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Do You Have What it Takes to Become the World’s First Music Trivia Champion?
Do you pore over LP covers and liner notes? The online competition is free to enter and will award the 1st annual Slayers Cups Music Trivia Championship trophy
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Roger Daltrey to Host Front Row Live Event
Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp’s new program allows participants to chat and interact live with classic rock legends
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Derek & the Dominos’ ‘Layla’ Gets 50th Anniversary Release
1970’s original 2-LP set has been Half-Speed Mastered at Abbey Road Studios. The new edition includes material never before available on vinyl
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Nov 8, 2020: Alex Trebek, Beloved Jeopardy! Host, Dies
The popular host revealed in 2019 that he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer and continued to update his viewers on his condition
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Midnight Oil Bassist Bones Hillman Dies at 62
He joined the band in 1987 and played and sang on every one of their recordings ever since. He was just 62 and had been battling cancer
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Ken Hensley, Uriah Heep Founding Member, Dies at 75
The keyboardist and singer wrote much of the hard rock band’s material including “Easy Livin’,” “Lady in Black,” “Stealin’,” and “Look at Yourself”
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Harry Chapin Documentary Released: Watch Trailer
When In Doubt, Do Something follows one of music’s great humanitarians from childhood throughout his tragically short life
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Baron Wolman, Who Photographed Rock Legends, Dies at 83
He was Rolling Stone’s first chief photographer. “There was an excitement to concerts. You try to see something in the face, the body language, the lighting.”
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Stevie Wonder Performs Hits, New Songs at Detroit Campaign Rally
The legend served as a warmup to the event’s headliners, former President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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Grateful Dead’s ‘American Beauty’ Goes Deluxe For 50th Anniv.
In addition to the original album, the reissue includes a previously unreleased show from 1971, during which the band debuted five new tunes.
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