Tag "best classic bands"

Peter Gabriel Opens 2023 Tour, His First in 7 Years

He opened “i/o the Tour” in Kraków, Poland, with a 23-song set that included much of the new album and many favorites

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George Thorogood ‘Recovering Nicely’ From ‘Serious Medical Condition’

The 73-year-old guitarist, songwriter and singer was in the midst of the Destroyers’ “50 Years of Rock” tour when his team had announced a “serious medical condition”

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‘Brandy’ by Looking Glass (It’s a Fine Song)

For one week only, in the summer of 1972, it was the best-selling, most often played single in the United States of America.

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The Beatles’ ‘I Saw Her Standing There’: Way Beyond Compare

The song is an endless (and endlessly relatable) story, but also a finite one in that it takes place in less than three minutes

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10cc, Herman’s Hermits Manager, Harvey Lisberg, Writes Memoir, “I’m Into Something Good”

He guided the careers of many of music’s brightest stars to emerge from Manchester, U.K. during the British Invasion

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Rick Wakeman Interview: Yes and Those Legendary Capes

The keyboard legend chats about his prog rock career, Yes’ Rock Hall induction, and why he started wearing those famous capes!

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11 Surprising 1970s Radio Hits (Part 2)

It’s amazing that these songs – many by huge stars – were not only played on Top 40 radio… they became smash hits. Their stories…

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Three Vintage Films Capture San Francisco Rock’s Glory Days

Santana, Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and others at their ’60s/’70s peak are captured live in this DVD set.

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Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull’s Past, Present and Future

We talked to the legend about the new album, RökFlöte, the demand that Tull faced in its first decade with the constant cycle of writing, recording and touring, and his own mortality

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Paul & Linda McCartney’s ‘Ram’: Macca Magic

For all the criticism tossed his way, McCartney and his hired hands did an admirable job of conveying the mirth and merriment inherent in these songs.

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