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Mick Jagger gets stamp of approval from Maroon 5 after dancing to “Moves Like Jagger”

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Mick Jagger's recent Instagram post in which he's dancing to the tune "Moves Like Jagger" has not gone unnoticed by Maroon 5, the band that made the track a hit. 

The Rolling Stones frontman, 80, shared his video on Wednesday, March 27. In the clip he's seen busting some moves while laughing and smiling, adding the caption, "Moves like who!" It appears the video was taken at one of the rock icon's favorite island destinations, Mustique.

Well, Maroon 5 caught wind of the clip and reposted it to their Instagram Story, captioning it with an animated "GOAT" -- "Greatest of All Time" -- graphic. 

"Moves Like Jagger," featuring Christina Aguilera, came out in 2011 and became Maroon 5's second #1 hit, as well as one of the bestselling singles of all time.  

And those Jagger moves will be on full display in just one month, when The Stones kick off their Hackney Diamonds tour on April 28 in Houston, Texas. A complete list of dates can be found at rollingstones.com.

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U2’s Sphere residency reigns over 'Billboard' tour charts for the month of February

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U2's successful Las Vegas residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, has landed them on top of the Billboard Top Tours chart for the month of February.

The Irish rockers brought in $56.5 million from 166,000 tickets sold to put the Sphere show on top for the first time. Previous months of the residency landed at #2 on the chart.

U2 played a total of 10 Sphere shows during the month of February, before wrapping the residency for good the following month with two shows on March 1 and 2.

Thanks to the success of the February concerts, U2 is also at #1 on the Billboard Top Boxscores list, with the Sphere becoming the top-grossing venue for the month.

U2 launched their sphere residency on September 29, playing a total of 40 shows. They were the first band to play the state-of-the-art venue, with Phish set to follow with four shows booked from April 18 to April 21. Dead & Company will then take over, playing 24 shows between May 16 and July 13.

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Trailer released for documentary on Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg

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A new documentary about German-Italian actress, artist and model Anita Pallenberg, ex-girlfriend of The Rolling StonesBrian Jones and Keith Richards, is set to come out in May, and fans are getting their first look at it.

The first trailer for Catching Fire: The Story Of Anita Pallenberg, coming to Video on Demand on May 3, has just been released. 

The film has Scarlett Johansson reading from Anita's unpublished memoir and includes never-before-seen home movies and family photos, as well as interviews with Richards, the two of the children he had with her — Marlon and Angela Richards — and others.

“I’ve been called a witch, a slut and a murderer,” Johansson is heard saying in the trailer. “Maybe people confuse me with the characters I played.” 

“I was bursting in love,” Richards says about their relationship.  “Anita is in a lot of those songs. She’s a muse I’m sure though not just for me.” He also adds, “Basically, I was trying to keep up with her most of the time and most of the time it was fun.” 

Pallenberg appeared in over 40 films throughout her career but is best known for her association with The Stones. She dated Jones for two years, ending the relationship in 1967. She then began a relationship with Richards, which lasted until 1979. While the pair never married, they had three children together, Marlon, Angela and a son, Tara Jo Jo Gunne, who died from SIDS when he was 2 months old.

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The Black Crowes’ “Wanting and Waiting” revealed as TBS Tuesday night baseball anthem

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As Major League Baseball’s opening day festivities begin on Thursday, March 28, The Black Crowes have revealed that their music is set to play a big role in baseball season.

The band shared on Instagram that their single “Wanting and Waiting” from their new album, Happiness Bastards, will be the new anthem for Tuesday night baseball on TBS.

“Tune in next Tuesday on TBS for an incredible double-header and every Tuesday all-season long," they share.

“Wanting and Waiting” is the first single The Black Crowes released from Happiness Bastards, the group's first album of new material in 15 years. The Crowes will kick off a tour in support of the album on Tuesday, April 2, in Nashville, Tennessee. A complete list of dates can be found at theblackcrowes.com.

 

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Lorde covers “Take Me to the River” for 'Stop Making Sense' tribute album released

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Music fans are getting another preview of the upcoming album paying tribute to Talking Heads’ 1984 concert film and live album, Stop Making Sense.

Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense features 16 reworked versions of the songs on the soundtrack, from artists like ParamoreThe NationalMiley Cyrus and more. 

The latest song released is Lorde’s take on “Take Me To The River,” a track originally recorded by soul legend Al Green in 1974 and then covered by Talking Heads in 1978. The Talking Heads version became the band's highest charting single at the time, and a live recording is included on Stop Making Sense.

In a statement, Lorde shares that she wanted her "Take Me to the River" cover to reflect when her mom first showed her a Talking Heads video on YouTube when she was 12 years old. 

"It's my interpretation of that pixelated spiritual experience," Lorde says. "We did it fast, I didn't let myself tidy it up too much, it had to feel young and imperfect, the peeling posters, the jaw of acne."

You can listen to Lorde's "Take Me to the River" now via digital outlets.

So far, a release date for Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense has not been announced.

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The Rolling Stones begin rehearsals for Hackney Diamonds tour

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The Rolling Stones are getting their fans hyped up for their upcoming tour. 

The band is set to kick off their Hackney Diamonds tour in a month, and they just revealed on Instagram that they’ve started rehearsals for the trek.

The rockers shared a collage of photos of their equipment and gear, captioning the post, “Meanwhile… somewhere in the US the Rolling Stones were starting tour rehearsals.” 

The Hackney Diamonds tour, The Stones’ first North American tour since 2021’s No Filter tour, is set to kick off April 28 in Houston, Texas, with dates confirmed through July 17 in Santa Clara, California. The tour also includes a headlining set at JazzFest in New Orleans on May 2.

A complete list of dates can be found at rollingstones.com.

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Unflattering portrait of Paul McCartney raises over $1,700 for charity

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An unflattering portrait of Sir Paul McCartney has brought in a nice chunk of change for charity.

London artist Wilfrid Wood created a sculpture of The Beatle's face to be used as the cover art for “Pipes of Peace,” McCartney’s contribution to War Child U.K.’s annual Secret 7” auction, in which seven tracks from seven artists get auctioned off to raise money for the organization. 

But Wood says his contribution, a rendering of McCartney’s face on polymer clay, was rejected, explaining on Instagram that it was “BANNED by Macca and the gang because it was TOO UNFLATTERING.”

As a way to still raise money for the charity, Wood decided to auction the sculpture off on eBay, and it sold for over $1,700. He plans to donate all proceeds from the sale to War Child U.K. in their mission to help children affected by conflict in various war zones, including Gaza and the Ukraine.

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On This Day, March 28, 2005: U2 launched the Vertigo tour in San Diego

On This Day, March 28, 2005…

U2 kicked off their Vertigo tour at the iPayOne Center in San Diego, California.

The North American portion of the tour consisted of two legs. The first was made up of 28 sold-out arena shows, wrapping May 28 in Boston, and the second, consisting of 50 sold-out shows, launched September 12 in Toronto and wrapped December 19 in Portland. 

The band performed on an ellipse-shaped stage surrounded with fans on both the inside and outside. The stage also featured see-through LED lighting that hung behind and to the side of the stage.

The tour followed the release of U2's 2004 album, How To Dismantle and Atomic Bomb, with the set list including album cuts “Vertigo,” “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” and “City of Blinding Lights," and classic tunes like “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “One,” “Mysterious Ways” and more.

The tour wound up being the top earning tour of 2005, grossing $260 million.

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Bruce Springsteen flies across country for surprise appearance at Zach Bryan show

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After headlining a concert in San Diego on Monday, March 25, you’d think Bruce Springsteen would take a few days to relax on the West Coast before his San Francisco show on Thursday, March 28, but apparently, The Boss had other plans.  

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer instead decided to hop on a plane back to New York and, according to video posted to social media, popped up onstage at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center to join country singer Zach Bryan for his Wednesday, March 27, show 

According to setlist.fm, The Boss took the stage with Zach, who was dressed in a Springsteen T-shirt, for his two-song encore, performing the tracks “Sandpaper” and “Revival," with additional help from Bryan’s tour opener, Maggie Rogers.

Bryan is set to play a second night at Barclay’s Center on Thursday, but his fans shouldn’t expect a repeat performance. Springsteen is headed back to the West Coast to play two nights at San Francisco’s Chase Center, Thursday and Sunday, March 31. A complete list of dates can be found at brucespringsteen.net.

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Billy Idol shares animated video about his 'Rebel Yell' cover of “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore”

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Billy Idol recently released his take on the Rose Royce classic “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” which will be featured on the upcoming 40th anniversary deluxe edition of Rebel Yell.

Idol and his guitarist Steve Stevens recorded the cover while making the rest of the album. They discuss the decision to record the track in an animated video for the UDiscover’s Beyond the Bus series.

Idol says the idea came to him while they were making the album at Electric Lady studios in New York.

“I always look for a song I could cover that people aren’t expecting,” he says, noting “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore" “was one of those songs, I don’t know why, I thought I could take it and do something with it dramatically different and make it my own.”

It never made the album, though, because while they were working on the song, someone from Idol's record company informed them Madonna had just recorded her own cover of the tune.

“Nothing sobers you up like having Madonna steal one of your babies,” Stevens says, with Idol adding, “so yeah, we decided to put it on the shelf, unfortunately.”

When they started putting together the 40th anniversary edition of Rebel Yell, they decided to revisit the cover, and Stevens added a bit of guitar to what was already recorded.

Idol shares that while Madonna’s cover is pretty faithful to the original, “I took it and made it into a rock song and I started to really scream the chorus." He adds, “It came out fantastic.”

The Rebel Yell deluxe expanded edition will be released April 26. It is available for preorder now.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

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Mick Jagger proves he’s got the “Moves Like Jagger”

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Have you ever wondered what it would look like for Mick Jagger to show off his dance moves to a song about his dance moves? Well, wonder no more.

The Rolling Stones rocker shared a video on Instagram of him dancing wildly to a band performing the Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera track “Moves Like Jagger,” and it leaves him in a fit of laughter.

He captioned the clip, “Moves like who!”

Folks in the comments certainly seemed to enjoy the clip, although his son Lucas, whose mom is Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez, had some other thoughts, commenting, “Dadda WHO PUT U UP TO THis.”

Fans will soon get to see Jagger show off those moves onstage. The Rolling Stones are set to kick off their Hackney Diamonds tour on April 28 in Houston. A complete list of dates can be found at rollingstones.com.

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Pretenders 'Learning To Crawl' getting 40th anniversary vinyl reissue

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The 40th anniversary of Pretenders’ third studio album, Learning To Crawl, will be celebrated with a new vinyl reissue.

Dropping May 24, the reissue will feature audio the album’s original producer, Chris Thomas, remastered in 2018. It will be released on standard black and crystal clear vinyl, marking the first time the remastered audio has been available on vinyl. 

Released January 13, 1984, Learning to Crawl was the first album Pretenders recorded following the deaths of guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Farndon. The album peaked at #5 in the U.S. and is best known for featuring the classic Pretenders tunes “Back on the Chain Gang,” “My City Was Gone,” “Middle of the Road” and “2000 Miles.”

The Learning to Crawl 40th anniversary vinyl release is available for preorder now.

Pretenders recently announced a new set of U.S. tour dates, kicking off July 13 in Red Bank, New Jersey. They will also open for Foo Fighters this summer. A complete list of tour dates can be found at thepretenders.com.

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Lenny Kravitz mingles with fans at first Buc-ees visit

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While it is pretty common to see Lenny Kravitz onstage or on a red carpet, some lucky fans shopping at the popular convenience store Buc-ees got the surprise of their life when the rocker's tour bus made a pit stop at one of the chain's locations.

The singer, whose new album Blue Electric Light drops May 24, shared video on social media of him popping into the store where he chatted and posed for pictures with fans. The rocker, dressed in all leather, made a few purchases while there, walking out with a bag of snacks and a drink.

The video is soundtracked by his brand new single, “Human.” “First time at #Bucees... So many smiling faces and warm hearts. We are all #Human,” Kravitz writes in the caption, adding, “See you on the road!”

For those who may not know, Buc-ees is a Texas-based convenience store chain with locations throughout the Southeast. It is known for its variety of snacks and food as well as for the cleanliness of their bathrooms.

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"Proud" father Rod Stewart and his two youngest kids salute his hockey champ son

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Rod Stewart has had eight children with five women, but unlike many rock stars of his generation, he's got a relationship with all of them, and the majority of them have a relationship with each other, too.

In a new Instagram post, Rod is seen posing with his son Liam, 29, whose mother is his ex-wife Rachel Hunter. Also in the photo are Rod's two sons with his current wife, Penny Lancaster: Alastair, 18, and Aiden, 13.

"Proud as a Father could possibly be," the caption reads. He then goes on to offer congratulations to the Milton Keynes Lightning for winning England's National Ice Hockey League Cup. Liam is a forward for the Lightning; he's been with the team since 2019.

In addition to Alastair, Aiden and Liam, Rod is also the father of Sean, 43, and Kimberly, 44, with ex-wife Alana Stewart; daughter Ruby, 36, with ex-girlfriend Kelly Emberg; Liam's sister Renee, 31; and Sarah, 59. When Rod was 18, he and his then-girlfriend Susannah Boffey put Sarah up for adoption, but he later reconnected with her when she was an adult.

Rod's latest album, Swing Fever, recently hit #1 in his native U.K. He's touring Europe starting in May, and in July, he'll return to the U.S. for the final dates of his residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

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Jon Bon Jovi and his son to speak at Tribeca Festival's Tribeca X program

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Jon Bon Jovi knows plenty about rock 'n' roll, but it turns out he knows a lot about business, too -- and he's going to share his knowledge during this year's Tribeca Festival in New York City.

The festival, which takes place from June 5 to June 16, includes a two-day program called Tribeca X, focusing on creative marketing and advertising. Jon and his son Jesse Bongiovi will talk to attendees about their highly rated bestselling rosé wine, Hampton Water, and the brand's charitable initiatives.

Other stars participating in Tribeca X include Jenna Lyons and Christy Turlington Burns. For more information, visit tribecafilm.com.

Bon Jovi's new album, Forever, comes out June 7. The documentary Thank you, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story streams on Hulu starting April 26.

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