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Bob Dylan’s current tour seems to be going through a bit of a band shake-up, and now one of his guitarists is speaking out about his departure.

Guitarist Bob Britt is responding to reports in the press about his departure from the tour, which began to surface over the weekend. The reports were sparked by a since-deleted Facebook post by Britt, who wrote “Sayonara Bobby” next to a map with a travel route from Austin, where Dylan’s next show is happening, to Nashville.

Britt has since taken to Facebook to set the record straight, writing, “Apparently there are quite a few threads out there with people speculating about my departure from the Bob tour.”

“I’d like to clear it up. I was not fired but left of my own accord for reasons I would prefer to keep private,” the post continued. “I will miss my band mates and crew.”

He then wrote that he was looking forward to other projects, including “getting back to doing sessions.” He added, “As far as any touring goes, we will see what the future holds.”

Britt’s departure comes not long after Dylan lost another guitarist in his band. As Rolling Stone points out, guitarist Doug Lancio, who’s played guitar with Dylan since 2019, was recently replaced by jazz guitarist Julian Lage.

Dylan’s next show is Monday in Austin. A complete list of his show dates can be found at BobDylan.com.

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A new exhibit dedicated to the Grateful Dead is set to open in San Francisco.

Forever Grateful, opening Friday at the Haight Street Art Center, will feature a collection of artwork, instruments and memorabilia celebrating the legacy of the iconic band. It includes over 400 pieces, made up of paintings, pen and ink drawings, original lithographs, vinyl records, photographs and more.

The exhibit also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the center. It includes a scaled-down, fully operational replica of the band’s legendary Wall of Sound audio system, which will broadcast live Grateful Dead recordings from throughout their career.

“Forever Grateful celebrates the spirit, artistry, and cultural influence that made the Grateful Dead not just a band, but a phenomenon,” states Dennis McNally, exhibition adviser and Grateful Dead historian.

“My family is pleased to know that the Haight Street Art Center will be featuring a Grateful Dead exhibition this summer,” Trixie Garcia, daughter of the late Jerry Garcia, says. “What originated here in the 60s and the resulting cultural shift felt across the world will never be forgotten. There’s nowhere like San Francisco and there’s nothing like the Grateful Dead!”

The opening weekend will also feature a performance by Grahame Lesh & Friends on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. PT.

Forever Grateful will run at Haight Street Art Center until Sept. 20. A second exhibit, Forever Grateful, Golden Gate Park, will open Sept. 5 at Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, and run through Oct. 25.

More information can be found at HaightStreetArt.org.

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The Michael Jackson movie has moonwalked into the record books once again. 

Michael has taken in $977 million worldwide. That surpasses the Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer, which raked in $975 million globally. Michael had already become the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time, out-earning the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody — but now it’s tops among all biographical films.

Michael opened in April with an impressive $217 million globally. As per Variety, it’s now become Lionsgate’s biggest movie of all time, surpassing 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which earned $865 million.

Lionsgate is reportedly planning on at least one more movie about Jackson’s life, since Michael ends in 1988. The King of Pop died in June 2009.

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More reported details are leaking out about Taylor Swift’s upcoming wedding to Travis Kelce, and it appears guests may be entertained by a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer.

A source has confirmed to Rolling Stone that Stevie Nicks will attend the wedding — allegedly taking place this weekend at New York’s Madison Square Garden — and is “expected to” perform.

Nicks’ presence at the wedding doesn’t come as much of a surprise, since she and Taylor have been friends for years. In particular, Stevie wrote a poem for Taylor’s The Tortured Poets Society album, and Taylor name-checked Stevie in a song from that album, “Clara Bow.”

Taylor also told Stephen Colbert last year of Stevie, “I feel very lucky that she’s lent her very magical, wonderful, wise approach to life to me.” During the NBA Finals, Taylor wore a T-shirt that said “Stevie Knicks” in honor of the singer and the New York team.

Stevie told Rolling Stone in 2024 of Taylor and Travis, “I hope they fall deeper and deeper in love and ride off into the sunset … and get married and have babies if she wants that. I just want all of that for her.”

According to a report from The New York Times, Taylor and Travis will hold an intimate gathering on Thursday, followed by a massive party on Friday.

Neither Taylor nor Travis have confirmed any of this, and the entire thing may be a ruse to throw people off.

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Bruce Springsteen was one of several artists honoring late music exec Clive Davis at a funeral service in New York City Monday.

“Clive was the most humble man in the music business,” Springsteen said at the opening of his speech, garnering laughs and applause from the mourners gathered at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue. “Not really.”

“Clive was big and bombastic and brave and full of ideas and just believed, believed, believed, believed,” he added. “He was born to run … everything.”

Springsteen then talked about having to come into New York City in 1972 to play for Davis before he could get signed to Columbia Records, and how kind and welcoming Davis was to him.

“He changed my life forever,” Springsteen said.

“The world that Clive was such a wonderful representative of has now vanished completely with his passing,” Springsteen said. “The world of the great record man. … Men who defined, loved and sustained the record business from their viewpoint at the top desk on down.”

“Clive changed so many artists’ and performers’ lives,” he added. “Clive not only loved music, he actually loved the people who made the music, no matter how much of a pain in the a** they were. And he loved those people deeply and permanently.”

“With his loyalty he let me know that was always the way he felt about me,” Springsteen noted. “And I loved him back. I never felt nothing but love coming from Clive.”

Others who spoke at the service included Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow and Alicia Keys, with Kenny G and Jennifer Hudson both performing.

Davis died June 22 at the age of 94.

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