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Mike Campbell's Dirty Knobs have enlisted the aid of former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch to fill in for their usual drummer who's otherwise booked on the road. Lynch, who quit working with Tom Petty back in 1994 after the sessions for the band's 1993 Greatest Hits compilation spent 18 years with the band. Campbell posted on social media announcing that Lynch would be filling in for drummer Matt Laug through the end of June.

Campbell, who's been receiving good notices for the Dirty Knobs' second album, External Combustion, admitted to us that carrying on in the wake of Tom Petty's 2017 death is still tough for him: "I don't know if you've ever lost a brother or a family member, but it's. . . I'll never get over it completely. I'm still, y'know, going through the grief stages. But there was a short period of just, kinda, shuttin' down and shock. And then you pick yourself up and go, 'What and I gonna do? Sit around and be sad about this or get on with my music, y'know?' And so, that's what I'm doing."

Mike Shinoda spoke about the future of Linkin Park during a Twitch livestream over the weekend. He said the band talks every few weeks, but they have no plans for new music or live shows in the near future.

He said, "Anytime the band says anything or does anything, everyone tries to start up the hype train. And we're like 'No, no, no, no. Don't start the hype train. You're going to disappoint yourself.'"

The band hasn't performed together since 2017, when the surviving members held a tribute concert for their late singer Chester Bennington. And they haven't released any new music since his death, except for the 20^th anniversary edition of their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory.

.TL;DR:

• Mike Shinoda says Linkin Park have no plans for new music or live shows in the near future.
• The band hasn't performed together since 2017, when the surviving members held a tribute concert for their late singer Chester Bennington.

In an interview last week with a Swedish radio station, Mick Jagger gave Machine Gun Kelly and Yungblud some high praise. When talking about the stance of today's rock music, he mentioned a couple of artist that he liked and added that they both have a lot of energy.

He said: "In rock music you need energy and there have not been a lot of new rock singers around. Now there are a few. You have Yungblud and Machine Gun Kelly. That kind of post-punk vibe makes me think there is still a bit of life in rock and roll."

Jagger took a moment to speak about his future in music, noting that his European Rolling Stones tour wouldn't be his last one. "I love being on tour. I don't think I would do it if I did not enjoy it."

TL;DR:

• Mick Jagger said: "In rock music you need energy and there have not been a lot of new rock singers around. Now there are a few. You have Yungblud and Machine Gun Kelly. That kind of post-punk vibe makes me think there is still a bit of life in rock and roll."

Megan Thee Stallion sat down with CBS Mornings for her first interview about the shooting that allegedly involved rapper Tory Lanez. The rapper told Gayle King that there was an argument in the car following a disagreement in the Hollywood Hills back in July 2020. She said, "That's like normal friend stuff. We fuss about silly stuff all the time, but I never put my hands on anybody, I never raised my voice too loud. This was one of them times where it was like, ‘It shouldn't have got this crazy.'"

Megan said she wanted to leave but the other passengers did not. Megan said she exited the car and things escalated from there. She explained, "Everything happens so fast. And all I hear is this man screaming. He said, ‘Dance, b*tch' and he started shooting. And I'm just like, ‘Oh my God.' He shot a couple of times and I was so scared."

Megan alleged that Tory was standing over the window shooting and she was afraid to move out of fear he could kill her. She explained, "I didn't want to move too quick 'cause I'm like, ‘Oh my God, if I take the wrong step, I don't know if he can shoot something that's like super important and I don't know if he could shoot me and kill me.'"

Megan was hospitalized and underwent surgery after being shot in the foot. When asked if she was "afraid for her life," she said, "I was really scared 'cause I had never been shot at before."

Earlier this month, Tory was taken into custody for tweeting about the shooting, a violation of the discovery protective order and personal contact order. He was released after posting $350,000 bail. A trial date has been set for Sept. 14th.

Megan's interview airs today (April 25th) on CBS Mornings.

The Kid Laroi had a good time promoting his new single, "A Thousand Miles."

He posted what looked to be a movie trailer for a romantic comedy gone wrong. The viral video shows him looking for love in several bad situations and is packed with one comedy scene after the other.

The 18-year-old officially released the new song today (4-22).

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The Who are back on the road for the start of their 29-date North American tour. The spring run kicks off tonight (April 22nd) at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida's Hard Rock Live and wraps on May 28th at Bethel, New York's Bethel Woods Center of the Arts -- which sits on the site of the band's legendary 1969 Woodstock appearance.

In addition to Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and the local orchestra backing them at every gig, the Who's 2022 lineup features longtime touring members Zak Starkey on drums and Pete Townshend's younger brother, Simon Townshend on rhythm guitar. Rounding out the band are Who and Daltrey veterans Loren Gold on keyboards and bassist Jon Button. Also returning is longtime Who associate and background vocalist Billy Nicholls, orchestra conductor Keith Levenson, lead violinist Katie Jacoby, and lead cellist Audrey Snyder. Joining the group this time out will be additional keyboardist Emily Marshall.

The band has just announced its special guests various cities, which include opening sets by Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Leslie Mendelson, Los Lonely Boys, Amythyst Kiah, the Wild Things, Willie Nile, and Steven Page.

The band will be tackling several tunes from their most recent album, 2019's WHO. Roger Daltrey explained to us that he made a concerted effort to make the new Townshend songs his own: "It's been important for Pete, because he just doesn't want to be seen as someone who's just going out peddling what he did 50 years ago. He's still current. And the stuff he's writing now, the new stuff will prove that. I thought, 'Well, this is great Pete Townshend stuff, but it's a Pete Townshend solo album.' But then I listened and found a way to get into it, and climb into it with my voice and who I am, and it's good. I'm not just blowing our trumpet -- it's good stuff."

Pete Townshend told us that for the time being, he sees the Who remaining an ongoing concern: "Looking ahead, I'm not sure. . . I mean, Roger has said, y'know, he doesn't know how much longer he can sing the way that he's singing, but he's singing incredibly well -- and has been for the last five, six years -- I mean, better than ever, I think. But, he has said he doesn't know how long he can go on doing that. But at the moment, I'm not saying that this is the end of anything. We all have brands now, which you can take into Vegas, if you want to. It's so strange to have that brand that is bigger than either of us."

Guitarist Simon Townshend told us that his role in the Who is to both shadow and compliment his big brother's parts: "Learning Pete's parts -- I'm trying to support him. I'm trying to play the parts that he would play if he was supporting himself, so I have to be aware of that."

Part of the reason for Pete Townshend's eagerness to play out with the Who over the past 20 years is his connection with drummer Zak Starkey: "He studied at the feet of Keith Moon. He was eight-years-old when I first met him, his dad is Ringo Starr, but Keith Moon bought him his first drum kit. He was a big Who fan as a kid. So when John (Entwistle) passed away, suddenly there was Zak and I -- and then what I realized is that he and I have this extraordinary chemistry. And it's innate. It's a chemistry that's based on the fact that whatever I do, he's already doing it."

Blink-182's Mark Hoppus says he's feeling great and ready to make new music.

In an interview published this week, he said he plans to get back into the studio and back to playing music. He didn't mention a date, but hopes to release new music soon.

He told TMZ, "Life's great! I'm glad to be here." He didn't specify if he would be recording with the band or doing something solo.

Hoppus is 7 months cancer free. When he first went public with his diagnosis he shared that he was undergoing treatment for 4-A diffuse, large B-cell, lymphoma.

TL;DR:

• Blink-182's Mark Hoppus says he's feeling great and ready to make new music.
• He didn't mention a date, but hopes to release new music soon.

BTS returns to the kitchen with another season of their cooking show. It's also an educational program, produced to spread Korean culture and language around the world.

In a video announcing season 2, unseen hands prepare a series of traditional Korean dishes while jazz music plays in the background.

The BTS Recipe is available online starting today (April 22) and their new album will be out on June 10^th.

TL;DR:

• BTS returns to the kitchen with another season of their cooking show.
• It's produced to spread Korean culture and language.
• The BTS Recipe is available online starting today (April 22)

Set for release on 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 John spoke about how the big screen provided a second life for "Tiny Dancer": "'Tiny Dancer' is one of my favorite Elton John / Bernie Taupin songs -- and from one of my favorite albums, Madman Across The Water. And it was written about Bernie's first wife, Maxine. I've always played it on and off, y'know, throughout my career, and obviously with the film, Almost Famous, which Cameron Crowe made. I mean, there was this great sequence and 'Tiny Dancer' featured very heavily in it. It came as a renaissance for the song and for my music to people who hadn't really heard. . . young kids who hadn't really Elton John before."

Elton John performs on Saturday night (April 23rd) at Jacksonville, Florida's Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena.

Billy Joel has just announced his 84th show as part of his ongoing Madison Square Garden residency, set for October 9th. Amazingly, the concert will also mark the "Piano Man's" 130th lifetime gig at The Garden.

Tickets for the October show will be available for purchase by the general public beginning at 10:00 am ET on Friday, April 29th. BillyJoel.com posted "Due to congestion during the on-sale, it can be difficult to purchase tickets right away. Please continue to check Ticketmaster as tickets will be available throughout the day."

Billy Joel told us Madison Square Garden represents far more than a just solid venue in the "Big Apple": "Look, let's be real -- I'm from New York, I was born in the Bronx, I grew up in Long Island, so this is my venue. Madison Square Garden. Fortunately for me, Madison Square Garden is a world venue. You can play almost any other arena in the country and nobody else in the world was gonna know about it -- but when you play Madison Square Garden, the entire world knows that you played Madison Square Garden."

UPDATED: Billy Joel tour dates (subject to change):

April 23 - Charlotte, NC - Bank of America Stadium
May 14 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
June 10 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
June 25 - Notre Dame, IN - Notre Dame Stadium
July 9 - Detroit, MI - Comerica Park
July 20 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
August 11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Concert At PNC Park
August 24 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
September 9 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
September 23 - Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park
October 9 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden

Lorde paid tribute to New York City band, The Strokes while in their hometown.

During her final night at Radio City Music Hall, she covered their 2003 track "The End Has No End," a song from their Room on Fire album.

While delivering a slower take on the song and turning it into a ballad, she sat on a huge staircase that looked to lead to the moon.

Lorde just resumed her tour after having to cancel shows last week due to laryngitis.

TL;DR:

• During her final night at Radio City Music Hall, she covered their 2003 track "The End Has No End,"
• She turned it into a ballad.
• Lorde just resumed her tour after having to cancel shows last week due to laryngitis.

It was 46 years ago Sunday (April 24th, 1976) that John Lennon and Paul McCartney last saw each other. Over the course of the previous two years, relations between the two chief Beatles had warmed considerably, with the pair spending time together both in Los Angeles and in Manhattan. Prior to returning to Yoko Ono after their infamous 14-month separation, in early 1975, Lennon was planning to travel to New Orleans to record with McCartney, who was then working on Wings' Venus And Mars album. Paul and Linda McCartney had last visited the Lennon's at their apartment in the Dakota apartments around Christmas, 1975.

On April 24th, 1976, Lennon and McCartney -- with Yoko and Linda -- watched Saturday Night Live as producer Lorne Michaels offered the Beatles a whopping $3,000 to reunite on the show. They briefly considered heading to Rockefeller Center where the show was being performed, as a gag, but in the end passed due to being too tired. The two last spoke on the phone in early 1980.

In 2011, Paul McCartney went on recall to The Express the last time he saw Lennon: "I was at John's place and Saturday Night Live was on and John said to me, 'Have you seen this?' I hadn't, I was living in England, he was living in America. He said, 'No, they're offering us money to get back together -- Lorne Michaels came on the show last week.' And John said, 'We should go down, just you and me. We'll just show up. There's only two of us, we'll take half the money.' For a second we were like, 'Shall we do it?' I don't know what stopped us. It would've been work and we were having a night off so we elected to not go to work. It was a nice idea. We nearly did it."

Sadly, the following day, McCartney turned up again at the Dakota to hang out with Lennon, who dismissed him, explaining that he was busy with his young son Sean, and that it wasn't "like 1956, and could you please call before stopping by?" The pair's relationship once again became strained following the incident.

A fictionalized account of Lennon & McCartney's final meeting, called Two Of Us, was premiered on VH1 in 2000. The movie, which was directed by Let It Be's Michael Lindsay-Hogg, starred Aidan Quinn as McCartney and Jared Harris as Lennon.

The end of the Beatles came in late-1970 when McCartney sued the other Beatles to dissolve their partnership -- which ultimately saved the group its fortune. McCartney admits that Lennon quitting the Beatles in September 1969 left him devastated on multiple fronts: "The biggest trouble for me, I mean, there's no denying it, was the breakup of the Beatles, y'know? It totally screwed my head for years -- and it would yours, too. In fact, I'm lucky to have survived it, in truth. 'Cause, it really isn't easy having the top job one second, the next day someone just says, 'We're breaking the group up.' And you haven't got a job. And I mean, I actually got with it to Scotland for a while, 'cause I just couldn't handle being around London and the music business and the people saying, 'Well, when are you getting together with the lads, Paul?' That was the big question."

McCartney shed light on the personal demons Lennon dealt with growing up and spoke about the difficult family life Lennon came from: "Yeah, I mean, the truth is, John was really a great guy and really a nice fella; but fame is a crazy thing and when you get the kind of fame that the Beatles got, if you're not that stable -- it's tough. Now, if you look at John for his stability, you gotta look at a guy whose mother left him. . . his father left home then he was three, he was brought up by his auntie and his uncle; his auntie was living but the uncle died. Then, his mother, who used to live nearby was visiting one night, she left, she got run over by a drunken policeman and got killed stone dead when he was 16, his first marriage failed, so, y'know. . . And on top of all that, it's remarkable that he was as straight as he was, really."

McCartney biographer Christopher Sanford told us that throughout the 1970's, the Beatles kept close tabs on each other's respective work -- with John Lennon and Paul McCartney never missing an opportunity to pour over and analyze one another's solo albums thoroughly: "John always critiqued Paul's albums, either in public or between the two of them. And I found that one of the most poignant aspects of the whole '70s, y'know, relationship -- or non-relationship. They always deconstructed each other's records. They had to have the latest album immediately shipped to them from the other party. And they would often do these very minute sort of deconstructions of each track."

With artists now taking prolonged absences from the music business for a multitude of reasons, in the mid-1970's, for someone of John Lennon's stature to put his recording career on pause to become a stay-at-home dad for half a decade was simply unprecedented. Shortly before his death, Lennon admitted that it took a while to ease into his new life, and spoke about where his head was at in 1976: "The first half-a-year or year, I had this feeling in the back of my mind that ‘I ought to, I ought to' -- and I'd go through periods of panic because I was not in the NME or the Billboard or being seen at Studio 54 with Mick and Bianca (Jagger). Y'know, I just didn't exist anymore. I got a little fear of that would come, like a paranoia. And then it would go away, because I'd be involved with the baby, or I'd be involved with whatever other business that I'd be involved with. But that only lasted about nine months and then it was suddenly, like a . . . ‘oh.' It just went away, and then I realized there was a life (laughs) after death. I mean, there was a life without it."

John Lennon's mid-'70s companion May Pang recalled many nights during his infamous "Lost Weekend" when Lennon and McCartney socialized in L.A. and New York City. Pang's recent photo book Instamatic Karma features one of the only photos taken of Lennon and McCartney after the Beatles' 1970 split. She told us that a Beatles reunion -- particularly a Lennon/ McCartney reunion -- was never far from her mind: "Getting him back with Paul. Paul was the biggest, obviously. And I almost got them to write. It was in January of '75, we had seen Paul and Linda (McCartney), and we'd go out to dinner, they'd come by the house. And one morning he's thinking and he says, "Hey, I wanna ask you something' and I said 'What?' he said, 'Do you think I should write with Paul again? I was just thinking -- what do you think?' And I said, 'The two of you, solo-wise, you're good, but when the two of you get together there's a magic that can't be broken." He just sort of looked at me and went, 'Yeah.'"

Paul McCartney admitted that he and John Lennon making peace and eventually coming together as friends in the 1970's helped him get through the horror of Lennon's 1980 murder: "He and I eventually made it up. And I used to phone him in New York -- y'know, after all the arguments were over. And we, we got to be friends again and it was nice -- long distance friends -- but still friends. And I could phone him and say, ‘What are you doin' now?' He'd say, ‘Oh, I'm just baking some bread' -- ‘Baking bread? Oh, I've done that!' Or he'd say, ‘Oh, I'm just feedin' the cats' -- he liked cats, y'know? I'd say, ‘Well, I've got a couple of dogs' -- and, y'know, we'd talk about ordinary things and that brought us back together again. Because, when we talked about business it always ended up: ‘Your business. . . my business. . . what are you doing. . . what am I doing (makes exploding sound).' It was crazy. Business is like that -- y'know, can be, anyway. But it was very good actually. It was the one thing when he died, was that we had got our friendship back together again. So, that was a big consolation for me."

Happy Birthday to Peter Frampton, who turns 72 today (April 22nd)!!! Frampton is making good on returning to Europe -- with three new UK dates newly announced. Back in October 2019 Frampton wrapped an exhaustive North American trek after being forced to slowly quit the road upon discovering he's suffering from a degenerative muscle disease called Inclusion-Body Myositus (IBM), that slowly weakens the body's muscles.

Frampton was set to play his final shows across Europe with a full scale tour during the spring of 2020 -- until the pandemic sidelined his plans. As it stands now, eight shows are now on the books, with the Grammy-winning guitarist hitting England, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, France, and The Netherlands.

2021's Frampton Forgets The Words features new takes on Radiohead's "Reckoner," George Harrison's "Isn't It A Pity," Lenny Kravitz' "Are You Gonna Go My Way?," Roxy Music's "Avalon" and Jaco Pastorious' "Dreamland," among others.

Frampton's 2019 album All Blues topped the Billboard's Blues Chart for a whopping 15 weeks. His 2020 autobiography, Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list.

In 2020, another Frampton "came alive" with the birth of Frampton's first grandchild. Elle Frampton Homburger was born on April 6th to the guitarist's fashion designer daughter Jade and husband, Samuel Homburger. Frampton has two other children, son Julian, who's a musician and the leader of the Julian Frampton Band, and younger daughter Mia, who's an actress and was featured in numerous TV and features -- including Bridesmaids.

While talking to CBS, the guitarist shed light on some of the physical difficulties he faces these days: "Inclusion-Body Myositus, which is what I have. . . going up (laughs) stairs and downstairs is the hardest thing for me. I'm going to have to get a cane. Then, the other thing I noticed -- I can't put things over my head."

2019's All Blues, featured such special guests as Larry Carlton, Sonny Landreth, Steve Morse, and Fabulous Thunderbirds frontman Kim Wilson. Apart from the new instrumental set, Frampton currently has two new albums in various sates of completion; a full-on solo acoustic album, and an all-blues collection featuring outtakes from the recent All Blues chart-topper.

Peter Frampton first made his mark in Britain in the late-1960's with the pop group the Herd, and then later as part of the hard rocking Humble Pie with co-founder Steve Marriott. Frampton left Humble Pie in late-1971 to go solo, and released four moderate selling solo albums before releasing his 1976 blockbuster double album Frampton Comes Alive!

Frampton Comes Alive! propelled Frampton into superstardom with its hit singles "Show Me The Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way," and "Do You Feel Like We Do." In March 2017, Peter Frampton released a new single, called "I Saved A Bird Today." The track was inspired by Frampton discovering a bird on his patio, which was unable to fly away. Frampton explained to us that upon calling his local wildlife rescue group, the bird was identified as a coot -- as in "crazy as a coot" -- and was only able to fly away by taking off from a body of water.

In February 2016, Peter Frampton released Acoustic Classics, which covers key tracks from his '70s A&M catalogue and beyond -- including "Fig Tree Bay" "All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)," "Wind Of Change," "Lines On My Face," "Do You Feel Like We Do?," "Sail Away," "Show Me The Way," "Baby I Love Your Way" -- with Frampton handling nearly all the guitar, keyboards, and bass work on the album.

In 2014, Frampton performed as part of old friend Ringo Starr's backing band during that year's Grammy telecast and as part of the house band for CBS' The Beatles: The Night That Changed America - A Grammy Salute. Frampton appeared on two tracks on Ringo's 2015 album, Postcards From Paradise -- and co-wrote the song "Laughable" with the Beatles' drummer for his 2017 album, Give More Love.

In 2014, Frampton released the critically acclaimed mini-album, Hummingbird In A Box. The set marked the first new Frampton music since the 2010 release of Thank You Mr. Churchill. The piece was originally commissioned by and performed with the Cincinnati Ballet in April 2013.

Also out now is Frampton's latest live DVD and Blu-ray disc, FCA 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton, and its companion triple CD set, Best Of FCA! 35 Tour. The DVD features footage taped at New York City's Beacon Theater and Milwaukee's Pabst Theater, with Frampton personally going through the tour's performances for the best versions of all the songs for the CD -- which features his son, Julian Frampton, guesting on two songs.

Recently released is the newly expanded Humble Pie collection, Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore - The Complete Recordings. The revised edition has been mixed and mastered from the original multi-tracks. The new edition features -- for the first time -- all four shows from the band historic Fillmore East stand as performed on May 28th and 29th, 1971. The collection includes the seven tracks that comprised the original 1971 double album, along with 15 previously unissued performances -- including the band's never-before-heard complete first set.

Prior to leaving Humble Pie, Frampton was befriended by George Harrison who asked him to contribute acoustic guitar to assorted tracks for his 1970 solo debut, All Things Must Pass: "George called me up and he said, 'Look, we need to do some more acoustics,' and this was the best thing ever for me. We just sat, the two of us, in Abbey Road Studios -- the studio they'd done Sgt. Pepper in, and they would just put up another reel. They went through the whole album, basically, and said, 'We need some more acoustics here,' so George and I would just add acoustics (guitar), overdub acoustics, maybe one or two tracks to each track. So basically, I'm playing on just about everything that's not fully electric."

In 2011, Frampton revealed that he was celebrating seven years of sobriety: "I mean, I'm not gonna bore people with it because there's nothing worse than being lectured at. But for me personally, it's been some of the best years of my life. It sounds contrite, it sounds phony, but it's not. Y'know, it's been a very stressful period for me, for everybody around me it's been better, and it's been a new -- well, they say that's my birthday seven years ago."

Yes drummer Alan White first worked with Frampton during the 1970 sessions for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, and got to catch up with him when Frampton and Yes hit the road together in 2010: "I've known Peter for such an awful long time -- I met him first when he was playing with the Herd and stuff like that, so we go back a long way. But obviously we only see each other every now and then. Y'know, he did have a problem with drinking at one time and then he just stopped it and he's a super guy now."

Although Frampton was able to stay an arena attraction throughout the end of the '70s, he feels that his career never recovered from the multi-platinum success of the live album. He says that his career nose-dived after Frampton Comes Alive! because there was no place left to go beyond its phenomenon: "No one knew how to make a record after that, because no one had ever made a record that huge. So that's where I was looking for professional help from those people that represented me. But the only person that really knew the answer to any question that I would ask -- was me. Because, here I am asking all these people what I should do, because hell, this is the biggest record in history."

Frampton, who's never stopped writing, recording, and touring since splitting with Humble Pie in 1971, admitted to us that he's constantly amazed with whom he's gotten to make music with over the years: "People like myself that have been doing it for this long, I think it's because we're such a fan of everybody else. You never forget the people that really influenced you at the beginning and throughout your career. So from Hank Marvin to Pearl Jam (laughs), y'know, I got to play with all these people. And it's such an honor to realize that they want to play with me. I've been exceedingly lucky. I appreciate the talent I was given. I've never phoned it in."

Iggy Azalea called out an airline on Twitter, while warning other parents that may be traveling with their kids.

She says that American Airlines sold the seats she bought for herself and her baby shortly before the flight was due to take off, but left her bags on the flight. Making matters worse, they were almost left stranded overnight without their bags since there were no other flights with open seats available through the airline.

She explained that stranding her was one thing, but taking a sick babies luggage was another.

She wrote: "They do not care, I just wanted to warn other moms… Be careful!"

Azalea ended up flying on another airline.

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• Iggy Azalea says that American Airlines sold the seats she bought for herself and her baby shortly before the flight was due.
• They left her bags on the flight.
• She wrote: "They do not care, I just wanted to warn other moms… Be careful!"

Metallica's Kirk Hammett will serve as the moderator at the famed horror festival, Midsummer Scream, on July 30th at Southern California's Long Beach Convention Center. Hammett will head up the panel that features relatives of the horror genre's original stars.

Fangoria.com reported: "The 90-minute 'Original Monster Kids' panel will feature Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris Karloff; Ron Chaney, grandson and great-grandson of Lon Chaney Jr. and Sr.; Lynne Lugosi Sparks, granddaughter of Bela Lugosi; and Victoria Price, daughter of Vincent Price, as they share personal family stories, photos, and 'perhaps a home movie or two,' giving fans a very personal look into the private lives of the actors who brought some of film's most iconic characters to life."

For ticket info, log on to: https://midsummerscream.org/

Kirk Hammett has admitted in the past that he spends vast sums on horror movie memorabilia, guitars and other collectibles, and has even bankrolled his own horror convention in the Bay Area. He told us a while back that he prefers to keep that side of his life separate from his musical career: "I'm really trying to like keep them separate -- my musical career and my horror career. It's really important that one does not bleed into the other, because they're two completely different things. And even though they're two of my main passions, horror movies and music, I still feel the need -- just out of respect for, y'know, my other bandmates -- to keep it separate."

Roger Daltrey is adamant that fans do not want to miss the Who on tour during its upcoming "Who Hits Back" trek. Daltrey, Pete Townshend and their band are currently Stateside rehearsing for the jaunt, which kicks off on Friday night (April 22nd) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at the Hard Rock. Daltrey told The Palm Beach Post, "You must try to see Townshend once in your life. He's fantastic -- the best I've ever heard in my life. And I've heard some pretty decent music."

In addition to Daltrey and Townshend -- and the local orchestra backing them at every gig -- the Who's 2022 lineup features longtime touring members Zak Starkey on drums and Pete Townshend's younger brother, Simon Townshend on rhythm guitar. Rounding out the band are Who and Daltrey veterans Loren Gold on keyboards and bassist Jon Button. Also returning is longtime Who associate and background vocalist Billy Nicholls, orchestra conductor Keith Levenson, lead violinist Katie Jacoby, and lead cellist Audrey Snyder. Joining the group this time out will be additional keyboardist Emily Marshall.

Daltrey went on to talk about the power of performing with a full orchestra: "It leads to a sound that literally takes your head off. Even I was astonished at the power of it. You live with the sound of synthesizers making string noises and orchestral noises, which you can do, very simply, on a few keyboards. But then, you hear a real orchestra and a real violin, viola and cello and a couple basses going -- it touches the human body, it touches our senses in a different way. It's a big experience."

2022 marks the 55th anniversary of the Who's first U.S. dates. Daltrey went on to reflect on what it was like for the band at the start: "In the old days it was just the four of us. We didn't have the equipment, the hotels were Holiday Inns, which we got banned from continuously (laughs). But we had so much fun. It is really, really, really weird. We had so much fun in those days, I can't tell you. It was such a wonderful world to be in in those days. Everything was possible."

It's amazing to think that nearly 45 years after Keith Moon's death, the Who are still rolling out arena dates across the globe. Pete Townshend looked back at what it took to stage a Who show back in the 1970's: "What would the Who be like today if it was still just the four of us. I don't know if I could do shows like that. I don't know whether I could do shows where I had to play the guitar, sing, lead lines, backing vocals, leap up and down, do all that stuff -- and keep my brain alert enough to deal with Keith Moon's banter. I can't imagine what it would be like to see Keith go through his decline and recover. It would've been a mixture of kind of glory and sadness, because he could never have recovered his youth any more than I can."

In a heartfelt tweet shared with fans on Tuesday (April 19th) night, Shawn Mendes admitted that "it's hard to fee like I'm not failing."

In a note posted to the social media network, the singer wrote, "I'm afraid that if people know and see the truth, they might think less of me. They might become bored of me. So, in those moments of feeling low I either put on a show or hide.

"The truth, in current form is a 23-year-old who constantly feels like he's either flying or drowning. Maybe that's just what it is to be in your 20's idk, or maybe that's just me."

He continued, "The truth is even with so much success, I still find it hard to feel like I'm not failing. Hyper focused on what I dn't have, forgetting to see all that I do. The truth is I'm overwhelmed and overstimulated."

Mendes followed up in a separate tweet to assure fans that he's doing fine. He wrote, "I'm honestly so okay! I just wanna communicate with you guys in a real honest way. So I just typed a big old note out for you lol

"and I guess I'm like damn, if I'm feeling this with all of the blessings I have, I imagine there must be som many people feeling this and just don't want them to feel alone !!"

Cody Simpson revealed to the Kyle and Jackie O podcast that he and Miley Cyrus broke up in 2020 because they were headed to very "different places."

He said on Tuesday's (April 19th) episode, "It was kind of a mutual decision between us, knowing that we were going in different directions in our life.

The 25-year-old singer explained that at the time he was heading to Australia to train as an Olympic swimmer. He said, "My life was changing and I knew I was going to have to move back to Australia to do it properly and professionally and she was just going into her whole new album, was gonna be going out on tour. It was a fork-in-the-road kind of scenario, really."

The longtime friends dated from October 2019 until August 2020.

Geddy Lee admitted how hard it was to hold his emotions in check while keeping the cancer diagnosis of Rush drummer Neil Peart a secret. Lee spoke about the situation following the band's 2015 tour in which Peart became ill and eventually died of brain cancer on January 7th, 2020 at the age of 67.

Loudwire.com transcribed some of Geddy Lee's chat on the House Of Strombo podcast, where he explained that keeping Peart's cancer diagnosis "in-house" was difficult: "That was hard. I can't tell you it was easy, 'cause it was not easy. And it was ongoing. He was given 18 months at the most, and it went on three-and-a-half years. (It) was a constant flow of us going to see him, giving him support. What his family had to live through was really difficult. So it was a lot of back-and-forth. And when you're in that state, it's very hard to function normally, because you can't talk to anybody about it, 'cause no one's supposed to know. And so people hear rumblings and they bring things up to you, and you deflect it. And so that feels, on one hand, it feels dishonest, but on the other hand you're being loyal to your friend. So f*** the dishonesty part. That wins."

Lee, who along with Alex Lifeson, decided to end Rush following Neil Peart's death, went on to say, "I would say that was the most difficult time for us to move forward, during that whole thing, because we were in this bubble of grief sort of walking towards an inevitable and terrible conclusion."

Mike Portnoy, the co-founding former drummer of Dream Theater revealed just after Neal Peart's death he was among the few that was aware of Neil Peart's cancer diagnosis: "Being part of the inner-circle, I've been aware for, about, the last two years, or so. And, y'know, obviously, I haven't talked about it, and y'know, respected his privacy and his family's privacy. So, even though I knew this could possibly be an inevitability for the past couple of years, it's still shocking now that it's actually here. It's just, you never imagined a world without Neil, Geddy, and Alex all walking along it, y'know?"

Last week, Rush released the 40th anniversary deluxe box set edition of 1981's Moving Pictures album.

Liam Payne recently revealed the reason his post-Oscar interview last month came out in a garbled mix of accents.

The One Direction alum sounded like he was slipping into a "multi-accent" that sounded like a mix of Welsh, Irish, American and Scandinavian accents during an interview about the infamous Will Smith slap with Good Morning Britian.

Payne said in an Instagram Live transcribed by Lad Bible that he had a lot to drink at the time and was nervous because he didn't know a lot about the Oscars. He added, "I'm good at accents, I pride myself on them! I just wish sometimes I could do my own."

George Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, will publish her first book of poetry on June 3rd. The new collection, Came The Lightening: Twenty Poems For George, is dedicated to the late-Beatle in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of his death from cancer on November 29th, 2001 at age 58.

In the book, Olivia, "Tenderly reflects upon the couple's lives, examining the intimacy of the spiritual and emotional connection of their relationship. . . Came The Lightening is an essential book for anyone who has ever been in love. Olivia's words explore the human psyche in reaction to grief and death, spirituality and the passing of time."

In the book's announcement, Olivia wrote: "Time -- we take no notice of it but for its loss.' I wanted to stop time on the day George died so that I wouldn't ever have to look back. Yet here I am, twenty years and twenty poems later, one for each year I suppose. I didn't plan it that way but here they are: thoughts, feelings and words about life and death but mostly love and our journey to the end"

The poems are accompanied by a selection of photographs and mementos curated by Olivia including pictures of herself and George.

Olivia Harrison shared most, if not all, of George's spiritual beliefs. We asked her if George ever felt hurt by some of the negative reviews his solo work garnered due to much of it dealing with God and religion: "I don't know. I don't think he cared. He wrote what he felt, what he wanted to write. And recently I heard an interview (and) he said, 'Y'know, sometimes you mention God, or you mention the word 'Lord' and it makes people's hair curl.' And he said, 'Maybe I served some useful purpose (laughs).'"

Van Halen fans have long been clamoring for a full-on autobiography from Michael Anthony. Blabbermouth transcribed some of the legendary bassist's new chat on Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz, in which the status of his long-awaited memoirs popped up: "I have people after me all the time about stuff like that. Obviously, somebody wants to get another perspective from one of the original Van Halen guys on all the dirt from the band, and I don't know if I'm ready to come out with something like that. Obviously, it wouldn't be the dirt like some people would wanna hear it, because I'm not that kind of person. A lot of stuff that went on back then is what is understood, between the band, it's the secret brotherhood of 'what's on the road stays on the road'-type stuff."

Anthony, who records and tours with Sammy Hagar as apart of the Circle, went on to concede, "I think possibly at some point I'll probably do something; I'm just not really ready to do it quite yet. I also have a couple of people after me to do some recipe books with my hot sauces too, which I've kind of been thinking about. I really don't have the time to write at the moment, but I wouldn't mind doing something like that too."

Back in the day, Michael Anthony explained to us the flip side to life on the road is that touring can be rough on a family: "You try to incorporate it as much as you can, 'cause that is life, and I spend a lot of time on tour. They have to kind of adapt to that, also, as much as, y'know, it's kinda hard to leave them when I go out on tour, but this is what Daddy does for a living, y'know?"

Sammy Hagar & The Circle next perform on April 29th, 2022 live in Memphis at the Beale Street Music Festival

Perry Farrell revealed that not only are there plans for some Jane's Addiction road dates -- but he's eager to hit the studio with the band this year.

Jane's Addiction -- Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Chris Chaney -- last played a couple of festival shows during the summer of 2021.

During a chat with Consequence, Perry Farrell was pressed about the band cutting some new music: "You never know, y'know? You just never know. But what I would love to see -- I would love to see us record a couple of tracks this year. Y'know, even if it's two or three tracks. Two tracks. . . I don't know; I feel two is nice. I think people can take two: like two aspirin."

Bob Dylan has just rolled out a 14-date spring run. Dylan kicks things off on May 14th in Spokane, Washington at First Interstate Center for the Arts and wraps the jaunt on June 18th in Southern California at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Along the way, Dylan and the band will play multi-night stops in Seattle, Oakland, and Los Angeles.

Both fans and media alike have always asked Bob Dylan his thoughts on the state of the world and life in general. A while back, during an interview with ABC's 20/20, he tried to sum up some type of philosophy that suited the way he lived: "'Don't know if its's gonna stop or not stop. I don't take anything for granted. You can only do so much, y'know? Who knows what's lurking behind the corner at any time (that) may come up? So, we can have these big plans and dreams, but there's no guarantee that any of it is gonna come off. I just go from day-to-day and keep at it."

JUST ANNOUNCED: Bob Dylan tour dates (subject to change):

May 28 - Spokane, WA - First Interstate Center for the Arts
May 29 - Kennewick, WA - Toyota Center
May 31 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
June 1, 2 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
June 5 - Eugene, OR - Hult Performing Arts Center
June 7 - Redding, CA - Redding Civic Auditorium
June 9, 10, 11 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
June 14, 15, 16- Los Angeles, CA - Pantages Theatre
June 18 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Civic Theatre