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The Doors, Peter Frampton & more pay tribute to Jim Ladd, inspiration for Tom Petty’s “The Last DJ”

The music world is paying tribute to veteran Los Angeles rock DJ Jim Ladd, who passed away December 17 at the age of 75. The news was confirmed by Sirius XM, where Ladd hosted a show on their Deep Tracks channel. Ladd was the inspiration behind Tom ...
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On This Day, December 19, 2012: Pink Floyd’s Dave Mason saves London music store

On This Day, December 19, 2012 …Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason opened his wallet to save the London music store where he bought his first drum kit. The store, Foote’s, was about to go out of business, so Mason provided the funding it needed to continue.“One of my ...
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Rock stars share their creative process in new book, ‘Icons of Rock — In Their Own Words’

A new book is set to give fans some insight into the creative process of some of today’s most legendary artists. Icons of Rock — In Their Own Words features interviews with huge rock stars like Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Ringo Starr, conducted by Jenny Boyd. Boyd was married to Mick Fleetwood in the late '70s ...
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U2 shares highlights from their Las Vegas residency … so far

U2 has wrapped up their U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere residency for 2023 and they’re looking back on what’s transpired so far.The band shared some highlights from the residency on Instagram, set to the 2005 How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb track “City of Blinding Lights,” writing, “See ...
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Julian Lennon blasts suggestion of feud with brother Sean Lennon

Julian Lennon is setting the record straight on any suggestion that he and his brother, Sean Lennon, don’t get along. Julian is the son of John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, and Sean is the son of John and Yoko Ono. The subject of their relationship comes up in an interview with Esquire magazine, in ...
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Queen’s Brian May upset fan concert videos are being pulled from YouTube

Queen’s Brian May wants fans to know the band is not responsible for their label, Universal Music, taking down YouTube videos of their recent Rhapsody tour with Adam Lambert. The guitarist shared a post from a fan account, which revealed that Universal and YouTube “are now coming for everyone who posts concert ...
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Madonna reveals hospital stay involved a medically induced coma

On December 16, Madonna performed at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and during the acoustic portion of the show, she shared with fans just how ill she was when she landed in the ICU with a bacterial infection last summer.From the stage, Madonna thanked ...
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Keith Richards gets birthday love from his bandmates

The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards turned 80 on Monday, December 18, and he received loads of well-wishes from his bandmates.The official Rolling Stones Instagram account shared a video montage featuring footage of Richards over the years, with the clip kicking off with Mick Jagger singing "Happy Birthday" to the rocker. “Happy birthday to ...
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Bob Dylan quietly released an album of 1973 outtakes in Europe

Bob Dylan quietly released an album of studio outtakes earlier this month, but good luck trying to get your hands on it.Rolling Stone reports that a limited number of copies of Dylan’s 50th Anniversary Collection 1973 were released to random record stores in Europe, in order to comply ...
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Faces planning reissue campaign next year with “a wealth of unreleased material”

Fans of Faces should get ready to hear some previously unreleased music next year.In an interview with Mojo, Faces specialist Rob Caiger reveals that the band — Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones — plans to kick off a reissue campaign next year, with plenty of material from their vaults.Caiger put together Faces' recent Record ...
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