Tag "classic rock"
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ Final Concert
We didn’t know that he soldiered on throughout the big 2017 tour with a fractured hip. Who could have known that their September 25 performance would be their last?
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The Doors’ ‘Strange Days’: We Want the World…
On their second album, Jim Morrison and the band moved into uncharted territory lyrically and instrumentally. When the music’s over, turn out the lights…
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Radio Hits in September 1968: Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah-Nah-Nah-Nah
Los Angeles’ Top 40 powerhouse KHJ had some all-time greats in its Top 10 this week including The Beatles’ longest-running #1
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Moody Blues’ John Lodge Adds to ‘Performs Days of Future Passed’ 2024 Tour
The bass guitarist, singer and songwriter will be joined by special guest Jon Davison of YES
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Steely Dan: ‘Aja’—A Dazzling Listen
Previously a collective yet to realize its most effective means of transforming ideas into finished art, Becker and Fagen coalesced on this 1977 classic
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10 Reasons Springsteen Was Born to Run Forever
Our resident Springsteen expert identifies why the eternally hard-working rocker will continue proving it all night for a long time to come. The genes don’t hurt…
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ELO’s ‘Don’t Bring Me Down… Bruce!’
Most classic rock acts have a misheard lyric. It goes with the territory. So what did Jeff Lynne do when concert audiences started singing along to his big hit?
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Bob Dylan and The Band in Energetic Romp on Massive Live 1974 Set
In his first tour in over 7 years, he was backed by his friends and previous touring partners, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel
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Radio Hits in September 1964: The Sun Was Rising
The countdown survey during this week on Chicago’s WLS featured some of classic rock’s most enduring songs from several British Invasion acts
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12 Influential Early MTV Videos
Remember when the cable channel played music? Billboard’s first video editor saw all the early MTV videos and selects the significant clips
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