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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
Joni Mitchell Book of Handwritten Lyrics Coming
She crafted 100 copies as a gift to friends in 1971. Now, Morning Glory on the Vine: Early Songs and Drawings is being made available to the public for the first time
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Don Felder Talks About Making ‘Hotel California’
It’s a song you’ve heard countless times and know note-for-note. The guitarist talks about writing it and recording the iconic interplay he did with Joe Walsh
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Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Broadway-Bound
Following an acclaimed tryout, the musical, arriving in Fall 2019, comes with a distinctive pedigree of Grammy-, Tony- and Olivier Award winners
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Ginger Baker Mourned by Rock Legends
The Cream drummer who died October 6, 2019, at 80, was described as “an innovator,” “an incredible musician” and a “wild man” by his classic rock peers
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Rod Stewart Surprises Bride and Groom at Vegas Wedding
When an engaged couple’s travel plans were dashed, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas made sure they had a memory of a lifetime, with a surprise guest
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We Love You Beatles: ‘Abbey Road’ Tops Sales Charts
The instant success of the release of the 50th anniversary editions of the group’s 1969 studio album instantly evoked memories of Beatlemania
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Fleetwood Mac Announces Final Date of 2018-2019 Tour
The band had to postpone several spring concerts when Stevie Nicks took ill. They resume the tour with 8 concerts in October and November
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Lou Gramm Pulls Out of Foreigner Reunion Tour: Illness
Two days before the band’s “Then & Now” tour was scheduled to begin, the vocalist had to cancel due to “a severe respiratory infection, dehydration + fatigue
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Simple Minds Celebrate 40 Years with Best Of CD, Tour
The band earned 21 Top 20 singles in the U.K. including the #1 U.S. smash, “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” used prominently in The Breakfast Club
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Mott the Hoople Cancels 2019 Tour: Ian Hunter Tinnitus
A new leg of the 1974 reunion tour was scheduled to begin October 21. “I’m afraid I’m not very well,” Hunter wrote. “I’ve had to cancel everything”
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