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After Bruce Springsteen paid a visit to CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert a couple of weeks ago, The Boss appeared on the program again on Wednesday night in a new — likely pre-recorded — interview segment.

Springsteen took part in an installment of the program’s ongoing “Colbert Questionert” segment, during which host Stephen Colbert fires off 15 questions to a celebrity guest designed to help people “truly get to know” that star.

Here are some of the questions Bruce was asked, and his responses:

What is the best sandwich? “That’s easy. Three a.m. Peanut butter and jelly. Big glass of milk.”

What is the scariest animal? “[It] used to be the shark because I was a surfer…when I was younger, but I have been bit several times by a brown recluse spider…and they leave a nasty necrotic sore.”

Apples or oranges? “Apples.”

Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? “Yes. I was with my son watching the New York Yankees in 1998, and…we had a baseball that the whole team signed.”

What do you think happens when we die? “Individual consciousness, adios. But our souls and our spirits, I think, grow and live on with the people that we’ve loved and who’ve loved us and with people we’ve had impact on with our work or with our in our daily experience. So I’m going with that.”

Favorite action movie? “Vanishing Point.”

Favorite smell? “My wife, Patti.”

Least favorite smell? “Sulfur.”

Most used app on your phone? “Siri, how do I get to…?!”

You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: What is it? “‘Summer Wind,’ Frank Sinatra.”

Describe the rest of your life in five words. “Damn, what a f****** ride.”

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Trying to follow up one of the biggest songs of the last 20 years or so is a tall order, which is why Rob Thomas says he isn’t concerned about whether or not “Move,” his new duet with Carlos Santana, is as successful as their first duet, “Smooth.” But Rob says the reason he specifically doesn’t worry about that stuff is because of some advice that Carlos gave him 21 years ago.

“I’m three years younger now than Carlos was when we first did ‘Smooth,'” Rob tells ABC Audio. “And at that very, very young age, Carlos taught me something that was very, very important that I hold on to, which is: The world is not as complicated as you make it seem sometimes, and you really are only in control of your motive, your intention and your purpose.”

According to Rob, Carlos told him, “Those are the three things that you can control. And whatever the outcome is, that’s going to be the outcome, but you can’t worry about it while you’re putting something into [the universe].”

“So, I don’t think I’ve ever really been concerned about whether something was going to perform,” Rob says, addressing the topic of “Move’s” success versus that of “Smooth.”

“When I do something and I’m creative and I’m listening to that frequency in the universe that gives me a song, then I feel like I’ve already succeeded,” the Matchbox Twenty frontman states. “And I think the only time that I fail is if I stop listening to that — or I start trying to control it.”

In addition to “Move,” which in addition to Carlos also features American Authors, Rob has a new holiday album out, Something About Christmas Time.

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Having already learned to fly, Foo Fighters will soon be faced with an entirely different mode of transportation.

The “Everlong” rockers are set to perform at the upcoming Formula 1 Grand Prix race in Abu Dhabi. The race takes place December 10-12 on Yas Marina Circuit, with the Foos taking the stage for an after-show on the final night.

For more info, visit YasMarinaCircuit.com.

The Grand Prix performance looks to cap off an eventful Foo Fighters year, which included the release of the new album Medicine at Midnight and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The Foo excitement will continue in 2022 with the premiere of Studio 666, a horror-comedy film starring Dave Grohl and company. The movie’s set to debut February 25.

 

 

 

 

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The new documentary Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free – The Making of Wildflowers gets its worldwide release today at 12 p.m. ET as a free streaming event on Tom Petty‘s official YouTube channel.

The film, which will be shown in 4K resolution, is part of the YouTube Originals series.

As previously reported, the movie focuses on the fruitful recording sessions that yielded Petty’s acclaimed 1994 solo effort Wildflowers, plus many other songs that remained in the vaults until the Wildflowers & All the Rest box set was released last year.

The movie features previously unseen footage shot by director Martyn Atkins during the recording of Wildflowers, archival commentary from Tom, and newly filmed scenes of producer Rick Rubin and founding Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench sharing recollections of the sessions.

Tench says he considers Somewhere You Feel Free “an illuminating film.”

“[Y]ou get people’s perspective on the making of the record,” he tells ABC Audio. “And…you get Tom speaking about his thoughts about making the record, and where he was at when he made the songs, and where he was at when he decided he didn’t want to do it with all of The Heartbreakers, and do it as a…’solo’ record. And you find out all of this, as well as getting to see footage from the sessions, and getting to see him just messing around and goofing around, which is always good.”

Benmont says among his favorite parts of the movie were the segments capturing him chatting with Rubin and Campbell, who co-produced Wildflowers with Petty. He notes that before they filmed the conversation, the three of them had never sat down to talk about the album before.

“[I]t was fun and interesting,” Benmont declares. “I found out stuff I didn’t know.”

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Green Day and Nine Inch Nails are among the headliners for the 2022 Shaky Knees festival, which will take place from April 29 to May 1 in Atlanta.

Billy Idol also is part of the bill, as are My Morning Jacket, Spoon, Travis, CHVRCHES, Death Cab for Cutie and Guided by Voices, among many others.

Green Day and Idol will perform on April 29, while NIN and My Morning Jacket will headline the festival on April 30 and May 1, respectively.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, November 11, at 10 a.m. ET. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit ShakyKneesFestival.com.

Shaky Knees returned this past October after being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Headliners this year included Foo Fighters and The Strokes.

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Paul McCartney has posted a video on his Facebook page capturing him sharing an emotional confession during a recent livestreamed Q&A event promoting his new book The Lyrics.

In the segment, Paul says he never told his late Beatles band mate John Lennon that he loved him.

“As 16-year-old, 17-year-old Liverpool kids, you could never say that. It just wasn’t done,” McCartney explains. “So I never did. I never really just said, ‘John, love you, man.’ I just never got ’round to it. So now, it is great to just realize how much I loved this man.”

The event, which took place November 5 at London’s Southbank Centre, is available on demand for streaming through Saturday, November 12, priced at $14.

In other news, McCartney and his daughters Mary and Stella have joined animal-rights organization PETA U.K. and other celebrities in calling for the United Nation’s COP26 climate-change conference, which is taking place now in Glasgow, Scotland, to adopt the Plant Based Treaty initiative, which is designed to focus on food systems as a way to battle the global climate crisis.

The McCartneys, PETA U.K. and others issued a message Tuesday to the COP26 delegates urging them to adopt the treaty, which seeks to encourage the production of more plant-based foods rather than meat, as a companion to the Paris Agreement climate-change treaty adopted in 2015.

Paul, Mary and Stella, who launched the Meat Free Monday campaign in 2009, say in a statement, “We believe in justice for animals, the environment and people. That’s why we support the Plant Based Treaty and urge individuals and governments to sign it.”

Among the other celebs supporting the treaty are Moby, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and Game of Thrones actor Jerome Flynn.

“I never really said ‘John I love you man’, I never got round to it. So now it’s great to just realise how much I love this man…”
‘The Lyrics: Paul McCartney in Conversation’ is available to watch on demand till November 12th: https://t.co/yoJhfzbs3o @PenguinLive pic.twitter.com/WdsmwqfzbG

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) November 10, 2021

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U2 frontman Bono is among the music artists and other entertainment industry figures who will take part in keynote events during Variety‘s Music for Screens Virtual Summit, which will run from December 1 to December 3.

The summit will focus on a variety of topics involving music in media, including the revival of musicals on TV and in film, music in superhero-themed projects, video games as a launchpad for music artists, and more.

Bono will participate in a keynote conversation about the making of the new U2 tune “Your Song Saved My Life,” which is featured in upcoming animated film Sing 2. The event, which is scheduled for December 3 at 9:30 a.m. ET, also will feature Sing 2 writer and director Garth Jennings.

Other music artists and celebs taking part in the summit’s keynote events include Jennifer Hudson, will.i.am, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anderson .Paak, Colleen “Vitamin C” Fitzpatrick, and The National‘s Adam Dessner, Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger.

For more details about the summit, visit MusicforScreens.SplashThat.com.

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Nirvana has released the remastered version of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from the band’s upcoming 30th anniversary reissue of Nevermind.

The entire record was remastered from the original Nevermind analog tapes for the reissue, which arrives this Friday, November 12. You can download the newly varnished “Smells Like Teen Spirit” now via digital outlets.

The Nevermind reissue also includes four full, previously unreleased live recordings, taken from shows in Amsterdam in November 1991; Del Mar, California, in December 1991; Melbourne, Australia, in February 1992; and Tokyo in February 1992.

Nevermind celebrated its 30th anniversary in September. The massively influential RIAA Diamond-certified album and “Smells Like Teen Spirit” are credited with launching the grunge and alternative rock scene of the ’90s.

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A previously unheard song recorded in 1968 that features The Beatles‘ George Harrison and Ringo Starr got its world premiere today and will be released as a charity single on Thursday, BBC News reports.

The tune, “Radhe Shaam,” was written and produced by Indian-born journalist/broadcaster Suresh Joshi and was recently rediscovered at his Birmingham, U.K., home during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The song was premiered at an event Wednesday, held at the Liverpool Beatles Museum attended by about 100 people, and then was played on BBC Radio.

In a Wednesday interview with the BBC, Joshi explained that “Radhe Shaam” was recorded at London’s Trident Studios for the soundtrack of a feature film on which he was working. Joshi said Harrison and Starr turned up at the session while The Beatles were taking a break from recording “Hey Jude,” and the two musicians offered to play on the song, which was sung by Indian classical musician Aashish Khan.

Joshi said that the recording initially was shelved and he’d always hoped to release it eventually, but he never got around to it until it turned up again during the lockdown.

Suresh noted that he was inspired to find the master tape of the recording after telling his friend Deepak Pathak about the song. Liverpool Beatles Museum creator Roag Best, half brother of original Beatles drummer Pete Best, also took part in the interview, and explained that Pathak met Paul McCartney at the museum and told him about the track, and McCartney then helped to facilitate its release.

Roag also revealed that “Radhe Shaam” will be released Thursday, with all proceeds benefiting charity.

You can listen to the interview and the song at BBC.co.uk. The song is played at about the two-hour, 28-minute mark.

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Slash, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart  and Yusuf/Cat Stevens and are among the many artists performing during Peace Through Music, an upcoming streaming concert focused on raising funds and awareness for environmental issues.

The virtual event, produced by the Playing for Change organization and the United Nations Population Fund, is set to premiere December 15 at 9 p.m. ET. You can tune in to watch via the Playing for Change YouTube channel.

Other musicians taking part in the event include Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins, No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Taj Mahal, Rosanne Cash, and The Lumineers. Additionally, The Band‘s Robbie Robertson will be making a “special appearance” during the stream.

Peace Through Music previously raised $1 million for social justice charities with its 2020 stream, which featured artists including Ringo Starr, Gary Clark Jr., and Carlos and Cindy Blackman Santana.

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