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Carly Simon’s early years collected in ‘These Are the Good Old Days: The Carly Simon and Jac Holzman Story’

In 1970, Carly Simon was signed to Elektra Records by its founder, Jac Holzman, and that was the start of what is arguably the most iconic period of her career. Now, the recordings the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer made during that time ...
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The Cure earns highest-grossing tour of career with Shows of a Lost World North American outing

The Cure's Shows of a Lost World North American tour was the highest-grossing run of the band's career.According to Billboard, the outing earned a total of $37.5 million from 547,000 tickets sold. In addition to besting all of The Cure's international tours, that figure ...
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The Baseball Project marks 44th anniversary of “Disco Demolition” with new video

The Baseball Project is marking an unusual moment in baseball history. The supergroup, featuring R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and Peter Buck, The Minus 5's Scott McCaughey, The Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn and Filthy Friends' Linda Pitmon, just dropped the video for their song “Disco Demolition” to mark the 44th anniversary of Disco Demolition night, which took place July 12, ...
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Elton John one step closer to EGOT, lands Emmy nod for Dodger Stadium special

Elton John may finally get his EGOT.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s Disney+ concert special, Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium, just earned an Emmy nod for Outstanding Variety Special Live.The special was a live telecast of Elton’s final North American stop on his Farewell Yellow ...
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On This Day, July 12, 1962: The Rolling Stones play their first live show in London

On This Day, July 12, 1962...The Rolling Stones – billed as The Rollin’ Stones – played their first live show at London’s Marquee Club.At the time, the band consisted of Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, pianist Ian Stewart and bassist Dick Taylor; the drummer's identity is disputed.In December of that year, Bill ...
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Mick Fleetwood honors the late Christine McVie on 80th birthday; Rhino announces solo reissues

The late Christine McVie is being remembered on what would have been her 80th birthday.To mark the milestone, her former Fleetwood Mac bandmate Mick Fleetwood has released an instrumental version of the classic "Songbird," which she wrote,  featuring ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro.  The new take features a dedication by Mick at the end, “As the ...
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‘Let It Be’ engineer claims The Beatles & The Rolling Stones were not Led Zeppelin fans

While lots of artists can appreciate their rock star contemporaries, apparently members of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones didn’t quite understand the appeal of Led Zeppelin back in the day.Producer/engineer Glyn Johns, who worked on both The Beatles’ Let It Be and Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin I, reveals on Rolling Stone’s Music Now podcast that George Harrison and Mick Jagger were not Zeppelin ...
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Rush’s Alex Lifeson teams up with Epiphone for new Les Paul guitar

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has teamed up with Epiphone, and the result is a sleek new guitar: the Epiphone Les Paul Custom Axcess in Ruby.“This is a stunning guitar, it’s beautiful and it sounds great to play,” Lifeson shares. "You can create a lot of different tones and ...
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The Moody Blues’ John Lodge releasing album of his ‘Days of Future Passed’ performance

The Moody Blues’ John Lodge has been touring the U.S. performing the band’s classic album Days of Future Passed, and now the rocker is releasing an album of his performance. Days of Future Passed – My Sojourn will feature Lodge performing the 1967 album in its entirety, along with ...
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Barry Manilow poised to break Elvis Presley’s record in Las Vegas this fall

It's a year of milestones for Barry Manilow. He recently hit the big 8-0, and now he's poised to break a record that was set by Elvis Presley back in 1976.The late King of Rock 'n' Roll did 636 performances at the Las Vegas Hilton between 1969 ...
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