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Bruce Springsteen 2022 ‘Howard Stern Show’ Career-Spanning Interview
“You go through your career and you pick people up and people go by the wayside. But that’s the nature of creativity”
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‘Friends’ Cast Lead Tributes to Matthew Perry
“We are a family,” wrote the five surviving stars in a joint statement. The actor, 54, starred as Chandler Bing on the hugely successful TV sitcom for its 10 seasons
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Todd Rundgren Performed Elsewhere on Night of 2021 Rock Hall Induction
The Class of 2021 ceremony was held in Cleveland. But although the legendary musician and producer was also in Ohio, he was 249 miles away
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ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd Set 2024 Tour
The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour extends the classic rock legends’ first co-headlining run
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John Mellencamp Sets 2024 Edition of ‘Live and In Person’ Tour
The celebrated musician continues to support his 25th studio album, Orpheus Descending
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‘This Guitar Has Seconds To Live: A People’s History of The Who’—New Book
The oral history of the band is based on eyewitness accounts from hundreds of concertgoers
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How Jimmy Page Got His Legendary Guitar Case Back
A teenaged fan goes to see his favorite band perform in 1972 and, incredibly, obtains a discarded case. Nearly 50 years later, he reunites it with its owner
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BCB Readers: ‘How We Were Introduced to Rock’
We asked our Newsletter subscribers how they first started listening to the music we now refer to as classic rock. “My grandparents thought the world was coming to an end”
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Now Subbing For Elvis Presley… Glen Campbell
Campbell had perfect pitch and an uncanny ability to match Elvis’ key and delivery, enabling him to present new songs to the King
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New Book, ‘The Rolling Stones: Icons,’ Features Rare, Unpublished Photos
“The documentarians housed in this volume preserved images we collectively get to visit and see again,” says the book’s intro.
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