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‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Documentary Released
The 2025 film, from director Colin Hanks, includes candid interviews with Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, and Macaulay Culkin, among others.
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Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson to Celebrate Rush and Neil Peart With 2026 Tour
“It’s been over 10 years since Alex and I have performed the music of Rush alongside our fallen bandmate and friend Neil.”
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Bon Jovi Again Add Dates to 2026 Tour as Return to Stage is Met With ‘Overwhelming Demand’
The announcement comes after JBJ’s much documented vocal cord surgery and rehab process.
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Inaugural Everything Fab Four Fest to Honor The Beatles
The 3-day event, in November 2025, features renowned Beatles historians and authors as well as performances by Max Weinberg and Jake Clemons of the E Street Band.
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Rock Hall Reveals More Special Guests and Performers for Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony
Many of the acts selected were eligible for decades as the HoF continues to play catch-up.
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The Stray Cats Cancel 2025 Tour Due to Brian Setzer’s ‘Serious Illness’
Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals) and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals) were about to begin a month-long run.
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Filmmaker, Journalist Cameron Crowe Sets Book Tour For Memoir, ‘The Uncool’
The writer and/or director of such acclaimed films as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous, was an unlikely rock and roll insider at age 15.
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Bruce Springsteen Releases Expanded ‘Holy Grail’ Edition of ‘Nebraska’
The 5-disc set, timed to the release of the feature film Deliver Me From Nowhere, includes The E Street Band’s fabled “Electric Nebraska” sessions and solo outtakes from the era.
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Rocking the Charts: The Top Albums of October 1981
Though Top 40 programmers stubbornly played songs by A/C acts, the top slots on the U.S. sales chart were dominated by rock acts.
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