MUSIC

Tuesday was Hair Metal Night on "Dancing with the Stars", so ABC thought it would be a good idea to bring in Gene Simmons as a guest judge for some reason. Gene seemed more concerned with how hot the female dancers were than how well they danced. 

An excerpt from the audiobook version of Alex Van Halen's memoir, Brothers, has been released. Unlike the first clip, which was 33 seconds of "Unfinished," the last piece of music he recorded with Eddie, this one is titled "Overture" and it's Alex basically eulogizing his little brother. We all were wondering what Alex Van Halen’s voice sounded like – and here it is. Details on these events and the book can be found at Van-Halen.com.

Gavin Rossdale of Bush’s cooking show, Rockstar Kitchen Chronicles will premiere early next year on VIZIO’s free streaming service, WatchFree+.

Green Day are marking the 30th anniversary of Dookie -- by degrading its quality and making it harder to hear. They've teamed up with L.A. art studio Brain for Dookie Demastered, which puts the 15 songs from the album in limited edition and intentionally inconvenient formats, like a player piano roll, a floppy disk, a doorbell and a Game Boy cartridge.

Fans can enter a drawing to buy one of the weird formats at DookieDemastered.com.

Here’s the full list of formats:

"Burnout" – Player Piano Roll

"Having A Blast" – Floppy Disk

"Chump" – Teddy Ruxpin

"Longview" – Doorbell

"Welcome To Paradise" – Game Boy Cartridge

"Pulling Teeth" – Toothbrush

"Basket Case" – Big Mouth Billy Bass

"She" – HitClip

"Sassafras Roots" – 8-track

"When I Come Around" – Wax Cylinder

"Coming Clean" – X-Ray Record

"Emenius Sleepus" – Answering Machine

"In The End" – MiniDisc

"F.O.D." – Fisher Price Record

"All By Myself" – Music Box

 

Taylor Swift is following in line with many celebs donating to help hurricane victims. Taylor donated $5 Million to Hurricane Helene and Milton Relief Efforts. The non-profit Feeding America thanked Swift for joining "the movement to end hunger and helping communities in need"

R.E.M., The Avett Brothers, The War on Drugs, Nathiel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are among the acts that have contributed to a massive benefit album for North Carolina hurricane relief

Guys, there are more than 30 Luke Bryan corn maze designs in the United States right now. It probably has something to do with Luke's annual Farm Tour. What better way to get lost this fall, then in a field of corn mowed to look like Luke Bryan.

TV

Nate Bargatze signed a two-special deal with Netflix. The first one premieres December 24th.

MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS:

Sega's Shinobi video game is coming to the big screen. Universal Pictures will adapt the game for a movie.

AND FINALLY

What song do you want played at your funeral, or during your final moments? 

Here are the Top 10: 

1. "My Way", Frank Sinatra 

2. "I Will Always Love You", Whitney Houston 

3. "The Best", Tina Turner 

4. "Over The Rainbow", Judy Garland 

5. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", Cyndi Lauper 

6. "Angels", R Williams 

7. "What a Wonderful World", Louis Armstrong 

8. "Beautiful", Christina Aguilera 

9. "Hey Jude", The Beatles 

10. "These Are the Days of Our Lives", Queen

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