THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND STARTS (EARLY) HERE:

...with CHEAP TRICK, live at ChicagoFest '81! Can you honestly tell me you forgot? Forgot the magnetism of Robin Zander, or the charisma of Rick Nielsen? Your set list includes: "Stop This Game," Hello There," "I Want You to Want Me," "On Top of the World," "Reach Out," "Baby Loves to Rock," "Gonna Raise Hell," "Dream Police," "Ain't That a Shame," "Surrender," "Just Got Back," "Day Tripper" and "Goodnight." You can access the individual songs from the link, or let the whole thing roll.

SPEEDY ORTIZ frontperson Sadie Dupuis visits World Cafe.

CALIFONE plays KEXP.

BLUE AUGUST MOON: An Aquarium Drunkard Mixtape.

BEIRUT returns with “So Many Plans.”

WOODS shares “Little Black Flowers" and “Days Moving On.”

TAKING BACK SUNDAY returns with "S'old."

THE ROLLING STONES now have a countdown and a sign-up for something.

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER's M.C. Taylor on Robbie Robertson and the new LP.

SLOWDIVE's Rachel Goswell on the Band's New Album, Coping With Hearing Impairment & Her Hopes for Meeting Siouxsie Sioux. And here's the new single, "alife."

MARNIE STERN, on the parenthood grind, leaving Seth Meyers, and her first album in 10 years.

WHAT HAPPENS LATER: A rom-com with Meg ryan and david Duchovny, has a trailer online.

FERRARI, with Adam Driver, has a trailer online.

HIGHLANDER: Director Chad Stahelski gave some hints about his approach to adapting the 1986 fantasy classic, which has Henry Cavill attached to play the immortal Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN cut the Oppenheimer shoot by a month in order to free up money for set design.

YESTERDAY: A judge tossed the case alleging that Universal tricked people into buying tickets to the movie by featuring Ana de Armas in trailers, though she didn’t actually appear.

A-LISTERS are finding ways to get to the Toronto Film Festival despite the SAG-AFTRA strike.

GRAN TURISMO: Jann Mardenborough defied the odds to go from obsessive gamer to real-life professional racer.

JOSH O'CONNOR, on Working with Zendaya and Living Out of a Van.

JUSTIN THEROUX, seemingly caught canoodling.

WHEN VIN DIESEL had hair.

MINISTRY of Silly... Roosters.

WHEN AN OSTRICH Attacks.

AN OCTOPUS finds a new house.

THE GODFATHERS: "Birth, School, Work, Death."

NANNA (Of Monsters and Men) visits World Cafe.

WILL BUTLER + SISTER SQUARES shares "Stop Talking."

TEENAGE HALLOWEEN shares “Getting Bitter.”

AMANDA PALMER & THE RIGHTEOUS BABES cover Sinead O'Connor's "The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance."

KATY KIRBY shares “Cubic Zirconia.”

RUSH: Neil Peart’s sister opened up about his passing more than three and a half years ago.

LONG LIVE Slowdive.

PINK FLOYD, ranked by Paste.

RAMMSTEIN's singer will not face sexual assault charges in Germany.

THE KILLER: David Fincher's latest with Michael fassbender has a teaser trailer online.

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is getting a wide release in October.

ZACK SNYDER, on his Rebel Moon inspirations, director's cuts, and more.

CRIME 101: A movie starring Chris Hemsworth and Pedro Pascal sparks a bidding war between multiple studios.

MEGXIT: Meghan Markle's new plan is to make a million per post on Instagram.

MIRA SORVINO is joining Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars.”

A SERVICE DOG meets her favorite character, Stitch.

A PUP deep in his puppuccino.

BRAIN WORM: A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.

GREASE is the word marking the start of a new school year, with "Summer Nights" and "You're the One That I Want" marking Twofer Tuesday.

WAR celebrates 50 years of 'The World is a Ghetto.'

TY SEGALL returns with "Void."

THE PARANOID STYLE shares "I Love The Sound of Structured Class." And Peter Holsapple (The dBs) has joined the band.

ELTON JOHN  was briefly hospitalized over the weekend after falling at his villa in Nice, France.

EMINEM has objected to Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy using his music on the campaign trail.

JOHN KEDZY, the singer in Chicago punk band the Effigies, has died at 64.

THE NUMBER ONES on "Grenade," Bruno Mars' exaggerated-heartbreak writing exercise, and on its unintended Jersey Shore connection.

DUNE: Denis Villeneuve could make a third movie, but that's it.

RIDLEY SCOTT's NAPOLEON already has a four and one-half hour Director's Cut.

NETFLIX has agreed to pay creatives in Germany additional royalties based on the success of its local series productions.

THE IDOL, unsurprisingly, won't have a second season.

DAVID AYER calls “Suicide Squad” his biggest heartbreak in Hollywood.

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES has been completed, but won't stream on D+ as planned.

IRINA SHAYK & TOM BRADY, vacationing topless.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

EXCITED for Dinner.

A TORTOISE and a basketball.

WHAT'S INSIDE a Butter Cow?

DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW: "Cover of the Rolling Stone." A fairly deranged live version.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Ratboys, Be Your Own Pet, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Sonny & the Sunsets, Cindy Wilson, and more.

TV STAR streams their TV3 EP.

THE REPLACEMENTS share an acoustic-guitar-and-cello demo of “Can’t Hardly Wait.”

BIG THIEF's Buck Meek, on 10 things that influenced his new solo LP.

IGGY AZALEA was hauled off stage in Saudi Arabia after her trousers split.

THE ISLEY BROTHERS will be heading to court over the rights to the Isley Brothers band name.

BERNIE MARSDEN, the founding guitarist of Whitesnake and co-writer of their hit "Here I Go Again," has died at 72.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Gran Turismo crosses the chequered flag with 17.3MM, just ahead of Barbie at 17.1MM (which would be a mere 19MM drop)... or is it 15.1MM?  Hard to say, as estimates are confounded by National Cinema Day's four-dollar ticket deal.  Blue Beetle shows with 12.7MM on a 49 percent drop that wouldn't look bad if the opening hadn't been so weak. Oppenheimer comes in fourth with 9MM, enough to meet the 300MM mark domestically.

BOB BARKER, whose warmth and wit as the host of “The Price Is Right” for nearly four decades beckoned legions of giddy Americans to a stage promising luxury vacations and brand-new cars, died on Saturday at his home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles. He was 99.

ARLEEN SORKIN, who portrayed Calliope Jones on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives and served as the original voice of the DC Comics character Harley Quinn, has died. She was 67.

WHERE HAVE all the DC fans gone?

DREA DeMATTEO is the latest celeb to join OnlyFans.

WHAT WE LOSE When Streaming Companies Choose What We Watch.

AMAZON has had early talks with Disney about working on the streaming version of ESPN.

THE WARNER BROTHERS author Chris Yogerst, on the Warners going to war against Hitler, the labor troubles that hit Burbank in the 1940s, and how Sam championed technological innovations.

A GOOD DOG on baby duty.

EXCITED for walkies.

WILY COYOTES are growing in number in NJ, no thanks to the Roadrunners.

NYC TOURISTS are taking the late-night rat tour.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE BANGLES!  Live in Pittsburgh, circa 1986.  Your setlist includes: 1 Let It Go; 2 Restless; 3 Walking Down Your Street; 4 James; 5 Going Down to Liverpool; 6 He's Got a Secret; 7 September Gurls; 8 If She Knew What She Wants; 9 Return Post; 10 Live; 11 In a Different Light; 12 Want You; 13 Angels Don't Fall in Love; 14 Hero Takes a Fall; 15 Manic Monday; and 16 Walk Like an Egyptian.

YOUTH LAGOON plays KEXP.

BLONDSHELL plays KEXP.

PRINCE: Hear unvaulted tracks from the upcoming  Diamonds and Pearls superdeluxe reissue.

OLIVIA RODRIGO is getting mentored by Jack White and St. Vincent?

SLOWDIVE: Singer Rachel Goswell on the rise, fall and rise again of a unique group.

PAUL JANEWAY of St. Paul and the Broken Bones talks ghosts, sea stars and painted stars.

CARLOS SANTANA apologizes for his comments about trans issues.

DUNE: PART TWO has been pushed to next year amid the ongoing actors strike, which prevents stars from promoting their projects

ZENDAYA Holds Court.

WES ANDERSON's adaptation of Roald Dahl‘s short story "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" will be out via Netflix on September 27th.

FOE, with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, has a trailer online.

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO and...  model Vittoria Ceretti, 25.

KEVIN COSTNER's got a ton of money.

STEVEN WRIGHT, on the electricity of ideas, his new book, and more.

LANDO CALRISSIAN Was Right.

SHARING is Caring.

A CALF makes a break for it.

A LOST DOG is welcomed home.