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On This Day, March 11, 1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young release ‘Déjà Vu’

On This Day, March 11, 1970…Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released Déjà Vu, the second album released by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, and the first to feature Neil Young. The album spent one week at #1 and featured three Top 40 singles, “Woodstock,” “Teach Your Children” and “Our House,” as well as the classic track “Carry On.”Déjà Vu has landed on several lists of the greatest albums of all time, and in 2012, it was inducted into the Grammy […]

todayMarch 11, 2024

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Jimmy Buffett to be honored with all-star tribute concert featuring Paul McCartney, the Eagles & more

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesThe late Jimmy Buffett will be celebrated with an all-star tribute concert coming to Los Angeles in April.Keep The Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett will take place April 11 at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring performances by several of Buffett's friends and collaborators, including Paul McCartney, who appeared on Buffet's final album, Equal Strain on All Parts, the Eagles, Jon Bon Jovi and Jackson Browne.Buffett’s longtime backing band The Coral Reefer Band is also booked for the special one-night only concert, […]

todayMarch 11, 2024

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Elton John’s Oscar viewing party raises a record-breaking amount for his AIDS Foundation

Theo Wargo/Getty Images for the Elton John FoundationElton John's annual Academy Awards Viewing Party has been going on for 32 years, but this year's edition was the most successful yet.The start-studded event, co-hosted by Elton and husband David Furnish, Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka, and Tiffany Haddish, raised a record-breaking $10.8 million for Elton's AIDS Foundation. It also featured a performance from Elton, who took the stage with special musical guest, the band Gabriels, for his 2003 U.K. hit "Are You Ready […]

todayMarch 11, 2024

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‘The McCartney Legacy Volume 2’ coming in December

ABC/ Heidi GutmanThe early days of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles career was explored in the first volume of the book The McCartney Legacy, and now the second volume is on its way.  In celebration of National Book Day, a post on The McCartney Legacy social media account announced that Volume 2 of the series will be released on December 10, 2024.The new edition will pick up where Volume 1 left off, covering McCartney’s life and career between 1974 and 1980, a time when he […]

todayMarch 11, 2024

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Oscars 2024: Short film inspired by John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s classic tune wins Oscar

L-R: Brad Booker, Dave Mullins, Sean Ono Lennon/ photo credit: Disney/Frank MicelottaA short film inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s classic tune “Happy Christmas (War Is Over),” took home an Oscar Sunday night. War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won the award for Best Animated Short Film, with the couple’s son Sean Ono Lennon on stage to help accept the award alongside filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker.“John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote a song […]

todayMarch 10, 2024

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The Who raising funds for Teenage Cancer Trust with limited-edition concert prints

Matthew Baker/Getty ImagesThe Who is getting ready to play two shows to benefit Teenage Cancer Trust in March, and they're now giving fans a way to help them raise even more money for the charity.The band is selling concert prints celebrating the history of the benefit shows, which have been taking place at London’s Royal Albert Hall since 2000.The first print, The Who 2000, created by Joel Burden, is part of their retrospective gig posters. It commemorates The Who & Friends […]

todayMarch 8, 2024

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Peter Gabriel featured on Sheryl Crow’s cover of his 1992 hit “Digging in the Dirt”

Big Machine Label GroupPeter Gabriel makes a guest appearance on Sheryl Crow’s new album, Evolution. The album features Sheryl’s take on Gabriel’s 1992 hit “Digging in the Dirt,” with new vocals added by the former Genesis frontman. In a statement, Sheryl explains that the song was the impetus for her return to recording, despite claiming in 2019 that she'd never make another album. "Peter's song is the one that started me on this whole process of making my new album Evolution, the first song […]

todayMarch 8, 2024

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Nils Lofgren drops digital album, ‘Spares’, featuring previously unreleased songs

Cattle Track Road RecordsRock & Roll Hall of Famer Nils Lofgren has dropped a new digital album, Spares, featuring previously unreleased songs he recorded over the course of his career. “Along the way of the past 55 years, songs holding a wide range of emotional pieces of me wound up getting left behind. Basement demos never recorded, not quite right for the project, various reasons,” he shared on Instagram about the release. “Now these songs, 'Spares,' cover decades of writing and […]

todayMarch 8, 2024

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Bananarama celebrates 40 years on ‘Glorious’ new compilation

Mark Mattock/IN SYNK/London RecordsBestselling British girl group Bananarama, best known for "Cruel Summer" and "Venus," have released GLORIOUS: The Ultimate Collection, which includes 50 songs from their 40-year career. The group's Sara Dallin tells ABC Audio that it's more than just a best-of compilation."It's four decades, so we thought we should celebrate it," she says. "And I think, rather than just do another greatest hits, we thought, 'Let's have some of the hits on there, but let's choose some of our favorite […]

todayMarch 8, 2024

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