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Best Classic Bands Staff

Best Classic Bands Staff

The BCB team brings you the latest Breaking News, Contests, On This Day rock history stories, Classic Videos, retro-Charts and more.

The Mark Knopfler ‘Going Home’ Single With 60 Rock Legends

A 2024 release of his song, “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero),” features a Who’s Who of rock musicians with the proceeds to help fight teen cancer.

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Billy Crystal’s Moving, Funny Muhammad Ali Eulogy in 2016

Watch the actor-comedian gave a brilliant tribute to his “big brother” of 42 years. “Didn’t he make all of our lives a little bit better than they were?”

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Justin Hayward Shares New Single, 2025 Tour Dates

The Moody Blues legend has also released a cover of the Dream Academy’s “Life In a Northern Town,” in association with producer-conductor Mike Batt.

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Jon Anderson is Busy in 2025: Tour, Live Album of Classic YES

“The first time I heard the Band Geeks I truly freaked out; they sound just like the classic YES of the seventies, the YES that I know and love.”

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Praise For Memoir By J. Geils Band’s Peter Wolf, From Bob Dylan

Each chapter in Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters and Goddesses reads as its own short story.

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James Taylor Adds Dates to 2025 Tour

The legendary singer-songwriter turns 77 on March 12.

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Jethro Tull Releases New Studio Album, ‘Curious Ruminant’

The 2025 title follows the band’s recent burst of recording activity with releases in 2022 and 2023.

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YES Thrills With New ‘Close To the Edge’ Super Deluxe Edition

The set features what many consider to be the band’s classic lineup of Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, and Bill Bruford. Full details here.

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Remember Kiki Dee? English Singer Rocketed to Stardom in the ’70s

The English singer was introduced to U.S. audiences in 1974 with “I’ve Got the Music in Me.” Two years later, she joined Elton John for a #1 smash.

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Eric Clapton Announces More 2025 Tour Dates

Slowhand will turn 80 on March 30. He’s got 22 shows on his calendar.

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