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Kate Bush named ambassador for 2024 Record Store Day UK

Kate Bush will be the ambassador for the U.K. edition of Record Store Day 2024.In a statement, the "Running Up That Hill" artist calls the title a "huge honor.""It really is a great privilege," Bush says. "Isn't it great to see how the resurgence ...
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On This Day, February 28, 1983: U2 releases their third studio album, ‘War’

On this day, February 28, 1983 …U2 released their third studio album, War, produced by Steve Lillywhite. The album, which is considered the band's first overtly political record, featured two future U2 classics, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “New Year’s Day,” which became the band’s first single to chart ...
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R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe donates handwritten lyrics to charity auction

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has donated some handwritten lyrics to help raise money for a good cause.The rocker has contributed a signed lyric sheet for the track “Nightswimming” to the Art for Gaza auction. The money raised is going to Doctors Without Borders.The auction is ...
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Billy F Gibbons recruits famous friends for cover of Jimmy Reed classic

ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons has recruited some musician friends for a cover of blues legend Jimmy Reed's classic track "Baby What You Want Me To Do."The performance teams up Gibbons with the BFG's — Haim’s Danielle Haim on drums, guitarist Matt Sweeny and Tim Montana on maracas — ...
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John Fogerty denies canceling appearance at Australian festival

John Fogerty wants his fans in Australia to know that he did not cancel a planned appearance at Country Fest Queensland.The festival is scheduled to happen March 30-31, with the promoter announcing Fogerty’s cancellation on Tuesday, February 27, due to “unforeseen circumstances” and offering ...
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Donna Summer’s estate sues Kanye West for interpolating “I Feel Love”

Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne has already made it known that he didn't approve of Ye — the rapper formerly known as Kanye West — sampling a song by his band Black Sabbath without permission. But now the estate of another Rock & Roll Hall of Famer ...
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Paul McCartney endorses Foreigner for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Paul McCartney is one of the many artists who feel that Foreigner should be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year.As previously reported, producer Mark Ronson, who is the stepson of Foreigner's Mick Jones, recently shared a star-studded video featuring ...
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Pattie Boyd auctioning off personal items, including love letters from Eric Clapton

Model Pattie Boyd is giving fans some direct insight into her love triangle with rockers George Harrison and Eric Clapton, thanks to a new auction happening at Christie’s.Boyd, who was married to Harrison from 1966 to 1977 and had an affair with Clapton, who she ...
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Don Henley testifies about “poor decision” that led to his 1980 arrest

Eagles frontman Don Henley took the stand on Monday, February 26, to testify in the trial over stolen handwritten notes and lyrics to the band's classic album Hotel California.Glen Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinki are accused of trying to sell the handwritten notes, despite knowing they were stolen. Ed Sanders, an ...
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On This Day, February 27, 1974: Queen releases ‘The Works’, featuring hit song “Radio Ga Ga”

On This Day, February 27, 1974…Queen released their 11th studio album The Works, which featured such tracks as “Radio Ga Ga,” “Hammer to Fall” and “I Want to Break Free.”“Radio Ga Ga,” written by drummer Roger Taylor, was the first single released from the ...
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