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• 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

• Following the death of laid-back singing legend Jimmy Buffett, fans have sent his greatest hits album to the Top 10 for the first time
• Buffett’s 1985 album “Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit(s)” reached #4 this week
• Also landing back on the charts this week is the late Burt Bacharach after Doja sampled his hit Dionne Warwick hit “Walk On By”
• Source: Variety

• Jimmy Buffett might have left us, but the endlessly-optimistic singer has one final gift for fans
• “Equal Strain On All Parts” is a posthumous album from Buffett and it features a number of guest appearances
• Sir Paul McCartney and Emmylou Harris are among Buffett’s final guests on the LP, due out November 3rd
• Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

• If you’re a fan of Eurthymics, you better either live in Europe or get there this fall- they’re back on tour
• The band has announced they’re hitting the road in Europe and the UK later this fall to celebrate 40 years since “Sweet Dreams”
• “Eurythmics Songbook: Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary Tour” will launch, without Annie Lennox, in early November and bounce around a number of countries
• Source: NME

• Depeche Mode has continued their tradition of releasing 12” versions of their single hits
• The band has announced the release of “Delta Machine/The 12” Singles,” a collection of singles from their 13th studio album
• The set includes six 12” vinyl discs of the album’s singles, plus three extra discs of bonus material
• Source: RTT News

• Jimmy Buffett, the singer who made us all want to live out our days on the beach, has died at 76
• A statement on his website announced the singer passed away on September 1st “surrounded by family, friends, music and dogs”
• It was later disclosed that Buffett had been battling a rare but aggressive form of skin cancer for four years
• Source: AP News

• WalletHub has just released their list of the Best and Worst States for Teen Drivers.
• They compared all 50 states across 23 key metrics in the areas of Safety, Driving Laws and Economic Environment.
• Oregon tops the list as the best state for teen drivers, and it’s number one for driving laws.
• Montana is 50th, making it the worst, and it’s last for both safety and driving laws.
• Hawaii comes in 12th place for best state.
• Source: WalletHub

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• WalletHub’s annual list of the hardest working states in the U.S. has just been released.
• To figure out where Americans work hardest, they compared the states in 10 areas, including the share of workers with multiple jobs, average workweek hours and annual volunteer hours per resident.
• In 2023, North Dakota is the hardest working state, while New Mexico comes in 50th, making it the least hard-working state.
• Hawaii comes in 10th place
• Source: WalletHub

• Seattle five-year-old Edison "Eddie" Juel was inspired to help the victims of devastating wildfires in Lahaina, where he visited earlier this year with his family.
• So he set up a lemonade stand offering various refreshments and toys on the busy street in front of their home, and his mom promoted it on social media.
• Through sales, online donations, and corporate matches, Eddie was able to raise over $17-thousand.
• Source: USA TODAY

• Sir Elton John is getting better after a slip which led to a trip to the hospital in France Sunday night
• A rep for the pop icon put out a statement saying that “following check ups, he was immediately discharged this morning and is now back at home and in good health"
• John had to push back the rest of his 2021 tour to this year after a fall messed up his hip to the point of needing to undergo surgery 
• Source: People