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This Labor Day Kick Back with KROK!

Monday, September 5th Channel 95.7 FM will be airing music specials to set the soundtrack of your Labor Day Holiday.

10am - Rave On Buddy Holly highlights tracks from the new tribute album, featuring covers of Buddy Holly’s classics by some of today’s top artists including The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Florence + The Machine, Julian Casablancas and more!

11am - Inside Tom Morello’s The Nightwatchman: World Wide Rebel Songs is a one-hour special featuring Morello being interviewed by Jane’s Addiction front man Perry Farrell.  For his third full length album as The Nightwatchman, Tom Morello switched up his style, assumed the role of front man for a band (The Freedom Fighter Orchestra) and picked up his electric guitar to convey his messages of resistance.

12pm - Why Pink Floyd? is produced and hosted by In The Studio’s Redbeard, featuring a new interview from the only member to have remained in the group for its entire existence, drummer Nick Mason. Why Pink Floyd? will feature never-before-heard demos, live cuts, rarities and Pink Floyd classics.

1pm - Inside Red Hot Chili Peppers: I’m With You is a one-hour radio program, hosted by Matt Pinfield, as he sits down with singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer for a conversation about the recording and making of I’m With You, the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band’s tenth studio album and first new album since the two-set Stadium Arcadium in 2006.

The specials will be replayed that evening from 6pm-10pm. So this Labor Day Kick Back with KROK on Channel 95.7 FM or stream online at http://www.krok.com

Remember Ann Kirsten Kennis, the former model who sued Vampire Weekend for $2 million for using her photo on the cover of last year’s Contra? Well, over a year later, Photo District News reports that the preppy-on-preppy litigation was settled after the band and XL Records agreed to pay Kennis an undisclosed sum, and the case was dismissed by court order last week. VW and XL maintain that the true fault lies photographer Tod Brody, who apparently did not take the picture but licensed the Polaroid of Kennis to Vampire Weekend for $5,000 and allegedly provided a forged model release. The band and their label are still pursuing a countersuit against Brody, who has been representing himself since June, when his lawyer quit over “lack of cooperation and failure to pay his bills.” Sounds like a character! (read more via Flavorwire » Vampire Weekend’s ‘Contra’ Cover Model Case Finally Settled)

Body and Soul,” Amy Winehouse’s final recording, a duet with her hero Tony Bennett, will be released by Columbia Records in September in aid of the Amy Winehouse Foundation. The song was recorded in March of this year at Abbey Road Studios in London for Tony Bennett’s upcoming Duets II album.

The Foundation will be set up by her family to help a number of charities connected with children and young people.

Amy’s father, Mitch Winehouse said, “We wanted to make a positive difference and help a range of causes close to Amy’s heart.  This could include help for children in trouble, suffering from health problems, children’s hospices and more.”

Kings Of Leon have urged Caleb Followill to enter rehab to deal with his “out of control” drinking following the frontman’s onstage meltdown in Dallas on Saturday (July 30), according to a report.

The Tennessee band cancelled the remaining dates of their North American tour yesterday (August 1), citing Followill’s “vocal issues and exhaustion”. At the aborted show the singer told fans he was heading backstage to vomit and grab another beer but failed to return for a promised three-song end to the gig.

Now a report in US Weekly has suggested that Followill’s bandmates are concerned that he is drinking “like a a fish”. (read more via Kings Of Leon ‘urge Caleb Followill to go to rehab’ | News | NME.COM)

Kings of Leon have canceled the remainder of their summer tour in the wake of a disastrous show in Dallas on Friday that was cut short after lead singer Caleb Followill left the stage to vomit. According to the Kings’ representative, Followill has been “suffering from vocal issues and exhaustion,” and the band have opted to scrap the tour rather than play subpar gigs for their fans.

Due to the Kings’ touring commitments abroad, their U.S. shows will not rescheduled. Tickets for those gigs will be refunded at point of purchase, or automatically refunded if ordered online. The band will head back out on tour on September 28th with a show at the Rogers Center in Vancouver, a show originally scheduled for September 14th.

Though the band’s official line regarding Caleb Followill’s meltdown in Dallas is attributed to exhaustion, comments from his brothers at the concert and on Twitter suggest that he may be dealing with a bigger issue. When apologizing on Twitter, bassist Jared Followill wrote “there are internal sicknesses & problems that have needed to be address” and “I know you guys aren’t stupid. I can’t lie. There are problems in our band bigger than not drinking enough Gatorade.” (via Kings of Leon Cancel U.S. Tour | Rolling Stone Music)