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It was 50 years ago today (July 15th, 1972) that Elton John scored his first chart-topping album with his fifth studio set, Honky Chateau. The album, which was released on May 19th, 1972, featured two major Top 10 hits -- "Rocket Man" which hit Number Six and "Honky Cat," which peaked at Number Eight. Over the years, "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters" has become a staple in its own right, especially after being featured prominently in Cameron Crowe's 2000 hit, Almost Famous.

Honky Chateau held down the Number One spot for five weeks and spent a whopping 18 in the Top 10.

The tracklisting to Honky Chateau is: "Honky Cat," "Mellow," "I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself," "Susie (Dramas)," "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)," "Salvation," "Slave," "Amy," "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters," and "Hercules."

Just prior to the release of Honky Chateau, Elton John spoke about his songwriting habits with lyricist Bernie Taupin: "I'm not the sort of songwriter who sits down at the piano every day and, sort of, churns it out from nine-'til-five. I know when I'm going to write a song, I just get a feeling that I'm going to write a song and I always do if I'm, sort of, in that mood. And we don't write that many songs -- say, about 20 a year. So, I just know. Y'know, we found a very ideal way of working and we just keep to it.

All told Elton John has scored seven Number One albums in the U.S. -- Honky Chateau (1972), Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (1973), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973), Caribou (1974), Elton John's Greatest Hits (1974), Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975), and Rock Of The Westies (1975).

Kanye West returned to Instagram yesterday (July 14th) to speak on his parternship with The Gap and meeting with The Gap Inc executives. He said, "On my moms birthday I was able for the first time to sit in on a Gap call with Bob Martin, Bob Fisher and other leads of the company. Bob Martin was one of the most inspiring people I've heard speak in business. He kept saying go to the stores on the call. I came to Gap to put good product directly in stores."

He continued, "We've had 2 of the biggest sales day in Gap history since I've been there. We sold 14 million dollars worth of the perfect black hoodie at 80 dollars a hoodie off of a television commercial that was ran one time. I came to Gap to bring good quality products to the people at all times. Bob I need to meet with you as soon as possible."

The Yeezy Gap partnership was announced in 2020.

KANYE WEST HIT WITH $7 MILLION LAWSUIT OVER UNPAID CONCERT FEES

In other news, Kanye West has been hit with a $7 million lawsuit over unpaid concert fees. According to Complex, Phantom Labs has filed suit against Ye, claiming that they worked with the rapper on his Free Larry Hoover concert and his canceled Coachella set.

In the suit, the company claimed that Ye was paying the bill at first but then he stopped. Ye's bill was for $6 million but Phantom Labs ultimately was hit with a $1.1 million penalty for cancelling Coachella. Phantom Lab wants all of their money back.

Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett has nothing but love for Pink Floyd's legendary David Gilmour. During a new chat with Guitar World, Hammett admitted, "I love 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' because there is a riff in that song, but it's so sideways and so around the back. When you listen, it's actually blues. It's a freaking blues progression but it doesn't sound like it, and that in itself is a real accomplishment. So I really think that song is just amazing. With the opening to it, that weird ringing opening chord, 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is just epic, and there's so much that I love about that."

He went on to explain, "Everyone goes on about 'Comfortably Numb' and that guitar solo, and yes, the guitar solo is absolutely amazing with the delay and the chorus. But my favorite part is when he flubs a note and then turns it into an open G during the solo. I know everyone knows what I'm talking about! But I love that David left it in. I love that."

Hammett shed light on David Gilmour being able to showcase his virtuosity without ramming it down listeners' ears: "I love how understated Gilmour's playing is because it is understated. If anything, I could be more understated, but sometimes I just regurgitate a ton of notes. I can't help it -- it's just how I am! But David is very, very understated and that, in itself, is a real, real beauty to behold."

Metallica will next play on July 28th at Chicago's Grant Park for Lollapalooza.

Macklemore's long-rumored collaboration with Tones And I is apparently in the can and ready to be released.

Both have teased the music online and He shared a snippet as he tested the track on his car's sound system. He wrote, "Can you guess who's singing on the hook," he writes.

In the background you can hear Toni Watson, better known as Tones And I, singing "I'm on fire."

Tones, who had a monster hit with 2019's "Dance Monkey," has long been a huge fan of Macklemore. There was no mention of a release date.

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The extended Kiss family is mourning the death of friend and producer Michael James Jackson, who played a major role in the sound of Kiss' early-'80s records. Jackson died of Covid-related pneumonia.

The band posted a message on social media, which read, "Michael James Jackson has passed away from the complications of COVID related pneumonia. He was the driving force behind Killers, Creatures Of The Night, Lick It Up, and Animalize. His passion and belief in the band was instrumental in our new found success in the 80's. He loved our fans and was a close member of the KISS family until the end. We mourn his loss and celebrate his life."

Paul Stanley took to Instagram to write: "Michael James Jackson - My dearest and best friend for 40 years has died. His kindness and steadfast commitment to me and our friendship was a rock that supported me through the toughest times. He pushed me to start painting and reveled unselfishly in all my successes. Heartbroken."

Stanley told us that over the decades, Kiss has lived out their career in public and that come what may, the fans have always seen the very human side of Kiss throughout the years: "I've made mistakes. The band has made mistakes, but that's great. A) If you survive your mistakes, that's great, and B) if you learn from them, all the better. We've lived a very open and very public life, and anything that we've done has been on the record. We've been seen blemishes and all, and I think it's awesome."

Kiss performs on July 16th in Bucharest, Romania at Romexpo.

Their next U.S. show is set for September 21st at West Palm Beach's IThink Financial Amphitheatre.

Happy Birthday to Linda Ronstadt, who turns 76 today (July 15th)!!! Despite being born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Ronstadt, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, came to embody the '70s California soft-rock sound, alongside such acts as the Eagles and Jackson Browne.

In March 2021, Ronstadt joined David Crosby and the Beach Boys in selling her musical assets to music mogul Irving Azoff's Iconic Music Group. Ronstadt's deal differs from Azoff's others in that unlike the Beach Boys, it doesn't include her intellectual properties, or as with Crosby, her songwriting publishing. Ronstadt instead inked a deal in which Iconic "has acquired Ronstadt's assets, in a sale that includes name and likeness to promote the masters."

According to Rolling Stone, "Iconic's partnership with Ronstadt, her longtime manager John Boylan, and personal assistant Janet Stark will aim to preserve her legacy in the digital era -- including working with streaming services and social media, rolling out reissues, focusing on anniversaries, and more."

In December 2019, Linda Ronstadt drew applause for her rebuke of Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo in Washington, D.C. The incident took place during the State Department reception for Ronstadt and her fellow 2019 Kennedy Center honorees, which preceded the official gala, and where the recipients are actually awarded the medals. Pompeo, in his opening address, spoke of Ronstadt and quoted her 1975 hit cover of the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved," asking, "As I travel the world, I wonder when will I be loved?" Ronstadt, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, has limited her public outings over the past few years.

Variety reported: "Ronstadt has been an outspoken critic of (President) Trump. When it came her turn following dinner to receive the honor and make optional remarks, Ronstadt rose to the microphone a few feet away from the host's table and looked straight ahead. 'I'd like to say to Mr. Pompeo, who wonders when he'll be loved, it's when he stops enabling Donald Trump.' Then she sat down. The line drew immediate gasps from the audience, followed by slowly building applause, and then cheers."

2020 saw the CNN Films premiere of Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice. The doc, which opened in 2019 at the Tribeca Film Festival, scored the Documentary Audience Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival. The Sound Of My Voice features interviews with Ronstadt spanning 50 years, with performances and interviews with such friends and frequent collaborators as Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and JD Souther. The Sound Of My Voice went on to snag the Grammy Award for Best Music Film.

In February 2019, Linda Ronstadt released her very first official live album. Live In Hollywood features a dozen classic tracks recorded on April 24th, 1980 during Ronstadt's performance at L.A.'s Television Center Studios for her famed HBO special. Highlights on the set include such favorites as "Blue Bayou," "Poor Poor Pitiful Me," "It's So Easy" "You're No Good" -- along with a sampling of Ronstadt then-recent new wave-tinged Mad Love album, featuring "I Can't Let Go," "How Do I Make You" and "Hurt So Bad."

In December 2018, Ronstadt canceled two spring 2019 speaking appearances. After revealing her battle with Parkinson's disease in 2013, Ronstadt has been performing a select bunch of multi-media speaking engagements, titled "A Conversation With Linda." The scrapped shows at Town Hall in New York City and the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, New Jersey would have marked her first East Coast events.

In 2013, Ronstadt published her autobiography, called Simple Dreams, via Simon And Schuster. The book chronicled her early years, her '70s super-stardom, her 1980's career on Broadway, recording standards -- and eventually Mexican folk music, all leading up to her 2009 retirement from the business.

In 2015, Linda Ronstadt received the prestigious National Medal of Arts from President Obama at the White House.

In 2017, Ronstadt released a 40th anniversary expanded edition of Ronstadt's chart-topping Simple Dreams album. Simple Dreams, which was produced by Peter Asher, hit Number One on December 3rd, 1977. The five-week chart-topper snagged Ronstadt three Top 40 hits, with her cover of Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou" peaking at Number Three, her remake of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy" hitting Number Five, and her version of good friend Warren Zevon's "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" topping out at Number 31. The new collection features three live 1980 recordings of the album's classic hits.

Linda Ronstadt, who is of Mexican and German heritage, first broke on the scene in 1967 with her group the Stone Poneys, who scored a Top 20 hit with "Different Drum," which was written by the Monkees' Mike Nesmith. Ronstadt went solo soon afterwards, and her initial solo back up band included Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner, who went on to become the Eagles.

Although Ronstadt did write some of her own music, all of her biggest hits were covers. Among her most famous hits were her versions of the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved," Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' "Heat Wave," Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' "The Tracks Of My Tears," Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou," Chuck Berry's "Back In The U.S.A.," Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy," and the Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice." In the late-'80's and early-'90s she scored such duet hits with Aaron Neville on "I Don't Know Much" and James Ingram on "Somewhere Out There."

In later years, Ronstadt branched out into theatre, appearing on Broadway in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates Of Penzance, recording a trio of standards albums with legendary arranger Nelson Riddle, doing two country albums with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, a trio of albums of traditional Mexican music, and an album of lullabies.

Throughout the years, Ronstadt has been linked romantically to many high-profiled suitors, including then-California Governor Jerry Brown; musicians such as Gram Parsons and the Eagles' Don Henley; actors Bill Murray, Albert Brooks, and Jim Carrey; and director George Lucas. As a single mother, Ronstadt has adopted two children, Carlos and Mary.

During his 2014 speech inducting Linda Ronstadt into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the late, great Glenn Frey touched upon how the Eagles learned their craft while serving as her backing band: "Obviously the first thing we all noticed was what a great singer she was. And for Don (Henley) and I, to be the two harmony singers to be singing with all these incredible songs that she loved, y'know, was just the step in the right direction for us. We both loved harmony singing, and to be able to do it with Linda was a treat." (17 OC: . . . was a treat)

Linda Ronstadt says that she has mixed emotions on every facet of her career: "My music has always been 80 percent private music and twenty percent what I did for the public, but the public part of it just became so dominant, and I. . . it didn't need to be that way. And I, y'know, I've done it, I've been on the road. I've had an unusually long career. Most people's career's (laughing), don't last as long as mine and nobody would want to, unless you're mentally imbalanced. Nobody would want to keep going out on the road. It's a horrible. . . it's not a nice existence. There's nothing natural about it."

Linda Ronstadt has admittedly shared a microphone with the best in the business -- and she says that all our secrets and personal information are audible by the sound of our voices: "I can hear their life, I can hear the state of their health, I can hear, y'know, whether they feel good about singin' that note -- I mean, you can hear so much. I don't always listen with that intensity -- I can hear lying, y'know? I think people in law enforcement get really good, they have a talent for it to start with. My brother was, is a good singer, but he was the chief of police in Tucson for years and you do not ever want to tell him a lie, because he's gonna know (laughs) in one word. He's gonna know halfway through the sentence, you're lying. So, you can hear that kind of stuff in a voice. I don't think we have very well trained ears in a lot of ways."

When we last caught up with Ronstadt, she admitted to us that life on the road was always the least enjoyable part of her career: "My idea of a great week is when I don't set foot off my property. I really like to be at home, I've always been a homebody. I've never liked traveling; I've never liked performing. And it was just something that I had to do in order to get to the music. I always loved the music and I always wanted the music to get better and better, and I was thrilled to have success because it meant that I was able to get better musicians to work with. And that's the beginning and end of it. But I've never been comfortable on the stage and it's not anything that I want to do."

Ronstadt's last album was her 2006 collaboration Adieu False Heart with Ann Savoy. In May 2009 Ronstadt -- along with Smokey Robinson and merengue pioneer Juan Luis Guerra -- was awarded an honorary degree at Boston's Berklee School of Music's graduation.

Recently released is Linda Ronstadt's compilation, Duets. The collection, which spans Ronstadt's entire career includes team-ups with Don Henley, J.D. Souther, Emmylou Harris, James Taylor, Dolly Parton, Aaron Neville, Bette Midler, James Ingram, and "The Chairman Of The Board" himself -- Frank Sinatra, among others.

Blackpink will join the virtual world with the group's first-ever, in-game concert. Presented by PUBG Mobile, they'll also debut a special track with a new music video within the platform.

While watching the virtual concert, fans will be able to personalize the event by choosing the outfits the group wears on stage.

There will be a few opportunities to see them perform in this ground-breaking in-game event. It runs on July 22 and 23 and again on July 29 and 30 in North & South America.

Players can secure their free tickets (in-game) starting (tomorrow) July 15th, and will be able to preload the Concert Resource Pack the very next day.

TL;DR:

• Blackpink will join the virtual world with the group's first-ever, in-game concert. Presented by PUBG Mobile.
• Fans will be able to personalize the event by choosing the outfits the group wears on stage.
• It runs on July 22 and 23 and again on July 29 and 30.

Coming on September 23 is the latest massive Grateful Dead archival set -- In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83. The 17-disc boxed set premieres six previously unreleased shows recorded at MSG between 1981 and 1983 and is available now for pre-order. Production of the set is limited to 12,500 individually numbered copies and is available exclusively from Dead.net for $179.98. Full audio will also be available in its entirety as a digital download exclusively at Dead.net in Apple Lossless ($119.98) and FLAC 192/24 ($149.98).

The boxed set includes six unreleased concerts recorded at Madison Square Garden on March 9th and 10th, 1981; September 20th and 21st, 1982; and October 11th and 12th, 1983. In And Out Of The Garden features newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes, was mastered by Jeffrey Norman and produced for release by Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux.

On the same day, the March 9th, 1981 show from the boxed set will be released separately at all regular retail outlets. Madison Square Garden, NY (3/9/81) will be available as a triple-disc set ($29.98) and digitally.

A while back, the late, great Jerry Garcia spoke about his time in the Grateful Dead: "A large part of my life, I've spent doing something, which has turned out being more fun than I thought it was going to be, and it's lasted way longer than I imagined it might, and it's taken me places that I would never, ever imagined. It's hard to separate myself from the experience. After all, it is my life. For me, it's 24 years of all kinds of stuff like everybody goes through -- y'know, life and death, and kids grown' up. And, y'know, the Grateful Dead has been this one, constant, continuous source during the whole thing."

On the upcoming collection, fans will get a healthy dose of beloved Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland, who died of an accidental overdose on July 26th, 1990. Drummer Mickey Hart remembers Mydland's time with the band with mixed emotions: "Brent was a beautifully charming, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed kind of a guy and crazy as a loon, y'know? He just went off the road, y'know? He just couldn't take the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead killed him, like it killed almost all of our keyboard players. You wouldn't wanna be a keyboard player in this band. It's almost like a. . . It seems to be almost prophetic."

5 Seconds of Summer dropped a new single this week called "Blender." Co-written and co-produced by the band, the song showcases the group's pop and punk influences and gives a preview of their upcoming album, 5SOS5.

As part of their world tour, the band is currently touring the U.S.

5 Seconds of Summer will release their 5th studio album on September 23. It will have 19 tracks and be available on cassette and vinyl formats, as well as digitally.

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⦁ 5 Seconds of Summer dropped a new single this week called "Blender."

⦁ from their upcoming album, 5SOS5 out September 23.

The Daily Mail is reporting that Doja Cat has lost 200,000 Instagram followers after going public about Noah Schnapp sharing their private DMs. Doja reached out to Schnapp to inquire about Stranger Things co-star Joseph Quinn, hoping to spark a romance.

After Schnapp's revealed Doja's DMs, Doja said that his actions were "borderline snake sh*t" and "weasel sh*t." This is after she noted that Schnapp is "a kid" and "when you're that young, you make mistakes. You do dumb sh*t."

Doja now has 24.14 million followers while Schnapp gained 1 million followers, going from from 24.25 million to 25.17 million

Jay Z says that he has not retired from rap music. In an interview with Kevin Hart on his Hart to Hart podcast, when asked if he was retired, he said, "Nah, I tried that. I just needed a break. But I really thought that I was really burnt out at that time. I was releasing an album every year. '96, '97, '98, and in between that, soundtracks, other people's albums, Roc-A-Fella, touring, back to back. I just looked up one day and I was like 'I'm tired.' I had never been on vacation until like, I want to say 2000, my whole life. I was just really burnt out at that moment."

He continued, "I don't know what happens next. I'm not actively making music or making an album or have plans to make an album, but I never want to say that I'm retired. It's a gift, so who am I to shut it off. And it may have a different form or interpretation. Maybe it's not an album, maybe it is. I have no idea, but I'm just going to leave it open."

On Wednesday (7-13) Harry Styles premiered the music video for his single "Late Night Talking." The clip takes him everywhere from the streets of London to the skies, all from the comfort of his own bed. As he makes sense of his surroundings, he dives into the center of his bed and emerges wearing his pajamas. "Late Night Talking" is Styles' second single from his album, Harry's House.

Original Talking Heads keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison and touring guitarist Adrian Belew have announced a Remain in Light celebration concert in Los Angeles. The musicians will perform music from the 1980 album and discuss Talking Heads' legacy. The event is slated for September 29th. Tickets for this one-time-only event go on sale July 15th

Christina Aguilera says that she is "completely open" to collaborating with one of her Masterclass students and said she's constantly inspired by them. She told People.com that she's offering new sessions online and in a span of 30-days, she'll teach students how to craft their own version of a song, how to warm up their voices and how to sing with confidence. The yearly online masterclass membership is $180.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi along with Glenn Horowitz and Edward Kosinski were formerly charged on July 12th for "allegedly possessing a trove of stolen handwritten notes and lyrics by the Eagles' co-founder Don Henley, with New York officials estimating the documents are worth more than $1 million."

Inciardi and Kosinski were also charged with first degree counts of criminal possession and had previously tried to sell of the lyric manuscripts to such high profile auction houses as Sotheby's and Christie's -- while attempting to also get Don Henley to buy back his stolen property.

Rolling Stone reported that the trio accused of the conspiracy, featured nearly 100 pages of handwritten notes and lyrics by Henley -- including such standards as "Hotel California" and "Life In The Fast Lane." According to the report, Henley had been trying to recover his papers for years after they were stolen back in the 1970's by a biographer and eventually ended up in at the accuse Glen Horowitz' possession.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with President and CEO Joel Peresman wrote in a letter to Rolling Stone: "At this time we do not know whether Craig engaged in any wrongdoing. He will remain on leave pending the resolution of the third party internal investigation and the extent of the charges once the indictment is unsealed."

In a statement provided to Rolling Stone, the Eagles manager Irving Azoff said, "The band was pleased with the indictments and Henley was looking forward to the documents return. This action exposes the truth about music memorabilia sales of highly personal, stolen items hidden behind a facade of legitimacy. No one has the right to sell illegally obtained property or profit from the outright theft of irreplaceable pieces of musical history. These handwritten lyrics are an integral part of the legacy Don Henley has created over the course of his 50-plus-year career."

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg also issued a statement, which read: "New York is a world-class hub for art and culture, and those who deal cultural artifacts must scrupulously follow the law. These defendants attempted to keep and sell these unique and valuable manuscripts, despite knowing they had no right to do so. They made up stories about the origin of the documents and their right to possess them so they could turn a profit."

Finneas is more than happy to take a back seat to his sister, Billie Eilish's spotlight. He says he has "no desire" to be more famous and the fame he has would be like climbing a mountain without a rope, if she wasn't there alongside of him.

In an interview posted on People.com, the musician and producer says he's seen his sister go through the pitfalls of uber-fame, but was quick to say that "the good outweighs the bad" when it comes to the opportunities that have come their way.

His everyday life is much easier than hers. He said, "My ability to walk down the street and go into a grocery store and sit at a coffee shop and whatever is uninhibited. Maybe a kid or two that day comes up to me and goes, 'Hey, I love you,' or something, but it's not a challenge."

Together, the siblings have released two #1 albums, won an Academy Award and picked up multiple Grammys.

TL;DR:

• He says he has "no desire" to be more famous.
• "The good outweighs the bad" when it comes to the opportunities that have come their way.
• Together, the siblings have released two #1 albums, won an Academy Award and picked up multiple Grammys.

Justin Bieber continues to take it easy after being diagnosed with Ramsay-Hunt syndrome. He and his wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber have been spending some quality time under the sun. They were spotted this week relaxing on a boat in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

In one photo they were sharing a kiss and in another, they're seen watching what appears to be their family and friends, as they swim in the water.

Last month when he canceled his tour due to illness, his doctor advised him to "get some rest."

TL;DR:

• Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber were spotted this week relaxing on a boat in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
• Last month when he canceled his tour due to illness, his doctor advised him to "get some rest."

In commemoration of his Patient Number 9 album coming on September 9th, Ozzy Osbourne will make his debut at this year's San Diego Comic-Con International convention on Friday, July 22nd. Osbourne and Todd McFarlane will reveal artwork for the limited-edition special McFarlane-designed comic book, which is available that is part of some of the Ozzy's Patient Number 9 special edition album packages. The pair will along appear at a signing at the Stern Pinball/Rebellion Republic booth, further details of which will be announced soon.

This marks the latest collaboration with Grammy winner and multiple Grammy nominee McFarlane who recently directed the video for Ozzy's new single "Patient Number 9."

According to the press release: "A special limited-edition black vinyl with the McFarlane artwork can be pre-ordered here. An exclusive version of Patient Number 9 with a limited-edition special McFarlane-designed comic book is also available for preorder: https://store.ozzy.com/collections/patient-no-9"

Ozzy told us a while back that he always creates music with a full album in mind: "I don't write singles, per se. I don't write Top 10 singles. I work on albums rather than singles. I mean, do people still buy singles? I don't think people buy any f***ing records anymore, do they?"

Jane Van Zant, a cousin of Lynyrd Skynyrd frontmen Johnny and the late-Ronnie Van Zant, posted that Ronnie's eldest daughter, Tammy, died on July 11th. No cause of death was given.

Jane posted a message to fans on Facebook, which reads, "With a sad heart I'm asking for prayers for the Van Zant family as we lost Ronnie's oldest daughter Tammy Michelle Van Zant last night. Her mother Nadine passed away about 2 weeks ago RIP Tammy. U're in Heaven with ur mom and dad but we are going to miss u here."

Ronnie Van Zant and first wife Nadine had divorced in 1969.

Limited-edition collectors' album formats will be released on August 19th to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Oasis' third album, Be Here Now. Those formats include a silver-colored double heavyweight LP, plus a double picture disc and cassette available exclusively from the band's online store, all with remastered audio.

Oasis has also released a new lyric video for "D'You Know What I Mean? (NG's 2016 Rethink)." The original version of the track and the lead single from Be Here Now charted at Number One on the Official UK Singles Chart this week 25 years ago.

Additional lyric videos and original Oasis content from the era will be made available throughout the campaign. For more details visit oasisinet.com.

Be Here Now was released on August 21st, 1997 and followed the success of (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis' biggest-selling album and the record that broke them globally.

The punk band the Decendents were horrified to see a witness sporting one of their t-shirts appear on July 12th before The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Variety reported Jason Van Tatenhove, a former spokesperson for the far-right group Oath Keepers, was seen wearing the band's t-shirt with the cover art to the Decendents' fifth album, 1996's Everything Sucks.

The Decedents posted a brief, but powerful, message on social media following Jason Van Tatenhove's testimony, which read in full:

We completely disavow groups like the Oath Keepers and in no way condone their hateful ideology

— DESCENDENTS (@descendents) July 12, 2022

Rolling Stone Korea issued an apology to BLACKPINK after making disrespectful remarks about Lisa and Jisoo in a recent column.

The outlet wrote in their Instagram Stories, "We admittedly noted that we used inappropriate choice of words and context that lead to this misunderstanding. A revised and modified column will be published in the second edition of the print next week. The revised column will be on our official website."

The original text said that Jisoo "does not possess the most outstanding talent in the group as a vocalist or dancer."

The column referred to Lisa as having an "exotic appearance" and said that "her pronunciation in those songs is natural enough to prevent the listener from sensing any kinks from the foreign member of the group."

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band have rolled out their first post-pandemic North American tour dates for early-2023. As of now, the 31-city run has mostly only single-night stops at most venues with several key strongholds for the band -- such as Los Angles and San Francisco not yet on the itinerary.

As it stands now, the North American run will take place before the already-announced European spring leg, launching on February 1st in Tampa, Florida at Amalie Arena and wrapping on April 14th at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center.

All told, the North American tour will hit five New York City-area stops -- Newark, New Jersey along with Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Belmont Park, New York on Long Island.

According to the tour announcement:

Tickets for the 2023 U.S. arena shows will go on sale over the course of the next two weeks, with the first on-sale beginning Wednesday July 20th at 10 a.m. local time. See full on-sale details at BruceSpringsteen.net.

The tour will be using Ticketmaster's Verified Fan platform for tickets sold via Ticketmaster. Fans can register for Ticketmaster Verified Fan starting now through Sunday, July 17th for the chance to buy tickets. All registrants who are verified will be equally eligible to receive a unique access code for the Verified Fan On-sale. Registering does not guarantee you will receive a code, or have the ability to purchase tickets.

Bruce Springsteen continues to create new work in the hopes of further connecting with his core base of fans -- with the new shows providing his first outlet to perform songs from his recent Letter To You album live: "It deepens your relationship with your audience, y'know, that's been my pursuit since I've started and continues to be so today. Y'know, I'm trying to deepen my conversation about life in general. Things that hopefully matter to me and hopefully matter to them and Martin Scorsese once said, 'The job of the artist is to get the audience to care about your obsessions, and to meet you in the middle, and to see what you have in common.'"

Drummer Max Weinberg has always maintained that playing in and a group like Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band was exactly what he fantasized about doing when he was 13-years-old: "Well, he's very inspirational to all of us. I'm sure we play better with him than we do with anybody. You wanna play great. You wanna play the best you can. And it's not hard; you get up there and hitch yourself to Bruce's energy, and it pulls you along and you create your own energy."

Steve Van Zandt says that unlike other acts, it's a pleasure for the E Street Band to be able to take risks night-after-night, rather than having to be chained to a set group of greatest hits that need to be performed at every show: "It's nice not having to rely on early hits, we've never really been a pop band, so we've never depended on our hit singles. Y'know, we might have had 10, 12 hit singles -- really half the time we don't even play them in the show, y'know? That helps you, kind of keeps it fresh, keeps it new, 'cause we're playing new stuff, y'know? So mentally, we're still in the same frame of mind we were when we started, really."

JUST ANNOUNCED: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 2023 North American tour dates (subject to change):

February 1 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena
February 3 - Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena
February 5 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center
February 7 - Hollywood, FL- Hard Rock Live
February 10 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
February 14 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
February 16 - Austin, TX - Moody Center
February 18 - Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center
February 21 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
February 25 - Portland, OR - Moda Center
February 27 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
March 2 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena
March 5 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
March 7 - Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum
March 9 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
March 12 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
March 14 - Albany, NY - MVP Arena
March 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
March 18 - State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center
March 20 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
March 23 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center
March 25 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
March 27 - Washington D.C. - Capital One Arena
March 29 – Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
April 1 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
April 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
April 5 - Cleveland, OH - Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
April 7 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Arena
April 9, 11 - Belmont Park, NY - UBS Arena
April 14 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center

Lizzo's Amazon Prime series, Watch Out For The Big Girls, has been nominated for six Emmy Awards.

The singer wrote on Instagram Tuesday (July 12th), "My grrrls. We didn't do this for awards, we did this for ourselves. For the lives we touched making this… To shake up the industry.. and show the world how BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED WE AREEEEE!"

The series, which depicts Lizzo's search for backup dancers, is up for awards in the outstanding competition program, outstanding directing for a reality program, outstanding casting for a reality program, outstanding cinematography for a reality program, outstanding editing for a competition program and outstanding sound mixing for a variety series categories.

Cardi B dropped the video for her new single "Hot Sh*t" featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk and fans wondered if Kanye was really in the video or if its an animated version of the rapper. The rapper appeared in the video with a mask on. One person tweeted, , "Y'alllll, ummmm was that actually Kanye in the Cardi 'Hot Sh*t' video?!? He didn't take off the mask AND Cardi was never next to him."

Meanwhile, Cardi B has opened up about becoming a mom early on in her career. She told Vogue Singapore, "There weren't a lot of artists out there who had babies at the beginning of their career. I didn't have an album out when I found out I was pregnant."

She continued, "Everybody was so nervous for my career and future, but I kept telling them, ‘It's easy. Trust me, I'm going to have a nanny and she's going to travel up and down with me. It's not even going to be a hassle.'"

Cardi said she's never had a nanny for her children Kulture and Wave. She said, "When the baby got here, I couldn't even think about getting a nanny because I was afraid of anybody being around her besides my family. I've never had a nanny for Kulture.'

She added, "I'm exhausted. I've been overwhelmed and scared. I started to think about how my mum had to go through this a lot because my sister and I used to always fall sick at the same time. I've never appreciated my mum more — having kids helps you see things a little bit different."

Paul McCartney and the Beatles are locked in an Emmy battle with two of their respective music documentaries up against each other for sound editing and mixing awards.

The group's critically acclaimed Disney+ series The Beatles: Get Back snagged five Emmy nominations in this year's awards, getting signaled out Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series; Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for Peter Jackson's directorial work on the third of the three-part series; Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program for Jabez Olssen on Part Three; Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) for Martin Kwok and his crew on Part Three; and also for Part Three, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) for Michael Hedges.

McCartney 3,2,1 -- "Macca's" groundbreaking Hulu series with producer Rick Rubin got nods for both Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program for Stuart Winecoff on the "These Things Bring You Together" episode; Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) for Jonathan Greber and his crew for the "The People We Loved Were Loving Us!" episode; and for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) for Gary A. Rizzo and Laura Cunningham for the "These Things Bring You Together" episode.

During a chat with BBC radio, Paul McCartney spoke about Peter Jackson's Get Back movie, and admitted that he was worried the raw footage would find the "Fab Four" at their end of their tenure, angry, and exhausted with one another: "He got back to me and said, 'No -- it's a laugh. It's just four guys working -- and y'know, you can see you making up songs, and George (Harrison) wonderin' about the lyric to 'Something in the way she moves' -- or me trying to figure out 'Get Back.' And he's shown me little bits and pieces of it and it's great -- I love it, I must say, 'cause it's how it was. It just reminds me -- even though we had arguments, like any family -- that we loved each other, y'know, and it shows in the film. It's a very warm feeling -- and it's amazing just being backstage with these people making this music that turned out to be good."

The 2022 Emmy Awards are set to air live on September 12th at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on on NBC. The show will also stream live on Peacock.