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Bon Jovi Again Add Dates to 2026 Tour as Return to Stage is Met With ‘Overwhelming Demand’
The announcement comes after JBJ’s much documented vocal cord surgery and rehab process.
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Inaugural Everything Fab Four Fest to Honor The Beatles
The 3-day event, in November 2025, features renowned Beatles historians and authors as well as performances by Max Weinberg and Jake Clemons of the E Street Band.
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Rock Hall Reveals More Special Guests and Performers for Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony
Many of the acts selected were eligible for decades as the HoF continues to play catch-up.
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The Stray Cats Cancel 2025 Tour Due to Brian Setzer’s ‘Serious Illness’
Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals) and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals) were about to begin a month-long run.
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Filmmaker, Journalist Cameron Crowe Sets Book Tour For Memoir, ‘The Uncool’
The writer and/or director of such acclaimed films as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous, was an unlikely rock and roll insider at age 15.
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Bruce Springsteen Releases Expanded ‘Holy Grail’ Edition of ‘Nebraska’
The 5-disc set, timed to the release of the feature film Deliver Me From Nowhere, includes The E Street Band’s fabled “Electric Nebraska” sessions and solo outtakes from the era.
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Wings Anthology Coming, Curated by Paul McCartney
The collection coincides with the release of the book, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, which also arrives in November.
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Rocking the Charts: The Top Albums of October 1981
Though Top 40 programmers stubbornly played songs by A/C acts, the top slots on the U.S. sales chart were dominated by rock acts.
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1-2-3-4: Listen to The Beatles ‘Anthology’ 2025 Upgraded Expanded Edition
The landmark 1995 series has been restored and remastered in celebration of its 30th anniversary with updated releases on screen, as music collections and in print.
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