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Billy Joel’s ‘The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden’ Complete Concert Gets Release
The title features 11 additional performances not included in the original 2024 broadcast.
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Top Selling Albums of 1973: Come to the Dark Side
Classic rock was in its heyday and many of its biggest names released #1 albums this year. But only one could be the year’s biggest.
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Paul McCartney Releases ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ Album, Recalling Days of Growing Up in Post-War Liverpool
The album finds him writing about his childhood in post-war Liverpool, the resilience of his parents, and early adventures shared with George Harrison and John Lennon long before the world had ever heard of Beatlemania.
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Frankie Valli, 92, Lead Vocalist of the Four Seasons, to Take Remainder of 2026 Off: Health
“I’m looking forward to getting healthy and seeing you all again soon,” he wrote.
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The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour is Subject of New Book, ‘Is Everybody Ready for the Next Band?’
The title is based on previously unpublished first-hand accounts of those who attended the band’s first American tour in three years.
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Yes Sets Live 1976 Archival Release, ‘Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City’
The concert featured their formidable Relayer lineup—Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, and Patrick Moraz.
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Tom Jones Adds More Shows to Busy 2026 Tour
The legend, 86 years old on June 7, has dozens of concerts in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland and Europe on his calendar.
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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Tenor Saxophone, Dies at 95
During his seven-decade career, he played with a Who’s Who of fellow jazz greats as well as a memorable solo with the Rolling Stones.
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Radio Hits of May 1966
This week’s playlist on NYC’s Top 40 powerhouse 77WABC featured a typically great combination of pop, rock and soul at the top of the chart.
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Jeff Beck Book Biography Coming: ‘Blow by Blow’
The 2026 title draws on more than 30 hours of original interviews with Beck, along with extensive conversations with Jimmy Page, Johnny Depp, Clive Davis, and many others.
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