Brian Wilson Expands ‘Pet Sounds’ 50th Tour
The Beach Boys legend will tour to celebrate the re-release of the iconic album for a final time, in honor of its 50th anniversary.
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Heart, Cheap Trick, Jett to Tour Together
Three members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – including the newest – are teaming for a big summer tour billed as the Rock Hall Three For All
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ZZ Top’s Gibbons Rocks the Latin Beat Solo
Sexy, saucy and set to a Latin beat, Billy Gibbons Perfectamundo allows him to shine after waiting some 45 years to go solo.
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HBO’s ‘Vinyl’ Gets Rock & the Biz Right
Preview of the new series created by rock and film/TV A-Listers that depicts the wild wild times of the New York music business of the ’70s.
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Trakin Care of Business: Get Back, Honky Cats
Our new column plays Monday Morning QB on Coldplay at the Super Bowl. Plus the Coen Brothers’ ‘Hail, Caesar,’ Elton’s newest, and more.
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Amy Winehouse Documentary Haunts
The Academy Award-winning documentary is a “dark and painful” tale that sadly shows how she was destined to die young and join music’s “27 Club”
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Bryan Adams ‘Get Up’ Album: A ‘Gem’
Our reviewer called the 2015 release his favorite album of the year, describing it as a “little golden age of classic rock ‘n’ roll”
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Blackmore, Private Guitar Star, Opens Up
The recently released Ritchie Blackmore Story DVD may very well have helped Deep Purple’s selection for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016. “A rock eccentric’s life worth witnessing.”
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Names Class of 2016
Classic rock acts are well represented in the Rock Hall Class of 2016, including several bands that have been long overdue for induction
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Handicapping the 2016 Rock Hall Candidates
Best Classic Bands used a bit of intuition and a roll of the dice to assess which acts will be inducted into the Class of 2016
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