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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
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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‘Roger Waters The Wall’ on DVD 12/1
After its special one-day screening in theaters, Roger Waters The Wall movie is coming to DVD and Blu-ray
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Hugh Cornwell Anthology Out 10/16
A new 12-song collection, The Fall And Rise of Hugh Cornwell, gleans the best tracks from the 25-year solo career of the former Stranglers frontman.
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