A new documentary, celebrating the late Rush drummer Neil Peart, is set to debut on Canada’s CBC Network on September 23rd.

The Banger Films-created movie, titled Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple, documents Peart’s rise to stardom from extremely tough younger days.

The documentary features interviews with Rush co-founders Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson as well as reflections of several acclaimed drummers. The movie also features Lee and Lifeson’s live performances of Rush classics with support from Chad Smith, Steward Copeland and Danny Carey.

“I think it matters for me to play better all the time, and to play my best all the time, to keep it fresh and changing. It’s kind of my responsibility, I see it, as a drummer,” Peart says in an archival interview in the film, directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn.

Peart passed away on January 7, 2020 in Santa Monica, California after a long battle with glioblasoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Lee revealed a couple of years later that Peart wanted to keep his cancer diagnosis a secret prior to his death.

“[Peart] didn’t want anyone to know [about his illness],” Lee said on Canadian talk show “House Of Strombo.” “He just didn’t. He wanted to keep it in the house. And we did. And that was hard. I can’t tell you it was easy, ’cause it was not easy. And it was ongoing. His diagnosis was… he was given 18 months at the most, and it went on three and a half years. And so that was a constant flow of us going to see him, giving him support.”

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Legendary rocker Joan Jett, who recently underwent surgery for a fractured vertebra, has canceled a couple of shows in September.

Jett was scheduled to perform in Costa Mesa, California, and Louisville, Kentucky, in September.

A social media post from Joan’s team reads, “Following a recent injury, Joan Jett has undergone orthopedic surgery on a fractured vertebrae and will begin the necessary healing process. In close consultation with her doctors, Joan will not be able to perform at her forthcoming September scheduled shows in Costa Mesa, CA on September 5th and in Louisville, KY on September 24th.”

“While Joan hates to disappoint fans, she will be taking this time to focus on physical therapy and healing,” the post continues. “She’s looking forward to delivering tremendous concerts for many years to come.”

Meanwhile Joan Jett & The Blackhearts are working to reissue their seminal 1981 album I Love Rock ‘N Roll as a 45th-anniversary edition. The updated set will be available on CD and opaque sky blue vinyl on August 28 via Blackheart Records.

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Believe, BMG, Concord, Dirty Hit, Glassnote Records, HYBE Corp., Mom+Pop Music, Partisan Records, Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group have proposed a new set of principles to govern the eligibility of recordings developed with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services for inclusion in music charts.

The framework would establish a clear boundary between human-led creativity and works that are purely synthetic or generated by unauthorized AI models. It will also help to ensure that any tracks with a fraudulently boosted stream count are not recognized and celebrated in the charts.

These principles would enable official charts to accommodate appropriate use of AI in the creative process whilst remaining an authentic celebration of human artistry.

Under the proposed guidelines, a recording developed using AI would only qualify for chart inclusion if it meets three core criteria, including The AI service used is properly authorized and lawful; The track is substantially human made; and It does not raise stream or chart manipulation concerns.

The principles are intended to provide a unified road-map for the consideration of official chart compilers, industry bodies and affiliated stakeholders worldwide. Together, the organizations proposing these principles, said in a joint statement that they stand ready to work with charts and industry bodies around the world to discuss these principles and support implementation of these important safeguards for human creativity by charts and industry bodies.

Tracks created using generative AI systems have been appearing on streaming services, however many of these have been developed with tools that have been trained on artists’ music without authorization. These tracks are also commonly associated with streaming fraud. To tackle this, record companies are driving the development and licensing of AI music services that respect the rights of music creators.

Through the implementation of these principles, human creators will have further assurance that tracks manufactured via unauthorized algorithms unjustly built upon their work – or fraudulently promoted – will not be celebrated by industry charts.

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Phil Collins has revealed that he nearly died amid his battle with alcohol addiction.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, the 75 year-old singer recalled the times when he came face-to-face with death.

Collins said that when he was admitted to a hospital in Switzerland in a coma in April 2024 due to excessive alcohol intake, all five of his children – Lily Collins, Joely Collins, Simon Collins, Nicolas Collins and Matthew Collins – were called to his bedside by his long-time manager because “There were some decisions to be made about, ‘Do we keep Phil on life support?’ kind of thing.”

Collins said he was hospitalized about a year after his farewell tour with Genesis due to organ failure. “My kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up. People were coming to say goodbye,” he said. “But I don’t remember them coming. I didn’t have no idea this was going on. They were all worried that they wouldn’t see me again. It could all have gone so terribly wrong.”

The Oscar-winning musician said he was very lucky to have come out of the ordeal and disclosed that he stopped drinking after recovery.

Collins recalled celebrating the new year when he reunited with his family at London’s Mandarin Oriental.

Collins will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in November.

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