Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Beatles Online Workshop Coming This Summer
For ‘The Beatles and You: The Composition, Performance, and Recording of Their Classic Songs,’ participants choose their level of involvement
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New Book Tells the Early Story of ‘Clive’s House,’ Arista Records
The label, launched by record exec Clive Davis, was also home to everyone from Patti Smith to Barry Manilow, Lou Reed to its biggest star, Whitney Houston.
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Deacon Frey, Glenn’s Son, is Surprise Guest as Eagles Open European Tour
Several months after he decided to leave the touring edition of the band, he joined them for 3 songs. He had carryied on his father’s legacy for 4 1/2 years
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Beach Boys’ 60th Anniversary Celebration Begins
First up: a newly remastered and expanded edition of their career-spanning greatest hits collection, Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
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Mötley Crüe Drummer Tommy Lee Replaced After 5 Songs of Stadium Tour Opener
The massive tour with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett was originally scheduled to begin in 2020, but was pushed back twice due to the pandemic
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Alice Cooper: ‘Story of The Songs’ Coming to Reelz
“I had never seen music brought to life like that,” said one observer of the staging of 1975’s “Welcome To My Nightmare” tour
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Cheap Trick Book, ‘This Band Has No Past,’ Coming
Drawing on more than eighty original interviews, the title tells the story of the Midwestern bar band and their dogged pursuit of a career in rock ’n’ roll
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Ozzy Osbourne ‘Doing Well’ Following ‘Major’ Surgery
His wife, Sharon, had said the outcome could potentially “determine the rest of his life.” Health issues forced him to repeatedly postpone his “No More Tours 2” tour
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The Zombies 2022 Tour Continues
The British Invasion band have a busy year ahead with a new album, and tours of the U.K., Europe and Canada, in addition to the American dates
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‘Bowie at 75’ Book Celebrates an Extraordinary Life
The book examines his “extraordinary life and alter egos through the lens of 75 significant career achievements and life events”
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