The Beach Boys brought out a special guest during their set at Maryland’s 2024 Oceans Calling festival, The Offspring frontman Dexter Holland.
Holland joined the Mike Love-led band for a rendition of the Beach Boys classic “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” You can watch footage of the onstage collaboration now via The Beach Boys’ Instagram.
The Beach Boys join the growing list of The Offspring’s live collaborators — over the past year, they’ve performed with Queen‘s Brian May, Ed Sheeran and Yungblud.
The Beach Boys have plenty more dates on the books for both 2024 and 2025. Their next show is happening Oct. 11 in Biloxi, Mississippi. A complete list of dates can be found at thebeachboys.com.
The Tony Award-winning play Stereophonic, which opened on Broadway in April, is loosely based on the making of Fleetwood Mac’s iconic album Rumours, and now one of the producers associated with the album is suing over it.
Ken Caillat, who co-produced Rumours, has filed a lawsuit against the writer and producers of Stereophonic, alleging the play used portions of his 2013 book, Making Rumours: The Inside Story Of The Classic Fleetwood Mac Album, without permission.
In the suit, which was also filed on behalf of Caillat’s co-author Steven Stiefel, the pair claim Stereophonic “copies the heart and soul of Making Rumours, and is substantially similar,” noting they didn’t authorize the play’s writer, David Adjmi, to “copy, reproduce, or create a fictional adaptation or derivative work of their book.”
“The striking similarity is readily apparent right from the beginning of the show,” the suit notes, pointing to Stereophonic’s setting of a recording studio, with the audience watching from the perspective of the engineers and producers.
“The set of Stereophonic essentially places the audience in the very chair where Mr. Caillat sat as he engineered and produced Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, as Plaintiffs vividly described in Making Rumours,” reads the suit.
It adds that while Adjmi claims the show isn’t about the making of Rumours or based on Caillat’s book, the play “presents a nearly identical story arc” as the book.
The plaintiffs are suing for copyright infringement and are seeking to recover damages, profits, attorneys fees and costs, noting they may also look for an injunction to stop the performance of Stereophonic “if necessary.”
Caillat, father of singer Colbie Caillat, recently gave an interview with TheNew Yorker, where he detailed the similarities of his book and the play, including portions of dialogue he believes were taken right from his book.
Music fans will once again be heading to their favorite independent record stores to snag one-of-a-kind releases on Nov. 29 for the 2024 edition of Record Store Day Black Friday.
Among this year’s releases:
The Beatles have two contributions. The first is a faithful reproduction of their 7-inch single of “I Want To Hold Your Hand/”I Saw Her Standing There,” originally released in the U.S. in January 1964. The second is a limited-edition 3-inch single of “All My Loving,” in its own carrying case, celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Beatles coming to America.
The Doors’ Live From Detroit is a four-LP vinyl set that captures the band’s performance at the Cobo Arena on May 8, 1970. It’s the first time the concert is being released on vinyl.
Grateful Dead is releasing a concert recorded May 5, 1977, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut. It will be released as a four-LP box set mastered from the original analog tapes.
The Ramones’ Greatest Hits will be released for the very first time on vinyl, featuring hits like “Blitzkreig Bop,” “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” and more.
The Rolling Stones’ Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!, recorded during two shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November 1969, will be released on candy cane swirl vinyl to match the hat drummer Charlie Watts is wearing on the cover. The album is the first live album ever to reach #1 on the U.K. charts.
The 2024 Record Store Day Black Friday will also feature releases by U2, Joni Mitchell, Phil Collins, Stevie Nicks, Santana, Allman Brothers Band, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix and more.
For the full list of releases and participating stores, visit RecordStoreDay.com.
The Eagles have added four more shows to their residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas: Feb. 14, Feb. 15, Feb. 21 and Feb. 22.
Registration for presale tickets is open now, with the presale launching Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public Oct. 11 at 10 a.m.
The Eagles launched their Sphere residency on Sept. 20, treating fans to a set filled with classic tunes, like “Hotel California,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” “New Kid in Town,” “Take it to the Limit,” “Life’s Been Good,” “Take It Easy” and “Heartache Tonight.”
They return to the Sphere for their next show on Oct. 11. A complete list of dates can be found at eagles.com.
Genesis reunited with ex-singer Peter Gabriel and ex-guitarist Steve Hackett for a benefit concert at the Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, England.
It was the first time either had played with the band since their departures from Genesis: Gabriel left in 1975 and Hackett in 1977. It was also the last time Gabriel performed any of the band’s songs.
The beneficiary of the concert was Gabriel, who was close to financial ruin after the failure of his World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) Festival. The money bailed him out, and he went on to stage the festival for the next 40 years.
Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford played their last Genesis show in March 2022 in London. Gabriel was in attendance for the show, but did not join the band on stage.
Paul McCartney kicked off the latest leg of his Got Back tour in Montevideo, Uruguay, and treated fans to the live debut of the latest tune from TheBeatles, “Now and Then.”
According to setlist.fm, McCartney broke out the tune about halfway through his set. Fan-shot footage reveals that as he played, the video for the song, which featured archival footage of The Beatles, was projected on the screen behind him.
Released in November, “Now and Then,” featured vocals John Lennon recorded on a demo in the late ’70s, along with new recordings fromMcCartneyand Ringo Starr, and guitar parts George Harrison recorded in the ’90s during the sessions for their Anthology series. The song, said to be the final Beatles tune, debuted at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #1 in the U.K.
As for the rest of the show, McCartney opened with The Beatles’ classic “A Hard Day’s Night” and played such classic tunes as “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Love Me Do,” “Jet,” “Band on the Run,” “Live and Let Die,” “Get Back,” “Hey Jude,” “Blackbird” and “I’ve Got A Feeling,” which was a duet with video of Lennon.
Next up, McCartney brings his Got Back tour to Buenos Aires on Oct. 5. A complete list of dates can be found at paulmccartney.com.
Sammy Hagar will be honored in Las Vegas Friday with a key to the Las Vegas Strip.
The rocker will be on hand for the ceremony, which will take place on the Strip-side patio of his Cabo Wabo Cantina.
The event will recognize Hagar’s “profound economic and charitable impact in Clark County, Nevada,” and celebrate the 15th anniversary of Vegas’ Cabo Wabo Cantina and also Hagar’s 77th birthday.
While Hagar doesn’t technically turn 77 until Oct. 13, he will be celebrating his big day in Vegas onstage at his Birthday Bash concerts at the Palms Casino, Friday and Saturday. He’ll also host Sammy’s Birthday Splash at the Palms Pool on Saturday, with cake and a guest appearance by Rick Springfield.
Sammy will then bring his birthday celebration to his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for two nights, Oct. 11 and Oct. 13.
Pop star Camila Cabello has shared her take on The Who classic “Behind Blue Eyes,” which appears in the trailer for the video game Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred.
While the original song, from the band’s 1971 album, Who’s Next, is dark and moody, Camila’s take is even darker and moodier. Her cover is a shortened version of the song, without the more rocking chorus.
“I hadn’t heard it before. That was what made me so excited to work with Diablo,” Camila tellsRolling Stone. “I was like, ‘Wow, this is one of the greatest songs of all time.'”
“Behind Blue Eyes” was originally written to be sung from the point of view of a character in a concept album project called Lifehouse, which The Who later abandoned.
Camila tells Rolling Stone the idea that she could introduce her fans to the song was “one of the most fun parts” of recording it. She adds, “I also feel like as a writer, it makes you better, too, because it’s always your hope to make a song like that.”
Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of Harry Chapin’s classic tune “Cat’s in the Cradle,” and fans will soon be gaining some insight into the song and its impact.
The Chapin family just announced that a documentary on the making of the tune will be released this year, featuring interviews by Billy Joel, Pat Benatar, Judy Collins, Robert Lamm, Darryl McDaniels, Whit Crane from Ugly Kid Joe and more.
So far there’s no information on an exact release date for the film.
“Cat’s in the Cradle,” inspired by a poem written by Chapin’s wife, Sandy, was a #1 song for the artist and has gone on to be certified double Platinum by the RIAA.
Chapin was killed in an auto accident in July 1981. He was 38.
Melissa Etheridge is hitting the road next spring with Joss Stone.
The pair just announced a 10-city tour that kicks off April 18 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and wraps May 2 in Roanoke, Virginia.
A ticket presale begins Thursday at 10 a.m., with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m.
This isn’t the first time Etheridge and Stone have worked together. In 2005 they joined forces at the Grammys for a salute to Janis Joplin, performing her classic “Piece of My Heart.”
Etheridge is currently on the road with Jewel. Their next show is Tuesday in Austin, Texas. A complete list of dates can be found at melissaetheridge.com.
