Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

Bruce Springsteen Posts Foreword to Autobiography

“One of the questions I’m asked by fans on the street is ‘How do you do it?’ I will try to shed a little light on how and, more important, why.” The book arrives September 27

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Watch: Allman Brothers Band Incident Perform ‘Jessica’

Gregg Allman has cancelled all of his scheduled tour dates through October 16 due to what’s described as “serious health issues”

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President Obama Playlist: From Beach Boys to Jay Z

During the day, POTUS enjoys Aretha Franklin, Prince and the Beach Boys. At night, it’s time for Miles Davis, Aaron Neville and Janet Jackson

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Big Star ‘Complete Third’ Coming in 3-CD Box Set

Following a nearly decade-long search for previously unreleased session tapes, an eagerly awaited box set is coming from the Memphis power pop band

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The Mavericks Set October Date for Live Album

The band are launching their own label, Mono Mundo Recordings, with All Night Live Volume 1, set for Oct 14, featuring performances from their 2015 tour

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R2-D2 Actor Dead; Kenny Baker Was 81

The British actor was the “heart and soul” of the popular Droid and, for many, of the entire blockbuster Star Wars franchise

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Pantera to Release Great Southern Anniversary CD

The Texan groove-metal band will celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of its most intense yet somehow overlooked albums with an expanded edition

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Listen: Yes Tales From Topographic Oceans Gets Expanded

The 1973 double-album from progressive rock giants is getting an expanded reissue on what many feel is the band’s classic lineup. Click for full details

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Doyle Bramhall II, Clapton Collaborator, Releasing Solo LP

The singer-songwriter-guitarist who has collaborated with the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Clapton, Roger Waters and many others, has his first solo LP in a decade. We’ve got tour info, too

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Listen: Leonard Cohen to Release New Studio Album

The singer-songwriter, now 82, will release You Want It Darker this fall. We’ve got a preview of the title track of his follow-up to 2014’s Popular Problems

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