REBEAT News Roundup (February 15 – February 21)
Breaking news
Sir Paul McCartney was denied access to a Grammy afterparty thrown by rapper Tyga. McCartney, who was spending time with Beck and Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins, attempted to get into the party but was turned away at the door.
McCartney joked, “How VIP do we gotta get? We need another hit, guys!” They then headed to a different party thrown by Republic Records.
Albums, singles, and tours
- Eric Clapton will release a new album, I Still Do, on May 20. The album will feature a posthumous appearance by George Harrison, who appears under the pseudonym Angelo Mysterioso.
- Mike Love will be penning a new autobiography telling his side of the Beach Boys’ history, which is due out in April.
- On the Grammys, the Eagles with Jackson Browne and Lady Gaga paid tribute to Glenn Frey and David Bowie, respectively.
Happy birthday!
- February 15 – Mick Avory of the Kinks (born in 1944)
- February 16 – Sonny Bono, singer (born in 1935)
- February 18 – Yoko Ono, artist (born in 1933), Dennis DeYoung of Styx (1947)
- February 20 – John W. Geils of J. Geils Band (born in 1946), Walter Becker of Steely Dan (1950)
- February 21 – Vince Welnick of the Grateful Dead (born in 1951)
Danielle Zabielski (aka “that girl who loves the Bee Gees more than anything else in the whole wide world”) is an artist, freelancer, and radio producer based in Philadelphia. Art and music are the two loves of her life, particularly the art and music of the 1960s through ‘70s.