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Cyndi Lauper is in the lead after the first week of fan voting for the Rock Hall. She is one of four nominees with more than 100-thousand votes. Following Cyndi Lauper is the late George Michael, Warren Zevon and Soundgarden. Willie Nelson is fifth, just three-thousand votes ahead of Iron Maiden. Fan voting runs through April 28th.

https://vote.rockhall.com/en/

Duran Duran kicks off a North American tour in late spring. The "Future Past" tour includes a stop at Amalie Arena in Tampa on June 17th. Duran Duran will be joined by Bastille and, speaking of Hall of Famers: Nile Rodgers and CHIC. Tickets go on sale to the general public one week from today.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/duran-duran-tour-tickets-1235516879/

An episode of "The Simpsons" is not available on Disney-plus in Hong Kong because it is critical of the Chinese government. The episode is titled "One Angry Lisa" and features Marge becoming obsessed with her exercise bike. While on a virutal bike tour, the instructor says the following.: "Behold the wonders of China, Bitcoin mines and forced labor camps where children make smartphones." Disney-plus previously removed an older 2005 episode in which the Simpsons visit China and see this sign at Tiananmen Square, reading "On this site, in 1989, nothing happened."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64550177

A couple of California woodpeckers are most likely pretty bummed after their stash of acorns was found inside a home near San Francisco. The couple who own the home called Nick's Extreme Pest Control after they spotted worms coming from a wall in a bedroom. The worms ended up being mealworms, eating on a stash of acorns that equaled around 700 pounds. The woodpeckers were able to drop the acorns through a hole in the chimney and were able to enter the attic through a different hole to feast on their massive stash. The pile of acorns reached an estimated 20 feet high.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/08/us/california-acorns-woodpeckers/index.html

The wife of Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour has re-ignited a feud with a former bandmate. Polly Samson tweeted a number of insults directed at co-founder Roger Waters ranging from "antisemitic" to "tax-avoiding" to "lip-syncing." Gilmour re-tweeted Samson's tweet and added "Every word demonstrably true." Waters refuted the tweet and called the comments "wildly inaccurate." Samson's tweet stemmed from Waters' criticism of a 2022 Pink Floyd song and video in support of Ukraine. Waters, who left Pink Floyd in 1985, was not involved in the song.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/pink-floyd-bandmates-feud-over-members-antisemitic-pro-putin-remarks-guess-reunion-off

It was on this date, February 9th, 1964, that the Beatles were introduced to the United States on the Ed Sullivan Show. Their appearance was watched by a then-record 73-million people. Quoting Wikipedia here, it came to be regarded as a cultural watershed that launched American Beatlemania-as well as the wider British Invasion of American pop music-and inspired many young viewers to become rock musicians. (And it began my personal life-long love affair with The Beatles.) The band made appearances the next two weeks on the Sullivan show and again during their 1965 U.S. tour.

https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/the-beatles-debut-on-the-ed-sullivan-show/


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