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Radio Hits of April 1970: As Easy as ‘ABC’
Days before four students were shot and killed at Kent State Univ., U.S. audiences were blissfully listening to these songs.
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Gregg Allman Documentary Due This Summer
The film “traces his journey through profound personal tragedy and hard-won redemption.”
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Ringo Starr Releases 2nd T Bone Burnett-Produced Americana Album; Tour Coming
The album features collaborations with Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow, Sarah Jarosz, Molly Tuttle, and St. Vincent.
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Eagles to Issue ‘One of These Nights’ Deluxe Edition
The set features a 2025 mix of the band’s chart-topping LP along with a previously unreleased full live show recorded at Anaheim Stadium on September 28, 1975.
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David Byrne Announces More Dates For 2025-2026 World Tour
Who Is the Sky? is his first new album since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia.
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The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour is Subject of New Book, ‘Is Everybody Ready for the Next Band?’
The title is based on previously unpublished first-hand accounts of those who attended the band’s first American tour in three years.
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Pink Floyd ‘Dark Side of the Moon’: 45 Million Sales. 1 Week at #1
Sales estimates put it as the 4th biggest seller of all time. It reached the top in the U.S. in just six weeks, though never returned.
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Bob Dylan, Turning 85, Adds Dates to 2026 Tour
He now has dozens of concerts scheduled for spring and summer. He’ll turn 85 on May 24.
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Totally Tubular Festival Sets 2026 Tour of ’80s Music Stars
The lineup features Thomas Dolby & The Lost Toy People, A Flock of Seagulls, The Motels and many others.
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‘Louie Louie,’ the Kingsmen and the FBI: Only in America
It all seems so silly now, especially since no one seemed to know the words to the song.
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