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Elton John Farewell Tour Ended 5 Years After It Began
Elton John was 70 years old when he announced his farewell tour in his typically grand style with a live streamed press conference. He was 76 at the final concert
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Willie Nelson, 91, Plays Outlaw Festival Following Illness
The star had missed the first 8 concerts of the 2024 edition of the Outlaw Music Festival, due to doctors orders
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Top Selling Albums of 1970: What a Year!
Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.
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The Rolling Stones’ 2022 Return to Hyde Park
It was their 2nd show there in a week. They had first played the venue in 1969 for a free concert that featured their new 20-year-old guitarist Mick Taylor
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Top 40 Hits in July 1966: Summer in the City
Many songs in this week’s Top 10 would become all-time classics. It wasn’t unusual for pop and rock bands to share the airwaves with popular vocalists
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Deep Purple Releases 3rd Single Ahead of ‘=1’ Album and Summer Tour With YES
Two of the U.K.’s most influential bands in their respective genres are touring together in 2024
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Happy Together 2024 Tour Opens With Parade of ’60s Hits
The 14th edition of the tour, named after the Turtles song, features recording artists who have earned many Top 10 hits
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Johnny Cash Newly Discovered 1993 Album, ‘Songwriter,’ Arrives
His son, John Carter Cash, stripped the recordings back to just Johnny’s powerful, pristine vocals and acoustic guitar, and invited some acclaimed musicians to the mix
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Yes ‘Fragile’ Gets Super Deluxe Edition
The band’s fourth album has been newly remastered with rare and unreleased recordings
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Kinky Friedman, Musician and Raconteur Known For Satire, Dies
The satirist, whose onetime band was called Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Revue
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