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ABC/Michael Yada U2’s Las Vegas residency, U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, has been a huge success for the band and that’s pretty evident from the early box office numbers. Billboard reports that the first set of 17 residency shows, which wrapped November 4, brought in $109.8 million from 281,000 tickets, or about $16.5 million per show. Those numbers make it the fastest grossing …

ABC/ Ida Mae Astute While most people are dying to get their hands on tickets to The Rolling Stones’ upcoming Hackney Diamonds tour, future King of England Prince William needs a bit of an incentive.  The British magazine Hello! reports that at the Tusk Conservation Awards in London on November 27, William got to chatting with Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. The rocker subsequently told the mag, “We were talking about …

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Some of David Bowie’s handwritten lyrics have sold for big bucks at auction. The BBC reports that a lyric sheet featuring the work-in-progress writings for the classic tracks “Rock n Roll Suicide” and “Suffragette City,” both from 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, sold at Omega Auctions for almost $113,000.  The sheet came with a …

Stuart Berg Amid his legal battle with his musical partner John Oates, Daryl Hall has been announced as a headliner for the first Montreux Jazz Festival Miami.  The Montreux Jazz Festival, the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world, has been held in Montreux, Switzerland since 1967. This is the first time the festival, which welcomes all genres of music, is branching out …

David Redfern/Redferns The ongoing debate about which of Aretha Franklin‘s multiple wills should be used to determine the handling of some of her estate has come to and end.  The Associated Press reports that Michigan Judge Jennifer Callaghan awarded the late star’s real estate to her sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions.  The more recent will overrides a handwritten will from 2010 …

ABC/Heidi Gutman Paul McCartney brings his Got Back stadium tour to Brazil this week, and to celebrate, he’s treating locals to smaller, more intimate shows. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer announced he’ll be performing a club show at Clube do Choro in Brasília on Tuesday, November 28, for which tickets are quickly selling out. The Brazilian leg of McCartney’s Got Back tour officially …

Bottomland Productions/Immortal Records Derek Smalls, former vocalist and bass player of the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap, has reissued his 2018 solo debut, Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing), with even more music for fans to enjoy.  “As a rock’ n’ roller, I really never expected to make it past 27,” Smalls, better known as actor Harry Shearer, shares. “Here I am with …

MNRK Heavy Ace Frehley is back with new music. The former KISS guitarist just dropped the new single “10,000 Volts,” the title track to his upcoming solo album, due out February 23. The album, produced by Frehley and Trixter’s Steve Brown, features 11 tracks of what’s described as “electrifying, hard-hitting, riff-heavy rock’n’ roll.” You can listen to “10,000 Volts” now via streaming services and watch the video on YouTube.  …

courtesy of Apple TV+ Apple TV+ has released the first trailer for their upcoming three-part documentary John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial, which will debut December 6. The series, narrated by 24 star Kiefer Sutherland, aims to shed new light on the murder of The Beatles legend, using exclusive eyewitness interviews and previously unseen crime scene photos. Among those interviewed in the series are Richard Peterson, a taxi driver who witnessed Lennon …

John Medina/Getty Images Rod Stewart is cleaning house: He’s auctioning off a collection of fine art, furniture and decorative objects that he evidently has lying around his U.K. mansion for thousands of pounds. This is the third time Rod’s sold off his stuff through the U.K. auctioneer Sworders. The sale, which goes live on December 12, includes things like mirrors, side tables, …