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While Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde may love the band’s fans, it seems she’s sick of seeing the same ones in the front row time and time again. 

In a post on social media, Hynde addressed fans who come to multiple shows and get in the front row, letting them know why they may not be keeping the spot they snag.

“First of all, thank you to everyone who’s come to see our shows. We’re in the homestretch of this year‘s tour and it’s been a real pleasure,” she writes. “Fantastic cities and fantastic audiences. We’ve had a great time playing for you.”

But she shares that there’s “[o]ne thing we feel obliged to explain: When we go on tour, the whole point of it for the band is that we are playing to a different audience every night.” She notes they “look forward to seeing local faces. This is what makes it new for us every night.”

“We appreciate those of you who follow us and buy tickets for multiple nights, so please don’t be offended if we request you to move out of the front row,” she adds. “All we are asking is that you give the local fans a chance. This is what keeps it new for us…especially after being on tour for so many months.”

Pretenders are currently on a U.K. tour. They play Edinburgh, Scotland, on Wednesday and Gateshead, England, on Thursday. A complete list of dates can be found at thepretenders.com.

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Bruce Springsteen posed for pictures with The Bear star Jeremy Allen White at the New York premiere screening of The Boss’ upcoming documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

White is set to play Bruce in the upcoming film Deliver Me From Nowhere, about the making of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska, and this was the first time they’ve been photographed together.

The Road Diary screening took place Tuesday at the Museum of Modern Art, with Bruce, director Thom Zimny, guitarist Stevie Van Zandt and Bruce’s manager Jon Landau in attendance, along with musicians Marky Ramone, Paul Shaffer and G.E. Smith, actor Andrew McCarthy, comedian Sandra Bernhard and others. 

Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band debuts Oct. 25 on Hulu and Disney+.

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Sammy Hagar has shared a classic Van Halen performance clip on YouTube.

Hagar posted a video of the band — him, Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony — performing the 5150 track “Why Can’t This Be Love,” which was recorded in August 1995 in Toronto for Canada’s Much Music.

“It’s so touching when I see old clips of Eddie singing his heart out!” Sammy shared in the caption. “He wasn’t a natural lead singer, but when he sang, he had [sic] with soul and passion. This is a prime example.” 

He added, “And Mikey, rockin’ that mullet hard! I Love finding this old stuff for ya.”

The video release comes just a day after Rolling Stone released Alex Van Halen’s first interview since Eddie’s October 2020 death. In it, Alex seemed to discount Sammy’s contribution to the band, saying “the heart and the soul and the creativity and the magic” of Van Halen was the original four members, him, Eddie, Anthony and David Lee Roth.

The mag also noted the only mention of the Van Hagar years in Alex’s upcoming memoir, Brothers, due out Tuesday, is Alex writing, “We had a lot of other singers over the years.”

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The Metallica pinball machine is getting an update.

A “remastered” version of the metal legends’ signature game has been revealed by the company Stern Pinball, which also put together the original 2013 cabinet. 

The updated machine features expanded gameplay options, additional songs, new video and animation, and updated voice recordings from the Metallica members. 

“Obey your pinball master!” frontman James Hetfield declares in a new trailer released by Stern.

If you have room in your home for a Metallica pinball machine and $9,699 to spend, you can order one now via Metallica.com.

You can hear more about the pinball machine on the latest episode of The Metallica Report podcast.

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The late Robbie Robertson’s life and music is being celebrated with a tribute concert in Los Angeles Friday, and now fans who can’t make it to the show will one day be able to experience it on the big screen.

It was just announced that director Martin Scorsese, a longtime friend and collaborator of Robertson’s, is set to direct a film of the concert, dubbed Life Is A Carnival: A Musical Celebration Of Robbie Robertson.

The concert, happening at the Kia Forum, will feature an all-star lineup that includes Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bruce Hornsby and Warren Haynes, along with Bobby Weir, Trey Anastasio, Noah Kahan, Jim James, Daniel Lanois, Mavis Staples, Don Was, Eric Church, Jamey Johnson, Lucinda Williams and Margo Price.

Scorsese and Robertson worked together on several projects over the course of their careers, starting with Scorsese’s direction of The Last Waltz, the film about Robbie and The Band‘s 1976 farewell concert. Robbie then worked as composer, music supervisor and music producer on several of Scorsese’s films, including Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, The Color of Money, Casino and The Departed.

Their most recent project together, Killers of the Flower Moon, which was released after Robbie’s Aug. 9, 2023, death, earned him a posthumous Oscar nomination.

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Talking Heads was a category on Tuesday night’s episode of Jeopardy!, with all four band members – David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison – reading the questions to the contestants.

“We’re the stars of Stop Making Sense,” Byrne says, with Frantz adding, “Acclaimed as the greatest concert film of all time.”  

“Now that it’s getting a 40th anniversary rerelease,” Tina says, “we’ll have clues about the movie and our music,” Harrison adds. 

Questions in the category ranged from where they played their first show, opening for the Ramones — the answer being CBGB — to who directed the film, with the answer Jonathan Demme.

There were also questions about their songs “Psycho Killer,” “Burning Down The House” and “Once in Lifetime.”

And the contestants were up on their Talking Heads knowledge, as all the questions were answered correctly. Four out of the five questions were answered by the same contestant, Zoe, who said, “I love them, and I love the movie.”

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Stevie Nicks is showing her appreciation for director Michael Moore, who wrote an article praising her Saturday Night Live performance of her new song “The Lighthouse.”

Stevie said the song was inspired by the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and Moore gave her props for using the performance to speak out on the subject.

In the article, Moore described Stevie’s performance as a “rare moment when a performer chose to give voice to the 200 million or so of us Americans who, for over two years, have been in a rage that the Supreme Leader in America (aka, the ‘Supreme Court,’ that group of five or six religious right-wing nutters who rule over what women can and cannot do with their bodies in this country), overturned Roe v. Wade.”

He added, “[M]y jaw dropped as she belted out one fiercely brutal lyric after another aimed squarely at the Court, at Trump, at MAGA Nation — and imploring all women to take a stand, to fight back now, it’s not too late.” 

Moore noted that when a technical glitch delayed Stevie’s second performance he had worried SNL pulled the plug on the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, but she did eventually go on.

“All was well in land!” he wrote. 

Stevie responded to the article with a note on her Instagram Story, thanking Moore “for so eloquently saying what I’ve been trying to express.” She noted, “Your words remind us of the urgency to act.”

She then encouraged her fans to “get involved and most importantly go out and vote,” adding, “Let’s be the lighthouse guiding each other toward real change.”

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Eagles are spending even more time in Las Vegas.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have added four more shows to their Eagles Live In Concert at Sphere residency:  March 7, 8, 14 and 15.

Registration for presale tickets is open now, with the presale launching Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. 

The Eagles launched their Sphere residency on Sept. 20, treating fans to a set filled with classic tunes, like “Hotel California,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” “New Kid in Town,” “Take it to the Limit,” “Life’s Been Good,” “Take It Easy” and “Heartache Tonight.”

They return to the Sphere for their next show on Friday. A complete list of dates can be found at eagles.com.

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On This Day, Oct. 16, 1992 …

A star-studded celebration of the 30th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s recording career was held at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The night’s performers included Neil Young, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, The Band, John Mellencamp, Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready, Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Wood, George Harrison and Sinead O’Connor.

The artists each performed a Dylan tune, with Dylan ending the night by performing three songs.

A live double album of the concert was released in August 1993 and peaked at #40 on the Billboard 200 Album chart. The concert was also released on VHS.

Dylan released his self-titled debut album on March 19, 1962. 

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