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Mark Knopfler Shares 3rd Track From Solo Studio LP, ‘One Deep River’

The album, says the announcement, “offers an unstoppable flow of future Knopfler classics, with their customarily learned lyrics and refined guitar textures.”

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Grateful Dead ‘From the Mars Hotel’ Gets 50th Anniv. Deluxe Edition

The 3-disc set features remastered audio and a previously unreleased live concert

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Pete Townshend Performs With the Broadway Cast of The Who’s ‘Tommy’ Musical

The original 1993 production, based on Townshend’s 1969 rock opera, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, winning five

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Radio Hits in March 1965: No Phone, No Pool, No Pets

The British Invasion was in full swing as many of these acts shared the spotlight with U.S. pop and soul singers. No surprise who was #1

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‘The Beach Boys’ Documentary to Premiere on Disney+

The new film traces the group from their humble family beginnings and features never-before-seen footage and all-new interviews with Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, and Bruce Johnston

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The Stray Cats Announce 2024 Tour, Their First in 5 Years

Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals) and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals) have announced a summer tour

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Genesis Closes 2022 Farewell Tour With Final Concert in London

Perhaps this was truly it—and this time it appears that it is, due to Phil Collins’ health issues. The reunion tour featured a mix of hits and album cuts

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Happy 80th Birthday, Diana Ross!

Lauded as one of the greatest entertainers of all time, Diana Ross has a phenomenal number of big singles and has received almost every honor imaginable

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Elton John’s ‘Levon’: A Pauper to a Pawn

The first single from 1971’s Madman Across the Water is “one of our finest moments lyrically and melodically” and includes Paul Buckmaster’s soaring orchestral arrangements.

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Roger Daltrey Joined by Robert Plant, Eddie Vedder on “Baba O’Riley”

The lineup at Royal Albert Hall was a spectacular one with seven nights of concerts to benefit Teenage Cancer Trust

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