BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA

Jeff Lynne ‘Absolutely Gutted’ After Canceling Hyde Park Concert

The London show, announced in October 2024, was to be the final concert for Jeff Lynne’s ELO.

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Review: “Beatles ’64” Documentary Now Streaming: That Footage!

The film captures the electrifying moment of their first visit to America. It features never-before-seen footage of the band.

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Paul McCartney Announces 2025 ‘Got Back’ Tour

The legend turned 83 on June 18. The 19 concerts will run from late September until late November.

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Elvis Presley 1970-75 Los Angeles Studio Sessions Due in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Box Set

The 5-CD collection includes recordings of such favorites as “Always On My Mind,” “Burning Love,” the 40th and final Top Ten single of his career, and such choice covers of “I Got a Woman,” “The Wonder of You,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” “Something,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Proud Mary,” and more.

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American Power Pop 1980-1989 3-CD Collection is Released

I Wanna Be a Teen Again spans more than 75 tracks featuring such artists as the Bangles, Marshall Crenshaw, Dwight Twilley, and Katrina and the Waves.

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Billy Joel Original Documentary, ‘And So It Goes,’ Debuts on HBO

The two-parter, all the more poignant given the star’s health issues, spans nearly five hours.

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Radio Hits July 1973: On the Road to Shambala

Classic rock acts dominated the Top 40 this week in 1973 with all-time greats by Three Dog Night, George Harrison, the Doobie Brothers and Jim Croce.

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Connie Francis, ’50s-’60s Hitmaker Whose Career Earned Recent Boost With ‘Pretty Little Baby,’ Dies

The singer was recently re-discovered via an obscure 1962 recording, “Pretty Little Baby,” which went viral via TikTok, garnering billions of views.

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Steve Miller Band Cancels Entire 2025 Tour Due to… Weather

The 81-year-old crafted a stream of radio-friendly hits including “The Joker,” “Livin’ in the USA,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Rock’n Me,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Jet Airliner,” and “Abracadabra,” among them.

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The Youngbloods’ ‘Get Together’: Unique Path to Success

The song had been kicking around for a few years when they recorded it. Their first release of the tune bombed. Then it became a timeless anthem.

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Filmmaker, Journalist Cameron Crowe Writes Memoir, ‘The Uncool’

The writer and/or director of such acclaimed films as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous, was an unlikely rock and roll insider at age 15.

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When Live Aid Rocked the Planet

We recap the biggest charity concert in music history, where dozens of stars performed in London and Philadelphia for a massive worldwide TV audience in 1985

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