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What’s the latest info about about rock music and the most interesting and momentous events in its past? You can find it all here: breaking news, sales and airplay charts from the past, notable occasions, and our appreciations of recently departed artists and other musical figures of note
Bonnie Tyler, Husky-Voiced Singer of “It’s a Heartache,” Dies at 75
The singer also earned pop hits with “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out For a Hero.”
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Joe Jackson’s Busy 2026-27: New Rock Album, ‘Hope and Fury,’ and Tour
The Grammy-winning artist and his band are performing nearly 100 shows across 16 countries.
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Eagles Announce More 2026 Concerts
Their run at Sphere in Las Vegas now totals 70 concerts.
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Ringo Starr Sets Fall 2026 Tour to Support ‘Long Long Road’ Album
The, er, Starr, will be 86 when the new run begins with the All Starr Band.
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Radio Hits of 1968: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
What a year! With all-time classics among the year’s best with songs by the Rascals, Steppenwolf, Grass Roots, the Doors, the Beatles, the Stones, and more.
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Alice Cooper to Publish New Memoir: ‘Devil on My Shoulder’ Charts His ‘Evilution’
“The story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think it’s time to sort reality from myth,” Cooper said.
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‘Digging Your Scene: 1982-1987’ UK Compilation Arrives
The 4-CD set celebrates the “New Jazz” music of that era including tracks by Everything But the Girl, Alison Moyet, Swing Out Sister and The Blow Monkeys, whose 1986 hit inspired the compilation’s name.
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Top 40 Hits in July 1966: Summer in the City
Many songs in this week’s Top 10 would become all-time classics. It wasn’t unusual for pop and rock bands to share the airwaves with popular vocalists.
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New Book Peeks Inside Beatles Manager Brian Epstein’s Address Book. No, Really!
The book is described as “a remarkable fusion of biography and detective story, offering a vivid portrait of The Beatles’ inner circle.”
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AC/DC PWR/UP Pop Up Shop to Open in Every City on 2026 North American Tour
Each location will feature exclusive merchandise, iconic props, custom visuals, interactive photo moments, ticket giveaways, fan preview events, and the opportunity to enter to win a guitar signed by Angus Young.
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