MUSIC NEWS YOU CAN USE FOR THURSDAY...

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS...

THE JOKER...STEVE MILLER...IS 63
AC/DC LEAD SCREAMER...BRIAN JOHNSON...IS 59
AND THE MAN BEHIND "LIVE AID" AND OUR UNHEALTHY DISLIKE OF MONDAYS...BOB GELDOF...IS 52

ON THIS DAY IN 1980..JOY DIVISION GOT THEIR FIRST TASTE OF SUCCESS WHEN THEIR SONG "SHE'S LOST CONTROL" WAS PICKED AS NME'S "SINGLE OF THE WEEK"...

AND 10 YEARS AGO TODAY..."BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S" BY DEEP BLUE SOMETHING WAS NUMBER ONE ON THE SINGLES CHART...

GOD...I HATED THAT SONG...

YOUR MUSIC NEWS FOR THIS TUESDAY...

**** THE CLASH WILL CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF THEIR FIRST SINGLE..."WHITE RIOT"...WITH A BOX SET... CALLED...SIMPLY..."THE CLASH: THE SINGLES"...IT'S GONNA OUT ON NOVEMBER 14TH AND WILL INCLUDE 19 DISCS OF SEMINAL PUNK GOODNESS...

**** ALL YOU DAVE MATTHEWS HATERS OUT THERE FINALLY HAVE AN ACTUAL REASON "NOT" TO LIKE HIM. HE'LL BE PLAYING A VILLIAN IN THE UPCOMING FILM..."LAKE CITY"...HOPEFULLY HE WON'T BE PLAYING THAT 19 MINUTE VERSION OF "TRIPPING BILLIES"...