THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with STEVIE WONDER! His session at the Beat Club includes "Intro Jam," "Contusion," "Higher Ground," "Dont You Worry ‘Bout A Thing," "I Can See The Sun In Late December," "He's Misstra Know-It-All," "Living For The City" and "Superstition."

THE CURE played “A Thousand Hours,” and “Six Different Ways,” both for the first time since 1987.

THE SISTERS OF MERCY played their first US show in 15 years on Wednesday night.

DOLLY PARTON shares "World on Fire."

THE PRETENDERS shares "Let the Sun Come In."

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE returns with "Emotion Sickness."

TENACIOUS D returns with "Video Games."

THE DRUMS shares “Plastic Envelope” and “Protect Him Always.”

MUSICIANS Are Already Using AI More Often Than We Think.ALSO: Grimes embraces AI and trashes copyright.

REQUIEM FOR MTV NEWS, by Kurt Loder.

SUEDE bassist and author Mat Osman discussed his favorite albums at The Quietus.

ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, which is tracking to open at 70-80MM, will have a cliffhanger ending.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE loses 4MM subscribers in coontinuing fallout from... losing the rights to Indian cricket.

TOM HANKS said he would boycott books rewritten to reflect any “modern sensitivities.”

MICHAEL J. FOX recalls dumpster diving for food early in hs career.

BEETLEJUICE 2 welcomes Monica Bellucci to the cast.

BLACK MIRROR returns with a mini-season 6.

POOR THINGS, a film by Yorgos Lanthimos, has a trailer online.

A SAD MAMA DOG is reunited with her puppies.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A BABY HIPPO, bathing.