<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bruce-springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> finally got back on the stage for the first time since postponing numerous shows due to his peptic ulcer disease diagnosis, and his new look has caused quite a stir.
The 74-year-old singer hit the stage in Phoenix wearing a red flannel shirt and dark jeans and looking very pale with white hair. But it was his face that got everyone talking, with some suggesting he looked like comedian Ellen DeGeneres and others saying he looked more like actress Tilda Swinton, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/21/entertainment/bruce-springsteen-unrecognizable-on-tour-tilda-swinton-ellen-degeneres-comparisons/">New York Post</a> reported.
&#8220;Is that Ellen DeGeneres,&#8221; one person wrote on social media.
Another added, &#8220;I&#8217;m not even trying to be funny when I say I thought this was Megan Rapinoe.&#8221;
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Bruce Springsteen returns to stage looking unrecognizable — and a little bit like Tilda Swinton <a href="https://t.co/P3d6o5OpKG">https://t.co/P3d6o5OpKG</a> <a href="https://t.co/ncT9XMufxl">pic.twitter.com/ncT9XMufxl</a>
— New York Post (@nypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1770841862347071859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
While a third wrote, &#8220;That&#8217;s Tilda Swinton&#8221; and a fourth added that they thought the &#8220;Born In the USA&#8221; singer &#8220;looks freaking terrible.&#8221;
The show in Arizona marked the first time Springsteen had performed on stage with his E Street Band since September 2023. Last year, the &#8220;Dancing In The Dark&#8221; hitmaker announced that he was postponing the remainder of his 2023 tour dates.
In a post on <a href="https://x.com/springsteen/status/1707064991172476946?s=20">X</a> to his 1.3 million followers, the singer said per &#8220;doctor&#8217;s advice,&#8221; he was postponing all remaining shows until next year as he continues &#8220;to recover steadily from peptic ulcer disease&#8221; and continues treatment. He had previously postponed his August and September shows.
&#8220;All remaining 2023 tour dates for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be postponed until 2024,&#8221; the message read. &#8220;When the new 2024 dates are announced, those unable to attend on the new date who purchased their tickets through official ticketing companies have 30 days to request a refund. All tickets for postponed performances will remain valid for the newly announced dates.&#8221;
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&#8220;Thanks to all my friends and fans for your good wishes, encouragement, and support,&#8221; Springsteen added. &#8220;I&#8217;m on the mend and can’t wait to see you all next year.&#8221;
At the concert in Phoenix, the &#8220;Glory Days&#8221; hitmaker thanked fans for dealing with the postponed show, per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/bruce-springsteen-tour-health-peptic-ulcer-disease-59a9e3ed6f85d2d0934820ca246307c5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.
&#8220;Phoenix, first I want to apologize if there was any discomfort because we had to move the show last time,&#8221; Springsteen told the crowd. &#8220;I hope we didn&#8217;t inconvenience you too much.&#8221;
Springsteen and the E Street band are set to tour for the rest of 2024, ending up in 17 countries across 52 dates between now and November, the New York Post noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bruce-springsteen-says-hes-heartbroken-to-postpone-all-september-shows-due-to-medical-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bruce Springsteen Says He&#8217;s &#8216;Heartbroken&#8217; To Postpone All September Shows Due To Medical Concerns</a>

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Bruce Springsteen’s New Look Is Causing Quite A Stir

Bruce Springsteen's New Look Is Causing Quite A Stir

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music-industry">Eagles</a> founder Don Henley is expected to take the stand as the criminal trial begins on Wednesday for three men accused of stealing and attempting to sell handwritten <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">lyrics</a> to classic rock songs, including the iconic “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Hotel California</a>.”
The manuscripts, including more than 80 pages, are collectively valued at more than $1 million, per the Manhattan District Attorney, as Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/eagles-hotel-california-criminal-trial-stolen-lyric-pages-about-the-names-involved-a-gold-mine">reported</a>. 
Defendant Ed Sanders is accused of stealing notepads from The Eagles while working on a biography about the band in the &#8217;70s. The book never made it to print. Sanders reportedly kept the manuscripts and sold the documents to rare book dealer Glenn Horowitz for $50,000.
Horowitz next sold some of the documents to former Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and collector Edward Kosinski.
The three men pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and other charges. Their lawyers said the case “alleges criminality where none exists and unfairly tarnishes the reputations of well-respected professionals,” per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hotel-california-lyrics-manuscript-trial-eagles-henley-8ec3a28657365ecce6bfd4003ead494a">Associated Press</a>. 
Sanders made different claims about how he came to have the pages in his possession, saying at different points that he found them in a backstage dressing room and that he got them from Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey, who died in 2016.
Henley discovered what was going on and purchased the handwritten “Hotel California” lyrics for $8,500 in 2012, the indictment says, while simultaneously reporting the pages as stolen.
Later, Koskinski tried to sell written lyrics for “New Kid in Town” to Sotheby&#8217;s in 2014. He and Inciardi continued trying to sell other pages the following year. In 2016, the DA recovered some of the pages from Sotheby’s and Kosinski&#8217;s New Jersey residence.
&#8220;When Don Henley learned that Inciardi and Kosinski were trying to sell portions of the manuscripts, he filed police reports, told the defendants that the materials were stolen, and demanded the return of his property,&#8221; a statement from the DA’s office said. &#8220;Rather than making any effort to ensure they actually had rightful ownership, the defendants responded by engaging in a years-long campaign to prevent Henley from recovering the manuscripts.&#8221;
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&#8220;Shortly thereafter, Horowitz attempted to exploit the recent death of founding Eagles member Glenn Frey to prevent criminal prosecution; he produced a new false statement of provenance, this time claiming that the materials originated from the now-deceased Frey,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;In one email message, Horowitz observed that &#8220;[Frey] alas, is dead and identifying him as the source would make this go away once and for all.&#8221;
The three defendants opted to forgo a jury, meaning Judge Curtis Farber will decide the verdict.

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3 Men Accused Of Stealing, Selling Handwritten ‘Hotel California’ Lyrics Go To Trial

3 Men Accused Of Stealing, Selling Handwritten 'Hotel California' Lyrics Go To Trial

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">band</a> KISS just played their last live <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">show</a>, but promised they’d be back as digital avatars.
The band concluded their &#8220;End of the Road&#8221; farewell tour in New York City at Madison Square Garden by revealing the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/technology">digital images</a> onstage.
&#8220;We can be forever young and forever iconic by taking us to places we&#8217;ve never dreamed of before,&#8221; KISS bassist Gene Simmons said in an announcement <a href="https://vimeo.com/890053166/432d6a9749">video</a> release over the weekend. &#8220;The technology is going to make Paul (Stanley) jump higher than he&#8217;s ever done before.&#8221;
The avatars were created by George Lucas&#8217; visual effects company, Industrial Light and Magic, and Pophouse Entertainment. The digital versions of each musician were made using motion capture technology.
“Today, A New Era Begins. #KISSARMY, the end is only the beginning! KISS have been immortalized and reborn as avatars to rock forever. #KISSNEWERA,” the X post from the band&#8217;s official account said.
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Today, A New Era Begins. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KISSARMY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KISSARMY</a>, the end is only the beginning!
KISS have been immortalized and reborn as avatars to rock forever. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KISSNEWERA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KISSNEWERA</a> 
WATCH NOW <a href="https://t.co/Khudwx7cud">https://t.co/Khudwx7cud</a> <a href="https://t.co/2jz7OOmKTj">pic.twitter.com/2jz7OOmKTj</a>
&mdash; KISS (@kiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/kiss/status/1731176586718683510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Kiss could have a concert in three cities in the same night across three different continents. That&#8217;s what you could do with this,&#8221; Pophouse CEO Per Sundin <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kiss-digital-avatars-end-of-road-finale-37a8ae9905099343c7b41654b2344d0c">told</a> the Associated Press.
Fans had mixed reactions on social media.
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“No thank you. We like real humans performing rock music,” one commenter <a href="https://twitter.com/AceofSpadesRCG/status/1731198049353974180">said</a>.
&#8220;Oh boy, we can pay even more money not to hear real people sing live,&#8221; another <a href="https://twitter.com/OuchYOMH/status/1731177564167684193">agreed</a>. 
A third account <a href="https://twitter.com/nexusothecrisis/status/1731181735344214160">posted</a>, “Scrap this plan and have Tommy and Eric lead a new band. This is&#8230;weird,” referring to lead guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer.
Not everyone hated the idea, however. Some were open to seeing KISS perform as digital avatars.
&#8220;This new hologram project won&#8217;t be able to replicate the feel of an original live show, but I think it is a great idea for a show that keeps the legacy alive after the band is over,” one Instagram comment said.
KISS won’t be the first band to attempt to use this new technology to keep touring without going on the road. ABBA kicked off their “Voyage” virtual concert in 2022 in London using the same type of digital avatars created by Industrial Light and Magic. 
Variety reviewer Mark Sutherland <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/news/abba-voyage-virtual-concert-tour-1235541368/">wrote</a> of the ABBA show, “At first, the movements seem a little too jerky, the lines a little too obvious. But then, just as when you saw the initially-somewhat-unconvincing dinosaurs in ‘Jurassic Park’ for the first time, your eyes adjust, the willing suspension of disbelief kicks in, and they begin to feel like living, breathing musicians, rather than the product of 160 motion capture cameras and one billion computing hours by Industrial Light &amp; Magic.”

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‘Forever Young’: KISS Plays Final Live Show, Reveals Digital Avatars For ‘New Era’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dolly Parton</a> celebrated a career milestone at age 77 after her first rock album, titled &#8220;Rockstar,&#8221; reached No. 1 on six different Billboard charts and saw the highest debut sales out of her entire discography.
&#8220;Wow, this is a big thrill,&#8221; the Country Music Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member said after her latest album sold more than 143,000 copies in its first week, the <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/11/27/dolly-parton-country-music-rockstar-tops-billboard-album-charts/71718623007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessean</a> reported.
&#8220;I owe a thank you to the fans who have always been there for me,&#8221; Parton said. &#8220;Their support made this achievement possible. I&#8217;d also like to thank my producer Kent Wells, all the wonderful artists, musicians, and engineers who brought their talents to this project.&#8221;
&#8220;Words can&#8217;t describe how proud I am that Dolly trusted us to deliver her &#8216;Rockstar vision,'&#8221; Danny Nozell, Parton&#8217;s longtime manager and CEO of CTK Enterprises and NOZ Entertainment Soundstages, said.
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Dolly Parton proves she&#8217;s a &#8216;Rockstar&#8217; scoring her biggest success at 77 years old<a href="https://t.co/OOHlDiQTPo">https://t.co/OOHlDiQTPo</a>
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxBusiness/status/1729931307596071135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
The sales for her first rock album nearly the tripled one-week sales of her previous best-selling 1993 album &#8220;Slow Dancing With the Moon,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertainment/dolly-parton-proves-rockstar-scoring-biggest-success-77-years-old?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-39525847&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
&#8220;Rockstar&#8221; also debuted debuted No. 3 on the Billboard 200, making it Parton&#8217;s highest charting album ever, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/dolly-parton-rockstar-number-one-top-album-sales-chart-1235510763/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a> magazine noted.
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&#8220;Rockstar&#8221; contains 30 songs with both original hits and covers alongside guest stars like Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, and Chris Stapleton.
The &#8220;Jolene&#8221; hitmaker previously told the <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/11/17/how-dolly-parton-cemented-her-rockstar-legacy/71528940007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessean</a> that she &#8220;wanted to make a record of major rock classics that reflected those songs, true to the rhythm, in my voice.&#8221;
&#8220;I did my dead-level best to make an album I and the people whose songs I covered could be proud of — and I think (what resulted) is some of my best work,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I may get praised or criticized for this album, but nobody can say I didn&#8217;t give it all I had.&#8221;
The idea to make a rock album was sparked after the &#8220;9 to 5&#8221; star was nominated and later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which she initially tried to prevent, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-reacts-to-making-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;And I appreciate the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame people for staying there with me,” the country superstar shared. &#8220;I never meant to cause trouble or stir up any controversy.&#8221;
&#8220;It was just always my belief — and I think millions of other people out there too — always thought the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame was just set up for the greatest people in the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll business, and I just didn&#8217;t feel like I really measured up to that and I don&#8217;t want to take anything away from the people that have worked so hard.&#8221;
&#8220;Rockstar&#8221; was released on November 17.

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Dolly Parton Achieves Career Milestone With New Album At 77

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">Country music</a> legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton">Dolly Parton</a> said she’s been offered the chance to perform at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/super-bowl">Super Bowl</a> many times, but so far has always turned it down.
The 77-year-old Tennessee native discussed her reasons during an <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dolly-parton-interview-new-album-rockstar-superbowl-halftime-show-1235634785/">interview</a> with The Hollywood Reporter that was published Thursday.
“I couldn&#8217;t do it because of other things, or I just didn&#8217;t think I was big enough to do it — to do that big of a production,” Parton told the outlet.
“When you think about those shows, those are big, big productions. I&#8217;ve never done anything with that big of a production,” she added. “I don&#8217;t know if I could have. I think, at the time, that&#8217;s what I was thinking.”
Parton will release her first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rock-and-roll">rock and roll</a> album, “Rockstar,” on November 17. In light of the genre change, the singer said she’d consider doing a bigger show.
“I might be able to do a production show,” she said of promoting that music.
Parton also said she originally turned down an invitation to be part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
“They&#8217;re going to put me in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and somebody like Meat Loaf or some of these other great artists never even made it? I didn&#8217;t want to take away from somebody that has spent their life in that world like I had spent mine in country [music],” the 10 time Grammy winner said of getting the invite.
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Eventually, she agreed to accept the honor after taking a closer look and who else was part of it.
“They told me all the ways that people’s music has influenced other people around the world … and told me about other people that were in it besides rock. Then I accepted it,” Parton told the outlet.
“But I still didn’t feel great about it. I still thought I needed to earn it,” she continued. “That’s why I thought, ‘Well, timing is perfect. There’s a real reason for me to do this rock ’n’ roll album. Here I am a rock star at 77.’”
“Rockstar” will feature 30 rock classics and original songs, including collaborations with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Sting, Joan Jett, Kid Rock, Emmylou Harris, Ringo Starr, Steven Tyler, Melissa Etheridge, and others.

Dolly Parton Explains Why She Kept Turning Down Super Bowl Halftime Show

Dolly Parton Discusses Why She Kept Turning Down Super Bowl Halftime Show

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Decades after shelving music written and sung by John Lennon, the remaining members of The Beatles announced on Thursday they have a release date for &#8220;Now and Then&#8221; — a song that one of the most influential bands of all time says will be their last.
&#8220;Together and apart, The Beatles have always had a talent for the unexpected,&#8221; the group said in a <a href="https://www.thebeatles.com/announcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release.</a> &#8220;And now, 2023 brings one of the most anticipated releases of their long and endlessly eventful history.&#8221;
On November 2, The Beatles&#8217; final song will be available worldwide digitally and as a double A-side single on 7&#8243; vinyl, 12&#8243; vinyl, and cassette, paired with the iconic group&#8217;s debut single &#8220;Love Me Do&#8221; released in 1962.
The song features vocals from Lennon and electric and acoustic guitar performed by George Harrison, who recorded his tracks six years before he passed away from lung cancer in 2001. Sir Paul McCartney recorded bass, guitar, and piano while Sir Ringo Starr laid down new drum tracks for the 45-year-old song.
McCartney also added a slide guitar solo inspired by Harrison.
According to the news release, Lennon first recorded the demo track with vocals and piano in his home in New York&#8217;s Dakota Building in 1978 — two years before he was fatally shot outside his residence on 72nd Street in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan.
Nearly 20 years later, his wife, Yoko Ono Lennon, gave the recordings to former bandmates Harrison, McCartney, and Starr.
After recording additional parts and completing a rough mix for the track, the remaining trio of the group put &#8220;Now and Then&#8221; on hold due to technological limitations that prevented separating Lennon&#8217;s vocals and piano to create a clear sound needed for the final cut.
Fast forward to 2022, after new audio software developed for Peter Jackson&#8217;s documentary &#8220;The Beatles: Get Back&#8221; allowed the filmmaker&#8217;s team to isolate instruments and vocals, Jackson and his sound team, led by Emile de la Rey, applied the same technology to Lennon&#8217;s original home recording to preserve the clarity and integrity of his vocals.
&#8220;There it was, John&#8217;s voice, crystal clear,&#8221; McCartney said. &#8220;It&#8217;s quite emotional. And we all play on it, it&#8217;s a genuine Beatles recording. In 2023 to still be working on Beatles music, and about to release a new song the public haven&#8217;t heard, I think it&#8217;s an exciting thing.&#8221;
McCartney cleared up some confusion earlier this year about whether The Beatles used artificial intelligence on Lennon&#8217;s posthumous voice after announcing he and Starr were preparing for a pseudo-comeback.
&#8220;We cleaned up some existing recordings — a process which has gone on for years,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/paul-mccartney-clears-up-ai-rumors-surrounding-upcoming-beatles-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in part, debunking the greatly exaggerated rumors that audio engineers artificially or synthetically altered Lennon&#8217;s voice for the record.
&#8220;It was the closest we&#8217;ll ever come to having him back in the room, so it was very emotional for all of us,&#8221; Starr said in the latest news release. &#8220;It was like John was there, you know. It&#8217;s far out.&#8221;
Since the 1960s, the English rock group from Liverpool has shaped the counterculture movement for popular music as an art form. Throughout their career, the Beatles&#8217; main catalog between 1962 and 1970 consisted of 12 studio albums with over 200 mostly original songs.
With McCartney, 81, and Starr, 83, claiming &#8220;Now and Then&#8221; marks their last record ever, the announcement signals the end of an era for rock and roll music fans everywhere.
Following the release of &#8220;Now and Then&#8221; and &#8220;Love Me Do,&#8221; the Beatles&#8217; said a music video for the title track will debut on November 3.
One week later, the band will release expanded reissues of 1962-1966 (The Red Album) and 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) with the addition of their final song.
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The Beatles Announce Release Date For Final Song ‘Now And Then’

The Beatles Announce Release Date For Final Song 'Now And Then'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rolling-stones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rolling Stones</a> frontman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mick Jagger</a> insinuated that he may not leave his entire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/money" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fortune</a> to his 8 children.
The 80-year-old musician made the comments while discussing the potential sale of the Stones’ post-1971 catalog. The Wall Street Journal interviewer <a href="https://www.wsj.com/style/mick-jagger-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-7d4f193b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a huge sum of cash may be less complicated for his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/father" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kids</a>, but Jagger insisted he wasn’t selling, saying, “the children don’t need $500 million to live well. Come on.” 
The rock star added that he considered donating his wealth to charity. “You maybe do some good in the world,” he said, also noting how he’s not planning on publishing an autobiography.
Jagger also mentioned how the idea of his music living on has changed in the technology era. “You can have a posthumous business now, can’t you? You can have a posthumous tour,” he told the outlet. “The technology has really moved on since [ABBA’s recent “Voyage” virtual show], which I was supposed to go to, but I missed it,” he went on.
Jagger’s oldest child is daughter, Karis, 52, who he shares with Marsha Hunt. He has a daughter, Jade, 51, with ex-wife Bianca Jagger.
The musician shares four children with ex-wife Jerry Hall: daughters Elizabeth, 39, and Georgia May, 31, and sons James, 38, and Gabriel, 25. The pair was married from 1990 until 1997.
He had son Lucas, 24, with his model girlfriend Luciana Morad Gimenez. Jagger’s youngest child is his son Deveraux, 6, who he shares with Melanie Hamrick. 
Jagger also has five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Elsewhere in the interview, the “Gimme Shelter” singer mentioned how having a young child helped give his life purpose, especially now. “I have this really wonderful family that supports me. And I have, you know, young children—that makes you feel like you’re relevant,” he told WSJ.
The Rolling Stones made headlines earlier this month when they announced the release of their first new music in 18 years in the form of an album called, “Hackney Diamonds.” The album features guest stars including Elton John, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, and Bill Wyman. 
“Hackney Diamonds” will debut October 20.

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The Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame Foundation ousted Rolling Stone magazine co-founder Jann Wenner from its leadership for suggesting black and female musicians weren&#8217;t as &#8220;articulate&#8221; as white artists.
&#8220;Jann Wenner has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame Foundation,&#8221; the hall <a href="https://apnews.com/article/jann-wenner-rolling-stone-rock-hall-4052a04c35ce13cc2b17b5455ebe6883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said Saturday.
<a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/16/rolling-stone-founder-jann-wenner-removed-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a> reports that officials voted to remove Wenner from the Hall of Fame&#8217;s board, adding that Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s manager, Jon Landau, was the lone dissenting vote.
Officials announced Wenner&#8217;s removal a day after the New York Times published an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/arts/jann-wenner-the-masters-interview.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with the 77-year-old American magazine magnate that centered around his forthcoming book, &#8220;The Masters.&#8221; It contains seven new and collected interviews with some of the most legendary rock stars and cultural icons of the past generation, including Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Pete Townshend, and Jerry Garcia.
During the Times interview, the reporter asked Wenner why he did not include other subjects, specifically black or female artists — who he reportedly acknowledged were not in his &#8220;zeitgeist.&#8221;
&#8220;When I was referring to the zeitgeist, I was referring to Black performers, not to the female performers, OK?&#8221; Wenner said. &#8220;Just to get that accurate. The selection was not a deliberate selection. It was kind of intuitive over the years; it just fell together that way. The people had to meet a couple criteria, but it was just kind of my personal interest and love of them. Insofar as the women, just none of them were as articulate enough on this intellectual level.&#8221;
The interviewer pushed back, asking if he believes artists like Joni Mitchell are not intellectually articulate enough for an interview.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not that they&#8217;re not creative geniuses,&#8221; he said in an attempt to rephrase his previous answer. &#8220;It&#8217;s not that they&#8217;re inarticulate, although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. Please, be my guest. You know, Joni was not a philosopher of rock&#8217; n&#8217; roll. She didn&#8217;t, in my mind, meet that test. Not by her work, not by other interviews she did. The people I interviewed were the kind of philosophers of rock.&#8221;
&#8220;Of Black artists — you know, Stevie Wonder, genius, right?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I suppose when you use a word as broad as &#8216;masters,&#8217; the fault is using that word. Maybe Marvin Gaye, or Curtis Mayfield?&#8221; 
&#8220;I mean, they just didn&#8217;t articulate at that level,&#8221; he said.
Wenner then told the Times that for &#8220;public relations sake&#8221; he should have included &#8220;one Black and one woman artist &#8230; just to avert this kind of criticism.&#8221;
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His comments immediately sparked a firestorm of criticism that pushed him to issue an apology through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. 
&#8220;In my interview with The New York Times I made comments that diminished the contributions, genius and impact of Black and women artists and I apologize wholeheartedly for those remarks,&#8221; Wenner said. &#8220;I totally understand the inflammatory nature and badly chosen words and deeply apologize and accept the consequences.&#8221;
The publisher reportedly <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jann-wenner-removed-rock-roll-hall-fame-board-interview-rcna105448" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> that his upcoming book was &#8220;not meant to represent the whole of music and its diverse and important originators but to reflect the high points of my career and interviews I felt illustrated the breadth and experience in that career,&#8221; and that he would &#8220;celebrate and promote&#8221; artists not represented for the rest of his life.
Wenner co-founded Rolling Stone with journalist Ralph J. Gleason in San Francisco in 1967. He served as its editor or editorial director until 2019. 
In 1983, Wenner also co-founded the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame, which the founders launched four years later. He served as its chairman until 2020.

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Members of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">rock band</a> Nickelback are speaking up about how it felt being the target of so much hate and mockery from the public.
Several <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">bandmates</a> discussed their thoughts while promoting the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">documentary</a>, “Hate to Love: Nickelback,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8.
“Nobody picks up a guitar to be the most hated band in the world,” keyboardist and backup vocalist Ryan Peake said in the movie, per <a href="https://ew.com/tiff/nickelback-hatred-hate-to-love-documentary-tiff/">Entertainment Weekly</a>. “It doesn’t feel great.”
Peake’s children agreed, saying, “Everyone hated the band, so everyone hated us.”
Bassist Mike Kroeger, who is the brother of Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, said the negative attention “really sucked in the beginning” and affected Chad’s mental health.
“Hate to Love” is <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28490042/">described</a> as “an intimate portrait of the Canadian stadium rockers roller coaster career. From their rural roots in Alberta to becoming one of the most successful, yet divisive acts in music history.”
The film will document the band’s rise to fame in the early 2000s and all the dramatic moments along the way.
Adair remembered Chad &#8220;blowing up” in his dressing room due to negative attention and alleged instances of people yelling “f*** you” out of car windows when the band&#8217;s frontman passed by. 
Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian rock bands ever with more than 50 million albums sold. A lot of the backlash from the public is centered on the band having a repetitive, formulaic approach to music that’s seen as being cliche. A 2013 <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-ten-worst-bands-of-the-nineties-13654/10-dave-matthews-band-241214/">readers’ poll</a> in Rolling Stone magazine named Nickelback the second-worst band of the 1990s, coming in behind Creed.
The band members addressed that idea in the film, with Mike saying of their lyrics, “Sometimes people want to hear vacuous, dumb sh**.”
“I play Nickelback songs for Nickelback fans,” Chad added. “I don’t have to try to win anybody over.”
During a 2014 interview, Chad talked about how all the hate made him grow a “thick skin.&#8221;
“Somebody sent me something recently (headlined) ‘Eight Reasons It’s Time To Stop Hating on Nickelback,&#8217;” the band’s lead singer <a href="https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/music/nickelback-doesnt-mind-being-the-worlds-most-hated-band-without-that-we-would-just-be-green-day">told</a> Canada’s National Post at the time. 
“But I don’t think that all the haters and the critics know how many favors that they’ve done for us. Because otherwise we would just be this &#8216;just whatever&#8217; band. And now we’re this controversial band. Everyone’s like ‘I hate them’ or ‘I love them’ — whatever it is, people are talking about us.”
“Everybody knows that if you make a video and you put the word ‘Nickelback’ in it, it’s going to get a minimum of a million views. Every single time,” Chad continued. “So it must be interesting in some way, you know. Love ’em or hate ’em. Without that, we would just be Green Day.”

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Aerosmith frontman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/steven-tyler-enters-rehab-for-pain-pills-forcing-aerosmith-to-cancel-vegas-residency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steven Tyler</a> announced on Monday that the band&#8217;s farewell tour was being postponed after he sustained a vocal cord injury.
Tyler, 75, shared a statement through the band&#8217;s official Instagram page, expressing his regrets and noting that he had been ordered to rest his voice for at least a month.
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&#8220;I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days. I sustained vocal cord damage during Saturday’s show that led to subsequent bleeding,&#8221; Tyler wrote. &#8220;We’ll need to postpone a few dates so that we can come back and give you the performance you deserve.&#8221;
The post also included a list of cities they were scheduled to perform in the next month, along with new dates.
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<li>Wednesday Feb 21 2024 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena</li>
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&#8220;All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates. Refunds will be available for those unable to attend,&#8221; the statement concluded. &#8220;Fans with questions regarding refunds are asked to reach out to their point of purchase.&#8221;
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The band&#8217;s farewell tour, &#8220;Peace Out,&#8221; kicked off just over a week earlier — with a show on September 2 in Philadelphia — and was initially scheduled to wrap with a final show in Montreal, Quebec, on January 26.
&#8220;It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT! Get ready and walk this way, you’re going to get the best show of our lives. Every night will celebrate the five decades of Aerosmith’s groundbreaking hits as they celebrate 50 years as America’s greatest rock band,&#8221; a <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/aerosmith-postpones-tour-dates-steven-tyler-injures-vocal-cords-1235410245/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> promoting the tour read.
Aerosmith — formed in 1970 by Tyler, Joe Perry (guitar), and Tom Hamilton (bass) — has been performing and touring together for more than five decades, and the band <a href="https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/aerosmith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was inducted</a> into the Rock&#8217;n&#8217;Roll Hall of Fame by performer Kid Rock in 2001.

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Legendary rock band <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rolling-stone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Rolling Stones</a> got everyone&#8217;s attention on Monday when they finally announced that their first album of original music in nearly 20 years will soon be released.
The band told fans that their first new music in 18 years is on its way, with an album titled &#8220;Hackney Diamonds,&#8221; the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rolling-stones-new-album-hackney-diamonds-2fea496b0ab0dfac78f1cb4c2c740aed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a> reported. It follows their last album of new music that was released in 2005, &#8220;A Bigger Bang.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8216;Hackney Diamonds&#8217; to the world,&#8221; the band&#8217;s message on <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/1699082118976897231?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> read. &#8220;Rolling Stones LIVE with [jimmyfallon].&#8221;
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Hackney Diamonds to the world 💥 Rolling Stones LIVE with <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jimmyfallon</a> This Wednesday Sept 6th 2023 &#8211; 🌍 times below New album, new music, new era Streaming globally on Stones YouTube here: <a href="https://t.co/IkmLwN9epS">https://t.co/IkmLwN9epS</a>
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&#8220;This Wednesday Sept 6th 2023 &#8211; times below,&#8221; he added. &#8220;New album, new music, new era. Streaming globally on Stones YouTube&#8230;&#8221;
More details about their upcoming album will reportedly be revealed during an event in East London&#8217;s Hackney district on Wednesday. &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; host Jimmy Fallon will interview Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood live in London about their project, the AP noted.
&#8220;Hackney may be at the heart of Hackney Diamonds, but this is a truly global moment we want to share with fans around the world via YouTube,&#8221; the Rolling Stones shared in a statement.
The &#8220;Hackney Diamonds&#8221; announcement came after days of cryptic posts on the band&#8217;s X account that started on August 29 with a post that read, &#8220;Hello world. Hackney Diamonds.com.&#8221;
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It included four photos of the bands signature lips and tongue graphic being displayed on various buildings and landmarks in major cities like New York, London, and Paris, the AP noted.
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Another post followed that read, &#8220;Hackney Diamonds,&#8221; calling it a &#8220;A new Stones era. Worldwide September 6th.&#8221;
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A new Stones era Worldwide September 6th Join at <a href="https://t.co/09XIP65sXt">https://t.co/09XIP65sXt</a> 💎♪<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hackneydiamonds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hackneydiamonds</a> <a href="https://t.co/uV6xOXKDig">pic.twitter.com/uV6xOXKDig</a>
&mdash; The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/1697589627949900152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In numerous follow-up posts, fans were told, &#8220;Sorry, don’t get angry with me,&#8221; and offered a link where one can catch a peek at one of the new songs.
After fans were greeted with errors on the page, the band replied later and said it was fixed. Finally, the band shard several posts with the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Get Angry With Me&#8221; sticker and bumper sticker being shown on various items and cars.
It will also be the iconic band&#8217;s first album since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021. Music that they worked on before his death will appear on the new album, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/entertainment/the-rolling-stones-music-album/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> noted.

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Leader of the iconic group The Band and cinematic composer Robbie Robertson died after a long illness on Wednesday in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles, California</a>, his management company said. He was 80 years old.
&#8220;Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine&#8217;s partner Kenny,&#8221; Jared Levine, Robertson&#8217;s manager of 34 years, told <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a>. &#8220;He is also survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel and Seraphina.&#8221;
Born Jaime Royal &#8220;Robbie&#8221; Robertson on July 5, 1943, the Grammy-nominated guitarist and singer-songwriter is best known for writing &#8220;The Weight,&#8221; &#8220;Up On Cripple Creek,&#8221; and &#8220;The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,&#8221; among many other hits released by The Band.
Robertson began learning guitar at 10 years old in Ontario, Canada, where he was born. After playing with several bands throughout his teen years, Robertson joined the American rockabilly group Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks in 1961, where he would meet future Band singer-songwriter members, drummer Levon Helm, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manuel, and organist Garth Hudson.
The group toured and recorded with Hawkins until the mid 1960s when The Hawks, except Helm, joined American folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan&#8217;s controversial &#8220;Going Electric&#8221; tours in 1965 and 1966.
The following year, Robertson moved to Woodstock, New York, and recorded the &#8220;basement tapes&#8221; with Dylan, where they officially became known as The Band.
After the widespread popularity of the &#8220;basement tapes,&#8221; Capitol Records signed the group and released the group&#8217;s first two albums, &#8220;Music From Big Pink&#8221; and &#8220;The Band,&#8221; and performed at the legendary Woodstock Festival in 1969.
Following their successful debut, the group later released &#8220;Stage Fright&#8221; in 1970, &#8220;Cahoots&#8221; the following year, which included &#8220;Life Is A Carnival,&#8221; and the double live set &#8220;Rock Of Ages&#8221; in 1972.&#8221;
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&#8220;I always thought, from the very beginning, that this music was born of the blues and country music, Southern stuff,&#8221; Robertson reportedly said. &#8220;The Mississippi Delta area, and the music came down from the river and from up the river and met, and it made something new. I always looked at that as kind of the source of the whole thing.&#8221;
As the group achieved stardom in the early-mid 1970s, Robertson broke the group up on account of reported substance abuse issues from some of the musicians. In 1976, The Band performed &#8220;The Last Waltz,&#8221; their farewell show in San Francisco that included several guest performances from music legends Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, and many others.
The performance was later turned into a documentary of the same title and directed by legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese. The documentary has been deemed one of the greatest concert films ever made.
Robertson began working as a composer for several of Scorsese&#8217;s films, including &#8220;Raging Bull,&#8221; &#8220;The Departed,&#8221; &#8220;The Wolf of Wall Street,&#8221; and &#8220;The Irishman.&#8221;
Scorsese and Robertson had recently completed his fourteenth film music project, &#8220;Killers of the Flower Moon,&#8221; just before Robertson passed away.
&#8220;Robbie Robertson was one of my closest friends, a constant in my life and my work,&#8221; Scorsese said in a statement to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robbie-robertson-leader-band-dies-80-rcna99107" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>. &#8220;Long before we ever met, his music played a central role in my life—me and millions and millions of other people all over this world. The Band&#8217;s music, and Robbie&#8217;s own later solo music, seemed to come from the deepest place at the heart of this continent, its traditions and tragedies and joys.&#8221;
In 1987, Robertson recorded his first self-titled solo album. Four years later, he earned two Grammy nominations for his second solo album, &#8220;Storyville.&#8221;
Robertson was born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, with the Mohawk community.
In his memory, the family of Robertson said, &#8220;In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Center.&#8221;

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