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Nick Lowe Nixes a Memoir

He may once have been the Jesus of Cool, but no matter now, no way Lowe is ever going to write his rock memoirs. We say bravo!

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Ringo Starr Drums Sell for $2.2 Million

The drum kit that he used on “She Loves You” and more Beatles hits sold at auction to Indianapolis Colts owner and collector Jim Irsay

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Bruce Springsteen Announces ‘The River’ 2016 Tour

The Boss will be touring with the E Street Band in 2016 in support of the newly released deluxe edition of The River

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Scott Weiland Dead At 48 (Update)

The former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman has died and the tributes from his fellow musicians are pouring in

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Bill Murray, Phoenix Do Beach Boys Xmas Song

Billy Murray’s zany holiday special, A Very Murray Christmas, is now available on Netflix and the actor joins the French rock band Phoenix on a long lost Beach Boys holiday song

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Complete Shoegaze Box Set Out in January

The spacey, neo-psychedelic sound of shoegaze was quite the rage in the U.K. in the late 1980s. A new box set explores the sound and the scene.

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Van Morrison’s Complete Them Recordings Released

They may have backed Van Morrison for only the first three years of his career. But in the process that became a legendary 1960s combo.

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Black Sabbath Deluxe Reissues

It may be The End for Black Sabbath live. But Deluxe Editions of the band’s first three albums will live on.

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Clapton Box Set Of ’70s Studio LPs Coming

Slowhand’s 1970s studio output – including his masterpiece, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – is being released in a vinyl-only box set

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Phil Collins Unretires; Plans LP & Tour (Update)

The long-time Genesis frontman announces a comeback – “I’m raring to go” – and talks about a 2016 solo album and tour

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