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On This Day, Jan. 13, 1973: Eric Clapton made his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre in London

On This Day, Jan. 13, 1973 ...Eric Clapton returned to the stage with back-to-back shows at the Rainbow Theatre in London following a two-year hiatus. During that break, he battled a heroin addiction and recorded his second solo album, 461 Ocean Boulevard.An all-star lineup of guest stars supported Clapton at the show, including The Who’s Pete Townshend, who organized the concert, as well as Ronnie Wood, Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi.A live album of the concert dropped that September, and an […]

todayJanuary 13, 2026

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Debbie Harry, Kate Pierson to perform at annual Tibet House Benefit Concert

(L-R) Singers Debbie Harry of Blondie and Kate Pierson of The B-52's perform during the 34th Annual John Lennon Tribute Benefit Concert at Symphony Space on December 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage)Blondie’s Debbie Harry and The B-52s’ Kate Pierson are among the artists set to perform at the 39th annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert, taking place March 3 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.Musicians Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson will once again serve as the […]

todayJanuary 13, 2026

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Lynyrd Skynyrd to play the 2026 Rock the Country festival

Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd performs onstage during the 2024 CMA Music festival at the Nissan Stadium on June 06, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)Lynyrd Skynyrd is set to play the 2026 Rock the Country touring festival.The mostly country festival will take place over eight weekends this summer, with the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers confirmed for the Ashland, Kentucky, stop. Skynyrd will perform July 10, with a lineup headlined by country star Jelly Roll.Other artists […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026

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Deadhead Andy Cohen pays tribute to Bob Weir

'Watch What Happens Live' with Andhy Cohen. Pictured: (l-r) Andy Cohen, Bob Weir -- (Photo by: Heidi Gutman/Bravo via Getty Images)Bravo personality Andy Cohen, a well-known Grateful Dead fan, has penned a tribute to the band’s late guitarist, Bob Weir, whose death was announced Saturday."Bob Weir wasn’t The Other One, he was That Guy. He was impossibly beautiful and wildly fiery, intense and passionate," Cohen wrote. "Nobody forgets their first Dead show and mine was in 1986 in Alpine Valley, […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026

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James Taylor to perform at The Nearness of You Concert in New York

James Taylor at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Eric McCandless)James Taylor is one of the acts set to perform at The Nearness of You Concert, an all-star benefit concert supporting cancer research at Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.The event honors the memory of Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Michael Brecker, who died in 2007. He played sax on Taylor’s 1972 track “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” described on Instagram as “one of the most […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026

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‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ wins AARP Movies for Grownups Award

Poster for 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'/(20th Century Studios)The Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere hasn’t gotten much love this award season, but it did just nab one honor.The film, starting Jeremy Allen White as The Boss, picked up a trophy at the Movies for Grownups Awards Saturday. Put on by AARP, the awards honor “outstanding films and television projects that celebrate the voices and stories of the 50-plus.”Deliver Me From Nowhere won the award for best period film, beating […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026

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Sammy Hagar announces new Best of All Worlds Tour dates

Sammy Hagar Best of All Worlds Tour admat (Courtesy of Live Nation)Sammy Hagar has announced a new set of dates for his Best of All Worlds Tour.The latest leg, featuring special guest Rick Springfield, will once again have him backed by Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, guitar great Joe Satriani and drummer Kenny Aronoff. The tour features a set filled with Van Halen classics, some of his solo tunes and tracks from his bands Chickenfoot and The Circle."We’re celebrating the legacy of […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026

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On This Day, Jan. 12, 1995: Neil Young, Led Zeppelin & more are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

On This Day, Jan. 12, 1995…Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and the Allman Brothers Band were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the 10th annual induction ceremony, held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder handled the induction for Young, while Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry inducted Led Zeppelin. Willie Nelson inducted the Allman Brothers, and Melissa Etheridge led Joplin’s induction.The evening ended with an all-star jam, where Young performed […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026

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Mickey Hart pays tribute to Bob Weir: ‘my first friend in the Grateful Dead’

(L-R) Mickey Hart and Bob Weir attend the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)Mickey Hart, one of the last two surviving members of the Grateful Dead, has paid tribute to his bandmate Bob Weir, who passed away at the age of 78."Bob Weir was a little brother to me for almost sixty years. […]

todayJanuary 12, 2026

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