- The Grateful Dead have scored their highest charting album in nearly 35 years. The band's latest archival set, Dave’s Picks, Vol. 40: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 7/18/90 & 7/19/90, debuted at Number 13 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The live collection, which has sold "nearly 23,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S.," marks the Dead's best chart performance since its 1987 comeback album, In The Dark, which featured the iconic latter-day hit, "Touch Of Grey," which helped push the album to Number Six. (Billboard)
- Van Morrison is being sued by Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann for defamation. Morrison, who has been issuing anti-lockdown / Covid conspiracy singles with Eric Clapton, had gone on record claiming Swann's public restrictions have been, quote, "very dangerous." Swann’s lawyer, Paul Tweed, told the Belfast Telegraph’s Sunday Life: "Proceedings have been issued and are ongoing against Van Morrison. We are aiming for a trial in February." Van Morrison's lawyer Joe Rice told The Associated Press that the claim would be contested on the grounds "that the words used by him related to a matter of public interest and constituted fair comment." (Rolling Stone)
- Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson will perform on December 8th at the Andy Kim Christmas Show at Toronto's Massey Hall. The benefit concert headed up by the famed "Rock Me Gently" singer, will raise funds for CAMH Gifts of Light. In addition to Lifeson and Kim, other performers on the bill include the E Street Band's Jake Clemons, Men Without Hates, Pursuit Of Happiness, and Choir, Choir, Choir, among others. (Blabbermouth)
- Early-'80s favorites, the Fixx, are back with their first new track in nearly a decade, titled, "Wake Up." The Fixx, who are best remembered for its 1983 Top Five hit "One Thing Leads To Another," are currently out on the road with '90s stars Fastball for a string of Theatre dates. (Ultimate Classic Rock)
- The Fixx / Fastball tour dates (subject to change):
November 10 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Concert Hall
November 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Ballroom
November 12 – Minneapolis, MN – Pantages Theater
November 13 – St. Charles, IL – Arcada Theatre
November 15 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
November 16 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
November 18 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
November 19 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
November 20 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
- The Fixx / Fastball tour dates (subject to change):
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