Band plans Hawkins tribute concerts
Foo Fighters will honor the rock band’s late drummer Taylor Hawkins with a pair of tribute concerts.
The twin shows will take place Sept. 3 at London’s Wembley Stadium and Sept. 27 at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, featuring “his bandmates and his inspirations playing the songs that he fell in love with, and the ones he brought to life,” the band said in a statement. Lineups for each show will be announced at a later date.
Hawkins, 50, died
March 25 during a South American tour with the rock band.
Hawkins’ wife, Alison, took to social media to thank the band and its fans for their support. “In celebration of his life, it is now up to all of us who loved him most to honor Taylor’s legacy and the music he gave us.”
Blondie to issue first box set: Blondie said Wednesday the band will release its first authorized collection in its 50-year history, a huge box set that includes 124 tracks, 36 of which were never issued.
“Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982” drops Aug. 26. The remastered music is accompanied by two volumes of liner notes, track-by-track commentary, a 120-page illustrated discography and dozens of previously unpublished photos.
“When I listen to these old tracks, it puts me there like I am a time traveler. As bad as it was sometimes, it was also equally as good. No regrets. More music,” said frontwoman Debbie Harry in a statement.
The heart of the box set is the band’s first six studio albums. The set also includes four dozen demos — including the group’s first recording session — as well as alternate versions and studio outtakes.
Chrisleys found guilty:
Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the reality TV show “Chrisley Knows Best,” were found guilty Tuesday in Atlanta on federal charges including bank fraud and tax evasion.
The Chrisleys were initially indicted in August 2019 and a new indictment was filed in February of this year. Their trial began three weeks ago, and a jury on Tuesday found them guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than
$30 million in fraudulent loans, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan in Atlanta. They were also found guilty of conspiring to defraud the IRS and tax evasion, and Julie Chrisley was convicted of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
Bruce Morris, an attorney for Todd Chrisley, said he was disappointed with the verdict and expects to appeal.
After they were found guilty, a judge allowed the Chrisleys to remain free on bond.
Peter Tarantino, an accountant hired by the couple, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States and willfully
filing false tax returns, the U.S. attorney’s office said. He also is free on bond.
Sentencing for all three is set for Oct. 6.
Jim Seals, who teamed with fellow musician “Dash” Crofts on such 1970s softrock hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “We May Never Pass This Way Again,” has died at age 80. His death was announced Tuesday by several people, but further details were not immediately available.
Seals and Darrell George “Dash” Crofts started
Seals and Crofts in the late 1960s, and over the next several years were among a wave of soft-rock groups. They broke up in 1980, but reunited briefly in the early 1990s and again in 2004.
Musician Seals dies: June 9 birthdays:
Sportscaster Dick Vitale is 83. Composer James Newton Howard is 71. Actor Michael J. Fox is 61. Actor Johnny Depp is 59. Actor Gloria Reuben is 58. Singer Tamela Mann is 56. Actor Michaela Conlin is 44. Actor Natalie Portman is 41. Actor Mae Whitman is 34. Actor Lucien Laviscount is 30.