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Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators are back on the road in support of their new album, titled, 4, which drops tommorow (February 11th). Slash spoke about the band's setlist, which unlike the early Conspirators gigs, features no dips into the Guns N' Roses or Velvet Revolver catalogues.

In a new chat with Ultimate Classic Rock, Slash talked about keeping the set focused on Conspirators material: "I have to admit, I really missed playing the Guns material when this thing first started, so it was a great outlet for me. But having gotten back with all my buddies in Guns, after a while I was like, 'I don't really need to do it with Myles and Company,' so we don't have any Guns songs in the set. That said, I sort of miss the occasional Velvet Revolver song. So I haven't put any Velvet songs in the set as of yet, but I might at some point put one, at least, just for the fun of doing it."

Slash went on to talk about the vibe behind his setup with Kennedy and the Conspirators: "We don't have any kind of illusions of grandeur. We're not trying to be the biggest band in the world. We just like to go and play. And so that's how this has been functioning all this time. But we've actually sort of built up a sizable fan base, and we've got our own thing going at this point that's sort of established, but it doesn't really change the way that we do things. So it's a very easy, sort of simple group."

Even when he's supposed to be relaxing, Slash told us not long ago that he prefers to spend his downtime doing something else: "Work (laughs). Really, downtime, y'know -- unfortunately for most people around me, I don't relax well. So I have to be busy and I have to be focused on something. For me, it's fine. It keeps me out of trouble, but for everybody else, it's sort of like, 'Can't you just sort of chill, y'know?' But it doesn't work."

Could Adele and Rich Paul be engaged?

The singer sparked rumors after walking the red carpet at the 2022 Brit Awards wearing a massive diamond ring on her left hand. According to E! News, the pear shape diamond is from Lorraine Schwartz.

Adele also took home awards for Song of the Year ("Easy on Me"), Album of the Year (30), and Artist of the Year

Other winners included Dua Lipa for Best Pop, R&B Artist, Billie Eilish for International Artist, Silk Sonic for International Group, and Olivia Rodrigo for International Song of the Year with "Good 4 U."

TOWNSHEND SAYS THIS ISN'T THE WHO'S FAREWELL

Rock fans are feeling a little bit of normalcy creep back into their lives with the Who going back on the road after being sidlined by the pandemic. Pete Townshend is adamant that the upcoming Who dates are not a "farewell tour," telling Rolling Stone, "Roger (Daltrey) is of the opinion that he wants to sing until he drops. That's not my philosophy of life. There are other things that I want to do, still want to do, and will do, I hope. I hope I'll live long enough to do them."

He went on to say, "But it's not a farewell tour. Apart from anything else, we still have people who have tickets for the U.K. 2019 tour. We're very, very keen to do that tour and we'll be doing that tour in 2023, I think. But I'm talking about stuff I don't really know about. I don't have any guarantees, like everybody else. I don't really know for sure what's going to happen next month."

Pete Townshend says that although the current touring version of the Who pays homage to the band's '60s, '70s, and early '80s lineups -- do not confuse it as a tribute "act": "Y'know, there's a temptation to describe what it is that we're doing with the Who as a nostalgia exercise, but actually what it is a virtual reality exercise, really. It's about trying to re-create what was once there, and inasmuch as we don't particularly need to -- it would be nice to have some new material. But y'know, inasmuch as we don't need new material to do what we used to do, we can pretty much use the same techniques."

DALTREY TALKS CINCINATTI RETURN AND BENEFIT SHOW

One stop will be extremely poignant for the band will be on May 15th when after 42 long years, the Who will return to Cincinnati. The stop will be the band's first in the city since December 3rd, 1979 when 11 fans died in a stampede while entering their concert at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum.

Roger Daltrey appeared on Cincinnati's ABC-TV affiliate WCPO and revealed that the concert will be a benefit show with the proceeds going to The P.E.M. Memorial Scholarship Fund For Finneytown High School Seniors. The fund is named in honor of three Finneytown students who died at the concert -- Steve Preston who had graduated in June 1979 along with Jackie Eckerle and Karen Morrison -- who both would've graduated in 1982: "We're going to do a benefit show for the P.E.M. Memorial, which is the existing foundation today that gives out scholarships for youngsters in the Cincinnati area. And we'll be playing in the new football stadium, the PQL Stadium. It's about time. It's taken a long time, I know, but it's the least we can do in our final years to say thank you to Cincinnati, 'cause it's a great rock town. You've been very, very good to us."

Beyoncé​ and Billie Eilish were among the Academy Award nominees announced on Tuesday (Feb. 8th). Both singers are being recognized in the Best Original Song category.

Beyoncé has earned her first Academy Award nomination, with "Be Alive" from King Richard while Eilish's nod is for "No Time to Die" from the James Bond movie of the same name.

Eilish wrote on Instagram, "thank you SO much to @theacademy for this nomination!! it was an absolute dream to write a song for a @007 film and i'm so honored that it's nominated. peak life experience. THANK YOU!!!"

Other nominees in this category include Diane Warren (Four Good Days), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto), and Van Morrison (Belfast).

Many were expecting Lady Gaga to be recognized for her role as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. Despite the snub, the gracious star extended her contratulations to the other nominees.

Gaga wrote, "And to all the nominees this year, congratulations on all your hard work, dedication, your nomination and YOUR magic—you all deserve major recognition for what was a truly beautiful landscape of performances and accomplishments this past year. Your dedication during Covid, your huge hearts, and your ability to tell amazing stories is a gift to the whole world during what is for many a very hard time. Congratulations my friends."

Despite writing and recording some of the best loved music in the entire rock era, John Mellencamp admitted he has no interest in listening to his past work. Mellencamp just released his 24th album, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack, which hit Number Five on the Billboard Folk Albums chart.

For Mellencamp music has always been about what's next rather than in the rearview: "I never listen to my old records. Never. The only time I'll ever listen to an old record is when we're ready to go out on tour and I think, 'What can I put in the show that I've never done or ever played live?' 'Cause, there's some songs that I have to play -- and those are easy. But then, there's still another hour of show and I don't wanna play the same songs over and over. And, y'know, guys in the band'll make a suggestion -- 'Y'know, we haven't done 'Jackie Brown' for 10 years, you wanna do 'Jackie Brown' again?'"

Although he's aware of his legacy, Mellencamp told us that he spends virtually no time dwelling on the past: "I never think about that stuff. I'm glad those records were made -- and I was there when they were bein' made and I don't really think about it. Y'know, I'm already writin' songs for a new record, so that's how far ahead I am. I'm talking to you about a record that's been done for a year-and-a-half, so I'm already onto writin' new songs."

Kanye West posted and deleted a message for all of the "women" in the Kardashian family, demanding that they apologize to him. Kanye posted a screenshot of a text conversation between himself and his estranged wife Kim, where he texted her, "Hope you have the best day. Positive vibes your way." Kim responded, "You too! positive vibes all around!" He later texted Kim, "I still need an apology for you not giving me the address to my daughters party."

He captioned the post, "I STILL NEED A PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM THE ENTIRE FAMILY FOR THIS. YOU GIVE EVERYTHING YOU GOT TO SOMEONE THEN THEY TRY TO BULLY YOU AND THEN SAY THEY WON'T APOLOGIZE. IT'S UP TILL THEY ALL TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY EVERY WOMAN THERE INCLUDING CORY."

It was 50 years ago today (February 9th, 1972), that Paul McCartney, along with his new band Wings, performed his first solo show at Britain's Nottingham University. Although McCartney refused to include any Beatles numbers in the band's set, he couldn't resist performing the group's longtime set-closer, a cover of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally." Incidentally, the gig was eight years to the day of the "Fab Four's" debut in America on The Ed Sullivan Show.

McCartney's idea of reliving the Beatles' early pre-fame days had actually been his idea for the group the day that John Lennon quit the group in 1969. McCartney thought it a good enough idea to revisit as the launch of Wings' live act: "We decided to go back to square one and not form a, sort of, great big 'supergroup' and come out the level the Beatles were at. So, it was kinda funny looking back on it. We just stuck everything in a van -- dogs, children, potty -- and just went up the motorway without any bookings, without any hotels. Anyway, we found Nottingham University and went and did a gig there and (then) did a little, kind of, university tour. So from those small beginnings, we gradually formed Wings."

Wings co-founder and drummer Denny Seiwell says that McCartney formed Wings as a way for him to get back to being a working musician: "Really, I believe that it was his need to just get back and perform live under a controlled situation. Like, he always used to say that the Beatles was a, it was really great to play live with them, but in the, y'know, as soon as they became 'The Beatles,' I mean, they couldn't hear each other, the equipment was so rotten, and it was just such an ordeal to get up on stage and play that there wasn't that much enjoyment from it."

Denny Laine was the sole member of Wings to span the band's decade-long run. He recalled the early summer 1971 phone call from McCartney asking him to help form the group: "Y'know, he was looking for people he could get on with and people who would go on in the future with new ideas. So he just called up and said, 'Paul here, do you fancy getting a band together?"

McCartney told us that he still feels guilt at Linda putting her successful photography career on ice while forming Wings with him -- only to have both fans and critics bash her at every opportunity: "I was very sorry that that happened. It's terrible. Like I say, it's OK for you to go through problems, but if you're a good guy, then it's painful to be part of the reason why these wounds are inflicted on your partner."

Money was always a problem for the early members of Wings, with most of McCartney's assets tied up in legal problems with the Beatles. During the band's initial days, he paid Denny Seiwell, and guitarists Denny Laine and Henry McCullough a meager 70 (British) pounds a week and kept them constantly on call.

Shortly before his 2016 death at age 72, Henry McCullough told us that adding in the fact that he was treated at times as nothing more than a session player for McCartney, the deal was bound to go sour as quickly as it did: "I went into the band not to be a sideman. Once the whole thing. . . We grasped what we were headin' for, it was heads down and everyone worked towards that particular goal -- and it wasn't for very long. But there was sort of revolution in the air. And Denny Seiwell was startin' to feel it a little bit. And all we wanted was to be paid for what we were doin'. I didn't want to be on a weekly wage."

Wings' setlist for its February 1972 "University Tour" was: "Lucille," "Give Ireland Back To The Irish," "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," "Seaside Woman," "Say Darling," "Some People Never Know," "The Mess," "Bip Bop," "Smile Away," "My Love," "Henry's Blues," "Help Me," "Wild Life," and "Long Tall Sally."

The original road lineup of Wings survived three tours; the early 1972 "University Tour," the summer '72 "Wings Over Europe" trek, and the band's only officially booked UK tour in the spring and summer of 1973.

The initial Wings lineup last performed live together on July 10th, 1973 in Newcastle, England. In all, the first touring lineup of Wings performed 58 shows in 11 countries across Europe.

Both Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough quit the band just prior to Wings leaving for Lagos, Nigeria to record 1973's Band On The Run. Seiwell and McCartney remain close to this day, with McCartney and McCullough finally patching things up -- at Seiwell's urging -- backstage at McCartney's December 20th, 2009 in Dublin, Ireland.

FAST FORWARD

After years of collecting dust in Paul McCartney's archival vaults, the long lost live Wings album Wings Over Europe, is living up to his legend. Released in 2018 as part of the sprawling Paul McCartney And Wings - 1971-73 Limited Edition Box Set, which features both the new Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway "Archival Series" collections combined, Wings Over Europe spotlights the earliest live incarnation of Wings, featuring Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough, and Denny Seiwell. All but one of the disc's 20 songs is from the band's summer '72 European trek, with the album's opening number "Big Barn Bed" coming from July 10th, 1973 at the lineup's final gig in Newcastle, England.

Among the highlights on the set is McCartney's first bonafide solo classic, "Maybe I'm Amazed," a pair of Ram favorites, "Eat At Home" and "Smile Away" along with such early Wings staples as "Give Ireland Back To The Irish," "Wild Life," "My Love," "Mary Had A Little Lamb," and "Hi, Hi, Hi" -- along with a pair of 1950's covers including particularly hot versions of Elvis Presley's "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" and a show-closing romp on Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally."

Also included in the recent Red Rose Speedway box set is McCartney's live concert/animation film, The Bruce McMouse Show. The movie, which had long been on die-hard fans wish lists over the years, features classic footage of Wings' first live lineup, performing key tracks during its legendary summer 1972 "Wings Over Europe" tour. Interspersed are comedic clips featuring a family of cartoon-animated mice that live under the concert stage, which were based on McCartney's original drawings.

BTS has set a new record with their hit single "Butter."

According to Billboard, the track holds at No. 1 on the Hot Trending Song's chart for the eighth week – the longest any song has held the top spot.

The trending song's chart provides a real-time ranking of the most discussed on Twitter globally.

Happy Birthday to Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Carole King, who turns 80 today (February 9th)!!! Most fans associate King with her own hits, such as 1971's "It's Too Late," "I Feel The Earth Move," and "So Far Away," plus 1974's "Jazzman," but in the 1960's King was responsible for co-writing with her then-husband Gerry Goffin some of the biggest hits to come out of that decade.

On October 30th, 2021 Carole King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer. She had previously been inducted as a songwriter with Gerry Goffin back in 1990 isn the "non-performer" category. Taylor Swift did the honors for King at the 2021 ceremony.

Back in January, a new documentary on James Taylor and Carole King premiered on CNN, titled Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name. The documentary focused on the duo's 2010 world tour, dubbed the "Troubadour Reunion Tour." The press release stated, "The title referred to their having played together at West Hollywood's famed Troubadour club when they were starting out in 1970, and a subsequent six-night stand they did there in 2007 to celebrate the nightspot's 50th anniversary, which that led to their taking it on the road to global arenas three years later."

Elvis Costello's 2018 album, Look Now, featured "Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter" -- a long-unreleased song co-written with King. Look Now snagged Costello & The Imposters the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Album.

2019 saw the release of Carole King - Live At Montreux 1973. The show, which had never before been released, features King performing her first-ever overseas concert at the world-famous Montreux Jazz Festival, while on the road in support of her then-recent Fantasy album.

Highlights on Carole King - Live At Montreux 1973 are "I Feel the Earth Move," "Smackwater Jack," "Beautiful," "Up On The Roof," "It's Too Late" -- along with solo piano versions of "You've Got A Friend," and "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman."

On January 12th, 2019, Carole King made a surprise appearance during the fifth anniversary performance of the Broadway musical based on her life, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, which ran at Manhattan's Steven Sondheim Theatre. During the second to last number of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning show, instead of actress Chilina Kennedy performing the musical's title song recreating King's 1971 Carnegie Hall concert, King herself surprised the crowd by performing it herself. She stayed on with the cast to sing the encore of "I Feel The Earth Move" and afterwards addressed the crowd, saying, "What a night! It was amazing to be a part of this. This musical has been such a magical experience. To be here and celebrate our fifth anniversary with so much joy and love is amazing."

Beautiful is based on King's life, starting with her marriage and songwriting partnership to the late-Gerry Goffin, and her ascent into superstardom with the release of her 1971 classic Tapestry.

The Broadway production of Beautiful closed on October 27th, 2019 after 60 previews and 2,418 regular performances, marking the show the 27th longest-running musical in Broadway history.

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is also headed to the big screen. The movie will be written by Douglas McGrath -- who wrote the musical's book -- and Tom Hanks will serve as co-producer. No release date has been announced. Beautiful opened on the "Great White Way" in January 2014 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and was nominated for seven Tony Awards -- including Best Musical, with actress Jessie Mueller snagging the prize for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

In July 2017, Carole King performed her 1971 multi-platinum masterpiece, Tapestry, in its entirety for the first time at London's British Summer Time in Hyde Park. A CD/DVD set of the show was released as Tapestry: Live In Hyde Park. Also in 2017, King shared a new version of her 1982 song "One Small Voice," in protest of President Trump's policies. She said in a statement: "I'm making the updated recording of ‘One Small Voice' available to everyone because it will take the strength and persistence of many small voices to overcome the lies of the loudest voice with our message of truth, dignity, and decency." The song comes courtesy of a music video featuring stills from the Women's March in Stanley, Idaho, in which King participated.

In 2010, Carole King and James Taylor released the live package Live At The Troubadour. The disc was recorded on November 28th, 29th, and 30th, 2007 at L.A.'s legendary Troubadour club in celebration of the venue's 50th anniversary.

Among the many Goffin/King-penned hits were the Number One records "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," recorded by the Shirelles in 1960; "Take Good Care Of My Baby," recorded by Bobby Vee in 1961; and "The Loco-Motion," recorded by Little Eva in 1962 and Grand Funk Railroad in 1974, when it again reached Number One. Other Goffin/King songs included "Up On The Roof" by the Drifters, "Chains," recorded by the Cookies and the Beatles, "One Fine Day" by the Chiffons, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by the Monkees, "I'm Into Something Good" by Herman's Hermits, "Goin' Back" by the Byrds, "Don't Bring Me Down" by the Animals, "Go Away Little Girl" by Donny Osmond, and "(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin.

In 1971 James Taylor scored his only Number One hit to date with a cover of King's "You've Got A Friend." Taylor explained that he and King almost immediately recognized a kindred spirit in one another: "It turned out we spoke the same language. We sat down and we slipped back into the mother tongue, really. It was great. We played on each other's records; we just had a common mind, y'know?"

In 1997, fellow singer-songwriter Billy Joel covered the Goffin/King song "Hey Girl" for his album Greatest Hits Volume 3. Joel spoke of his life-long respect for King: "Now, Carole King -- there's got to be some carving of her on Mount Rushmore. I mean, this woman has written so much music in the pantheon of popular music . . . I don't think people know how much this woman did! How she changed the face of popular music. . . The Beatles, I believe, were trying to emulate Goffin and King. I know that Lennon and McCartney wanted to be the next Goffin and King."

Micky Dolenz, who was a recipient of several Goffin/King classics during his time in the Monkees released a 2010 tribute disc to King, titled, King For A Day. We asked Micky if after recording the album he could pick a single favorite Carole King tune: "That's a good question. I don't think so. I mean she wrote so many different types of tunes. Things like 'Cryin' In The Rain' to 'Don't Bring Me Down' to 'Up On The Roof' -- I mean the spectrum is as wide as you can possibly get. When we started going through her catalogue, her list of songs -- we were going down this list going, 'She wrote that?! (Laughs)"

In 1999, King's landmark 1971 album Tapestry received a prestigious Diamond Award from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), signifying sales of over 10 million units. It has now reached over 13 million in the U.S. alone.

Tapestry was re-released in 2008 in an expanded 35th anniversary edition. The reissue includes a bonus disc featuring live performances of the entire album in its exact running order from 1973 and 1976 recorded in Boston, Columbia, Maryland, New York's Central Park and the San Francisco Opera House.

In December 2001, King was honored with a Heroes Award by the New York chapter of the Recording Academy. King was asked about her long-term plans: "Hopefully, continue to do the job I do, which is to write and record music and continue to inspire people with my work and my life and do the things I love to do and if I can do that, I'll be happy."

In 2007 King re-released her live album from her extended Living Room tour, which featured unplugged versions of most of her best-known songs.

In 2011 writer/director John Sayles signed on to adapt Girls Like Us: The Story Of Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell And Carole King into an upcoming major motion picture for Sony Pictures. The 2008 book wowed critics for it's in-depth study of the women's careers and placement in the singer-songwriter movement. The picture will be directed by Katie Jacobs, best known for her work on Fox's House. No shoot date has been announced.

King released her first Christmas album in 2011, called A Holiday Carole. The set, which was produced by her daughter Louise Goffin, includes such standards as "Sleigh Ride," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "Do You Hear What I Hear," among others -- including King's tip of the hat to her own Jewish faith, with "Chanukah Prayer."

Jackson Browne took time out to recall his most successful collaboration -- the Eagles' 1971 signature tune "Take It Easy." While chatting with Record Collector, he looked back at his days living under Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther in a basement apartment in L.A.'s Echo Park. Browne remembered when the stars aligned on a song he had left incomplete: "Glenn finished 'Take It Easy' for me because I'd got stuck and bored with it. He'd heard it countless times through the floorboards, and he said, 'Let me add something' so he came up with the line, 'There's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowing down to take a look at me.'"

He went on to say, "Glenn's culminating line was perfect. He knew how to sum things up. He grabbed that line like Roy Orbison did on '(Oh) Pretty Woman': 'But wait. What do I see? Is she walking back to me? Yeah, she's walking back to me.' He was a big Orbison fan, and he made my song universal when I'd have probably come up with something lame about an Indian standing on the corner. I wanted it to be a guy, but he went up the middle and made it about him. Now when audiences sing it, they picture themselves. The girls are in that truck and the guys can't wait to hop in. It's so teenage, it's f***ing wonderful."

Browne, who reportedly earned $1 million in royalties for "Take It Easy" by 1973, went on to co-write "Doolin' Dalton" for the Eagles' 1973 set Desperado album, and then co-wrote "James Dean" for 1974's On The Border collection.

"Take It Easy" still remains a highlight of all of Jackson Browne's shows. We asked him if after being so close to the band he ever secretly wished he'd been asked to join: "I could have wished to have been in the Eagles many a time, but I never had the skills to be in a band like that; neither as a singer or probably as a player, y'know? They worked real hard, they made a lot of music. I think they worked like the Beatles worked: four pieces, y'know four pieces playing all the parts, singing all the parts. And they all brought incredible experience -- I mean, Glenn had played with Bob Seger, Bernie (Leadon) had been, y'know, played with the (Flying) Burrito Brothers, Randy Meisner had played with a bunch of bands, I saw him play in L.A. -- also (with) Rick Nelson, and (Don) Henley had been in a group called Shilo and they came to L.A. -- and that's how they knew him, I guess -- because, they were on Jimmy Bowen's record label. They all came from their own musical backgrounds and when they came together, they coalesced in a way that was pretty hard to top."

Jackson Browne will next perform with James Taylor on April 21st in St. John's, NL at the Mile One Centre.

Joe Alwyn made it clear during a CTAM presentation about his upcoming Hulu series Conversations With Friends that Taylor Swift is the only girl for him.

Deadline reported that the actor was discussing his character Nick Conway's open relationship at the February 8th event when he added "I think people can do what they want and makes them happy. I'm obviously happy in a monogamous relationship."

The 30-year-old has been with Swift since 2016.

Although their upcoming album Unlimited Love isn't even out yet, Red Hot Chili Peppers are eyeing getting even more new music out to fans as soon as possible. While promoting the new album set to drop on April 1st, frontman Anthony Kiedis told NME, "We're gonna put out music by the handful -- literally. Don't be surprised if another wheelbarrow of songs comes your way in the near future. We have a lot of s*** to turn people onto."

Kiedis revealed that during the sessions for the Unlimited Love album the band "recorded almost 50 pieces of music" with producer Rick Rubin.

Returning guitarist John Frusciante added: "We definitely have enough material that we love. (It) has a relaxed energy that's distinct from the intensity of the record that we've made here."

Kiedis explained that he wants the new Chili Peppers music to break new boundaries: "I really didn't want to tell the same old story that we've been hearing for the last 50 years in rock music. I liked reaching out in 10,000 directions and seeing what was out there. We weren't limiting ourselves but trying to tap into something that is honest and emotional. Hopefully we've said something that hasn't been said before, or at least said it in a way that hasn't."

Anthony Kiedis told us years ago what the band enjoyed about working with producer Rick Rubin: The best way to describe Rick as a producer would be if Baron Von Munchausen were to ejaculate the Red Hot Chili Peppers onto a chess board. As the players of that board, Rick Rubin would be the perfect chess player. He's very intelligent, very emotionally in tune with hardcore soulful music. He knows how to extrapolate the best and most relaxed natural performance of a band without changing them."

Red Hot Chili Peppers kick off their North American dates on July 23rd at Denver's Empower Field at Mile High.

LoCash's next single, called "Beach Boys," actually features The Beach Boys' co-founder Mike Love and longtime band member Bruce Johnston. The song won't be officially released until next month but LoCash got to debut the song with Mike and Bruce as special guests of the Beach Boys' on Sunday (February 6th) during their sold-out show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

LoCash's Preston Brust said, "The day we wrote ‘Beach Boys,' I remember Chris (Lucas) and I dreaming of recording it with The Beach Boys. We never imagined that they'd hear it, let alone get the chance to lay down our parts with Mike and Bruce and actually feel like we were a part of a group that we've idolized for so long! It's crazy how it all became a reality and now the fun really begins!"

The Beach Boys' Mike Love said, "We had a blast collaborating with Chris and Preston of LoCash! The song is so hooky – I can't get it out of my head. I love mixing it up! Country Rock met Surf Rock and created a fun summer hit!"

"Beach Boys" was originally released as a solo version on the duo's Woods & Water EP, which was released in 2021.

Their Woods & Water Tour kicks off on March 4th at Lori's Roadhouse in West Chester, OH.

Joe Jonas has new music on the way with DNCE.

The "Cake By The Ocean" singer wrote on his Instagram Story Sunday (Feb. 6th) night, "My goal for the next few months is to get you up on your feet dancing and make you move. New music. New vibes. New flavors. New collaborations."

In a post shared Monday (Feb. 7th), the Jonas Brothers singer added that he has been working on a song called "Dancing Feet" with Kygo.

Jonas told Rolling Stone he wrote a lot of material over Zoom with collaborators like Ryan Tedder, Jason Evigan, Mike Elizondo and Mikky Ekko.

He said of the group, "I can kind of forsee it becoming this E Street Band where members come and go."

The Who are heading back on the road and have rolled out a two-leg, 29-date North American tour. The spring run kicks off on April 22nd at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida's Hard Rock Live and wraps on May 28th at Bethel, New York's Bethel Woods Center of the Arts -- which sits on the site of the band's legendary 1969 Woodstock appearance.

The fall leg launches on October 2nd at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena and winds down over two nights -- November 4th and 5th -- at Las Vegas' Dolby Live.

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

Pete Townshend spoke about the benefits of touring with an full symphony orchestra, admitting to Rolling Stone, "It gives me a chance to make sure what I play, what I do, where I look, how I behave on the stage, is more connected with the people around me. and with the audience, and with, to get prosaic about it, an inner sense. In other words. I don't lose myself the way I did when I used to jump around, have a big adrenaline rush, and then come off the stage and someone would say, 'Great show,' or someone would say, 'Terrible show,' and I wouldn't really know what I had done, to be honest, since I was like someone running a marathon. So the orchestra gives me space."

Among the most notable city's on the itinerary is Cincinnati, Ohio -- a show that will mark the Who's first visit to the city since the band's tragic 1979 show at Riverfront Coliseum, which left 11 fans dead in a pre-show stampede: "At last, we can close the loop on the disaster that happened back in 1979. We've done a lot of work on that. There's been a documentary (The Who: The Night That Changed Rock) about it. This has been in the air for a while."

Over 55 years after officially becoming "The Who," Pete Townshend told us he remains amazed at how massive a crowd he and Roger Daltrey can command simply by performing under the band's moniker: "It's so strange to have that brand that is bigger than either of us. That when we get together under that banner that attracts an audience that is not just old fans -- it's curious young people, people who are interested in our legacy and where we fit into the history of Western music -- and Western sociology."

Roger Daltrey, who's spent more time onstage over the past decade than he did in the 1980's or '90s combined, told us that playing live has little to do with a performer's age and everything to do with their soul: "I've always laughed at people who say, 'Oh, you're too old to rock n' roll.' I don't. . . To me, it's got nothing to do with your age or any of that. It's to do with the music and what that music itself generates."

The Who will play in each city with a local orchestra, the dynamics of which Pete Townshend believes only strengthens how the band plays -- as well as how Roger Daltrey's sings: "Roger has said that he doesn't know how much longer he can sing the way he's singing. He's singing incredibly well and has been for the last five or six years. I mean, better than ever, I think. But he has said he doesn't know how long he can go on doing that -- and maybe, doing this orchestral-style tour, because the dynamic is so much wider -- in other words, he doesn't have to battle with a noisy rock band in order to get himself heard, and to hear himself. It might open up some avenues for us, I don't know."

JUST ANNOUNCED: The Who tour dates (subject to change):

April 22 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Hard Rock
April 24 - Jacksonville, FL - VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
April 27 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena
April 20 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz Festival
May 3 - Austin, TX - Moody Center ATX
May 2 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
May 8 - The Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May 10 - Oklahoma City, TX - Paycom Center
May 13 - Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum
May 15 - Cincinnati, OH - TQL Stadium
May 18 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
May 20 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
May 23 - Washington, D.C. - Capital One Arena
May 26 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
May 28 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center of the Arts
October 2 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
October 4 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
October 7 - Elmont, NY - UBS Arena
October 9 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
October 12 - Chicago, IL - United Center
October 14 - St. Louis, MO - Enterprise Center
October 17 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena
October 20 - Portland, OR - Moda Center
October 22 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
October 26 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
October 28 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
November 1 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
November 4, 5 - Las Vegas, NV - Dolby Live

Reports say that Kanye West refuses to sign documents that would grant estranged wife Kim Kardashian's request to be declared legally single amid their ongoing divorce.

According to The Jasmine Brand, a source said, "Kim is still trying to get the 'married' status dissolved to 'single' before they finalize the divorce, but Ye has yet to sign." The source continued, "Moving this divorce along isn't something he's acting quickly on, despite Kim's efforts."

Neil Young is not done criticizing Spotify and has drafted an open letter urging employees to flee from the company "before it eats up your soul." Young also had strong words for Chase, Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo.

The message posted by Young on his official Neil Young Archives page reads in full:

I SAY

In our communication age, misinformation is the problem. Ditch the misinformers. Find a good clean place to support with your monthly checks. You have the real power. Use it.

To the baby boomers, I say 70 percent of the country's financial assets are in your hands compared with just about 5 percent for millennials. You and I need to lead.

In our age of Climate Chaos, I say ditch the companies contributing to the mass fossil fuel destruction of Earth.

For their continued funding of the fossil fuel damage even as the global temperature keeps climbing, I say take your money from the accounts of these American banks today:

Chase
Citi
Bank of America
Wells Fargo

Join me as I move my money away from the damage causers or you will unintentionally be one of them. You have the power to change the world. We can do it together. Your grandchildren will thank you in history.

To the musicians and creators in the world, I say this:
You must be able to find a better place than SPOTIFY to be the home of your art.

To the workers at SPOTIFY, I say Daniel Ek is your big problem - not Joe Rogan. Ek pulls the strings. Get out of that place before it eats up your soul. The only goals stated by EK are about numbers - not art, not creativity.

Notice that EK never mentions the Medical Professionals who started this conversation. Look, one last time - at the statements EK has made. Then be free and take the good path.

Neil Young says that the feels that through his songs he's completely free to voice his opinions and observations regarding the state of the world: "I find the things I'm thinking of and singing of, they're the things that matter to me. Not that in the past it wasn't like that; now, that I've gotten older, the things that matter to me are more focused. Things where I feel I can use my power and my skills as an artist, and as a crafter of records, or whatever. That I could say things and people might hear them that they normally wouldn't hear."

Rihanna was spotted in Beverly Hills this past weekend and had her belly on full blast. The singer, along with boyfriend A$AP Rocky, was spotted wearing a black lace up, cut out top, with no bra and low cut trousers. The two were leaving a restaurant.

Rihanna and Rocky announced that they were expecting their first child together last week. No wrod on when the baby is due.

Ringo Starr has added five new stops onto his 2022 All Starr Band tour. The trek now includes two stops in Rama, Ontario; and one each in Canandaigua, New York; Worcester, Massachusetts; and Richmond, Virginia. Americana band the Avett Brothers will open for the group during its two New England dates.

Replacing longtime All Starr keyboardist Gregg Rolie of Santana and Journey fame is returning All Starr, Edgar Winter. Rounding out the 2022 All Starr's are Toto's Steve Lukather, Men At Work's Colin Hay, along with percussionist Warren Ham, drummer Gregg Bissonette, and Hamish Stuart from the Average White Band -- and a longtime Paul McCartney sideman.

Ringo Starr said in a statement: "I can't wait to get back out on the road and play. This is the longest I've been off the road in years -- up until 2020 I was touring every year with the All Starrs -- and I've really missed it. Making music in the studio has been great, and it certainly saved me during the pandemic, but nothing beats playing live with great musicians in front of an audience. I love my fans and they love me and it's going to be wonderful to be peace and loving and playing for them again."

When we last caught up with Ringo we asked him if he's getting excited to spend another summer onstage criss-crossing North America: "Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. It's exciting. Every time I put the All Starr's together, we end up in a room in some country -- we like to call it 'rehearsals' and, y'know, we've never played together and it works. We all know what we're supposed to do, we get on with it, and we have a lot of fun. That's the only rule I have; do you wanna have fun in the summer? Then let's go. I'm not here to be tortured."

One of the ultimate All Starr Band rockers over the years has been Edgar Winter's signature tune and 1973 chart-topper, "Frankenstein." Winter recalled to us how the song was born out of a pieced-together jam back in the day and named by one of his bandmates when he saw all the session tapes spread out around the room: "Back in those days, the only way to edit anything was by physically cutting the master tape and putting it back together with splicing tape. Chuck (Ruff), the drummer, said, 'Wow, man! It's like Frankenstein!' -- drawing the analogy of an arm here, and a leg here, and pasting the thing back together. And I said, 'Wow! That's it!' It has that lumbering, monster sound."

UPDATED: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band tour dates (subject to change):

May 27, 28 - Rama, ON - Casino Rama
May 30 - Canandaigua, NY - CMAC
May 31 - Asbury Park, NJ - Paramount Theatre
June 2 - Boston, MA - Boch Center Wang Theatre (with The Avett Brothers)
June 3 - Hanover Theater - Worcester, MA
June 4 - Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion (with The Avett Brothers
June 6, 7, 8 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
June 10 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater
June 11 - Easton, PA - State Theater
June 12 - Providence, RI - Providence PAC
June 14, 15 - Baltimore, MD - The Modell Lyric
June 17 - Lenox, MA - Tanglewood
June 18 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
June 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Metropolitan Theater
Jun 21 - Richmond, VA - Virginia Credit Union Live
June 22 - Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
June 24 - St Augustine, FL - The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
June 25 - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
June 26 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall

Selena Gomez shared a cute behind-the-scenes snap of herself and Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin on Instagram Monday (Feb. 7th).

The image shows the two sticking their tounges out at the camera while filming the Escher-inspired music video for their new single, "Let Somebody Go."

The track, from Coldplay's album, Music of the Spheres, serves as the followup to their collaboration with BTS, "My Universe."

Cardi B decided to make her daughter Kulture's Instagram page private after trolls left negative comments on the page. Cardi tweeted, "I haven't been checking my daughter's account, but now I'm going to lock her page. I don't know WTF is going on, but I hope y'all moms die for giving birth to you h*e a*s weirdos."

One of the disparaging comments read, "Look at creature Cephus." Another one read, "I hope your account gets disabled."

Micky Dolenz will honor his late-Monkees bandmates on tour this spring. The shows will mark Dolenz' first proper tour dates since the Mike Nesmith's death last December at age 78. The trek, which is billed as "Micky Dolenz Celebrates The Monkees" will play eight dates throughout April, making stops in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Dolenz already has dates on the books and will play the Beach Boys cruise next month, with a string of spring shows with Felix Cavaliere's Rascals.

Dolenz, who will spotlight the contributions of Mike Nesmith -- as well as those of Davy Jones and Peter Tork -- during the upcoming shows, said in a statement, "I felt it was important to gather the fans and properly celebrate the lives of Davy, Mike, and Peter. People have been contacting me, requesting that I honor them in a way where the extraordinary impact of the Monkees can be properly acknowledged. We spent such a great deal of time together; they were like my brothers, and I want to share some of the great joy we had together."

Dolenz told us that he's always considered his career from The Monkees' TV shows to their reunion tours as "musical theatre": "If you understand the history of the Monkees, if you understand and appreciate how the original show was put together and everything, it's not like a band having a reunion. It's more like the revival of a Broadway musical, if you will. It's like Yul Brynner doing The King And I again. That's the way I've always looked at it, 'cause that's the way The Monkees was originally produced and constructed. It was a television show first, about this imaginary rock n' roll group -- this fictitious group called 'The Monkees.'"

UPDATED: Micky Dolenz Celebrates The Monkees tour dates (subject to change):

March 25, 26, 27 - Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas - The Beach Boys Good Vibrations Cruise
April 5 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
April 6 - Richmond, KY - EKU Center For The Arts
April 8 - Nashville, IN - Brown County Music Center
April 9 - Cincinnati, OH - The Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center
April 12 - Akron, OH - Goodyear Theater
April 13 - Joliet, IL - Rialto Square Theatre
April 16 - Madison, WI - Overture Center For The Arts
April 23 - Lancaster, PA - American Music Theater (with Felix Cavaliere's Rascals)
April 24 - Glenside. PA - Keswick Theatre (with Felix Cavaliere's Rascals)
May 12 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Center (with Felix Cavaliere's Rascals)
May 14 - Patchogue, NY - Patchogue Theatre For The Performing Arts (with Felix Cavaliere's Rascals)
June 3 - New York, NY - Palladium Times Square (with Felix Cavaliere's Rascals)
June 4 - Lynn, MA - Lynn Auditorium (with Felix Cavaliere's Rascals)

Shawn Mendes has been spotted spending time with yogi Hitomi Mochizuki in Hawaii.

The "It'll Be Okay" singer was snapped in the midst of a beach ritual with the dark haired woman on Friday (Feb. 4th). Images obtained by Page Six showed him possibly snorting something from a pip before grasping hands with his companion.

According to the outlet, the duo was later seen having coffee at an outdoor café.

According to Mochizuki's Instagram bio, she is a "Forest Nymph" and "Ashtanga Yogi."

Taylor Swift was spotted enjoying a family outing in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday (Feb. 5th).

E! News reports that the singer was snapped by photographers hanging out with parents Andrea and Scott Swift. Images show the 32-year-old dressed in an oversized coat and dark jeans, carrying a large notebook and a keyboard in her arms.

The family reunion comes three months after Swift's last public sighting at a Saturday Night Live after-party.