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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Glenn Yarbrough Dead at 86, Member of Folk’s Limeliters
The singer enjoyed a 1965 hit with “Baby the Rain Must Fall,” the title song of a Steve McQueen movie but was hardly a one-hit wonder
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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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Led Zeppelin Complete BBC Sessions Offers Unreleased Songs
The newly remastered, expanded and updated version features 8 unreleased BBC recordings, including 3 rescued from a previously “lost” session from 1969
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Metallica To Live Stream Stadium Show on Pandora
The classic rock band have become a go-to act for various NFL extravaganzas. And you’ll be able to hear them kickoff the new season
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Dokken Classic Lineup to Reunite… Briefly
Don Dokken reveals that he’ll be joined by Mick Brown, George Lynch and Jeff Pilson for a series of shows this fall and candidly admits “we’re gonna make a sh*tload of money for about one week of work.” Just one U.S. date…
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Rock Hall to Co-Host Johnny Cash Tribute
A series of events honoring the late Man in Black will take place in Cleveland this fall including an exhibit, interviews, panels and more
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