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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
ZZ Top Add Tour Dates; Address Hurricane Harvey
The band have added plenty of dates in support of their Live! Greatest Hits From Around The World album. “It’s gonna be loud and live”…
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Bill Bruford 8-Disc Solo Box Set Due
The set features unreleased, remixed and remastered material from the superstar prog drummer’s solo band of the late 1970s.
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Bob Dylan ‘Trouble No More’ Film Doc to Premiere
A new documentary featuring lost footage from concerts during his 1979-80 gospel-influenced tour also features actor Michael Shannon as a preacher
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Tobe Hooper Dies
The director behind the classic ’70s horror film as well as Poltergeist and others of the genre has passed at age 74. Watch the original Chainsaw trailer!
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Pete Townshend’s Classic Quadrophenia Coming
The Who’s 1973 rock opera will have 5 US performances in September featuring Townshend, Billy Idol, Eddie Vedder, tenor Alfie Boe + orchestral accompaniment
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Bruce Springsteen Solo B’way Shows
The Boss will make his debut on the Great White Way this fall. “Just me, the guitar, the piano and the words and music.” Details and how to register for tickets
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Moody Blues’ John Lodge Releasing Live CD/DVD
The set features the final performance on his first-ever solo tour for his album ‘10,000 Light Years Ago,’ from his hometown of Birmingham in 2016
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Listen: Steve Winwood ‘Greatest Hits Live’
The artist has hand-picked a career-spanning, 23-song track list featuring songs from the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and his solo work
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Rod Stewart Remakes ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy’
His huge worldwide hit from 1978 has gotten a facelift, in a collaboration with the hot act DNCE. The original topped the US charts for 4 weeks
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Farm Aid 2017 to Air Live on AXS TV
Board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews will be joined by Sheryl Crow, the Avett Brothers and more for the one-day festival
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