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David Gilmour Triumphs With New ‘Luck and Strange’ Concert Album and ‘Live at the Circus Maximus’ Film
The souvenirs of his sold-out tour are available on CD, vinyl, Blu-ray and DVD, following the limited theatrical release of Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome.
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Boz is Back: Scaggs Explores Great American Songbook with ‘Detour,’ 1st New Album in 7 Years
The 2025 release is a captivating and deeply personal exploration of timeless songs.
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Alan Parsons Project’s ‘I Robot’ Gets Super Deluxe Edition
The 1977 concept album draws on author Isaac Asimov’s science fiction Robot stories.
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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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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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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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