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A biopic about the late Steve Marriott and his band Small Faces is in the works, according to Deadline.

The film, All or Nothing, will be inspired by the West End musical of the same name, written by actress and writer Carol Harrison. It is based on her friendship with the singer, who she met when she was 8 years old.

According to the film’s description, Marriott’s story is “seen through the eyes of a young female fan,” noting, “through their emotional connection, we uncover the complexities and contradictions that burn beneath the showman’s mask, as Steve struggles to navigate life in the spotlight, disguising his raw private turmoil and vulnerability with arrogance and caustic humor.”

Marriott formed Small Faces in 1965 with bassist Ronnie Lane, drummer Kenney Jones and keyboardist Jimmy Winston. Marriott left the group in 1969 to form Humble Pie. The band went on without him, recruiting Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, and renaming themselves Faces. Marriott, who was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Small Faces, died in 1991 at the age of 44.

The film, due to start production in the fall, will feature Small Faces’ music. Deadline notes that the estates of Marriott and Lane have both given their blessings to the film.

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If you’re a celebrity who’s always complaining about being harassed by your fans, Lionel Richie doesn’t want to hear about it.

Appearing on his son-in-law Joel Madden’s podcast, Artist Friendly, the American Idol judge explained that anyone who wants to be in showbiz better be sure they’re ready for everything that might come with it.

“I tell people when they get into the business there’s one thing you didn’t calculate. I hope you like people,” he said. “If you don’t like people, here’s how it’s going to sound. You spend the first half of your career going, ‘Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me.’ And then you finally get famous. ‘Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me.'”

“And I’m going, ‘Okay, now, the universe gave you what you were asking for,'” Lionel continued. “Now, what is that about people you don’t like? Oh, you want to be famous and rich without the people?…It doesn’t work like that. You have to be able to engage.”

Lionel also said that he never wants anyone to come away from an encounter with him with a negative feeling.

“Sometimes you meet the person you idolize the most and you’re sorry you met them,” he explained. “I made a promise to myself. I’m never going to be that.”

He went on to say that fans are “scared to death of you. They want to say something to you. And you can see it on their face. They want to say something. And for me to ignore them would be the worst.”

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The Zombies have shared another track off the upcoming mono remaster of their debut album, 1965’s Begin Here.

The latest is the track “The Way I Feel Inside (Mono Remastered),” which is now available via digital outlets, with an accompanying lyric video on YouTube.

This is the second track they’ve released from reissue, which will drop on April 17. They previously released the mono remaster of “It’s Alright With Me.”

The reissue of Begin Here, the second of four planned reissues, will feature all 17 tracks from the U.K. and U.S. versions of the album, with new liner notes by rock journalist David Fricke. The reissue follows the September release of a mono remaster of The Zombies’ iconic sophomore album, Odessey and Oracle.

Begin Here (Mono Remastered) will be released digitally, and on CD and vinyl. It is available for preorder now.

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Lou Gramm is hitting the road in support of his new solo album, Released, which is out now. 

The former Foreigner frontman has announced a new string of North American dates, kicking off May 9 in Wabash, Indiana, and wrapping Oct. 10 in St. Charles, Missouri. The tour will have him treating fans to performances of new songs, as well as iconic hits from his catalog.

A complete list of dates and ticket information can be found at LouGrammOfficial.com.

The 10-track Released is made up of songs Gramm originally recorded in the ‘80s while making his previous solo albums, 1987’s Ready Or Not and 1989’s Long Hard Look. The songs never made it on those albums, but have now been completed for the new record.

In addition to his new solo dates, Gramm is set to join Foreigner for several shows starting April 17 in St. Augustine, Florida, and running through April 23 in Key West, Florida.

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Billy Joel’s 100th Madison Square Garden residency show was celebrated with an Emmy-winning CBS special that aired back in April 2024. Well now that special is getting a physical release with bonus footage.

Joel has announced that the special will be released on DVD and Blu-ray, with the physical copies offering fans the complete concert, including 11 performances not featured on the CBS broadcast. Those bonus tracks include performances of such songs as “The Longest Time,” “Uptown Girl,” “Big Shot,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “The Downeaster Alexa.” There’s even a performance of The Police’s “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic,” featuring a guest appearance from Sting.

And in case anyone forgot just how great the special was, Joel is offering up a taste, releasing an official live video for his performance of the 52nd Street classic “My Life” to YouTube.

Billy Joel – The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden (The Complete Concert) will be released May 29 and is available for preorder now.

The special was filmed March 28, 2004, as Billy headlined the 100th show of his MSG residency in New York City, which he launched in January 2014. 

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Billy Joel’s 100th Madison Square Garden residency show was celebrated with an Emmy-winning CBS special that aired back in April 2024. Well now that special is getting a physical release with bonus footage.

Sony Music has announced that the special will be released on DVD and Blu-ray, with the physical copies offering fans the complete concert, including 11 performances not featured on the CBS broadcast. Those bonus tracks include performances of such songs as “The Longest Time,” “Uptown Girl,” “Big Shot,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “The Downeaster Alexa.” There’s even a performance “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic,” featuring a guest appearance from Sting.

And in case anyone forgot just how great the special was, Joel is offering up a taste, releasing an official live video for his performance of the 52nd Street classic “My Life” to YouTube.

Billy Joel – The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden (The Complete Concert) will be released May 29 and is available for preorder now.

The special was filmed March 28, 2024, as Billy headlined the 100th show of his MSG residency in New York City, which he launched in January 2014. 

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On This Day, March 27, 1987 …

U2 filmed the video for “Where the Streets Have No Name,” the third single off their album The Joshua Tree.

Inspired by The Beatles’ 1969 rooftop concert, U2 took to the roof of a downtown Los Angeles liquor store to perform the song.

The production attracted more than 1,000 fans who gathered to watch the performance, prompting the police to try to shut them down — something the band was hoping for in order to add drama to the video.

U2 actually performed an eight-song set during the video shoot, including four performances of “Where the Streets Have No Name.”

The video went on to earn U2 a Grammy for best performance music video.

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Former Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm’s new solo album, Released, is out now, made up of previously unreleased songs he recorded in the ’80s for his previous solo albums.

While it’s been decades since he first recorded some of these songs, Gramm tells ABC Audio he always knew they existed, but notes “as time went by, I forgot I had them.”

“When I was ready to do a new album, I had some original songs written, and something just kept tugging at me to go back and listen to the songs from my previous solo albums that weren’t on the album,” he says. “I remember when I started listening to ‘em that they shocked me at how good they were, but they were incomplete.”

Gramm says the songs didn’t make his original solo albums not because they were bad, but due to “time restraints,” noting in order to meet deadlines he had to choose songs “that were done, not necessarily the ones that we liked the best.”

Gramm says going back and listening to the tunes all these years later turned out to be “very emotional” for him.

“And then I started getting a little angry. ‘Why didn’t we finish them? Why didn’t we get them on the album?’” he says, noting, “Here are these great songs sitting around for 30 years, you know, or more.”

Gramm says he hopes after listening to the record fans come away realizing he’s “a formidable songwriter, as well as a vocalist.”

“I have a style that’s uniquely my own and it has elements of Foreigner in it, because that’s the band I was part of,” he explains. “But it’s quite a bit different than Foreigner,” noting he hopes the album lets the “difference be known.” 

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The Beatles released a lot of music over the course of their career, and there’s no doubt some songs are better than others. So, which Beatles songs are the best?

Of course, the answer to that is subjective, but Collider has some thoughts, and it just came out with its choices for the 10 most “perfect” Beatles tunes, noting songs were chosen based on “songwriting, musical construction, overall influence, and the song’s impact on the band’s musical evolution.”

Topping the list is the 1968 classic “Hey Jude,” which Paul McCartney wrote for Julian Lennon after John Lennon left his first wife, Cynthia Lennon.

“Whether it’s tears of triumph or pain, ‘Hey Jude” is a song meant to make you feel something,” the mag writes. “It’s what music is all about, after all.”

Coming in at #2 is 1969’s “Come Together,” followed by 1970’s “Let It Be” at #3, 1968’s “Blackbird” at #4 and 1964’s “A Hard Day’s Night” at #5.

Rounding out the top 10 are: “In My Life,” “All You Need Is Love,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Yesterday” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand.”

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George Clinton is in his mid-80s, but his goal remains to “Just Sing.” He and Parliament-Funkadelic have been tapped to take the stage July 5 at the Essence Festival of Culture with a headlining set that will close out the annual event.

The performance will mark the first citing of his new Mothership, which pays homage to the spacecraft he first debuted 50 years ago in New Orleans as part of the 1976 P-Funk Earth Tour.

The landing was deemed “the greatest single moment in the history of rock n’ roll,” according to a press release, and the Mothership sits among history at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The new one will accompany Clinton as he plans to tour the world.

“To celebrate George in New Orleans, where the Mothership first touched down, is a beautiful full-circle moment,” said Vivian Scott Chew, founding partner of Chew Entertainment, who has teamed with Clinton’s management to produce the special moment. “The weekend will be about more than music—it’s about community, legacy, and making space for the next generation to carry the funk forward.”

The Essence festival will take place July 3-5 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Cardi B, Kehlani, Latto, Patti LaBelle, Brandy and Monica are among those on the lineup.

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