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Possibly the coolest couple of all time is now reportedly married.

According to TMZ, Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, and Riley Hawk, the son of skateboarding icon Tony Hawk, wed in a Los Angeles ceremony October 7. If those names aren’t impressive enough, TMZ says R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, who’s Frances’ godfather, officiated the ceremony.

Frances confirmed her relationship with Riley in an Instagram post on New Year’s Day 2022.

“I wanted to share a few moments that were captured / created this past year that brought me a great amount of joy,” Frances captioned the post, which included photos of her and Riley.

Frances was previously married to Isaiah Silva. Their contentious divorce made headlines due to a battle over Kurt’s legendary MTV Unplugged guitar, which Silva came away with in the settlement. The guitar was later auctioned off for a record-breaking $6 million.

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On This Day, October 24, 1936…

William George Perks, who went on to become The Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, was born in Lewisham, South London. 

He joined The Stones in 1962, legally changing his last name to Wyman in 1964. He recorded 19 albums with the band and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the group in 1989.

Wyman left The Stones in January 1993.  

Although he’s no longer in the band, Wyman can be heard on The Stones’ brand new album, Hackney Diamonds, which also features the late Charlie Watts.

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Green Day‘s new song “The American Dream Is Killing Me” is here.

The track, which the “American Idiot” trio had been teasing for the past month and debuted live during a recent Las Vegas show, is the lead single off the upcoming album Saviors, due out January 19.

In a statement, Billie Joe Armstrong describes “The American Dream Is Killing Me” as “a look at the way the traditional American Dream doesn’t work for a lot of people — in fact, it’s hurting a lot of people.”

You can listen to “The American Dream Is Killing Me” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying, zombie-themed video streaming now on YouTube.

Saviors is the 14th Green Day album and the follow-up to 2020’s Father of All… It also includes the song “Look Ma, No Brains!” — which Green Day played during When We Were Young. The rest of the 15-song track list has yet to be revealed.

Green Day is planning to tour the U.S. in 2024 alongside The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas. Full details for the tour are forthcoming.

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Writer Michael Azerrad has released a newly annotated version of Come As You Are, his 1993 biography of Nirvana, the only book to feature original interviews with Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl.

The project, dubbed The Amplified Come As You Are, began after Azerrad decided to revisit one of the many legends told about the late Cobain and how it held up so many years later.

“I decided, ‘Oh, well let’s just see if there’s anything else I have something to say about,'” Azerrad tells ABC Audio. “I flipped over to page one of the book and, sure enough, on page one, there was absolutely something I just had to say … two years later I’d gone through the whole book.”

Throughout The Amplified Come As You Are, Azerrad comments on themes that recur throughout the original book, such as how Cobain would often mythologize the villains in his life. It also brought into stark relief the number of times Cobain mentions suicide or self-harm in his interviews with Azerrad, which the author says he did not take seriously enough at the time.

“Now I will take it seriously if that ever happens again, and I urge the reader to take it very seriously, as well,” Azerrad says.

Overall, Azerrad wants both versions of Come As You Are to portray Cobain as a real person, as someone who simply loved music and made it to “make him feel better, and, by extension, hopefully the audience feel better.”

“That was the mission statement for me for the original Come As You Are, to demystify the people who made this music and show that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and The Amplified Come As You Are just goes even deeper into that,” Azerrad says.

If you are in crisis or know someone in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. 

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction gala has added nine new performers and presenters to its star-studded lineup.

Stevie Nicks, Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine, Carrie Underwood, LL Cool J, Sia, Miguel, Queen Latifah, Common and Ice-T will join a lineup that already includes Elton John, Dave Matthews, St. Vincent, H.E.R., New Edition, Chris Stapleton and Brandi Carlile.

This year’s inductees are Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Rage Against the Machine, Willie Nelson, the late George Michael and The Spinners, plus Link Wray and DJ Kook Herc in the category of Musical Influence and Chaka Khan, Al Kooper and Bernie Taupin in the category of Musical Excellence. Soul Train creator Don Cornelius will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will stream live coast to coast on Disney+ from Brooklyn, New York, on November 3, starting at 8 p.m. ET, and will be available to stream on demand following the ceremony. 

A primetime special, 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, featuring highlights of the ceremony, will air on ABC on January 1 at 8 p.m., and will be available the next day on Hulu and Disney+.

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Handwritten lyrics of songs by the Eagles, Melissa Etheridge and others are being auctioned off to support the music community.

Julien’s Auctions announced details of the Music Health Alliance’s Lyrics for a Cause benefit auction, which raises money for Music Health Alliance’s mission to provide free health care, support and more to those in the music industry.

The fourth annual auction includes the handwritten lyrics for two Eagles classics, “Best of My Love” and “New Kid in Town,” which were written by JD Souther, Glenn Frey and Don Henley. Both sets of lyrics are written and signed by Souther. 

Other handwritten lyrics up for auction include: Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl” on a Fender Squier acoustic guitar; Etheridge’s “I’m the Only One,” signed on an Epiphone Hummingbird guitar; Otis Redding’s “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay,” handwritten by co-writer Steve Cropper, which comes with Cropper’s hand-painted watercolor of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge; and Joe Bonamassa’s “Dust Bowl,” which comes with a signed Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar.

The auction is currently open online, with the live auction being held Tuesday, November 16, at 6 p.m. CT at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville. More info on the auction can be found at Julienslive.com.

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In a very fitting melding of brands, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea is set to guest on Hot Ones.

Flea will appear on the YouTube show, in which host Sean Evans interviews celebrities as they try to eat chicken wings covered in increasingly hot and spicy sauce, on Thursday, October 26.

A social media post by Hot Ones producers First We Feast reads, “This week on #HotOnes, we got @flea333 vs. The Wings of Death.”

Other musicians who’ve guested on Hot Ones include Dave Grohl, who called his appearance a “bucket list” experience.

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The Rolling Stones may have a new #1 on their hands. According to the U.K. Official Charts, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ new album, Hackney Diamonds, is on track to debut in the top spot.

The Stones’ new album moved over 55,000 units in its first weekend, outpacing the anticipated #2 album, blink-182’s One More Time … .

If The Stones do hold on and debut at #1, it will be their 14th #1 record in the U.K. Only The Beatles have more, with 15.

Hackney Diamonds, which came out Friday, October 20, is The Rolling Stones’ first album of new music in 18 years. It features guest appearances by their late drummer Charlie Watts, former bassist Bill Wyman, Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder.

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Bonnie Raitt recently wrapped her 2023 tour, and now, she’s announced plans for 2024.

The singer and multiple Grammy winner has confirmed dates for a spring 2024 leg of her Just Like That… tour, with 24 new shows kicking off April 26 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

The tour will hit such cities as Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Newark, Philadelphia, Boston and more, before wrapping June 29 in St. Louis, Missouri. More dates are expected to be added.

Fan presales kick off Tuesday, October 24, at 10 a.m. local time, with the general onsale happening Friday, October 27, at 10 a.m. local time.

A complete list of tour dates can be found at bonnieraitt.com.

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Foo Fighters are headlining the 2024 edition of France’s Hellfest, taking place June 27-30.

The bill also includes Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring, Megadeth, Bad Omens, Dropkick Murphys, Royal Blood, The Interrupters and Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson, with more artists to be added.

For ticket info, visit Hellfest.fr.

Foo Fighters’ 2024 schedule also includes a stadium U.S. run, launching in July, as well as dates in New Zealand and the U.K. The band released their latest album, But Here We Are, in June.

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