Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

Heart Shares More Dates For 2025 Tour

Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson now have dozens of dates on their calendar following Ann’s recovery from cancer.

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Radio Hits of March 1972: La, La, La-La-La-La

A prominent songwriter had a #1 hit with a cover. Listeners were confused by a tune they thought was Neil Young. And T. Rex’s only U.S. hit.

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Eric Clapton Announces More 2025 Tour Dates

Slowhand will turn 80 on March 30. He’s got 22 shows on his calendar.

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Eric Clapton, Cat Stevens, Gary Brooker Play Benefit Concert Just Before 2020 Lockdown

It was the 3rd major all-star benefit concert in London in less than a month. Other performers included Tom Jones and Rick Wakeman.

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Dylan Biopic, ‘A Complete Unknown,’ 0 For 8 at Academy Awards

It’s set during Dylan’s days as a folk singer in the NYC music scene of the early ’60s, culminating with his transformational electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

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Joey Molland, Last Member of Classic Badfinger Lineup, Dies at 77

Along with the group’s primary songwriters Pete Ham and Tom Evans, and Mike Gibbins, the power pop band scored with such hits as “Come and Get It” and “Day After Day.”

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New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen Dies at 75

He was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in 2020, but made the decision to keep his illness private.

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Supertramp “Live in Paris ’79” Album is Released

The album is a souvenir of the 10-month tour in support of their hugely successful Breakfast in America LP from that year.

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Tributes For Gene Hackman, One of Filmdom’s Greatest Actors

One noted director called him “a great actor, inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity. I mourn his loss, and celebrate his existence and contribution.”

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Sold-Out Dickey Betts Memorial Concert to Live Stream For Free

The tribute concert to be held, fittingly, in Macon, Georgia, will feature many of his bandmates, close friends and family.

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