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Billy Joel Launches 'Landmarks' Website, Drops Digital EP

In celebration of Billy Joel's 50th anniversary, the "Piano Man" has launched the "Billy Joel New York State Of Mind" Landmarks website -- and the digital-only release of Places, the first in a series of thematic EP's showcasing select tracks from across his career.

Fans can log on to the "Landmarks" website at https://nysom.billyjoel.com/ to explore an interactive map highlighting 50 special New York locations connected to Billy's life and songs, "from Cold Spring Harbor to Madison Square Garden, from Sullivan Street to the Hudson River Line."

The site includes song histories, listening/saving options, and more. Fans can offer up their own suggestions for the "New York State Of Mind" website, which could expand the map beyond its current 50 locations.

Places, the five-track EP showcases songs associated with New York locations on the interactive map: "New York State Of Mind," "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," "Big Man On Mulberry Street," "Everybody Loves You Now" and "Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)."

Any time that New York has faced tough times -- be it 9/11 or Hurricane Sandy, Billy Joel has been front and center -- often on the front lines supporting and cheering for New York on many levels. He recalled back in the '70s when the "Big Apple's" dire straits made him realize New York was the only place he could truly call home: ["I had moved back to New York from California; it was 1975 to '76. There was a famous headline when New York City was going to default. And New York turned to the feds and said, 'Can you help bail us out?' -- and there's a famous Daily News headline, 'Ford To New York: 'Drop Dead.'' And I remember seeing that headline -- I was out in L.A. -- and I said, 'I'm goin' back. I'm goin' home. If the city's goin' down, I'm goin down with the city.'"] SOUNDCUE (:24 OC: . . . with the city)

IN OTHER BILLY JOEL NEWS

During his Saturday night (February 26th) concert at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium, Billy Joel paid tribute to Procol Harum leader Gary Brooker, who died on February 19th at age 76 after a battle with cancer.

Following his nightly rendition of "Only The Good Die Young," Billy tackled Brooker's 1967 "Summer Of Love" standard, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale."

David Crosby: 'I'm Going To Run Out Of Money In A Couple Of Years'

David Crosby revealed that despite selling his music catalogue to music mogul Irving Azoff's Iconic Music Group -- he'll soon be strapped. Crosby, who gladly followed estranged bandmember Neil Young in pulling his music off Spotify in the face of the recent Joe Rogan controversy, has long blamed music streaming and its owners unwillingness to compensate artists as a huge reason for his financial woes.

In a frank new interview with Stereogum, Crosby revealed, "I’m going to run out of money in a couple of years and then I’ll have to sell my house. That’s just how that is. I can’t do s*** about it. I can’t play live anymore. I’m 80-years-old and I’m very fragile health-wise. I can’t change the marketplace. They’re making the money and they’re not going to change that. They’re not going to suddenly develop a sense of moral responsibility. They’re scummy people."

As far eventually allowing his music back on the streaming platform: "No, I don’t want to be in there. I don’t like ’em and their quality’s lousy and their payscale’s lousy and I don’t want anything to do with them. . . I do not envision going back."

Crosby went on to say, "You have to understand -- I don’t like Spotify. I don’t like any of the streamers, because they don’t pay us properly. Their proportion is wrong. They’re making billions with a b and they’re paying out pennies with a p. That’s not OK. It’s not OK in that it took away half my income, and it’s not OK in that, especially, it makes it impossibly difficult for young people to make it in the business. It doesn’t pay them anything. It’s wrong. I don’t like Spotify on purpose because of that. I don’t like their quality level either. They bum up the signal pretty badly. But they and all the other streaming services are ripping us off. They’re quite happy with it. They have no intention of changing it."

Not too long ago, David Crosby told us that these days he doesn't enter into any aspect of his life -- personally or professionally -- without a great deal of soul searching: ["I look at myself a lot, I made an awful amount of mistakes in my life, and I've done harm. And I've had to look at myself. I had a year in a prison cell to look at myself. A lot of time to think. So, I do think about what I do and why and what it means and if it's significant, or not."] SOUNDCUE (:18 OC: . . . significant or not)

Kanye West Wants Kim Kardashian To Prove He's Behind Social Media Attacks

Last week, Kanye West filed court docs to seemingly prevent estranged wife Kim Kardashian from becoming legally single. According to TMZ, Ye filed docs to make his social media posts towards Kim and her boyfriend Pete Davidson and others inadmissible in next week's court hearing.

Kanye argues that Kim can't prove that he wrote the posts, which Kim claimed in her own court docs caused her "emotional distress."

Kanye's lawyer said, “Kim claims she read something online allegedly by Kanye and characterizes the posts in her declaration as misinformation.

The lawyer added, “Kim needed to offer the social media posts into evidence, and show that the posts were written by Kanye." 

In other news, Kanye released Donda 2 on Stem Player on Friday (February 25th). 

Madonna Shows Support For Ukraine By Posting Fan Video

Madonna shared her support for Ukraine by posting a fan made video set to a remix of her song “Sorry.”

The singer captioned the clips of explosions and the aftermath of Russian attacks with, “Putin continues his Senseless And Horrifying attacks on The Ukraine!! Innocent people are being killed and wounded every day! Innocent people are fighting for their lives And learning to shoot guns to protect themselves Refugees are crowding the borders and being stopped from escaping. So many brave people are staying to fight.

"God Bless You All. We are praying for you all. Please let’s do what we can to help! ”

Quickies: Avril Lavigne, BTS, + Demi Lovato!

AVRIL LAVIGNE DROPS NEW ALBUM: Avril Lavigne released her seventh studio album, Love Sux, on Friday (Feb. 25th). The 12-track album marks the first new music to be released from the star since 2019. Love Sux showcases Lavigne’s pop-punk sound, featuring collaborations with artist like Machine Gun Kelly, Mark Hoppus and blackbear. 

BTS DROPS NEW MERCH: BTS dropped their official merchandise collaboration with HYBE at Nordstrom on Friday (Feb. 25th) and pieces quickly began to sell out.  The store's website features 50 pieces of unisex clothing, home items, stickers, buttons, and more ranging from $9 to $110.

DEMI LOVATO'S FAVORITE BAND IS TURNSTILE: Demi Lovato spent time hanging out with their favorite band last week.  On Friday (Feb. 25th), the singer shared a photo on Instagram in which they wore wide leg jeans, a white t-shirt and a black bucket hat while posing next to the band, Turnstile.  They wrote, “My favorite band (Turnstile) & my favorite hat (apparently)”

 

55 Years Ago Today!!! The Beatles Begin Sessions For 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'

It was 55 years ago Sunday (February 28th, 1967) that the Beatles began sessions for "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." As opposed to their first album in 1963, in which the majority of the album was recorded in one marathon 11-hour session, the Beatles were now afforded the luxury of open-ended studio time and spent the night's session only rehearsing the song without the tapes rolling. The session, which took place at Abbey Road's Studio Number Two between 7 p.m. and 3 a.m., featured numerous unnumbered run-throughs of the song as the group worked out its arrangement. Session tapes for "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" show that the song, which was mainly written by John Lennon, was greatly enhanced by Paul McCartney's instrumentation and guidance as he helped Lennon nail the spacey lead vocal.

Among the instruments featured on the eventual track, the 11th song recorded for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, were McCartney's unique mellotron introduction and bouncing bass line, Lennon's acoustic guitar and lead vocal, George Harrison's electric guitar echoing Lennon's vocal line, and Ringo Starr's legendary thumping drum part. The song also featured maracas, a piano, a Hammond organ, and a tamboura -- an Indian instrument, which provided a distinctive droning sound. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison all contributed backing vocals.

The initials of the song's title are the same as those of the hallucinogenic drug LSD and that caused enough controversy to get the song banned from British airwaves. Lennon, who wrote the majority of the lyrics, always insisted that the song was written after his then-three-year-old son Julian came home from school with a crayon drawing of a schoolmate. When Lennon asked him what the picture was of, Julian answered, "Lucy in the sky with diamonds."

John Lennon was quick to give to give credit to the group’s producer George Martin and his tireless effort to help realize and expand their musical visions: [“We did a lot of learning together. He had a very great musical knowledge and background, so he could translate for us and suggest a lot of things; which he did. And he’d come up with amazing technical things, like slowing down the piano, playing it slow and putting it on. . . . and things like that. Where who’d be saying: ‘Well can we, we wanna go ‘ooh’ and ‘eee-eee’ and he’d say (imitates Martin), ‘Look chaps, I thought of this this afternoon. Last evening I was talking to . . . .’ - whoever he was talking to - ‘. . . and I came up with this.’ Y’know, and we’d say, ‘Oh, great!’ But he’d also come up with things like, ‘Well, have you heard an oboe?’ -- ‘’Oh, which one’s that?’ -- ‘It’s this one.’”] SOUNDCUE (:33 OC: . . . it’s this one)

Ringo Starr's former songwriting partner and producer Mark Hudson says that in 1974 Lennon gave him advice on lyric writing, and told him that words don't need to be literal to work in songs: [(Imitates Lennon) 'Cause you make up your own meaning, man.' And part of me was crushed, because I was waiting for this deep stuff and part of me was set free as a songwriter to go, 'You make up your own image, and let people take the meaning of the image.' And when you hit 'em over the head with (sings) 'All You Need Is Love' -- that's self-evident. But with all the other stuff, just be colorful. So I got to ask him one Beatles question every time I was with him."] SOUNDCUE (:19 OC: . . . was with him)

The Beatles had permanently stopped touring in 1966, and when Sgt. Pepper's was released in June 1967, much was made of the fact that they had deliberately created an album that could not be reproduced live.

George Martin's son, producer Giles Martin explained that his father and the Beatles were only interested in the creative end of recording: ["The wanted to push the boundaries of sound. They wanted to create something new all of the time. He was open to anything. There were no rules. The only rules were to make great sounding records."] SOUNDCUE (:09 OC: . . . great sounding records)

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" holds the distinction of being the first song from the album to ever be performed live by a Beatle. John Lennon, in his second-to last live appearance, performed the song with Elton John on November 28th, 1974 at New York's Madison Square Garden. Lennon had contributed to Elton's remake of the tune, which went on to reach Number One early in 1975.

In 2009, Julian Lennon wrote and recorded the charity single "Lucy" for his childhood friend Lucy Vodden, who had recently died after battling lupus. A portion of the proceeds from the "Lucy" EP went to benefit Lupus research.

Included in the EP was a copy of Lennon's original 1967 drawing of Lucy which inspired his dad to write "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds: ["Dave Gilmour has it. He's kindly allowed (laughs) us to use a copy of the version for the EP cover and the little poster inside."] SOUNDCUE (:06 OC: . . . little poster inside)

Metallica Plays First Gig Of 2022

Metallica played its first show of 2022 on Friday night (February 25th) at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium. Blabbermouth reported the band played to a reported 60,000 fans with both Greta Van Fleet and Ice Nine Kills serving as their opening acts.

Drummer Lars Ulrich told us a while back that Metallica has forever changed the way it tours: ["The old days of a year-and-a-half on the road, I mean, that's not going to happen again. If our success has bought us anything, it's the freedom to do these things the way we want to do them, on our own agenda, on our own time frame. We don't really even need to have, like they say in the business, a 'product' out there. We can just sort of go out and tour if we wake up one morning and feel like it."] SOUNDCUE (:19 OC: . . . feel like it)

Metallica next performs on April 27th in Santiago, Chile. The band's next North American date is set for May 27th in Napa, California at BottleRock at Napa Valley Expo.

Metallica's February 25th setlist at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium:

"Whiplash"
"Ride The Lightning"
"The Memory Remains"
"Seek & Destroy"
"Fuel"
"One"
"Sad But True"
"Moth Into Flame"
"Wherever I May Roam"
"For Whom The Bell Tolls"
"Creeping Death"
"Fade To Black"
"Master Of Puppets"

Encore:

"Battery"
"Nothing Else Matters"
"Enter Sandman"

Lady Gaga To Present At The 2022 SAG Awards

Lady Gaga is set to present at this year's SAG Awards. She has also earned a nomination for her leading role in House of Gucci.

Cast members from the five nominated films will introduce their clips on The 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards which that takes place Sunday, Feb. 27th.

This year's event will be simulcast on TNT and TBS from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. And for the first time, it will be available the following day on HBO Max.

Hamilton stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, and Leslie Odom Jr. will open the ceremony.

TL;DR:

  • Lady Gaga is set to present at this year's SAG Awards.
  • She is also nominated for her leading role in House of Gucci.
  • It airs Sunday, Feb. 27th on TNT and TBS.

Billy Gibbons Texas Song Exhibit To Open In Galveston

Billy Gibbons was on line this week promoting his Texas History Experience at The Bryan Museum in Galveston, Texas.

Fans can check out the legend's exhibit that includes his personal items like equipment and song lyrics. The display is focused on how some of the most famous lyrics from his music with ZZ Top directly relate to the history of the state of Texas.

It opens on March 27th and runs through June 26.

TL;DR:

  • Billy Gibbons was on line this week promoting his Texas History Experience at The Bryan Museum in Galveston, Texas.
  • It opens on March 27th and runs through June 26.

Chainsmokers Drop New Video

The Chainsmokers have taken their single "High" and created a new video. It was shot at the top of New York City's observatory, Summit One Vanderbilt. The band performs the song with a stunning look at the city for a backdrop. The building is one of the 30 tallest buildings in the world.

The release of "High" marked the end of a two-year break for the band, launching a new musical era and kicking off the journey towards their upcoming fourth full-length album.

The track is already a Top 20 hit and has received over 45 million audio and video streams combined since its release last month.
TL;DR:

  • The Chainsmokers have taken their single "High" and created a new video.
  • It was shot at the top of New York City's observatory, Summit One Vanderbilt.
  • It's one of the top 30 tallest buildings in the world.

Kanye West Says He Ran Pete Davidson Off Of Instagram

Kanye West is clowning Pete Davidson after the SNL star deleted his Instagram after rejoining the social media platform. Ye posted a screenshot of Pete's IG page, along with the caption, "Ran Skete off the gram. Tell your mother I changed your name for life."

On Wednesday (February 23rd), Davidson deleted Instagram after linking to a YouTube video of fictional comic Rupert Pupkin reciting his quote, "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime."

Machine Gun Kelly To Executive Produce Video Game Soundtrack

Machine Gun Kelly is dipping into the wrestling world and has signed on to executive produce the soundtrack for the WWE 2K22 video game.

In addition, MGK will also be available as a playable character within the game itself.

A new promotional trailer dropped this week, where you see Kelly on screen producing. Other than his own music, artist on the soundtrack include Motorhead, The Weeknd, Turnstile, Asking Alexandria, and KennyHoopla.

Look for WWE 2K22 to be available to purchase on March 11.

TL;DR:

  • Machine Gun Kelly will executive produce the soundtrack for the WWE 2K22 video game.
  • He will also be available as a playable character within the game itself.
  • Look for WWE 2K22 to be available to purchase on March 11.

The Weeknd Postpones Major Announcement Amid Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine

After a lengthy series of tweets hyping a major announcement scheduled for yesterday (Feb. 24), The Weeknd has now postponed his news.

He posted that it was because of the current world conflict. After Russia invaded Ukraine, The Weeknd said he is praying for everyone's safety.

It's not known what the announcement was going to be, but earlier this year, he mentioned that his most recent album, Dawn FM is part of a trilogy. So, a lot of fans seem to think a new album is on the way.

TL;DR:

  • The Weeknd has now postponed his major news.
  • After Russia invaded Ukraine, The Weeknd said he is praying for everyone's safety.
  • A lot of fans seem to think the announcement is about a new album.

Def Leppard's Rick Allen Credits Charlie Watts For Him Becoming A Drummer

Def Leppard's Rick Allen, says that without Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts, he would have never become a drummer. He said that when Watts died, it was the end of an era and that meeting him was truly an honor.

Allen recently created an art piece dedicated to his musical hero called Saint Charlie. It's part of a collection all dedicated to legendary musicians such as Eddie Van Halen, Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash.

He's planning on making a number of appearances at Florida Galleries next month to show off and sell his art. The events are free and open to the public.

A portion of the sales from his work will benefit an organization that he and his wife work with called Project Resiliency, it helps U.S. war veterans.

Def Leppard will kick off a stadium tour in June with Motley Crue, Poison, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.

TL;DR:

  • Def Leppard's Rick Allen says when Watts died, it was the end of an era and that meeting him was truly an honor.
  • Allen recently created an art piece dedicated to his musical hero called Saint Charlie.
  • He'll make appearances at Florida Galleries next month to show off and sell his art.
  • The events are free and open to the public.

Normani Teases Sultry New Song

Normani is about to release new music and she's teasing about it online. The former Fifth Harmony member told her Twitter and TikTok followers to keep their eyes open in the coming days, because she has some important news to share. She even sang a few seconds of an unknown song. Fans guessed that it will be her new single.

Her next release will be the follow-up to her 2021 hit single "Wild Side," which featured Cardi B and became Normani's first #1 song.

TL;DR:

  • Normani told her Twitter and TikTok followers she has some important news to share. S
  • he even sang a few seconds of an unknown song.

Robert Plant Says He Had To Steal Gas To Get To Early Led Zeppelin Shows

Robert Plant says that meeting bandmate John Bonham led to an encounter with the law. When Bonham started playing with the band, Plant didn't have enough money for gas to pick him up for the gigs, so he ended up stealing the gas and got caught by the police.

Plant said that after Bonham died, there really wasn't any thought of Led Zeppelin continuing.

He said, "As a four-piece band, what are you going to do? I don't know how any band – any group of people – could continue without 25 percent of the driving wheel."

He also noted that Bonham could cause problems if he got bored onstage and would sometimes just start playing a waltz for a minute and then just laugh.

Plant recalled a time in New York that Bonham just got up and walked through his drum kit. And said "That's it – I don't wanna do that!" The band quickly switched to another song while someone lured him back onto the riser.

John Bonham died in 1980 following a drinking binge. He was 32.

SIDE NOTES

  • A coroner found that he had taken 40 shots of vodka in 12 hours.
  • His death was ruled as an accident and it was determined he had choked on his own vomit.

Slash Says Signature Top Hat Was A Fluke

Slash, whose signature look is a black top hat, says that was never the plan.

His first top hat, that he wore with Guns N' Roses was stolen from a Los Angeles store. The day he stole it, he said the hat just spoke to him. He put it on and walked out the door and then went next door to another shop, and stole a concho belt. He went home, cut up the belt and wrapped it around the top hat and wore it on stage that night.

He shared the story on a podcast with Conan O'Brien and said,
"it just became a thing where I just really identified with it."

He said when he was really high he could pull it over his eyes and it was great for bad hair days too. For Slash, one of the best things about wearing the hat on stage is that even after all these years of performing, he still can't look directly into the audience. So, the hat has always been something to hide behind.

TL;DR:

  • Slash, whose signature look is a black top hat, says that was never the plan.
  • His first top hat he stole it
  • He said when he was really high he could pull it over his eyes and it was great for bad hair days too.
  • He still can't look directly into the audience. So, the hat has always been something to hide behind.

Rob Halford Is Urging Fans To Vote Judas Priest Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Rob Halford thinks it's time for Judas Priest to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and is urging fans to help.

Halford said, "I think we do deserve to be in there. Because I look at the list of people that are in there, and I feel that we have a place. And it would not only be for Judas Priest — it would be for British music, particularly British heavy metal music, and that's a beautiful achievement."

Priest is trailing in the fan voted category that also includes, Eminem, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Dolly Parton. and Eurythmics.

Now through the end of April, fans can vote every day via the Rock Hall's website.

Priest was on the ballot in 2020, but failed to receive enough votes to make that year's class. The band has been eligible since 1999.

Inductees will be announced in May and the ceremony will take place this fall.

TL;DR:

  • Rob Halford is urging fans to vote Judas Priest into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
  • Now through the end of April, fans can vote every day via the Rock Hall's website.
  • Inductees will be announced in May and the ceremony will take place this fall.

Lizzo Meets Melissa McCarthy At Adele Show

In an interview with Variety magazine, Lizzo talked about auditioning for the role of Ursula for Disney's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

She said she wanted to make Ursula a THOT, but ultimately the role was given to Melissa McCarthy.

The two had never met until recently, both were at the taping of Adele's CBS special when McCarthy introduced herself. The two seemed to have a good laugh when McCarthy said "Why the hell did I get the part?" Lizzo told her that she lost because her audition was "terrible." But did admit that her singing was "great."

Lizzo is soon to star in her own Amazon Prime reality television series called Watch Out For The Big Girls. It starts streaming March 25.

TL;DR:

  • She said she wanted to make Ursula a THOT, but ultimately, the role was given to Melissa McCarthy.
  • Lizzo's Amazon Prime reality television series called Watch Out For The Big Girls starts streaming March 25.

Backstreet Boys Return To Vegas, Announce World Tour

The Backstreet Boys, will be returning to the Las Vegas Strip this spring with four shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The shows that begin April 8th will be the official kick off for their DNA World Tour 2022.

A special presale for fan club members starts February 25 and general public tickets go on sale February 28th.

Shows are expected to sell out like they have in the past. Their 2017 residency at Planet Hollywood became the city's biggest audience in the history Vegas residencies.

TL;DR:

  • The Backstreet Boys, will be returning to the Las Vegas April 8th
  • It will be the official kick off for their DNA World Tour 2022.

Dua Lipa Shares Her Healthy Fitness Plan

Dua Lipa is asked a lot about her exercise routine and she talked about it in depth on her new podcast called Dua Lipa: At Your Service.

Surprisingly, she says she doesn't deprive herself of tasty snacks, but rather strives for balance between healthy food, vitamins, occasional treats and regular workouts.

She told fans that she drinks a lot of water for her skin, and takes Omega 3 vitamins.

She didn't mention what time she goes to bed, but said that she doesn't eat after 6pm because the fasting helps her skin.

She said, "When I eat really late, my body does not really work through, and it takes too long to process food, and it does not prepare anything else in my body."

Her favorite time to work out is early in the morning. She does a high-intensity 15 minute workout, then hits the shower, has breakfast and then she's out the door.

TL;DR:

  • Dua Lipa says she doesn't deprive herself of tasty snacks, but rather strives for balance.
  • She told fans that she drinks a lot of water for her skin, and take s Omega 3 vitamins.
  • She does a high-intensity 15 minute workout in the morning.

Journey And Toto Kick Off Tour In Pittsburgh

Journey and Toto kicked off their tour this week in Pittsburgh with Journey playing a 19-song set and most of them were their biggest hits.

Taking the stage was Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, and Arnel Pineda. New recruits joining them included keyboardist and singer Jason Derlatka, he's well known as a composer for film and television, including the soundtrack for House.

On drums, once member of Bad English, Deen Castronovo. And bassist Todd Jenson. Jenson has played with artists such as David Lee Roth, Alice Cooper, and Ozzy Osbourne.

As for Toto, they opened for Journey and played a 10-song set. Guitarist Steve Lukather noted that the band hadn't played live in nearly two and a half years. They closed out their setlist with "Rosanna" and "Africa."

Journey and Toto's 2022 Freedom Tour runs through May 16.

TL;DR:

  • Journey and Toto kicked off their tour this week in Pittsburgh. Journey played a 19-song set.
  • Toto closed out their setlist with "Rosanna" and "Africa."
  • Journey and Toto's 2022 Freedom Tour runs through May 16.

Nancy Wilson To Tour With Styx And Without Ann Wilson

Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson is making tour plans without her duo sister, Ann Wilson. She'll be touring with Styx this fall.

Kimberly Nichole, a Seattle native and a Season 8 finalist of The Voice will be stepping in to sing. She performed on Broadway in 2018 for a limited engagement of Rocktopia and most recently sang on stage with Nancy during her shows with Styx in Vegas.

Nancy Wilson told Blabbermouth.com that Heart had a touring offer last year and the sisters couldn't agree on a band. Nancy wanted to bring the band they had used before and Ann wanted a new band that Nancy didn't know. So they didn't tour at all.

Nancy said, "I don't really know them and don't have loyalty yet for anybody like that. So I just kind of shined it on and decided when I do go out with my new singer, Kimberly, I can telegraph to the people coming to the show that they're gonna hear Heart songs in a whole different way than ever expected."

Nancy Wilson's Heart will feature several of her longtime collaborators, including guitarist Ryan Waters, drummer Ben Smith, bassist Andy Stoller, and keyboardist Dan Walker.

The tour with Styx is expected to start in September or October.

Nancy's most recent album came out last year and Ann will release a new album in April.

TL;DR:

  • Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson is making tour plans without her duo sister, Ann Wilson. She'll be touring with Styx this fall.
  • Kimberly Nichole, a Seattle native and a Season 8 finalist of The Voice will be stepping in to sing.
  • The tour is expected to start in September or October.
  • Nancy's most recent album came out last year and Ann Wilson will release a new album in April.

The Weeknd Seen Kissing Possible Love Interest

The Weeknd was seen locking lips with deejay Simi Khadra while celebrating his 32nd birthday in Las Vegas over the weekend.

A fan caught it all on video and TMZ reported it. Earlier this month they were seen sharing dinner at a restaurant, but neither have commented publicly about a relationship.

Simi, 29, along with her sister Haze Khadra, who form the music duo Simi Haze, attended the party alongside other celebs such as Drake, Future, Hilary Duff, and Tristan Thompson.

Drake later posted party photos online and even gave, what was described by TMZ as -- a "sweet speech" to honor his longtime friend.

TL;DR:

  • The Weeknd was seen locking lips with deejay Simi Khadra while celebrating his 32nd birthday in Las Vegas over the weekend.
  • Neither have commented publicly about a relationship.
  • Drake gave a "sweet speech" to honor his longtime friend.