt we're just lazy lol."

Coming on 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.

15 years on, Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain told us that he and the band are not only thrilled with how Arnel Pineda has clicked with them musically -- but rhe emains amazed at the courage and strength he's shown as a human: "Well, this guy is like right out of a Charles Dickens story. I mean, he's got an amazing tale to tell, and it's almost hard to believe he survived what he survived, y'know? So you gotta look at that and go, 'How tough is this guy?' He's as tough as they come, and I liked everything about him. (The) first week I spent with him I immediately liked him and took him to task and told him things I thought he needed to work on, certainly. But getting him out of the club was the main deal. We had to just get him to stop singing everybody else's music, y'know?"

IN OTHER JOURNEY-RELATED NEWS

Just released is a newly expanded version of The Season - Deluxe, Steve Perry's first-ever holiday album from last year. The 2022 edition adds two new, previously unreleased songs to the original LP's eight tracks: a brand-new composition called "Maybe This Year" and a soulful cover of Donny Hathaway's classic, "This Christmas."

Steve Perry said in the album's press release:

I wanted to write an original Christmas song of my own, so Dallas Kruse and I began writing what became, 'Maybe This Year.' I wrote the lyrical sentiment about how the holidays can bring such joy and sadness and how for me, both these emotions give me connection to feelings of gratitude for so many years gone by, and a desire to hold on to these holiday feelings we share throughout the coming year.

Along with "Maybe this Year" I have also added one of my favorite Donny Hathaway songs, "This Christmas." I dedicate both these tracks to my friend, Lamont Dozier.

Legendary rock n' roller Jerry Lee Lewis died on October 28th just short of a month after celebrating his 87th birthday last September 29th. Lewis died due to complications from pneumonia at his home in DeSoto County, Mississippi, south of Memphis, Tennessee.

Jerry Lee Lewis is survived by his wife of the past decade Judith Coghlan Lewis; his children, Jerry Lee Lewis III, Ronnie Lewis, Phoebe Lewis, and Lori Lancaster; his sister, singer Linda Gail Lewis, and many grandchildren.

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., managed Jerry Lee Lewis for seven years. He recalled his old friend with much love and admiration: "It was truly an honor to know, work with, and manage Jerry Lee Lewis. What a unique talent and to get to know him personally -- he didn't compromise but he was a good man. I love him. I'll miss him. What a unique human being."

A while back Jerry Lee Lewis shed light on his legacy and how it both served him while also setting him back: "Jerry Lee Lewis was so far ahead of his time, the doors he was opening and the things he was doing -- you could do now and there would be no attention paid to it at all. What I was doing then shocked a lot of people and it was something I had to live with and something that people never learned to live with themselves. And it took a few years to even the score up and to let people know I wasn't such a bad person after all -- especially the ladyfolks (laughs)."

"The Killer," as Jerry Lee was nicknamed in high school, came of age as part of the legendary Sun Records roster in the 1950's, alongside Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins. Although he grew up with similar influences as his labelmates, his music had a much harder edge -- his acrobatic piano playing, much like his personality, was rowdy and dangerous.

Earlier this month, "The Killer" was finally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Too ill to attend the ceremony, old friend Kris Kristofferson personally presented the coveted award to Lewis at home.

With the 2021 death of the-late Don Everly, Jerry Lewis stood as the sole-surviving rock n' roll pioneer, having outlived Don's brother Phil Everly, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, and "The King" -- Elvis Presley. As he predicted, he indeed was -- literally -- "The Last Man Standing."

In February 2020, Lewis suffered a minor stroke, forcing the legend to postpone a string of dates. Back in October 2009, Jerry Lee Lewis opened both the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts at New York City's Madison Square Garden.

In 2013 it was reported that producer T-Bone Burnett was working with "The Killer," on an album that was to be released in conjunction with the HarperCollins publication of Lewis' recently published memoir -- Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story -- as told to Pulitzer-Prize winning author Rick Bragg. So far, no release date for the album has been announced.

In 2009 Jerry Lee enlisted some of rock's greatest icons -- and his own biggest fans -- to contribute to his most recent album, Mean Old Man. Among the heavyweights appearing on the set are Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, John Fogerty, Mavis Staples, Slash, Tim McGraw, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Solomon Burke, among others -- many of whom appeared on Lewis' 2006 set, Last Man Standing.

Highlights on Mean Old Man include Jagger on the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers favorite "Dead Flowers," Jagger and Richards teaming up on a rendition of the Stones' Exile On Main Street classic "Sweet Virginia," Ron Wood on the Kris Kristofferson-written title track, Eric Clapton and James Burton playing guitars on "You Can Have Her," Ringo Starr and John Mayer joining in on "Roll Over Beethoven," and Kid Rock and Slash appearing on "Rockin' My Life Away," Sheryl Crow and Jon Brion teaming up on "You Are My Sunshine," and John Fogerty appearing on a new recording of his Creedence Clearwater Revival standard "Bad Moon Rising."

Jerry Lee saw only three songs hit the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during his career. Though his debut single, "Crazy Arms," didn't cause much of a stir, 1957's "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" was the record that broke through for Lewis. The song first sold 100,000 copies in the South, and then an appearance on The Steve Allen Show catapulted its sales to six million nationally.

"Great Balls Of Fire" was another 1957 hit for him, and sold more than five million copies. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" and "Great Balls Of Fire" were simultaneously in the Top Five of the pop, country, and R&B charts.

In 1958, Jerry Lee saw a third record hit the Top Ten as "Breathless" became a Number Seven hit.

Unfortunately for his career, he was the subject of popular scandal, too. The fact that he married his 13-year-old cousin in 1957 cost him the respect of many fans and forced him to cancel a UK concert because the fans were so outraged.

Since then, he's remarried several times and endured well-documented battles with the I.R.S., drugs, and health problems.

Jerry Lee Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its first year, 1986. He has been a major influence on a number of performers, including Bruce Springsteen, who backed him up at the Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, as well as John Mellencamp, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elton John, and Billy Joel, among others.

In 1989 Dennis Quaid starred as Jerry Lee in the heavily whitewashed biopic, Great Balls Of Fire.

ROCKERS SALUTE "THE KILLER"

Ringo Starr: "God bless Jerry Lee Lewis peace and love to all his family."

Mick Jagger: "God bless you Jerry Lee. Your songs lit up my life!"

Keith Richards: "'Goodbye to the Killer' RIP - Keith"

Ron Wood: "R.I.P. JLL the KILLER - What a man"

Rod Stewart: "This great man had an extraordinary influence on all us early British rockers. Bless you, Jerry. Rest in peace. We will never ever forget you."

Elton John: "Without Jerry Lee Lewis, I wouldn't have become who I am today. He was groundbreaking and exciting, and he pulverized the piano. A brilliant singer too. Thank you for your trailblazing inspiration and all the rock ‘n' roll memories."

John Fogerty: "Sad to hear of the passing of Jerry Lee Lewis. Love his music and I was hugely influenced by his records and live performances which were full of fire and inspiration! No one could touch him. God Bless you, Jerry Lee."

Al Jardine: "RIP Jerry Lee Lewis aka The Killer! I remember that Jerry made our show in Spain in 1990 very special. He refused to perform unless he closed the show. We had a great show!"

Dave Davies: "Jerry Lee Lewis -- regardless of whatever he did in his private life he will always be known for his exceptional creative influence in the rock and roll world."

Gene Simmons: "Sadly, One of the pioneers of rock ‘n' roll has passed. A rebel to the end. RIP, Jerry Lee Lewis.….Jerry Lee Lewis, Influential and Condemned Rock & Roll Pioneer, Dead"

Tom Hamilton: "Goodness Gracious!! RIP to the original ball of fire, Jerry Lee Lewis!"

Kid Rock: "I will FOREVER cherish my time with Jerry Lee on and off the stage. No question one of the best to ever do it and one of the godfathers and architects of rock n roll. Your music will always live through me, and the rest of the world! Rest in peace and Rock on Killer!!"

Taylor Swift's Midnights has broken records worldwide.

The album has given the singer the biggest debut of her career with nearly 1.6 million total consumption in the US and 3 million worldwide.

Additionally, Midnights has given Swift her 11th No.1 album on the Billboard 200. According to the outlet it's the biggest week for any album in nearly seven years.

Swift now ties Barbra Streisand for the most No. 1 albums among women.

Bruce Springsteen has just released "Don't Play That Song," the third single and video from his upcoming R&B covers collection, titled Only The Strong Survive. The new set, which does not feature the E Street Band, drops on November 11th. "Don't Play That Song" was originally a 1962 single by the late, great Ben E. King, hitting Number Two on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and topping out at Number 11 on the magazine's Hot 100 list.

"The Boss" has previously released videos for his takes on "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" a 1965 single by Frank Wilson on the Motown subsidiary, Soul Records, as well as the Commodores' 1985 hit "Nightshift."

Bruce Springsteen says that his audience still figures in heavily in regard to the songs he writes and the albums he records: "All I'm doing right now is, I want to make just some really well-thought out, well-crafted, inspiring records and get music to my audience that is relevant to, hey, the times that we're living in and the times in their lives."

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.

Coldplay's broadcast of Friday (October 28th) night's show at Buenos Aires River Plate Stadium reached a record-breaking number of countries for a live cinema event.

According to a press release, the band's performance was seen by 81 countries around the world.

In addition to playing classic hits from their careers, Coldplay were joined on stage by Jin of BTS for the debut live performance of "The Astronaut" – Jin's new solo single, co-written by Coldplay.

The band previously collaborated with BTS on "My Universe."

Zayn will voice two characters in the forthcoming animated film 10 Lives.

According to Deadline, the former One Direction singer will play twins, Kirk and Cameron, in the CG-animate comedy about "a pampered and selfish cat who takes for granted the lives he has been dealt. After carelessly losing his ninth life, he begs to be given a second chance, an opportunity to show he can learn from his mistakes."

The cast also includes Simone Ashley, Mo Gilligan, Sophie Okonedo, and Dylan Llewellyn.

Iggy Pop has dropped a new single, titled "Frenzy" featuring Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. The new track from Pop's still-unnamed next album, was produced by Andrew Watt -- who's recently been behind the boards for Ozzy Osbourne, Eddie Vedder, and Elton John. Watt, whose label Gold Tooth will release Pop's new album, also contributes guitar to "Frenzy."

Iggy Pop said of the hard-driving new track: "Being stalked by a socio is a great way to fire up the blood. I'm the guy with no shirt who rocks; Andrew and Gold Tooth get that, and we made a record together the old-fashioned way. The players are guys I've known since they were kids and the music will beat the s*** out of you. Have a great day."

Not too long ago, Iggy Pop told us that he still thinks of himself as an artist -- and is always trying to break new ground while staying true to who and what he is: "It makes you think about what you're doing the whole thing for. . . I did start out to be a musician. I heard a guy in Poison the other day say 'I never wanted to be a musician. I wanted to be a rock star. That's what I became,' which is fine, but not me. I started out to be a musician. I'll stick with that, thank you very much."

It was 46 years ago today (October 31st, 1976) that Elvis Presley last recorded professionally. Elvis, who was finishing up his latest round of sessions, recorded in the Jungle Room of his Graceland mansion in Memphis. He taped his vocal for a cover of "He'll Have To Go," which had been a Number Two hit in 1960 for the late Jim Reeves.

In the days prior to the session, Elvis, who due to health issues insisted on recording at home with a portable studio, had also recorded "Way Down," which went on to be his final Top 20 hit during his lifetime. Also recorded was a cover of the late Johnny Ace's 1955 Top 20 hit "Pledging My Love," and Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's "It's Easy For You." All four of the songs appeared on "The King's" final album, 1977's Moody Blue.

Elvis' longtime lead guitarist and bandleader James Burton was asked if he or any of Presley's band ever verbally expressed that Presley was too intoxicated to perform: "It really wasn't our call to do that, y'know? The 'Memphis Mafia' guys went through with that, and it was really. . . It would really be more their decision than ours. Y'know what I'm saying? If they did, they didn't do it in front of us."

Moody Blue was released in July 1977, the month before Elvis' death of a heart attack at age 42.

The album, which peaked at Number Three, remains a favorite among die-hard fans, and includes live renditions of Olivia Newton-John's "Let Me Be There," the Diamonds' "Little Darlin'," and the album's title track, which was a Top 40 hit for Presley earlier that year.

Recently released is the Way Down In The Jungle Room collection, which compiles Elvis' final recording sessions. "The King" had temporarily transformed his legendary Graceland den -- dubbed the "Jungle Room" -- into a state of the art recording studio, and it was there over two sets of sessions in February and October 1976, that he recorded his final studio masters for RCA.

The sessions featured the members of his longtime touring band -- including guitarist James Burton, drummer Ronnie Tutt, keyboardists Glenn D. Hardin and David Briggs, bassists Jerry Scheff and Norbert Putnam, along with backing vocals by J.D. Sumner & The Stamps.

The original masters found their way onto Elvis' two final albums, 1976's From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee and 1977's Moody Blue. Highlights from the sessions include: "Moody Blue," "Way Down," "Hurt," "Pledging My Love," "She Thinks I Still Care," "It's Easy For You," "Danny Boy," "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain," and "Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall," among others.

Katy Perry is extending her Las Vegas residency, Katy Perry: PLAY, at Resorts World Theatre by adding 14 more dates in 2023.

Tickets for the new shows scheduled from Feb. 15th to 25th and from March 3rd to April 15th will go on sale to the public beginning Friday, Nov. 4th.

The singer wrote on Instagram Thursday (October 27th), "The show's set list is a fun roller coaster through memory lane going all the way back to 2008, a time when we weren't all frozen by the paranoia of our own echo chambers! This show is a nonstop party about finding unconditional love and strangely (for me) not political at all, heck I pour beer out of my tits."