Week in Review — June 7–13, 2026
Welcome to the very first Music Videos Club Week in Review — our Sunday wrap of everything that landed on the site over the past seven days, plus the music news worth knowing. The week of June 7–13 was a busy one: a brand-new Madonna film, freshly unearthed Pink Floyd footage from one of rock’s most audacious nights, and a run of stories that span six decades of music. Let’s get into it.
This Week on Music Videos Club
Sixteen new and rebuilt features went up this week. Here’s everything, newest first.
Madonna – Confessions II: The Film (2026)
Madonna didn’t release a single — she released a 10-minute film. Premiered at Tribeca, stuffed with stars playing themselves, it’s the first look at her dance-floor sequel two decades in the making.
Pink Floyd – Learning to Fly (Live in Venice) (1989)
Freshly posted official footage of the night Pink Floyd played a stage floating in the Venice lagoon — and the chaos that followed helped topple the city’s government. The story is even wilder than the spectacle.
The Fizz – A Crazy Shot in the Dark (2026)
Forty-five years after winning Eurovision as Bucks Fizz, the group returns with brand-new music, a new lineup, and Mike Stock back on production. The title came from a throwaway line that stuck.
Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick (1972)
Ian Anderson wrote a single song 43 minutes long, purely to mock pretentious prog rock. The joke went to No. 1 in America. Two official live performances, decades apart, included.
Wynonna Judd – Sweet Dreams (Patsy Cline Tribute) (2024)
Patsy Cline recorded this weeks before she died and never heard it released. Sixty-one years later, Wynonna sang it back to her on Cline’s own Ryman stage.
Alan Jackson – Remember When (2003)
He met her at a Dairy Queen, married her, nearly lost the marriage, then wrote their whole life into one of country’s most beloved songs.
Barbra Streisand & Céline Dion – Tell Him (1997)
It only happened because of an Oscar-night mix-up — and the two divas never actually sang it together in the same room. The story behind the power-ballad summit.
Culture Club – Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (1982)
Culture Club’s first three singles flopped. Then came this reggae-tinged ballad, carrying a secret love Boy George couldn’t yet speak of — and it went to No. 1.
Rory Gallagher – Do You Read Me (1976)
Ireland’s greatest guitarist rarely trusted a producer — until he handed the chair to Deep Purple’s Roger Glover. Live and unleashed at the BBC in 1977.
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Deep Purple – Highway Star (1972)
The band wrote it on a tour bus to prove a point to a journalist — then opened their live show with it for the next fifty years.
Blue System – Déjà Vu (1991)
The soaring chorus on Dieter Bohlen’s post-Modern Talking hit wasn’t Bohlen at all — it was three uncredited studio singers. The hidden architecture of a hit.
Carpenters – Rainy Days and Mondays (1971)
The 5th Dimension passed on it and its writer was a broke actor — then Karen Carpenter sang it to No. 2 and made it sound like a lifetime of weariness.
Lynsey de Paul – Sugar Me (1972)
She wrote it for the singer from Herman’s Hermits and never meant to perform it — then it made her the first British woman to top a chart with her own song.
Tom Jones & Janis Joplin – Raise Your Hand
Two of the most explosive voices of their era, together on one stage — a meeting of raw power that has to be seen to be believed.
Jason Aldean – Try That in a Small Town (2023)
One of the most talked-about country singles of the decade. The fierce debate around it sent the song surging — all the way to Aldean’s first-ever Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. The full story behind the storm.
Bad Company – Wishing Well (with Slash & Neal Schon)
A Bad Company classic gets the supergroup treatment, with Slash and Journey’s Neal Schon trading guitar duties. When this much firepower shares a stage, you watch.
KISS – Reason to Live (1987)
The power-ballad era of KISS, polished and radio-ready — a side of the band that surprised everyone who only knew the fire and the makeup.
Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ (1966)
The strut, the swagger, the era-defining cool — the story behind one of the 1960s’ most instantly recognizable hits.
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983)
Jim Steinman wrote it as a vampire love song — and Bonnie Tyler turned it into one of the most dramatic No. 1 singles of the decade.
This Week’s No. 1s
Billboard Hot 100 (US): Ariana Grande – “Hate That I Made You Love Me” debuted straight in at No. 1, becoming Grande’s tenth chart-topper and the lead single from her upcoming album.
UK Official Singles Chart: Taylor Swift – “I Knew It, I Knew You” entered at No. 1, the latest in a remarkable run of British chart-toppers for Swift.
Music News This Week
Bocelli opens the road to the World Cup. Andrea Bocelli launched the FIFA World Cup 2026 Countdown Concert this week, singing from Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional in a first-of-its-kind broadcast linking three cities — Mexico City, Toronto, and Los Angeles — live in one global show. He chose “Nelle Tue Mani,” better known as the theme from Gladiator. Read more at Top40-Charts →
Madonna turns an album rollout into cinema. Rather than a conventional single, Madonna premiered Confessions II – The Film at the Tribeca Film Festival and released it to the world this week — a 10-minute piece built around the first six songs of her album due July 3. Our full feature →
Pink Floyd reopen the Venice vault. Pink Floyd’s official channel posted footage of “Learning to Fly” from their legendary 1989 floating-stage concert in Venice — decades-old footage, freshly shared, capturing one of rock’s most audacious nights. Our full feature →
Eurovision royalty returns. The Fizz — the group carrying the legacy of 1981 Eurovision winners Bucks Fizz — released their first new music in four years this week, marking 45 years since that win with a brand-new lineup and a single produced by Stock Aitken Waterman’s Mike Stock. Our full feature →
New This Week
Beyond the Madonna and Pink Floyd drops above, this week also brought fresh official uploads worth watching for — including newly shared vintage concert footage from several major artists’ channels, a pattern that keeps giving archive-loving fans something to celebrate. We’ll be covering the best of it as it lands.
In Memoriam
Dennis Locorriere (June 13, 1949 – May 16, 2026). We remember Dennis Locorriere, the real voice of Dr. Hook, who would have turned 77 this week. Though most people pictured the eye-patched Ray Sawyer as the face of the band, it was Locorriere singing lead on their biggest hits, from “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman” to “A Little Bit More” — a warm, soulful voice covered by everyone from Bob Dylan to Willie Nelson. He passed in May after a long illness, leaving behind sixty years of music. Play one of those songs this week and let that voice fill the room again.
That’s the Week
Sixteen features, two new No. 1s, a Madonna film, and Pink Floyd floating on the Venice lagoon — not a bad seven days. Thanks for spending part of your Sunday with us. We’ll see you next week with another wrap. Until then, keep watching.