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Beatles historian looking to sell reel-to-reel audio of a 1965 Beatles Toronto concert

ABCTwo reel-to-reel audio tapes featuring a soundboard recording of a Toronto Beatles concert may soon be up for sale. Billboard reports the owner, Piers Hemmingsen, a Toronto-based Beatles historian and author of The Beatles in Canada, is looking to sell the recordings, which were made at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens on Aug. 17, 1965. “I have never offered it for sale before,” Hemmingsen shares. “This is the best recording of any Beatles concert in Canada, if not North America, other than what was […]

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KISS celebrating ‘Hot in the Shade’ 35th anniversary with new merch collection

Island Def Jam Music GroupKISS is celebrating the 35th anniversary of their album Hot in the Shade with an all-new merch collection.The line includes special limited-edition bundles; one features a 35th anniversary Hot in the Shade deluxe picture disc, along with a Hot in the Shade track list T-shirt, while another includes a limited-edition color vinyl with a hoodie.The line also includes various T-shirts, a brown hoodie, tank top, hat, sunglasses and a bandana.All are on sale now through the KISS […]

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Kate Pierson shares “Take Me Back To The Party” from new solo album, ‘Radios and Rainbows’

SVRB-52s founding member Kate Pierson is sharing a new preview of her upcoming solo album, Radios and Rainbows, set to drop Sept. 20.The latest is the club track “Take Me Back To The Party,” which she co-write with Jimmy Harry, who previously worked with Madonna, Pink and many others.“I wanted this song to connect with B-52s fans,” Pierson shares. “It’s a disco song that conjures a younger Kate back in the day when I just couldn’t wait to get into clubs. It takes […]

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Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott settles the ‘Pyromania’ vs. ‘Hysteria’ debate, shares thoughts on Taylor Swift

Don Arnold/WireImageDef Leppard fans may debate which of their albums is better, 1983’s Pyromania or 1987’s Hysteria, but you won’t hear frontman Joe Elliott picking a favorite.Elliott was asked to pick a fav in an interview with the Los Angeles Times and had a very diplomatic answer.“Obviously, the breakthrough was Pyromania — the memories from that tour of being this band that got out of a bus and walked into a hotel to being this band that got off the bus and […]

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U2 wraps digital series with “Electrical Storm” playlist

ABC/Randy HolmesU2 is wrapping their U2 to Love and Only Love - Deep Dives and B-Sides digital series with a new playlist dedicated to “Electrical Storm,” one of two singles the band recorded for their 2002 greatest hits album, The Best of 1990–2000.The 12th and final installment includes a remastered version of the track, as well as a William Orbit remix, "Nice" and "Nasty" mixes of the All You Can't Leave Behind tune “New York” and a live medley of the songs “40,” “Bad” and […]

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Bryan Adams drops video for “War Machine”

BAD RecordsBryan Adams has dropped a video for the song “War Machine,” which is his take on one of two songs he co-wrote in the '80s with Jim Vallance and Gene Simmons for KISS.The video opens with Adams walking through a field holding a white flag with a peace sign, and as the camera pans out you realize he’s next to a battlefield. That's followed by combat footage, including fighter planes flying through the air and soldiers on the ground.There’s also footage of men in suits in a war […]

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On This Day, Aug. 23, 1946: The Who drummer Keith Moon was born

On This Day, Aug. 23, 1946 ... Future The Who drummer Keith Moon was born in North West London.Moon joined the band in 1964 before they recorded their first single and went on to play on eight of The Who’s albums, with his last being 1978’s Who Are You.Throughout his musical career, he was known for his destructive nature and turned trashing hotel rooms into an art. He dealt with alcohol problems over the years and died in September 1978 from an overdose of a drug that was supposed […]

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Daryl Hall cuts concert short after falling ill

Scott Legato/Getty ImagesDaryl Hall was forced to cut his Thursday night concert short after not feeling well.The singer, one half of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame duo Hall & Oates, was performing in Vancouver when he walked off the stage after just three songs. A post on social media from his management revealed that he had started to feel ill during the show and later tested positive for COVID-19. Because of his positive test, Hall has now canceled his […]

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Neil Young to drop ‘Official Release Series Volume 5’ albums on standalone CD and vinyl

Reprise RecordsBack in July, Neil Young released the fifth installment in his Official Release Series, featuring four remastered albums. Now he’s giving fans another way to snag those records.The four albums featured in the set included 1989’s Freedom, which includes the Young classic “Rockin’ In The Free World”; 1990’s Ragged Glory; and two albums from 1991: the live record Weld and the companion Arc, described as "a 35-minute outburst of feedback, improvisation, guitar solos and vocal fragments."Starting Oct. 4, instead of having to get all four […]

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