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The Rolling Stones honored with the Brit Billion Award

The Rolling Stones are the latest artists to be honored with a Brit Billion Award by the British Phonographic Industry.The award is given to artists who achieve one billion career U.K. streams, based on calculations by the Official Charts Company. Some of their most streamed tunes ...
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Peter Jackson directed the video for The Beatles final song, “Now and Then”

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has directed the music video for “Now and Then,” the final song from The Beatles. The song drops Thursday, November 2, at 10 a.m. ET,  with the video to follow on Friday, November 3, at 10 a.m. ET.Jackson, who also directed ...
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announce 2024 European tour dates

Bruce Springsteen is heading overseas again next year. The rocker just announced a new set of European dates with the E Street Band, which will see them playing in Wales, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Sweden, London and more.The trek kicks off May 5 in Cardiff, Wales, ...
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On This Day, October 31, 1961: U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. was born

On This Day, October 31, 1961…Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr., better known to rock fans as U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr., was born in Dublin, Ireland. It was Mullen who in 1976 posted an advertisement on a bulletin board seeking musicians interested in forming a rock band, which led ...
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Elton John’s 1994 speech delayed Bernie Taupin’s own Rock Hall induction, Taupin says

When Elton John was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, he said, "Without Bernie [Taupin] there would never have been an Elton John at all.” He then called Taupin, his longtime songwriting partner, onstage and handed him his trophy. And that, claims Taupin, ...
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The Rolling Stones set new chart milestone with ‘Hackney Diamonds’

The Rolling Stones have reached a new milestone on the Billboard chart. With the band’s latest album, Hackney Diamonds, debuting at #3 on the Billboard 200 this week, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are now the first act to have albums land in the top 10 in every decade from the ...
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Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band plans to go on without him

Jimmy Buffett may be gone, but his band plans to live on. Songwriter Mac McAnally, a longtime member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, tells Billboard that the band plans to continue on, despite Buffett’s passing on September 1. “The Coral Reefer Band is second family to all of us. We are a family. ...
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Bruce Springsteen helps induct wife Patti Scialfa into the New Jersey Hall of Fame

Bruce Springsteen was on hand to help celebrate his wife Patti Scialfa’s induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Sunday, October 29, People reports.“I met Patti at Stone Pony. Where else? She was sitting in with the house band, Cats on a Smooth Surface, and I heard ...
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Guess who’s suing each other? The Guess Who

Founding members of The Guess Who, Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman, are suing two of their former bandmates. The pair has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson, accusing them of misleading fans into thinking that they are included in the current lineup.Peterson is the ...
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Cher’s ‘Christmas’ debuts at #1 on the Top Holiday Albums chart

It sounds like a lot of people want Cher to help them get into the holiday spirit. The singer’s brand new holiday album, Christmas, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart.Cher moved 21,000 equivalent album units of Christmas to land at #1, with the album also debuting at #32 ...
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