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Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour recently dropped Luck and Strange, his first solo album of new material in nine years, but it sounds like fans may not have to wait long for the next one.

The rocker tells MOJO that Luck And Strange is “the best record I’ve made going back to (Pink Floyd’s) The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here or whatever” and notes that he’s already thinking about his next solo project.

“I’ve got a trove of stuff already,” he says. “Bits and pieces of songs, some of which I rather like.”

Gilmour is set to kick off his Luck and Strange tour on Sept. 27 in Rome, Italy, but recently played two rehearsal shows in Brighton, England, on Sept. 20 and Sept. 21. According to setlist.fm, in addition to new songs from the album, he played several Pink Floyd tunes, including “Breathe (In The Air)” for the first time since 2006 and “Marooned” for the first time since 2004, as well as “Time,” “Wish You Were Here” and “Comfortably Numb.”

Gilmour’s Luck and Strange tour includes six nights in London and hits the States on Oct. 25 in Los Angeles, where he’ll play four shows. That will be followed by five shows in New York, starting Nov. 4. A complete list of dates can be found at davidgilmour.com.

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Sting is currently on his Sting 3.0 tour, and there’s been so much demand in Los Angeles that the rocker has added a fifth and final show in the city. 

The latest addition to the schedule is Nov. 17 at the Wiltern, with tickets going on sale Friday. The five shows, beginning Nov. 12, will wrap the U.S. leg of the tour.

Sting kicked off his 3.0 tour with a two-night stand at The Fillmore in Detroit on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18. The tour has him backed by guitarist and longtime collaborator Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas, and the shows have him playing solo hits like “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You,” “All This Time,” “Fields of Gold” and “Fragile,” as well as The Police classics like “Message In A Bottle,” “Wrapped Around Your Finger,” “Every Breath You Take,” “So Lonely” and “Roxanne.”

In addition to the new LA show, Sting also just announced European/U.K. and Latin American legs of the tour. Latin America shows begin Feb. 14 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the European/U.K. tour kicks off June 6 in Hannover, Denmark. 

Up next, Sting will play the final two nights of a five-night stand in Toronto on Tuesday and Wednesday. He will then headline the Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, on Saturday. A complete list of shows can be found at sting.com.

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On This Day, Sept. 24, 1983 …

Billy Joel landed his second #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Tell Her About It,” the first single from his ninth studio album, An Innocent Man, which was a tribute to popular music of the 1950s and 1960s.

The video for the song had Joel performing on The Ed Sullivan Show as frontman of the fictional band BJ and The Affordables.

Over the course of his career, Joel has had three #1 songs on the Billboard chart. His first was 1980’s “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me,” and his last was 1989’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire.”

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Bruce Springsteen fans are getting their first preview of the upcoming documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band with the release of the first trailer for the film, a behind-the-scenes look at the rocker’s recent tour.

“Since I was 16, playing live has been a deep and lasting part of who I am and how I justify my existence here on earth,” Springsteen says in a voice-over. “But when the world shut down I made a promise that if we got through this I’d throw the biggest party I could.”

The trailer features archival footage of The Boss, along with highlights from the tour and interview clips from E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg, guitarist Stevie Van Zandt, manager Jon Landau and more.

“I plan on continuing until the wheels come off and for as long as the audience will follow me,” Bruce says at the end. “It’s my job.” 

Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will stream on Hulu and Disney+ starting Oct. 25.

And fans will get even more insight into The Boss when Springsteen sits down for a conversation with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos for the primetime special Bruce Springsteen: Backstage and Backstreets, airing Oct. 20 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC, streaming the following day on Hulu and Disney+.
 

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Two one-of-a-kind surfboards and a guitar, all autographed by Bruce Springsteen, are part of a newly launched sweepstakes to raise money for a variety of causes.

The Fandiem auction is part of a special collaboration with Sea.Hear.Now, the Asbury Park, New Jersey, festival that The Boss headlined on Sept. 15.

The more detailed surfboard up for auction is the One of One surfboard, which features 75 Springsteen photos taken by photographer and Sea.Hear.Now co-founder Danny Clinch. The other is a unique, modern 1960s Challenger Eastern surfboard. Both were shaped by world renowned surfboard shaper Carl “Tinker” West. In addition to Springsteen they’re also signed by Clinch, West and Charles Mencel of Mencel Surfboards. They are expected to sell for between $20,000 and $25,000.

Also up for auction is a one-of-a-kind guitar, dubbed The Boardwalk Beauty Model, which is also signed by Springsteen. It features unique materials, including spalted maple to symbolize Asbury Park’s boardwalk. It is also decorated with Clinch photos, as well as holographic images of the late E Street Band members Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici, and Springsteen’s late friend and longtime assistant Terry McGovern. It is estimated to sell for between $25,000 and $30,000.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit six Asbury Park area charities: Trinity Center for Community, Inspire + Life, Mercy Center NJ, The Cazzeek Brothers, Project R.E.A.L. and Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County, NJ. 

The auction is set to run until Oct. 1. More info can be found at fandiem.com.

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Phil Collins’ daughter actress Lily Collins recently revealed that it wasn’t until she was an adult that she realized some Genesis songs were real.

The confession came during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live. Andy Cohen first asked the Emily in Paris star to name her favorite Phil Collins tune, to which she replied, “Probably ‘In the Air Tonight,’” although she noted, “There’s too many.” 

But when asked what her favorite Genesis tune was, she couldn’t pick, and it could be because she didn’t realize until she was older that some of the tunes actually existed. 

“You know the funny thing is that I have these memories as a kid of songs that I don’t know if they’re actually real. Because they were, like, in my head, as I was maybe in the womb,” she said. “But then when I went to the first Genesis concert that I actually remembered as an adult, there were songs that came on that I went, ‘That’s a real song?! I thought that was just a melody in my head.’”

She added, “It was really weird.”

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Megadeth has responded to claims made by Peter Frampton that they were partially to blame for him having to cancel a recent show in Virginia.

During his concert in Philadelphia on Sept. 19, Frampton opened up about his decision to cancel his Sept. 17 concert at Virginia Credit Union Live in Richmond, noting it was partially due to weather and partially due some structural damage to the stage, which he said happened during Megadeth’s soundcheck a few days before.

The band is now clearing up what they say is “misinformation” about what happened.

Megadeth says in a statement they didn’t even get a chance to soundcheck at the venue, noting their “rigger was in the venue’s steel grid system above the stage getting ready to hang the lights when he noticed there was damage to the venue’s grid.”

The rigger than pointed out the problem to the venue, and they “determined that it was unsafe” to proceed with the band’s production, or to even put them onstage, so the show was canceled.

“It seems Frampton was misinformed about our show being canceled,” says Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine. “The decision was purely based on safety. It’s disappointing when someone you admire talks out their a** about you.” 

So far Frampton hasn’t responded to Megadeth’s statement.
 

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Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page was honored by the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19, Loundersound reports.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was recognized for “his and the band’s more than five decades making brilliant British music – and his life of philanthropy” at an event hosted by British Ambassador Karen Pierce and the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury of the U.K., Charles Roxburgh.

Catherine and Wayne Reynolds, from the educational nonprofit Academy of Achievement, organized the event, which featured a performance by Grace Potter, who tackled Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.”

Potter shared photos from the event on her Instagram, writing, “Every once in a while, you get invited into a world unlike any you have ever known. In this case it was an invite to a certain British Ambassador’s residence to play for/ honor, the lifetime achievement of a certain rockstar (named Jimmy Page.).”

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Mick Jagger’s girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick, doesn’t care what you think about their 44-year age difference.

“I don’t think about it,” the 37-year-old former ballerina told The Sunday Times. “Everyone’s going to have their opinion. If you think about others’ opinions, no matter where you are in life, you’re going to have a problem and you’re going to analyze it.” 

Hamrick started dating the now-81-year-old Rolling Stones frontman in 2014, and they welcomed their son, Deveraux, in 2016.

“I put the blinders on,” she says, regarding opinions about her relationship. “Am I happy? Yes. Are the people in my life happy? Yes. Am I hurting anyone? No. OK, they can mind their own business.”

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Questlove has another documentary in the works. He announced he’s working on telling the story of Earth, Wind & Fire. 

“The story of how a band led by a genius from Chicago changed our way of thinking, our minds and our hearts. Having been baptized in the Afrocentric joy river of this powerhouse unit, I’ve learned about them, I’ve learned about us & more importantly, I’ve learned and rediscovered myself in the process,” he captioned an announcement teaser on Instagram. “I’m so excited to be part of the process of preserving their positive but very vulnerable and real story of Soul, Self & Struggle. This is the story of joy, persistence, love, pain, magic and self discovery. This is Earth, Wind & Fire.”

Per Deadline, the Earth, Wind & Fire doc has been approved by the band and the estate of late member Maurice White. It will feature exclusive access to their audio and visual recordings, as well as their written material.

“We look forward to this in-depth journey of our band, and are so excited to have Questlove directing the documentary,” Earth, Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson said in a statement.

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