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I’m pretty sure a lot of people know the Sopranos song ‘Woke Up This Morning by Alabama 3. Well the lead singer, Jake Black, passed on Tuesday May 21, 2019 in London. He was a young 59 years old. Guess he’s not waking up this morning. Wow, that was awful.

This Friday was the start of a four-part docuseries on Showtime about the Wu-Tang Clan.  It’s called ‘Wu-Tang Clan:  Of Mics and Men and traces the early beginnings of Wu-Tang from the Staten Island projects and through the albums and solo albums.   Check it out if you can.

Tomorrow, August 17th, Bill Idol will be performing on The Late Late Show with James Corden….if you’re interested.

Alive at 25 is the new concert film by Jane’s Addiction available on Pay Per View and Video on Demand starting August 4th. Here’s the released notes about it:

Fans of the legendary alternative rock pioneers Jane’s Addiction will get to experience the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of their critically acclaimed album Ritual de lo Habitual, in Jane’s Addiction: Alive at 25, a new concert film documentary premiering on cable August 4, 2017. The special event includes the album performed in its entirety, along with the band’s biggest hits, featuring guitar great Dave Navarro, lead singer Perry Farrell, drummer Stephen Perkins and Bass Chris Chaney igniting the stage at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater. Performances are interspersed with band member interviews in the film.

Should be good!

The American Music Awards are happening on November 24th and Yahoo will stream the pre-show live on Yahoo for the first time ever. Pitbull will host this years show with performers ranging from Miley Cyrus to Kendrick Lamar.

Check the link here Yahoo AMA Stream

Yep you heard it right. Motley Crue along with Chuck Liddell, bull rider Judd Leffew and Victoria Secret model Adriana Lima all together for a Kia car commercial. It will air first on February 2nd but most will see it during the Superbowl during the 4th quarter on February 5th.

September 8th and 9th, Pearl Jam will have back to back appearances on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon; their first time on the show. Cameron Crowe will also be on September 8th to discuss his new documentary on Pearl Jam.

The BBC documentary ‘Queen: Days Of Our Lives’ is going to air on the A&E Channel on June 27th at 8:00pm est.

Pharrell Williams will serve as creative director for Karmaloop TV which will launch later this year. Karmaloop TV is a new network that will feature original productions and movies focused on the 18-34 year olds who grew up with the internet. Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe said Pharrell will help to create a brand that will get cutting-edge youth culture excited about TV like MTV did in the 80’s.

Conan O’Brien put out the list of his guests for the first week of his show that begins on TBS on Monday November 8. Of course I am only listing the musical guests.

Monday 11/8/10 – Jack White
Tuesday 11/9/10 – Soundgarden
Wednesday 11/10/10 – Fistful of Mercy
Thursday 11/11/10 – Nothing listed
Friday 11/12/10 – Nothing listed

Well there you have it.

VH1’s Behind The Music is back again beginning on June 7 at 8:00pm. This round of musicians will include J-Lo, Jennifer Hudson, Eve, Christina Aguilera, Courtney Love, Usher and will start off with DMX. This DMX one I’m looking forward to the most. With all his crazy ass antics with drugs and the police it should be a good one.

Damn the guy comes back from the dead and he’s got another reality show. He’s never going away my friends. His new show ‘Bret Michaels: Life As I know It’ was scheduled to come out this month but of course due to his appendectomy and brain hemorrhage, its getting pushed back to a later date. It’s going to be 10 half-hour episodes that will show life after the concerts and parties where he comes home to his kids Raine and Jorja.

I ain’t gonna lie, I watched Rock of Love and I kinda liked him in Celebrity Apprentice. Should be a good show.

Aww shit like we need another one of these. Dee Snider of Twisted Sister is staring in his own A&E reality show called ‘Growing Up Twisted’. The shows been picked up for 6 episodes and will star Dee, his wife and their children. No word on when its going to air.

Alright a couple things on Zombie.

Don’t forget he directed an episode of “CSI: Miami” which will air on March 1st at 8:00pm (west coast).

His recent album ‘Hellbilly Deluxe 2’ that came out on February 2nd (his first Hellbilly Deluxe was his first solo album and came out 12 years ago) debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart (selling 48,500 units in its first week) and is #1 on the ‘Hard Music’ chart.

Zombie will be headlining the Mayhem Festival which begins on July 10th.

On February 11th President and Mrs. Obama will host the “In Performance at the White House:  A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” that will broadcast on PBS in honor of Black History Month.  Queen Latifah and Morgan Freeman will be the guest speakers with tons of artists:  Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Bob Dylan, Mellencamp, Smokey, Seal and much more.  I’ll probably record it.