Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
PBS to Air Beatles’ ‘Eight Days a Week’ Film in Nov.
Ron Howard’s Emmy and Grammy Award-winning 2016 documentary will have its broadcast premiere this fall. We called it “a non-stop rush of adrenaline”
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King Crimson Announces 2018 Tour
A revitalized Robert Fripp and Co. are busy: a new live album from summer 2017, a just-completed tour and a run of new dates
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Steely Dan Lawsuit: Fagen vs. Becker’s Estate
The band’s surviving co-founder seeks complete ownership of the band’s name and damages in excess of $1 million, in accordance with a 1972 contract.
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Wayne Cochran, Soul Rocker Turned Preacher, Dead
A rocking soul singer with a gravity-defying platinum pompadour, he never had any hit records but achieved renown nonetheless. Then he gave it all up.
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Stealers Wheel Collection Coming
The band’s brief run in the early 1970s–including their big hit, “Stuck in the Middle With You”– has been compiled into a box set, The A&M Years
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Rolling Stones’ Early BBC Radio Material Due: Listen
A collection of rarely heard radio recordings, featuring music from the band’s formative years, will be released on Dec. 1
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David Cassidy Tributes: TV Stars, Family, Singers
Family, fellow TV stars and musicians are all mourning the loss of the actor and pop idol who died at just 67. “Deep down I dreamt of being a Partridge…”
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Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward Ill, Cancels Dates
Citing heart problems and sending apologies, the drummer has called off all scheduled West Coast dates planned with his trio for December.
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Record Store Day Black Friday 2017 Releases
100+ titles are being issued for the event to support indie record stores. Classic rockers include Queen, the Doors, Greg Lake, Cat Stevens and dozens more
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