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Foreigner Announces Massive 2021 Tour
The tour begins in the U.S. with dates in 42 states through November. It continues in 2022 with an extensive international leg in 16 countries
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Metallica’s Black Album Gets 30th Anniversary Editions
A Limited Edition Deluxe Box set contains over 24 hours of music. A tribute album, The Metallica Blacklist, features covers from over 50 artists
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Squeeze Sets 2021 Headlining Tour Among Support Dates With Hall & Oates
The Tilbrook/Difford-led band have 24 dates in addition to 18 with the popular duo. “Seeing an audience again will be emotional; it’s been too long”
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Led Zeppelin Biography Coming From Noted Author
Says a rock legend of the new book, “Infamous stories from the road, tales of excess, and ego are balanced by the band’s insatiable desire for heat and beauty”
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Styx Releases New Album as 2021 Tour Begins
“Hello friends… Man, have we missed you all!” says Styx’s Tommy Shaw. The summer run is a welcome sign for music fans. Listen to “Crash of the Crown”
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Queensrÿche’s ‘Mindcrime,’ ‘Empire’ Get Expanded
The band’s landmark progressive metal albums, newly mastered at Abbey Road Studios, are being celebrated with plenty of concert performances from the era
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David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ Sets Broadway Return
“New York is back,” said Byrne, “and given all we’ve witnessed, felt and experienced, we have an opportunity for a new world here”
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Mary Chapin Carpenter, Marc Cohn and Shawn Colvin Set 2021 Tour
The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriters will be on stage together for several dozen shows this fall, performing songs and sharing stories
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Eric Clapton Announces 2021 U.S. Tour
The concerts will be Slowhand’s only North American dates for 2021 and will precede his European tour, which was rescheduled to Spring of 2022
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King Crimson Announce 2021 Tour
This marks the seventh year that the band has toured since returning to performing live in 2014, a run only interrupted by the lockdown in 2020
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