Music News

• As frontman Frankie Valli prepares to turn 90, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons have announced one final tour
• “The Last Encores Tour” is going to be a lengthy one, too, playing out sporadically from October 2023 to October 2024
• The farewell kicks off next week (October 13th) and will hop around the US through October 26th of next year
• Source: Consequence

• Jimmy Buffett is gone, but his memory lives on among his fans… but also maybe on a Florida highway
• Florida State Rep. Chuck Clemons filed a motion to rename a road in Key West after Buffett
• The highway, A1A, was the inspiration of Buffett’s 174 album of the same name and the singer may soon have “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway” on the island
• Source: CNN

• Mariah Carey announced the "Merry Christmas One and All" tour for the festive season
• The tour runs across North America, starting on November 15th in Highland, CA and ending at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on December 17th
• Her iconic holiday song "All I Want For Christmas Is You" continues to be immensely popular
• Tickets are available for pre-sale tomorrow at 10 AM local time, with general sale starting on Friday at 10 AM local time
• Source: Variety

• The Rolling Stones have teamed up with Major League Baseball to give fans a special look at their new album
• “Hackney Diamonds X MLB,” due out October 20th, is a baseball-inspired vinyl edition of the band’s upcoming release
• The Stones and MLB aren’t strangers, as the Mick Jagger-led band has made use of baseball stadiums in past shows
• Source: MLB

• Five months after her death, Tina Turner’s solo career is getting a comprehensive new collection
• New box set “Queen Of Rock ’N’ Roll” boasts all 55 of Turner’s singles from 1975-2023
• Bryan Adams called Turner “a force of nature” and contributed to the new collection, due out in November, by writing the foreword
• Source: Pitchfork

• In a first for the event, its been announced that the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony will be streamed live this year on Disney+
• Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, Chris Stapleton, H.E.R., St. Vincent and New Edition will be among the artists saluting this year's honorees with tribute numbers or collaborations
• Among the inductees themselves, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan have been locked in as performers
• The Disney+ livestream will go out coast-to-coast from Brooklyn's Barclays Center on November 3 at 8pm ET/5pm PT and be available for streaming on demand following the ceremony
• Source: Variety

• *NSYNC is getting the band back together for a brand new song for the movie "Trolls Band Together"
• The song is called “Take You to a Better Place” and will mark the boys' first time back in the studio together since 2001
• Justin Timberlake released “Can’t Stop the Feeling” for 2016’s “Trolls” movie which earned him a GRAMMY and an Oscar nod
• The full song is scheduled to drop September 29^th
• Source: Variety

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• WalletHub’s annual report on the Happiest States in America has just come out.
• They compared the states on 30 key metrics in the three main areas of emotional & physical well-being, work environment and community & environment.
• Utah tops the list as the happiest state, while West Virginia is 50th, making it the least happy.
• Hawaii comes in 2nd place.
• Source: WalletHub

• Mariah Carey is treating her "lambs" to a walk down memory lane by posting herself in a throwback outfit from her "Dreamlover" days
• Carey posed in flannel shirt and pulled-back hair, much like the outfit from the OG video
• The 30-year-old hit shot to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and became one of the most popular songs of 1993
• Source: People