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INXS is releasing remixes of some of their biggest hits on colored vinyl.

The new collection, All Juiced Up Part 2, will feature nine limited edition colored 12-inch vinyl releases, featuring remixes of INXS classics like “Need You Tonight,” “What You Need” and more.

The collection kicks off October 20 with volumes one to three; all songs were remixed at Abbey Road Studios. A blue, pink and red vinyl will be available, with each volume containing four different songs. Remixes on the first three volumes include such songs as “Listen Like Thieves,” “Bitter Tears,” “New Sensation,” “Original Sin” and more.

All volumes can be ordered separately or as a three-LP bundle. They are available for preorder now. These will be followed by two more sets of three; the next is expected to drop in February 2024, and the final set is scheduled for May 2024. 

This new collection is a follow-up to the previously released remix CD/cassette collection, All Juiced Up, which was part of the band’s 1994 Greatest Hits album.

The limited edition vinyl is the latest INXS release that’s bound to be a hit with fans. On Tuesday, October 3, they released the book Calling All Nations – A Fan History Of INXS, recounting the history of the Aussie rockers through the stories and memories of their dedicated fanbase.

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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour seems to have revealed his feelings about allegations his former bandmate Roger Waters is antisemitic.

The rocker shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, featuring Campaign Against Antisemitism’s documentary The Dark Side of Roger Waters, which claims to prove Waters is antisemitic.

Waters has already blasted the documentary, calling it “a flimsy, unapologetic piece of propaganda that indiscriminately mixes things I’m alleged to have said or done at different times and in different contexts, in an effort to portray me as an antisemite, without any foundation in fact.” 

This isn’t the first time Gilmour has let his feelings about Waters be known. Back in February, Gilmour’s wife, Polly Samson, called Waters out on social media, writing, “Sadly @rogerwaters you are antisemitic to your rotten core. Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac.” Gilmour then reshared the post, adding, “Every word demonstrably true.”

The latest Waters controversy comes as he’s getting ready to release The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, his reimagining of Pink Floyd’s classic album. It comes out Friday, October 6.

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On This Day, October 5, 1962…

The Beatles launched their career with the U.K. release of their debut single, “Love Me Do,” which peaked at #17 on the U.K. charts. A 1984 re-release of the track later peaked at #4. 

The song, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, wasn’t released in the United States until April, 1963, but became an instant hit, landing at #1, the first of The Beatles’ 20 #1 songs. 

The Beatles actually recorded the tune more than once, using different drummers. The U.K. version of the song featured Ringo Starr on drums, while the U.S. single featured Alan White.

A version featuring original Beatles drummer Pete Best was included in the group’s 1995 compilation album Anthology 1.

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Billy Joel has racked up yet another milestone in his ongoing residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The Piano Man has just announced the 100th monthly show of the residency, which began in January of 2014. The show will take place March 28, 2024. Citi cardmembers can get tickets starting Monday, October 9, at 10 a.m ET via citientertainment.com. The general onsale date is Friday, October 13, at 10 a.m. via ticketmaster.com.

As previously reported, Billy will conclude his residency in July of 2024 with his 150th lifetime show at the Garden.

Meanwhile, Billy recently announced a show at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on January 24, 2024. It’ll be his first show in Japan since 2008.

On October 7, Billy and Stevie Nicks will perform together at M&T Bank Stadium as part of their off-and-on co-headlining tour. He’ll be back at the Garden on October 20.

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Queen + Adam Lambert returned to the stage for the first time in over a year on Wednesday, October 4, launching the North American leg of their Rhapsody Tour at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. 

The band treated fans to a 150-minute set full of favorites like “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Radio Ga Ga,” “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Somebody To Love” as well as tracks like “Stone Cold Crazy,” which according to setlist.fm hasn’t been played since 2018, “I’m In Love With My Car,” “’39” and “Is This The World We Created…?,” marking Lambert’s first time singing the tune.

Other hits performed include “Fat Bottomed Girls,” “Killer Queen,” “Under Pressure,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “Bohemian Rhapsody,” with the show ending with “We Will Rock You,” a reprise of “Radio Ga Ga” and “We Are The Champions.” 

Queen + Adam Lambert play Baltimore, Maryland, again Thursday, October 5; the tour wraps with a two-night stand at Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium November 11 and 12. A complete list of dates can be found at queenonline.com.

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On October 5, 1973 — 50 years ago — Elton John released Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Featuring future classics “Candle in the Wind,” “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” “Bennie and the Jets” and the title track, it would become Elton’s bestselling studio album to date — even though he was a bit baffled by his success.

“It took off in a way that none of us expected,” Elton wrote in his autobiography, Me!. “It’s quite a dark record in a lot of ways. Songs about sadness and disillusion, songs about alcoholics and prostitutes and murderers, a song about a 16-year-old lesbian who ends up dead in a subway. But it just kept selling and selling and selling, until I couldn’t work out who was buying it.”

While several critics have suggested over the years that the 17-track album would’ve worked better as a single LP, Elton’s musical partner Bernie Taupin, who co-wrote all the songs, disagrees.

“I think it’s a terrific record. I mean, I know people revere it,” Taupin tells ABC Audio. “I’m not sure that I think it could be a better single album. I think it’s one of the cases of an album where there’s not really a lot of filler on it.”  

“When you go in to make a record, you don’t go in and say, ‘Well, we’re going to make a double album,'” he says. “The fact was … we just wrote a lot of songs, and they all happened to be really good songs, so it just ended up being a really good double album.” 

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road debuted at #17 on the Billboard chart, but rose to #1 a month later and stayed there for eight weeks. It’s since gone on to sell 20 million copies.

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Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin will release his new album, Rio, on October 6. It will be his first solo album of vocal material in 34 years — so, what took him so long? 

Rabin tells ABC Audio that procrastination was partly to blame, but he’s also been pretty busy over the past three decades. In addition to touring with Yes until 1994, Rabin has had a successful career writing film scores for the likes of Jerry Bruckheimer and others.

“You know, 34 years later and 50 films later and I was like, ‘S*** I think I need to do an album,’” he shares.

But Rabin believes the delay worked in his favor. “I was exploding to do an album and I think it’s very fresh,” he says, noting he had a lot of energy making the record: “I was bursting to go.” 

And once he got himself back in the studio, he put all his other projects on the back burner and made sure to stay focused.  

“There were certain ideas that I’d had for years and years and there were other ideas which were, you know, just percolating,” he says. “But as far as getting in and doing the album, I literally said to myself and others, ‘I’m not doing anything else, no film, no anything until my record is done.’” 

Now Rabin is ready to share Rio, which features 11 tracks, including the already released songs “Big Mistakes,” “Push” and “Oklahoma.”

Rio, which is named after Rabin’s granddaughter, is available for preorder now.

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Bob Dylan has added even more dates to the North American leg of his Rough & Rowdy Ways tour.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer added seven more shows to the trek, starting with a two-night stand, November 24 and 25, in Baltimore, Maryland. The new dates include stops in Richmond and Roanoke, Virginia; Huntington, West Virginia; and Richmond, Kentucky. The tour wraps December 3 in Evansville, Indiana.

The latest leg of Dylan’s Rough & Rowdy Ways tour kicked off with a two-night stand, October 1 and 2, in Kansas City, Missouri. His next show is happening October 4 in St. Louis, Missouri. A complete list of dates can be found at bobdylan.com.

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Joe Perry was more than impressed the first time he heard Van Halen. In fact, in an interview with Guitar World, the Aerosmith guitarist reveals how hearing Van Halen for the first time contributed to his realization he needed a break from his band.

Perry left Aerosmith midway through the recording of their 1979 album Night in the Ruts because he was dealing with personal issues and needed to focus on himself. But, he says, “I also felt we needed to be more open to new ideas.”

“We were rolling into the ’80s, and I still remember hearing the first Van Halen record and f****** loving it,” Perry shares. “Eddie’s guitar playing was just so incredible; he turned guitar on its f****** ear and was doing stuff that I’d never heard before. I knew it was time for a break because new ideas were needed.”

He adds, “But we also needed to re-adjust our sights and learn to get along again. I remember saying, ‘We’re not ready for the ’80s.’ I don’t know why I said that; it was just a vibe or a feeling I had.”

Night in the Ruts was eventually released and Perry was still on it, despite his leaving. And he even has some good things to say about the album.

Perry says, “That record was a nightmare. But I have to say, it features some of the best playing Aerosmith has ever done in the studio.”

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Elton John doesn’t really wear makeup, but that didn’t stop beauty guru Charlotte Tilbury from tapping him to star in the new holiday campaign for her eponymous cosmetics brand.

“Elton’s always been a huge inspiration to me my entire life,” Tilbury tells People about including longtime friend Elton in the campaign. “He’s a musical genius, a true creative, a renaissance man and a national treasure. He’s loved by all generations.”

As part of the campaign, which is soundtracked to Elton’s classic holiday hit “Step Into Christmas,” Tilbury and her brand are donating to Elton’s AIDS Foundation Rocket Fund, which is working to raise $125 million to end the disease.

“I had so much fun stepping into beauty magic and working with Charlotte and her muses to bring this fabulous campaign to life,” Elton says in a statement. He adds, “This campaign is certainly going to bring the sparkle, joy and glamour this holiday season, all while supporting my Foundation’s life-saving work.”  

Part of the fundraising will be done through Tilbury’s new Rocket Collection of makeup, which includes a number of lipsticks and a makeup bag.

In addition to Elton, the campaign also features Kate Moss and Emmy-nominated Pose star Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, among others.

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