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Travis Barker is back to work following his unexpected stay in the hospital. He posted online that he's feeling "much better."

On Tuesday, the Blink-182 drummer, was photographed walking outside his studio in Calabasas, California. Just one week ago he was diagnosed with life-threatening pancreatitis. Hours before being admitted, he went in for an endoscopy and later developed excruciating pain. Barker suggested that it was due to medical error.

TL;DR:

• Travis Barker is back working at his studio in Calabasas, California.
• Just one week ago he was diagnosed with life-threatening pancreatitis.

Queen's Brian May says that fans shouldn't hold out hope that bassist John Deacon will ever perform or record with the band again. Deacon, who's now 70, remains a virtual recluse. Deacon -- a father of six, who's been married for 47 years -- is said to be worth over $130 million, and was responsible for writing such classics for the band as "You're My Best Friend," "I Want To Break Free," and the chart-topping "Another One Bites the Dust" -- not to mention the legendary bass line to "Under Pressure."

He remains a full quarter partner in the band, yet retired in 1997 after recording "No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)," which was featured on the group's compilation album, Queen Rocks. Deacon last played with Roger Taylor and Brian May during the band's 1992 tribute to Freddie Mercury.

The London Express transcribed Brian May's chat with Rock FM Spain, in which he was asked if John Deacon will ever rejoin him and co-founder Roger Taylor: "I think not. Of course, we love John and we will always will, but we don't have any significant contact with him now. That's the way he wants it. He wanted to cut that tie and to be a private person and we have to respect that. I don't think that it would be easy for John to slip back into the arena that we inhabit. In fact, a couple of times we have asked him, but he always says 'No, that's not what I do now.' And we have to respect that John doesn't want to do it."

He went on to say, "I think it would be difficult for him anyway because things have changed a lot, and Roger and I have adapted a certain amount. We're still very old school but we're aware of different ways of behaving these days and different ways in which our art is channeled. . . I don't think that is going to happen sadly. I'd love to say yes but I don't think it would. It's possible that we could meet in some low-stress situation, I think, but in public, probably not."

We asked Roger Taylor if he feels John Deacon will ever perform as part of Queen again: "John really has opted out of the whole music business thing. He was done, like, being around people. He wrote us a letter saying 'I totally approve of everything you do and, um, can I have my share?' I mean, he's still a partner, so, y'know, he's there in that sense."

IN OTHER QUEEN NEWS

Queen + Adam Lambert will stream their new concert film, Rhapsody Over London, starting on July 24th via Kiswe's global streaming platform.

According to the official announcement:

The exclusive Live Concert Film will feature a LIVE Q&A with Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Adam Lambert, speaking backstage from the penultimate show of their European tour. Fans around the world will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase tickets and submit their questions via video by July 19th, for the band to see and answer live during the Q&A.

The concert will only be available until July 31st on the platform and accompanied by special VOD packages, where fans will have access to additional concerts and interviews. The acclaimed documentary The Show Must Go On, The Queen + Adam Lambert Story will be available exclusively for ticket holders for a full two days prior to the livestream.

The concert was filmed during the band's sold out 10-day run at The O2 Arena, London in early June.

Tickets are available via: livestream.queenonline.com

Sammy Hagar confirmed to TMZ that he's earned more money from his non-musical endeavors than he has from rock. Blabbermouth transcribed some of the "Red Rocker's" chat in which he clarified his fortunes were mainly earned away from the stage: "It's true. Yes. It's absolutely true. It's what's made it so great for me. I'm telling you, guys -- I swear by this -- if you get lucky enough to get successful outside of music, it makes it so much better in your elder years. Like now, I'm in my 70's and I'm still going and playing music. And you know why? Because I don't have to do it for a living; I don't have to make it my business. So I can pay my band more than they can make (playing with anyone else). They're happy, and so they're happy to play with me. We all walk out on stage and we're happy to do it 'cause we don't have to do it.

Hagar, who sold his full stake in his Cabo Wabo tequila back in 2010 for around $85 million -- and is still very involved with his ongoing brands of rum and tequila, went on to say, "A lot of people are doing (music) for money, and they go out and they punch a clock. So we do it for fun. It's almost like we're in a garage band again because I make my living another way and music is something I just love to do. But if someone said, 'Hey, you're gonna play 150 shows this year,' I'd tell 'em, 'I quit.' Because I know I would get pissed off and I'd be saying, 'Oh, I've gotta do a show tonight, man. There's a great boxing match on.' Or, 'I wanna take my wife out and go and have a nice dinner.'"

Back in the day, Sammy Hagar told us how proud he was of the success his tequila attained in a relatively short time: "That tequila thing was such a. . . It wasn't a gamble. I don't even have the right words. It was such a, a little, small-time little thing that I did -- like a little hobby for fun that exploded -- and I just had to grab on to it and I've just been on this ride. Y'know, it's like jumping on the back of a rocket ship, y'know, and holding on for dear life."

Sammy Hagar & The Circle perform on Friday (July 8th) in Prior Lake, Minnesota at Lakefront Music Fest.

Wolf Van Halen is engaged to girlfriend Andraia Allsop after dating for six years. Halen announced the news on Instagram, saying, "She said yes!! ❤️❤️❤️," posting a photo of he and Allsop, with Allsop showing off her ring.

Wolf's mom Valerie Bertinelli reacted to the news, saying, "How do I ❤️ this a million times? So happy!!!!!!!🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍."

It was 65 years ago today (July 6th, 1957), in Liverpool, England, that the most successful and beloved songwriting team of all time -- John Lennon and Paul McCartney -- first met, kick starting the Beatles' career. McCartney was brought to the St. Peter's Church Garden Fete in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton by his and Lennon's mutual friend Ivan Vaughan, to watch Lennon's group the Quarrymen perform. Vaughan recalled to Lennon biographer Ray Coleman that he told McCartney: "You've got to come and meet this guy John Lennon. You'll get on well with him." In recent years, McCartney has revealed that he had seen the older Lennon around Liverpool more than once and took notice of his hardened "Teddy Boy" dress and demeanor.

Vaughan said that the 15-year-old McCartney was more interested in checking out the girls attending the Church social than the musical acts. At the moment that McCartney first laid eyes on the 16-year-old Lennon on stage, he was performing the Del Vikings' hit "Come Go With Me" -- with almost completely improvised lyrics. After the Quarrymen's set, the left-handed McCartney impressed Lennon and the rest of the group by turning over one of the group's right-handed acoustic guitars and belting out a few Little Richard numbers and Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock." Lennon was immediately impressed at the number of chords McCartney knew, as well as his ability to remember the correct lyrics to the songs.

In 1964, McCartney jokingly described the historic meeting in the forward to Lennon's first book, In His Own Write, recalling that, "At Woolton village fete I met him. I was a fat schoolboy and as he leaned his arm over my shoulder, I realized that he was drunk."

In 1967, Lennon recalled his first impressions of McCartney, remembering that, "I was very impressed. . . He could obviously play guitar, I half thought to myself, 'He's as good as me'. . . He also looked like Elvis (Presley). I dug him."

After the Beatles' breakup, John Lennon set the scene for the legendary and historic first meeting: "Paul met me the first day I did 'Be-Bop-A-Lula' live on stage, okay? A mutual friend brought him to see my group, called the Quarrymen. And we met and we talked after the show and I saw he had talent and he was playing the guitars backstage and doing 'Twenty Flight Rock' by Eddie Cochran. And I turned around to him right then on first meeting and sat, 'Do you want to join the group? And he said, (imitates mumbling indecision). And I think he said 'yes' the next day" as I recall it."

Throughout the years McCartney has always maintained that the meeting was one of the most amazing twists of divine intervention: "I kind of just count my blessings, y'know? I feel very lucky -- and there is so much fate involved. Y'know, my friend Ivan Vaughn taking me to Woolton village fete, me seeing John there, me going backstage -- talking to him, me happening to know the words to 'Twenty Flight Rock,' him happening to be impressed. Don't ask me about conclusions about life -- never mind the Beatles' career -- or that aspect of it."

Shortly before her 2015 death, Lennon's first wife, Cynthia Lennon, said that watching Lennon and McCartney collaborate in the early days was always an incredible experience: "They were absolutely wrapped up in their music. And their friendship was so -- you could taste it almost -- the essence of what they were doing was so tight-knit. And the balance of John and Paul's lyrics and way of thinking and way of creating the music -- well it was fascinating, the whole thing."

In 1970, John Lennon told Rolling Stone that he was faced with a dilemma in forging a partnership with Paul McCartney, recalling, "Was it better to have a guy who was better than the people that I had in? To make the group stronger? Instead of going for an individual thing we went for the strongest format -- equals."

A recording from that evening's performance, containing several songs including "Puttin' On The Style," was purchased by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in the mid-'90s. A low-fi snippet of the tune, which has made the collectors rounds over the years, shows that Lennon's distinctly nasal rasp was already in full effect by the summer of 1957.

Although Lennon often stated that he asked McCartney to join the band that night, McCartney has long stuck by the story that a week or so passed before Lennon had his then-best friend and Quarrymen bandmate Pete Shotton ask McCartney to join. McCartney said that he needed to ask his father's permission, and that wouldn't actually be able to officially join until he returned from Boy Scout camp later that summer.

McCartney made his official live debut with Lennon and the Quarrymen on October 18th, 1957 at Liverpool's Conservative Club's New Clubmoor Hall -- by which time he and Lennon had begun their first songwriting collaborations.

George Harrison met Lennon in November 1957 through his friendship with McCartney, and eventually joined the Quarrymen in March 1958. Harrison felt that Lennon's tumultuous childhood not only shaped Lennon's life -- but the Beatles' entire career: "John was, like, very tough. I mean, he had that ability to be gentle and soft and was lovely, but, y'know, he was acid, too. He gave that hard edge to the Beatles. He was an orphan, y'know? Well, he. . . his father left home and you've heard the songs, (sings) ‘Mother, you left me, but I didn't leave you.'"

Paul McCartney recalled that coming from the same place and living through similar circumstances only enhanced his closeness with John Lennon: "I think that we'd grown up as kids from Liverpool, so we read each other, we knew each other's history. The other very important thing is, both our mother's had died when we were teen age, so we had a bond there that we never talked about -- but each of us knew that that had happened to the other person. So, if you wanted to, you could talk about it. We hardly ever did. So, these kind of things, I think, gave us a strength."

Ivan Vaughan, who stayed friends with both Lennon and McCartney over the course of their lives, went on to study the classics at University College, London. His wife transcribed McCartney's English lyrics to French for the Beatles' 1965 classic "Michelle." In 1968 he briefly worked for the Beatles' Apple Corps. helping out with the short-lived and ill-fated planning of an "Apple School." In 1977, Vaughan was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and in 1986 published a book, Ivan: Living With Parkinson's Disease.

Vaughan's eventual death in 1994 due to complications from the disease inspired McCartney to begin writing his first book of poetry, 2001's Blackbird Singing, which included a poem titled "Ivan."

BLACKPINK announced Tuesday (July 5th) that they will release new music in August and embark on a world tour by the end of the year.

According to a press release from YG Entertainment, the K-pop superstars are in the "final stages of recording a new album" and their forthcoming international tour will be the "largest world tour in the history of a K-pop girl group."

The group released their first full-length album, THE ALBUM, in October 2020.

Carlos Santana collapsed onstage last night (July 5th) while performing in Independence Township, Michigan at the famed Pine Knob Music Theatre.

Ultimate Classic Rock reported: "The rocker was approximately 55 minutes into the show when he began to introduce 'Joy,' a collaboration with Chris Stapleton that was released on 2021's Blessings And Miracles. After describing the song as 'mystical medicine music to heal a world infected with fear,' Santana and his namesake band launched into the tune. The guitarist then walked over to a riser, sat down and appeared to pass out. The show was immediately stopped as he was attended to by medical staff. At one point, a curtain was placed onstage to hide the guitarist from the crowd's view."

A crew member explained to the crowd that the guitarist was dealing with a "severe medical emergency," before asking the crowd for their prayers and well wishes. 20 minutes after the collapse, Santana was seen being wheeled off the stage in a stretcher.

Five months after pulling their music off Spotify, Crosby, Stills, & Nash have returned to the streaming service, according to Billboard. The group -- including Neil Young -- requested their labels officially remove their music back in February in protest of popular podcaster Joe Rogan, who slammed Covid protocols, mask mandates, and the effectiveness of vaccine and booster shots.

At the time, CSN issued a statement saying, "We support Neil and we agree with him that there is dangerous disinformation being aired on Spotify's Joe Rogan podcast. While we always value alternate points of view, knowingly spreading disinformation during this global pandemic has deadly consequences. Until real action is taken to show that a concern for humanity must be balanced with commerce, we don't want our music -- or the music we made together -- to be on the same platform."

As it stands now, CSN plan to donate proceeds from their streams to Covid-19 charities for at least a month. Although Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young material is back on the service -- no Neil Young-written tracks are available to stream, either as part of the group nor on his own.

Graham Nash, like his bandmates, has never been happy with the lack of compensation they've received from digital sales. He told us that musicians predicted the digital revolution long before their record companies recognized it, by which time it was too late. Nash told us that it serves the record companies right for being so slow in understanding and embracing the new technology: "We tried to tell the record companies that this digital revolution was coming and they took no notice of anybody, and so got stuck behind the 8-ball. And record companies, like, the big, y'know, CBS and Warner Brothers and all. . . don't exist anymore. They don't want physical product. They want it all to be a digital download."

Graham Nash kicks off his next string of dates on July 13th at Red Bank, New Jersey's Count Basie Center for the Arts.

J-Hope shared a teaser for his upcoming debut solo album Jack in the Box Tuesday (July 5th).

The 23-second visual shows a jack-in-the-box cranking itself while sinister music plays. He captioned the Instagram clip, "Are you just going to stay in the box? #HopeInTheBox".

Jack in the Box is set to be released July 15th via Big Hit Music.

Noah Cyrus recently revealed to Rolling Stone that she channeled the ups and downs of her past addiction to Xanax for her upcoming LP, The Hardest Part.

The singer explained that she struggled with the pressures of being part of a public family which includes older sister Miley Cyrus and father Billy Ray Cyrus. She recalled trying downers at the age of 18, amid her battles with body dysmorphia and depression.

Noah told the outlet, "My boyfriend at the time was the first person that gave me a Xanax, and it became a way for us to bond. I think I wanted to fit in with him. I wanted to be what he wanted and what he thought was cool and what I thought everybody was doing."

She added, "Once I felt that it was possible to silence things out for a second and numb your pain, it was over."

The singer admitted she would sleep all day and wake up sometimes as late as 8 p.m., and revealed, "It just kind of becomes this dark pit, bottomless pit."

Things got scary for Noah when she nodded off mid-conversation during an international television interview at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. She says she reached out for help shortly after and began "slowly wading back into the creative process," which includes her album, slated for a July 15th release.

Thanks to hours of therapy and psychiatry, she says things are improving and tells the outlet, "I wake up in the mornings, and I'm able to look in a mirror and go on about my day without hating myself. I'm able to comfort myself and nurture myself."

Coming just over a year after his death will be the first authorized biography on the Rolling Stones' late-drummer Charlie Watts. Watts, the Stones' musical bedrock, died of cancer last August 24th at the age of 80. The band has carried on with longtime Keith Richards' solo partner Steve Jordan manning the drum stool.

The new book, titled Charlie's Good Tonight: The Life, The Times, And Rolling Stones: The Authorized Biography Of Charlie Watts, was written by Paul Sexton and will be published in England on September 15th with a U.S. on sale date set for October 11th.

According to Best Classic Bands, "The biography includes forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and interviews with the two, as well as Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, and many of Watts' family members, among others."

For Charlie Watts -- who was by far the most private of the Rolling Stones -- and the only member to have celebrated over 50 years of marriage -- being known as one of rock's most influential drummers is more than enough for him: "Obviously, it's very flattering, it's like saying, 'the greatest rocker' -- whatever you're called -- it's better than being called the worst, isn't it? I mean, I appreciate the difference in words there. It's nicer to be called the greatest than the worst, but, y'know, I do get embarrassed. But I'm like that, y'know?"

The Stones next perform on July 11th in Brussels, Belgium at King Baudouin Stadium.

Just released is Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's July 4th and 5th, 2012 concerts at Paris, France's Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The double-shot release is from the 2012/2013 "Wrecking Ball" tour, which was the band's first following the 2011 death of Clarence Clemons. In addition to "The Boss" and the band, the touring ensemble featured a five-man horn section, a percussionist, and three additional vocalists.

Back in 2012, when the band began rehearsals following the death of Clarence Clemons, it was guitarist Steve Van Zandt who passed the idea to Bruce Springsteen that going out on the road with a horn section might ease fans into dealing with the loss of the "Big Man": "It took us a while to actually come to the conclusion that the horn section would work. And then, how do we adapt the show according to the horns -- y'know, would the horns be useful enough to justify taking them out on a whole tour? Y'know, that's a big decision. Uh, y'gonna be doing whatever the number is, 24, 26 songs a night, how many of those, y'know, will the horns be used in?"

At the time, guitarist Nils Lofgren told us that despite the loss of Clarence Clemons, the horn parts were alive and well on E Street and the band was thriving from performing with the new players: "We did a big tour (for) Tunnel Of Love, 'had a great horn section we used a lot. So, it hearkens back to those days. It's a really powerful tool and, y'know, between Bruce, of course, who's a master bandleader and Steve (Van Zandt), who always did a lot of work with horns and helped arrange them, and of course, five great horn players, they're puttin' together parts. . . and they'll evolve as always. Everybody's parts evolve through the tour. That's the beautiful thing about this band."

The setlists for the E Street Band's 2012 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy releases are:

July 4th, 2012

La Vie En Rose
We Take Care Of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
Badlands
Death To My Hometown
My City Of Ruins
Spirit In The Night
The E Street Shuffle
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Jack Of All Trades
Because The Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Johnny 99
Darlington County
Easy Money
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Apollo Medley
Independence Day - Springsteen solo piano
The River
The Rising
Out In The Street
Land Of Hope And Dreams
We Are Alive
Born In The U.S.A.
Born To Run
Bobby Jean
Dancing In the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
American Land

July 5th, 2012

Au Clair De La Lune
The Ties That Bind
No Surrender
Two Hearts
Downbound Train
Candy's Room
Something In The Night
We Take Care Of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
Death To My Hometown
My City Of Ruins
Spirit In The Night
Incident On 57th Street
Because The Night
She's The One
Working On The Highway
I'm Goin' Down
Easy Money
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Apollo Medley
For You - Springsteen solo piano
Racing In The Street
The Rising
Out In The Street
Land Of Hope And Dreams
We Are Alive
Thunder Road
Born To Run
Glory Days
Seven Nights To Rock
Dancing In The Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

Machine Gun Kelly was nearly dropped onto the stage by a prop helicopter at his Detroit stop Sunday (July 3rd).

According to Loudwire, the fake chopper appeared to hit a bump on its predetermined track, shaking the rocker as he performed high above the crowd.

Once onstage, MGK told the audience at Little Caesars Arena that the "helicopter broke right here in Detroit," and added, "Thank you, Lord, for keeping me alive."

Reports say that Travis Scott stopped his recent concert in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY to make sure fans were okay. According to TMZ, Scott opened for Meek Mill at the Coney Art Walls this weekend.

During a performance of "Antidote," two individuals could be seen on top of the lightning rig. The fans were then spotted climbing back to the ground. Scott called out to them, "We need y'all to get down."

A guy in a Spider Man costume didn't immediately comply. Scott started to perform again, but stops again to ask the crowd to take a few steps back.

Set for release on August 12th is Chaos In Bloom -- Goo Goo Dolls' 13th album. The group has already dropped the set's lead single, "Yeah, I Like You," and kicks off a major 44-city tour on July 15th at Nampa, Idaho's Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater. Co-founders John Rzeznik and Robby Takac will be on the road through September 24th when they wrap the trek with a hometown show in Buffalo, New York at Keybank Center.

John Rzeznik spoke about the band's new single "Yeah, I Like You" in a statement, explaining, "In a world that is just drowning in social media and internet stars, many of whom are certainly talented, but many confirm that in 2022 you can be famous for doing nothing. Celebrity in this age has a very quick burn. It was hard not to be consumed by it during the pandemic."

Rzeznik, who caught Covid twice, told us the pandemic only made him more diligent in writing the songs for the new Chaos In Bloom album: "For me, it's like, the pandemic was 'you better do something.' I felt like everything I had worked for my whole life was just (snaps fingers) like, in the blink of an eye, it could just be taken away. So, it sort of, added a sense of urgency: 'Hey man, you better sit down with your guitar and a pencil and some paper and really start working - and work hard' -- because nobody knew what was gonna happen. I mean, we cancelled two tours."

The tracklisting to Goo Goo Dolls' Chaos In Bloom is:

"Yeah, I Like You"
"War"
"Save Me From Myself"
"Let The Sun"
"Loving Life"
"Going Crazy"
"Day After Day"
"Past Mistakes"
"You Are The Answer"
"Superstar"

Adele stands by her decision to postpone her Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum in January.

She told BBC Radio 4, "I definitely felt everyone's disappointment and I was devastated, and I was frightened about letting them down. I thought I could pull it together and make it work and I couldn't, and I stand by that decision."

The "Hello" singer added that she'd also like to have "a couple more kids" with boyfriend Rich Paul.

She added, "It would be wonderful if we can. If not, I've got Angelo. I just want to be happy."

Harry Styles canceled a concert in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday (July 3rd) following a shooting at Field's shopping center.

The singer tweeted, "I'm heartbroken along with the people of Copenhagen. I adore this city. The people are so warm and full of love. I'm devastated for the victims, their families, and everyone hurting. I'm sorry we couldn't be together. Please look after each other. H"

Styles was scheduled to perform at the city's Royal Arena, less than a mile from where a 22-year-old man opened fire, killing three people, and injuring several others.

Styles' Love on Tour is scheduled to resume on Tuesday (July 5th) in Paris.

Katy Perry got dragged on Twitter Monday (July 4th) for sharing her frustration about the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The singer wrote, "'Baby you're a firework' is a 10 but women in the US have fewer rights than an actual sparkler. Smh."

Social media users pointed out that Perry supports Democrat Rick Caruso in the L.A. mayoral race – a former Republican who historically donated to pro-life GOP candidates.

One user wrote, in reply, "then you should stop supporting billionaires and doubtful candidates."

Over the weekend, Journey released a new song on YouTube called, "United We Stand."

Emerging supercharged from the pandemic, the band calls it a reminder - that together, we can make a difference.

In a statement, they said, "More than ever, we need to take care of each other and look after one another.

Journey is set to release a 15-track set of new original songs that bring back the grand scale of the group's greatest moments, along with updated and bold new directions and sounds.

Founding member, guitarist, songwriter, and producer Neal Schon said, "During the pandemic, there wasn't much to do. I spent a lot of time in my little studio at home, learning how to play keyboards and looping. Some of those ideas ended up being songs. So, it kind of came out of nowhere."

"United We Stand" is from their upcoming album Freedom, which comes out July 8.

TL;DR:

• Journey released a new song, "United We Stand."
• They call it a reminder that together we can make a difference.
• Journey is set to release a 15-track album called Freedom, on July 8.

TAYLOR SWIFT REPORTEDLY ENGAGED: Taylor Swift is reportedly engaged to Joe Alwyn. The Sun reported last week (June 30th) that the couple has no plans to formally announce their impending nuptials but have told their inner circle. In other Swift news, the singer's alleged stalker was arrested Friday (July 1st) following several run-ins with Swift and her security personnel. According to TMZ, the NYPD arrested Joshua Christian after he threatened to do harm to the singer.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SUED BY DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR: Justin Timberlake is being sued in federal court by director John Urbano over a film about the singer's blockbuster The 20/20 Experience album that has never been released. According to a filing obtained by Deadline, the director is suing for $2.5 million, the amont that he would have been paid if the film was a straightforward for hire deal. Instead, the two entered a profit-sharing plan that didn't pay out when the film was shelved.

JAMIE SPEARS DENIES BUGGING BRITNEY'S ROOM: Jamie Spears denies that he bugged his daughter's room during her 13-year-conservatorship. In court documents filed on June 29th and obtained by E! News on July 1s,t attorneys for the elder spears called those allegations "salacious and fake." The filing read, "In fact, there are no documents regarding the alleged bugging or surveillance of Britney's bedroom, and this is because it never happened."

According to People.com, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler is out of rehab. He voluntarily checked into a facility in May. At the time, the band announced that his problems started with pain management following foot surgery.

A band representative said that Tyler is doing extremely well and is looking forward to being back on stage.

In other Aerosmith news… Over the weekend Linda Kramer, the wife of Aerosmith's drummer Joey Kramer passed away

Earlier this year, Kramer took a leave of absence from Aerosmith and said that he needed to "focus his full attention on his family."

She was 55. The couple had been married for 13 years.

TL;DR:

• Steven Tyler is out of rehab and looking forward to being back on stage.
• Linda Kramer, the wife of Aerosmith's drummer Joey Kramer, passed away She was 55.
• They were married for 13 years.

Limited-edition guitars from artists who play Gibson guitars are up for auction.

The collection includes an SG Standard from AC/DC's Angus Young. An Epiphone acoustic played and autographed by Darius Rucker of Hootie and The Blowfish. From Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, the first-ever female Ambassador for Gibson, there's the Explorer that she helped design.

And from Aerosmith, a Joe Perry Gold Rush custom Les Paul Axcess guitar. It was signed by all members of the band.

The auction only features rare and collectible limited-edition guitars. All donations raised will go to charitable foundations including Gibson Gives and the National Museum of African American Music education fund.

Bidding is open now online and will end tomorrow (July 6) at 3pm ET.

TL;DR:

• Limited-edition guitars from AC/DC's Angus Young, Darius Rucker of Hootie and The Blowfish, Lzzy Hale of Halestorm and others are up for auction.
• Bidding is open now online and will end tomorrow (July 6) at 3pm ET.

The remaining European concert dates for Whitesnake have been canceled. The band sited that it was "due to continuing health challenges."

In a statement from frontman David Coverdale, he expressed deep sadness and said it was doctor's orders. The decision was made out of concern for everyone's health and safety.

He said, "I extend my sincere apologies to all of Whitesnake's amazing fans who have been looking forward to the remaining scheduled shows of this tour, all of our amazing, fabulous snakes and tour personnel who have been working so hard to put on these shows. And all of the promoters and other professionals who have helped set up the tour."

The Farewell tour kicked off in Ireland, in early May, before heading to The UK and Europe, but has been faltering since mid-June, when guitarist Reb Beach missed four shows after falling ill. The band also missed a festival date in Spain after drummer Tommy Aldridge also got sick, while Coverdale's issues caused cancelations in Italy, Austria, and Croatia.

Coverdale wrote: "It's time for me to get my arse home… Thank you for understanding, but I need to get home to rest and recuperate."

TL;DR:

• The remaining European concert dates for Whitesnake have been canceled.
• "Due to continuing health challenges."
• Coverdale wrote: "It's time for me to get my arse home… Thank you for understanding, but I need to get home to rest and recuperate."

Bret Michaels of Poison was hospitalized in Nashville on Thursday night (June 30), and the show was canceled.

He was admitted to the hospital just before show time, so the rest of the band went onstage and announced that Michaels had bad reaction to medication and that they wouldn't be able to do the show without him.

Michaels posted online that doctors "highly recommended" that he rest and save all his energy.

Then, over the weekend, Poison played an abbreviated show in Jacksonville, Florida and performed only 7 songs. The band also canceled all their meet-and-greets in Jacksonville.

TL;DR:

• Bret Michaels of Poison was hospitalized in Nashville on Thursday night (June 30), and the show was canceled.
• He was admitted to the hospital just before show time, so the rest of the band came onstage and announced that Michaels had a bad reaction to medication and that they wouldn't be able to do the show without him.
• Then, over the weekend, Poison played an abbreviated show in Jacksonville, Florida and performed only 7 songs. The band also canceled all their meet-and-greets in Jacksonville.