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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

CSNY Live at Fillmore East 1969 To Be Released

Early in their career as a foursome, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed four concerts over two nights that September.

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Carl Palmer Gets Career-Spanning Box Set

Fanfare For the Common Man, a 3-CD/Blu-ray collection, features music by the Carl Palmer Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia and various other Palmer-affiliated bands and artists

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John Sinclair—Activist, Writer, Manager of MC5, Subject of Lennon Song—Dead at 82

The counterculture hero was the subject of a song written and recorded by John Lennon

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Foreigner Adds Dates to 2024 Farewell Tour

Foreigner continues its farewell with a co-headlining tour with Styx that also includes special guest John Waite, followed by shows with Loverboy and Lita Ford

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Eric Clapton Expands 2024 Tour

Slowhand has announced more dates in which he’ll celebrate his 61st year as a professional musician

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Deep Purple Releases ‘Machine Head’ Super Deluxe Edition

The 1972 album, which unleashed one of rock’s most notable guitar riffs, has gotten new mixes and previously unreleased live recordings

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Pete Townshend Performs With the Broadway Cast of The Who’s ‘Tommy’ Musical

The original 1993 production, based on Townshend’s 1969 rock opera, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, winning five

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The Stray Cats Announce 2024 Tour, Their First in 5 Years

Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals) and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals) have announced a summer tour

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Happy 80th Birthday, Diana Ross!

Lauded as one of the greatest entertainers of all time, Diana Ross has a phenomenal number of big singles and has received almost every honor imaginable

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New Blues Brothers Book: ‘Making of an American Film Classic’

Judy Belushi says author Daniel de Visé has done “a remarkable job of pulling together a credible telling of a complicated story”

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