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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

George Harrison To Be Honored With Blue Plaque in U.K.

It will be one of the first to be located outside of London, under a new initiative

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Rod Stewart, Jools Holland Release Lively ‘Swing Fever’ Album

It’s been Stewart’s dream of making an album of the songs that were, in many ways, the rock ‘n’ roll of their day

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John ‘Duff’ Lowe, Bandmate of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in The Quarrymen, Dies

In 1958, the group—Lennon, McCartney, George Harrison, drummer Colin Hanton, and Lowe, on piano—recorded a pair of songs in Liverpool. Lowe retained the only copy

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Mick Jones of Foreigner Reveals Parkinson’s Battle

The guiding force since its start as a British-American rock band in 1976 has explained why he’s no longer touring with them

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David Libert, Founding Member of ’60s Group The Happenings, Dies

He formed the popular group with fellow high school classmates from Paterson, NJ, and later went on to a successful career as a manager

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AC/DC Adds Dates to ‘Power Up’ Tour

It’s their first tour since 2016 and is named for their 2020 studio album

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Legendary Musicians The Immediate Family Release New Album

The studio and touring musicians have performed with a Who’s Who of classic rock.

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Remembering ’60s Guitar Hero Michael Bloomfield

Around the same time that Clapton and Page were getting their names known around London, and before anyone knew about Jimi, America had a homegrown guitar hero of its own

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Paul McCartney & Wings ‘Band on the Run’ Gets 50th Anniversary Edition

McCartney said: “This is ‘Band On the Run’ in a way you’ve never heard before.”

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Santana, Counting Crows Set ‘Oneness’ Tour

The summer run spans 29 dates of outdoor venues

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