THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with NEIL YOUNG! The Canadian singer-songwriter turned 70 yesterday (prompting loads of trivia), so here he is, Live on the Beeb, circa '71. Your setlist includes: "Out on the Weekend," "Old Man," "Journey Thru the Past," "Heart of Gold," "Don't Let It Bring You Down," "A Man Needs A Maid," "Love in Mind," and "Dance, Dance, Dance."

NEKO CASE is streaming 40 tracks from her box set, Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule.

THE GRATEFUL DEAD advance streams Fare Thee Well.

THE MAX LEVINE ENSEMBLE streams Backlash, Baby.

SHYE BEN TZUR, JONNY GREENWOOD & THE RAJASTHAN EXPRESS advance stream Junun.

JEFF BUCKLEY covered Sly Stone's "Everyday People," which will appear on a posthumous LP of unreleased tracks.

ASTROPOL: Members of Peter Bjorn And John and Shout Out Louds drop “Make Love Stay” ahead of The Spin We’re In.

WE ARE SCIENTISTS; "After Hours." For the weekend.

JOANNA NEWSOM talks to Magnet about the themes, characters and influences on Divers.

TOM PETTY Warren Zanes talks to The Artery about his unautorized biography of the classic rocker. (Thx, LHB.)

SAM PHILLIPS: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll is excerpted by Pitchfork.

THE CURE: Ten of Their Best.

ANDY WHITE, a session musician who played drums on the first Beatles hit but spent his life on the edges of fame, has died aged 85.

NOW SHOWING:This weekend's wide releases are Love the Coopers, which is currently scoring 26 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; The 33, which is currently scoring 31 percent; and My All American, scoring 42 percent. Projections are very close for the first two of these.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE talks to Vogue about the Hunger Games finale, Amy Schumer, Hollywood's pay equity aand more.

AMBER HEARD talks to Marie Claire about being a stepmom to Johnny Depp's kids, and more.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS - Don't call Leia "Princess," sweetheart.

SHIA LeBEOUF has been live-streaming himself watching all of his movies.

LEBANON: Two suicide bombers carried out a coordinated attack Thursday in a crowded residential area of southern Beirut controlled by the Hezbollah militia, and the Lebanese Health Ministry said at least 43 people had been killed and more than 200 wounded. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

SAUDI ARABIA & PAKISTAN are resetting their relationship, which was dealt a major setback earlier this year when Islamabad refused to join the Saudi war in Yemen. 

TWO RUSSIAN state-run TV stations "accidentally" aired an image of plans for a long-range nuclear torpedo while showing a meeting between president Vladimir Putin and military generals in Sochi.

OTTO THE BULLDOG set a record for skateboarding through the longest human tunnel.

DACHSHUND vs BEAR: Who you got?

CAT CAFES: The Bag O' Nails is more like a cat pub.

A SLEEPY KANGAROO's bedtime ritual.