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Kanye West returned to Instagram yesterday (June 13th) to call out Adidas. He posted an image of the brand's new Adilette 22 slides, accusing the company of copying his Yeezy slides.

He wrote, "To Kasper I'm not standing for this blatant copying no more. To all sneaker culture...This is for everyone who wants to express themselves but feel they can't cause they'll lose their contract or be called crazy...These shoes represent the disrespect that people in power have to the talent."

He went on to say that he's not talking to "DC" about this and instead wants to talk to Rørsted directly. A source told Complex that the "DC" referred to in the post is Daniel Cherry III, who joined Adidas as senior vice president and general manager in January 2022.

Post Malone is a new dad.

The "Rockstar" rapper shared the big news – along with the revelation that he is engaged – while on The Howard Stern Show Monday (June 13th).

Malone told Stern that he and his fiancée have welcomed a baby girl. When asked why he kept the news private, he told the host, "I want to let her make her own decisions.

Roger Daltrey has enlisted Pete Townshend's nephew Ben Townshend as his drummer when he kicks off his "Who Was I" solo tour on June 20th in Bournemouth, England.

In addition to Pete Townshend 's bother, longtime Who sideman, and Ben's dad -- Simon Townshend, the new touring ensemble will be rounded out by legendary Who associate Billy Nichols on backing vocals, British keyboard veteran Geriant Watkins, percussionist Jody Linscott, John Hogg on bass, Doug Boyle on guitar, Steve Weston on harmonica -- and Who orchestral tour veteran, violinist Katie Jacoby.

Roger Daltrey told us that his connection with Simon Townshend goes far deeper than just being bandmates: "I've always had a close relationship with Simon since he was a little boy. He was Pete's brother, and he used to be 'round my house all the time. He was a real Who fan. And he's been in my band since -- well, every time I've had a solo band, he's been in it. And I actually call him my brother (laughs). It's totally unconditional, I mean, he's great vibes. I mean, he knows the music so well."

Simon Townshend admits that he's been close to Daltrey ever since he was a boy: "I always loved Roger. Roger was the one I could run up to and cuddle. I couldn't run up and cuddle Moonie, I couldn't run up and cuddle Pete, I couldn't run up and cuddle John (Entwistle), but I could run up and cuddle Roger. He's a dear friend, really, Rog."

Demi Lovato is proud to have recorded their forthcoming album "clean and sober."

On Friday (June 10th), the singer told Jimmy Fallon that the only way to make "the best album possible" was to do it clean and sober."

They added "I can't say that about my last album, but this one, I'm really, really proud of that."

Before their most recent rehab stint earlier this year, Lovato told fans they were "California Sober," which meant that they were imbibing alcohol and smoking marijuana.

Holy Fvck drops August 19th.

Lizzo was dragged on social media this past weekend after being accused of using an ableist term "spazz" in her new song "Grrls." The word "spazz" is a word that people with disabilities in the UK deem as offensive.

People reacted to Lizzo using the term, with one person tweeting, "I'm disappointed in

@lizzo for using the word 'sp@z' in her new song "Grrrls". There's no excuse for using an ableist insult in a song in 2022. As someone who champions women, plus size people and others whom society treats poorly, Lizzo preaches inclusivity and should do better."

Another person wrote, "People are misquoting the lizzo song as 'I'm a spazz' it's 'imma spazz' as 'I am going to spazz' and not 'I am a spazz.'"

LIZZO APOLOGIZES AND CHANGES LYRICS TO 'GRRRLS'

Lizzo apologized for the lyric, saying, "It has been brought to my attention that there is a harmful word in my new song 'GRRRLS.' Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language. As a fat black woman in America, I've had many hurtful words used against me so I overstand the power words can have (whether intentionally or in my case, unintentionally.)"

She continued, "I'm proud to say there's a new version of GRRRLS with a lyric change. This is the result of me listening and taking action. As an influential artist I'm dedicated to being part of the change I've been waiting to see in the world. xoxo Lizzo"

The lyrics have been updated from "Do you see this s**t/I'mma spaz to "Do you see this sh*t/Hold me back."

On June 11th, Wolfgang Van Halen posted a message to fans on social media thanking them and reflecting on the one year anniversary of MammothWVH's self-titled debut album.

Wolfgang Van Halen's Instagram post reads in full:

Today marks the 1 year anniversary for the first MammothWVH album.

Releasing this music was such a huge thing for me in so many different ways. It was exciting, emotional, bittersweet, a relief. It was the culmination of years of work, trial and error, loss, self-doubt, and anxiety. It was a long road that led me to figuring out who I was as my own person and artist. I discovered who I was through the process and arrived at something I could truly be proud of.

It began a new chapter in my life that I'm not sure I was even ready for, but I jumped in anyway. I knew it was the right thing to do because it was what Pop wanted. I just wish I could've shared the whole experience with him. I know he'd be proud and SO f***ing stoked with how everything has gone thus far.

I'm blown away with what Mammoth has accomplished this past year and I'm incredibly grateful. None of this would've happened without the amazing support from all of you. So with all of my heart, I've just gotta say…
Thank you.
(P.S: I'll be heading into the studio in a few months to start working on the second album, and I couldn't be more excited. I promise to not take as long as I did with the first one.)

When we last caught up to Wolfgang, we asked him if he's been doing any recording since wrapping the band's last string of dates: "Nah, we can't organize. . . Uh, that's in the process of being planned with my, uh, producer. He's got a very busy schedule. I think we've hammered out some time, but that won't be 'til later this year. I'm kind of writing all the time. I find it hard to be like -- to pick time, to be, like, 'I'm going to write now!' It just kind of happens. So, my phone is always filling up in the voice memos app (laughs). Random little ideas." SOUNDCDUE

MammothWVH kicks off its 25-date European tour on November 1st in Hamburg, Germany at Sporthalle Hamburg.

It was 55 years ago today (June 14th, 1967) that the Monkees began recording their third and final Number One hit, "Daydream Believer." The song, which was tracked during the group's sessions for Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., was held off the album and released separately as a single. "Daydream Believer" was written by the late John Stewart, who had written several songs for the Kingston Trio, and at that time was performing with future superstar John Denver. Shortly after the song's release in November 1967, Stewart became the official musician of the Democratic National Committee, which involved traveling with Senator Robert Kennedy during his brief 1968 Presidential campaign.

The late-Davy Jones, who sang lead on the track, later admitted to originally hating the song, and suggested that it was better suited to his bandmate Micky Dolenz. Shortly before his death in 2012, Jones said that throughout the group's career, bandmate Peter Tork always encouraged him musically: "I'm a great fan of Peter's, y'know? He told me and instilled in me that I was a musician. I am a musician. I keep a good beat. I've got perfect pitch."

Micky Dolenz told us he's amazed at how different the history of the Monkees is from all their late-'60s peers: "There was in a way, two Monkee bands; One was the cast of the television show that the producers had cast, and that were singing and paying on a lot of the early stuff -- but we had no control over what was going to be recorded. And then, after we fought for the right to do the music and did Headquarters -- that was the other Monkees group. That was like, the Monkees group that was just us singing and writing and playing the songs that we wanted. It's an unusual story, y'know, it's a very strange story."

Rock historian and author Jon Stebbins says that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has done a horrible disservice by refusing to acknowledge the Monkees for their groundbreaking and beloved '60s work, having ignored them every year since they became eligible to enter the Hall way back in 1991: "The Monkees should've gone in that next class after the Beach Boys and the Beatles. And when it got into '66, '67, they should've gone in right then. Because, yeah, they were here and gone really fast, but their impact was massive. Massive. I mean, they dominated the biggest year in rock n' roll. They dominated it not because their stuff was, like, rammed down our throats and it left a bad taste; it's like their stuff was rammed down our throats and it left an awesome taste (laughs) because it was so good!"

"Daydream Believer" hit Number One on December 2nd, 1967, and went on to top the charts for four straight weeks, until it was bumped from Number One by the Beatles' "Hello Goodbye."

Davy Jones died of a heart attack on February 29th, 2012 at age 66.

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.

The surviving Monkees -- Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith -- closed out their Monkees farewell tour on November 14th, 2021 at L.A.'s Greek Theatre. Nesmith passed away less than a month later, that December 10th at 78 of heart-related issues.

Micky Dolenz will play a free concert on June 16th in Sherman, Texas at Hot Summer Nights.

It was 57 years ago today (June 14th, 1965) that the Beatles recorded "Yesterday" -- the Paul McCartney-written classic, which stands as the most covered song of all time. "Yesterday" was taped at London's Abbey Road Studios on a day that perhaps showed the truest account of McCartney's songwriting and performing abilities. In addition to "Yesterday," the Beatles tackled not only the future folk-rock classic "I've Just Seen A Face," but the spleen-splitting hard rock "Help!" B-side, "I'm Down." "Yesterday" was first released on the UK Help! album on August 6th, 1965.

On September 13th, 1965, the night of the single's release, the "Fab Four's" fourth live performance on The Ed Sullivan Show spotlighted the song, featuring McCartney performing for the first time on American TV alone on acoustic guitar accompanied by a string ensemble -- but without John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

Paul McCartney says that even now he's still amazed that he wrote the song, which has gone on to become one of the most beloved tunes in popular music history: "I think, y'know, the most successful has been 'Yesterday,' and it's the strangest one ever, 'cause I dreamed it. I haven't had any other song that's happened that way. I just woke up one morning and just (sings melody), and I went around to people for about two weeks saying, 'Listen, what's this?' They would say, 'Oh, it's good. I don't know' -- I think they thought I was trying to sell it. After about two weeks of everyone saying, 'Well, I don't know what it is,' y'know, I said, 'Well, I must have written it then.'"

McCartney admits that he's still astounded at the continuing popularity of song so long after it was first released: "My most successful song was 'Yesterday' that got covered by just everyone. 3,000 people including Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Elvis (Presley), Frank Sinatra -- I mean, I should be so lucky. It's just unbelievable. But that one song; I woke up one morning and I had dreamed it. See, I don't know where it came from. I just woke up (sings melody) -- I had that song. So, I believe in magic."

McCartney credits not only Beatles producer George Martin's score for the song in helping its popularity -- but Martin's choice of string players for the recording: "It was basically studio musicians that George Martin would book. ‘Cause George was the one who knew the classical field -- we didn't have a clue at all. George was always very good; he always got the best people."

Bill King, publisher of Beatlefan magazine, says that the inclusion of the few Beatles songs -- especially "Yesterday" -- in Paul McCartney's 1976 Wings Over America comeback tour pushed emotional buttons that up till that point weren't felt at your average rock concert: "It was nostalgia, it was a chance to finally see a Beatle doing a Beatles song live in concert -- which many of us had not had. Already, even at that age -- and most of us who were original fans were still in our 20's when he toured in '76. But already, even at that relatively young age, we had nostalgia. And it was an emotional moment for a lot of people to see him doing that song. It was a song they had never expected to see him do live."

Paul McCartney explained that even though some of the songs in his setlist date back over 50 years, as a father and grandfather he's able to find new emotions in the tunes that he couldn't possibly have imagined back in his Beatles days: "A song like 'Yesterday' I wrote when I was 20, or 21, or something. And so, it was a quite a young man writing about yesterday -- I didn't have many yesterdays, it was only about few years of them. It's much more emotional now for me, because, y'know, my yesterdays involve bringing up children now, and when they were little babies. As you go on, the songs seem to have more depth. Y'know, words that I just wrote because I liked the sound of them -- now I like the meaning of them."

"Yesterday," which was not released in England as a single until 1976 -- long after the Beatles' split -- hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 9th, 1965 -- John Lennon's 25th birthday, overtaking the McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy."

The single's B-Side, the Ringo Starr-vehicle, "Act Naturally" -- which was also performed on the Sullivan Show telecast -- peaked at Number 47 on the Billboard charts, with Cash Box charting it as high as Number 28.

The instant evergreen held down the top spot for a solid month, until toppled by the Rolling Stones' follow-up to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," with the two-week Number One "Get Off My Cloud."

In recent years, Paul McCartney has raised the issue of reversing the official credits to "Yesterday," from Lennon/McCartney to McCartney/Lennon, seeing as how -- admittedly -- John Lennon had nothing to do with the song's composition and/or arrangement. To McCartney's chagrin, Yoko Ono has refused to allow the signature songwriting credit to be changed.

Save for the past couple of years, "Yesterday" has been a McCartney live staple since 1975. When now performed in concert, he uses the same Epiphone Texan acoustic guitar used on the original Beatles recording session.

Halsey says that their former nanny's claims of wrongful termination are "baseless."

In documents filed in Los Angeles court Thursday (June 9th), Ashley Funches alleges that in 2021 she began working as a live-in nanny for the singer's newborn, Ender. Funches claims she was "misclassified" as an employee "exempt from overtime" and was terminated after she requested a leave of absence for a medical procedure.

In a statement to E! News, Halsey's rep called the allegations in the lawsuit "baseless" and added that Funches was terminated for leaving Ender unsupervised and in an unsafe location. The singer's attorney also claims the nanny was "intoxicated while the child was in her care."

Ringo Starr has announced that two members of his All Starr Band -- Edgar Winter and Steve Lukather -- have tested positive for Covid, forcing the band to postpone the last 12 gigs of their summer tour. These shows were initially planned for 2020, and ultimately pushed due to the pandemic.

According to the announcemnt, the band was halfway through the 22-show run when Ringo let audiences know on June 7th, during the second of three sold-out shows at New York's Beacon theater, that Edgar Winter had Covid, but the All Starrs would play on. However, Steve Lukather has also tested positive for Covid, forcing the group to reschedule the remaining 12 shows, and adding them to the September tour, with the rescheduled dates still forthcoming.

Ringo addressed the postponed gigs in a statement:

We are so sorry to let the fans down. It's been wonderful to be back out on the road and we have been having such a great time playing for you all. But as we all know, Covid is still here and despite being careful these things happen. I want to thank the fans for their patience, I send you all peace and love, and we can't wait to be back in the Fall.

All Starr Band bassist Hamish Stuart was part of Paul McCartney's backing band from 1987 to 1993, prior to first hitting the road with Ringo in 2006. When we last caught up to him, Stuart said he felt completely at ease performing alongside Ringo: "It's great. It's a treat, y'know? (Laughs) He plays his thing, he is Ringo, and he's really -- now that we've done a few shows, well everybody is starting to play a little more and things are starting to open up. It's really exciting. It's very good."

POSTPONED: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band tour dates:

June 11 - Easton, PA - State Theater
June 12 - Providence, RI - PPAC
June 14, 15 - Baltimore, MD - Modell Lyric
June 17 - Lenox, MA - Tanglewood
June 18 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Arena
June 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Metropolitan Theater
June 21 - Richmond, VA - Virginia Credit Union Live
June 22 - Atlanta, GA - Cobb Center
June 24 - St. Augustine, FL - The AMP
June 25 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock
June 26 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall

Lynne Spears may not have been invited to her daughter's wedding, but she is still happy for her.

According to TMZ, Britney Spears's mom left a comment on the singer's Instagram post Friday (June 10th), congratulating her on her "dream" wedding.

The elder Spears wrote, "You look radiant and so happy! Your wedding is the ‘Dream' wedding! And having it at your home makes it so sentimental and special! I am soooo happy for you! I love you!'

Britney revealed additional details about her wedding on Instagram over the weekend, writing that she "had a panic attack and then got it together" before the ceremony. She also added that she was wearing her "first diamond thong" underneath her jacket.

The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have reportedly scored a major payday for the use of their music and likeness in the upcoming series based on the group's early days. The Daily Mail reported the series -- produced in conjunction with the Stones -- will earn "The Glimmer Twins" a combined $61.5 million.

The limited-series, which has been ordered by FX for two seasons, is the first time the band has allowed their music to be used for such a production. The series will spotlight the Stones' first dozen years, spanning 1962 to 1974. No casting has been announced with production set to start in 2024.

According to an inside source: "The Stones see this series as being their legacy. When they can't tour any more, this will remain alongside the music. It's a bit like ABBA and their (digital performance) Abbatars.

Keith Richards explained that the mission for the Stones forming 60-years-ago was in an attempt to turn as many people as possible on to the blues: "That was the whole point, I think, and the Rolling Stones, when they started, were, like, fanatically idealistic that other people should know about the blues. And if we can just make a small contribution into letting people know that there is this music out there. It is fascinating and it's black and it comes basically from (laughs) Africa -- y'know, originally -- and how it integrated in society and America."

The Rolling Stones perform tonight (June 13th) in Amsterdam, Netherlands at Johan Cruijff Arena.

Christine McVie says that despite Fleetwood Mac's legendary reputation for drug and booze consumption -- she still remembers it all. McVie's upcoming solo set, Songbird (A Solo Collection), drops on June 24th, features guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Lindsey Buckingham, and Steve Winwood.

While chatting with The Guardian, McVie was asked if she had any blanks in her memory due to the rough and ready lifestyle the Mac lived, she said, "No. I have to say I'm not guilt-free in that department but Stevie (Nicks) and I were very careful. The boys used to get provided with cocaine in Heineken bottle tops onstage, but Stevie and I only did the tiny little spoons. I suppose sometimes we got a bit out-there, but we were quite restrained, really."

McVie explained, "I always took fairly good care of myself. My drug of choice was cocaine and champagne. I didn't use any other drugs at all. It's easy for me to say, but I think it made me perform better. Maybe somebody could tell me different (laughs)."

It was during sessions for Rumours that Stevie Nicks and her Fleetwood Mac bandmates began a dangerous cycle of booze and drugs that tangled the group up in cross addiction, that was running full throttle throughout the Tusk sessions: "For us it was basically, y'know, brandy, cigarettes, pot, and coke -- and that was just the wicked little circle -- 'rat's wheel,' I call it -- that everybody was on. Y'know, you do some coke and you were nervous and then you'd smoke some pot to calm down, and you were too stoned and then you'd, y'know, do some more coke to wake up and then you'd have a drink, ‘cause you were too nervous. . . and it was just a nightmare."

John Lennon's former girlfriend May Pang is receiving raves for her new documentary The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, which premiered on June 10th in New York at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The film, which is peppered with Pang's legendary photos of Lennon during their affair between 1973 and 1975, spotlights the pairs relationship during Lennon and wife Yoko Ono's 16-month separation Among those appearing in the doc are photographer Bob Gruen, Apple Records manager Tony King, solo-Beatles drummer of choice Jim Keltner, along with John Lennon's older son, Julian Lennon.

May Pang spoke to The New York Post about she and Lennon leaving New York in the fall of 1973 as a couple, recalling, "We went to L.A. together. You start knowing someone superficially. Then I fell in love with him. (Yoko) kept calling, though she said in '74 she wanted a divorce -- it was her third marriage -- and he'd said 'I'll be a free man in six months.'"

Pang went on to shed light on the differences between her and Lennon 's relationship as opposed to his and Yoko's: "Yoko, chain smoker, seven-and-a-half years older than he, understood his needs. But he and I, together 18 (sic) months, our life was different. All musicians. George Harrison said, 'I'm glad she's with you.' Keith Richards said, 'This is the John I used to see.' I made him accessible to friends. We'd go swimming, do Disneyland, take walks together without his entourage."

She went on to say, "Last I saw him was '78. He had a will done in '79 and was gone in 1980. I can't forget -- but you have to let it go. You can only try to live in the moment. I've attempted to reach out to Yoko but it didn't work."

May Pang recalled the first time that the former-Beatle and chief Beach Boy Brian Wilson crossed paths in 1973 at a party in L.A. for Dean Martin's son's 21st birthday party. She remembers Wilson introducing himself to Lennon by asking him for downers: "And I see this guy coming towards -- this mountain man. And I (laughs) put my head down and I just whispered, the man that's going to approach you John, is Brian Wilson. Dennis Wilson; Beach Boys -- this is his brother Brian. And this is what I used to do a lot, y'know, 'cause I would recognize people. And he goes 'Are you kidding?' I said, 'No.' And he goes, 'Hey Man.' (John) goes, 'Hi Brian.' He goes, 'You got any reds?' And John was taken aback by it, 'cause he didn't -- he said, 'What?' He goes, 'I don't have that stuff.'"

Taylor Swift gave a surprise acoustic performance of "All Too Well" Saturday (Julyl 11th) to accompany the corresponding film's Tribeca Film Festival debut. Additionally, the singer dropped an updated version of the song on streaming platforms. The new 11-minute-and-26-second version of "All Too Well" has updated instrumentals and a new outro.

Could kids be in the future for Adele and Rich Paul? The "Hello" singer's current beau told E! News Friday (June 10th), "As a young dad, growing a business, it was pretty tough. But now looking as an older dad, if I was to have more kids, I'm looking forward to being a different dad." The father of three and Adele have been together since last summer.

Justin Bieber is asking fans for prayers as his symptoms from Ramsay Hunt syndrome worsen. The singer revealed Friday (June 10th) that he has had to cancel concerts because half of his face is paralyzed. He said in a video, "It is from this virus that attacks the nerve in my ear and my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis. As you can see, this eye is not blinking. I can't smile on this side of my face. This nostril will not move." He added in a subsequent a separate Story that it's becoming more difficult to eat and that he's been doing facial exercises to get his face "back to normal."

It was 52 years ago today (June 13th, 1970) that the Beatles' "The Long And Winding Road" became the group's 20th and final Number One hit. It was also on this date that the single's parent album, Let It Be, also hit Number One and began the first of its four-week run on top of the Billboard 200 chart. The song was written by Paul McCartney in late-1968, and was recorded in January 1969 during the sessions for the group's album and film Let It Be.

"The Long And Winding Road" was inspired by the long drive to his Scottish farm. McCartney talked about the song in his 1997 authorized biography Many Years From Now, saying, "It's a rather sad song. I like writing sad songs because you can actually acknowledge some deeper feelings of your own and put them in." "The Long And Winding Road" was recorded by engineer/producer Glyn Johns on January 31st, 1969, the day after the group's legendary final performance on the roof of their Apple headquarters, and featured McCartney on piano and vocals, John Lennon on bass, George Harrison on guitar, Ringo Starr on drums, and guest musician Billy Preston on organ.

"The Long And Winding Road" became the Beatles' last official U.S. single, topping the charts for two weeks just two months after McCartney announced the group's split on April 10th, 1970.

"The Long And Winding Road" closes the Beatles' 2000 hits compilation The Beatles 1. McCartney recalled that he was pleased when 1 was released, because it made him realize the group's place in history: "I think, all in all, it's a cool record. Y'know, it proves, y'know, we, we had a lot of Number Ones, if nothing else. You spend your life making all those records -- I don't count until a project like this comes along -- and you look at it and you say, 'Whoa! We did that many? That's fantastic!'"

McCartney was reportedly horrified when legendary "Wall Of Sound" producer Phil Spector was brought in by Lennon and Harrison to polish up the Let It Be tapes, and added a 30-piece orchestra and female choir to the original sparse-sounding track. The group's original stripped-down recording can be found on the Beatles' later archival releases Anthology 3 and Let It Be. . . Naked.

The Beatles' late-producer George Martin often said that he felt betrayed by Lennon and Harrison when they enlisted Spector to rework the Let It Be tapes prior to their eventual release: "When the record came to be issued, EMI rang me up and said, 'They don't want your name on the record. It'll be 'Produced by Phil Spector.' I said, 'But I produced all the original stuff that they worked on.' I said, 'I'm not having that. Why don't you put on it, 'Produced by George Martin, over-produced by Phil Spector?' But they didn't seem to go for that."

While promoting his recent memoir, called Sound Man -- which talks about his work with the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, the Faces, the Eagles, and many more -- Glyn Johns pulled no punches when discussing Phil Spector's work on Let It Be, telling The New York Times, "I was disappointed that Lennon got away with giving it to Spector, and even more disappointed with what Spector did to it. It has nothing to do with the Beatles at all. Let It Be is a bunch of garbage. As I say in the book, he puked all over it. I've never listened to the whole thing, I've only listened to the first few bars of some things and said, ‘Oh, forget it.' It was ridiculously, disgustingly syrupy."

To add insult to injury, all three of the singles from the Let It Be project went on to top the charts, yet George Martin only received production credit for "Get Back" and "Let It Be," with Phil Spector getting the nod for the band's final Number One hit, "The Long And Winding Road." We asked Glyn Johns if he ever came to terms with that fact: "Life's full of disappointments and I got over that really quickly and left it behind in the dust; although it was really disappointing 'cause I got on great with everybody, we had, y'know, a really good working relationship, I thought. Things don't always work out and you just move on and that's what I did. And it was a little bit frustrating at the time, but it's the way things went. And I did actually point out when the brought out a compilation album some years later where George Martin had been given credit for what I did, and I did call and sort of point out the fact that I didn't mind not being given credit at all, but I did object to someone else getting credit for what I did (laughs). And I was more or less told to bugger off, really (laughs)."

"The Long And Winding Road" has been a mainstay of McCartney's live shows since 1975.

Billie Eilish had to pause her concert Saturday (June 11th) evening due to soaring temperatures in London's O2 arena.

The BBC reports that the "Bad Guy" singer was concerned about the fans at the front of the stage who were fainting from the heat.

According to the outlet, she told the crowd, "Take a step back, give everybody some space. If someone looks a little woozy, just tell someone. Don't try to save feelings."

She was reportedly able to resume her concert after a few minutes.

Former-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted revealed he hasn't listened to the band's new music since quitting back in 2001. During a chat with Metal Hammer magazine, Newsted was asked when he last checked out one of the band's albums after departing and admitted, "Never. I heard the one where they made the video in prison (St. Anger). I heard one song with my dad while we were riding in the car in Michigan, because the radio is still pretty wed to Metallica, and it went on for f***ing ever. It was eight minutes on the radio, and I went, 'What the f*** are they doing?' No disrespect, but I didn't get it."

Newsted touched upon his relationship -- or lack thereof -- with his former-bandmembers today, explaining, "I still talk to Lars (Ulrich) a fair bit, and I send him my stuff and he's always super-supportive. I really appreciate it, and I respect his opinion. If he called me and asked if I wanted to throw down, I'd say yes, but I'm not sure if I'd say yes to anyone else."

Back in the day, Metallica guitarist James Hetfield told us there were no ill feeling towards Jason Newsted and his decision to leave the group: "Everything was extremely amicable. But when I call his number, it like goes, (imitates phone noise of incomplete call) 'Boo doo doop,' so I don't know. What does that mean? (laughs)"

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari exchanged nuptials in a small ceremony in front of about 60 guests on Thursday (6-9) evening. Some of her famous friends in attendance included Madonna, Selena Gomez, Drew Barrymore, Maria Menounos, and Paris Hilton. Britney wore a Donatella Versace dress.

TMZ posted aerial images of the pink wedding tent with a doorway trimmed in pink roses.

Britney's brother, Bryan, was there... but her mom, dad, sister, and two sons did not attend. A statement from her sons read "The boys are happy for Britney and wish her and Sam all the best going forward."

The couple has been together since 2016 and engaged since last September.

And there was drama… Her first ex-husband, Jason Alexander was arrested after breaking into her home, which was also the wedding venue.

The 40-year-old livestreamed himself on Instagram as he roamed around the property, revealing their wedding decorations, which were still being arranged by party planners. He was yelling her name and claiming to security that he was invited. He said, "I'm here to crash the wedding."

Britney's assistant was alerted to what was going by fans watching his livestream. She later thanked them online for their diligence.

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• Britney Spears and Sam Asghari exchanged nuptials in a small ceremony in front of about 100 guests.
• Britney's brother, Bryan, was there ... but her mom, dad, sister, and two sons did not attend.
• Her first ex-husband, Jason Alexander was arrested after breaking into the wedding venue.
• He livestreamed himself on Instagram as he roamed around the property.

At the first show of the Jonas Brothers Vegas residency, Joe Jonas changed a key lyric in a song believed to be about Taylor Swift. Fans immediately noticed and theorize that it was a shout-out to his ex-girlfriend that he has moved on.

He sang the 2009 song, "Much Better" with the words… "Now I'm cool with superstars," Originally, the song lyric was I'm "Done" with superstars.

The two had dated prior to the release of the song. Their end was well publicized because he broke up with Swift through a text message and she talked about it on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

It was also widely speculated that her fiery song "Better Than Revenge" was about him as well.

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• Joe Jonas changed a key lyric in a song believed to be about Taylor Swift.
• Fans immediately noticed and theorize that it was a shout-out to his ex-girlfriend.
• He sang the 2009 song, "Much Better" with the words… "Now I'm cool with superstars," Originally, the song lyric was I'm "Done" with superstars.

Out today (June 10th) is the latest Rolling Stones vault release, Licked Live In NYC. The set is available as a DVD/two-CD, SD Blu-ray/two-CD, as well as a standalone two-CD and triple-LP.

Originally released in 2003 as an HBO special and as part of the Four Flicks package, the band's January 18th, 2003 Madison Square Garden concert has been fully restored and remastered with four previously unreleased songs: "Start Me Up," "Tumbling Dice," "Gimme Shelter," and "Sympathy For The Devil." Special guest Sheryl Crow is featured on "Honky Tonk Women."

According to the package's press release:

The addition of three bonus performances from Amsterdam and rehearsal footage gives an insider's view of the Rolling Stones gearing up for this tour. The SD Blu-ray package includes the additional 51-minute documentary Tip Of The Tongue, which captures the conception and preparation of the "Live Licks" tour's innovative three show / three venue approach.

Inspired to switch up venues on a nightly basis between arenas, ballrooms, or theaters, and setlists along with it, the band are captured preparing for this tour from the recording studio in Paris to the rehearsals in Toronto.

The Rolling Stones' 2002 /2003 "Licks" tour was unique in the fact that in many cities the band played more than one type of venue -- from the sprawling 80,000 local enormo-domes to club dates the very next night.

We caught up with guitarist Ron Wood during the first part of the "Licks" tour -- and he was clearly grooving on the band's decision to play multiple types of venues: "Well, everything is still exciting and out on a limb and different to what it has been before. The setlists have been changing up to 10 songs a night, y'know, within the sort of Fruit-Of-The-Loom structure -- small, medium, and large (laughs). An arena being the medium and clubs, obviously, the small, and the stadiums, the large. We have some quite interesting changes."

The Stones next perform on June 13th in Amsterdam, Netherlands at Johan Cruijff Arena.

The tracklisting to The Rolling Stones' 'Licked Live In NYC' is:

"Street Fighting Man"
"Start Me Up"
"If You Can't Rock Me"
"Don't Stop"
"Monkey Man"
"Angie"
"Let It Bleed"
"Midnight Rambler"
"Tumbling Dice"
"Thru And Thru"
"Happy"
"Gimme Shelter"
"You Got Me Rocking"
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
"Honky Tonk Women" (with Sheryl Crow)
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)"
"When The Whip Comes Down"
"Brown Sugar"
"Sympathy For The Devil"
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"

Live In Amsterdam

"Star Star"
"I Just Want To Make Love To You"
"Street Fighting Man"

Rehearsals
"Well Well"
"Extreme Western Grip"

Ozzy Osbourne is undergoing what's been described as life changing surgery on Monday (June 13th), according to wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne.

During her appearance on Wednesday's (June 8th) episode of her UK chat show, The Talk, Sharon Osbourne revealed she was flying back to California to be by Ozzy's side: "(Host): So Sharon, the news is you're heading back to L.A. and I'm sorry to hear that Ozzy's got a big operation coming up, as well. (Sharon Osbourne): He does, he has a very major operation on Monday and I have to be there. It's really going to determine the rest of, y'know, his life. So, the next thing is my son is going to have a daughter in about three weeks. . . (Host): Fabulous. . . (Host): . . . and also it's our 40th wedding anniversary. . . (Host): Congratulations . . . (Sharon): . . . The first of July (applause). (Host): So, are you planning a nice party or something for that? (Sharon): I don't know yet. 'Depends on everything with Ozzy."

Last month, the 73-year-old Ozzy Osbourne revealed to Classic Rock magazine he would soon be undergoing yet another neck surgery for a quad bike injury he suffered in 2003. Osbourne explained, "I'm just waiting on some more surgery on my neck. I can't walk properly these days. I have physical therapy every morning. I am somewhat better, but nowhere near as much as I want to be to go back on the road."

There's no definitive word as to whether the neck surgery is the specific reason he'll be going under the knife next week.

Released today (June 10th) is the 50th anniversary edition of Elton John's fourth studio album, 1971's Madman Across The Water. The Super Deluxe box set features three-CD's and one-Blu-ray disc, along with a 1971 reproduction poster and 104-page book including photos and an essay with interviews with those who helped make the album -- as well as memorabilia and artwork taken from the Rocket Archive.

There are 18 previously unreleased tracks across the Super Deluxe triple-CD/Blu-ray box set, which also contains rare, restored material from the era, piano demos of the album, and the audio of the BBC Sounds For Saturday concert, broadcast in 1972. The Blu-ray contains a 5.1 mix by Greg Penny, plus the Sounds For Saturday and his 1971 The Old Grey Whistle Test performance. The set is available as a four-LP set double-CD collection, and a single-LP limited edition remaster in blue and white-colored 180g vinyl.

Madman Across The Water was originally released on November 5th, 1971 and was the first to feature all three members of the classic, original Elton John Band -- bassist Dee Murray, drummer Nigel Olsson, and for the first time, guitarist Davey Johnstone.

Highlights on the Madman Across The Water album include the iconic title track, "Tiny Dancer," "Levon," "Indian Sunset," and "Holiday Inn."

The album peaked at Number Eight and spent a solid month in the Billboard Top 10.

Elton's longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin told us that although his and Elton's songs have become pop standards over the years, that shouldn't take away from the quality of the work: "First and foremost, we are good songwriters. And there's nothing wrong with writing a great song -- providing it retains elements of passion, and whatever. As long as it's not just a surface thing. And I think these songs are very commercial and there's nothing wrong with being commercial, yet they are at the same time very passionate."

Guitarist Davey Johnstone, who joined Elton John's band in 1971 and currently serves as his musical director, has been lucky enough to witness the Elton John - Bernie Taupin songwriting partnership up close for 50 years and has literally seen some of rock's most beloved songs being written in front of him: "Elton'd have a stack of lyrics and he'd just look through them. He wouldn't do any pre-work (on the songs) in those days, y'know, he wouldn't ever sneak ‘em at home with them, he'd wait till he get to the studio, and then literally sit down after breakfast and write a song. I mean, I've seen him write songs in the time that it's taken me to make a chicken sandwich, or something."

Elton John performs on Saturday (June 11th) in Paris at La Defense Arena.

Katy Perry is the face on all the new Menulog commercials that rolled out this week. The ad shows her in various locations ordering takeout to be delivered by the Australian delivery service.

Throughout the ad she sings lyrics that she co-wrote: "A little sushi while I watch a movie/ Papaya salad while I sing a ballad/ Need some ice cream, make it a swirl/ Gotta treat this California girl."

Perry is the latest U.S. music star to front the company's campaign, Snoop Dogg was once an endorser.

It's not the first time Perry and food have come together in Australia. Her 2008 hit "Hot N Cold" is the theme song for Australia's Masterchef series, now in its 14th season.

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