BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA
Billy Joel Continues to Fill 2025 Calendar, With Sting, Nicks, Rod
With his MSG residency complete, the Piano Man continues to perform twice per month
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Led Zeppelin Documentary To Be Imax-Only For Theatrical Release
The feature-length film, announced in 2019, had its premiere in September 2021 at the Venice International Film Festival
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Band on the Run: The LP That ‘Saved’ McCartney
The recording sessions were plagued with problems, but Paul McCartney and Wings made the best of it. The result: one of his most beloved LPs.
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Happy Together 2025 Tour Sets Lineup, Shares First Dates
The 15th edition of the tour, named after the Turtles song, features recording artists who have earned many Top 10 hits
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Bob Marley and the Wailers’ ‘Live!’ Album: Reggae Rocks Babylon
The 1975 London concert provided validation that they had breached the rock market with their potent strain of reggae.
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2024 in Review: The Best New Classic Rock Albums
Recording legends such as David Gilmour, Little Feat, Jon Anderson, Lucinda Williams and many others released outstanding studio LPs.
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Billy Joel Continues to Fill 2025 Calendar, With Sting, Nicks, Rod
With his MSG residency complete, the Piano Man continues to perform twice per month
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What the Early Reviews Are Saying About the Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’
It stars Timothée Chalamet and is set during Dylan’s days as a folk singer in the NYC music scene of the early ’60s, culminating with his transformational electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival
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Brian Wilson ‘SMiLE’ Book Due from Veteran Beach Boys Author
The book charts the inception and ultimate failure to materialize of the Beach Boys’ planned 1967 ‘SMiLE’ album.
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Steely Dan Catalog Vinyl Reissue Campaign Continues
Their classic ABC and MCA Records titles are receiving a reissue program of the first seven albums, personally overseen by Donald Fagen
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Loving ‘Cheers’ to My Late Mate, Ian McLagan
A friend praises Small Faces/Faces keyboard player for being the best rock star mate a fan might ever want and a friendly, unpretentious hail-fellow-well-met to any and all of his fans.
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A Look Back at the Final—And Most Successful—Police LP, ‘Synchronicity’
The band’s 1983 release, that came after a recording hiatus while touring the world, is much more than the mega-hit single, “Every Breath You Take.”
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Faces ‘A Nod Is As Good As a Wink…’ Album: Party Time
“It was an air of merriment. Under all the camaraderie and joviality, we took the music extremely seriously,” said Rod Stewart.
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The Mamas & the Papas’ ‘Creeque Alley’: Behind the Song
The lyrics are stocked with names and places, some of which may have been (and still are) unfamiliar to fans of the group. We break it down
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