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In honor of Halloween, Paul McCartney is talking spooky encounters — and apparently he hasn’t had any, at least in his everyday life. 

“My dreams are very supernatural, I can go anywhere there. But not in real life,” he shares in a Q&A on his website. “I’ve never actually seen a ghost or a spirit, and I’m not a great believer in all that.”

Sir Paul says having kids kept him from being a true believer, noting, “when they’d say, ‘Dad, I’m scared of ghosts,’ I’d say, ‘There’s no such thing.’ You do a lot of that as a parent.” 

“So, I don’t believe in it,” he adds. “I think the human mind is susceptible to getting a bit worked up and overexcited, and often these things have a rational explanation in the end.” 

McCartney is currently on his Got Back tour and has a break for Halloween, but he’ll be on stage Friday, playing a show in Bogotá, Colombia. A complete list of dates can be found at paulmccartney.com.

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Graham Nash recently told Rolling Stone that he didn’t think he’d ever perform with his former bandmates Stephen Stills and Neil Young again now that David Crosby is gone, and it sounds like Stills kind of agrees.

While promoting the new Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young archival live release, Live at the Fillmore East, 1969, Variety asked whether the three of them would reunite, and he suggested that he didn’t think it would be right.

“Well, would we, and should we, you know?” he said. “Because David was such an integral part … everybody was an integral part of it. I mean, Graham was just as creative vocally as David.” 

“But it’s just the physiology of it. My little rasp, and Graham’s Celtic keen, as I call it, and David’s warm little undertones just made for a magic that can’t be duplicated,” he added.

Stills did suggest one reason he’d be open to a reunion, noting, “[T]he election might be an excuse. I would do that for Kamala Harris.”

“Otherwise, it’s a Pyrrhic exercise — it’s never gonna be quite the same,” he said. “So, I don’t know. I’m obviously at loose ends on what I’m gonna do next anyway, because I’m getting bored. So I’ve gotta get out there and do something.”

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Envy of None, featuring Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, has dropped a new song timed to coincide with Halloween.

The band, which also features bassist Andy Curran, guitarist/keyboardist Alfio Annibalini and singer-songwriter Maiah Wynne, released the track “Not Dead Yet,” along with an animated Dia De Los Muertos aka Day of the Dead inspired video.

The song was written by Wynne, and the video description notes that she describes the tune as “a cathartic anthem, one that embodies resilience and defiance against the forces that aim to tear us down.”

“You have to continue to exist, to create, and to fight,” she says. “That’s the heart of the song: keep going and enjoy the ride.” 

“Not Dead Yet” is the first new music from Envy of None since the release of their 2023 EP, That Was Then, This Is Now. They are currently in the studio, with a new album expected in spring 2025.

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Stevie Nicks has been very vocal about our current political climate, releasing the new song “The Lighthouse,” which is a protest song she wrote in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned. But while she may be speaking out now, she admits she hasn’t always let her voice be heard, sharing that she has rarely voted.

In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Wednesday, the 76-year-old Stevie shared her regret for not voting until she was 70.

“I suppose you probably know that I never voted until I was 70, but now I regret that,” she told Mika Brzezinski. “And I told everybody that on the stage for the last two years, I regret that, and I don’t have very many regrets.”

As for why she didn’t vote earlier, she notes, “You know, there are so many reasons. You could say, well, I didn’t have time. I was, you know, this and that. And you’re like, you know, in the long run, oh, yeah, you didn’t have an hour — you didn’t have an hour of your time that you could have gone and voted.”

Nicks urged folks to “vote, no matter what,” adding that if someone was ever going to vote, “Let it be this one.”

Stevie also urged her fellow musicians to speak out just like she has.

“I would say to all of my musical poets that write songs, so write some songs about what’s happening like I did,” she said. “I mean, there was a point where I was going like, I’m pretty terrified to put this song out. And then I thought to myself, you know what? At 76 years old, really?”

Nicks added, “So, I’m putting this song out and I’m loving putting it out because I do think people are listening to it.”

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On This Day, Oct. 31, 1970 …

Led Zeppelin hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart with their third studio album, Led Zeppelin III. The album spent four weeks in the top spot.

Led Zeppelin III was recorded in three locations, including the country house Headley Grange, where they used The Rolling Stones‘ mobile studio, and Island Studios and Olympic Studios in London.

The album featured such future Led Zeppelin classics as “Immigrant Song” and “Celebration Day.” 

Led Zeppelin III would go on to be certified six-times Platinum by the RIAAA.

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The Rolling Stones recently announced the upcoming release of Welcome To Shepherds Bush, a recording of a club show they headlined on June 8, 1999. Well, they just announced they’ll be celebrating the release with a world premiere in London.

The premiere is scheduled for Nov. 21 at Vue Leicester Square, giving those attending a chance to catch the concert in 4K with Dolby Atmos sound.

Welcome To Shepherds Bush captures a “secret gig” by The Stones that happened just a few days before they played two sold-out shows at Wembley Arena. 

The concert was witnessed by a star-studded crowd, including such big names as The Who‘s Pete Townshend, Lenny Kravitz, Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and featured several rarely played tunes.

Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush will be released Dec. 6 on 4K Ultra High Definition with a Dolby Atmos audio option, the first time a Stones video has been released in that format. It will also be released as a Blu-ray + two-CD set; a limited-edition two-CD package; a two-LP black vinyl package; and a two-LP set in 180-gram white vinyl.

Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush is available for preorder now.

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It’s been a couple of weeks since Foreigner was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but they are still riding high from the experience.

The band just shared some behind-the-scenes photos of their Hall of Fame weekend in Cleveland, including shots of original band members Lou Gramm, Rick Wills and Al Greenwood, as well as rehearsal photos featuring the band with Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, Sammy Hagar and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

They captioned the photos, “Still buzzing from the @rockhall ceremony!”

Hagar commented on the post, “Big fun had by all,” with Gramm adding, “Playing with the best in Rock.” Current Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen, who was onstage for the Foreigner Rock Hall performance, also chimed in, writing, “You were all so superb.”

Hagar was the one to welcome Foreigner into the Rock Hall, with their celebration featuring all-star performances of three of their hits — “Feels Like The First Time,” “Hot Blooded” and “I Want To Know What Love is,” the latter of which featured Gramm performing with Kelly Clarkson.

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Another Michael Jackson video has reached 1 billion views on YouTube.

The latest to reach the milestone is the 1988 Bad track “Smooth Criminal,” set in a 1930s gangster club. It’s most known for Jackson and his dancers performing a 45-degree lean, which seems physically impossible.

This is the fifth Jackson video to surpass 1 billion views. The others are “Thriller,” “Beat it,” “Billie Jean” and “They Don’t Care About Us.”

“Smooth Criminal” is one of six top 10 singles off Bad; it peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other five singles from the album — “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Bad,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Man in the Mirror” and “Dirty Diana” — all went to #1.

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Heart has revealed the special guests who will be joining them on their Royal Flush tour in 2025.

The band has booked Squeeze, Cheap Trick and Lucinda Williams to open for them on select dates.

Heart’s Royal Flush tour is set to kick off with a two-night stand in Las Vegas, Feb. 28 and March 1, with dates confirmed through April 16 in New York City. 

The tour was supposed to happen in 2024, but was postponed following singer Ann Wilson’s revelation that she was battling cancer. In September she shared a health update, letting fans know she was doing fine and “the worst is over.”

A complete list of dates can be found at heart-music.com.

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Melissa Etheridge is heading back home to the Midwest for a special performance.

On Nov. 23, Melissa will sing the national anthem at the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League Championship at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, which is the first stadium that is purpose-built for a professional women’s sports team in the United States.

“There is nothing better than coming home to Kansas City to perform the National Anthem at this groundbreaking stadium in front of these amazing athletes,” Melissa said in a statement. 

Melissa is technically from Leavenworth, Kansas, but since that’s only about 40 minutes from Kansas City, Missouri, she refers to the area as “home.”

“Sports and music are two of the most powerful tools that celebrate diversity and unite fans from all backgrounds,” she added. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to bring those forces together as we celebrate the incredible women of the NWSL and all they have done for the next generation of fans and athletes.”

CPKC Stadium is the home of the Kansas City Current, a team that is partially owned by Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes‘ wife, Brittany.

The game starts at 8 p.m. ET; it’ll air on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

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