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Paul McCartney Sets 2022 Tour, ‘Got Back’
The “Got Back” tour begins nearly three years since the legend played what proved to be the final date of his “Freshen Up” tour. He turns 80 on June 18
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James Brown Documentary Coming to A&E
‘Say It Loud’ will premiere on A&E in 2023 timed to what would have been the so-called Godfather of Soul’s 90th birthday. Mick Jagger is an Exec Producer
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Scorpions Release 1st Studio Album in 7 Years, ‘Rock Believer’
It’s the group’s 19th studio effort. “We simply wanted to reactivate the original Scorpions DNA — great riffs, strong melodies”
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Bob Dylan Center to Open In Tulsa in May 2022
Located near the Woody Guthrie Center, the immersive experience will contain handwritten lyric manuscripts, previously unreleased recordings, films, photos and more
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‘Mysteries in the Music,’ Non-Fiction Book on Myths, Hoaxes, Due
Author Jim Berkenstadt, aka the Rock and Roll Detective, examines secrets, myths, legends, hoaxes, conspiracies, and wildly inexplicable events
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Rockers Pay Tribute to Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker
Fellow musicians cited his singing, writing and performing skills. Turns out that Brooker used to help out a prominent producer to babysit his kids
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Pink Floyd Releases Restored Editions of ‘Pulse’ Concert Film
The performance from London’s Earl’s Court includes The Dark Side of the Moon performed in full live from the band’s 1994 Division Bell tour
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‘America’s Deadliest Rock Concert’ Program, on Great White Tragedy, to Air
The deadly nightclub fire that left 100 people dead at a 2003 concert in Rhode Island is the subject of a new program on Reelz
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Glenn Frey’s Son, Deacon, Bows Out of Eagles 2022 Tour Due to Illness
Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit will again be joined by Vince Gill and a full orchestra for the Hotel California tour
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Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard Add Dates to 2022 Stadium Tour
The original reunion announcement was on Dec. 4, 2019. The giant tour with Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts was originally planned for 2020
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