REBEAT News Roundup (October 19 – October 25)
All your latest news, all in one place!
Breaking news
Joni Mitchell is reportedly “making good progress,” according to singer-songwriter Judy Collins. In a Facebook post dated October 14, Collins says that Mitchell is “walking, talking, painting some, doing much rehab every day, and making good progress,” and that the information comes from a “close mutual friend.” Mitchell’s attorney, Rebecca J. Thyne, recently mentioned to People that Mitchell was able to feed herself as early at June 26. Mitchell was hospitalized in March after suffering a brain aneurysm.
Albums, singles, and tours
- David Bowie is reportedly releasing a new album in January, entitled Blackstar. The album consists of seven songs that reach 45 minutes in length, according to the Times.
- An alternate video clip of the Beatles performing “Revolution” has been released, prior to the release of Beatles 1+. Beatles 1+, their latest collection of video material, is set to be in stores on November 6.
- Bob Dylan has released a new video in support of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12. Watch the alternate clip of “Subterranean Homesick Blues” here.
Happy birthday!
- October 19 – Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers (born in 1948)
- October 20 – Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (born in 1950), Al Greenwood of Foreigner (1951)
- October 21 – Manfred Mann, musician (born in 1940), Steve Cropper of Booker T. & the M.G.’s (1941), Ron Elliot of the Beau Brummels (1943)
- October 22 – Eddie Brigati of the (Young) Rascals (born in 1945)
- October 24 – J.P. Richardson, musician known as “The Big Bopper” (born in 1930), Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones (1936), Jerry Edmonton of Steppenwolf (1946)
- October 25 – Jon Anderson of Yes (born in 1944)
Rest in peace
Cory Wells, lead singer of Three Dog Night, passed away unexpectedly on October 20. No cause was immediately given; however, apparently Wells had been suffering from cancer and died of an infection. He was 74.
