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Mar 11, 2021: Sally Grossman, Widow of Dylan Manager Who Famously Posed on Album Cover, Dies
The 25-year-old appears on the iconic cover of the 1965 LP, Bringing It All Back Home, in a striking red pantsuit, while seated and smoking a cigarette
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The Sex Pistols’ Short-Lived Record Label Deal
The band had been dropped by EMI Records. The A&M label signed the Pistols with a PR stunt, and then…. Find out what happened and who profited.
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Fleetwood Mac World Tour: Details Slowly Emerge
As a full band, they did one concert in 2016 and just two more in 2017. That all changes in 2018, as a “massive trek around the planet” is being planned
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Eagles Wrap Up ‘Evening With’ Tour in Detroit
The band’s six-show mini-tour, the first to feature Deacon Frey and Vince Gill, is now history. Read our recap and check out the set list.
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Bad Company, Minus Ralphs, Return to Stage
The British band with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke gave a triumphant performance in Tulsa, Okla. while their co-founder recuperates from a stroke he suffered in 2016
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Steven Tyler Returns to Stage After Health Scare
Less than four weeks after Aerosmith’s South American tour was abruptly ended due to Tyler’s medical issue, the frontman performed several songs at a benefit concert
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Ringo Starr Begins 2017 Tour of All-Starr Band
The longest-running edition of the band’s lineup kicked off their new tour at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Watch some highlights of the 21-song set
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Bob Seger New Studio Album Out Nov. 17
Seger’s 18th studio album, and first in three years, includes tributes to Glenn Frey of the Eagles, Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen.
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Jason Aldean Opens SNL With Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’
Saturday Night Live offered an unexpected–and welcome–start to its October 7 broadcast as the country singer offered a tribute to the Las Vegas victims and their families
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Rock Hall 2018 Noms: Moodys, Geils, Cars, Bon Jovi
19 acts are nominated for the HoF’s Class of 2018, including many deserving acts. But scores of classic rock favorites are again missing
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