Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Radio Hits in December 1969: Leaving a Decade Behind
As the ’60s ended, some memorable songs dominated the chart including favorites from Three Dog Night, Blood, Sweat & Tears and the Fifth Dimension.
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Bob Dylan Announces 2026 Tour
The “Rough and Rowdy Ways” tour was originally billed from 2021-2024 but has been significantly extended. He’ll turn 85 on May 24.
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The Year’s Best Music Books
The year’s top music-related reads include bios and memoirs associated with the Beatles, The Band, Tom Petty, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Santana and others.
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Squeeze Have Busy 2026 With ‘First’ Album, ‘Trixies,’ and Tour
The album was written by the teenage Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook at the start of their songwriting partnership.
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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The title is based on previously unpublished first-hand accounts of those who attended the band’s first American tour in three years.
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Yusuf/Cat Stevens U.S. Book Tour is Cancelled: ‘It’s Befuddling to Us All’
The tour, “An Evening of Tales, Tunes and Other Mysteries,” was to be “an intimate night where stories, songs, and truths intertwine.”
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YES’ Epic ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ Gets (Super) Super Deluxe Edition
The boxed set features a newly remastered version of the original album on both CD and vinyl; rarities; previously unreleased studio and live recordings; and several new mixes by Steven Wilson, including a Dolby Atmos version.
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When 11 Fans Lost Their Lives at a Who Concert
In a documentary, Townshend and Daltrey give their first long-form TV interviews of the events of Dec. 3, 1979. They finally returned in 2022.
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Radio Hits in December 1977: Getting Sentimental
A Queen song synonymous with sports championships topped the U.S. singles chart this week, which also included hits by Santana, Randy Newman and Fleetwood Mac.
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Watch Academy Award-Winning ‘War is Over’ Short Film, Inspired by John & Yoko Song
The film is set in an alternate WWI reality where, as a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a game of chess.
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