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‘Power To The People’: John & Yoko Box Set With ‘One To One’ Concerts Arrives
The massive collection features 123 tracks, including 90 never-before-heard and previously unreleased tracks. Other editions focus solely on the 1972 full-length performances at Madison Square Garden.
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Complete Johnny Cash Lyrics Book Arrives
The comprehensive and definitive 720-page book collects—for the first time—every one of his song lyrics alongside never-before-seen reproductions of handwritten pages from his own notebooks.
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‘The Beatles Anthology’ Book Gets 25th Anniversary Reissue
The original title, published in 2000, came five years after the acclaimed three-part documentary that aired on ITV in the U.K. and on ABC TV in the U.S. in November 1995.
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Eagles Announce More 2026 Concerts at Sphere in Las Vegas
The run at the state-of-the-art venue now extends to February 2026.
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Lulu Reveals Alcoholism Battle in Memoir, ‘If Only You Knew’
The beloved singer’s career spans seven decades with such highlights as “Shout,” “To Sir With Love” and her recording of the theme song of the 1974 James Bond film, The Man With the Golden Gun.
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Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol 18 Due, ‘Through the Open Window 1956-1963’
The 2025 collection tells the story of his emergence and maturation as a songwriter and performer, from Minnesota to the Greenwich Village bohemia in the early 1960s.
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John Lodge of the Moody Blues Has Died
The legendary band’s bassist, singer and songwriter, 82, wrote “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band).”
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Radio Hits in October 1974: The ‘New Math’
The Best Classic Bands chart nerds noticed that this week featured 3 hits at the top with the word “Nothing” in the title: great songs by BTO, Stevie Wonder and Billy Preston.
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Cat Stevens Publishes Memoir, With U.S. Book Tour Still Postponed Due to Visa Delays
The tour, “An Evening of Tales, Tunes and Other Mysteries,” is described as “an intimate night where stories, songs, and truths intertwine.”
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Celebrates 50th Anniversary in 2025
“When it was first released, no one thought it would be around very long let alone…50 years,” says its producer, Lou Adler.
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