THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

....wtih THE PRETENDERS! Circa 1981, via one of Pate's two fab drummers, Jon Hahn.  Your setlist includes "The Wait," "The Adultress," "Message of Love/Louie Louie," "Talk of the Town," "English Roses," "Birds of Paradise," "Kid," "Stop Your Sobbing," "Private Life," "Day After Day," "Jealous Dogs, " Up the Neck," "Tattooed Love Boys," "Bad Boys Get Spanked," "Precious," and "Brass In Pocket/MysteryAchievement."

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features boygenius, The National, and more.

CURTIS MAYFIELD left an indelible mark on Chicago.

THE BOO RADLEYS share "Seeker."

MICK JAGGER announced plans to release his own limited-edition line of harmonicas.

THE BEACH BOYS are getting an all-star tribute concert after the Grammys.

WEDNESDAY (the band), profiled by Pitchfork.

ROD STEWART called a phone-in segment on Sky News to offer to pay for people to have hospital scans, amid the rising number of people on NHS waiting lists.

SEX PISTOLS bassist Glen Matlock has reflected on his time touring with Iggy Pop, admitting that he got "got a bit fed up" of seeing the singer's penis.

RICK ASTLEY is suing rapper Yung Gravy for imitating his "Never Gonna Give You Up" vocal on the single "Betty (Get Money)."

DEAN DAUGHTRY, keyboardist and co-founder of Southern soft-rock act Atlanta Rhythm Section, has died at 76.

PAM ANDERSON says she saw Jack Nicholson in a threesome at the Playboy mansion.

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS has a second trailer online.

TOBEY MAGUIRE & ANDREW GARFIELD on making Spider-Man: No Way Home.

MARVEL's THUNDERBOLTS adds Ayo Edebiri to a cast led by Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, and David Harbour.

BRITNEY SPEARS feels “gaslit and bullied” by fans who called the cops after she deactivated her Instagram account.

MIA GOTH, on the Oscars avoiding horror.

THE OSCARS: Could a sequel win Best Picture this year?

THE RAZZIES: Sucking more than ever.

AN ARMADILLO plays peek-a-boo.

A DOGGO enjoys a roof-clearing.

STOWAWAY GECKO travels 3000 miles from Egypt to England.

999: "Homicide." You better believe it.

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO visits KUTX.  Scott McCaughey is there too.

MUDHONEY shares "Almost Everything."

DEPECHE MODE's David Gahan covers The Raveonettes' "Chains."

PATRICK WOLF returns with “Nowhere Game.”

PAUL McCARTNEY has announced a new photography book containing unseen pictures from Beatlemania.

THE OLD 97s are anything but jagged afer 30 years.

ANTHONY "TOP" TOPHAM, the founding guitarist of The Yardbirds, has died at 75.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Ne-Yo's sad R&B jam "So Sick."

JEREMY RENNER was trying to stop his snow-removal tractor from sliding and hitting his grown nephew when he was pulled under the vehicle and crushed on New Year's Day.

ALEC BALDWIN helped talk himself into homicide charges.

RICK & MORTY co-creator Justin Roiland is also being dumped by Hulu after accusations of felony domestic violence.

GHOSTBUSTERS: Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Dan Ackroyd are confirmed for the upcoming Afterlife sequel.

TITANS & DOOM PATROL are the latest DC properties ending under the new DCU regime.

BARBARIAN filmmaker Zach Cregger's new project is a hot item.

DAISY JONES & THE SIX has a teaser trailer online.

LANCE KERWIN, a former child star known for television projects James at 15, Salem’s Lot and The Loneliest Runner, has died. He was 62.

A CLEVER PUP makes his escape.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE FLOOR is lava.

THE MAMAS & PAPAS lip-synced "California Dreaming" really well o­n Hullaballoo, but not showing you the go-go dancers, who are worth the wait.

SYLVAN ESSO & JAN WASNER play CBS This Morning.

TOM WAITS on David Letterman, 1983-2015.

GRUFF RHYS shares "Layer Upon Layer" and "Orea."

NICKEL CREEK returns with "Strangers."

NICK CAVE, on joy, optimism and the state of the world.

KING TUFF: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

JUSTIN BIEBER sold his catalog to Hipgnosis for 200MM.

PANIC! AT THE DISCO is dunzo.

THE OSCARS NOMINATIONS went to these folks. Congrats. As usual, there were snubs and surprises.

RICK & MORTY dumped co-creator Justin Roiland after he was charged with felony domestic abuse.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA is adding Giancarlo Esposito to the cast of Megalopolis in mid-production.

SEAN PENN & ROBIN WRIGHT: Spotted together, but not together together.

MARVEL: Kevin Fiege doesn't think audiences will tire of comic book movies.

JAMES GUNN may cast MCU actors in his DCU.

ANTONIO BANDERAS said his 2017 heart attack brought him clarity.

MADONNA's self-directed biopic is dunzo.

GUY PEARCE threw shade all over Cate Blanchett, then backtracked.

YOU GOBBLE, we gobble back.

A DOGGO, window shopping.

BABY RAMS, practicing.

RICHARD THOMPSON: The culmination of 1000 Years Of Popular Music.

MARGO PRICE, Live at Rockwood Music Hall.

DOS SANTOS plays World Cafe.

IAN HUNTER shares "Bed of Roses."

BOYGENIUS: The book club.

DAVID CROSBY, essayed at Vulture and Pitchfork.

TICKETMASTER & SEATGEEK EXECS go to Washington.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at James Blunt's caterwauling broken-heart ballad "You're Beautiful."

ALEC BALDWIN will not be charged with the shooting of Rust director Joel Souza.

ZACK SNYDER's Rebel Moon will be two movies, because Zack Snyder.

PAM ANDERSON accuses TIM ALLEN of flashing her, which he denies.

MAYA RUDOLPH is becoming the spox for M & Ms in an elaborate Superbowl PR stunt.

ANNE HATHAWAY is thrilled about Princess Diaries 3 but has not signed on to the project.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES has a trailer online.

GERARD BUTLER Knows Exactly Who He Is.

A CHEETAH & A TORTOISE are best friends.

KANGAROOS: Fighting and swimming.

SORRY KIDS, didn't mean to do that.

DOBIE GRAY is in with "The In Crowd."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Guided by Voices, John Cale, Mac DeMarco, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has the Bad Ends, the Murder Capital, and more.

BRAINIAC: The band's surviving members release the lost The Predator Nominate EP.

DOLLY PARTON, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, and Debbie Harry team up on "Gonna Be You." It's about Tom Brady?

LUCIUS performs "The Man I'll Never Find" on "The Kelly Clarkson Show." 

DAVID CRSBY: See video from his last shows.

NEIL YOUNG paid tribute to David Crosby.So did the Byrds' Chris Hillman.

DOC POMUS, profiled at Paste.

STEVE ALBINI takes listeners on atour of his studio.

JOURNEY: Still more legal drama.

BLACK EYED PEAS is suing a pooping unicorn.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "Check On It," the tossed-off between-albums number that Beyonce recorded with Slim Thug, Bun B, and Swizz Beatz.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Avatar 2's staying power is evident with another week atop the chart, with 19.7MM on a 40 percent drop.It's approaching 600MM dmoestic and 2B worildwide.  Almost as impressive is Puss in Boots 2 placing with 11.5MM on a 21 percent drop in its fifth frame, almost as good as its debut.  And Missing shows with a 9.3MM debut against a 7MM budget.

JEREMY RENNER broke over 30 bones in that snowplow accident.

JASON MOMOA remains Aquaman.

TIME'S UP: The now-embattled anti-harassment organization founded with fanfare during the early days of the MeToo reckoning against sexual misconduct — is ceasing operations, at least in its current form.

RILEY KEOUGH and her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, have welcomed a daughter.

JEAN SMART shares the soundtrack of her life.

NIKKI FINKE: The Last Days of Hollywood's Most Reviled Reporter.

BUZZ ALDRIN celebrated his 93rd birthday by marrying his longtime girlfriend Anca Faur.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

SMOL DOG, big ball.

LIONS fight while eating a water buffalo, then it walks off.

TOADZILLA: A Giant cane toad is found in Australia.