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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

Little Richard Mono Box Set Coming

One of the biggest influences in the development of rock’n’roll is being celebrated with a 5-LP collection. Check out the video and watch the innovator for yourself

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Birthday Tribute: Prince Gives Toronto 2 Surprise Shows

The artist known as rock-funk royalty treated Toronto fans to 2 stunning solo shows that included his hits, choice LP tracks and very cool covers less than a month before he died

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Playboy Mansion Sold, With Hef as Tenant

The asking price was out of your reach. The buyer is required to allow the 90-year-old Playboy founder to stay. Asking price: $200 million. That’s a lot of Twinkies

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Jon Bon Jovi Reveals NYC Runaway Tours Package

The rocker’s previous intimate weekends in Austin, Nashville and Dublin have all sold-out. If you’re interested in this one, better jump on it quick

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Joan Baez 75th Birthday Concert Airing on PBS

An all-star cast helped folk legend Joan Baez celebrate her big day including Paul Simon, Jackson Browne + Emmylou Harris

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Cranberries Singer Returns With New Group

Put together vocalist Dolores O’Riordan from The Cranberries and bassist Andy Rourke from The Smiths with a DJ and the result is D.A.R.K.

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Beck Releases New Song ‘Wow’

The song will be on his upcoming studio album, his first since winning the Grammy for Album of the Year. We can’t get it out of our heads. Have a listen…

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Bowie Music Still Coming, Says Producer

Longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti says that the coming years will see more as-yet-unheard music from the late superstar.

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AC/DC’s Brian Johnson May Sing Onstage Again (Update)

The band’s lead singer since 1980 has tried a possible high-tech solution to the hearing problem that sidelined him.

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Watch: Paul Simon Reveals Ali Death During ‘The Boxer’

The singer-songwriting legend shared the news while performing one of his signature tunes in Berkeley, CA on Friday night. See the emotional video

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