U2 crashes NYC in “You’re the Best Thing About Me.”

THE ISLEY BROTHERS & CARLOS SANTANA visit World Cafe.

ROBYN HITCHCOCK visits Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

RAINER MARIA stops by WFUV's Studio A for a conversation and performance.

ROBERT PLANT & CHRISSIE HYNDE share the vaguely Zeppelin-esque version of "Bluebirds Over The Mountain."

BECK teases the title track “Colors.”

THE ELEPHANT SIX COLLECTIVE shares a new single with The Patient's “Extension 9,” and Breathers' "Colony of Taste."

THE NATIONAL covers the Talking Heads' "Heaven."

BLONDIE's Debbie Harry talks about moving to NYC in 1965.

SHILPA RAY takes All Songs Considered on a track-by-track tour of the new LP.

BRYAN ADAMS is co-writing the Pretty Woman musical.

BRAD COOK: Indie rock's Rick Rubin?

HUGH HEFNER, who parlayed 8K in borrowed money in 1953 to create Playboy, the hot-button media empire renowned for a magazine enriched with naked women and intelligent interviews just as revealing, has died. He was 91.

KYLIE JENNER and Travis Scott are not ready to get married — not even close — despite they're having a baby.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE may return to the Super Bowl.

MANDY MOORE talked about her engagement to Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith for the first time, but she's not making a big spectacle of the news.

JAMES CAMERON doubled down on his criticism of Wonder Woman.

TERMINATOR 6:  July 26, 2019. Part of a trilogy?

CLEOPATRA may return to the big screen with Denis Villeneuve directing.

ANNIHILATION, a sci-fi thriller with Natalie Portman, drops a teaser trailer online.

RIC FLAIR got around back in the day.

CHLOE SEVIGNY shares the soundtrack of her life.

SCANNERS may head to the small screen. Mind blown.

THE DEATH OF STALIN drops a second trailer.

GERALD'S GAME: Stephen King comes to Netflix.

A POODLE steals a scooter from a toddler.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: A militant rodent attacked the grid in idaho.

A NEW SPECIES OF GIANT RAT can crack a coconut in its jaws.

THE CODFATHER was sentenced to 46 months for evading fishing quotas, money smuggling.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN is pregnant with her first child, and the baby daddy is her NBA star boyfriend, Tristan Thompson.

GAME OF THRONES co-stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are engaged.  BTW, the final season reportedly will cost 15MM per episode.

JULIA STILES and Preston J. Cook have tied the knot in a "shotgun wedding."

SOFIA VERGARA sixpeats as the world's highest-paid TV actress, according to Forbes.

MARTIN SCORSESE & LEONARDO DiCAPRIO are re-teaming for a teddy Rossevelt biopic.

AVATAR's sequels began production. The cost may exceed one billion dollars.

I should be back at full strength tomorrow.

THE NATIONAL covers New Order's "Love Vigilantes."

WHITNEY played Pitchfork Paris.

MINOR VICTORIES played Pitchfork Paris.

STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP COUNTY RANGERS play a Tiny Desk Concert.

TY SEGALL shares "Alta."

YEAH YEAH YEAHS share a "Phone Jam."

FRANKIE ROSE covers The Cure's "A Forest."

THE FLIRTATIONS deliver slices of Northern Soul with "Nothing But A Heartache" and "What's Good About Goodbye My Love" for Twofer Tuesday.

POLITICAL BEATS: I forgot to mention last week's episode covers Beck (with MSNBC's Chris Hayes) and this week's covers the Eagles (with author James Poulus).

BJORK discusses the creative process behind each of her albums.

WEATHER STATION: Tamara Lindeman talks to Aquarium Drunkard about her record’s blustery sound and the role setting plays in her songs.

TEN MISTAKES left in classic records.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: Joss Whedon is cutting scenes with Iris West and Lex Luthor.

TOM CRUISE Action Movies, ranked at ScreenCrush.

JERRY SEINFELD breaks down the joke process.

KYLIE JENNER is pregnant — and her momager Kris is doing whatever she can to make sure her 20-year-old daughter's extremely lucrative cosmetics empire remains a top priority.

HEIDI KLUM and Vito Schnabel are officially calling it quits after three years.

AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING, after four different release dates, is being released for free. I'm sure it's fine.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: He. Could. Go. All. The. Way.

RAT-A-THON: The Greater Moncton SPCA has cages and cages of domesticated rats, ready for adoption.

ANCIENT FROGS may have eaten dinosaurs.

GOLDFISH the size of footballs and plates have been found invading freshwater rivers in Western Australia, posing a risk to native species.

BUSY WEEKEND. But I have a few things, mostly this very sad news:

CHARLES BRADLEY, the acclaimed soul singer and exuberant live performer who saw his career ascend late in life, died Saturday following a bout with stomach and liver cancer. He was 68. The Guardian obit is also good, as is this 2014 interview with Noisey including Bradley's general view of humanity.  Pitchfork rounds up seven great song performances, while NPR re-upped his 2016 SXSW performance at Stubb's.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Kingsman: The Golden Circle topped the chart with 39MM -- a few million better than the original, probably several million less than where the gurus projected.  The foreign grossses were 51MM, taking the sequel past the 100MM overall.  The former champ, It, placed with 30MM on a 50 percent drop that's dang leggy for a third frame in the horror genre.  The clown show has already pulled in 266.3MM domestic against a 35MM budget.  The LEGO Ninjago Movie showed with 21.2MM, substantially below the prior movies in this cinematic universe; the stakes will be higher for the proper sequel to The LEGO Movie.  American Assassin slid 58 percent to the fourth slot with 6.3MM (Lionsgate will have been glad to have sold off the overseas rights).  Home Again rounded out the Top Five with 3.3MM.

ISLE OF DOGS, the next film from Wes Anderson, has a trailer online.

KYLIE JENNER reportedly is pregnant.

I SHOULD BE BACK to full strength tomorrow.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BYRDS! To everything there is a season, and when the leaves start turning, my thoughts turn to this rare live threefer of "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Bells of Rhymney" and "Mr. Tambourine Man", introduced by... David McCallum? There are more screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better."  There are even more dancers when they cover "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom."

DAVID CROSBY advance streams Sky Trails.

JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD advance streams Sorry Is Gone.

LONEY DEAR advance streams a self-titled LP.

YOUNG JESUS streams a self-titled LP.

MAGGIE ROGERS shares "Split Stones."

COUSTEAU: "The Last Good Day of the Year." Or close to it.

THE NATIONAL: A band of brothers...but not like Oasis.

MARILYN MANSON blames the Columbine shooting for wrecking his career.

AFGHAN WHIGS: Greg Dulli on loving Minneapolis, losing a friend, and getting the band back together.

JUDY COLLINS & STEPHEN STILLS: Judy talks about that song; you know the one.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include The LEGO Ninjago Movie, which is currently scoring 47 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Kingsman: The Golden Circle, which is scoring 49 percent; and Friend Request, scoring 29 percent. Could be some competition for the top slot.

ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL gets probation instead of detention.

IT: Bill Skarsgård talks to NME about his clown show.

WATCHMEN is moving forward at HBO with a pilot order.

WONDER WOMAN may rescue The Flash.

GLASS: Unbreakable actors are returning for the sequel. (Spoiler Warning)

AUDRINA PARTRIDGE is divorcing her husband of less than a year, on the heels of running to court to get protection from him.

ADAM SANDLER & BEN STILLER get a little serious in Netflix's -- and Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories.

A KANGAROO on the loose in Kenosha.

A MASSIVE SPIDER INVASION in Queensland.

PLEASE DO NOT PET the Radioactive Puppies of Chernobyl. The More You Know. Swoosh.

FROGS turn yellow during orgies.