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Paul McCartney Plots Fall North American Tour!
Paul McCartney is showing no signs of slowing down. Paul McCartney is showing no signs of slowing down.
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Brian Wilson Dead: Beach Boys Co-Founder & Singer Was 82
Brian Wilson died June 11 at 82. Read an obituary on the iconic but troubled Beach Boys co-founder and singer who was considered a genius of rock 'n' roll.
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Return Of The King: A Special Elvis Presley Concert Event In Las Vegas
In 1969 Elvis Presley made music history with his "Las Vegas Comeback Tour." Now the same venue is doing a historically accurate recreation of his show, song by song
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The Beatles' "Now And Then" Wins Grammy for Best Rock Performance
The Beatles won Best Rock Performance at the 2025 Grammys for "Now and Then," marking their first Grammy win in 28 years.
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“We’ve been looking for it for 50 years, and I got it back”: Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner returns to the stage for the first time in 50 years, as he enlists Ronnie Wood and Ringo Starr for an epic tour finale
Macca’s original Höfner violin bass had been missing for half a century, but recently marked its return to the stage in style
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Watch the trailer for Martin Scorsese's documentary, Beatles '64
The first trailer for Martin Scorsese's upcoming documentary for Disney+ called Beatles '64 has been released
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The Beatles announce 1964 US albums boxset, celebrating 60 years of global Beatlemania
The Beatles have announced a new boxset, comprised of their 1964 US albums and celebrating six decades of Beatlemania.
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Beatles’ 1970 ‘Let It Be’ Documentary, Out of Circulation for Four Decades, Headed to Disney+ After Restoration by Peter Jackson’s Team
After being out of circulation for four decades, 'Let It Be,' the Beatles documentary, will be seen again via a restoration from Peter Jackson's team.
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Bob Dylan & Israel, The Neighborhood Bully
It may not be his best song, but Dylan’s 1983 song about Israel is surprisingly resonant today.
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Jewish References in Popular Songs
Can you find the connection to Judaism in these popular songs?
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"I Kept Trying to Use Other Guitars, but Nigel Godrich Would Say, ‘You Know What We Should Try, Don’t You?’ ‘Casino?’ ‘Yep!’": Paul McCartney Reveals How He Fell Back in Love with His Epiphone Casino, and Transformed His Sound, in 2005 GP Interview
For the critically acclaimed 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard,' McCartney was encouraged to abandon his Les Paul, but also found time to beef up his acoustic fingerpicking, and plug into his old Vo
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The Keith Richards riff machine is still in fine working order as the Rolling Stones return with new single Angry
The first single from long-awaited new studio album Hackney Diamonds proves that after all these years no-one does rock 'n' roll guitar quite like the Stones
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Rolling Stones Fans Theorize Cryptic Newspaper Ad Might Be New Album Announcement
The ad run in a U.K.-based local newspaper for ‘Hackney Diamonds’ reads ‘When you say Gimme Shelter we’ll fix your Shattered windows’
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The Beatles’ ‘Red’ And ‘Blue’ Albums at 50: Celebrating the Greatest ‘Greatest Hits’ Records Ever
The two double-LP sets defined the whole Beatles story as we know it today
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Expanded Beatles Red and Blue Albums Expected To Be The Next Official Reissue
Beatles fans are on standby for the announcement of an expanded ‘1962-1966’ (The Red Album) and ‘1967-1970’ (The Blue Album).
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John Lennon and George Harrison: 10 guitar lessons you can learn from their Beatles era
Songwriting tricks, chord progressions and the guitar genius of the Beatles' early years
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Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song
The star says machine learning helped lift John Lennon's voice from a demo and turn it into a song.
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The Rolling Stones welcome back original bassist Bill Wyman
After a 30 year absence, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has returned to the band to play on a few tracks on their upcoming album.
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The Iconic Rickenbacker 325 Has a Story Like No Other Electric Guitar
Favored by John Lennon, this short-scale model was the first in Rickenbacker’s defining Capri range
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The Beatles’ ‘Red’ And ‘Blue’ Albums at 50: Celebrating the Greatest ‘Greatest Hits’ Records Ever
The Beatles Red and Blue Albums: The Greatest Hits Album Ever Made
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The Beatles: Abbey Road, throat lozenges, and the frenetic making of Please Please Me
On the 60th anniversary of ‘Please Please Me’, Mark Beaumont takes a deeper look into the 12 hours and £400 spent making the legendary debut that lit the fuse for Beatlemania and ignited rock’n’roll’s second phase
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Introducing the Ultimate Music Guide to The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds, who gave rise to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. From the Marquee, via psychedelic sonics, all the way to Led Zeppelin.
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Listen to Brian Jones' isolated guitar on 'Get off My Cloud'
Listen to Brian Jones' melodic isolated lead guitar tracks from The Rolling Stones' third UK number-one single from 1965, 'Get off My Cloud'.
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Rolling Stones Recording With...Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr?
The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney are making music together. Ringo Starr may also be involved in the collaboration.
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What guitar strings did the Beatles use? Investigating the flatwound vs roundwound debate | Guitar World
Just what did George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney string their guitars with – and when did they make the switch from flatwounds to roundwounds?
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How to replicate the Beatles’ classic tones using today’s affordable guitars, basses and effects pedals
Because sourcing the vintage gear is almost impossible, financially and practically, we've put together a list of gear that's on the market today that will help you nail the Fab Four's sound
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Get Back: Songs From the Documentary That Were Finished Later
The following list contains songs that were played by the band in the documentary, but not finished in time for the Let It Be album.
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How Hamburg changed The Beatles forever
Here, we'll be exploring how The Beatles' trips to Hamburg and their experiences in clubs like The Indra opened up a world of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.
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Keith Richards Promises ‘New Music’ On the Way: ‘Hopefully We’ll Get to See You’
Keith Richards said 'new music' is on the way in 2023 in a new year's message in which he also teased live dates.
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Jeff Beck, legendary rock guitarist, dies at 78
Beck's representatives said the guitar great passed away after contracting bacterial meningitis
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Watch The Beatles' new animated 'Here, There and Everywhere' video
Watch a new animated video for The Beatles' classic song 'Here, There and Everywhere' from the "super deluxe" reissue of 'Revolver'
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The Gat Brothers - The Sound Of Silence
מופע התנדבות - מתוך המשדר "לתת" - ערב ראש השנה התשע"ה
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Inside the wild 13-hour recording session that launched The Beatles' career
Exploring how one recording session at EMI Studios in 1963 helped launch The Beatles as they recorded 'Please, Please, Me' tracks such as 'Twist and Shout'.
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Critics Applaud ‘Revelatory, Astonishing’ Deluxe Editions Of The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’
Reviewers also praise the new mixes as 'richer, warmer, full of bite.'
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Sir Elton John and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood lead tributes to Jerry Lee Lewis after death aged 87: ‘What a man’
Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood and Beatles icon Ringo Starr have led tributes to Jerry Lee Lewis after the musician's death aged 87.
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Why Glyn Johns felt "awkward during The Beatles' 'Get Back'
Glyn Johns was in a nebulous position while The Beatles were recording their 'Get Back' sessions: not quite a producer, but more than an engineer.
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In pictures: A look back at The Cavern Club, home of the Beatles
From the Fab Four to Cilla Black, we share some of the best snaps from the Cavern Club.
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Wait, John Lennon Singing 'Yellow Submarine'? Hear Wild 'Revolver' Outtake
Demo from Super Deluxe Edition has never been bootlegged or even rumored, not even among the most hardcore Beatle geeks
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The Beatles Share New Animated Video For ’Taxman’ Ahead Of ’Revolver’ Reissues
Directed by Danny Sangra, The Beatles’ new ’Taxman’ video features vibrant animations for the iconic song's new 2022 Mix by Giles Martin.
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The Best Beatles Cameos in Comics
If you're wondering what happens when you combine iconic superheroes with an iconic band of the time, here's a hint: it involves wigs.
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See Rare Photos of the Beatles Before They Were Famous
The images show the band playing a local gig in Liverpool in 1961
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Exclusive: Producer Giles Martin Talks About the Mixing and De-Mixing of The Beatles’ Revolver for Vinyl
Tomorrow Actually Knows: Above, The Beatles, doing what they do in Abbey Road Studios in 1966, during the recording sessions for Revolver. All photos in this story courtesy and © Apple Corps Ltd.
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The Beatles’ Unheard ‘Revolver’: An Exclusive Preview of a Blockbuster Archival Release
A new Special Edition of their psychedelic 1966 classic is packed with revelations. Here's a first look at what's inside
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Ringo Starr Slips Out Details of the New Beatles ‘Revolver’ Box Set
Ringo Starr has shown fans a finished box set of the upcoming new Beatles box ‘Revolver’ and inadvertently leaked the tracklisting.
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‘Revolver’ Will Be Next Beatles Album to Get Deluxe Treatment, Remix
The suspense over which album by the Beatles might be next in line to get a remix and bonus-filled boxed-set treatment is over: It’s officially “Revolver.” Apple Corps and Univers…
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On this day in history, August 29, 1966, the Beatles played their last live paid concert
The Beatles, otherwise known as The Fab Four, came together for their final live paid performance on August 29, 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on this day in history.
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Jerry Allison Dies: Crickets Drummer Who Co-Wrote “Peggy Sue” Was 82
Jerry Allison, the groundbreaking early rock & roll and rockabilly drummer who, as a member of The Crickets with Buddy Holly, co-wrote landmark songs such as “Peggy Sue” and “…
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Living Legend James Burton Talks Playing With Elvis, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell and Tom Jones
An inspiration to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, the rock ‘n’ roll veteran has seen it all.
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Peter Jackson Is Working on Another Beatles Movie With Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
Director Peter Jackson is reuniting with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr of the Beatles for another film, but this time it won't be a documentary like "Get Back."
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Meet the American who invented the electric guitar and inspired rock 'n' roll
Adolph Rickenbacker, who immigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland as a child, invented the electric guitar in the 1930s, the instrument that inspired the rock 'n' roll phenomenon.
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“We All Wanted to Be Guitar Players”: Paul McCartney Talks Early Beatles | GuitarPlayer
Macca reveals the origins of his role as a bass player and names his favorite guitarists in this classic interview from the GP vault.
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‘Relentlessly Magnificent’ Ella Fitzgerald's Hollywood Bowl Album Out Now
Ella Fitzgerald's 'Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook' has won immediate acclaim, including a five-star review from Mojo.
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Paul McCartney’s Glastonbury show hailed as ‘phenomenal’
Ex-Beatle’s gig seen by many in huge festival crowd as ‘something to tell your grandkids about’
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Paul McCartney does a secret Glastonbury warm-up gig in Somerset where fans paid to hear 25 songs
Sir Paul, 80, delivered a preview of his Glastonbury set to an audience of around 800 at the Cheese and Grain - a not-for-profit venue in a former warehouse in the town of Frome, Somerset.
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‘Get Back’: How Giles Martin Distilled the Beatles Musical Mojo
Giles Martin tells IndieWire how machine learning software helped him extract the power and energy of The Beatles' performances.
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Fans and stars pay tribute to "the greatest songwriter ever" Paul McCartney on his 80th birthday
Fans and stars alike have flocked to social media to pay tribute to Paul McCartney on the legendary singer-songwriter's 80th birthday
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“When You’re a Guitar Player, You Can Really Hear How the Differences Matter”: Jack White Talks Creativity and Gear
With his latest album – ‘Fear of the Dawn’ – chock-full of unique tones, the guitarist fills us in on the details of his customized hardware.
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Watch The Rolling Stones cover The Beatles’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ in Liverpool
During their show in Liverpool last night, The Rolling Stones paid tribute to The Beatles by covering their 1963 hit ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’.
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Rolling Stones Stun Audience With First-Ever Live Performance Of 1960s Classic
The band kicked off its 60th-anniversary tour with the debut of a 1966 hit never before performed in concert.
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‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Doc Set for Release on Blu-Ray and DVD This Summer — This Time It’s for Real
Peter Jackson's 'The Beatles: Get Back' is coming out on Blu-Ray and DVD this summer, after a release planned for last winter was scotched.
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Bob Dylan celebrates 60 years at Columbia with new 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' video
Bob Dylan has celebrated 60 years as a Columbia recording artist with a new 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' video, as Patti Smith and co reinvent a classic.
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Watch Deep Purple play a solemn Beatles cover during their first ever TV performance
Deep Purple’s beginnings can be traced back to 1967, when Searchers drummer Chris Curtis pitched the idea of creating a British rock supergroup. They would be called Roundabout, so named for his far-fetched plan for a small group of musicians to be
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Paul McCartney performed "I’ve Got A Feeling" alongside footage of John Lennon last night
McCartney played the Beatles track with video of Lennon taken from the group's famous rooftop concert
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Rolling Stones: Are They Announcing More U.S. Tour Dates?
The Rolling Stones are preparing to announce... something. A new social media post has fans pretty excited.
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Jack White thinks The Rolling Stones copied The Beatles
Guitarist and former White Stripes frontman Jack White says The Rolling Stones followed The Beatles in their wake, and "copied" them.
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Brother of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney revisits childhood home
20 Forthlin Road in Liverpool may look like any other modest terraced house at first glance... but it is also the childhood home of one of The Beatles.
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Rolling Stones Documentary Series Confirmed
The BBC announced a documentary series to mark the Rolling Stones' 60th anniversary with each episode focusing on one member in April 2022.
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Every guitar George Harrison used in The Beatles
An extensive tour through every guitar George Harrison played during his decade-long tenure in The Beatles.
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“Put the Microphone Over There On the Other Side of the Room Because I’m Going to Play Loud”: How Eric Clapton Took Volume to 11
Armed with a Marshall and a Les Paul, Slowhand pushed the envelope of guitar tone in 1966.
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See Priceless Artifacts From the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s New Beatles Exhibit
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Keith Richards on the Rolling Stones and a solo reunion
The Stones guitarist, and frontman of Keith Richards & the X-Pensive Winos, talks about his solo career; the passing of Stones drummer Charlie Watts; writing new music with Mick Jagger; and how he kicked his most persistent addiction.
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Here’s Why People Love the 1957 Fender Stratocaster
Veteran vintage guitar dealer David Davidson explains why he considers these Strats to be among the best ever made.
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The Rolling Stones to announce 60th-anniversary tour – with first gig in Liverpool
THE ROLLING STONES will this month announce a European tour to mark their 60th anniversary – including a gig at Liverpool.The legendary rockers ??
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The Beatles: guitar by guitar - a guide to the models that made music history | Guitar World
The Beatles revolutionised music and made the guitar the world's most popular instrument. On the 50th anniversary of their final album, we trace the models that made the magic…
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Paul McCartney announces ‘Got Back’ US tour dates
Paul McCartney has announced plans for a tour of North America in the spring, with tickets going on sale next week.
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Watch Glen Campbell introduce Cream to an American TV audience in 1968 | Louder
It's the summer of 1968. Country superstar, part-time Beach Boy and session man Glen Campbell is trying his hand at television, filling in as a replacement host on the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. It's a show that's perhaps most
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Box Office: Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Concert Doc Plays to Near-Sellout Crowds
Peter Jackson, Imax and Disney have partnered on a special feature celebrating The Beatles' last concert in 1969.
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When The Beatles recorded eight songs in one day
Speedy recording sessions were nothing new to The Beatles, but signs of exhaustion were beginning to show around the time of 'Beatles for Sale'.
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Half-Hour of Lost Footage of Rolling Stones’ Altamont Festival Unveiled by Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has posted 25 minutes of newly found footage from the Altamont festival of the Stones, CSNY, Gram Parsons and more.
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The Beatles’ Famed Rooftop Concert to Screen in IMAX Theaters
Get Back director Peter Jackson will participate in a special Q&A following the concert film’s special theatrical release
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Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg Talks About 'Let It Be' and 'Get Back'
Michael Lindsay-Hogg, director of the Beatles' 'Let It Be' documentary, offers thoughts on the path from that to Peter Jackson's 'Get Back.'
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John Lennon death stunned Rolling Stones star - 'I got well drunk on it'
JOHN LENNON died 41 years ago on this day, and the news sent shockwaves around the world. A member of the Rolling Stones was particularly affected by the unbelievable event.
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Steve Jordan on Touring With the Stones: ‘It Was Like Being Strapped to a Rocket Ship’
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The Beatles get back in the UK Top 40 after Peter Jackson’s documentary
Fans dive into the Fab Four’s music following release of the three-part series
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Peter Jackson Reveals How He Coaxed Paul and Ringo Into Giving Him the OK to Make ‘Get Back’
How do the surviving members of The Beatles feel about Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary? The director reveals how he got their OK.
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"Get Back": How much Beatles is too much? Our experts debate
Peter Jackson's nearly eight-hour Beatles doc both refutes the canard of Yoko as band-wrecker and reminds us of what was lost when Paul and John went separate ways.
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Claudia Lennear, The Inspiration Behind 'Brown Sugar,' Regrets Song Leaving Rolling Stones' Live Set
Claudia Lennear has been a witness to some peak moments in rock and soul. First as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, she’s sung backup on
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'They weren't breaking up': Here's why Peter Jackson's 'Get Back' defies Beatles history
Even The Beatles remember "Let It Be" as their breakup project. Peter Jackson's new Disney+ documentary "Get Back" suggests history got it wrong.
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Rolling Stones live up to legendary reputation with an incendiary Austin concert
Closing out a 13-show run of stadium-sized U.S. venues, the Rolling Stones lit up Circuit of the Americas in Austin with an incendiary show Saturday.
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The Rock Hall was going to honor The Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts, but ran out of time?
While we won’t get the official lowdown of what went on at the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony until it’s aired on November 20th, Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine has already revealed a major tribute was left out of the show.
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Why The Rolling Stones Remain The Most Electrifying Show In Music After Six Decades
Why does every Rolling Stones tour feel like a can't miss event? Because when you add up the personalities, the songs and the showmanship it is.
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The Rolling Stones Dazzle Los Angeles in Latest No Filter Tour Stop
The Rolling Stones returned to Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium on their second and final show in the area on their No Filter tour
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Mick Jagger Snarks Back About Paul McCartney's 'Blues Cover Band' Diss - Variety
At an L.A. gig Mick Jagger snapped back at Paul McCartney after the ex-Beatle suggested the Stones never escaped being 'a blues cover band.'
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The Rolling Stones touch down at Hollywood Burbank Airport as their No Filter tour continues
The Rolling Stones touched down at Hollywood Burbank Airport on Monday ahead of their anticipated gigs at SoFi Stadium.
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'You haven't heard the last of Charlie': Rolling Stones on a bittersweet tour and new music
Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Steve Jordan on saying goodbye to Charlie Watts, filling a legend's drum seat and why it was 'the right decision to keep going.'
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The Rolling Stones rock Pittsburgh with plenty of hits, energy
The extension of the pandemic has kept several bands away from Pittsburgh this year. But it was going to take a lot more than the threat of covid-19 variants to prevent The Rolling Stones from coming to Pittsburgh, the latest stop on the group’s &ld
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Mick Jagger Answers Those Who Say the Rolling Stones Should Quit
Mick Jagger said in October 2021 that late drummer Charlie Watts wanted the band to carry on with their No Filter tour.
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Rolling Stones will tour US next month after Charlie Watts' death
The Rolling Stones will reportedly still go on their US tour in September despite drummer Charlie Watts' recent passing.
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When Paul McCartney punched Eddie Vedder in the face
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder recalls the moment that former Beatles bassist, Paul McCartney, once hit him with a haymaker in a hotel bar in Seattle.
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“Never Call Me Your Drummer Again!” The Time Charlie Watts Punched Mick Jagger
Charlie Watts has passed away, so let's revisit the glorious moment when The Rolling Stones drummer punched Mick Jagger.
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Flashback: Charlie Watts’ Final Performance With the Rolling Stones
This rain-soaked “Satisfaction” was the final moment of Watts’ 58-year stint in the Stones
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80
Musician’s publicist says he died peacefully in a London hospital surrounded by his family
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ZZ Top: Bearded bassist Dusty Hill dies in his sleep at 72
HOUSTON (AP) — ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill, the long-bearded bassist for the million-selling Texas blues rock trio known for such hits as “Legs” and “Gimme All Your Lovin'," has died at age 72. In a Facebook post Wednesday, guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Fr
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'We're back on the road!' The Rolling Stones return in September with No Filter stadium tour
The Rolling Stones' postponed No Filter stadium tour will resume in September and play 13 shows in the U.S. Here's how you can get tickets.
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Eric Clapton pushes back on venues requiring COVID vaccines
Eric Clapton, one of rock's most vocal COVID-19 skeptics, says he reserves to right to cancel any show where vaccination becomes a condition of attendance.
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Was Elvis Presley Jewish? A grave marker locked away for 4 decades suggests that he was.
Stored in the Graceland archives since 1977, Gladys Presley's headstone features a Star of David that holds the family's Jewish story.
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Peter Jackson Restored So Much Beatles Footage That ‘Get Back’ Is Now a Six-Hour TV Series
Jackson's documentary was created out of 60 hours of unseen footage and more than 150 hours of unheard audio.
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Ringo Starr Can’t Bring Himself to Practice Alone
Ringo Starr discusses his new 2021 EP Zoom In, why Here Comes the Sun is the most popular Beatles song, and his love of Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Miley Cyrus.
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Paul McCartney announces career spanning biography 'The Lyrics' through 154 of his songs
Paul McCartney has announced a career spanning book about his life through 154 songs from his back catalogue.
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How much music theory did The Beatles know?
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Paul McCartney Reacts to Gerry Marsden's Death: 'I’ll Always Remember You With a Smile'
Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his old friend Gerry Marsden, who died at 78 after an illness related to a heart infection.
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Paul McCartney lands first No. 1 album in 31 years
Sir Paul McCartney is doing a happy dance after his new album topped the Billboard charts -- and landed him his first No. 1 in his native Britain for the first time in 31 years.
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GET BACK…TO HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED Secrets behind the Beatles’ break-up revealed as incredible behind the scenes pics are released for first time
FIFTY years ago, John, Paul, George and Ringo went their separate ways. Pop’s biggest sensations, The Beatles, were driven apart by business issues, Lennon’s obsession with Yoko Ono and what one ob…
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Paul McCartney – ‘McCartney III’ review: a musical evolution
Like the rest of us, Macca's been whiling away the hours. The result? A stellar return to his three-decade-spanning series
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Paul McCartney on how Elvis Presley inspired The Beatles to quit touring
SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has shared how Elvis Presley inspired The Beatles to quit touring.
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40 years ago tonight, Monday Night Football broke the news of John Lennon's murder
The world has changed dramatically in the last 40 years. (Hell, it has changed dramatically in the last four years. And in the last four months.) On the evening on December 8, 1980, few vehicles other than word of mouth spoken into wall-mounted telephones
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Rare picture of The Beatles in 1958 unearthed by Paul McCartney's brother and unveiled in new book
Strumming their guitars in his auntie's front room, this is Paul McCartney with John Lennon and George Harrison in what is thought to be one of the earliest colour pictures ever taken of the Beatles.
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Keith Richards Is Riding Out the Pandemic in His “Comfies”
A far-ranging conversation with the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist on pandemic life, making music, his new box set, and, yes, his sweatpants.
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Spirit of World War II Helped Paul McCartney Make ‘McCartney III’
Paul McCartney said his parents' World War II-era determination inspired him to keep working on 'McCartney III.'
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John Lennon Urged Frank Sinatra to Sing 1 of His 'Walls and Bridges' Songs to No Avail
John Lennon thought he had the perfect song for Frank Sinatra on his 5th solo album. Frank didn't take him up on the offer.
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Metallica, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, More Remember Eddie Van Halen | Pitchfork
Sammy Hagar on the passing of his iconic bandmate: “Heartbroken and speechless.”
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Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos Detail ‘Live at the Hollywood Palladium’ Box Set
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Keith Richards says he "can't imagine" The Rolling Stones ever retiring
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has spoken about the future of the band, saying he "can't imagine" them ever retiring.
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The making of The Beatles: Watch the earliest known footage of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, recorded in 1958
We're stepping back in time with Far Out Magazine's vault to dig out a moment of history after The Beatles were filmed by the Liverpool police force.
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All of David Bowie's albums ranked in order of greatness
As we're such big David Bowie fans here at Far Out we thought we'd give ourselves the unenviable task of ranking all 27 of his album in order of greatness
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Six Decades Into His Career, Bob Dylan Delivers A Gorgeous And Meticulous Record
Six decades into his career, Bob Dylan delivers a gorgeous and meticulous record. It is the rare Dylan album that asks to be understood and comes down to meet its audience.
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Paul McCartney still uses the guitar amp he bought when was 14
Paul McCartney has shared a unique glimpse into his recording process, revealing that he still uses an amplifier he bought when he was 14
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Mick Jagger gives fresh update on new Rolling Stones material
Mick Jagger has given an update on the progress of new music by The Rolling Stones, revealing that he's been working on the material during lockdown
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Ringo Starr on His 80th Birthday: “We’re sort of saying I’m still 79, because we’re hopefully celebrating properly next year”
Ringo Starr was hoping to have a big party for his 80th birthday on July 7th, but the pandemic is keeping him away from his friends and loved one
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The Beatles: John Lennon estate celebrates Paul McCartney’s 78th Birthday in the BEST way
THE BEATLES star Sir Paul McCartney turned 78-years-old today as the John Lennon estate celebrated his birthday in the best way possible.
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The moment Chuck Berry punched Keith Richards in the face
We dip into our Far Out Magazine vault to bring one of the most brilliant stories we've ever come across as Chuck Berry punches Keith Richards
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Revisit the moment Keith Richards was nearly electrocuted on stage with The Rolling Stones
We take a look back at the moment Keith Richards was nearly electrocuted to death when performing with The Rolling Stones in 1965
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Mick Jagger Pays Tribute to 'Biggest Inspiration' Little Richard
“His music still has the same raw electric energy when you play it now as it did when it first shot through the music scene in the mid 50’s,” Rolling Stones singer writes of late icon
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Drive-In Concerts Are Now a Thing in Denmark
Denmark hosted a drive-in concert last week, where audience members watched Mads Langer perform live from their cars and tuned in on FM radio.
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Mick Jagger is doing just Mick Jagger Is Doing Just Fine With His Quarantine Sheep Pals— And He's Wearing A Jaunty Hat
Mick Jagger, of the Rolling Stones, filmed a cute video for The Tonight Show that showed what he was getting up to in quarantine. It includes sheep herding!
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Mick Jagger responds to Paul McCartney's claims that The Beatles were "better" than The Rolling Stones | NME
Mick Jagger has responded to Paul McCartney's recent comments that The Beatles were a superior band to The Rolling Stones.
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The Rolling Stones Release Timely New Song ‘Living In A Ghost Town’ – Watch The Video
The Rolling Stones, who had planned a major tour before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world, have done the next best thing: Released a new song and video that, as Mick Jagger says, "would resonate through the times that we’re living in right now." I
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The Beatles to host sing-a-long version of 'Yellow Submarine' film online this weekend
The Beatles are set to host a one time only sing-a-long version of their 'Yellow Submarine' film on YouTube this weekend (April 25).
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What The Hell Was Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts Playing Last Night?
Was he just air drumming or was something else going on?
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Charlie Watts’s awesome air-drumming and other ‘One World: Together at Home’ highlights
The Rolling Stones' drummer stole the show... without even playing at all.
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Best Archival Los Angeles Concerts You Can Stream
One of the biggest things we’re missing right now is live music. While we’re all at home, we thought now would be a great time to revisit some of the best concerts Los Angeles has ever seen, from David Bowie at the Universal Amphitheatre (RIP) to Daft
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Beatles To Unveil Unheard Treasure Trove, 50 Years After ‘Let It Be’
The vintage money-making machine of the most successful band in history continues to rake in millions, even 50 years after Paul McCartney left for a solo career in April 1970.
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Remembering Bill Withers With 5 Great Live Performances | Pitchfork
These concert clips show the late singer-songwriter’s complete mastery
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Bob Dylan Shares First New Original Song in 8 Years: Listen | Pitchfork
“Murder Most Foul” is a 17-minute song about the JFK assassination
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Neil Diamond remade Sweet Caroline and it's what this coronavirus world needs
Musician Neil Diamond reached out -- well not exactly -- on Twitter Sunday to give folks a little hope during these tense times.
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Coronavirus Updates: The Rolling Stones Postpone ‘No Filter Tour’
The Rolling Stones have postponed their upcoming "No Filter Tour" dates because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. See the schedule now.
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'Paul McCartney's right in front of me': Beatles fans spot the singer in New Jersey
It’s not Abbey Road, but Main Street will do. Beatles fans spotted Paul McCartney in New Jersey over the weekend.
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Need a Gig? Beatles Fans Chase Dream Job at Paul McCartney's Childhood Home
Beatles Fans Chase Dream Job at Paul McCartney's Childhood Home
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Huey Lewis & the News Debuts 'Her Love Is Killin' Me' Video on 'Kimmel'
The video features appearances by Michael Keaton, Jimmy Buffett and Brandon Flowers
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The Rolling Stones Unveil 2020 ‘No Filter’ Tour Dates!
“We had the best time on the road last summer,” Keith Richards said in a statement. “And we are ready to do it again!”
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‘Mysterious’ Rolling Stones banner appears outside Raymond James Stadium
If you've driven past Raymond James Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa recently, you may have noticed a new addition near the photo of Jameis Winston and O.J. Howard.
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Beatles' Abbey Road tops US bestselling vinyl LPs of the 2010s
Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die is the only album made in the 2010s to feature in the US Top 10 vinyl sales of the decade
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A pop-up YouTube account might have locked down Rolling Stones rarities for decades
A collection of at least 75 rare performances by the Rolling Stones briefly appeared on a brand-new YouTube account on New Year’s Eve, then vanished just a day later. Copyright lawyers have a theory: ABKCO Music & Records, which administers the righ
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Rolling Stones will release new album and tour in 2020
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood told Simon Boyle’s “Bizarre” column of the British newspaper The Sun that the band has been working on unpublished material for some time and a new album will be released. In addition, the band will go on a w
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In Depth Look: The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the Rolling Stones’ 1981 album, a blueprint for how to exist as an aging, internationally famous rock ban
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1973: Soul clubs of Memphis and New York
These photographs, taken for The Sunday Times in 1973, are the work of photographer David Reed.
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Ginger Baker, Superstar Rock Drummer With Cream, Is Dead at 80 - The New York Times
Teamed with the guitarist Eric Clapton and the bassist Jack Bruce in the band Cream, Mr. Baker helped redefine the role of the drums in rock.
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The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' Is Strolling to No. 1 In the U.K. | Billboard
The Beatles’ historic album is on track for the U.K. chart crown.
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How the Beatles Took Recording Technology to a New Level in 'Abbey Road' | Smithsonian
An expert in sound recording details how the band deployed stereo and synthesizers to put a unique artistic stamp on this iconic album
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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunite at Abbey Road
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have reunited at Abbey Road Studios to mark the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' 'Abbey Road'.
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Why the Black Keys shut out hundreds of fans, causing chaos at the Wiltern
The Black Keys made tickets to their Wiltern show nontransferable to third-party vendors, leaving fans who bought tickets from sites such as StubHub turned away at the doors.
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'This tape rewrites everything we knew about the Beatles'
Mark Lewisohn knows the Fab Four better than they knew themselves. The expert’s tapes of their tense final meetings shed new light on Abbey Road – and inspired a new stage show
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The Rolling Stones in Phoenix: raw, scrappy and unpolished in concert. And that's how it should be
During their tour stop in the Phoenix area on Aug. 26, the Rolling Stones still rocked with a youthful abandon.
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Phoenix Was Part of The Rolling Stones' History 38 Years Ago | Phoenix New Times
Relive the historic 1981 show at Sun Devil Stadium
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The Rolling Stones at the Rose Bowl: Alive and Kicking
The band's Pasadena performance follows Mick Jagger's heart surgery, and they sounded fit, loose and energized.
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Beatles fans mark 50 years of Abbey Road cover
The band's famous cover of their 11th studio album was shot on this London zebra crossing half a century ago.
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Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones visit The Menil Collection after Houston show
Even rock stars like to take in a little culture.
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Resurrected Stones Film Finds Pivot Point In Rock History : NPR
In December of 1968, some of the biggest names in rock and roll came together to film The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus. The film was recently given a 4K restoration.
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Woodstock 50 Relocating to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland
The final lineup has yet to be confirmed for the August event
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CRITICAL MASS: Gone for 50 years — The Rolling Stones was Brian Jones' band
You might dispute that. You might point out that little Keith Richards and Michael Jagger rode tricycles together until Jagger's family moved the five miles from Dartford to Wilmington, Kent in 1954.
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The Best Rolling Stones Songs That Don’t Really Sound Like the Rolling Stones | Pitchfork
Ten times they transcended their blues-rock traditions
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Rolling Stones make triumphant return following Jagger's reported surgery
CHICAGO - For anyone who ever doubted Mick Jagger was superhuman, the Rolling Stones’ Soldier Field show Friday would make you a believer.
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The Rolling Stones on How They Craft the Perfect Set List
What’s Keith’s favorite show-opener? Why doesn’t Mick like playing “Beast of Burden?” The band shares how they plan a gig ahead of their U.S. tour launch
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20 Photos of Frank Sinatra Looking Cool, Drinking Coffee
The Chairman of the Board loved a cup of joe.
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Back To The Beach: How Sun, Sand And Surf Inspired Beach Music
The Beach Boys created the “California Dream” but beach music has its roots all over the US – or anywhere where there’s sand and restless spirits.
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Buddy Holly And Roy Orbison Joint Hologram Tour Announces Dates
“When you look at the architects of the Rock and Roll era, the names that come to mind are Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly.”
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GREAT VIDEO: What makes Ringo a Great Drummer - Tribute by Sina
Ringo is still the most underrated drummer in Rock. This humble tribute is meant to illustrate the importance of Ringo Starr's unique drum work for the Beatl...
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Creedence Clearwater Revival To Finally Release 'Live at Woodstock'
Creedence Clearwater Revival's entire performance at Woodstock will finally be released, 50 years after the band played at the legendary music festival.
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See Hollywood Vampires Bring Out Steven Tyler, Marilyn Manson at L.A. Concert
Rock supergroup brought out special guests at Greek Theatre ahead of the release of new LP Rise
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Fiona Apple, Neil Young, Beck, Cat Power Appear on Echo in the Canyon Film Soundtrack | Pitchfork
Listen to Jakob Dylan’s Mamas & the Papas cover from the documentary’s soundtrack
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The Best Rolling Stones Songs That Don’t Really Sound Like the Rolling Stones | Pitchfork
Ten times they transcended their blues-rock traditions
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Wanda Jackson on Why She Had to Retire From Touring
“I wanted to work right up until the point that I couldn’t. That point has been reached,” says the “Queen of Rockabilly”
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Mick Jagger 'will undergo heart valve replacement surgery this week' after postponing The Rolling Stones' US tour
MICK Jagger is set to undergo heart valve replacement surgery this week after postponing The Rolling Stones’ US tour, The Sun can reveal. The 75-year-old rocker will be having the op in New Y…
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No word yet from Jazz Fest about Rolling Stones ticket refunds
The Rolling Stones cancelled their May 2 appearance, leaving ticket holders in limbo.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson announces retirement from touring
A Maud native, Jackson launched her musical career while still a student at Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City, when country musician Hank Thompson heard her singing on a local radio station. When "You Can't Have My Love,” her 1954 duet with
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Rolling Stones’ ‘Circus,’ once lost and unfinished, will receive a theatrical release
For over two decades, “The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus” was a lost film, unfinished and unseen, more rumor than pop culture memory. Now, in time for the North American leg of the Stones’ ongoing No Filter Tour, “Circus” has been remaster
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Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer and Rock Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 90
Drummer Hal Blaine, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member who propelled dozens of hits as a member of the “Wrecking Crew,” died Monday at 90.
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How we made Booker T and the MGs' Green Onions
‘It was originally called Funky Onions – but to laced-up, deep-south America, that sounded like a cuss word, so we had to retitle it’
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Monkees Singer and Bassist Peter Tork Dead at 77
The affable performer played with the Monkees from their earliest days as a made-for-TV band all the way through their recent reunion tours
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A Thousand People In The Street: 'For What It's Worth' Captured Youth In Revolt
Though often associated with the Vietnam War, Buffalo Springfield's signature song was inspired by a confrontation back home, which erupted on a few famous blocks in Los Angeles.
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Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Fends Off Stage Invader with Telecaster in 1981
The Rolling Stones, awhile back, uploaded this video, which you can check out above, to their YouTube channel.It features a (very) jumpy 1981 performance of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia. As the video's de
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Rolling Stones' hellraiser Keith Richards reveals he's cut down on hard liquor and cigarettes in a bid to live a cleaner life...after December turned into 'one long party' for his 75th
Keith Richards has revealed he is reining in his infamous party lifestyle and cutting down on hard liquor and his beloved cigarettes,in a new interview with MOJO Magazine .
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The Beatles' Paul McCartney Reveals A 'Very Personal Thing' About Songwriting
The Beatles bassist Paul McCartney has offered his advice to young people who want to become musicians and songwriters in a recent interview with Lindsey
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The Beatles played their final concert, on a London rooftop, 50 years ago today
In 1969, the legendary group played its last public performance.
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Peter Jackson Signs On to Make New Beatles Film Out of Unseen ‘Let It Be’ Footage
Sir Peter, meet Sir Paul, and Mother Mary. “Lord of the Rings” filmmaker Peter Jackson has come aboard a project that Paul McCartney had previously hinted was in the works: a new Beatles documentar…
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Facebook teams up with Yad Vashem to commemorate Shoah victims online
New project lets online users be randomly matched to one of the 4,800,000 names recorded in Yad Vashem’s central database of Shoah victims.
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10 modern hard rock bands that are better than Greta Van Fleet
Anyone looking for modern bands that channel '70s hard rock can do a lot better than Greta Van Fleet.
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Huey Lewis and The News Prep First Album of New Songs in 18 Years
The singer hasn’t performed a concert in nearly a year due to suffering sudden-onset hearing loss
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Rolling Stones to headline 50th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival | cleveland.com
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has got satisfaction: The Rolling Stones are among the headliners for the 50th anniversary festival.Organizers on Tuesday confirmed reports that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will play. Also headlining the 8-d
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The best wireless powered bookshelf speakers
By Brent Butterworth This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutte...
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Should the Beatles’ White Album Have Been Even Longer?
Based on the discarded songs on the new “Super Deluxe” edition, it could have just as easily been a triple album, says Rob Sheffield
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The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ is a global hit, again
Everything old is new again as The Beatles return to the top 10 in the U.K., U.K. and Australia.
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Rolling Stones Announce 2019 North American Stadium Tour
The Rolling Stones, who have toured every year since 2012 and whose principals are all in their 70s, have announced a North American tour for next year that launches April 20 in Florida and wrap in Chicago on June 21.
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Untold Beatles Stories Emerge As White Album Climbs Charts
Producer Chris Thomas and engineer Ken Scott have been speaking about the double LP, which has the formal eponymous title of The Beatles.
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Wisconsin School District Launches Investigation After Students Appear to Make Nazi Salute in Prom Photo
A school district in Wisconsin is launching an investigation after dozens of high school students were photographed making what appears...
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The Beatles’ White Album at 50: When They Was Fab
Dominic Green on a half-century of the marvelous, mixed-up mess that may be the Beatles’ greatest album.
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Sinatra: He Sang One for the Ages - WSJ
Frank Sinatra recorded the definitive version of the sorrowful saloon song ‘One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)’ in 1958.
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Cloud Nine: The Story Behind The Great Temptations’ Song | uDiscover
Cloud Nine is often assumed to be about getting high, but The Temptations’ Otis Williams swears “there weren’t drug references”.
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Hear The Beatles’ Previously Unreleased, Acoustic ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’
“Acoustic Version — Take 2” with just George Harrison on guitar and Paul McCartney on harmonium taken from upcoming, revelatory White Album box set
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10 Bands Keeping The Spirit Of Rock Alive
Whether they’re unapologetic in their politics, deploying shredding solos or rolling with swagger, here are seven bands keeping rock alive.
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Lindsey Buckingham reveals why he was fired from Fleetwood Mac
Lindsey Buckingham has given his account of why he was fired from Fleetwood Mac earlier this year for the first time.
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Billy F. Gibbons: these are the 10 guitarists who blew my mind
ZZ Top's guitar legend names the blues players who changed his life
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How Geoff Emerick Helped the Beatles Reinvent Music
The crucial collaborator in the Beatles’ glory years helped them find endless new ways to change the way music sounded
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The Unheard White Album: An Exclusive First Listen
The massive new box set of the Beatles’ 1968 masterpiece is full of unheard gems. Here are 15 of the most revelatory moments.
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Paul McCartney says "new version" of Beatles' 'Let It Be' film is in the works
Sir Paul McCartney has hinted that a "new version" of the classic Beatles film 'Let It Be' is currently in the works
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Paul McCartney says John Lennon would've loved Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune has developed a bad reputation over the years, mostly because it’s egregiously overused, but stylistic tricks like this are only a problem when they’re not used well. Paul McCartney happens to believe he would’ve used it well if Auto-Tone
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John Coltrane and the End of Jazz
Dominic Green on putting the saxophonist’s classic quartet’s ‘lost album’ in its context.
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Let’s please stop pretending there’s a ‘cassette resurrection’: Alan Cross
Now that vinyl is firmly back in the mainstream, some people are clinging to the hope that old-school cassettes may not be far behind.
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Aretha Franklin, Respect, and her Jewish Producer
The story behind the Queen of Soul’s hit song, Respect.
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Even Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger embarrasses his teenage son
Their father-son relationship involves regular social media banter.
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How the Elvis 68 Comeback Special Happened Despite Colonel Parker | Den of Geek
Director Steve Binder tells how he outmaneuvered the Colonel as Elvis 68 Comeback Special hit theaters.
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Viva Elvis! How the 1968 'Comeback Special' that saved the King's career almost never happened
Director Steve Binder remembers bonding with Elvis Presley and clashing with Colonel Tom Parker on the set of the seminal 1968 television concert.
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Elvis: '68 Comeback Special review – the King continues to enchant
Fifty years on, this made-for-TV special feels weirdly old and new at the same time
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The Beatles‘ ‘Revolver’: The Most Ambitious Pop Music Committed To Vinyl
Upon its release in August 1966, The Beatles' 'Revolver' was the most ambitious pop music committed to vinyl and introduced us all to psychedelic music.
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Get Back! Paul McCartney’s stunning return to Liverpool’s Cavern Club – the full review - NME
“Do you wanna get back?” Paul McCartney asked the crowd, towards the end of one of the smallest, longest, sweatiest shows he’s played since, well, probably last time he was here at Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club. “Cos I do.” McCartney’s b
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'Play by the rules, man!' Paul McCartney berates crowd for using phones at Liverpool Cavern Club gig
Paul McCartney scolded members of the audience at his Cavern Club gig in Liverpool for using mobile phones
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Rolling Stones to keep on touring as Keith Richards tells pals “I want to do more” - Mirror Online
The band played to 1.38 million fans on their mega No Filter tour and have already discussed more live shows
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Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins on their long history as soulful yacht rock bros
The veteran singers discuss their overlapping careers ahead of a two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl.
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The Rolling Stones in Cardiff: Icons Still Perform Like the Glory Days
This time, we got what we want.
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The Beatles' Greatest Hits Album '1' Is Back In Top 40
On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart, The Beatles' greatest hits set "1" is back in the top 40 for the first time in over two years, Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" spends its 300th week on the chart, Bebe Rexha and Nine Inch Nail
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Five myths about the Beatles - The Washington Post
Why did producer George Martin actually take on the band? As punishment.
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As 'Yellow Submarine' returns to theaters, a closer look at the Beatles film that 'crossed generations'
A 50th anniversary the Beatles' 1968 animation classic 'Yellow Submarine' will be in theaters this summer after a complete visual and audio rejuvenation.
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Paul McCartney’s Many Surprise Appearances: A Brief History – Rolling Stone
Imagine you’re out having a beer with some friends when Sir Paul McCartney suddenly starts playing a mere coaster’s throw away.
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The Kinks are getting back together to record a new album - NME
The Kinks are reuniting for a new album. Frontman Ray Davies confirmed the news, saying that the band may even play some live shows.
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Paul McCartney's Carpool Karaoke Leaves James Corden In Tears | HuffPost
The host of "The Late Late Show" gets emotional after singing "Let It Be" with the former Beatle.
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DJ Fontana dead at 87 - Elvis Presley's legendary drummer and last surviving band member passes away, his son reveals
ELVIS Presley’s drummer and last remaining member of The King’s original band has died. DJ Fontana passed away in his sleep last night aged, 87, according to an emotional Facebook post …
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Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special to Hit Movie Theaters This Summer
Release marks concert film's 50th annivesary
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‘The race for governor has turned into a scam’
How California’s Democratic primary became a giant flop.
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The Beatles' Revelatory White Album Demos: A Complete Guide
We delve deep into the 1968 home recordings that planted the seeds for the band's classic self-titled double LP
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Beatles' Esher Demos: Tapes That Became the White Album - Rolling Stone
The group's jovial May 1968 home recordings mark the last time they sounded like true friends
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The Sad Story of Elvis Presley's Senior Prom | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
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Why Does Willie Nelson Still Do It? – Texas Monthly
Willie Nelson talks to us about how he’s able to continuing writing—and touring—well into his eighties.
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Watch Stray Cats Perform "Runaway Boys" and "Built for Speed" at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend -
If you're a big fan of the Kardashians, American Idol and Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" ("I'm in love with your body..."), you probably would've had a lousy time
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Why leaving Fleetwood Mac may be a smart move for Lindsey Buckingham
Anyone paying attention over the last few years could tell Lindsey Buckingham didn't seem to be having much fun.
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David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon Handwriting Turned Into Fonts
Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg fonts have also been developed using their letters and notes
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Jack White Says The White Stripes Was… ‘Jack White Solo’
’There’s only two people in the band... The melodies are coming from one person, the rhythm is coming from Meg,’ White told ’Rolling Stone.’
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HBO's Definitive Documentary "Elvis Presley: The Searcher" Debuts at SXSW
New archival footage of the king, the musician, and the man behind the music
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Rolling Stones in “the early stages” of new studio album
Keith Richards says work on their new studio album has begun - as Rolling Stones add extra London date in May
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Listen To Jack White’s Frenetic New Single ’Over And Over And Over’
Jack White’s ’Over and Over and Over’ feels like a resurgence of the explosive wildness he’s said has gone missing in rock music.
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Charlie Watts: it wouldn't bother me if Rolling Stones split
Seventy-six-year-old drummer says he would be fine if the band called it a day tomorrow
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Quincy Jones Is Sorry for Calling The Beatles "No-Playing Motherf---ers"
The legendary music producer and executive is walking back many comments he made in a recent interview. | iHeartRadio
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Inside the Stunning Resurrection of Michael Nesmith's First National Band
Ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith discusses why the recent reunion of his Seventies country-rock group the First National Band was a career highlight.
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Quincy Jones Has a Story About That | GQ
Quincy Jones has run with Frank Sinatra. Michael Jackson. Malcolm X. Prince. Tupac. Even Leni Riefenstahl—and the 84-year-old music legend has a tale for every famous name.
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The 15 best Chicago music venues
Catch a show at one of the best Chicago music venues, including intimate rock clubs, spacious concert halls and outdoor pavilions.
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Muscle Shoals icons The Swampers releasing 'lost' album
New archival LP finds studio musicians known for backing others' hits finally out-front on their own.
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Greta Van Fleet’s Misty Mountain Revival
How four Michigan kids are reclaiming the sounds of the Seventies.
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Quiz: Which Elvis Presley is most like you?
Are you more of a hip shaker, a soldier or a hunka hunka burning love? Take this personality test.
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The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s | Pitchfork
From James Brown to Etta James, Jimi Hendrix to Patsy Cline, here are the tracks that lit up the decade
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Stray Cats will officially reunite at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in April
The rockabilly trio will headline the four-day festival on Saturday, April 21.
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Why The Beatles' Star Club Tapes Best Represent the Group's Early Bar-Band Spirit
These raw 1962 bootlegs capture the young Fab Four at their hungriest
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The Definitive Guide To Organizing Your Record Collection — Vinyl Me, Please
We present the only guide you'll ever need for organizing your record collection.
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Keith Richards reflects on the Rolling Stones’ BBC recordings, complete with threats of decapitation
For all the outward swagger the Rolling Stones projected, there were certain situations that could intimidate even England’s bad boys of rock ‘n’ roll. Near the top of the list: p…
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The Rolling Stones Are Making $10 Million a Night
The Rolling Stones are making more money on tour per night than any other live music act right now.
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Otis Redding: Remembering His Life 50 Years After His Death
Looking back on the life of a soul legend who left far too early.
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7 Musicians Nominated For A Grammy This Year (Whom You Might Have Missed)
Did you know that The Rolling Stones, Pharrell and even famous composer John Williams have a chance at glory in January?
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The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ at 50: A Monument to Paul McCartney’s Genius
Released fifty years ago—on November 27, 1967—the Beatles’ last slice of psychedelia is an underrated masterpiece, and more fun than ‘Sgt. Pepper.’
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What Jack White's New Album Will Sound Like :: Indie Shuffle
Detailing what has gone into the making of Jack White's forthcoming solo album.
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Fats Domino, Architect Of Rock 'N' Roll, Dead At 89
The rhythm-and-blues legend who became one of the progenitors of rock 'n' roll — and reportedly sold more than 65 million records along the way — died Tuesday.
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Rolling Stones Collect Rare BBC Recordings for 'On Air'
The Rolling Stones will collect 18 recordings the band performed on the BBC from 1963 to 1965 for the upcoming compilation 'On Air.'
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Tom Petty's 'American Girl' was a standout of abstract beauty - The Washington Post
Tom Petty's first major hit remains the prototypical example of his brand of excellent songwriting.
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Another legend remembered | My Rick Springfield crush
There's such collective sadness in our world today. Not only is there still the aftermath of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and fires, there's the horrifying news out of Las Vegas of the mass shooting at an outdoor concert, with 58 confirmed dead and mor
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Now that 'Sgt. Pepper' has been remixed and reissued, Ringo Starr shares his wish list
Ringo Starr discusses other Beatles albums he'd like to see remixed.
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The Rolling Stones want this guy in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | New York Post
The next time you hear a debate on who should be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, be sure to bring up the name of Hubert Sumlin. As pointed out in...
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How the Rolling Stones went disco: Inside the making of “Miss You” - Salon.com
"Keith went mad, but it sounded great on the dance floor"
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Elvis & ‘Cultural Appropriation' - Music Works Best When Borrowed
If cultural appropriation is a crime, charge Elvis Presley. Culture thrives when it’s all shook up ...
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Sparkle Moore: The Mysterious Rockabilly Pioneer You've Never Heard Of | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
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The Last Living Beatles Just Reunited To Release A New Song! | HuffPost
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have debuted "We're on the Road Again."
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Rolling Stones fans offered the chance to be part of Bill Wyman film
Catch-up TV, Entertainment, News, Sport, Soaps and all your favourite Irish and International shows from TV3
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Sgt Pepper at 50: Liverpool music aficionados share their take on groundbreaking album
Lawrence Saunders assembles Liverpool music and art aficionados to get their take on The Beatles' groundbreaking album amid the anniversary celebrations.
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Sgt. Pepper Wasn’t Broken. So They Fixed It. | Big Think
For the Sgt. Pepper 50th anniversary remix, good intentions and modern technology revitalize a classic album.
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Conversation With A Legend: The Who's Pete Townshend On Art, Festivals And More
Who guitarist Pete Townshend is bringing a classical version of Quadrophenia to the U.S. in September. To mark the occasion he talked about everything from Tommy and Desert Trip to the early days of rock in this exceptional interview.
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Review: The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's' Anniversary Editions Reveal Wonders
This 50th anniversary reconsideration of a major canonical work brings new mixes, in-development versions and may be how it was meant to be heard.
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The History - Monterey International Pop Festival
The Big Idea The impetus behind the staging of the Monterey International Pop Festival evolved one night in 1967, at Mama Cass Elliot’s house. Paul McCartney, J
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How The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper” Was Retooled To Sound Fresh 50 Years Later
Giles Martin remixed The Beatles’ most ambitious album with a blend of vintage technique and modern tools. It’s out May 26.
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Beatles: Remembering Real 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' - Rolling Stone
Read how a drawing by John Lennon's three-year-old son Julian inspired "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."
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Months After His Death, Chuck Berry Gets His First Music Video
A thrilling dance sequence unfolds at a high school sock hop to the gritty chug of Chuck Berry's "Big Boys."
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Cassettes Are Making A Comeback, But Which Artists Are Actually Selling Them?
Which artists are bothering to sell tapes in today's musical economy, and which titles have been performing well?
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JC Brooks on how ‘The Neon Jungle’ straddles genres to retool the uptown funk sound
The uptown sound is still around, but now under JC Brooks own name. His new album, The Neon Jungle can succinctly be described as an album-length soundtrack for one crazy/incredible night out.
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How a St. Louis neighborhood called the Ville helped define Chuck Berry's art
Chuck Berry was to St. Louis what Prince was to Minneapolis, what Elvis was to Memphis and what Sinatra was to New Jersey: Its citizens didn’t agree on much, but Berry was sacrosanct.
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Chuck Berry Was the Sound of 20th Century America | Pitchfork
Chuck Berry released his first single “Maybellene” in 1955, not long after the century he would help define reached its midpoint. Rock’n’roll was busy being born, set off four years earlier by “Rocket 88,” the Ike Turner side sung by Jackie Brenston that is often acknowledged as the genre’s first single.
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Rolling Stones: Chuck Berry's Music 'Is Engraved Inside Us' - Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stones paid tribute to rock & roll innovator Chuck Berry, both as a band and individually, in a series of statements following his death.
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Peter Guralnick on Why Chuck Berry Is Greater Than You Think - Rolling Stone
Peter Guralnick looks back on meetings with Chuck Berry stretching back nearly 40 years, and explains why his genius is deeper than it seems.
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Chuck Berry: 10 Country Music Covers | Rolling Stone
From Marty Robbins to Emmylou Harris, country artists have a long history of interpreting the rock pioneer's songs
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Bon Jovi Pays Tribute to Chuck Berry | Billboard
Bon Jovi paid tribute to the late Chuck Berry Saturday night (March 18) with a cover of his iconic song "Johnny B. Goode" at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
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Chuck Berry was a master of detail whose music defined a genre
To think of Berry’s work as simple — as vague or without specifics — is a profound misunderstanding of the compositions and classic recordings that made him a star.
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The 50thirdand3rd Interview with - The Schizophonics
Having been in the front row watching The Schizophonics at Field Trip South a few weeks ago all I can say is "This band is kick ass."
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Dear Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination committee…
Dear Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination committee, I am writing to ask you to please nominate Rick Springfield to be inducted into the 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has been eligible since…
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Two unreleased David Bowie albums due out for Record Store Day
The 10th annual Record Store Day takes place next month on 22 April - and to mark the occasion, two previously unavailable David Bowie recordings will be released on vinyl.
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Beatles Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney Reunite in Studio
The surviving members of the Beatles came together in the studio on Sunday.
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Musicians React To The Death Of 'Funky Drummer' Clyde Stubblefield
Hip-hop artists indebted to Clyde Stubblefield's drum sounds paid homage to the late legend.
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Cassette sales actually went up in 2016
We're barely a month into the new year, but it's already clear some of us still want to live in the past. Case in point: US cassette tape sales actually grew in...
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The Rolling Stones' New Blues: Inside Their Roots Revival, Bright Future
The Rolling Stones discuss why they took a break from an album of originals to make 'Blue & Lonesome,' their raw new LP of blues covers.
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Neil Diamond Announces Massive 50th Anniversary World Tour
Neil Diamond will embark on his 50 Year Anniversary World Tour in 2017, which includes 39 concerts in North American arenas.
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The 15 Best Unreleased Beatles Songs That You Can Listen to Now
Incredibly, there's still great music by the Fab Four that hasn't been officially released.
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Bob Dylan Pens Rare Essay, Offers Virtual Tour of Painting Exhibition | Pitchfork
Bob Dylan’s paintings of American landscapes are being exhibited in London’s Halcyon Gallery. The show is called “The Beaten Path,” and Dylan has written an introduction to the exhibition in a rare essay published by Vanity Fair.
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Chuck Berry Announces First Studio Album in 38 Years, Chuck | Pitchfork
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The Rolling Stones' Blue and Lonesome: the classic songs they're covering | Music | The Guardian
Jagger and Richards were blues fans when they met, and 50 years on the passion has endured. Learn about and listen to all the originals on their new covers album
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Rolling Stones Preview Song From New Blues Album: Watch | Billboard
The Rolling Stones shared a brief snippet of a bluesy track from their upcoming album, which is due out this Friday (Oct. 6).
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Rolling Stones hint new album coming out on 6 October
First release since 2005 comprises raw cover versions of Chicago blues classics, according to producer Don Was
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Eight Days A Week: how Ron Howard brought the Beatles back to life | Film | The Guardian
Howard’s new film captures the sweat, screams and cultural significance of the band’s touring years. He explains why the Fab Four still fascinates him
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Jack White Says Jimmy Fallon’s Guitar Is For Babies, Then Almost Cries Over His | SPIN
Last night, Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon attempted to bond with musical guest Jack White over their shared hobby of playing guitar. "I have a Fender Newporter
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Listen to never-before-released Otis Redding live track, Just One More Day | Music | The Guardian
Taken from a six-CD collection celebrating the soul giant’s career-changing performances on Sunset Strip in 1966
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48 BEST LOS ANGELES CONCERTS THIS SEPTEMBER FEATURING COLD WAR KIDS, KRAFTWERK, SIGUR ROS AND MORE
September is going to rock! The Autumn season may be upon us but it's still warm enough to enjoy live music under the night sky including shows such as Kraftwerk, Sigur Ros, and Hall & Oates with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Hear The Beatles' Last-Ever Concert
Read our detailed look at the end of the Beatles' touring career, which concluded 50 years ago with a show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park.
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All Songs +1: The Beatles Are Live And Sounding Better Than Ever
The Beatles were a great live band, but only three of their shows were ever professionally recorded. Now new technology takes those shows from The Hollywood Bowl and makes them sound better than ever.
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Michael Nesmith joining the Monkees' 50th anniversary stop in L.A. - LA Times
The Los Angeles homecoming stop next month on the Monkees’ 50th anniversary tour will include all three surviving members of the made-for-TV band, guitarist, singer and songwriter Michael Nesmith confirmed Friday.
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Jack White announces ‘Acoustic Recordings’, shares unreleased White Stripes song
The compilation features rare tracks, alternate versions and White Stripes material
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Inside Elvis Presley's Legendary Man-Cave Studio - Rolling Stone
Read the history of Elvis Presley's legendarily gaudy Jungle Room den, the site of his final recording sessions.
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Hit The Road With The New Trailer For Ron Howard's 'The Beatles: Eight Days A Week'
Is there anything left to say about The Beatles that we don’t already know? The impact, legacy, and importance of the biggest rock ‘n roll band ever has been dissected and studied over and over for years, setting up a particular challenge for Ron Howa
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Beatles’ Hollywood Bowl Live Album to Drop in Time for Ron Howard Doc | Den of Geek
The Beatles new album, Live At The Hollywood Bowl, hits shelves on September 9.
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Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley Guitarist, Dead at 84
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist performed on
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WATCH: Converse creates Chuck Taylor with built-in wah-wah pedal!
The new sneakers are named after Chet Atkins, the first ever guitarist to use a wah-wah pedal.
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22 Terrible Songs by Great Artists
Great mistakes from Dylan, Elvis, Zep, the Who and more
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Legendary Producer Chips Moman Dead at 79 | Rolling Stone
Legendary producer Chips Moman, who worked with the likes of Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson, has died at 79.
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At 75, things are coming easy for Ringo Starr - The Washington Post
Former Beatles drummer continues to tour with his All-Starr Band and will play the Warner.
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10 Wild LPs From Garage Rock's Greatest Year | Rolling Stone
Sample 10 essential garage-rock albums from 1966, the year this gloriously raw style reached its apex.
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1976-1978: CBGB's House Photographer Seminal Shots
David Godlis was eyewitness to the 1970s New York punk scene. These are just a few of his seminal shots!
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Ramones' Debut Album Gets 40th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue | Pitchfork
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Ramones' landmark debut album. The album is getting a deluxe edition reissue on July 29 via Rhino
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'If These Walls Could Sing': A Look Back at Capitol Studios On Its 60th Anniversary
Hollywood's iconic Capitol Studios opened in 1956 with Frank Sinatra conducting the orchestra for his Tone Poems of Color album. While millions have enjoyed the music made in the famed wood-paneled studios by artists ranging from The Beach Boys to Beastie Boys, few have stepped inside. On May 21 and 22, Capitol Studios will open its door to the public for tours to commemorate its 60th anniversary.
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Photos: Inside Hollywood's Legendary Capitol Studios
Capitol Studios turned 60 this year, and they'll open the studios to the public for the first time this weekend.
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Success as an artist: Perseverance or predestined? | My Rick Springfield crush
I went to an open mic earlier this week, one of the most popular ones in town where many talented musicians perform. It was my first time there and besides the local legend running the open mic, I hadn't heard of any of the performers. As I watched them,
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How Pet Sounds Invented the Modern Pop Album
Brian Wilson’s Beach Boys masterpiece paved the way for auteurs like Kanye West and anticipated the rise of the producer.
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Blues, drugs and rock ′n′ roll: Eric Burdon turns 75 | Music
The singer of "House of the Rising Sun" and founder of the band The Animals is considered one of the greatest white blues performer ever. Following his 75th birthday, Eric Burdon will once again go on tour.
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Billboard: Digital music sales decrease for the first time ever, vinyl continues to grow
It was inevitable: After years of highs and then a plateau, digital music sales saw their first decrease in 2013. Last year, digital song purchases dropped al...
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Watch Prince's Incredible 'My Guitar Gently Weeps' Solo | Rolling Stone
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others performed 'My Guitar Gently Weeps' at the 2004 Rock Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
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Paul McCartney Played “Helter Skelter” with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic | Nerdist
Paul McCartney is pulling out all the stops on his ongoing One on One tour. Last week the musician revisited a pair of Beatles classics that he hadn’t performed
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How to Buy the Best Turntable and Stereo System for Your Record Collection
Your one-stop guide to choosing the right record player, amplifier, speakers, and everything else necessary for an awesome vinyl setup.
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Watch Trailer for George Martin's All-Star PBS Series 'Soundbreaking' | Rolling Stone
Before George Martin's death on March 8th, the producer aligned with PBS for an eight-part, all-star music series titled 'Soundbreaking.'
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Rick Springfield on meeting Elvis and dressing up like Fred Flintstone
In 11 Questions, The A.V. Club asks interesting people 11 interesting questions—and then asks them to suggest one for our next interviewee.Most people know Australian native Rick Springfield for his huge 1981 hit single “Jessie’s Girl,” around the
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Ronnie Wood Confirms: Rolling Stones Working on New Album | Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood has confirmed that the rock legends are now focusing on the long-awaited follow-up to 2005's 'A Bigger Bang.'
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Flight of the Conchords Extend Tour | News | Pitchfork
New Zealand musical comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, aka Flight of the Conchords, recently announced a tour. They promised they'd be testing out new material on the road. Now, they've announced some additional dates across North America. Find their updated tour itinerary below.
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That Time Keith Richards Nearly Stabbed Donald Trump
As if you needed another reason to love Keith Richards (considering he's a really nice dude who once nearly burned down the Playboy Mansion), the Rolling Stones guitarist hated Soiled Carpet Sample Donald Trump way before it was cool. Stones tour manager Michael Cohl recently told this pretty awesome story at a Pollstar event.
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10 Great Beatles Moments We Owe to George Martin
Producer's key contributions to Fab Four canon, from Baroque
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The Who Pay Tribute to David Bowie at New York Concert | Rolling Stone
The Who paid tribute to their "longtime fan" and friend David Bowie prior to the band's concert Thursday at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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Crosley’s First Direct Drive Turntable Doesn’t Disappoint
The C200 is Crosley's first direct drive turntable, and it doesn't disappoint.
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19 Things Only Beatles Fans Will Find Funny
Because sometimes, all you need is LOLz...and to "move like Lennon."
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The Quiet Beatle's Long Shadow: Dhani Harrison On Sharing His Dad With The World : NPR
"The studio was directly below my bedroom, so my floor has rattled my whole life." Dhani Harrison speaks with Eric Westervelt about George Fest, an all-star tribute to his father's music.
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The Monkees Announce New Album Good Times! Featuring Songs Written by Rivers Cuomo, Noel Gallagher, Ben Gibbard, More |
It's been fifty years since the Monkees entered the public consciousness with their television program "The Monkees." The band will celebrate the milestone by releasing Good Times!, their first collection of new material since 1997's Justus, as Rolling Stone reports.
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Tower Records: Where the Good Stuff Was
If you liked rock and roll, a record store was a gateway drug, and there was no better dealer in the world than Tower Records
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See Rick Springfield's Massive 'Star Wars' Toy Collection
'Jessie's Girl' singer shows us his impressive action-figure treasures in this exclusive Rolling Stone video
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Caught On Tape: Stevie Ray Vaughan Rehearses “Let’s Dance” With David Bowie | Society Of Rock
Serious Moonlight Tour Rehearsals, 1983 Despite David Bowie's generous offer to take him on tour, in 1983 Texas blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan declined the offer just before the start of Bowie's Serious Moonlight Tour in pursuit of his own interests. Ste
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Invisible Hits: David Bowie's Early Rarities | The Pitch | Pitchfork
Once you've sufficiently tackled his discography, check out these David Bowie deep cuts.
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Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes. R.I.P David Bowie
David Bowie was one of those musicians who was always in the background of my life. I grew up with and appreciated his music and although I had a couple of his albums, I never saw him in concert or...
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L.A. Mourns David Bowie With Special Events All This Month
For all of us, especially those of us who make our living working in or writing about music, the passing of David Bowie has brought an acute anguish that is almost impossible to fully convey. There is so much to say about this transcendent artist who infl
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Artists Pay Tribute to David Bowie | News | Pitchfork
David Bowie's fans and collaborators have paid tribute to the icon across social media this morning following the announcement of his death. Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar, Iggy Pop, Kanye West, Win Butler, St. Vincent, Pharrell, Carrie Brownstein, Yoko Ono, U2, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Nile Rodgers, Tony Visconti, Madonna, and many more paid their respects.
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David Bowie: Watch his greatest music and movie moments - CNN.com
David Bowie: Pop star. Songwriter. Record producer. Multi-instrumentalist. Actor. Artist. Music video pioneer ...
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See Photos of Elvis on the Precipice of Fame
n 1954, Elvis Aaron Presley was working as a truck driver for $35 a week. Two years later, he was raking in $12,500 for a week’s work in Las Vegas. Before long, a surname was no longer required to invoke the megastar LIFE dubbed a “howling hillbilly success.”
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Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play will reportedly stream The Beatles starting December 24
(Reuters) - Popular music band 'The Beatles' will see its songs feature across streaming music services starting this Thursday, Christmas Eve, Re/code reported, citing sources familiar with the plans.
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The Razor Tongue Of Keith Richards – 17 Artists He's Slammed, From David Bowie To Oasis | NME.COM
The latest music galleries from NME.COM, including band pictures, live photos, festival galleries and more
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Amazon to Give Away Free Vinyl Records Every 30 Minutes | Money.com
Amazon's going big with giveaways, culminating in a December 15 promotion in which customers get free vinyl records every 30 minutes.
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Best Record Shops in America
Now that you can buy music anywhere from Urban Outfitters to Whole Foods and whatever the Internet is, old-school record stores have somehow survived changes in preferred format (8-track, CDs, vinyl, gramophones, and beyond)...
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RA News: Vinyl set to have its biggest year in 25 years in US
The vinyl record industry is poised to continue its comeback, with over nine million LPs sold in the first half of 2015, according to Recording Industry Association of America statistics.
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Watch The Beatles' Restored, Trippy 'A Day in the Life' Video | Rolling Stone
Check out the Beatles' rarely seen, fully restored "A Day in the Life" video from the upcoming best-of reissue '1+.'
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Black-And-White Photos Chronicle The Early Days Of Rhythm And Blues
It's not easy, as an artist, to make your primary subject a certain sound. For example, the sound of deep pain mixed with a flame of hope. Photographer Benny Joseph, however, made a career of it. Throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s, the photographer chronicled the bourgeoning roots of the movement known as rhythm and blues.
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Bill Withers Can Still Bite
Bill Withers will be honored Thursday night with a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall, which will recreate his celebrated 1973 live album.
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Keith Richards: New Rolling Stones record coming next year | HeraldNet.com - Entertainment
NEW YORK CITY — Keith Richards says The Rolling Stones have “definite plans” to record next year after a tour of South America.The Stones guitarist...
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Powerhouse Vocalist Darlene Love Talks Steve Van Zandt and Her New Album - Los Angeles Magazine
With two sold-out shows at the Whisky this weekend, the 20 Feet From Stardom singer is introducing herself to a new audience
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Ringo Starr found some Beatles ‘stuff’ lying around and he wants you to have it
Starr is auctioning off several million dollars worth of instruments, jewelry and assorted keepsakes he just found lying around his houses. The proceeds will go to charity.
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Elvis Presley Artifacts Sold at Graceland Auction | Mental Floss
From handwritten notes to diamond rings to a jacket worn in the film 'Viva Las Vegas,' the items are part of royal rock and roll history.
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Keith Richards on Why Sgt. Pepper Was Rubbish - 2015 Esquire Interview
The Rolling Stones guitarist looks back on five decades of fame. Interviewed June 30 in the Sanford Boardroom at the Washington Duke Inn, Durham, North Carolina. Crosseyed Heart, his first album in more than 20 years, will be released September 18.
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All 74 Led Zeppelin Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best
It's difficult to remember now how precious the blues seemed to rockers in the 1960s. The blues were a serious matter, meant to be played a certain way. Rock bands always fooled around with doing the blues louder and with less finesse, of course, but beyond that, folks like Eric Clapton were the models, with their sincere embarkations into the music. They were done with brio, but with probity and respect, too.
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Miles Davis: Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 | Album Reviews | Pitchfork
Even the most optimistic fan might not have been able to foresee the long-term vitality of Miles Davis' posthumous catalog. Thanks to multi-disc box sets that have unearthed all the (thrilling) studio sessions that went into iconic fusion albums
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Dave Grohl's Doctor Joined The Foo Fighters To Cover The White Stripes
Orthopedic doctors can be rock 'n' roll stars too, if just for one night. During the Foo Fighters' show at Fenway Park in Boston on Sunday, Dave Grohl's doctor joined the band for a White Stripes cover
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Hear Keith Richards Ward Off 'Trouble' on Ragged New Single | Rolling Stone
Keith Richards has delivered the stripped-down rocker, "Trouble," the first single from his upcoming solo LP, 'Crosseyed Heart.'
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Keith Richards Announces New Solo LP 'Crosseyed Heart' | Rolling Stone
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will release 'Crosseyed Heart,' his third solo album and first in 23 years, this September.
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What Playing a Vinyl Record Looks Like Under a Microscope | Mental Floss
Ben Krasnow uses an electron microscope to see a record player in close-up action.
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Ginger Baker On Firing Jack Bruce, Origins Of Cream
In the first, second, and third parts of this series with Ginger Baker, the former Cream and Blind Faith drummer touched upon a number of topics, including Sunshine Of Your Love, his false “deaths” reported by the media, how to make a proper cup of te
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Hear Led Zeppelin's Rare, Riotous Blues Rave-Up 'Sugar Mama' | Rolling Stone
Led Zeppelin are opening their vaults for a final time next month, when they put out deluxe reissues of their final three albums. One of the most curious, interesting finds among newly unearthed bonus tracks is "Sugar Mama," a thumping, upbeat blues rave-up that finds Robert Plant wailing the title at the top of his lungs and Jimmy Page playing an elastic slide-guitar solo...
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The 40 Best Los Angeles Concerts This June - Grimy Goods
Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters June gloom? Nah, I don’t think so. At least not when it comes to the wide array of fabulous must-see concerts in Los Angeles this June. This month’s round up features several boss shows, from local
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NME News The Rolling Stones share unheard version of 'Brown Sugar' featuring Eric Clapton | NME.COM
The alternate recording will feature as a bonus track on the band's 'Sticky Fingers' reissue
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NME News Mick Jagger: 'I'm not thinking about retirement' | NME.COM
Rolling Stones frontman says he is keen to record a new album with the band
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Thinking Out Loud with Courtney Barnett - Los Angeles Magazine
If other artists wrote the lyric “It’s got a lovely garden / A garage for two cars to park in / Or a lot of room for storage if you’ve just got one,” they couldn’t get away with it as handily as Courtney Barnett, who is playing the Roxy this weekend, can...
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Watch Rolling Stones Play ‘Sticky Fingers’ at Intimate L.A. Show
The Rolling Stones previewed their upcoming Zip Code tour with a surprise concert Wednesday night at L.A.’s tiny Fonda Theatre, where they played their classic 1971 album Sticky Fingers in its entirety for the first time ever.
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Marsh Men: Numero’s Entire Run Of Mad Men Placements | Numero Group: By The Numbers
The Numero Group considers themselves very lucky to have contributed several songs to the sonic landscape of Mad Men. And for the sake of historical accuracy, the songs were often upstaged by grand-slam singles from the Beatles, The Jimi Hendrix Expe
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The Rolling Stones Play The Fonda Tonight, Tickets On Sale At Noon [UPDATE]: LAist
They might be the biggest rock band in the world, but the Rolling Stones are going quasi-intimate tonight and playing a show at the Henry Fonda Theater.
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Flashback: Beatles Cover Bob Dylan During 'Let It Be' Sessions
The 1966 classic is one of many covers the Fab Four messed around with during the 'Let It Be' sessions
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New study shows that people stop listening to new music at 33 · Newswire · The A.V. Club
If you’re 33 or older, you will never listen to new music again—at least, that’s more or less what a new online study says. The study, which is based mainly on data from U.S. Spotify users, concludes that age 33 is when, on average, people stop discovering new music and begin the official march to the grave.
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Paul McCartney plays the Beatles' 'Another Girl' for the first time live | EW.com
Neither the Beatles nor any single members of the Beatles had ever played “Another Girl,” the fifth track off 1965’s Help!, until now: Paul McCartney performed the song at Japan’s Nippon Budokan Tuesday, according to NME.
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The Wrecking Crew reveals the faces behind the hits | Movie Review | Chicago Reader
Denny Tedesco—whose father, guitarist Tommy Tedesco, was one of the greatest session musicians of the rock era—started working on his documentary The Wrecking Crew shortly after his dad was diagnosed with cancer in 1996, but it didn't premiere until 12 years later, at the South by Southwest Film Festival.
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L.A. ON LP: The Search for Locations on Classic Album Covers
Oliver Wang explores the different locations and time eras that are captured in the LP art of L.A.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan to be inducted into Hall of Fame on Saturday | KXAN.com
Legendary Austin blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble will take their place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland …
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Loretta Lynn, Live At The 2014 Americana Music Awards : NPR
As spirited as ever, Lynn gives a seemingly effortless performance of "Coal Miner's Daughter."
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Third Man Announce White Stripes' Loretta Lynn Covers 7", Van Lear Rose Deluxe Reissue | News | Pitchfork
The latest installment of Third Man's Vault subscription series is centered around country icon Loretta Lynn. They're releasing a deluxe edition vinyl reissue of her 2004 Jack White-produced album Van Lear Rose, a 7" featuring two White Stripes covers of Lynn's songs, and a whole lot more. Hear a snippet of their "Rated X" cover above.
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Watch Jack White and Robert Plant perform Led Zeppelin's 'The Lemon Song' live
Jack White and Robert Plant performing together is like a rock-fan fever dream. The dream became reality at music festival Lollapalooza Argentina on Saturday. While performing a cover of the Led Zeppelin track "The Lemon Song," which White has done many times on tour and at last year's Bonnaroo, Plant himself stepped out on stage.
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Double Fantasy: Very Rarely Seen Photos of Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Vanity Fair
Photographer Kishin Shinoyama and Yoko Ono share rare images from their Double Fantasy album shoot.
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Rolling Stones to kick off 2015 tour in San Diego | FOX5 San Diego
The Rolling Stones will kick off their upcoming tour in San Diego, U-T San Diego reported Thursday. According to the newspaper, Petco Park is the venue for the Rolling Stones late May concert
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John Lennon's 'Paperback Writer' Guitar Sells for $530K to Colts Owner
Jim Irsay explains why he paid half a million dollars for the iconic instrument
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Bob Dylan Has Recorded Another Album of Frank Sinatra Songs
Occasional Bob Dylan collaborator Daniel Lanois has revealed that the singer-songwriter's venture into standards might not be limited to last month's Shadows in the Night.
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Calexico Share "Falling From the Sky" Featuring Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell | News | Pitchfork
Calexico will release new album Edge of the Sun, their follow-up to 2012's Algiers and the 2013 live album Spiritoso, April 14 via Anti-/City Slang. Today, they're sharing a new single that features Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell called "Falling From the Sky". Listen to it above, via Stereogum.
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Rolling Stones Will Reportedly Tour North America This Summer
Rolling Stones will reportedly tour North America in summer 2015.
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Forever Changes is a stunning indictment of The Summer Of Love · Permanent Records · The A.V. Club
On a recent episode of the WTF podcast with Marc Maron, Paul Thomas Anderson mused on what he thought the central themes of Thomas Pynchon’s novel Inherent Vice were, and talked a bit about how he tried to translate them to the screen. Anderson can be evasive about the meaning behind his art—what artist isn’t, really?—but he touches on an intriguing idea
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Haim and Morris Day & the Time Team Up for "Jungle Love" on "Kimmel"
Oh-we-oh-we-oh! Every Monday this month, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" are hosting a weekly night called "Mash Up Mondays" where two artists come together to form supergroups. Last week, Weezer and ZZ Top teamed up.
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Alabama Shakes Announce New Album Sound & Color , Share
Three years after dropping their popular debut Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes are back with another full-length LP. Arriving April 21 via ATO (April 20 in the UK/Europe, via Rough Trade), the twelve-track effort is titled Sound & Color, and was recorded at the Sound Emporium in Nashville...
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A Statement from Tom Petty About Sam Smith
"About the Sam Smith thing. Let me say I have never had any hard feelings toward Sam. All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen. Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this case it got by. S
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Rare, unusual Beatles and Rolling Stones photos surface via eBay sale - LA Times
A shirtless Mick Jagger, relaxing poolside in Savannah, Ga., in 1965, intently studies the back cover of Bob Dylan’s then-new “Bringing It All Back Home” album, still in the shrink wrap.
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Jack White Gets His Own Baseball Card
You know: because of that time he threw out the first pitch. Or maybe MLB suddenly loves quirky vinyl?
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Black Crowes' Rich Robinson: 'The Band Has Broken Up' | Rolling Stone
Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson says the band has broken up.
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Keith Richards, 71, was 'not impressed' with Justin Bieber who he called a 'wannabe' during chance encounter | Daily Mail
The two met in the Turks And Caicos
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Chuck Berry's Bottomless Vault: Inside His Epic 21-Hour Box Set | Rolling Stone
A new box set collects everything Chuck Berry ever recorded – from rock to blues to WTF disco.
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Elvis Presley's 80th birthday brings ex-wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie back to Graceland | Daily Mail Online
Several hundred fans braved freezing cold Thursday to join Elvis Presley's family in Memphis, Tennessee on what would have been the King of Rock 'n' Roll's 8...
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Beatles fans trolled on Twitter by Kanye West-Paul McCartney jokes
Fans of The Beatles and Kanye West were fooled by Twitter jokesters who reacted to the rapper’s surprise collaboration with Paul McCartney by back-patting his so-called discovery of the British megastar.
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Bono might never play guitar again after bicycle accident - The Independent
Bono might never be able to play guitar again after a bicycle accident in November.
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Paul McCartney calls study courses focusing on The Beatles 'ridiculous yet flattering'
The singer doesn't believe study courses can create great musicians
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The Rebellious Cool of Keith Richards - Keith Richards Style - Esquire
On his 71st birthday, we take a look back at the unimpeachable style of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
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Paul McCartney on John Lennon's Death: 'It Was Just So Horrific' | Rolling Stone
On the 34th anniversary of John Lennon's death, Paul McCartney recalls the moment he heard about the former Beatle's death.
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Hologram Paul McCartney Stars in 'Hope for the Future' Video | Rolling Stone
Watch a hologram Paul McCartney sing the grandiose ballad 'Hope for the Future' against vivid backdrops from the game 'Destiny.'
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Vinyl Record Sales Just Hit an 18-year High
In 2014 you'd be forgiven for thinking the music industry is all about online charts and digital downloads, but the latest figures released by the Official Charts Company reveal a corresponding boom in vinyl record sales which have reached an 18-year high.
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Various Artists's New Album: The Art of McCartney | Rolling Stone
Check out our review of Various Artists's New Album The Art of McCartney on Rolling Stone.com.
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It's 'rubbish' that Robert Plant turned down £500m Led Zeppelin reformation offer, says publicist
Report about former Zeppelin singer rejecting offer from Richard Branson is not true, says his PR representative
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Jack Bruce: five songs that chart his journey through the 60s to Cream
Here are five performances tracing the late Jack Bruce’s journey from 19-year-old upright bass player to part of rock’s first supergroup
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Jack Bruce dies at 71; bassist for rock supergroup Cream - LA Times
Jack Bruce, whose muscular yet melodic bass lines helped power the bluesy British rock trio Cream, died Saturday at his home in Suffolk, England. He was 71.
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Watch Video Of 100 Classic Rhythm Section Riffs Played In One Take: Chicagoist
Chicago Music Exchange's Marc Najjar and drummer Nate Bauman made a video of 100 classic bass riffs and drum beats ranging from 'Ain't That A Shame
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Robert Plant: I Want to Record With Jack White | Rolling Stone
Robert Plant revealed in a Facebook chat that he'd love to record with Jack White at Nashville's Third Man Studios.
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10 Artists You Didn't Realize Were One-Hit Wonders - Listverse
Since the 1950s, the term "Top 40" has become synonymous in music with mainstream popularity, leaving artists with only one Top 40 hit song fittingly called "one-hit wonders." Although many one-hit...
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11 Super Weird Things You Didn't Know About The Beatles
If tomorrow never knows, then you definitely don't know these things. Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void of trivia. The Beatles'
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 'CSNY 1974' Album Review | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone
Forty summers ago, North America's greatest dysfunctional supergroup patched things up for a while, filled stadiums and left behind tales of backstage...
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Jack White Performs "Temporary Ground" On Conan On 06/11/14
Jack White performs a track from his album Lazaretto.
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Inside the Underground World of LA's Home Recording Studios
In the ancient days of recording technology—say, 10 years ago—musicians, composers, engineers, and producers feeding the insatiable appetite of the entertainment industry had to travel to a pricey commercial...
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Shut Your Dumb, Stupid Mouth about the Beatles Being Overrated | NOISEY
You don’t sound contrarian. You just sound like an asshole.
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McCartney Returns
Paul McCartney resumed performing Saturday in Albany after illness forced him to take a two-month hiatus.
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Hear Jack White's Walloping 90-Minute BBC Set
Rocker discusses writing new album 'Lazaretto' on the road and the seaworthy origins of his upright bass
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A Hard Day's Night 50th anniversary - The story behind the Beatles' pop masterpiece
The Beatles' low-budget film was shot using hand-held cameras for just £200,00 - it is now considered one of the greatest rock’n’roll films ever made
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'Gimme Shelter' Singer Merry Clayton Seriously Injured in Car Accident
'20 Feet From Stardom' subject 'has a long road of recovery ahead'
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Cosmic American Music: Iconic Images of California's Country Music Tradition
A young Emmylou Harris, her long, straight hair falling over a fringed leather jacket, strums a guitar on the darkened stage of North Hollywood's legendary Palomino Club. She is joined by Linda Ronstadt, fabulously arrayed in a boy-scout uniform, who clenches the neck of the guitar as if she is holding Emmylou's hand. They are both laughing, caught in a communal moment of song by one of their own, the folk musician and photographer Henry Diltz.
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Guitarist Randy Bachman Demystifies the Opening Chord of 'A Hard Day's Night' - | Open Culture
You could call it the magical mystery chord. The opening clang of the Beatles’ 1964 hit, “A Hard Day’s Night,” is one of the most famous and distinctive sounds in rock and roll history, and yet for a long time no one could quite figure out what it was.
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Beatles Multitracks Reveal True "A Hard Day's Night" Chord — Video
The ametrical opening chord of the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" is the most beguiling in the band's history. People have been trying to figure it out and/or reproduce it for five decades.
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Chuck Berry to get music's 'Nobel Prize' - Telegraph
Chuck Berry, famed for hits such as Roll Over Beethoven and Maybellene, will receive the 2014 Polar Music Prize, the musical equivalent of a Nobel prize
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Neil Young 'A Letter Home' Album Review | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone
Earlier this year, Neil Young unveiled Pono, a super-high-def audio service meant to deliver us from the sonic crimes of the earbud era. For his next ...
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Jack White creates Ultra vinyl, featuring hidden tracks and holograms
The blues-rocker has yet again innovated with vinyl, by loading the wax for his forthcoming album Lazaretto with secret tricks
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Record Store Day Sales Surge, Some Places to Best Ever
If the purpose of Record Store Day is to help independent shops sell, um, records, this year's event should rank among the best ever.
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Fans come out for vinyl on Record Store Day
Launched in 2007 as a way to celebrate independent record stores and record store culture, Record Store Day has since grown to become a huge event both for customers and the stores that stock them.
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8 Absurd and Expensive Amenities You Can Get at Coachella
When a music festival sells most of its tickets before the lineup is even announced, it probably isn't much of a
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Kurt Cobain’s overlooked legacy: Guitar teacher for a generation
His rudimentary skills and easy-to-learn songs inspired an entire generation of aspiring guitarists.
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Joan Jett to Lead Nirvana at Rock Hall Induction? Foo Fighters Hint "Yes"
Dave Grohl's band posts a photo showing Blackhearts singer's guitar alongside Nirvana instruments
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Rolling Stones fans get what they want – a Tel Aviv concert in the park
Veteran rockers are officially booked to perform at Tel Aviv's Park Hayarkon on June 4.
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Every Single Record Store Day Exclusive Title!
Record Store Day is quickly approaching. The relatively young holiday celebrating independent record stores is happening on April 19th in the United States. Here’s a...
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The Black Keys To Release New Single, "Fever"
The Black Keys will release a new song, "Fever"-- their first new single since 2011's El Camino-- on Monday March 24, Revolt reports.
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The Strypes Bring Maximum RB to New York
In 1964, the Who coined the term Maximum RB, summing up the brawn, blues and ecstasy in their pop art. A full 50 years later, on March 18th, the Stryp...
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Acappella Abbey Road: Sixteen glorious minutes of isolated Beatles vocal tracks
This will help you get over your summer has ended blues: the isolated vocal tracks from the side two medley from Abbey Road. Holy shit. Not completely sans instrumentation, nevertheless the vocals are the important bits here. It’s a (slight)
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Strange But True: Music Doesn't Make Some People Happy
Researchers say a small number of people appear to lack the brain circuitry to get pleasure from music.
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4 Crazy, Early Foreign Language Versions of Beatles Songs
It was 50 years ago this week that the Beatles first landed in the U.S. and set off a wave of Beatlemania from coast to coast with their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. By the end of the 1960s, their music had spread worldwide, not only in th
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The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute to The Beatles - CBS.com
Watch The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute to The Beatles' 50th Anniversary, view video clips and browse photos on CBS.com.
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A Short Film on the Famous Crosswalk From the Beatles’ Abbey Road Album Cover | Open Culture
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Ed Sullivan Theater Unveils Special Marquee To Mark 50th Anniversary Of Beatles Performance - CBS New York
Fifty years ago Sunday, the Beatles made their first appearance on
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Super Bowl: How Bob Dylan Jumped From Counterculture Icon to Car Salesman
Bob Dylan has moved from “Positively 4th Street” to absolutely Madison Avenue. By appearing in a longer-than-usual commercial for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles during the Super Bowl Sunday night – and ...
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The 25 Albums Found at the Bottom of Every Used CD Bin | NOISEY
If you’ve ever spent any time flipping through used CDs at a record store, first of all, cut that shit out, it’s 2014. What are you, Amish? Secondly, you know that used CD bins are a Saturday afternoon-killing adventure box where occasional treasures are to be found. But for the most part, they are just wastelands of sad rejection in jewel case form.
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US embarks on 50th anniversary spree of Beatlemania - Telegraph
Half a century after the Beatles set foot on US soil for the first time, America is celebrating the first British band to make it big stateside
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Seven Questions for Bob Dylan
For fifty years, Bob Dylan has been our oddest intensely famous public figure. And we don't know a thing about him or how he lives. We had a few simple questions.
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Bob Dylan: From electric to metal
More than 50 years since recording his first record, Bob Dylan puts his iron-work sculptures on display for the first time.
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Eurythmics reunite for Feb. 9 50th anniversary Beatles TV special
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart are slated to come together and perform once again as the Eurythmics for a segment on the CBS-TV special “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles,” commemorating the Fab Four’s first a
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How Vinyl Records Are Made
Hey, want a 20-minute documentary from the '50s on how vinyl records are made? We've got one!
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Between Rock and a Soft Place
Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman tells about the 'fun things' in his London study—like Rupert Bears
Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman recalls Christmastime as a child, and the Rupert Bear collections now in his London home
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Singer Phil Everly -- half of legendary Everly Brothers -- dies
Singer Phil Everly -- one half of the groundbreaking, smooth-sounding, record-setting duo, the Everly Brothers -- has died, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Imagine Making $2000 A Day From Something You Did 30 Years Ago… That's What Sting Did
It's probably safe to bet that the average person reading this article earns a living by working a job that requires 8-10 hours of effort a day, five ...
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Why are 59 unreleased Beatles songs now on iTunes?
A band released music Tuesday with no promotion and limited distribution. The iconic band indeed released 59 recordings via iTunes Tuesday, but with little fanfare, and the release could be of short duration. The reason for the move: so the band can benef
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Happy 70th birthday, Keith Richards | Toronto Star
In honour of this unlikely milestone, we present a list of things the Rolling Stones musician is older than.
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Haim: 'Dad would be like, Let's go and jam in the living room'
With a fanbase including the xx and Primal Scream, LA sisters Haim are the band of the moment. Tom Lamont meets them in Amsterdam
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Debunking the Myth That Kennedy’s Assassination Made Beatlemania Possible
On Nov. 22, 1963, two very good things happened along with one unspeakably awful thing. The fact that both A Christmas Gift for You From Philles Records (later renamed A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector) and With the Beatles both came out on the s
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Preserving Music History: Help Save Tower Records Sunset Strip
An appeal to save the iconic structure will be brought to the West Hollywood City Council Monday, November 18th
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CBS to air TV special honoring Beatles' 50th on anniversary day!
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most historic moments in music and television, CBS will air
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The Ten Douchiest Guitar Players of All Time
Hey, we can all appreciate a quality guitar god. Anyone who considers themselves a fan of music knows the joy...
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23 Unseen Photos Of Rolling Stones Discovered At US Flea Market
Remember the story of the mysterious photographer Vivian Maier, who's extraordinary images were stumbled upon years after her death? Well, recently (and again the US) another wonderful photography ...
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Beatles fans reunite to recreate Ringo Starr's famous 1964 photograph - Telegraph
Beatles fans pictured by Ringo Starr in famous 1964 picture have reunited to recreate the photograph after half a century
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Paul McCartney - Queenie Eye (Official Video)
Music video by Paul McCartney performing Queenie Eye. (C) 2013 Copyright owned by MPL Communications Inc/Ltd under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, ...
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Paul McCartney - 'The Making Of Queenie Eye'
Get 'NEW': From Amazon: http://smarturl.it/PMc_New_Album_Amzn From iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PMnewiTunes From Google Play: http://g.co/PlayPaulMcCartney ---...
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15 Of The Most Valuable & Rare Rock Records - WXRT
Are you a proud owner of an impressive record collection? Have that one special record you think is worth a lot? An extensive record collection is the coolest type of collection you can own. Maybe you have a record in your attic worth thousands and you do
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Paul McCartney plays surprise concert in New York's Times Square
Paul McCartney continued his guerilla concert dates Thursday, turning up to play a terse set before a surprised lunch time crowd in Times Square.
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George Harrison hated being 'pushed around' by Paul McCartney
The Beatles ruled the world... and he hated every minute. Graeme Thomson charts George Harrison’s descent into paranoia.
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On the Scene at Paul McCartney’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ concert: Something old, something ‘New’
When Paul McCartney and his Beatles bandmates performed an unannounced concert on a London rooftop in 1969 for their Let It Be film, the police...
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‘Born in Chicago’ Tells of Titans Who Taught Young Protegés
A new documentary, “Born in Chicago,” looks at an era when blues musicians like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf took young white neophytes under their wing.
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Beatles to release second volume of BBC recordings
Fans track down release details of new anthology on Facebook page of Universal Music's Philippines subsidiary
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Paul McCartney Producer Ethan Johns Previews 'Revelatory' New Album | Music News | Rolling Stone
Ethan Johns on working with the Beatle and what's next for his own solo career
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Do Records Really Sound Warmer Than CDs?
We’ve all no doubt heard the countless claims about how vinyl simply sounds “better” and “warmer” than today’s digital music. And this belief is taking today’s consumers beyond the boxes in their parent’s attic. According to an article by
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On The Road To Rock Excess: Why The '60s Really Ended In 1973 : NPR
In the new book What You Want Is in the Limo, author Michael Walker argues that a peak year in the careers of Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper and The Who also marked a cultural shift — from the peace, love and understanding of 1960-era music to '70s rock dec
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Happy 70th birthday, Mick Jagger!"
Mick Jagger is 70 on Friday. He's been mocked for his age, but he's still out there. Who's laughing now?
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167 Theremin Players Perform Beethoven
It's Sunday. It's hot. Why not watch 167 theremin players perform variations on Beethoven's Symphony No. 9???
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London contemporary music festival: a new twist on a classical concept
Igor Toronyi-Lalic: Peckham car park is playing host to an event that aims to draw contemporary classical music back to the centre of cultural life
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Summer Jam: the forgotten US rock festival that was bigger than Woodstock
In 1973, bands like The Grateful Dead played to 600,000 at Summer Jam in upstate New York. Like Woodstock, there was love, peace, nudity, and drugs
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Documentary paints vivid portrait of music ‘Born in Chicago’ - Chicago Sun-Times
Only a spoonful of people know of the uplifting bridge between the North Side and the South Side. The mid-1960s connection between the young white blues musicians of Chicago and the northern suburbs and the blues masters of the South Side made music histo
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7 Famous Songs Written in Less Than a Day
Here's a tip of the cap to seven speed demon songwriters who whipped up some of their biggest hits in a matter of hours.
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Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights
From Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 The Bright Lights - EP is now available at iTunes: http://wbr.fm/GCJep & Spotify: http://bit.ly/pp6Ys6
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Did You Know That Louis Armstrong Wore a Star of David?
This story goes to show the powerful impact that kindness can have on the life of another. The Karnofskys helped contribute to the growth of one of the world’s greatest musicians, and father of Jazz.
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The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up & Its Only Rock 'n' Roll - Hyde Park - Live in London - July 6 2013
Forty Four years after they performed their legendary free Hyde Park gig in 1969, The Rolling Stones returned to the London Park on July 6 2013, and while th...
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Rolling Stones Triumph in Hyde Park Homecoming
Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ronnie are all smiles as they roll through greatest hits during first Hyde Park show in 44 years.
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Thirteen Dumb Band Names | Music News | Rolling Stone
From Hoobastank to Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
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The Beatles “She Loves You” 50th anniversary: In the latest Blogging the Beatles, how the group recorded one of their biggest hits.
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Mick looked ready for more, Keith looked in need of a warm malt drink: Glastonbury's night of the living dead as Rolling Stones rock the festival
Mick Jagger turns 70 this month, and Keith Richards sports something resembling an old man’s paunch, but they, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood put on a show that the teenagers in the audience will tell their grandchildren about.
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1993 Songs: These Songs Are 20 Years Old | Music News | Rolling Stone
Beck, Lenny Kravitz, the Bee Girl and more
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4 Changes to English So Subtle We Hardly Notice They're Happening
These days, it's possible to spot subtle linguistic changes by analyzing large digital collections of text.
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Welsh village lifts ban on Tom Jones... 47 years after he was accused of stealing a chicken
His band was blacklisted from Fochriw, which has a population of 1000 people, over the mystery disappearance of a chicken which was first prize in the club raffle.
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Dave Grohl Sits in With the Rolling Stones
Foo Fighters frontman sings and plays guitar on 'Bitch'
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That Settles It: Yoko Ono Did Not Break Up the Beatles | TIME.com
A recent interview by veteran British journalist David Frost with Paul McCartney is causing a stir — or, rather, resolving one. For a November episode of Frost's television program, Frost over the World, which airs on al-Jazeera English and features hour-long interviews of the sort for which Frost...
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HMV's future seen as handful of stores and website
LONDON (Reuters) - HMV, the 92-year-old British music retailer seeking protection from creditors, is unlikely to have much of a future beyond a rump of stores and the internet, if other recent retail failures are any guide. After years of struggling as its business of selling CDs and DVDs was hammered by competition from supermarkets like Tesco, online retailers like Amazon and download sites like Apple's iTunes, Deloitte was appointed administrator on Tuesday to try to salvage some of its 223 British stores. ...
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David Letterman, Led Zeppelin and others celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors ceremony
David Letterman's
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Mick Jagger's Best 'SNL' Moments | Music News | Rolling Stone
He's a nice bunch of guys, Keith Richards once famously said of Mick Jagger. On Saturday Night Live'sseason finale, viewers got the chance to see the
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The Beach Boys at 50: Reaching their fans through QVC - Philly.com
And on the 46th anniversary of the release of Pet Sounds, the Beach Boys played QVC. The reunited Beach Boys, that is, who are in the early stages of a 50th-anniversary reunion tour that was to have
