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Rush’s Geddy Lee promoting memoir with U.K. spoken word tour

Harper Collins Rush’s Geddy Lee is getting ready to release his new memoir, My Effin’ Life, on November 14, and he’ll be heading to the U.K. to promote it with a new spoken word tour.   Kicking off December 10 in Wolverhampton, England, the shows will feature Geddy reading key passages from the book. He’ll also be interviewed by a guest and take questions from fans.  …

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Yes kicks off career-spanning Classic Tales of Yes tour

Photo Credit: Gottlieb Bros. Yes kicked off a new leg of their Classic Tales of Yes tour on Thursday, September 21, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and the band, made up of Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood and Jay Schellen, are certain fans won’t be disappointed. Howe notes, “We’ve put together a great setlist covering the length and breadth of Yes’ career.” “Our ‘Classic Tales of …

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Bruce Springsteen adds New Jersey-centric playlist to ‘Live Series’

Manny Carabel/Getty Images There’s nothing quite like seeing Bruce Springsteen play a show close to his home in New Jersey, and now the rocker is sharing some of his favorite local performances with fans. The Boss, who turns 74 on Saturday, just shared The Live Series: Songs of New Jersey, a playlist made up of previously unreleased live performances recorded in the New Jersey/New …

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Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Totally Hot’ being rereleased in November

UMe The late Olivia Newton-John‘s hit 1978 album, Totally Hot, is getting a rerelease. Totally Hot was the star’s first album to be RIAA-certified Platinum; that particular award had just been established in 1976. It’s no surprise that Totally Hot reached that sales mark, since it was released five months after the movie Grease made Olivia a global superstar. In fact, …

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The Rolling Stones’ “Angry” featured on ‘EA SPORTS FC24’ soundtrack

Geffen Records The Rolling Stones’ latest single, “Angry,” is featured on the official Spotify soundtrack to EA SPORTS FC24, the football (soccer to most folks in the U.S.) entertainment platform with a community of over 150 million users.  “Angry” is the first single off The Stones’ upcoming album, Hackney Diamonds, dropping October 20. EA Worldwide Executive and President of Music Steve Schnur tells HitsDailyDouble the band approached them about featuring the song …

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Foghat releases new ‘Sonic Mojo’ tune, “She’s A Little Bit Of Everything”

Foghat Records, distributed by Select-O-Hits Foghat has unveiled the latest track from their upcoming album, Sonic Mojo. The new tune, “She’s a Little Bit of Everything,” was co-written by founding drummer Roger Earl’s former Savoy Brown bandmate, the late Kim Simmonds, before he passed away in December 2022.  “As soon as I heard this song, I knew it was for us,” Earl shares. “I claimed that …

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Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours Live’ earns Top 5 debut on the ‘Billboard’ Top Album Sales chart

Rhino/Warner Records Fleetwood Mac is back on the charts. The band’s recent release, Rumours: Live, lands at #4 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart this week. It’s been a pretty long time since Fleetwood Mac has been ranked this high on the chart. The last time was back in 2003 when their album Say You Will debuted at #2.  Rumours Live is a double album of the Rock …

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Dolly Parton teams with Linda Perry for a cover of 4 Non-Blondes’ “What’s Up?”

Butterfly Records/Big Machine Label Group Dolly Parton has shared another preview of her upcoming album Rockstar, releasing her take on the 4 Non-Blondes classic “What’s Up?” It features a guest appearance by the song’s writer and lead singer, Linda Perry.  The new release comes with an accompanying video, shot at Eakin Elementary School in downtown Nashville. It has Dolly and Linda singing the song as they are slowly joined …

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‘Queen The Greatest Live’ – Episode 34: “Freddie Mercury”

Queen Production Ltd. Queen frontman Freddie Mercury has often been hailed as one of the greatest frontmen in rock ‘n’ roll, and that was certainly apparent to anyone who ever got to see him perform live with the band. Well, now Queen is giving fans insight into the man for the latest edition of their weekly YouTube series, Queen the Greatest Live. This week’s episode features archival interviews …

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On This Day, September 22, 1985: The first Farm Aid is held in Illinois

On This Day, September 22, 1985… Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp headlined the first-ever Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois. The trio organized the all-star event to raise money to help family farmers in the United States. They were inspired by comments Bob Dylan made during the Live Aid concerts, in which he said he hoped some of the money could go to help struggling farmers. Dylan also …

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