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BTS are returning with BTS Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul on March 10th 12th and 13th. The concert will take place at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in front of a live audience and be streamed online.

Before the group can perform, V will have to recover from Covid-19.

He is the latest member of the group to test positive for the coronavirus. According to group's label, Big Hit Entertainment, the 26-year-old singer tested positive for the virus on Tuesday (Feb. 15th) morning after experiencing a mild sore throat.

A statement posted to Weverse read, "V completed two rounds of COVID-19 vaccinations and is not presenting any extraordinary symptoms other than a mild fever and sore throat. He is currently undergoing treatment at home while waiting for further guidelines from the health care authorities.

"There was contact with the other members on Saturday the 12th, but everyone was wearing a mask, and there was no close contact. None of the BTS members other than V are presenting any symptoms, and everyone received negative results from the preemptive self-tests."

Keith Richards will reunite with his solo band the X-Pensive Winos next month in Manhattan. Richards and the group will headline the March 10th Beacon Theatre benefit concert "Love Rocks," with tickets going on sale this Friday, February 18th at 10 a.m. ET. All proceeds benefit the God's Love We Deliver food charity.

Jambase.com posted the show will also feature Allison Russell, Larkin Poe, Tyler Bryant, David Shaw from the Revivalists, Anders Osborne, Celisse, Ivan Neville, Jimmy Vivino, and Maggie Rose and Connor Kennedy. The show will be hosted by Mario Cantone, Kiefer Sutherland, Gina Gershon, Steve Schirripa, and Michelle Buteau.

In addition to Keith Richards, the X-Pensive Winos feature drummer Steve Jordan, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Charley Drayton, and keyboardist Ivan Neville.

For Keith Richards, hitting the stage still remains a reason for being: "It's this kaleidoscopic, sort of, mayhem. You only have -- it's no two takes in that game, y'know? You're on stage, you're on, you can't stop. I think what you put it down to the incredible energy of the audience. Y'know, they overwhelmingly outnumber us, but we're the focal point."

Is Paul McCartney heading back on the road??? According to The Daily Beatle, Ticketmaster.com listed a tentative show for this May 24th at "Hard Rock Live At The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Of America."

The event was posted with a time "TBA" with no on-sale date listed -- and the former-Beatle is not listed on the 7,000-set venue's official schedule, which includes Rod Stewart, Elton John, the Who, Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Van Morrison, and Sting, among others.

During a recent appearance on NBC's Today, Paul McCartney revealed that due to the sheer number of songs he's written -- the majority of which he hasn't performed in decades, if at all -- he needs to re-learn his old songs before each tour: "(Paul McCartney): I have to re-learn everything I've ever written an awful lot. So, you can't retain them all. We go into rehearsal and I learn them, y'know? 'Oh yeah -- that's how it goes' (laughs). (Al Roker): Well, sometimes when you're re-learning them, do you kind of look and go, 'Y'know, this is pretty good'? (McCartney): I do. I really do. Y'know, that's one of the joys of doing some of the old songs, I say, 'Oh, that's clever. I wouldn't have done that.'"

Over 55 years since the Beatles' final tour, Paul McCartney, explained that touring today is a world away from how the "Fab Four" performed in the 1960's: "The beginning of the Beatles' whole thing, before it really all took off; we used to put to guitars and a bass into one amp. So, I mean, there's a major difference now -- no one would think of doing that now. You didn't take P.A.'s around, you'd just use the microphone in the hall. A couple of little speakers along the side. So, the technology has just gone mad, y'know? It's good, it means you can go play big places. It means you can play to an audience of 100,000, or something. Whereas we took ‘round, like, one roadie -- now, you take around 140 people, y'know it's (exaggerated voice) it's quite a business, now."

Elvis Costello & The Imposters have rolled out a 15-city North American summer run with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets serving as the opening act for most of the gigs. Nicole Atkins will do the honors on two early stops on the tour, which kicks off on August 6th in Huber Heights, Ohio at Rose Music Center at The Height and runs through September 3rd when the trek winds down in Las Vegas at the Theater at Virgin Hotels.

Variety reported longtime Bob Dylan guitarist Charlie Sexton will once again be playing as part of the Imposters. Sexton was first enlisted by Costello when keyboardist Stevie Nieve was unable to make some shows last time out after contracting Covid. Tickets go on sale this Friday (February 18th) at 10 a.m. local time, with more ticketing information available at elviscostello.com.

Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe go back nearly 50 years, with Lowe producing such Costello classics as My Aim Is True (1977), This Year's Model (1978), Armed Forces (1979), Get Happy!! (1980), Trust (1981), Blood & Chocolate (1986), and Brutal Youth (1994).

Not too long ago, Elvis Costello told us how he cones about creating his nightly setlists: "We're playing just everything I feel like playing. There's a pretty broad scope to things -- some nights we play a lot of very well-known songs, some nights we don't play any, because that's the mood that I'm in, and I feel that's what we need to do."

We asked Nick Lowe -- a man often regarded as a "songwriter's songwriter" -- if when he's stumbled upon a melody, it stays with him until it can be crafted into a song: "That is pretty much how it is, yes. Occasionally I'll regret not having a little Dictaphone, or something I could've hummed something into -- because it will not come back, and I know that something's been good. But in general, if you get a germ of an idea, it will come back."

JUST ANNOUNCED: Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets North American tour dates (subject to change):

August 6 - Huber Heights, OH - Rose Music Center at The Heights (Nicole Atkins opening)
August 8 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
August 9 - Buffalo, NY - Artpark Amphitheater (Nicole Atkins opening)
August 11 - New York, NY - The Rooftop at Pier 17
August 12 - Bensalem, PA - Xcite Center at Parx Casino (Elvis Costello only)
August 13 - Ledyard, CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino (Elvis Costello only)
August 15 - Boston, MA - Leader Bank Pavilion
August 16 - Northampton, MA - The Pines Theater
August 18 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
August 23 - Denver, CO - Levitt Pavilion
August 25 - Salt Lake City, UT - Sandy Amphitheater
August 28 - Thousand Oaks, CA - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
August 30 - Anaheim, CA - City National Grove of Anaheim
September 2 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre
September 3 - Las Vegas, NV - The Theater at Virgin Hotels

Fans greeted Selena Gomez by serenading her with "Who Says" while she was filming Season 2 of Only Murders In The Building.

A video posted to the Twitter account @ViralFinds on Tuesday (Feb. 15th) showed the singer being escorted to a waiting car while fans sang to her.

She could be seen stopping and turning to wave when she heard the crowd's version of her 2011 hit.

Olivia Rodrigo has reportedly signed with a new management team.

Sources told Billboard that the "Drivers License" singer is now repped by Lighthouse Management + Media's Aleen Keshishian and Zack Morgenroth for management in all areas. The firm currently represents talent like Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Jason Bateman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Rudd, and Miranda Kerr.

Rodrigo split with her longtime manager Kristen Smith of Camp Far West Management in January.

A new box set featuring sections from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' 20-night 1997 run at San Francisco's The Fillmore is being prepped for release. Guitarist Mike Campbell revealed to Ultimate Classic Rock, "It's been mixed (and) I hear it is coming out. I'm really proud of it. It was one of the greatest parts of our career. We were free to not have to play the hits every night. We changed the set list."

The shows from January and February 1997 have become legendary, with each night featuring a different setlist allowing Petty and the band to delve into their back catalogue and flex their muscles on old favorites and cover versions. The final night of the run -- February 7th, 1997 -- was broadcast live and proved to be the longest show of the stand, clocking in at a whopping three hours with the Heartbreakers tackling 40 songs.

No title or release date for the new collection has been announced.

Tom Petty never took for granted the fact that he had a fan base that was willing to part with their money for his albums and shows -- and pretty much follow him and the Heartbreakers with whatever twists and turns they made: "It's my audience that's made me survive, honestly. Actually, it's the people (laughs) that we play to and that buy the records that have made us, a sort of, contradiction. Because, God knows, I mean, we've done the least -- I mean, the bare minimum of promotion in our life (laughs)."

Coachella has dropped all Covid-19 precautions.

According to a festival admission update posted to the event's website, there will be no vaccination, testing or masking requirements at Coachella 2022. This is in contrast to the rules posted by organizers last fall, requiring attendees to submit a negative test taken within 72 hours of the festival.

Coachella 2022 is set to take place from April 15th to 17th and from April 22nd to 24th. Headliners include Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Kanye "Ye" West, although "Ye" recently threatened to pull out of the event.

Gwen Stefani shared never-before-seen footage of her wedding to Blake Shelton on Instagram Monday (Feb. 14th).

The video showed the newlyweds sharing a kiss with Stefani's youngest son, Apollo, at their wedding reception and was paired with Shelton's song, "We Can Reach For The Stars," which he wrote for his wife.

The two were wed on July 3rd, 2021, at Shelton's Tishomingo ranch in Oklahoma.

Famed record producer and music mogul Rick Rubin has announced his first book due out in early 2023. The Guardian reported the tome by the Def Jam Records co-founder, titled, The Creative Act: A Way Of Being, will not be traditional a memoir, but a "a non-fiction work about creativity." Rubin explained in a statement, "I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be."

Over the course of his career, Rick Rubin has produced such legendary artists as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Slayer, Public Enemy, the Cult, Danzig, the Black Crows, Mick Jagger, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Limp Bizkit, Weezer, Slipknot, Dixie Chicks, Audioslave, Shakira, Poison, Neil Diamond, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Donovan, Metallica, and Johnny Cash, among many, many more.

Rick Rubin is behind the boards once again for Red Hot Chili Peppers' latest album, Unlimited Love, which drops on April 1st. Drummer Chad Smith told us the band has always relied on Rubin for his vision and enthusiam: "I know Rick is great when it comes to helping us with our songs. He always has been. He's our guy, we trust him. It's whether or not, y'know, you want to try somebody new to see what that does, but we know what Rick brings to the table and we like it and it's been, y'know, he really, really helps us. We're comfortable with him, obviously."

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Julian Frampton, son of the legendary rocker Peter Frampton, has taken a break from his own Julian Frampton Band to produce a new track for his fiancee, who records under the name Annie Of The Canyon.

The song is called "You Don't Know You Like I Do" and officially drops on Friday (February 18th). Julian and Annie are set to marry next month!

For more info on Annie Of The Canyon, log on to: https://bit.ly/3uWLzmr

Foo Fighters have just added 10 news stops to its North American itinerary. The dates include nine Canadian shows and one U.S. date, which will serve as the tour's finale on October 7th at Bend, Oregon's Hayden Homes Amphitheater. The Foos have a couple of pre-tour concerts booked before launching the trek in May, and will next play on February 26th in Tempe, Arizona at Innings Festival.

The newly-inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have snagged three nominations at the 2021 Grammys, with Medicine At Midnight making the shortlist for Best Rock Album, "Waiting On A War" for Best Rock Song, and "Making A Fire" for Best Rock Performance. The 64th Annual Grammy Awards air on April 3rd at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

The Foo Fighters' first movie, Studio 666, opens on February 25th, The horror-comedy stars the band and features appearances by Lionel Richie, Whitney Cummings, Jeff Garlin, and Will Forte. Studio 666 was directed BJ McDonnell and based on an original story by Dave Grohl.

Longtime Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel told us a while back what he thinks has been a key to the Foos' longevity: "Well, one of the things, I think, that's made the band work so well is how we kind of structured it in the beginning and the opportunity we had, because Dave had been in Nirvana, to do things the way we wanted to do it. We didn't have the pressure that a lot of bands do of having to write the hit song. I mean, thankfully Dave's a good songwriter and able to write catchy songs, but we don't have that pressure where you have somebody breathing over your shoulder, and I think that really is something that destroys a lot of bands."

UPDATED: Foo Fighters North American tour dates (subject to change):

February 26 - Tempe, AZ - Innings Festival
April 29 to May 1 - Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival (Foo Fighters performance TBA)
May 1 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 14 - Burgettstown, PA - The Pavilion at Star Lake
May 16, 18 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
May 20 - Raleigh, NC - Coastal Credit Union Music Park
May 22 -Daytona Beach, FL - Welcome To Rockville
May 24 - Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
May 27 - Boston, MA - Boston Calling
Jul. 17 - New York, NY - Citi Field
Jul. 19 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jul. 22 - Toronto, ON - Rogers Centre
Jul. 24 - Philadelphia, PA - Lincoln Financial Field
Jul. 27 - Bangor, ME - Maine Savings Amphitheater
Jul. 29 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Festival
August 1 - Noblesville, IN - Ruoff Music Center
August 3 - Minneapolis, MN -- US Bank Stadium
August 6 - Denver, CO - Empower Field at Mile High
August 8 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheater
August 10 - Big Sky, MT - Big Sky Events Arena
August 13 - Seattle, WA - T-Mobile Park
August 18, 20 - Los Angeles, CA - Banc of California Stadium
September 18 - Sioux Falls, SD - Denny Sanford Premier Center
September 21 - Winnipeg, MB - Canada Life Arena
September 23 - Saskatoon, SK - SaskTel Centre
September 25 - Regina, SK - Brandt Centre
September 27 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
September 29 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
October 1 - Penticton, BC - South Okanagan Events Centre
October 3 - Victoria, BC - Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
October 5 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
October 7 - Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater

Miley Cyrus admitted to fans this weekend that she's "scared" to be back on stage again after more than a year of limited touring due to Covid-19.

Billboard reports that the star told the crowd at the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Festival, "Standing up here right now, it doesn't feel the same as if you would have come to see me three or four years ago. I'm just finding my feet along this platform again."

She added, "I know that all of us are going through that same experience, just trying to integrate back into a reality that was moving so fast, so naturally. And now, something that should just be like breathing is suddenly difficult and anxiety-inducing and scary.

"I just want you to know that even though I'm up here with all of you, I'm just as scared as everybody else about where the world is going and what the future holds. But the good news is, we're not alone. We're all in this together."

Cyrus performed a full setlist of songs event, including the live debut of her song, "Never Be Me," off her 2020 album, Plastic Hearts.

Dr. Dre has opened up about his Super Bowl Halftime Show alongside Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent and Eminem. In an interview with TMZ, when asked if the NFL intervened on any parts of the performance and he said that the NFL made "minor" adjustments. He explained, "Em taking the knee, that was Em doing that on his own, and there was no problem with that."

Dre added that there was an adjustment with the opening line from Kendrick's song, "m.A.A.d city," where he says, "If Pirus and Crips all got along." He explained, "They had a problem with that, so we had to take that out. No big deal, we get it. But, all in all, everybody came in, we were professional, everybody was on time. Everybody felt the magnitude of what this thing was, and what we were going to be able to accomplish. It was a fantastic experience."

Dr. Dre said that Don Cheadle and Mary J. Blige came back to his house after the Superbowl. Mary played Dre a few songs and revealed that they been talking about working together on her next project.

Ed Sheeran will be dropping his collaboration with Bring Me the Horizon on Friday (Feb. 18th).

Sheeran and the British rock band opened up the Brit Awards last week (Feb. 8th) with a rock version of the singer's 2021 track "Bad Habits." Bring Me the Horizon shared the pre-save link for the studio version of the song on their social media accounts Monday (Feb. 14th).

The post included a videotaped conversation with Sheeran in which he says, "It's just a joy to be able to play electric guitar and actually rock out properly."

Pete Townshend feels that the Who touring with an orchestra helps fill in some of the sonic holes left by the late-John Entwistle and Keith Moon.

Townshend, who along with Roger Daltrey, will be back on the road in April along with a symphony orchestra backing the band at every stop, spoke to Rolling Stone and shed light on the Who's still-evolving live sound: "Two things happened to me over the years. One was dealing with Keith Moon's death (in 1978) where everything suddenly changed and we needed to replace him not with just another drummer, but with a keyboard player and a brass section. He was actually playing orchestrally, in a sense, as a drummer."

He went on to say, "And then when John Entwistle died (in 2002), there was another space left. That was because he was filling up so much of the musical spectrum with his bass sound, which was not a traditional bass sound. And so when he was gone, there was suddenly space for me … not so much to try and fill up the void he had left, but a space where I could have a different approach. I started to solo. I had to learn to practice the guitar (laughs), which I hadn't done much of before. I'll never be a famous shredder, but I can play better than I could when we were in the Live At Leeds years, for example. . . With the orchestra, it's a similar effect."

During his recent Q&A on the "Rock Legends Cruise 6," Roger Daltrey explained how he insisted on having the upcoming orchestral arrangements play an integral part of the concerts: "Well, Pete's music suits an orchestra much more -- I mean, I've seen many rock bands with orchestras, but mostly the orchestras are playing something that could be played on a synthesizer. I don't want and orchestra to do that. I want and orchestra to be dynamic, I want them to be melodic, I want them to be surprising -- I want them to really push the music to a different level."

Pete Townshend revealed to us that there's actually a tried and true breakdown of how the Who puts together any given show: "The Who show became, y'know, what you would call in a literary sense, a tripartite show; a show broken into three chunks -- which is still the kind of show that I still like the best. Some old stuff to soften everybody up, then the difficult material in the middle, and then a kind of reward for being good at the end."

In celebration of his 50th anniversary as a recording artist, Billy Joel is offering new color editions of his albums exclusively at Walmart, starting February 18th. Six of Billy's legendary sets are being reissued -- Piano Man (tan swirl), The Stranger (Grey Swirl), 52nd Street (Blue Swirl), Glass Houses (Sky Blue), An Innocent Man (Custard), and Storm Front (Red). Each album is packaged with its own exclusive 12-by-12 photo insert.

Billy's 1983 classic, An Innocent Man, is being reissued in custard in the new vinyl series. He recalled that at the time, the circumstances in his romantic life actually made him feel like he was a teenager again: "I'd gotten divorced and I started dating these different women. I was going out with models. . . I was a rock star. A single guy, who was a rock star. I was, like, amazed at my good fortune at the time. I started dating Christie Brinkley at the time, too. And started writing songs about these experiences. . . I kinda felt like a teenager all over again. And you don't fight that, when you're gonna write -- you write what you're feeling, and I didn't fight it. The material was coming so easily and so quickly, and I was having so much fun doing it -- I was kind of reliving my youth."

BLACKPINK teased the arrival of their 2022 Welcoming Collection in a video uploaded to YouTube on Monday (Feb. 14th).

The teaser featured Jenny, Jisoo, Lisa and Rose promising to answer questions from Blinks and the collection's release date: March 2nd.

The previous Welcoming Collection, which was released in 2020, included a 132-page photo book, a 168-page diary a DVD, posters, stickers and a desk calendar.

Britney Spears paid tribute to her fiancé Sam Asghari on Valentine's Day.

The "Toxic" singer wrote, "This man has been with me through it all !!!! I don't know what I would do without him so I think I will keep him around a bit longer …. I mean he is pretty hot !!!!! I love you @samasghari"

The actor wished Spears a happy Valentine's Day on his own Instagram page and added, "Fellas listen up: what they don't teach you in school is that your ability to listen and agree with your woman even if you don't agree is the key emoji to a happy life."

The pop star also weighed in on the Super Bowl halftime show on Monday (Feb. 14th), saying that the performance made her feel like she was 17 again.

Spears wrote, "@Eminem last night at the Super Bowl ... he should have had way more time ... he was everything to me when I was younger and it was so weird in the first two seconds I saw him on stage last night I felt like I was 17 again !!! It's honestly kinda scary how certain artists and music can do that ... we are so lucky to live in a world where music can give us hope ... identity ... acceptance ...and love

Released today (February 15th) via BritBox in North America -- the streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV -- is the newly produced documentary The Beatles And India. The film spotlights the band's spiritual pursuits starting in 1965, delves into their rarely discussed brief 1966 visit to the country, and their tutelage studying Transcendental Meditation under the Maharishi Mahaesh Yogi.

The Beatles And India is based on Ajoy Bose's book Across The Universe - The Beatles In India, produced by Reynold D'Silva, directed by Bose, and researched by Pete Compton -- with legendary Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn featured in the film. The Beatles And India has been awarded Best Film Audience Choice and Best Music at the 2021 UK Asian Film Festival "Tongues On Fire."

The doc includes both rare and never-before-seen footage of the Beatles and the Indian ashram they stayed in during the first quarter of 1968 and gives the most complete version of the events leading up to and during the "Fab Four's" stay in Rishikesh.

The Beatles And India, which includes a new original soundtrack, features newly shot footage of the Maharishi's ashram where the Beatles' stayed during their 1968 pilgrimage. Amazingly, the doc allows fans to get a perfect perspective of where the Beatles meditated, lived, and composed the songs that went on to make up their famed "White Album."

Researcher Pete Compton told us that although in varying states of disrepair, the ashram remains an incredible place to visit: "It's just an amazing place for anyone, certainly, in the Beatles' world, it's the place to go to, definitely. Even though it is in the middle of nowhere -- but it's all intact, that's the amazing thing. They're old concrete block buildings, and that, but they all still stand. So you can see the magic that's still there. Whereas in Liverpool and elsewhere, y'know, a lot of the Beatles' heritage is disappearing fast -- especially in the UK, a lot of the places, y'know, where they played concerts, and that. But India's retained it all."

In 1999 Paul McCartney and daughter Stella McCartney visited with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. McCartney recalled the reunion, which took place over three decades after being first indoctrinated into TM's philosophies: "I said 'Maharishi, would you mind -- my daughter would like to take some video.' He said 'Sure.' So she puts the camera on him and goes 'Okay Maharishi . . . what have you got to say for the camera, then?!' Stella's into it, she's right there. He says. . . 'Enjoy.' We go 'Yeah,' 'cause that happened to be the same message from 30 years ago that he wrote in my book. I thought he's consistent, at least. And y'know what? That is actually awfully good advice."

Rihanna has opened up about her pregnancy, saying that she feels "tired on and off." She told Extra that she feels "really great — tired at times, on and off, which I am not used to. I can fight through any hour of the night, but now it's, like, putting me down: ‘No, you go to bed right now.'"

Meanwhile, Rihanna also revealed that she still plans to release new music, saying, "Yes, you're still going to get music from me." She added, "My fans would kill me if they waited this long for a lullaby."

It was 57 years ago today (February 15th, 1965) that the Beatles recorded their eighth U.S. Number One hit, "Ticket To Ride." The session was the Beatles' first for the year and the start of the Help! album, which featured a new technique for the group. Instead of recording multiple takes of each song, they began by recording a very simple basic track, and then overdubbing on top of it.

"Ticket To Ride," written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, was inspired by an early visit to the British town of Rhyde, which made the song's title a subtle in-joke within the band. The session also marked the first time that McCartney played lead guitar on a Beatles session, performing the song's galloping solo. The song's distinctive circular introduction, however, was played by George Harrison. Years later, John Lennon, who criticized the performance and sound of many of the Beatles' biggest records, was especially proud of "Ticket To Ride," and credited McCartney with suggesting to Ringo Starr the song's slightly off-the-beat drumming.

Also taped that evening at London's Abbey Road Studios were two more songs featured in the group's Help! movie: McCartney's "Another Girl," which also featured the three-guitar lineup of Lennon, Harrison and McCartney, and George Harrison's "I Need You." "I Need You" was only Harrison's second released solo composition, and was written about his future wife Pattie Boyd.

Pattie Boyd told us that Harrison often felt his material was passed over on Beatles albums to make more room for Lennon-McCartney songs: "I think he felt quite often that Paul didn't think that his songs were quite good enough for a Beatles album. Because he felt that he was being left out quite often -- song-wise. Obviously Paul and John together were terribly prolific, and if not together then individually. It was all, y'know, a question of time."

Although it was later a four-week Number One hit in America, "Yesterday" first reached British fans as one of the non-soundtrack songs buried on Side Two of Help! Paul McCartney admits that he's still astounded at the continuing popularity of 'Yesterday' -- which remains the most covered song in modern history: "My most successful song was 'Yesterday' that got covered by just everyone. 3,000 people including Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Elvis (Presley), Frank Sinatra -- I mean, I should be so lucky. It's just unbelievable. But that one song; I woke up one morning and I had dreamed it. See, I don't know where it came from. I just woke up (sings melody) -- I had that song. So, I believe in magic."

The late-Beatles producer George Martin recalled to us how 'Help!' was a late in the game addition to both the "Fab Four's" second feature film as well as their fifth UK album: "'Help!,' of course was originally written for the film. And John was the one who came up with the title song, because up till that time, the film wasn't called Help! -- and it was the song that made it."

During his 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, John Lennon listed "Help!" as among his best songs: "Because I meant it. It's real. The lyric is as good now as is was then, it's no different. And it makes me feel good that I was that sensible or whatever -- not sensible, but aware of myself then. It was just me singing ‘Help' -- and I meant it. I don't like the recording that much -- the song I like. We did it too fast to try and be commercial."

"Ticket To Ride" was released on April 19th, 1965 and on May 22nd went on to become the Beatles' eighth Number One hit.

Happy Birthday to Brian Holland, who turns 81 today (February 15th)!!! Holland along with brother Eddie, and Lamont Dozier, formed Motown's legendary songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, and have written nearly 300 songs -- including the Four Tops' Top Ten hits "Standing In The Shadows Of Love," "Bernadette," "It's The Same Old Song," and their Number Ones "I Can't Help Myself" and "Reach Out (I'll Be There)."

Holland-Dozier-Holland are also responsible for writing and producing Martha & the Vandellas' "Nowhere To Run," "Heatwave" and "Jimmy Mack." However, they are best known for their string of Number Ones with the Supremes, including "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Stop! In The Name Of Love," "Come See About Me," "Back In My Arms Again," and "I Hear A Symphony."

Lamont Dozier told us that he and the Holland brothers took great pains to make their compositions great records -- as well as timeless songs: "If I'm there working on 'I Hear A Symphony' or Brian is working on 'Stop! In The Name Of Love' -- whatever it is, we would get together and figure out where do we go from one point to the other, so that the song sounds different, that it's not trite musically, production-wise. And have something that would say something that would give a person a lift."

Motown labelmate Martha Reeves says that it was the Supremes being taken under the wings of Holland-Dozier-Holland that first turned the group's then-hitless career around: "The machinery got intact when Holland-Dozier-Holland were assigned to the Supremes, who had been there all along, and very well deserving of a hit. Well, Smokey Robinson had put out a whole album of singles on the Supremes, but none of them had a hit the way that his music had hit with Mary Wells."

Brian Holland told us that the global success of the partners' work pretty much took them all by surprise: "Y'know when we were writing songs all along, we thought that they were hits, but we didn't necessarily (laughs) think they were gonna change the world! We're as shocked as anybody else that they shook the world, and are still shaking the world, so to speak."

Otis Williams of the Temptations told us that when he first heard Holland-Dozier-Holland's production of the Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" he was left speechless: "When I heard that, I said, 'Man, these guys are something else. Y'know they don't only write songs they write unusual, strong, melodic, different chord structure-flowing kind of songs."

Although Holland-Dozier-Holland were never too self-congratulatory over their many Motown successes, years after its release Brian Holland says that the lyrics to "I Hear A Symphony" actually reduced him to tears: "Only one song ever really got me. I talked to my brother about it years ago -- it was 'I Hear A Symphony.' Somehow, I was coming out of a health club, and it was on the radio. And then I just start taking in the lyrics, (I) pulled over and my eyes started tearing up, y'know what I mean. There were some hell of a lyrics on that, man. 'Cause it kept going on and building. What he did, he built upon top of emotion on top of emotion -- which really got me. 'I hear a symphony. . . as you talk to me . . . (laughs) as you touch me. . . as you. . .' Y'know what I mean? You just build upon emotion and it really got to me."

Holland-Dozier-Holland was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

In 2009, Motown founder Berry Gordy presented Holland-Dozier-Holland with the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in New York City.

Despite the Top Two success of 2019's WHO collection, Pete Townshend revealed that fellow surviving Who member Roger Daltrey isn't necessarily gung-ho about a new album. Townshend spoke with Rolling Stone ahead of the band's upcoming "The Who Hits Back" North American trek and shed light on where the pair are at in regards to new music: "Roger is diffident about the whole thing. He's unsure. He's on the fence. It's not just about the money. It's about whether or not it's truly worth doing. . . I don't want to end up complaining online about shares of the money and blah, blah, blah. It just gets boring hearing musicians complaining about it, particularly people that have been as lucky as we have, but I think there is a question about whether an artist like me, who spent their whole life in a home studio since I was 17, is it not better for me to work with new artists rather than sit with someone like Roger that isn't really liking the record I'm making anyway? (Laughs)."

Townshend was asked about the poignant use of his Who songs in NBC's beloved late-'90s show Freaks And Geeks, and recalled, "It was a real buzz. I remember being very moved by it and very honored. It was a dark comedy show with deep, swinging connotations about performance and education and all the things I'm talking about. The uses were very, very smart. In a sense, it redeemed and gave credence to the fact that I've always felt the worst person. . . Let's get into real trouble here. The worst person to have control of Neil Young's catalog is Neil Young. (Laughs) Give it to me. I just think there's so much stuff there that could be just turned into joy. He's such an incredible writer, and so much of his stuff is just unknown, partly because he keeps it tied so tight to his chest."

He went on to talk in depth about the importance of pushing music into new commercial avenues beyond the radio and concert stage, explaining, "The Who ended for a good 10 years. In 1982, the Who closed down, and we weren't earning money. I started allowing my songs to be used for commercials, for film use, and not all of it was good. There's no question. Some of it was embarrassingly bad. But it earned money. One of things that did happen, in a couple of places … with the use in CSI, f***! It just hugely, dramatically, powerfully spread the word about the potential. . . These were some of the best songs that the Who had ever recorded. They were on TV over and over and over and over again. It just reminded people that we were still there. I think it probably helped us to come back."

During Pete Townshend's recent appearance on NPR, he shed light on the meaning behind "All This Music Will Fade" -- the lead track from 2019's WHO album: "Since the '60s it's become more and more basic, more and more simple. Music is often what's borrowed, what is often stolen, what is often echoed, what is often repeated -- particularly in our business. So, it's kind of absurd for somebody to pop out of the woodwork and accuse, let's say, somebody like Ed Sheeran -- whose music is not exactly (Arnold) Schoenberg -- of ripping off some earlier song. It just happens. We only have this limited language to deal with."