Pete Townshend Performs With the Broadway Cast of The Who’s ‘Tommy’ Musical
The original 1993 production, based on Townshend’s 1969 rock opera, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, winning five
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Bruce Springsteen Proves It (Almost) All Night: 2024 Live Review
Springsteen’s gymnastic jumping from the pianos is definitely in the past, but his interplay with the audience remains compelling.
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Squeeze and Their Hook-Filled ‘Argybargy’
The album became the British band’s first charting album in the U.S. upon release in 1980 thanks to songs like “Another Nail in My Heart.”
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The Stray Cats Announce 2024 Tour, Their First in 5 Years
Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals) and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals) have announced a summer tour
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The Rolling Stones Rock the Wiltern in 2002: Review
The wide-ranging 20-song program features such often-played numbers as “Honky Tonk Women,” “Brown Sugar” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” but also includes a handful of obscurities
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Elton John’s ‘Levon’: A Pauper to a Pawn
The first single from 1971’s Madman Across the Water is “one of our finest moments lyrically and melodically” and includes Paul Buckmaster’s soaring orchestral arrangements.
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First Banger: The Shredding Delight of the Beatles’ ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
This is the first Beatles guitar solo that shreds, and it’s hard to fathom/estimate how many kids decided they wanted to be guitar heroes upon hearing Harrison’s thrilling break.
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New Blues Brothers Book: ‘Making of an American Film Classic’
Judy Belushi says author Daniel de Visé has done “a remarkable job of pulling together a credible telling of a complicated story”
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‘Johnny Rivers at the Whisky à Go Go’ @60: Rockin’ on Stage
If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to dance to live rock and roll at a Los Angeles discotheque in 1964, here is your answer.
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When Kenny Rogers ‘Dropped In’
Years before his hugely successful solo career as a recording and touring artist, “the Gambler” scored a psychedelic pop hit with the First Edition.
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