Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Eagles Announce More 2026 Concerts at Sphere in Las Vegas
The run at the state-of-the-art venue now extends to February 2026.
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Lulu Reveals Alcoholism Battle in Memoir, ‘If Only You Knew’
The beloved singer’s career spans seven decades with such highlights as “Shout,” “To Sir With Love” and her recording of the theme song of the 1974 James Bond film, The Man With the Golden Gun.
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Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol 18 Due, ‘Through the Open Window 1956-1963’
The 2025 collection tells the story of his emergence and maturation as a songwriter and performer, from Minnesota to the Greenwich Village bohemia in the early 1960s.
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Who Are You: The Who Share Tracks From Super Deluxe Edition of Final Studio Album Recorded With Keith Moon
The SDE includes over 70 previously unreleased tracks featuring never-before-heard mixes, alternate takes, newly mixed live tracks and candid recordings of the band rehearsing in 1977 and 1978.
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‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Documentary Released
The 2025 film, from director Colin Hanks, includes candid interviews with Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, and Macaulay Culkin, among others.
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Radio Hits in October 1974: The ‘New Math’
The Best Classic Bands chart nerds noticed that this week featured 3 hits at the top with the word “Nothing” in the title: great songs by BTO, Stevie Wonder and Billy Preston.
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Cat Stevens Publishes Memoir, With U.S. Book Tour Still Postponed Due to Visa Delays
The tour, “An Evening of Tales, Tunes and Other Mysteries,” is described as “an intimate night where stories, songs, and truths intertwine.”
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Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats: Waving the Americana Flag
Classic rock fans will enjoy a live performance of an unlikely radio hit which segues nicely into their cover of The Band’s “The Shape I’m In”
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Celebrates 50th Anniversary in 2025
“When it was first released, no one thought it would be around very long let alone…50 years,” says its producer, Lou Adler.
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Ozzy Osbourne Writes Final Memoir, ‘Last Rites’
In the autobiography, announced less than two weeks before his shocking death, the “Prince of Darkness” reflects on his extraordinary life and career.
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