SEALS & CROFT: "Summer Breeze."

LORD HURON plays a mini-set on CBS This Morning.

MUMFORD & SONS debuted three new songs at the Sziget Fest.

HALEY HEYNDERICKX plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

PEARL JAM paid tribute to Chris Cornell, the Dead Boys, and the MC5 in Seattle.

SHARON VAN ETTEN covers LCD Soundsystem's "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" with an orchestra at the Royal Abert Hall, and it is a thing. 

PETE YORN (and LIZ PHAIR) cover The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man."

JENNY LEWIS joins FATHER JOHN MISTY halfway through "God's Favorite Customer" in Toronto.

LIZ PHAIR: Whitechocolatespaceegg turns 20.

FOXING singer Conor Murphy talks to Brooklyn Vegan about their acclaimed new LP.

MADONNA thinks all modern music "sounds the same." She needs to get beyong the pop.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Sonny & Cher's immortal folk-pop love-jam "I Got You Babe."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Meg tops the chart with 44MM, taking advantage of the dog days to become the first non-franchise "hit" of the summer.It's not a great opening against a budget somewhere between 130-170MM, but the 100MM overseas grosees suggest it might become a franchise.  Mission: Impossible - Fallout places with 20MM on a leggy 43 percent drop and looks even more likely to become the biggest film of this franchise. Disney's Christopher Robin shows with 12.4MM on a 49 percent drop that's pretty steep for a family flick without major competition; maybe no franchise here, though that may depend on the home video market.  Slender Man takes the fourth slot with 11MM, a little above projections and probably good against a 10MM budget.  BlacKkKlansman rounds out the Top Five with 10.8MM against a 15MM budget, all good news for Spike Lee's first big release since Inside Man.

IDRIS ELBA, contrary to prior reports, was not under consideration as the next James Bond.

LINDSAY LOHAN apologizes for criticizing the MeToo movement.

MARILYN MANSON will not be prosecuted for "unspecified sex crimes."

BILL MURRAY got into a scuffle with CARLY SIMON's brother.

SEAN YOUNG is wanted for questioning by the NYPD for allegedly swiping Apple laptops and video production gear from her former job in Queens.

STAR TREK 4 might not happen as Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth both drop out over money issues.

MICHAEL J. FOX drives another nail in the coffin of Back to the Future 4.

RUBY ROSE quits Twitter over the backlash to her casting as Batwoman.

THE McDONALD'S MONOPOLY SCAM is becoming a movie and that story is also quite something.

A MASSIVE PYTHON climbs an Aussie home.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT brought down state government websites and interrupted Internet service in Vermont.

THE PROPER ETIQUETTE around service dogs.

GOAT DISPUTE brewing in Dorchester.