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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
Faces At The BBC — Complete Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 Box Set Arrives
The 9-disc set, much of it previously unreleased, has been remastered with the full participation of band members Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, and Kenney Jones
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The Band’s Richard Manuel To Be Subject of ‘His Life and Music’ Book
Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band focuses on his compositions and performances
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Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman Announce Resolution of Guess Who Trademark Dispute
The group’s two most prominent members have settled their long-running dispute with fellow band members Garry Peterson and Jim Kale
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Brian May Reveals He Had a Stroke a Week Ago
The legendary guitarist and songwriter suffered “a small heart attack” four years earlier in 2020
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New Cheap Trick Biography, ‘American Standard,’ Arrives
The book, with a foreword by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, covers the band’s initial rise, with special focus on the ‘At Budokan’ story.
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Oasis ‘Definitely Maybe’ Gets 30th Anniversary Edition
The expanded collection includes tracks from the discarded original recording session along with outtakes from the definitive album
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‘Just Backdated – Melody Maker: Seven Years in the Seventies’ Book Published
Between 1970-1977, Chris Charlesworth was with the U.K.’s best-selling music weekly, covering the biggest names in rock
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Neil Young Shares Archives Vol III Song About Breakup From CSN
The 17-CD box set includes 198 tracks with many previously unreleased recordings of classics from his earlier years
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Radio Hits in August 1973: ‘Bad’ Song From a Good Guy
The Top 10 for this week had plenty of classic rock hits including a bad, bad song at #1. If you don’t love these, have someone check your pulse
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Rock Hard: 1977 Board Game Comes From Runaways’ Jackie Fox
The musician was part of the all-girl teen rock band when they were formed in 1975. She was still just 15 years old
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