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Last month, Demi Lovato posted a photo to Instagram with the caption, "A funeral for my pop music," and now they're opening up to Rolling Stone about what that means for their career.

The singer said, "I'd like to put the rest of my music behind me and start fresh in this new era for this next album — but I do that every album cycle. It honestly wasn't a funeral. It was a label meeting and we just all happened to be in black and I was like, ‘Wow, this is like a funeral for my pop music.'"

They added the next album will have a "heavier" sound and be more like their first era.

Lovato can also be heard on the new Winnetka Bowling League single, "Fiimy."

Olivia Rodrigo has been named Billboard's 2022 "Woman of the Year."

The outlet's Editorial Director Hannah Karp said in a statement Friday (Feb. 4th), "Olivia's trajectory to superstardom is the stuff of pop music legend. Her talents as a storyteller and songwriter have made Olivia one of the most authentic and exciting new artists to explode onto the scene in years."

Billboard's "Women In Music" event will be hosted by Ciara on March 2nd and honor artists like Gabby Barrett, Phoebe Bridgers, Doja Cat, Karol G, Bonnie Raitt, Saweetie and Summer Walker.

Reports say that Rihanna and A$AP Rocky plan to get married in Barbados after their baby arrives. According to The Sun Times, a source said, ‘They will be married, for sure. She has told pals she wants to be with him for ever, and he has said the same."

The source added, "There are no plans yet as to when the nuptials will be but it won't be before the baby is born. She has always wanted to get married and A$AP is her forever person."

RiRi and ASAP announced that they were expecting their first child together last week.

Ticketholders to Adele's cancelled Las Vegas residency can now see an impersonator instead, free of charge.

TMZ reports that fans with tickets to Weekends with Adele are being invited to see the Legendary Divas show at the Tropicana in Las Vegas instead.

Look-a-like Janae Longo will be belting out some of the singer's greatest hits. The show also includes tributes to Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Cher and it's hosted by a Joan Rivers impersonator.

Bruce Springsteen has just issued Tower Theatre - 12/9/95, the latest official bootleg of his ongoing monthly archive series. The show, recorded in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania just outside of Philadelphia, was culled from his 1995/1997 solo acoustic tour behind his 1995 Grammy Award-winning album, The Ghost Of Tom Joad.

The set marks "The Boss'" fifth dip into the soundboards from the historic tour, which has also seen the release of Freehold, NJ - November 8th, 1996; Belfast, UK - March 19th, 1996; Asbury Park, NJ - November 26th, 1996; and Nice, France - May 18th, 1997.

The new release features the first dip into the solo acoustic tour's initial leg, and marks the first of vault release from the tour to include all 12 songs from the then-recent The Ghost Of Tom Joad album. Older highlights include acoustic takes of "Darkness On The Edge Of Town," "Born In The U.S.A.," "Adam Raised A Cain," "Blinded By The Light," and the Tunnel Of Love favorite "Spare Parts."

The tracklisting to Bruce Springsteen's Tower Theatre - 12/9/95 is: "The Ghost Of Tom Joad," "Adam Raised A Cain," "Straight Time," "Highway 29," "Darkness On The Edge Of Town," "Murder Incorporated," "Mansion On The Hill," "It's The Little Things That Count," "Born In The U.S.A.," "Dry Lightning," "Spare Parts," "Youngstown," "Sinaloa Cowboys," "The Line," "Balboa Park," "The New Timer," "Across The Border," "Blinded By The Light," "This Hard Land," "Streets Of Philadelphia," "Galveston Bay," and "My Best Was Never Good Enough."

At the time of the Tom Joad tour, Bruce Springsteen explained how and why he downshifted into being a one-man-band solo acoustic troubadour: "I did Nebraska, a record called Nebraska, in 1982 and that was acoustic. And so, when I did the Tom Joad record, I said, 'Well, this is the time now, where I'm gonna. . . Plus I was feelin' closer to my folk voice, I felt like I had something I knew I wanted to say in that voice, rather than sort of the rock n' roll stuff at the moment. Y'know, it just felt like, y'know, where I'd be most valuable and useful to my fans at the moment, y'know? So, that's how I ended out up here by myself. It's a little, little tricky, though (laughs)."

BTS' Jimin, has been released from the hospital following an appendectomy and treatment for Covid-19.

The singer's label, Big Hit Music, confirmed on WeVerse that the K-Pop star was released Saturday (Feb. 5th).

According to the statement, "Jimin was tested positive for COVID-19 and diagnosed with acute appendicitis on Sunday, January 30th and underwent surgery on Monday, January 31st. He has since received inpatient care and tested negative on his PCR test before being discharged from the hospital."

• Former-Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has teamed up with Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin for Gallagher's new single, "Everything's Electric." The track, which was co-written by Grohl and Gallagher, will appear on Gallagher's upcoming solo album, titled, C'mon You Know, which drops on May 27th.
  • According to the press release, the pair was attempting to capture the "thunderous dynamics of Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' with the spiraling tension and danger of the Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter.'" (Billboard)
    
    
• Metallica is once again calling on the masses to help them with their upcoming archival sets. The band, who is currently in pre-production for the box sets covering 1996's Load and the following year's ReLoad, emailed their legion of fans writing, in part: "We're working our way through the catalog to bring you the comprehensive Deluxe Box Sets we've come to love. And now it's time to get started on Load and ReLoad! As you may remember, we asked you for help in putting together the first five box sets and, to make sure there's a fan footprint on all of these releases, we'll be doing that again!"
• The band went on to post: "We're looking for anything and everything you might have from August 1995 through September 1998: live photos (taken by you!) or snaps from a meet & greet, flyers, ticket stubs, backstage passes, and whatever other mementos you may have from that time. Make your mark on these albums by emailing us at submissions@metclub.com to share your story and receive more info about submitting these little pieces of history. Nothing is too small or trivial; share your archives with your fellow fans and have some fun walking down memory lane with us!" (Blabbermouth)
  
  
• Former child-actor Yano Anaya recalled the mayhem on the set of Van Halen's legendary 1984 video for "Hot For Teacher." Anaya, who played the child-version of bassist Michael Anthony, was just 13-years-old at the time, and already Van Halen die-hard. He was asked by Classic Rock if the band was on their best behavior with minors all around the set. Anaya recalled, "Well, their best behavior for Van Halen. 'Cause there was no filter. Alex (Van Halen) was like: 'Hey, man, why don't you go to the back and grab us a couple of beers?' So I walked back there, and Dave Lee Roth was there. He looked at me and went: 'Who the f*** are you? Why is there a kid in our trailer?' And Alex was like: 'Don't worry about it, man, he's part of the cast, he's hanging out with us.'"
• Anya went on to remember, "They had an ice chest in the back with nothing but Coke and Schlitz Malt Liquor beer. So I grabbed two of them and went up the front, and Alex challenged me to a shotgun. I'm like: 'I'm 13-years-old, it's 10:20 in the morning, and I'm a drinking a Schlitz beer with Alex Van Halen.' I drank that one beer, and I was so drunk."
  • He spoke about hanging out with Eddie Van Halen: "I grew the balls to ask him to play the intro to 'Running With The Devil,' which was my favorite song. He took me to the back of the trailer, pulled out a tiny little amp, pulled out his guitar, and literally played the whole thing for me, in person, by myself, just for me. That experience was epic." (Loundersound)

It was 58 years ago today (February 7th, 1964) that the Beatles landed at New York's JFK Airport launching what has become known as the "British Invasion" and forever changing the face of popular music -- along with literally everything that came after -- arguably marking the modern world's cultural "big bang." The group's trip took in three appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show -- one being pre-taped prior to their first live appearance, and two full-scale concerts: the first at Washington, D.C.'s Washington Coliseum on February 11th -- one year to the day of recording their debut UK album, Please Please Me -- and a second show on February 12th at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall.

Once in New York, George Harrison fell ill with a 102-degree temperature and missed the following day's photo shoot in and around Central Park and a camera blocking session at the midtown CBS studio. He was well enough to recover for the show without incident.

Prior to the visit, on January 20th, 1964, the album Meet The Beatles was released. Although, it wasn't the first Beatles record released in America; Vee-Jay's Introducing The Beatles beat the band's Capitol Records debut by just short of six months, it was Meet The Beatles, with its hit chart-topper "I Want To Hold Your Hand" that kick started the post-Kennedy '60s, the British Invasion, and completely revolutionized how music was written, played, sung, and produced. On February 1st, 1964, Meet The Beatles entered Billboard's Top 100 LP listings at Number 92, jumping the next week to Number Three, and the following week -- February 15th, 1964 -- hitting Number One for the first of 11 weeks.

Despite Paul McCartney's claims, the Beatles did not wait until topping the U.S. charts to come to America. The logistics of waiting until February 1st, 1964 to plan the group's entire itinerary -- including lodging, travel, security, and numerous contracts -- would be nothing short of ridiculous. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" knocked Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again" out from the top spot and stayed at Number One for a whopping seven straight weeks, before being toppled by the Beatles' own "She Loves You," which after two weeks was overturned on April 4th, 1964 by the band's official new single, "Can't Buy Me Love" -- the same week that "Fab Four" made history by holding down the Top Five positions in the Billboard singles chart.

Sunday night (February 9th) marks the 55th anniversary of the Beatles' American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Seen by over 73 million viewers, the show has gone on to become one of TV's most iconic moments, much like Neil Armstrong's 1969 walk on the moon. The Beatles performed twice, both opening and closing the program.

Here's Ed Sullivan's legendary introduction from that night's show: "Now yesterday and today, our theater's been jammed with newspapermen and hundreds of photographers from all over the nation, and these veterans agreed with me that the city never has witnessed the excitement stirred by these youngsters from Liverpool who call themselves the Beatles. Now tonight, you're gonna twice be entertained by them -- right now, and again in the second half of our show. Ladies and gentlemen -- the Beatles! (screams)"

The group performed a total of five songs that night: "All My Loving," "Till There Was You," "She Loves You," "I Saw Her Standing There," and their then-current Number One hit "I Want To Hold Your Hand." One of the more memorable parts of the show was during "Till There Was You," when the screen dimmed as each Beatle was highlighted with his name appearing on the screen. John Lennon didn't know it at the time, but an additional caption saying "Sorry Girls -- He's Married" was added under his name.

What many people don't know is that their legendary Sullivan appearance was actually their second of the day. Prior to the live February 9th broadcast, the Beatles taped a future segment for Sullivan's February 23rd show. After that, the audience was cleared for the live broadcast.

Up until the group's break-up in 1970, they continued to send promo clips of their latest singles to be aired on The Ed Sullivan Show -- including "Paperback Writer," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Hello, Goodbye," and "Let It Be."

Ringo Starr recalled that the group was sweating over getting the sound right for the show --- right up to the last minute: "The main thing I was aware of when we did the first Ed Sullivan Show was that we rehearsed all afternoon. Y'know, TV was such bad sound, so we would have 'em, like, tape our rehearsals, and we'd go up and we'd mess with the dials, y'know, that they had in the control booth. So we'd sort of got it all set with the engineer there, and we went off for a break, and -- the story has it, 'cause we didn't see it -- but the cleaner came in (laughs) while we were out, and she came to clean the room and the console, and thought, 'What are all these chalk marks?', and wiped them all off. So then we had a real hasty time trying to get some sound."

George Harrison said the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show even kept the streets safe for the hour that the show was on: "Later, they said that there was the least reported, or there was no reported crime. Even the criminals had a rest for, like, 10 minutes, while we were on."

Paul McCartney said that after all these years, the Beatles' Sullivan Show appearance is usually the first thing fans bring up: "I still get people talking to me about it now. Y'know, it's like, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' Saying, 'Oh, yeah man, I remember -- Sunday night. We didn't know what had hit us.'"

During his last TV interview in April 1975, John Lennon told Tomorrow Show host Tom Snyder that the entire "Beatlemania" era was as confusing and disconcerting to the group as one would imagine: "It was like being in the eye of a hurricane, and you thought -- 'What's going on?' That was about as deep as it got: 'What is happening?' You'd suddenly wake up in the middle of one -- a concert or a happening -- and (think) 'How did I get here? Last thing I remember was playing music in a club and the next minute this."

Mick Jagger admitted that the Beatles opened all the doors for the Rolling Stones by recreating the music business in the early-'60s: "They were both rivals and they were also, I mean, they were also showing the way, 'cause they were the first at this kind of. . . They were kind of trailblazers in a lot of ways, and they went to the United States first, y'know, they showed the way, they were big international stars -- because in England, most people have never really been stars outside of England. You had your little patch and that was it. And the Beatles kind of showed you could be big internationally."

During Bruce Springsteen's 2012 keynote address at Austin's South By Southwest festival, "The Boss" explained what a cataclysmic event the Beatles hitting America in 1964 was: "This was different. 'Shifted the lay of the land; four guys, playing and singing, writing their own material. There was no longer going to be a music producer apart from the singer, a singer who didn't write, a writer that didn't sing. It changed the way things were done. The Beatles were cool, they were classical, they were formal and created the idea of an independent unit where everything could come out of your garage."

In 2010, The 4 Complete 'Ed Sullivan Shows' Starring The Beatles was reissued on DVD. The collection includes the full uncut shows from February 9th, 16th, and 23rd, 1964 as well as the Beatles' September 12th, 1965 return appearance, which was actually taped on August 14th, 1965 -- the day before their historic first concert at Shea Stadium.

Dua Lipa has launched the first issue of her new weekly newsletter called Service95. As described in the press release, it's a global style, culture, and society concierge service created to help the reader make sense of the world.

It's a combination of stories, information, and perspectives that will include little-known hotspots, up-and-coming artists, and grassroots activists.

Service95 is inspired by Dua's lifelong habit of personally curating extensive recommendations and lists. About that she said: "I find huge joy in telling people what I've learned about in any given city and love finding connection in our shared experiences."

The newsletter is free, you can subscribe at Serviec95.com.

TL;DR:

• Dua Lipa has launched the first issue of her new weekly newsletter called Service95.
• It's a combination of stories, information, and perspectives that will include little-known hotspots.
• The newsletter is free, you can subscribe at Serviec95.com.

It was 45 years ago today (February 4th, 1977) that Fleetwood Mac released their masterpiece, Rumours. To date, the album, which spent 31 non-consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart, has sold over 40 million copies globally. According to the RIAA's current list, Rumours is now tied for the eighth best-selling album in history alongside 1977's Saturday Night Fever soundtrack Shania Twain's 1997 collection, Come On Over.

Rumours spawned four Top 10 singles -- Lindsey Buckingham's "Go Your Own Way," which hit Number 10; Stevie Nicks' "Dreams" -- which remains to this day the band's sole chart-topping single; Christine McVie's "Don't Stop," which peaked at Number Three and "You Make Loving Fun" -- which topped out at Number Nine

Lindsey Buckingham understands that the psychodrama between him and former lover Stevie Nicks -- not to mention the divorce of Christine and John McVie -- was the gasoline that ran the engine of the band, especially during the legendary Rumours album: "One of the real draws of Fleetwood Mac beyond the music in those earlier days was this musical soap opera. And it was a very literal portrayal of what was really going on behind the scenes. Y'know, you could certainly make a case for saying that we made a great deal of success on a career level but we were pretty dismal failures in our personal lives, for any number of years, y'know?"

Stevie Nicks said that the emotional trauma of everyone in the band suffering through a romantic breakup during the album's sessions pushed the group towards cocaine -- which kick-started a decade-long addiction that nearly killed her. As cocaine took over the industry, Nicks says that most people believed it was entirely non-addictive: "Y'know, I thought as I was going through the '70s and cocaine was introduced into everybody's life, and told that it was recreational, and that it was not dangerous. But, y'know, that's what we were told, really. On the other side of that, we were also told, 'Don't ever do heroin, because if you do it once, you'll have to do it every day, because you'll never feel that good again, and you'll be chasing that, that high for the rest of your life.' So, it was like, I was told not to do heroin and told why and didn't. But cocaine, we were all told was cool -- that's why we did it. Of course, then we all got extremely addicted to it."

Although it's been over 45 years since Buckingham and Nicks parted ways as lovers, Lindsey Buckingham says that the public at large can't really grasp how tough it was for him to continue being a bandmate and producer with his former longtime live-in girlfriend during the Rumours sessions: "For me personally, it was difficult to continue to produce songs for Stevie, and to do for her -- do the right thing, obviously -- but in the context of her moving away from me. And it was painful. Obviously, I think the same would be true for John and Christine (McVie)."

Mick Fleetwood told us that Fleetwood Mac -- and particularly with Rumours -- was always able to connect with its fanbase on a pretty intimate level: "The fans that we have, they are involved with the people in this band. I think it's fair to say, and certainly, Stevie, in many ways, would get the lion's share of that, but we're all entities of this . . . the whole. We're not greater than the whole, it's quite apparent (laughs). I think we're all realizing that. And I think they're involved on an emotional level with those people, as opposed to, y'know, when people think of Pink Floyd, they don't think of the people in the band, really."

Christine McVie told us that the members of Fleetwood Mac are connected by a bond that transcends time and distance: "I just think that there's an inextricable chemistry between the five of us, which will never go away, because that just is what it is, y'know, until we're 90 it'll be there. No matter how far we go apart in our different spheres of music, when we get together, it's just something that, y'know, sparks fly."

Recently released are Fleetwood Mac's expanded and deluxe versions of Rumours. The set has been issued in an "Expanded Edition" featuring the original album, the Stevie Nicks-written B-Side "Silver Springs," a live collection of tracks from 1977, and a full disc of session outtakes.

The "Deluxe Edition" tags on a second disc of outtakes, a remastered vinyl version of the album, and the vintage concert doc, titled, The Rosebud Film.

Also out now is the book Making Rumours: The Inside Story Of The Classic Fleetwood Mac Album, by the Mac's legendary co-producer, Ken Calliat. Calliat, who wrote the book with co-author Steve Stiefel, tells the story behind all the 1977 album's classic tracks -- as well as the songs that were bumped from the final lineup.

Making Rumours talks about the creative process, general debauchery, and romantic breakdowns which took place during the 1976 recording sessions between Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, John and Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood and wife Jenny Boyd -- the kid sister of Pattie "Layla" Boyd, wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton.

In addition to Rumours, Calliat went on to co-produce Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, Fleetwood Mac Live, and Mirage albums -- along with their career-spanning box set, The Chain.

The long awaited Rod Stewart / Cheap Trick tour is finally happening this summer. The trek, which due to the pandemic was postponed in both 2020 and 2021, is finally happening and swill hits the South, the East Coast, and Midwest over 19 dates. The tour launches on July 1st at Fort Worth's Dickies Arena and wraps on September 3rd at Tampa's Amalie Arena.

A while back, Rod Stewart explained to us that he's never once considered giving up what he does: "You never outgrow hits, I mean, it's always a big thrill to ya. I'm a committed musician. I love it. I love makin' music, I really love gettin' up and singin' for people. I see the smiling faces and you go home and you think you've sent them all home happy."

Rick Nielsen told us that Cheap Trick is just one of those bands that was so unhip, they actually became cool: "What we did was the total antithesis of everything, of what was going on. We didn't wanna be like anybody else, but we didn't know what we wanted to be. So, it's like, I was always kind of a jerk and a class clown -- so why change into being some charming person? We were being ourselves. At the time, there were so many bands that they tried to look like their mothers and y'know, get their hair done with the same hairspray as their mother's had. And everybody wanted to be the lead singer or the guitar player -- look at me -- I was never gonna be Jimmy Page or, y'know. . . It was all about the music."

RESCHEDULED: Rod Stewart / Cheap Trick tour dates (subject to change):

July 1 - Fort Worth, TX - Dickies Arena
July 2 - Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 5 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
July 12 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
July 16 - Tinley Park, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 19 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
July 22 - Saratoga Springs, NY - SPAC
July 26 - Toronto, ON - Budweiser Stage
July 27 - Clarkston, MI - Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 12 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
August 13 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
August 16 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
August 19 - Atlantic City, NJ - Mark G Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
August 20 - Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium
August 23 - Wantagh, NY - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 27 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 31 - Alpharetta, GA - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
September 2 - Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place
September 3 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena

Just days after undergoing emergency surgery, BTS' Jimin is assuring everyone that he's doing just fine.

The 26 year old updated his fans and said he's recovering and hopes to go home soon. It was reported earlier this week that he was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and Covid-19 over the weekend.

He told fans that he's taking care of himself and not to worry.

Jimin, whose real name is Park Ji-min, was hospitalized with sudden abdominal pain, and underwent successful emergency surgery. He was also experiencing a mild sore throat, and tested positive for Covid while in the hospital.

He confirmed that he did not have any contact with other BTS members while infectious.

TL;DR:

• BTS' Jimin was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and Covid-19 over the weekend and underwent successful emergency surgery..
• He told fans that he's taking care of himself and not to worry.
• He confirmed that he did not have any contact with other BTS members while infectious.

Duran Duran couldn't be happier with their first time being nominated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Earlier this week, the band was among those tapped for induction -- with the list also including Beck, Pat Benatar, Kate Bush, DEVO, Eminem, Eurythmics, Judas Priest, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Dolly Parton, Rage Against The Machine, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, A Tribe Called Quest, and Dionne Warwick.

The band posted their personal reactions on their official website (DuranDuran.com), with frontman Simon LeBon writing, "Just to make it onto the nominations list is an honor that I never expected to experience. But for sure, this distinction is due in large part to the fact that we have an army of fans around the world who have unwaveringly supported us for the past four decades. We are all extremely grateful to all of you for making this happen."

Bassist John Taylor added, "What a surprise and an honor! To be nominated by such a highly esteemed organization is truly special in this, our fortieth, year. For decades now Duran Duran have been inspired by the incredible support of our beautiful and diverse fanbase around the world. To be considered by the Hall of Famers is truly next level. Let's hope we make the cut!"

Drummer Roger Taylor went on to say, "The feeling was pure gratitude when I heard this morning that we are nominees for the rock n' roll hall of fame . A big thank you to not only the Rock Hall for making us part of the ballot, but also to all the DD fans that have made so much noise. The 12-year-old drummer in me just screamed very, very loudly!"

2021 marked the 40th anniversary of Duran Duran's self-titled debut album. A while back, keyboardist Nick Rhodes told us the band's longevity still boggles his mind: "It seems completely surreal. None of us feel like we've spent three-and-a-half decades in the music business. We still play some songs off that album, off the first album. With the band we all remain very proud of what we've been able to do creatively in the studio -- and for the live shows. It's still, to me, exactly the same as it was when we started out in one way; is that a great song does more for an artist than anything else."

Bassist John Taylor admitted to us that Duran Duran remains a one-of-a-kind chemistry: "The kind of fortune that Duran Duran was sort of happens once in a lifetime, really. It's just like kids that come together that happen to, like, be into the same thing -- just happen to go to the right place, the right time, meet Mr. Big and da-da-da-da. Suddenly, it's a snowball effect."

This year's Rock Hall Inductees will be announced in May 2022. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022 Induction Ceremony will take place this fall. The date, venue, and on-sale information will be announced later.

Duran Duran kicks off a 12-date European tour on April 29th in Ibiza, Spain.

In an interview with Glamour UK, Selena Gomez revealed her worst beauty disaster ever. She recalled a night out at the Met when she put on too much tanning lotion.

Dressed beautifully in a white Stuart Vevers Coach gown, glittery eyeshadow and wearing diamond jewelry, she didn't realize it until she later saw the photos.

She said her skin looked good at first and then her complexion took on an increasingly orange tint.

She seemed to take it all in stride, two days later she joked about it online and posted a video of a woman running in a beautiful long dress. She captioned it "Me, when I saw my pictures at the Met."

She interviewed with the magazine to promote the 2^nd season of her Netflix series, Only Murderers In The Building.

TL;DR:

• Selena Gomez revealed when she put on too much tanning lotion.
• She said it looked good at first and then her complexion took on an increasingly orange tint.

Saturday (February 5th) marks the 60th anniversary of Ringo Starr first sitting in with the Beatles. Although he wouldn't join the band for another six months -- this was the moment where all four members realized the amazing chemistry between them.

With the Beatles' then-drummer Pete Best ill and unable to make two local gigs, the band called on Ringo, who had a rare day off from drumming duties with Rory Storm & The Hurricanes. Going back to 1960, the two bands has alternated back-breaking sets in Hamburg, Germany's Kaiserkeller Club. Ringo was their first choice to fill in for Best.

Ringo and the Beatles performed two shows that day: their typical lunchtime date in Liverpool at the Cavern Club and an evening gig at the Kingsway Club in Southport.

During his 2015 induction speech for Ringo at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Paul McCartney recalled the "eureka" moment when all the pieces fit and the Beatles found the missing like that made them the "Fab Four": "One night, our drummer then, Pete Best, uh, wasn't available (applause) and, um, so Ringo sat in. And I remember the moment. I mean, Pete was great and we, we had a great time with him, but, me John (Lennon), and George (Harrison), God bless 'em (applause). . . Yeah! Me, John, and George were on the frontline, singing, as we usually were, and now behind us we had this guy that we'd never played with before. And I remember the moment when he started playing and I think it was Ray Charles' 'What'd I Say.' And most of the drummers couldn't nail the drum part -- it was a little difficult to do -- but Ringo nailed it. So. . . . (applause) Yeah! (Laughs) Ringo nailed it!!! (Applause) Woo! And I remember the moment just standing there and looking at John (Lennon) and then looking at George (Harrison), and that was 'the moment.' Y'know, that was the beginning, really, of the Beatles. Anyway (applause)." (1:18 OC: . . . Beatles anyway (applause))

Ringo Starr officially joined the Beatles in the summer of 1962 and played his first date with the band as a full member that August 18th just outside of Liverpool at Hulme Hall in Birkenhead, England.

BTS and Coldplay's collaboration, "My Universe" has now been on the U.K. singles chart for 16 weeks and becomes the fourth-longest-charting track of all-time. According to Forbes, this means that BTS has now broken their own record and "Butter" drops to become the fifth-longest-charting title.

The song has become a much bigger hit in the U.K. than in the U.S. and although it dipped slightly on the charts, a lot of the U.K. success is credited to Coldplay, because it's their homeland.

Rounding out the top 5 biggest hits in the U.K., Pinkfong's "Baby Shark" is still the longest-charting single, Psy's "Gangnam Style" is second place, and "Dynamite," by BTS is 3^rd.

TL;DR:

• BTS and Coldplay's collaborative single "My Universe" has now been on the U.K. singles chart for 16 weeks.
• BTS has now broken their own record and "Butter" drops to fifth-longest-charting title.

Kanye West bought girlfriend Julia Fox and her friends baby Birkin bags for her birthday. According to Rap-Up, Ye celebrated Fox's 32nd birthday at Lucien in NYC on Wednesday night (February 2nd). He also gifted Fox with some expensive jewelry.

IS KANYE WEST INDEPENDENT?

Is Kanye West independent now? In an interview with Complex, Wack 100 has claimed that Kanye is 100% independent now. He said, "He's definitely independent. He's been working on Donda 2. He's got a great team in there with him. He's been up in the air on which direction he's going with it. He's seeing some of the things I can do. Along with Gee Roberson, he's got a nice team around him, so I'm looking forward to that. I'm all in for it. I'm definitely going to join forces, and Voltron with everybody else around it. We could definitely get it done, or whatever way he goes with it. He has my full support."

DONDA 2 is expected to drop on Feb. 22nd.

Nicki Minaj may be teaming up with 50 Cent on the big screen. During a radio interview, when asked if she would work with 50 on a tv or film project, she said, "Maybe something is already in the works."

When asked if she would be on 50's Starz series "Power" or "BMF," she said, "It's something completely different that we might be talking about."

Meanwhile, in another interview, Nicki Minaj talked about the sex position she was in when she conceived her son "Papa Bear." She said, "I know what position I was in when I got pregnant.. Backshots." She later advocated for women to "get on top," saying "Ladies, please stop telling y'all man that y'all don't wanna get on top and ride that d***k. This is very important. Go and learn how to ride because first of all, it feels great to the guy and to you."

She continued, "My favorite position is, I like being on top…But then again, when you got a dude that just knows how to f**k really good, you start having positions that you didn't know was your favorite, so you start getting new favorite positions! So now, I will say, they are all my fav's now.. I been was on top, I like from the back, I like the side, I like reverse cowgirl.. I like it all."

Out today (February 4th) in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Wings' debut album, Paul McCartney has issued a new half-speed mastering vinyl edition of Wild Life. The new version of the album was cut using a high resolution transfer of the original 1971 master tapes.

Today at 12 noon ET, fans are urged to log in to Spotify or Apple Music for McCartney's official Wild Life listening party, where people from around the globe will be sharing memories and their personal stories about the classic album.

Wild Life, which was McCartney's third post-Beatles solo set, was released on December 7th, 1971 and topped out at Number 10 on the Billboard 200.

The tracklisting to 'Wild Life' is:

Side One: "Mumbo," "Bip Bop," "Love Is Strange," and "Wild Life."

Side Two: "Some People Never Know," "I Am Your Singer," "Bip Bop (Link)," "Tomorrow," "Dear Friend," and "Mumbo (Link)."

McCartney looked back on Wild Life and posted some recollections on his official website (PaulMcCartney.com), touching upon the rough edges found on the album and the sound of a band trying to find its footing: "I wanted to try and relearn what it is to be in a band. So yeah, we just kind of threw it together. And then the decision to have Linda in the band singing was a really tough one, because she's never sung professionally. . . But it was: whatever we do, we're not going to do what the Beatles did. . . Well, we followed what the early Beatles did which was form a band of people who couldn't play very well, couldn't write very well, and just do it a lot until it gets good!"

He went on to touch upon the album's closer and very open letter to estranged partner John Lennon: "And then with 'Dear Friend' that's sort of me talking to John after we'd had all the sort of disputes about the Beatles break up. I find it very emotional when I listen to it now. I have to sort of choke it back. I remember when I heard the song recently. . . in the car. And I thought, 'Oh God.' That lyric: 'Really truly, young and newly wed.' Listening to that was like, 'Oh my God, it's true!' I'm trying to say to John, Look, y'know, it's all cool. Have a glass of wine. Let's be cool.' And luckily we did get it back together, which was like a great source of joy because it would have been terrible if he'd been killed as things were at that point and I'd never got to straighten it out with him. This was me reaching out. So, I think it's very powerful in some very simple way. But it was certainly heartfelt."

In early-1972 Paul and Linda McCartney spoke about their first dip into dealing with animal issues on the Wings album: "(Paul): We don't, sort of, like, stand up for, like, millions of causes and stuff, y'know? Conservation and stuff and wild life -- we like to sing about that. The first songs we've done, which is 'saying something,' as you say, y'know, like that, is 'Wild Life.' And that just says that, y'know, the wild state is a good state. . . (Linda): Why are we getting rid of it? (Paul): So, why are we getting rid of it? Let's not. And whatever happened to it? And the animals are in zoos instead of just actually, sort of, running, like they're supposed to."

Back in 1984 during a chat with Oprah Winfrey, Linda McCartney spoke about how it was Paul that pulled her into making music with him: "It's been his doing. I mean I would never have thought to play piano -- although I love music. He said, 'There's middle C' -- let's be in a group, c'mon.' I never sang, or anything, y'know, except in high school. But, I think he wanted someone he liked with him -- it wasn't my 'talent.' I mean, I never thought I'd be writing songs and getting pleasure out of the piano, 'cause as a kid, I hated piano lessons. Now, I sit down and if I'm in a bad mood, I play a few sad chords, and I think -- 'This is really good.' (Laughter)."

Silk Sonic has officially joined Fortnite, bringing their signature style to the game in partnership with Fortnite and Atlantic Records.

The Icon Series launch includes in-game outfits for players, a brand new in-game radio station, plus, there will be a player tournament.

Both members, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are long-time Fortnite fans and Mars said: "When Fortnite asked me if I wanted to create an outfit for the game, I asked, 'Are CGI muscles off the table?' They said 'no.' I said 'deal.' I'll see you on the Island."

The official Silk Sonic Set will allow players to select either Bruno Mars or Anderson .Paak as their in-game character style. It launches on February 10.

TL;DR:

• Silk Sonic has officially joined Fortnite.
• The official Silk Sonic Set will allow players to select either Bruno Mars or Anderson .Paak as their in-game character style.
• It launches on February 10.

There's probably no bigger rock fan on the planet than Slash -- yet despite that, he says he stays far away from music biographies. Loudwire transcribed some of the guitarist's chat with Italy's Linea Rock, in which he admitted, "To tell you the truth, I don't read rock n' roll books. I've read a book about national artists and I've read books about rock n' roll, but I've never read anybody else's. . . Well, I read the Jim Morrison one, and I read the most recent Joe Perry one, but for the most part, I stay away from autobiographies."

Back in 2007, Slash published his self-titled memoir, which was co-written by Anthony Bozza.

Slash went on to shed light on what turns him of from the typical rock memoir: "A lot of it is because I know people -- I know the people that wrote them -- and it feels like spying on them. (Laughs) It's like following people on their Instagram; if you know them, it feels like spying."

He went on to explain, "I also used to think that rock n' roll books were 75 percent bull**** too. . . 'Cause autobiographies are largely written by other people, or biographies are totally written by other people, so it's their own fantasy that they're sort of building up in these books. That sort of inspired me to write my book myself and not rely too much on a ghost writer -- to be as honest as possible. So they inspired me in that way."

Slash told us not long ago that he prefers being in a band to being a "guitar hero" type: "I'm a band guy. I've been in a band since I was 16 years old, I guess. So I like being in a band, I think that a group of musicians working, interacting together can come up with amazing material and so on and so forth."

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators kick off their 2022 tour dates on February 8th at Portland, Oregon's Roseland Theater.

It was 44 years ago today (February 4th) in 1978 that the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" began its four-week run at the Number One spot. The song -- along with the group's other 1978 Number Ones "How Deep Is Your Love," and "Night Fever" -- was part of the blockbuster soundtrack to the John Travolta movie Saturday Night Fever, which had opened the previous December. Shortly after Fever's runaway success, Barry Gibb spoke about the music to Rolling Stone explaining, "I didn't know anybody was going to call it disco, but they did. . . We thought it was R&B. We like the Stylistics and the Delfonics and people who sang in falsetto."

He went on to say that the physical and spiritual vibe of New York City is what drove the song both as a record and as a statement: "'Stayin' Alive' was born of those feelings and the lyric of 'The New York Times' effect on man.' New York, in fact, was having that effect on the whole world at that point. Not so much California, but Studio 54, and the nightlife, and the young people trying to find a future for themselves where without this nightlife, there might not be a future. I think (Travolta's character) 'Tony' depicted that."

The soundtrack album to Saturday Night Fever, featuring music by the Bee Gees, Yvonne Elliman, KC & The Sunshine Band, Tavares, MFSB, and the Trammps, went on to become the biggest-selling soundtrack of all time, selling over 16 million U.S. copies to date.

The album scored four Number One hits: "How Deep Is Your Love," "Stayin' Alive," and "Night Fever," by the Bee Gees, and Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You." All four hits were written by the Bee Gees -- Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb.

Shortly before his death in 2003, Bee Gees co-founder Maurice Gibb told us that the group has always been more focused on new projects rather than past glories: "We've always moved on, not like the cult of the day who want to go back to the '70s; we're still moving forward. We've done that, been there. And it's very hard. . . I always get quite surprised when people ask us sometimes, they'd say things like, 'Oh, can you write another 'Stayin' Alive?' Or could you write another 'You Should Be Dancing?'' It's, like, we can't as writers; we can't go back."

Following the success of Saturday Night Fever the Bee Gees' had three Number One hits from their 1979 album, Spirits Having Flown. When we spoke to the late-Robin Gibb some time ago, he explained that there's a big difference between being a hit pop act and a cultural game changer: "That particular piece of music, it was the biggest selling soundtrack of all time. It still is. And there is nothing . . . it's equated to walking on the moon, nothing really touched the sales of it. The thing about it is, there was no hype, because in those days you couldn't really hype anything. It was purely organic unlike today of course, where everything is hype."

Beginning in 1979 when the Gibbs embarked on their massive Spirits Having Flown tour, "Stayin' Alive" has been a highlight of every Bee Gees concert and has come to symbolize the late '70s disco movement.

O'Jays frontman Eddie Levert is a huge Bee Gees fans and loved what they did musically during their 1970s comeback: "I think the Bee Gees are the greatest thing that goes about, 'cause these guys have been able to keep reinventing themselves. We've almost come that distance with them, but they still have proven that they've been able to live in every century. Well, most of the artists nowadays, man, they rely on these samples. They need to start creating the licks again."

"STAYIN' ALIVE" - FAST FACTS

"Stayin' Alive" holds the distinction of being the second of six straight Number One hits released on the Bee Gees' mentor Robert Stigwood's RSO Records label. Between December 24th, 1977 through May 20th, 1978, the RSO label held the Number One spot with the Bee Gees' "How Deep Is Your Love" (three weeks); "Baby Come Back" by Player (three weeks); "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees (four weeks); "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy Gibb (two weeks); "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees (eight weeks); and the Bee Gees-written "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman (one week.)

The RSO Number One run was broken during the three weeks when Paul McCartney & Wings' "With A Little Luck," and Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams' "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late," briefly topped the charts.

RSO bounced back with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta's Number One hit "You're The One That I Want" from Grease which topped the charts for one week, followed by Andy Gibb's biggest hit "Shadow Dancing" -- which was the only song co-written by all four Gibb brothers -- and topped the charts for seven weeks.

Following another three week break when the Rolling Stones' 'Miss You" and the Commodores' "Three Times A Lady" topped the charts, RSO Records was back at Number One with Frankie Valli's Barry Gibb-written theme song to Grease.

Amazingly, during those eight months, songs co-written and produced by Barry Gibb held down the Number One spot for 20 weeks -- an unprecedented feat in pop music.

FAST FOWARD

Now streaming and showing on HBO is the long awaited documentary, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart.

The doc features newly filmed Barry Gibb interviews along with decades worth of footage of the band along with archival interviews with the late- Robin and Maurice Gibb.

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, which was directed by Frank Marshall, features interviews with Eric Clapton, Noel Gallagher, Nick Jonas, Chris Martin, Justin Timberlake, music producer Mark Ronson, Maurice's first wife, singer Lulu, and RSO Records executive Bill Oakes, among others.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced the nominees for 2022 Induction -- with the list including Beck, Pat Benatar, Kate Bush, DEVO, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Judas Priest, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Dolly Parton, Rage Against The Machine, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, A Tribe Called Quest, and Dionne Warwick.

According to the Hall, "To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. Seven out of 17 of the Nominees are on the ballot for the first time, including Beck, Eminem, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, and A Tribe Called Quest. This is Eminem's first year of eligibility."

Inductees will be announced in May 2022. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022 Induction Ceremony will take place this fall. The date, venue, and on-sale information will be announced later.

We asked Simon LeBon if the Cure being chosen for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 2019, raised his hopes for Duran Duran and the other English bands they came up with in the 1980's being inducted: "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts seven acts a year, so there must be a very sort of fine process of elimination to get there. One does not presume to be inducted. It's just one of those things that might or might not happen -- and if it does, you're very grateful for it."

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford told us he's proud to have Priest considered part of the fabric that connects the best of rock: "It's just fantastic to be in the same category of all the other extraordinary talent is a thrill. And it just re-emphasizes the broad spectrum of what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame represents. It's a little bit of everybody, again."

Beck shed light on his creative life and how it's shifted over the course of his career: "It evolved. I've always approached what I do with a sense of humor. Not making a joke out of it, but trying to keep it happening and keep it fresh. Keep it human."

Before she made it big, Pat Benatar played in cover bands for little or no money in and around Richmond, Virginia, where she lived with her first husband. She told us that it wasn't until she went back to her native New York that things began to fall into place for her: "When I moved back to New York, I did the showcase circuit and hooked up with a lot of songwriters, and I think that was probably the turning point there. Because once you start doing original material and you stop doing cover songs, you find your own voice, your own identity, that kind of thing."

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello told us that his main motivation for playing is to try and change the direction of the country: "I need to add my voice and what I do best, which is play guitar, you know. I need to be another link in the chain to start turning this thing around. Y'know, as the great historian Howard Zinn says, you can't be neutral on a moving train, and this train's moving in the wrong direction. And it's not time to be sitting in the dining car sipping martinis, it's time to be mugging the conductor."

Co-founding MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer told us that breaking boundaries, defining its time, and hipping their community to the world around them was the backbone of Detroit's greatest band: "I think the band was, was part of a unique cultural moment, y'know, when all these currents hit together -- y'know, Motown, and James Brown, and John Coltrane, and the Black Panther Party, and war in Vietnam, and marijuana, and the hippie, anti-war movement. And the MC5 was really part of all of everything that was going on, which, y'know, doesn't happen much these days."

Carly Simon has said that her stage fright springs from her childhood stuttering. Ironically, it was singing that helped her overcome the speech impediment. She says that she can't imagine a life without music: "I can't live without music. It's my main way of expressing myself. And it sounds high-falutin' to say that but I really mean that. Even as a child I would sing most of what I wanted to say. I had a terrible stammer. I couldn't really speak until I was 16. I couldn't speak at all fluently and so my mother would always say, 'Just go ahead and sing it' -- because I didn't stammer when I sang."

Not too long ago, Eminem discussed how fame had left him with a lack of privacy: "Yeah, it gets a little agitating at times, I mean, but, I don't know, you gotta take the good with the bad, the plusses with the minuses, the positive with the negative, y'know? It's a drag sometimes, but, whatever. I just deal with it."

Dionne Warwick told us why she feels it's still important to keep recording and staying active in the studio: "The audience that has now grown up with me now have children who are having children, and I want them to know who Dionne Warwick is, and that I can be a part of their CD collection now, as they're called, instead of records. Remember vinyl? I loved it. But, y'know, they can now say, 'Yeah,' y'know, 'I know who she is, and I like her stuff, too.'"

Lionel Richie told us that his simple secret for success was keeping his pulse on what was happening in new music and never stop learning from his peers: "How did I get in this business in the first place? I was a little kid over in the corner watching Marvin Gaye record, watching Stevie Wonder record. And the word is called. . . I was learning. My overall philosophy is, the day you ever decide that you know it all is the day you're out of the business. I love the idea of, yes, I'm Lionel Richie, I'm established as Lionel Richie, but what's happening around me?"

The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart recently shed light on his long and successful relationship with Annie Lennox: "Whenever we're together, we realize that as soon as we stand next to each other, people's eyes pop wide -- 'Oh! It's Eurythmics!' But when we're apart, we can be, like, separate individuals. So we know the perspective is, we know if we're together something's gonna happen -- but that's not always what we want to happen, y'know?"

Ed Sheeran is teasing online about a Taylor Swift collaboration.

He shared what looks like an autographed CD case, the artwork is a playing card and features a queen that looks suspiciously like Taylor Swift. He told fans that something was coming in a bit and to keep their eyes open for it.

The two have been good friends for years and late last year he mentioned that he would be releasing a single with someone, as he put it… "I just love.

The two most recently worked together on (Taylor's Version) of the album, Red.

TL;DR:

• Ed Sheeran shared artwork online of a playing card and features a queen that looks like Taylor Swift.
• He told fans that something was coming in a bit and to keep their eyes open for it.