Pop Shots – Anatomy 101

Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week Pop Shots is hitting you with thoughts on everything from how you can get your tongue on The Rolling Stones, to what’s on the head of Demi Lovato, to Aaron Carter losing his damned mind, and since this is Pop Shots you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of attitude.

* The British Royal Mail will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Rolling Stones with a new line of postage stamps featuring band photos, and tour artwork. This will be great for the small percentage of people who haven’t already licked a member of The Rolling Stones, but still want to.

* Kanye West is reportedly planning a trip to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin. While there he hopes to hold Sunday Service performances, and expand his business ventures into the country. This is the Perfect Strangers reboot I had no idea I wanted.

* Chris Martin revealed Back to the Future is the reason why Coldplay exists. During an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show he said the scene that featured the performance of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” was what made him want to be in a band. Personally, I find this to be terrible news, because now I have to hate Back to the Future.

* Let’s do a quick check on Demi Lovato – newly partially shaved head … even newer giant spider tattoo on that partially shaved head. Sounds like someone walked by a sugar free cookie display again.

* Aaron Carter announced via social media that he’s working on a rap album. His post included the following – “… I’m back at the rap game 20 years later lemme shows these kids how it’s done …” My friends, there’s delusional, and then there’s “Aaron Carter thinking he’s going to school every young rapper” delusional.

* Jessica Sutta and Carmit Bachar of the Pussycat Dolls revealed they had no idea their reunion tour had been cancelled until they saw the announcement on Nicole Scherzinger‘s Instagram. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say most people following Nicole Scherzinger’s Instagram aren’t there for tour info.

* Paramore is officially back to work on their next album. It’s a classic case of – we took a break to work on solo projects no one cared about, so let’s get back to doing the thing everybody loves. Gotta give ‘em credit, not every band is smart enough to figure that out.

* The University of Missouri has named a choral hall after Sheryl Crow, who graduated from the school in 1984, and held a benefit concert to help raise money for their $24 million Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield Music Center back in 2015. One has to assume the University also now has a music club that meets on Tuesday nights.

That’s all for this edition of Pop Shots, but come back next Monday for more shots on all things pop.