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Take Me Home: Phil Collins’ ‘No Jacket Required’ Gets 40th Anniversary Editions
The hugely successful 1985 title yielded 4 hit singles and earned 3 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year.
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Spinal Tap Sequel, ‘The End Continues,’ Opens
The long-awaited film from Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and director Rob Reiner arrived Sept. 12, 2025.
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Dave Edmunds’ Wife Shares Another Health Update
The original news, on July 29, was a rambling and confusing post that was initially misconstrued since she stated that her husband “had died in my arms” from cardiac arrest while repeatedly writing that he was dead.
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Best Weekly Singles Charts of All-Time: September 1973 Edition
Five all-time classic rock hits were in the Top 10 this week in 1973 on Boston’s Top 40 station WRKO. Could it get any better than this?
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‘Beatles For Sale to Help!’ is Next in Historian’s Book Series
The book is author Bruce Spizer’s 17th overall on the band and ninth in his album series.
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Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham Share 3rd Track From 1973 Duo Album Reissue
The release quickly faded from commercial view but never disappeared from the cultural conversation.
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David Byrne Releases New Album Ahead of 2025-2026 World Tour
Who Is the Sky? is his first new album since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia.
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Billy Joel Releases Archival Videos Timed to Original Documentary, ‘And So It Goes’
The two-part film, all the more poignant given the star’s health issues, spans nearly five hours.
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‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ Doc From ‘Elvis’ Biopic Director Gets Rave Reviews
“I had researchers go into the Warner Bros. film vaults buried in underground salt mines and, to the astonishment of all, we uncovered 68 boxes of film negative, as well as unseen 8mm footage.”
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This ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Flash Mob is the Best Thing You’ll See Today
It’s described by its creator as “the full song like you never dreamed of seeing or hearing it… with 30 musicians and singers in the streets of Paris.”
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