Kate Bush is capping an eventful couple years with a new catalog reissue series.
The “Running Up That Hill” artist is reissuing each one of her albums on vinyl and CD. Her 1985 effort Hounds of Love, which includes “Running Up That Hill,” will also be available as a special edition Baskerville Edition, which comes with updated artwork and a solar-powered LED light, as well as the Lost at Sea box set, which relates to the themes of the album’s second half.
Bush has also shared an unboxing video for the Baskerville Edition, which calls back to the inspiration behind the Hounds of Love song “Cloudbusting.”
You can preorder your albums of choice now via Bush’s website, which has been newly updated in conjunction with the reissue series.
Bush saw renewed interest in her music after “Running Up That Hill” was used in the fourth season of Stranger Things. The resurgence of the single, which hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022, was so huge that the normally press-shy Bush even gave a rare interview.
Meanwhile, Bush is among the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. The induction ceremony takes place on Friday, November 3, in Brooklyn, New York, though there’s been no announcement yet about whether Bush will attend.
Elton John has found a buyer for his Atlanta home. Peoplereports that the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has sold his 13,500-square-foot condo in the Buckhead area for $7,225,000.
Elton bought a duplex in the building in 1992, then bought five more apartments over the next 20 years, combining them into one four-bedroom space. It has four full bathrooms, including a spa-like bathroom in the primary suite, which also has a sitting area and a huge closet.
Serving as Elton’s touring base, as he could easily get to most places in the U.S. flying out of Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, the home also held his massive collection of photography and features views of the Atlanta skyline.
And it seems Elton made a hefty profit on the place. He originally had it on the market for just under $5 million.
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The Eagles bring The Long Goodbye tour to Atlanta this week, but Steely Dan is not making the trip, as frontman Donald Fagen is still dealing with health issues.
According to Live Nation, “As prescribed by his physician, Donald Fagen continues to recuperate, and Steely Dan will not be performing at the two Eagles shows in Atlanta on Thursday, November 2, and Saturday, November 4.”
Instead, Eagles fans will get to enjoy opener Tedeschi Trucks Band for both shows.
Steely Dan has been off the Eagles tour since October 6 due to Fagen’s health. Sheryl Crow, The Steve Miller Band and Vince Gill and the Nashville Band took the opening spots in their place.
A complete list of Eagles dates can be found at eagles.com.
Reneé Rapp got in the Halloween spirit by dressing up like another pop star during her Brooklyn show Tuesday night.
The singer dressed like Justin Bieber circa his My World 2.0 era, wearing a purple hoodie and baseball cap, paired with white pants and a white jacket. She even covered his “One Less Lonely Girl” and pulled a fan up onstage the way Justin used to do when performing the song.
The fan wasn’t just any fan, however. It was actress Lola Tung, the star of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Lola was handed a bouquet of flowers and took a seat on the stage as Reneé serenaded her.
Reneé also had a special guest at her Monday night concert in New York City. She brought out “Ceilings” singer Lizzy McAlpine to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Wicked with a duet of “For Good.”
Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is getting ready to share some new music. In an interview with Nuvo, Frehley reveals that he’ll be releasing a new solo record next year.
“It’s probably the best record I’ve ever done,” he says. “I’m very excited about it.”
The album is expected to come out in February, with the title track “10,000 Volts” being released in November.
“I’m really excited to see the response I’m gonna get because I really think it’s, it’s gonna be positive, and people are gonna be very, very surprised because I think it’s one of my best records,” he shares.
Frehley’s former band is getting ready to say goodbye to the road in December, and while fans would probably love to see him join them onstage for their final shows at Madison Square Garden, that’s not going to happen. Frehley says he offered to play on the tour, and heard that both Gene Simmons and KISS manager Doc McGhee wanted him — but Paul Stanley nixed it.
“It’s pretty obvious he’s an egomaniac and wants all the spotlight. If [I] returned to the band, I’d get all the press,” Frehley says, adding that he’s surprised Stanley keeps saying negative things about him and former KISS drummer Peter Criss in the press.
“He just made a statement that if we played with them at Madison Square Garden, it would mar the performance. He’s basically shooting himself in the foot and making an a****** out of himself,” Frehley says. “When people hear those statements, they’re just gonna realize that he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about and is probably just jealous.”
Fans of The Beatles just got their first taste of the new song “Now and Then.” The band shared a 12-minute short film, Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song, which reveals what went into the making of the track.
The film recounts how the new song came about, using a cassette recording given to The Beatles in 1994 by Yoko Ono, featuring three songs John Lennon recorded in the ’70s. The film features archival footage of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the late George Harrison in the recording studio in 1995, along with new interviews with McCartney, Ringo and Sean Ono Lennon.
“Making good music in a band is all about chemistry. The way our four personalities combined in The Beatles was something very special,” McCartney says in the film. “When we lost John we knew that it was really over, but in 1994, an interesting opportunity arose: We could make more music together.”
Ringo adds, “We could use John and try and make a record, it was the closest we’ll ever come to having him back in the room.”
The doc explains why the song wasn’t completed in 1995 and how new technology helped director Peter Jackson extract John’s voice to finally complete the tune.
“All of those memories come flooding back. My God how lucky was I to have those men in my life and to work with those men so intimately and to come up with such a body of music,” McCartney says. “To still be working on Beatles music in 2023, wow.”
“Now and Then” will be released Thursday, November 2, at 10 a.m. ET., with the video to follow on Friday, November 3, at 10 a.m. ET.
Now that Halloween is over, folks will be turning their attention to Thanksgiving and Christmas. And while some people love this time of year, Cyndi Lauper wants to help those folks who don’t.
The singer announced her participation in the #NotAloneChallenge, which is raising awareness and funds to provide free mental health services to those who can’t afford it, especially during the holidays.
“This means a lot to me because proven and effective mental health resources should be available to everyone,” Cyndi says in a video posted to Instagram. “If you’re struggling, please know you don’t have to do so in silence.”
The challenge was started by singer Jewel and her Inspiring Children Foundation. Cyndi is asking folks to get the word out by sharing their own video or posting a photo of support.
There are also items up for auction at notalonechallenge.org to help raise money for mental health resources.
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The Rolling Stones appear to be teasing something on social media.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers posted an image of their lips logo in gold, along with the caption “crossfirehurricane.com.” When you go to the site the same logo appears, along with the signatures of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and a prompt to sign up to get “exclusive access for the latest project from The Rolling Stones.”
While that really doesn’t reveal much, fans are already speculating about what the band’s teasing … or at least what they hope they are teasing.
“A World Tour?!?!?!?!?!?” one fan commented, while another added, “Tour dates would be nice.”
Others are suggesting the band will be revisiting their 2012 documentary, Crossfire Hurricane.
“An updated version of the original documentary?!” one guessed, while another tagged the original film’s director, Brett Morgan.
The tease comes as The Stones are enjoying success with Hackney Diamonds, their first album of new songs in 18 years. The album has gone to #1 in over 18 countries and debuted at #3 in the U.S.
On Wednesday, Oprah Daily revealed Oprah Winfrey‘s Favorite Things, her annual list of “unique gifts for friends, family, and the community of people you hold in your heart all year long.”
The gift-giving ideas come in all price ranges, with a focus this year on “inspiring small businesses, including women-owned, Black-owned and other minority-owned businesses from around the country,” according to the website.
This year’s picks go from puzzles and high-tech games to food items to cosmetics to appliances, and virtually everything in between for everyone on your shopping list.
This year’s Favorite Things will be featured in the Winter 2023 issue of O Quarterly, which hits newsstands November 7, but you can get a sneak peek now of all of the items on the aforementioned website.
For the ninth year in a row, curated items from Oprah’s picks will be available for purchase exclusively from Amazon’s store at amazon.com/oprah, as well as via the Amazon shopping app.
And as the site points out, “Yes, Oprah has tried and tested every. single. item.”
Adam Glassman, Oprah Daily’s creative director and her holiday elf for wrangling the gifts, notes, “That’s what’s so pure about this list. They really are her favorite things.”
And if you find yourself strapped this season, twelve lucky readers will have a chance to win all 112 items on Oprah’s Favorite Things List from November 10 through November 21. Find out about her 12-Day Give-O-Way here.
