Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Hear: Chuck Berry ‘Lady B. Goode’ From New Album
Hail, hail, rock ‘n’ roll, indeed! One of music’s founding fathers used the occasion of his 90th birthday to announce that a new LP is on the way.
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Singer and Jazz Band Swings ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’
It’s the big classic rock hit of the 1980s like you’ve never heard it before!
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Hired Gun Documentary About Musicians, Hitting Theaters
A new film does for backup musicians of rock stars what the 2013 Academy Award-winning film 20 Feet From Stardom did for backup singers
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Elton John Releases Videos of Early Hits
Since there were no videos for “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer” or “Bennie and the Jets,” Elton held a competition. The winners are now in!
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AXS TV to Air Queen Show From Mercury’s Last Tour
Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest was part of the band’s 1986 Magic Tour. A concert film, released in 2012, will make its television debut
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Lulu, ‘To Sir With Love’ Singer, Plans U.S. Tour
A full 50 years after her smash hit from a landmark movie, the Scottish singer is playing her first-ever headlining dates in the U.S.
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Big Star ‘Best Of’ Collection Out in June
The new release features rare edits of some of the Memphis band’s most popular songs, plus tracks from all three of their influential albums.
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Beach Boys Release ‘1967–Sunshine Tomorrow’
The latest expanded edition from the band focuses on the sessions that became the ‘Wild Honey’ and ‘Smiley Smile’ albums. Tons of outtakes and live tracks.
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Listen: Glen Campbell’s Final Studio Album, Adiós
The LP, featuring classic songs, was recorded following his 2013 “Goodbye Tour.” The beloved singer-guitarist is in the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease
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Listen: 2 Songs From Buckingham/McVie Album
News of the surprise album first arrived in January. Now, full details including a summer tour for the Fleetwood Mac vets
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