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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
The Rolling Stones’ 2022 Return to Hyde Park
It was their 2nd show there in a week. They had first played the venue in 1969 for a free concert that featured their new 20-year-old guitarist Mick Taylor
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Aretha Franklin’s Handwritten Will, Found Under a Couch Cushion, is Valid
A jury has decided that the singing legend’s handwritten will from 4 years before her death is valid. The trial has pitted her sons against each other
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Judas Priest to Replace Ozzy Osbourne at Power Trip Festival
One day after saying “my body is telling me that I’m just not ready yet,” Ozzy’s replacement at the festival has been announced
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Cheap Trick Extends 2023 Tour
The band is an American institution, beloved around the globe for their instantly identifiable brand of pop rock ‘n’ roll
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New Book: The Women Behind the Rolling Stones, ‘Parachute Women’
The book is about the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg
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Ronnie Wood Joins Hollywood Vampires For Jeff Beck Tribute
The guitarist joined the band’s Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp at London’s O2 Arena
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Elton John Farewell Tour Ends 5 Years After It Began
Elton John was 70 years old when he announced his farewell tour in his typically grand style with a live streamed press conference. He was 76 at the final concert
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Radio Hits July 1967: No Need to Change the Station
The Summer of Love was in full swing and radio was playing hits by the Airplane, Grass Roots, one-hit-wonders Every Mother’s Son and Music Explosion. And, of course, Scott McKenzie’s big hit
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Radio Hits July 1966: Summer in the City
Many songs in this week’s Top 10 would become all-time classics. It wasn’t unusual for pop and rock bands to share the airwaves with popular vocalists
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The Zombies’ Busy 2023: Tour, New Album
The British Invasion band and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers continue their comeback with the new studio effort, Different Game
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