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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
Doobies, Dawes, Hornsby & More at Haynes’ Christmas Jam
It’s the 27th year for Haynes’ Christmas Jam in Asheville, NC with star-studded bill raising funds.
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Rock Hall Nods Include Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple & Steve Miller
This year’s classic rock nominees include the above mentioned plus The Cars, Yes, Los Lobos, Nine Inch Nails and The Smiths. Plus Janet Jackson? Go figure.
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Gregg Allman Plans New Album
Gregg Allman plans to cut a new album in 2016. The locale: The famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. The producer: Don Was. Odds are good it’ll be a winner.
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Fogerty Sets January Vegas Residency
John Fogerty will play The Venetian in Las Vegas in January, billed as Peace, Love, and Creedence, in a multimedia show that will focus on 1969.
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Courtney Barnett to Release Jack White Produced Single
Aussie rock sensation Courtney Barnett is the latest act to wax a 45 with Jack White for his Third Man Records. A deluxe edition of her debut LP is coming.
Read MoreFlaming Lips (aka Dead Petz) to Back Miley Cyrus on Tour
It will certainly be 2015’s most unique tour – Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz will play six club dates in November.
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It’s Really, Really Official Now: Steven Tyler’s Gone Country
If you thought that Steven Tyler’s country single from earlier this year was an experiment… nope. He recently taped his debut solo show in country mode.
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Scorpions Doc ‘Forever and a Day’ Debuts 10/14
The most successful German band ever have decided not to retire, and are debuting their rock doc ‘Forever and a Day” in theaters for one night only on 10/14.
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Dead & Company Extends Farewell with John Mayer (Updates)
Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann & Mickey Hart are touring with John Mayer as Dead and Company on a tour that starts October 29. And they’re offering a free gig
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Dave Stewart Memoir Coming 2/9/16
Former Eurythmic Dave Stewart “shares never-before-told stories of his life in music” (says the advance PR) in a book titled – what else? – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This): A Life in Music. It will debut in hardcover on
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