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80's rapper Tone Loc was hospitalized this week after passing out "funky cold" during a performance in Pensacola, Florida. Mr. Loc is doing well now, but eight hours of flight layovers and extreme heat were blamed for his collapse. At least Tone doesn't have to do 50 shows this summer like Michael Jackson.

Even with doctors warning the "king of pop" it would be a "bad" idea to perform because he's too thin, Jackson "won't stop till he gets enough" of a 50 show run at London's 02 arena this summer. Earlier this week Jackson complained to fans that he only wanted to do 10 shows and that promoters added 40 more without telling him! However, later in the week, Jacko's tour promoter responded that not only did Michael agree to doing all 50
shows, he's taking the profits and putting them into a trust fund for his 3 kids!

This sounds similar to what Eddie Van Halen is doing for the bank account of his own teenage son. First, the 18 year old Wolfgang replaced longtime Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony on last year's tour and now an animated Wolfie has replaced him in the new video game, "Guitar Hero: Van Halen". So did Michael Anthony get fired or did he quit?

Depends on who you ask. Earlier this week Eddie claimed Anthony didn't "finish what he started" and left along with Sammy Hagar but later in the week Anthony responded that he was "unchained" from band.

You know, with all this talk of passing out from exhaustion, saving money for kids, and trying to keep stories straight you would think I was talking about being a parent and not a rock star. I suppose either way, as long as you can still pass out during the "wild thing", you just can't "beat it".

That's it for Retro News, I'm Jenni Waylon for Retro Rewind.