Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

Paul Carrack Records Country Album: “I’ve Always Wanted To Do This”

The singer is best known for such hits as “How Long” with Ace, “Tempted” by Squeeze, and “The Living Years” by Mike + the Mechanics.

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Radio Hits of 1968: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas

What a year! With all-time classics among the year’s best with songs by the Rascals, Steppenwolf, Grass Roots, the Doors, the Beatles, the Stones, and more.

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Jeff Lynne Opens Final 2025 UK Tour With Birmingham Show

Jeff Lynne’s ELO, as the band has been known for a decade, played the first of two hometown shows. The brief tour concludes July 13 at London’s Hyde Park.

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Robbie Robertson-Martin Scorsese Collaborations are Subject of Book, ‘Insomnia’

The Band guitarist and songwriter produced music for the filmmaker’s movies for four decades. The 2025 book is told in Robertson’s voice.

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George Thorogood Bar Tab: ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’

For 10+ minutes of storytelling and boogie guitar, Thorogood + the Destroyers (with Elvin Bishop) stretch things out on the song made famous by John Lee Hooker.

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Oasis Tour Opener Reunites Noel and Liam Gallagher

The long-bickering brothers began their “Live ’25” world tour in Cardiff, Wales and even (briefly) held their hands aloft together.

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Foreigner to Release ‘4’ Deluxe, as Lou Gramm Joins Tour

The 5-disc CD/Blu-ray set includes a booklet with over 60 exclusive photos, five previously unreleased songs, 14 early and alternate versions of various songs, 15 instrumentals, and 15 live performances, spanning the band’s 1981-82 world tour.

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US Folk Music 1963-1969 4-CD Set Coming

The 100-song collection includes such classics of the genre as Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction,” The Youngbloods’ “Get Together,” and We Five’s “You Were On My Mind.”

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Rod Stewart Has Glastonbury 2025 ‘Covered’ With Ronnie Wood and Friends

The 21-song afternoon set was filled with many of his classic songs as well as well-chosen covers that featured several guest stars.

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Supertramp LPs Get Half-Speed Remasters For 50th Anniversary

Crime of the Century was their era-defining third album that catapulted them to global success, along with Crisis? What Crisis?

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