A rare acoustic set of Metallica covers now has an official EP release. The performance, from a 2014 charity gig for MusicCares, features covers of songs from The Beatles, Deep Purple and Ozzy Osbourne. The EP is available on the band's website for under $10, and Metallica say that "all net proceeds from the sale of downloads of this show will be donated to the MusiCares MAP Fund." (https://bit.ly/3OA0sly)
As if Paul Stanley getting caught apparently lip synching during Kiss' June 6th gig in Antwerp, Belgium wasn't bad enough -- Kiss is once again the laughing stock of their detractors.
Classic Rock reported the embarrassing mistake that took place on Sunday (June 26th) at the Stadhalle in concert in Vienna, Austria at the Stadhalle: "At the end of the band's set the production people did what they normally do: they flashed up a message on the screens, thanking fans for their attendance: We Love You Vienna."
So far -- so good, but then the ultimate faux pas: "Well, that was the plan. What they actually did was thank fans for their attendance, with the Kiss logo set against the Australian flag. That's the Australia that's on the other side of the world from Austria. Two extra letters, but so much distance."
Gene Simmons told us that attending a Kiss concert should be viewed as nothing less than a religious rock experience: "There's something else going on, that somehow words don't really get to -- in the same way that, perhaps, when you think about a, a Southern Baptist church revival. Your spirit is lifted when you walk out of there. You feel glad to be alive another day. I'd like to think that when you leave our show, you feel exhilarated -- physically exhausted, but there's something to talk about."
Kiss performs on Thursday (June 30th) in France Saint-Vulbas France at Festival Du Printemps De Perouges
Their next U.S. show is set for September 21st at West Palm Beach's IThink Financial Amphitheatre.
Machine Gun Kelly revealed that he attempted suicide while on the phone with Megan Fox. It happened after his father died in 2020.
He says that Megan was in Bulgaria to shoot a movie and he started getting really paranoid and felt like someone was gonna kill him. Back then, he was so scared that he slept with a shotgun next to his bed. He called Megan and told her he was freaking out and put the gun in his mouth, cocked the gun, and thankfully the shell got jammed.
Soon afterwards, he started therapy. The story came out in his new Hulu documentary, Life In Pink, which premiered this week.
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Blackpink has become the first musical act to reach the 75 million subscriber mark on YouTube.
According to Billboard, the K-pop group consisting of Jisoo, Jennie, Rose, and Lisa were at 65 million last September, which put them at the top.
The group commented, "We will continue to bring positivity and great energy through our music videos."
Justin Bieber holds second place with 69.3 million subscribers. BTS is 3rd with 68.7 million. And rounding out the top five… Marshmallow with 55.4 million, and Eminem with 52.4 million.
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Britney Spears' ex-husband, Jason Alexander will face trial after crashing her wedding site while streaming live on Instagram. The childhood friends were married for just three days back in 2004.
This week, a California judge ruled that there was enough evidence surrounding his felony stalking charge to warrant a trial.
Earlier this month, Alexander made his way into her home and tried to gain access to the bedroom she was in. According to a guard, who's since been fired, the door was locked.
The security guard also testified that Alexander had attempted to gain access to the house and property multiple times leading up to the June 9 nuptials, including the day before, despite being told to stay away.
Police say that on the day of the wedding, Anderson was armed with a knife and was demanding to see Spears.
An attorney for Alexander entered pleas of not guilty for all charges, including the felony stalking charge, as well as vandalism, trespassing, and battery.
Alexander remains in custody with bail set at $100,000.
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The Les Paul Gibson Custom that the late-Les Paul gifted Paul McCartney in 1988 is now up for auction. According to Guitar.com, "Inclusive of its original hard case, the guitar -- which is still in playing shape -- will be auctioned off in July as part of Heritage Auctions' Guitars and Musical Instruments Signature Auction. Bids are currently accepted, starting at $40,000 and the auction is slated to conclude on July 17th."
Les Paul had intended on presenting the guitar to McCartney when the Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in January 1988, but with McCartney proving a no-show, he had to wait until McCartney passed through Manhattan again and presented him with the axe on May 3rd, 1988.
Other than holding the guitar for a few taped promotional appearances, McCartney was never seen using the guitar during any live performances and it's unclear whether he ever recorded with the instrument.
Although Paul McCartney's first instrument was a trumpet, he soon traded it in for a guitar. McCartney explained a while back that although rock was seen as a rebellious and adventurous type of music in the 1950's, he was aware early on that every era -- past and present -- would experience both genres and performers that pushed boundaries: "It never felt rebellious to me. The music was never. . . I never thought it was rebellious. My dad didn't particularly like it, but he'd had stories about how his dad didn't like his music. So, my dad was very tolerant with all of that. He knew I had to do something ‘funny' that he wasn't going to like, so he was ready for all that."
Stewart Copeland credits the fans for keeping the Police afloat for as long as they did. Copeland, while promoting the new multimedia project The Police: Around The World Restored & Expanded, spoke to Rock Cellar about the band that nearly 40 years after splitting still continues to thrill and inspire fans and musicians worldwide.
Copeland shed light on the magic of the Police, recalling, "There were three of us, which meant that the formula was very simple. Each of us had a larger role, because there were fewer of us. And we just found that sweet spot of how to take Sting songs, how to use Andy (Summers') guitar playing and how Andy's guitar playing inspired me. This three-way crosstalk landed on a magic place that seemed to work for people outside the band."
He added, "We just got into that groove. We knew what it was that inspired us in each other and worked it and played show after show after show, working it. When you're getting a positive response from an audience as you're doing something like that, there's a feedback, and it builds momentum and that sustained us through five albums."
Regarding the band's massive globe-trotting, sold-out 2007/2008 reunion tour, Copeland expalined, "Those old songs that people grew up with, whether they're even a Police fan or not, they were on the radio. They were part of the zeitgeist of their formative adult years, and they have emotional impact, and that had an impact on the three of us on stage. We were very emotionally overwhelmed by the audience, and we're prepared to look at each other. 'Okay, we're ready to give it up. We rule.'"
Stewart Copeland credits the Beatles' Get Back documentary for changing how the Police view their upcoming vault releases: "We had kind of a change of heart in the Police after watching the Beatles' documentary about the role of the demos, of the other versions; the versions that are the journey to the perfect version. And up till now, we've always thought, 'Just stick with what was released on the day -- that's the version. Why have anything that's not up to that standard?' Well, the answer is, I now understand as a Beatles fan that I love all those other versions."
5 Seconds Of Summer had to cut their show short on Sunday night (6-26) after drummer Ashton Irwin fell ill in the middle of the concert.
Irwin needed to be hospitalized, and the band later explained that he had suffered from "extreme heat exhaustion." Most of the band's upcoming concerts have been canceled while one has only been postponed.
The band played for about 45 minutes in Houston, Texas before the show came to an abrupt end. Irwin left the stage and his bandmates followed. At the time they gave very few details but the band eventually explained that Irwin had been hospitalized and that the tickets would be refunded for that particular show.
Irwin later posted, "It's always amazing to play a massive energetic show in every environment thrown at us. Unfortunately this time my body gave out due to heat exhaustion. I was in tears in the ambulance, because I feel I've let many people down."
5 Seconds Of Summer will perform in Rogers, Arkansas on July 26 and have canceled the remaining stops on the North American leg of their tour.
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Hootie and The Blowfish drummer, Jim Sonefeld has released a book about the band, called Swimming with the Blowfish. In it, he covers the rise, and fall, and rebirth of the band, as well as their spiritual path, addiction, and recover. Lead vocalist, Darius Rucker wrote the forward and said, "The way he sees the world, is one of a kind. And his story, is one for the ages."
Looks like more new music is on the way from twelve-time Grammy winner, Babyface. Through a press release he commented, "The process for it reminded me of when I did Waiting to Exhale and I'm excited for the world to hear it." He recently signed with Capitol Records and will release Girls' Night Out on October 29. Throughout his career, Babyface has produced and written 125 Top 10 hits, 42 #1 R&B hits, and 16 #1 pop hits.
Def Leppard are in the beauty business. The rockers have released a line of makeup, makeup brushes, cosmetic cases and candles. The Def Leppard x Rock And Roll Beauty collaboration is available exclusively at Ulta stores.
The products in the line are cruelty-free and vegan products, and range in price from $9 to $20.
Most of the products come in eye-catching packaging featuring Def Leppard's logo and album cover art from their new project, Diamond Star Halos, which was released in May.
It was 38 years ago tonight (June 29th, 1984) that Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band launched their largest tour to date, kicking things off in June 29th, St. Paul, Minnesota's St. Paul Civic Center. The trek -- which was the first to bring Springsteen to the largest stadiums around the road -- featured the official tour debuts of new recruits, backing vocalist Patti Scialfa and Steve Van Zandt's replacement, guitarist Nils Lofgren. It was during opening night show that the iconic video for Born In The U.S.A.'s lead single -- and biggest hit -- "Dancing In The Dark" was filmed with actress Courtney Cox and directed by Brian De Palma.
The massive Born In The U.S.A. tour spanned four legs, playing a total of 156 shows: 122 shows in North America, eight in Australia, eight in Asia, and 18 in Europe before wrapping on October 2nd, 1985 during the final night of a four-show-stand at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
On June 4th, 1984 Born In The U.S.A. was released and less than three weeks later on June 23rd, the album debuted at Number Nine on the Billboard 200. It hit the Number One spot for the first of its seven-week run on July 7th.
The 12-track album spawned seven Top 10 hit singles -- all with non-LP B-sides: "Dancing In The Dark" (#2); "Cover Me" (#7); "Born In The U.S.A." (#9); "I'm On Fire" (#6); "Glory Days" (#5); "I'm Goin' Down" (#9); and "My Hometown" (#6). In total, Born In The U.S.A. remained on the Billboard 200 for a whopping 143 weeks. To date, Born In The U.S.A. has been certified for sales of over 30 million copies worldwide.
Nils Lofgren, an old friend of Springsteen's by the time of the tour, told us that he was the first guitarist "The Boss" called for the position: "I was just blown away, y'know, when Bruce needed a guitarist. I'd stayed in touch with him all through the years, and I, I managed to get the first call and after two days jamming with the band, um. . . it felt good to all of 'em, and he asked me to join. It was just a gift from heaven." SOIUNDCUE
Patti Scialfa -- now "Mrs. Bruce Springsteen "-- joined the E Street Band only days before the tour's opening night. She recalled being white-knuckled at being thrown in the deep end on such short notice: "It was overwhelming, because -- I wanted to do it, I was excited about doing it; the overwhelming part was that I didn't have time to learn all the (laughs) material. So, I had to learn it in, y'know, a few days -- and in front of people. I had to learn during the shows."
Drummer Max Weinberg reflected on the era-defining 1984-1985 Born In The U.S.A. tour, which spanned the globe over the course of 156 shows: "The record was a big hit -- the ('Dancing In The Dark') video had a lot to do with that. Suddenly, 75 percent of our audience at the concerts were guys -- now, it was a preponderance of girls and women at our shows. And Bruce, certainly, turned into a video star; I'm not sure he altogether felt comfortable with that role, but we were on a tour and the tour took on a life of its own. We did about 170 shows all around the world. It was a fabulous experience because we had finally gotten to the place we always wanted to be -- in terms of putting on a show, playing big places -- it was quite a time."
In recent years Springsteen has performed the Born In The U.S.A. album in its entirety a handful of times within his E Street Band shows.
So far, in his ongoing archive collection, Bruce Springsteen has released a total of five shows from the Born In The U.S.A tour -- including three from the 1984 North American leg all from East Rutherford's Brendan Byrne Area on August 5th, 6th, and 20th; and two from '85 -- August 22nd, 1985 at East Rutherford, New Jersey's Giants Stadium and September 27th at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Set for release on July 8th exclusively at independent record stores, is the expanded version of Pearl Jam's 2020 album Gigaton, with an entire bonus disc of the album performed live. The new "tour edition" of the set features all 11 of the album's tunes the band have tackled live culled from their fall 2021 performances at the Sea.Hear.Now festival on the Jersey Shore, and Eddie Vedder's Ohana festival in California.
Spin.com posted, "(The songs) are presented in a different order than on Gigaton, with 'Superblood Wolfmoon' opening the disc and 'Who Ever Said' moving from the first to ninth spot in the running order. The song 'Comes Then Goes' is not present, as the band has yet to perform it live for unknown reasons."
Pearl Jam's Ten Club fan organization will get the jump at ordering the live disc as a standalone item.
Guitarist Stone Gossard told us a while back that Pearl Jam feels like its songwriting is as strong as ever after so many years: "We're still writing songs in a way that, we don't take it -- we haven't started hiring people to write songs for us, or feeling like we can't do it ourselves. And we keep being rewarded for our work that we do with each other and the chances we take in terms of trusting each other and songwriting and collaboration and all that stuff."
Pearl Jam is currently on tour in Europe and performs on Thursday (June 30th) in Werchter, Belgium at the Rock Werchter Festival.
The band's next North American date is set for September 1st in Quebec City at Videotron Centre.
The tracklisting for Pearl Jam's Gigaton live disc is:
"Superblood Wolfmoon" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"Dance Of The Clairvoyants" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"Quick Escape" (Live at Sea.Hear.Now Festival)
"Seven O'Clock" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"Alright" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"Never Destination" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"Take The Long Way" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"Buckle Up" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"Who Ever Said" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"Retrograde" (Live at Ohana Festival)
"River Cross" (Live at Ohana Festival)
Jack Harlow showed his support for Lil Nas X over the weekend at the BET Awards. Unless you watched the red carpet arrivals, you may have missed the fact that Harlow walked in, wearing a Lil Nas X t-shirt.
Lil Nas X has been very outspoken about his lack of nominations at the BET Awards and as a gay Black artist, he says he has to fight to be seen in this world.
Harlow apparently heard him and helped him fight - as he walked the carpet in front of all the interview cameras.
When Lil Nas X saw what was going on, he took to Twitter and wrote, "Wow I really love this man."
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She how DID Tommy Lee break those four ribs, anyway??? Well fans finally got their answer from Lee's wife, Brittany Furlan, who posted a snapchat video revealing how the legendary drummer hobbled himself -- only days before launching the biggest stadium tour of the summer with Motley Crue.
Blabbermouth transcribed some of Furlan's chat, which reads in part:
"Everyone keeps asking how Tommy broke his ribs, so I'm just gonna tell you. We were staying at an old rental house in Nashville. It was a cool, old quirky house. But the stairs outside were made out of stones, and they were really uneven, and the roots were pushing them up from the tree. And everything was fine. I actually fell up the stairs a few times getting groceries, but whatever."
She added: "So, the day that we were leaving Nashville, our driver came and we had all this luggage and he wasn't helping us; he just stayed in the car. And so Tommy was trying to carry all of our luggage for us. And he fell down these crazy stairs and broke -- broke -- four ribs. Not fractured, not bruised -- broke. And it was crazy, 'cause I came out and he couldn't breathe. It was really scary. He was on the ground (and) he was gasping for air. And he got on a plane that day still and went and did the rest of rehearsals (for the tour) in Pennsylvania."
Furlan went on to say, "He went to the hospital in Pennsylvania when we landed and they were, like, 'You have four broken ribs.' And they wanted to keep him there, but they he did not wanna stay. And he's just a fighter. He's the toughest guy I know. I mean, look at all his tattoos; he just really fights through the pain.'"
Christine McVie feels that the good times between she and her Fleetwood Mac bandmates tend to get overlooked. McVie is back with her latest solo set, titled Songbird (A Solo Collection), which features guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Lindsey Buckingham, and Steve Winwood.
While chatting with Mojo she was asked if there was one thing about the recording of the band's mega-platinum 1977 Rumours album that gets overlooked -- with McVie responding, "How much we laughed. "John (McVie) and Mick (Fleetwood) or Lindsey (Buckingham), they'd always moan about what a tough time we had, blah, blah, blah. But I'd say, 'Hang on. Don't forget how much laughter we got in that studio!' We laughed a lot -- in between the bouts of melancholy and suicide, of course. That's something we've always had within all of the different versions of Fleetwood Mac, I must say, not just during the Rumours era."
McVie went on to say, "People tend to scrutinize your songs – especially the Rumours-era songs -- for autobiographical clues. But. . . If they were all about me personally, I'd have killed myself by now. I always write about unrequited love or love in some form or another. I don't write about politics or the weather. I do include the sun and the sea quite a lot. They are songs from somebody else's point of view sometimes. I find that refreshing to think along those lines. It gives me a different track to go down."
When asked when she was happiest in Fleetwood Mac, McVie said, "I've always felt very fortunate. Always. Obviously, some of the work was hard and it was tough going. When Stevie (Nicks) joined it was a bit weird because I'd never worked with a girl before. We just wanted to have Lindsey, but he said, 'If I join my girlfriend comes with me.' So that was a debate. But I instantly liked her. She and I aren't what you'd call close buddies, but if one of us was in trouble, the other would be there like a shot. At the time, I struggled with her superstardom for a bit because I felt like somebody kicked me off the stage. I got used to that and I kind of dug it the end, because I could hide behind the keyboard where I feel perfectly at home."
Stevie Nicks remembered the moment in 1974 when she put her foot down and got Lindsey Buckingham to commit to joining Fleetwood Mac: "I said to him, 'We need to meet these people, because, it's a great band Lindsey. They have a great rhythm section, Christine (McVie)'s an amazing Hammond organ player, and y'know what, we are starving to death. And I have two waitress jobs and a cleaning lady job, and I'm really tired of being super, super poor. I am, I'm tired of it.'"
Following two-weeks in the Bahamas, Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey have returned to the United States. After his doctor told him that he needed rest, the couple took a vacation following his diagnosis of Ramsay-Hunt syndrome.
Earlier this month, Bieber had to postpone his tour when he started having symptoms. The syndrome has attacked the nerves in his face and ears. He shared his partial face paralysis through a video on Instagram, showing how he couldn't control one side of his face.
The couple is now at their home in Los Angeles.
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Pink, and husband Carey Hart have put their home up for sale and are asking $13,995 million.
The oceanfront home in Malibu is 4,300-square-foot, it features glass walls, and was completely renovated before they bought it. It was first listed last October and the price has since been lowered by $1 million.
The five bedroom home with a detached one-bedroom guesthouse, was once owned by Barry Manilow.
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New daddy, Post Malone has launched a new clothing line for children.
The collection ranges from $25-$65 and will begin shipping this August and includes black onesies with a cartoon on the front.
In addition to the apparel offered by PostyCo Kids, there's also a tote bag with a cartoon version of his face on it, as well as a baseball cap with a Post Malone barbed wire graphic across the front.
Post Malone, whose real name is Austin Post, welcomed his daughter in May.
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Despite the original Beach Boys' 50th anniversary in 2012 ending in disarray and bad blood -- the surviving group members are on different wavelengths as to how they'll celebrate its 60th. Mike Love, who controls the license to tour under the group's moniker, opted out of carrying on with the original group following the band's blockbuster "Celebration 50" tour, preferring to tour with his own band, which includes 57-year Beach Boys veteran Bruce Johnston.
Brian Wilson tours and records with fellow band co-founder Al Jardine along with early-'70s member, Blondie Chaplin.
Mojo spoke with Wilson, Love, Jardine, and Johnston about the possibilities of a 2022 team-up.
Mike Love explained, "Brian and Alan are going out (co-headlining) with the group Chicago. And Bruce and I are going out on tours as well. We were trying to make something (involving the whole band) happen in Los Angeles, but there were conflicts because Brian was already booked somewhere else. But we're looking out for a date when we might be able to do something together, which would be nice, y'know? And I think there may be a tribute album where we get involved with other people doing versions of our songs."
Al Jardine added: "No. Other than in my own head. I'm planning on it myself. I don't know if anybody else is (laughs). We're all hoping for it. But it's really up to Mike. It's really his call. Tell him I really would like to do a worldwide tour with him one more time. In spite of all the politics, it's a celebration that I think the world deserves right now."
Bruce Johnston answered: "My only answer is, God only knows. What can I say? I don't know who's doing what, where, how, when. I'm just standing by for the bus to pick me up. I don't know which bus. Maybe the reunion bus is gonna drop by. I don't know. Listen, I'm still the new guy. 60 years later, does it feel like another life entirely? No, it's only another summer (laughs)."
Brian Wilson was asked if after 60 years it all feels like another life entirely -- and admitted: "Those memories are still vivid. . ."
When pressed about the Beach Boys' reunion plans, he said: "No plans." Regarding a possible new studio set from the group, Wilson answered, "Probably not. . . but who knows?"
A while back we asked Mike Love -- who ceded much of his control over the 50th anniversary tour to Brian Wilson's management -- if he would be open to ever reuniting with the original band again: "Well, it depends, 'cause the way it was run and the people who were running it, I have serious issues with, as well. As far as working with my cousin Brian -- were that to be allowed, or made cause to happen, or that opportunity presented itself -- I'd definitely be open to it. 'Matter of fact, 'talked to Brian about a year before we even started doing any of the recording for what turned out to be That's Why God Made The Radio album; he and I talked about doing a project and he was excited about doing it -- but it never came to fruition. It was given another direction. Not by me and not by Brian, but by, by others."
Around that same time, we asked Al Jardine if he was prepared to carry on with the 2012 reunion lineup indefinitely: "Absolutely, for God's sake. I mean, what iconic veteran group wouldn't want to maintain the momentum with the original cast -- except, unfortunately some of those who can't be with us. But that was a ride. It was one of those rides that you don't wanna have end. And normally you take something like that (on the road) for at least two years -- just to recoup your expenses. But that's not why, just for the joy of doing it first, expenses can go down the list somewhere else."
Brian Wilson with Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin perform with Chicago tonight (June 28th) at Tampa's MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre.
The Beach Boys -- featuring Mike Love & Bruce Johnston -- perform tomorrow night (June 29th) in Barcelona, Spain at Festival Jardins de Pedralbes. The group's next North American date is set for July 28th in Calgary at the Grey Eagle Resort & Casino.
Coming on September 9th is the last concert from Kiss' ongoing archival "Off The Soundboard" series. Live In Des Moines 1977 was recorded during the Alive II tour on November 29th, 1977 in Des Moines, Iowa at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, featuring the band's original and classic lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss.
When we last caught up with Paul Stanley, he explained that if a fan shells out their hard earned cash to see Kiss in concert, they're getting a massive show by seasoned vets who know exactly what it takes to deliver the goods -- be it in an open air stadium or a smoke-filled, hole in the wall club: "There's absolutely no substitute for working your way up. Bands today that are starting out -- they don't have a clue. Most of these bands go from obscurity to selling a million albums, two million albums -- they couldn't entertain a phone booth and that's why (laughter) they don't sell tickets. You learn the craft by doing it. You start in the clubs, you work your way up to being third on a bill in an auditorium, then you get to headlining there, then you get to work your way into arenas. By the time you're in arenas, you damn well know how to do it."
The tracklisting to Kiss' Off The Soundboard: Live In Des Moines 1977:
"I Stole Your Love"
"King Of The Night Time World"
"Ladies Room"
"Firehouse"
"Love Gun"
"Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll"
"Makin' Love"
"Christine Sixteen"
"Shock Me"
"I Want You"
"Calling Dr. Love"
"Shout It Out Loud"
"God Of Thunder"
"Rock And Roll All Nite"
"Detroit Rock City"
"Beth"
"Black Diamond"
Kiss performs tonight (June 28th) in Stuttgart, Germany
Their next U.S. show is set for September 21st at West Palm Beach's IThink Financial Amphitheatre.
When Lorde took the stage at the Glastonbury festival over the weekend, she spoke her mind about the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade.
While singing "Secrets From a Girl (Who's Seen It All)," she went off script for an impassioned speech reminding her female fans just how sacred their right to choose for themselves is — or should be.
She said, "Wanna hear a secret, girls? Your bodies were destined to be controlled and objectified since before you were born. That horror is your birthright."
She went on to tell her audience that they possess strength and wisdom and encouraged them to access that to make a difference. "Because everything depends on it."
She concluded with a direct message to the Supreme Court, whose vote takes away a woman's right to have an abortion... She said, "F–k the Supreme Court."
Lorde is one of many musicians denouncing the court's decision, a few of the others include Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, and Billie Eilish.
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It was 42 years ago today (June 28th, 1980) that Paul McCartney's "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" began its three-week run on top of the charts. The song was recorded live by McCartney and Wings during their final tour on December 17th, 1979 at the Apollo in Glasgow, Scotland. The live version was actually only intended as the B-Side of the studio version of "Coming Up" -- which was the lead single and opening cut from McCartney's 1980 solo set McCartney II.
Although the modern-sounding gimmicky studio version was a smash overseas, U.S. disc jockeys flipped the single over for the normal voiced-live McCartney version -- which resulted in Wings' sixth and final chart topper and McCartney's first Number One single of the 1980's. Despite Wings receiving co-billing, "Coming Up" also marks the final time McCartney topped the charts as a "solo" act. His final two Number One's were duets with Stevie Wonder ("Ebony And Ivory" - 1982) and Michael Jackson ("Say Say Say" - 1983).
Incidentally, shortly before his death, McCartney's former partner John Lennon went on record saying how much he loved McCartney's originally studio version of "Coming Up."
By the time of "Coming Up's" release, McCartney's proposed world tour had been sidelined by the former Beatle's infamous pot bust the previous January, which landed McCartney in a Tokyo jail for 10 days. Wings lead guitarist Lawrence Juber recalled that with Wings still together -- but with McCartney also pursuing a solo career -- it was a strange time to be scoring a Number One hit: "The shame of it was, that if we had continued -- he would've been touring the States with a Number One record, 'cause 'Coming Up' was Number One. But the fact that there was this conflict, this dichotomy between Paul as 'Paul' and Paul as 'Wings,' as the band, it was most epitomized by 'Coming Up.' Because in England, the studio. . . Paul's McCartney II version came out. In America, nobody wanted to play the McCartney II version."
Paul McCartney recalled how the offbeat, yet groundbreaking, McCartney II project happened almost by accident: "What happened was, originally I just went into the studio to have a mess around. 'Cause I was fed up of formally making records, y'know, going in and doing it all properly. I wanted to just hire a machine -- which I did, I hired a 16-track machine and put a microphone into the back, so it's a very primitive way of doing it, and you bypass the mixing console. And I wanted to just go in for, like, about two weeks and just have a mess around and definitely not do anything for a new album, and definitely not try to do anything properly, and definitely experiment with anything."
McCartney recalled the difference between the live version of "Coming Up" to the solo one-man-band version on McCartney II: "The live version of 'Coming Up' -- and the solo one is off this. And we were working with an engineer and he listened -- we'd been working on mixing the live one, workin' on it for half-an-hour or so, and then I said, 'Wait a minute, I'll just play you this other one.' And he got a totally different feeling off the solo one. The solo thing, I just think there's just a lot of things I wouldn't have done; a lot of raw edges, a lot of silly sounds that I did for my own amusement, that normally I might think, 'Well, y'know, that's just a bit of a goof.'"
Lawrence Juber was in New York City during the summer of 1980, and remembers the absolute enormity of "Coming Up": "I was walking down the street and y'know, I'd hear 'Coming Up' blaring from the radio. Oh, it was fabulous -- I'd walk in Manny's (Music) and I'd hear someone playing the lick, y'know? Yeah, no, I was acutely conscious of it. And every time an issue comes up -- like when we were doing Wingspan, and I sat down with Paul and I said, 'y'know, at least for the American market, put the live version of 'Coming Up' on it, and he said, 'Yeah, people keep telling me that (laughs).' And they did. He's, kind of, over the years, I think he's been more accepting of it."
Since returning to the stage in 1989, "Coming Up" has remained a constant part of McCartney's setlist. Although over the past few tours it's been relegated to soundcheck run-throughs, McCartney did perform "Coming Up" live during his July 15th, 2009 appearance on the marquee of New York City's Ed Sullivan Theatre during his appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman.
The recent expanded reissue of 1970's McCartney album features three additional songs from Wings' final show from December 17th, 1979 in Glasgow: "Every Night," "Hot As Sun"," and "Maybe I'm Amazed." Both the live, studio, and original extended unreleased version of the studio "Coming Up" are included on the deluxe McCartney II reissue.
Halsey lead the crowd at her Phoenix, Arizona concert Friday (June 25th) in a chant of, "My body, my choice" in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that overturned Roe. v Wade.
Video shared on social media shows the singer addressing the audience with, "This has been happening for a very long f***ing time. And I know that we want to sit at home and we want to wait for some revolutionary to come along and to make a difference, but no one is f***ing coming. Nobody is f***ing coming. It is up to every single one of you, myself, every single person in this building to do our fucking part to protect bodily autonomy and bodily integrity. To protect medical privacy."
Halsey then lead the crowd in chanting the pro-choice slogan, "My body, my choice."
Hours after the decision was announced Friday, they tweeted: "I have been advocating for abortion, reproductive rights, and bodily integrity for as long as I've had a platform and I'm running out of ways to word and frame the severity of the impact that fundamentalism has on our country.
"I know some of you look to my page for information or guidance but I need a little bit of time to speak to some people with more authority and experience than me and gather my thoughts. I don't want to just contribute to antagonistic noise. I'm just defeated at the moment."
Olivia Rodrigo was joined by Lily Allen at Glastonbury Saturday (June 25th) for a performance of the latter's 2009 hit "F--- You!"
The pair dedicated the song to the Supreme Court following the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
According to Consequence of Sound, Rodrigo said, "I'm devastated and terrified. So many women and so many girls are going to die because of this. I wanted to dedicate this next song to the five members of the Supreme Court who have showed us that at the end of the day, they truly don't give a sh*t about freedom."
The "Drivers License" singer wasn't the only artist at the five-day English festival to speak out against the Supreme Court decision. Billie Eilish called it "a really dark day for women," while Phoebe Bridgers led the crowd in a chant of "F--- the Supreme Court!"
