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Selena Gomez isn't just an actress and singer, she's also an amazing babysitter.

Jessica Simpson recently revealed in an Instagram Live with Suneel Gupta that the Only Murders In The Building star took her daughter to her first concert.

According to Simpson, her 10-year-old daughter and Gomez's younger sister have a mutual friend which lead to the "Rare" singer taking the girls to an Olivia Rodrigo concert.

Zayn is getting his very own action figure.

Funko revealed their latest toy, Tuesday (July 12th). The company wrote on Instagram, "Get ready for the next big artist for your music collection! Singer-songwriter and global icon, ZAYN, is ready to take to the stage in POP! form."

The figure is currently available for pre-order.

Poison frontman Bret Michaels will be inducted into the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall Of Fame (CPMHOF). Blabbermouth quoted Brandon Valentine, the president and founder of the Hall Of Fame, as saying, "As a non-profit organization focused on music education for the local youth, the CPMHOF is honored to recognize Bret Michaels in a positive light. Bret has always held a special place in the hearts of Central Pennsylvanians, and this fall, he'll officially be immortalized in our local Hall Of Fame."

The announcement coincided with Bret Michaels -- who was born in Butler and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania -- performing last night (July 12th) with Poison as part of "The Stadium Tour" in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Michaels said in a statement: "Being born and bred in Pennsylvania, I am proud to be inducted as an individual into the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall Of Fame, with Poison also having also been inducted on the first-ever ballot."

Poison drummer Rikki Rockett grew up with Bret Michaels in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and told us that Poison is made of a special stock that keeps them forever wanting to work and push their own creative boundaries: "We come from the very hardworking part of the East Coast and I think that our will to work hard at stuff, also plays into our will to live, because we're the kind of guys that we're not done yet. We got more stuff to do -- more tours to do, more records to do."

Poison next performs with Def Leppard, Motley Crue, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts on Thursday (July 14th) at Cleveland, Ohio's FirstEnergy Stadium.

Set for publication on September 6th is the new book, Bowie 75, which examines the rock legend's life and career through 75 distinct images.

According to the annoncement, "Author Martin Popoff guides your through all of Bowie's 27 studio albums, various singles, working with artists like Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Tina Turner, and Queen; collaborations with legendary guitarists, Mick Ronson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nile Rodgers and Earl Slick. Plus, film and television roles, live performances and more."

The 208-page book, which is priced at $75, is packaged with a hardcover a slip case, with over 400 concert and offstage photos and unique memorabilia enclosed. Also included is a double-sided gatefold timeline of Bowie's life, a gatefold painting, titled, A Party Of Bowies, and a previously unpublished eight-by-ten glossy print and a pullout by famed concert poster artist Frank Kozik.

Long-time fan, and Def Leppard frontman, Joe Elliott told us David Bowie's 1980 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) album inspired most of the music that came out of Britain throughout the remainder of the decade: "When you take the Scary Monsters period, which was probably Bowie's' last big artistic statement, because with Let's Dance, I think it just became a commercial -- I wouldn't say 'sell out' -- but it was a commercial success he never achieved in the past. But it was more based on 'normal'; all of a sudden, Bowie's wearing a tie and a suit and bleachin' his hair blonde and having it short. But Scary Monsters, with things like 'Ashes To Ashes' -- you can see where Duran Duran got a lot of their stuff from, and even Spandau Ballet, who would come later on."

It was 37 years ago today (July 13th, 1985) that the Live Aid concerts took place in Philadelphia's JFK Stadium and London's Wembley Stadium. The mammoth fundraising shows were organized by then-Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof, who began the music industry's efforts to fight famine in Africa with Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" all-star single in 1984.

Live Aid featured performances by Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Tina Turner with Hall & Oates, Madonna, U2, Judas Priest, Duran Duran, Queen, Eric Clapton, Sting, Elvis Costello, the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan with Keith Richards and Ron Wood, David Bowie, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and scores of others. Led Zeppelin, the Who, and Black Sabbath staged one-off reunions especially for that day.

The 16-hour Live Aid marathon was watched by an estimated global audience of 1.5 billion and raised more than $140 million for famine relief.

Organizer Bob Geldof recalled that his panic for the show to come off smoothly actually turned into physical pain for him: "I was frightened that nobody would show up. I had no contracts. I had a very sore back and my wife used to put towels underneath the sheets in the bed because I used to have cold sweats, y'know, with fear. And as the day wore on, my back got more and more painful, and Bowie came over and said, 'Lie down.' So I lay down and David Bowie gave me a massage, y'know. Best massage by a rock star that I ever had."

Shortly before his 2016 death, David Bowie recalled how he and Mick Jagger had originally planned to perform their version of the Martha & The Vandellas' "Dancing In The Street live via satellite, with Bowie in London and Jagger in Philadelphia, until technology forced them to simply world premiere their video instead: "I was going to do my part of the song in England and Jagger was going to be in the States doing his part over there; but we couldn't find anyone who was fully convinced that we could sing at the same time and make it work. So, we abandoned that idea, anyway."

Judas Priest performed at the Philadelphia portion of the event and Rob Halford remembers that it finally gave him the opportunity to meet one his personal musical heroes, Joan Baez. However, for Halford it was temporarily an anxious encounter, because Priest had made a monstrous metal anthem out of her song, "Diamonds And Rust," and he worried that she would not approve: "She's like, 'I just wanted to speak to you about the "Diamonds And Rust" song,' and I go 'Yeah . . . OK . . .' She says, 'My son is, like, a huge Priest fan and, y'know, I really think you did an incredible version of my song.' So, I'm like, huge sigh of relief, y'know, major letting-go of the slumping shoulders. And I said, 'Well, that is so cool that you've said that to me because it is an incredible song and we certainly (laughs) mutated it beyond belief.' Because the original version is just Joan and acoustic guitar, and Priest got a hold of it and just threw all these slabs of heavy metal on top of it and crushed it to death."

In the summer of 1985, Bryan Adams was riding high on the success of his 1984 Reckless album, which was quickly propelling him into a household name. He recalled the moments before gearing up to play at Live Aid over 30 years ago: "'Bryan, that gentleman over there is going to be introducing you. Just so you know, you're the first person that's going live to the UK, so make sure you say ‘hello' to London.' I said, ‘Okay.' ‘And wait for that gentleman's cue, and then you can start. I said, ‘Okay.' I looked over and it was Jack Nicholson introducing me."

Hall & Oates, who were at the peak of their success at the time of Live Aid, performed a separate set with Temptations' David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks -- as well as serving as Mick Jagger's backing band. Daryl Hall revealed that it actually was his idea to work with the Rolling Stones' frontman: "Mick was doing his first solo thing then. And in fact, I was working with him on one song and he didn't have the band -- the rest of his band -- so he needed a backup band. So, I said, 'Well, why don't, y'know, Hall & Oates band will back you up.' And then that's how we closed the show. So, it all worked out."

Phil Collins was among Live Aid's stars, playing in London on his own and with Sting, then taking the Concorde to America, where he was rushed to Philadelphia to perform on solo and with Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin. He told us that he was surprised Live Aid came off in the first place: "Sting called me and said 'Have you heard about this concert Bob's trying to put on?' I said, 'I've heard about it, yeah. It won't happen, will it?' And he said, 'Well, I think it's gonna happen.' And he said, 'Do you want to do something together.' And I actually did not dream that it would still be talked about."

While still on the tarmac, Collins spoke to the press about crossing the Atlantic and playing both venues: "It's been fun out there, everyone's been very nice backstage -- no egos, nothing. Pretty good (Reporter): Who's idea was this whole trip, this Philadelphia idea? (Phil Collins): (Laughs) No idea! We thought, if it could be done, wouldn't it be good to do it, and then we went in to the logistics and we found out that it was possible. I didn't want to go to America just to play my own songs, so I arranged. . . Eric Clapton's on tour out there and so is Robert Plant -- so I rang them up to see if I could play with them so it'd give me something to go for, and it's just nice to be as involved as possible. Y'know, I'm a lunatic -- no, not really."

Phil Collins recalls legendary British promoter Harvey Goldsmith explaining to him that it was feasible that he could actually perform at both the London and Philly shows: "He said 'Of course you could do it if you wanted to. You could play both.' I said 'What do you mean?' He said 'Well, you could in theory get on Concorde and be there, y'know, in time to catch Eric's set and Robert's (Led Zeppelin's) set if we put them on later.' So, because it could be done, I did it."

Longtime Beach Boys and Brian Wilson guitarist Jeff Foskett first began touring with the group in 1982 and was on hand when the band -- including Wilson -- performed at the Philadelphia show: "It was so cool. We did 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' and Brian and I were singing it together and they had Brian's picture up on the screen of that for the majority of the time and, it was so cool. We walked off that stage and somebody, y'know, had a cell phone -- which was fairly new in '85, I mean, they didn't really start happening till later in the '80s. And somebody called from Wembley backstage and said, 'The Beach Boys just destroyed Great Britain!' (Laughs) How cool is that? That was a really, really great gig."

Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine told us that the band is still donating funds to the Live Aid charities in an effort to rid the world of hunger: "By the way, we reassigned our rights to -- just recently -- to Bob Geldof. He has unrestricted rights to market it anyway he can to continue to, y'know, to raise money for that charity."

George Thorogood gave us the back-story on how he, Bo Diddley, and Albert Collins came to perform at the Philly show: "Naturally, the Destroyers were not called first, or second (laughs). Somebody did it and then they canceled. And (promoter) Bill Graham said: ‘We gotta get somebody.' And what Bill Graham wanted -- because it had to do with someplace in Africa -- he wanted. . . because B.B. King was on it, but he was playing -- it was in all three places; it was, a part of it was in London, a part of it in Holland, or someplace, and in Philadelphia. And they said, ‘We want some black artists on this thing. Y'know, some blues people to connect with the African-Americans.' And (Bill) said: ‘Well, George Thorogood's your man, ‘cause he's tight with all those cats. And they said, ‘Well, who can you get?' So I said, ‘Well, let's go for. . .' I had met Bo Diddley maybe once or twice. And we were not very close, but we had done numerous shows with Albert Collins, who was fantastic! And I thought of those two artists, because I thought they could connect with the rock people." (50: OC: . . . the rock people)

Long before the "reunion" tour became an everyday part of life in the rock world, the reunions of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath and the Who – less than three years after their much touted farewell tour -- proved to be major coups for Bob Geldof and the Live Aid audience. That day at Wembley, Roger Daltrey sat down with journalist Paul Gambaccini and spoke about the Who deciding to reunite for Live Aid: "It's an offer you can't refuse. We've had our problems in the Who, everybody knows, but this Ethiopian thing and the Band Aid thing is much more important than any of that. So, as I say, it was an offer we couldn't refuse. And it's great to be doing it. (Paul Gambaccini): Did Bob call you, or another of the group? (Roger Daltrey): Yes, he called me! And he swore at me! We couldn't say no."

Although they've since deemed their Live Aid reunion as too under rehearsed and sloppy to be officially released, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones' performance that day marked the first time in five years that Zeppelin took to the concert stage, and their first reunion since the 1980 death of John Bonham. Filling on for "Bonzo" was Phil Collins and the Power Station's Tony Thompson. The band stopped to talk with MTV's Alan Hunter after their ragged, but spirited set: "(John Paul Jones): Very fast and furious, indeed. But, yeah. The feeling was there, it was really good. (Robert Plant): I mean, musically, it was better than what just happened, we had a lot of. . . ‘cause the elements weren't quite with us , if I can use that term in the ‘80s -- um. . . Of course I am in the ‘80s, I have my own career! Yeah, it was very hard to work with the (P.A.) wedges, and stuff, but we know when we play those songs what we do. Yeah? And it's been a while since we played ‘em. (Alan Hunter): Would it be silly or overbearing to say it was nostalgic in a way, though? Did you feel something? (Robert Plant): I don't know, I mean, I didn't try to think about it, really. We just said we'd do it. This is the right reason to do what we did." (Phil Collins): I saw about 90,000 kids out there, all with their arms up, lovin' every minute of it. And so, the ragged edges -- and there are probably a lot of ragged edges, because they were a band, y'know, and that was it. But, I think there were kids out there (that) actually loved every minute of it, which is very strong. As I say, I wasn't playing half the time -- I was just watching."

Queen's "Radio-Gaga" with the image of tens of thousands of fans clapping in unison to the song will always remain the one moment that future generations will always identify with Live Aid. Freddie Mercury was proud that Queen held their own against the best in the field that night, and was even happier it was for a worthy cause: "It is a very good cause and initially, I think we would've like to have talked part in the Band Aid single, but I think we were in separate parts of the globe. And so, the second bash at it was, was this thing -- and also, some of the biggest and best known groups around the world are taking part -- why not us?"

To many, Live Aid was the watershed moment in U2's career. Nearly two years away from the worldwide multi-platinum success of The Joshua Tree, they grabbed the world's attention and led the way into rock's future. Bono was also beginning to develop a far-reaching political stance on world politics in relation to the Western world and the African continent: "The thing that interests me about this -- and I don't know if this is the time or place -- but, y'see, it's the government's responsibility, ultimately; I don't care whether conservative, labor -- anything. It's the governments of our countries' responsibility to look after our money --‘cause we give them money in tax. And it seems to be an 'either/or' situation. Either they invest in life or they invest in death. And, y'know, for the cost of MX missiles, or ‘Star Wars' or offensive/defense budgets, we could turn those desserts in Africa into fertile land, I mean, the technology's with us."

Paul McCartney, who was the final act prior to the finale at Wembley, remembers Live Aid as being one of the worst gigs of his career: "Oh my God, Live Aid is just one of those things I'd sooner forget. I didn't have a roadie, I didn't even have someone to make sure my mic and speakers were working! So I just sort of went on -- there I was in front of the world. And I heard in my monitors a very ominous sound of roadies talking. I though, 'This could be a disaster.' I couldn't hear myself, I couldn't hear anything, so I was not giving a sort of measured performance. But the dear old audience helped me out, God bless 'em!"

Live Aid was commemorated in two 2005 DVD packages: Live Aid: Boxed Set, which contained portions of the two historic shows, and the single-disc documentary Live Aid -- 20 Years Ago Today.

In 2018, a 66-track selection of Live Aid tracks was made available digitally. 2018's Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack also featured four songs from Queen's historic set.

1,000 musicians spanning 25 different nations gathered in Paris to perform Guns N' Roses' 1987 classic, "Paradise City." The musical collective Rockin' 1000 recently paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins by performing Foo Fighters' "My Hero" and had previously garnered the band's attention by covering their "Learn To Fly."

Blabbermouth reported Rockin' 1000 celebrated their eighth birthday by performing the Guns masterpiece, with the group explaining it's made up of "Amateurs, professionals, volunteers, kids men, women, no matter their provenance, ethnicity, sexual orientation or social background, what matters is to play music and love each other."

It was 57 years ago today (July 13th, 1965) that the Supremes recorded their third Number One hit, "Come See About Me." The song, like its predecessors "Where Did Our Love Go" and "Baby Love," was written by Motown's hit-making songwriting and production team Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland.

Motown founder Berry Gordy sprang into action after hearing that a rival record label was issuing their own version of the song by singer Nella Dodds. Motown rush-released the Supremes' version of "Come See About Me" on October 27th -- even before "Baby Love" had reached the Top Ten.

Both versions of the song ultimately entered the Hot 100 the same week, but from the start it was clear that the Supremes had the hit. "Come See About Me" climbed into the Top Ten after four weeks, and two weeks later, on December 19th, 1964, "Come See About Me" hit Number One, staying there for two weeks.

Holland-Dozier-Holland went on to write seven more Number One hits for the Supremes, including "Stop! In The Name Of Love," "You Can't Hurry Love," and "You Keep Me Hangin' On."

Not long before her death last year at the age of 76, the Supremes' Mary Wilson told us that a major part of the group's success was due to the material Holland-Dozier-Holland hand-crafted for them: "First of all, we were very fortunate to have the writing team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. They wrote some great melodies. And those melodies are even still today still memorable, sing-able and they have lasted just like any great standard."

Lamont Dozier says that he and the Holland brothers took great pains to make their compositions great records -- as well as timeless songs: "If I'm there working on 'I Hear A Symphony' or Brian is working on 'Stop! In The Name Of Love' -- whatever it is, we would get together and figure out where do we go from one point to the other, so that the song sounds different, that it's not trite musically, production-wise. And have something that would say something that would give a person a lift."

Gayle announced Monday (July 11th) that she will kick off her avoiding college tour on October 8th at Oklahoma City, OK's Beer City Music Hall.

Her North American headline tour will continue through mid-November with support from Carlie Hanson and poutyface.

The 18-year-old singer wrote on Instagram, "I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE SO I DECIDED TO TOUR AND BRING SOME OF MY FAVORITE ARTIST WITH ME!!!"

General on sale begins Friday, July 15th.

Original paintings by Halsey will be auctioned off at Sotheby's to benefit the National Network of Abortion Funds.

The paintings were created on stage during the singer's Love and Power Tour, within the confines of a 3-minute song. The original artwork was executed by Halsey live each night as they performed for thousands of fans, as seen when they hosted and performed on Saturday Night Live.

Fans and art collectors alike will be able to bid between July 8th and July 19th on 5 paintings valued between $5,000 and $7,000.

Julian Lennon has released "Save Me" and "Breathe" -- two new tracks from his upcoming album, Jude, set for release on September 9th. The new album, which will be his first issued via the BMG imprint, marks his first since 2011's Everything Changes. The album's name comes from the Beatles' song "Hey Jude" -- which Paul McCartney originally wrote for Julian as "Hey Jules."

In the album's original press release, Julian shed light on the new material, explaining, "Many of these songs have been in the works for several years, so it almost feels like a coming-of-age album. With great respect for the overwhelming significance of the song written for me, the title Jude conveys the very real journey of my life that these tracks represent."

Julian Lennon hasn't toured since 1999 and told us that he has very specific ideas as to how he wants to make his stage return: "Believe you me, I wanna do live dates but I also wanna make sure the show's right and I also wanna do it in the right way, the way I wanna do it. I wanna work with partial orchestras -- y'know, so even though it'll be rock n' roll, a lot of the material that I do do, or have written is very thematic (with a lot of) great orchestration. And I did one show in Hong Kong with a full orchestra and it was the most amazing experience."

Sole surviving Monkee Micky Dolenz admitts he's still dealing with the deaths of all three of his legendary bandmates. Mike Nesmith passed away on December 10th, 2021 at 78 of heart-related issues. Peter Tork died on February 21st, 2019 at age 77 following a decade-long battle with adenoid cystic carcinoma -- a rare cancer of the salivary glands, and Davy Jones -- the youngest of the group -- died suddenly on February 29th, 2012 of a heart attack at age 66.

While chatting to the London's The Mirror, Micky Dolenz -- now 77 -- said that he's cognizant that time becomes more precious every day: "Even before losing Davy, Peter, and Nes, I started thinking about my mortality and taking better care of myself -- much more attention to my health, exercise and eating and drinking habits. I exercise and do yoga every day. Also now I really savor every day. Carpe diem. Living in the moment, trying to make the most of everyone. I have cut back on my work. I'm much more selective about the offers I get."

Regarding the loss of all the other Monkees over the past decade, Dolenz admitted: "I don't think I've really processed it yet, because I lost all three of my partners in a relatively short period. In the case of Davy, that was a huge surprise -- we all thought he was in good shape, and he was the youngest of us. Peter we knew had serious health issues, so we saw that coming. Nes also had health issues but he seemed to be getting better. Maybe I'm still going through a denial stage. Sometimes you think, 'Oh I gotta give that person a call,' then you realize they're not there anymore. It's very strange."

As far as shining a light on the Monkees' legacy, Dolenz said, "There's not a lot I can do about it except just be honest about it and give credit where credit is due to Mike as a great songwriter, to Davy as a great singer and actor, and to Peter as a great musician. The proof is in the pudding -- the fact that we went on and did so well. After so many decades, we must have done something right!"

It's been 55 years since the Monkees won the right to record the music they wanted with the spring 1967 release of their classic Headquarters album. Micky looked back with us at the band snagging creative control: "It was also the first time in, the Monkee, y'know, history that we -- the four of us -- had been allowed to even have anything to say about who was gonna write the songs and how they were gonna be recorded and what songs would be in the album. That was the first time we had fought for it -- through Mike Nesmith -- had fought for the right to do that, and that was one of the first times. So there was also this feeling that we actually had something to say about, y'know, whether this song was gonna be recorded or not."

Noted Beach Boys author, documentarian, and West Coast historian, Jon Stebbins says that its finally time for rock fans to acknowledge the incredible quality of the Monkees' catalogue: "The worst of what they left behind is awful, but so is what the worst of what the Beach Boys left behind, y'know -- and a lot of other people -- I mean, it's awful. But the very best of what they left behind is as good as anything in that era. But, it's like, I'm responsible enough to know the difference between the Monkees and The Partridge Family. I mean, there's nothing there that's going to nourish you. The Monkees had a ton of stuff there that is great, that stands the test of time. Some of the very best stuff of its time."

Micky Dolenz next performs on July 21st in Wilmington, North Carolina at the Kenan Auditorium at UNC Wilmington.

Lizzo is kicking off release week with the announcement of LIZZOVERSE: Presented by American Express.

Lizzo's new album, Special, has been reimagined into an immersive planetarium-esque lightshow experience produced by Superfly. An exclusive album playback performance featuring Lizzo herself and the Big Grrrls will be livestreamed this Friday (July 15th), with public lightshows beginning on 7/16.

Lizzoverse - A "Special" Album Release Event will be livestreamed globally via the Amazon Music channel on Twitch at 6pm ET.

'90s rockers Everclear are in the midst of a 30th anniversary summer run with special guests Fastball and the Nixons. Tonight (July 12th), the tour hits Mentor, Ohio's Mentor Civic Amphitheater.

Everclear's leader Art Alexakis revealed back in 2019 he's been battling multiple sclerosis. He explained he was diagnosed with "relapsing-remitting MS" following a car accident in 2006.

Alexakis told us that the band's been excited by the changes in their current setlists: "Yeah, we got a new setlist, it's different than what we've been playing the last two or three years. We took some old songs out of it, put some new songs and old songs, and, like, four songs we haven't been playing -- and also some of the fan favorites. We mix that a little bit, moved that around. It's exciting and fun for us to play. And I think if the band's havin' fun, the crowd's gonna have fun."

Happy Birthday to Fleetwood Mac songwriter-keyboardist Christine McVie, who turns 79 today (July 12th)!!! Just released is McVie's latest solo set, titled Songbird (A Solo Collection), which features guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Lindsey Buckingham, and Steve Winwood.

In 2018 and 2019, Fleetwood Mac -- with Heartbreakers guitarist/songwriter/producer Mike Campbell stepping in to cover lead guitar duties and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn supplying rhythm guitar and vocals -- played an 88-date tour taking in shows in North America, Europe, and Oceania. As of now, Fleetwood Mac remains on hiatus for the foreseeable future.

Back in 2017, McVie and now-ousted Mac bandmate Lindsey Buckingham released their debut album as a duo, Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie, which peaked at Number 17 on the Billboard 200 and formed the basis of their first joint tour together.

In 2014 McVie thrilled the rock world when she returned to the band following a 16-year hiatus. McVie, along with former husband John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, steered the group through a diverse early-'70s period following the absence of the group's co-founding guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. After the eventual departure of key members Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch -- and the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks -- McVie suddenly became one of the three hottest songwriters of the 1970's. In the latter part of the '70s, she was romantically involved with legendary Beach Boys' drummer Dennis Wilson.

McVie's songs played a crucial role in the band's blockbusters Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Tusk, Mirage, and Tango In The Night. Among the standards she wrote for the band were: "Over My Head," "World Turning (co-written with Buckingham)," "Warm Ways," "Sugar Daddy," "Say You Love Me," "Don't Stop," "Songbird," "Oh Daddy," "You Make Loving Fun," "Think About Me," "Over And Over," "Hold Me," "Love In Store," "Little Lies," and "Everywhere," among others.

Christine McVie told us that the members of Fleetwood Mac are connected by a bond that transcends time and distance: "I just think that there's an inextricable chemistry between the five of us, which will never go away, because that just is what it is, y'know, until we're 90 it'll be there. No matter how far we go apart in our different spheres of music, when we get together, it's just something that, y'know, sparks fly."

Lindsey Buckingham credits Mick Fleetwood for wooing Christine McVie back into the band: "I am not aware of how much they were writing or talking about it, and I don't know what agenda Mick may or may not have had our what he felt he was going to be able to accomplish. All I know is that he felt very strongly that Christine had been, perhaps, sequestered away, a little too much over there for a little too long -- for reasons that even I'm not even that clear on myself."

Not too long ago, Buckingham told us that there is no way one can deny the absolute chemistry between the classic ‘70s lineup of Fleetwood Mac: "It's an intangible thing. It's a very strong aspect of what I always thought was, kind of, for lack of a better term, the whole being greater than the sum of the parts, which was always the part of theory of this fivesome; and was very apparent when we first started rehearsing before doing that first album in 1975, was that there's something afoot here."

In 2003 McVie was credited as an additional musician on Fleetwood Mac's last full-blown studio set, Say You Will. She contributed keyboards and backing vocals on "Bleed To Love Her" and "Steal Your Heart Away." In 2004 McVie released her third solo album, In The Meantime, which she collaborated on with her nephew, Dan Perfect.

Christine McVie told us that her leaving Fleetwood Mac and eventually rejoining the band were very carefully thought out decisions and not done without deep and heartfelt consideration: "I told the band when we were doing The Dance tour that that would be my last tour, and they knew it. It was no surprise to anybody. It was not out of any lack of love for these guys, they're, y'know, they're my musical family. I think everybody has to do their little journeys and do what they have to do. Y'know, Lindsey (Buckingham) left the band for a while, I just realized that I made a huge mistake, but it took me about 10 years to realize it, that's all. And I started missing them and playing with them." (:27 OC: . . . playing with them

Nicki Minaj held an impromptue meet and greet with fans in Camden Town, London yesterday (July 11th) and it turned chaotic due to the size of the crowd. Minaj even was shown on camera shoving one fan who got a little too close, telling the fan "back up." The fanlater wrote via social media, "Nicki Minaj literally pushed me omg 😂. My fave literally touched me 😂😍."

The fan further commented that he was "just happy Nicki touched" him. "Thank you Nicki for stopping by."

After seeing the crowd of people who showed up at Cafe Koko, Nicki told fans on social media, "Guys, if you don't get in a contained space they won't let me get out the cars. Pls sic don't run in the streets. Please get in 1 place. 1 line 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼."

Police were forced to surround the rapper and decided it was best to escort her back to her car so they could get a better handle on the crowds, but ultimately had to cancel the event.

In other news, following her comments at Essence Fest, where she called Kanye West a clown, it appears that Ye has unfollowed Nicki Minaj.

DISNEY+ TO AIR EXCLUSIVE BTS CONTENT: Disney+ will be the exclusive home of three projects from BTS. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney and HYBE (the South Korean entertainment company in charge of BTS' record label, Big Hit) have forged a new partnership that will yield five titles for the streamer. The exclusive projects from BTS include the concert film, BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage, a travel reality show called In the Soup: Friendcation, and BTS Monument: Beyond the Star, an original docu-series about the band. BTS Monuments is set to hit Disney+ next year.

AMY WINEHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FIRNDS DIRECTOR: Studiocanal is getting ready to move forward with the Amy Winehouse documentary, Back to Black. Sources tell Deadline that the film will be helmed by Fifty Shades of Grey director, Sam Taylor-Johnson. It's expected to look at the life and music of the Grammy winning singer who tragically passed in 2011.

HARRY STYLES TO DROP 'LATE NIGHT TALKING' VIDEO WEDNESDAY: Harry Styles will drop the music video for "Late Night Talking" on July 13th at 12pmET. A preview posted to his Harry Styles HG social media accounts features Styles in bed, surrounded by cozy covers while he whistles the tune of his latest track.

It was 57 years ago today (July 12th, 1965) that the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson began recording the group's 1966 hit "Sloop John B," the first song tracked for the group's legendary Pet Sounds album. It was the group's rhythm guitarist Al Jardine, the folk music aficionado in the band, who suggested the group cover the standard, which had been recorded by the Kingston Trio, among many others. In the group's 1998 documentary Endless Harmony, Jardine recalled, "I tried persuading Brian to record the track a year before we finally cut it. I sat and played these chord progressions, basically three chords done on a guitar, banjo and keyboards. I knew it had to have keyboards, otherwise I knew it wouldn't get his attention."

Despite Jardine providing the inspiration and basic arrangement of the tune, he was shut out of receiving a "traditional copyright" credit for the tune along with Wilson.

For the vocal sessions for the song, Wilson recorded versions with lead vocals by each of the Beach Boys -- Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Jardine, and himself -- and ultimately selected his own and Love's vocals for the final version. The song, which was released on March 21st, 1966, peaked at Number Three. In Britain, it hit Number Two.

Brian Wilson told us that he included the band's then-current single "Sloop John B." on Pet Sounds at the Beach Boys' record company's request: "No, I wanted it to be a single but when they said 'album,' I said 'fine,' that was okay with me. I said it would help the album. Y'know, it would help it sell and it would fit perfectly."

In 2005 Jardine released an illustrated children's book based on the song, titled Sloop John B - A Pirate's Tale, and explained why he thinks the song continues to appeal to fans of all ages: "Well, it's an escapist fantasy, y'know, and that's probably what the appeal was in the beginning, when I first heard it. It kinda took me away from my present circumstances, y'know? And now the story, from a children's point of view would be compelling because it's about hero worship. We revere our grandfathers -- and if we can be a hero to them, that's what we'd all like to be."

"Sloop John B" has been a mainstay of the group's live show for over 50 years. During the '60s, Jardine often took the lead; in the early '70s Carl Wilson took over lead vocals; and in the '80s, Jardine and Brian Wilson often performed it as a duet.

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Newly released is the Beach Boys' deluxe and expanded release of its 2003 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys collection. The set -- which originally peaked at Number 16 on the Billboard 200 and has sold nearly 4.4 million copies to date -- has now been expanded to include two additional discs boasting 50 additional tracks -- many of which have been completely remixed and/or featured in stereo mixes for the first time.

Additionally, all 30 songs on Disc One of Sounds Of Summer have been mixed in immersive Dolby Atmos. The new, expanded version has peaked at Number 31 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Tonight (July 12th) marks the 43rd anniversary of the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago's Comiskey Park. In 1979, a local Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl, who had just been fired and had to get a new job after his radio station switched to a disco format, came up with a promotion idea. He invited fans to bring their unwanted disco records to a scheduled twilight-night American League doubleheader on July 12th, between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, in exchange for admission of 98 cents. The event was billed as "Disco Demolition Night." Promoters hoped for an attendance boost of 5,000, but about 50,000 people showed up, many of whom did not get in.

During the break between games, a box containing the disco records was brought to center field, and it was then exploded. The bomb in the box ripped a hole in the outfield grass, and thousands of fans then ran onto the field, setting fires and ripping up bases. Police in riot gear were eventually needed to clear fans off the field, and the manager of the Detroit Tigers refused to let his team play, out of fear for their safety. The White Sox forfeited the game to the Tigers. Six people reported minor injuries, and 39 were arrested for disorderly conduct.

In 2001, disco star Harry Wayne Casey, or KC of KC & The Sunshine Band, received an apology from Mike Veeck, son of Bill Veeck, who had been the White Sox owner at the time of the incident. Mike Veeck had been the White Sox's "brains" behind the promotion, and was reportedly blacklisted by major teams for years. Of his disco-demolition campaign, Veeck said, "I made a big mistake and it backfired. . . It cost me personally. I went down the sewer. KC wasn't the only one whose gravy train stopped."

Regarding the entire "Disco Sucks" movement, KC said: "Every rock group in the country, every punk group in the country, had more danceable records than the artists that so-called were doing disco, y'know, so it's just, it's been really funny. And by the time, y'know, they were doing the 'Disco Sucks,' I had a Number One ballad in the country, I had another one that was Number Nine on the charts, so I felt I had already gone in a different direction to prove to everybody that we were more than just 'Shake Shake Shake' and 'That's The Way (I Like It),' y'know what I mean?"

We asked Barry Gibb if the Bee Gees felt hurt or betrayed by the "Disco Sucks" movement: "No, there was no question that it was a little tough for us after (Saturday Night) Fever, but I don't remember anyone complaining at the time (laughs), so, so, y'know, it's all fine for us and we're long over all that stuff and, y'know, for us it's just pop music. It's pop music and you can put any tag you want to on it."

Disco legend Gloria Gaynor said she questioned the entire "disco sucks" movement, and thought it hadn't really affected her: "It made me wonder if this whole thing was started by somebody who felt like the disco artist was dipping into their till, but other than that it didn't do anything to me. They didn't burn mine."

Billy Joel welcomed Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott during his Saturday night (July 9th) show at Detroit's Comerica Park. Elliott, who's joined the "Piano Man" onstage twice before -- back in 2018 at Boston's Fenway Park and the following year at Madison Square Garden, led the band through Leppard's signature 1987 classic, "Pour Some Sugar On Me."

Billy Joel told us he feels lucky to still be performing at the top of his game these days: "I kind of have a split opinion about it. Part of me thinks it's absurd. I'm 73-years-old and I'm doin' the same gig I was doin' when I was 16. Y'know, this is a job for a young person and I am now considered elderly and I'm still doin' the same crazy-ass job -- so, that part of it is kinda absurd. The other part of it to me is it's wonderful. I've picked a great job to have. They're payin' me all kinds of money, the audiences are bigger than they ever were, people are still comin' to see me -- and there's a lot of young people out in the crowd, who somehow know my stuff and that's wonderful! I'm a lucky guy."

J-Hope took to social media Sunday (July 10th) to share teaser images for his forthcoming single, "Arson."

One Instagram post features concept photos showing the BTS rapper posing in front of a flaming car wreck, while another shows J-Hope in a singed jumpsuit with the caption, "I burned it all."

"Arson" will be second single released from his forthcoming 10-track debut album, Jack In The Box, scheduled for release on July 15th.

Britney Spears is not happy with the documentaries that were made about her.

In a lengthy, now-deleted social media post captured by TMZ Saturday (July 9th), the pop star wrote, "I've never seen that many documentaries done on a person … Not one person on the face of this earth would people – a network, TV production or anyone for that matter – dig up that much negative footage and do hour specials claiming its "HELPING ME. REALLY???"

She continued saying, "It was the most insulting thing I ever saw in my life."

Cardi B took to Twitter to reassure fans that she did not engage in a fight during her performance at the Wireless Festival yesterday. In a viral video, Cardi is seen yanking her mic from an overly excited fan. Then another concertgoer tried to grab her mic.

Cardi said, "It wasn't NO FIGHT ! @itsKenBarbie got the whole thing on their page???"

Following being carried off stage on July 5th during a Michigan show after suffering heat exhaustion, Carlos Santana has postponed a string of upcoming dates. Manager Michael Vrionis explained the postponements are due to "an abundance of caution for the artist's health."

An official statement regarding Santana's health was released on July 8th by Vrionis, which reads:

I regret to inform you that the Santana band has postponed tonight's show at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana. And, we are postponing the July 9th show at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio; July 10th at American Family Insurance Amphitheater - Summerfest Grounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; July 12th at Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, Arkansas; July 15th at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, Texas; July 16th at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands, Texas.

Doctors have recommended that Mr. Santana gets rest to recuperate fully. Carlos is doing well and is anxious to be back on stage soon. He just needs rest. Santana profoundly regrets these postponements of his upcoming performances; but, his health is our number one concern. He is looking forward to seeing all of his fans very soon.

All shows as planned beginning July 23rd of this month in Paso Robles, California through the end of 2022 are still confirmed and will be performed as scheduled. The tour schedule can be found at: https://tour.santana.com/

Not too long ago, Carlos Santana told us that throughout his career he's always aimed for his music to reach as broad an audience as possible: "Truly, the only criteria is, is it coming from the heart or not? If it's not coming from your heart, then it's phony baloney, so nobody wants to hear it. If it's coming from the heart, then it's necessary to be heard, because music from the heart doesn't go old, doesn't get dated, like bell-bottoms and afros. It doesn't go in and out, it stays, y'know? Just like sex and spirituality -- those things, they never grow old."

Shawn Mendes has postponed several dates on his Wonder tour to focus on his mental health.

The singer announced on Friday (July 8th) that he has hit his "breaking point" and will suspend his tour through July 29th.

The singer shared that he always found "it difficult to be on the road away from fands and family" and added, "After a few years off the road, I felt like I was ready to dive back in, but that decision was premature and unfortunately the toll of the road and the pressure has caught up to me and I've hit a breaking point. After speaking with my team and health professionals, I need to take some time to heal and take care of myself and my mental health, first and foremost."