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Noted Presley Biographer, Peter Guralnick, Returns With ‘The Colonel and The King’ Book

The 2025 title “draws on a wealth of Tom Parker’s never-before-seen correspondence to reveal that this oft-reviled figure was in fact a confidant, friend, and architect of his client’s success.”

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Eric Clapton Addresses His Own Mortality on New ‘Meanwhile’ Album

The title collects eight previously released singles plus six new recordings.

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono ‘One to One’ Concert Documentary Coming

The film features newly transferred and restored 16mm footage including Lennon’s only full-length concert performances after The Beatles, as well as previously unseen and unheard personal archives.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 Led By the Doobie Brothers’ Johnston, McDonald and Simmons

When you see the list of those that didn’t make it this year, you realize that the organization has a lot of catching up to do for its prestigious honor.

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Billy Idol Sets 2025 Tour With Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

The classic rock stars are teaming for several dozen dates in arenas and amphitheaters.

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Classic Rock Stars Offer Tributes to Filmmaker David Lynch

He directed such films as Blue Velvet, 1984’s Dune, and Eraserhead, and co-created the mystery-horror series Twin Peaks.

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Jazz Fest 2025 Sets Star-Studded Lineup

The organizers of the popular festival have booked another broad-ranging list of artists.

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Ringo Starr Returns With Country Album: ‘It Was a Joy Making It’

His lifelong love of country music has been apparent and celebrated throughout his illustrious career (“Act Naturally,” “What Goes On,” “Don’t Pass Me By”).

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Renowned Record Label Exec to Publish Book on ‘The Art of Rock Promotion’

Paul Rappaport, who enjoyed a storied career in rock radio promotion for decades at Columbia Records during the genre’s glory days of multi-Platinum sales and sold-out arena tours, is publishing a book, Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, and The Art

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Bill Murray Opens Concert Tour With ‘Like a Rolling Stone’

Never one to shy away from an open microphone to sing, he’s teaming up with Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia (aka “Blood Brothers”) to perform a series of shows.

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