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Sammy Hagar Responds to David Lee Roth About Joining His 2024 Tour: ‘You’re Not Invited’
Hours after David Lee Roth said that he’d like to participate in the Sammy Hagar “Best of All Worlds” 2024 tour with Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Joe Satriani, Hagar gave a tough response
Read MoreWhen the Rolling Stones Closed Their 2022 Tour
The band’s 60th anniversary was limited to 14 concerts, all in Europe and the U.K.
Read MoreVeteran Producer Pens Book About Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock
Longtime music industry exec Tom Werman has written Turn It Up!: My Time Making Hit Records, about some of the biggest artists of the ’70s and ’80s
Read MoreThe Cowsills Announce 2024 Tour, Release Christmas EP
The family singing group also confirmed their participation in the 2024 edition of the popular Happy Together tour of ’60s pop acts
Read MoreBeatles’ Roadie, Mal Evans, is Subject of 1st Full-Length Biography
The family and the estate of the Beatles confidant gave world-renowned Beatles scholar and author Kenneth Womack full access to his archives
Read MoreBob Dylan’s Joyous ‘Budokan 1978’ Arrives, Completely
The 45th anniversary set of those first Japanese performances includes two entire concerts, featuring 58 tracks, 36 of which are previously unreleased
Read MoreThe Kinks Continue 60th Anniversary Celebration
A two-year celebration continues with a pair of career-defining anthologies, The Journey – Parts 1 and 2, curated by Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory
Read MoreKool & the Gang Co-Founder George Brown Dies at 74
The co-writer of such huge R&B/pop hits as “Celebration,” “Ladies Night” and “Jungle Boogie” was still active in 2023.
Read MoreJann Wenner Has a Surprising Defender: Bob Dylan
At a concert in New York City with Wenner in attendance, Dylan told the audience “we’re trying to get him back in” the Rock Hall
Read MoreNeil Young Archives Vol 1 1963-1972 Gets Reissue
The first in a series of archival box sets encompassing his entire career, was originally released in 2009 and has been long out of print
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