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On This Day, Nov. 25, 1976: The Band played their final show at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom

On This Day, Nov. 25, 1976 ...The Band — Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel — played their final show ever at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.Billed as their “farewell concert appearance,” the show featured guest appearances by a whole host of musicians, including Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Dr. John, Ronnie Wood, Muddy Waters, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison.The concert was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and released […]

todayNovember 25, 2025

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Joni Mitchell to be honored with Juno Lifetime Achievement Award

Joni Mitchell performs onstage during the 67th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala & GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jody Gerson at The Beverly Hilton on February 01, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)Joni Mitchell is set to be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Juno Awards, happening March 29 at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.The 82-year-old singing legend is being celebrated for her “outstanding artistic contributions and enduring impact on global music […]

todayNovember 25, 2025

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Lindsey Buckingham teases new album

Lindsey Buckingham performs at The Brown Theatre on October 27, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)Lindsey Buckingham fans can look forward to a new album that's on the way.The former Fleetwood Mac star revealed the news in a post on Instagram, which featured a video of him describing what inspired the record."This new album is just representative of the culmination of everything that I’ve learned from making solo records over the last 25 years," he says in the clip. […]

todayNovember 25, 2025

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Queen interested in ABBA-like hologram show

Photo of QUEEN; Posed group portrait - Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deason (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)It sounds like we may one day see an ABBA-type hologram show devoted to the band Queen.In the latest edition of Big Issue, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor discuss whether they'd be open to continuing the band's legacy with such a production. They seem open to the idea, with May noting that the band has “so many opportunities” to keep Queen […]

todayNovember 24, 2025

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‘We Are the World’ now available in remastered audio & video for 40th anniversary

'We Are the World' 40th anniversary artwork (credit: Matthew Frazier)There comes a time ... when "We Are the World" gets an upgrade in honor of its 40th anniversary.The quintessential celebrity charity single is now available in Spatial Audio and high-resolution audio formats, along with an enhanced video version featuring stars ranging from Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Paul Simon to Diana Ross, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper and Bob Dylan — as well as its co-writers, Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson.“For […]

todayNovember 24, 2025

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Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers featured in video for Halestorm cover of ‘Shooting Star’

Cover of 'Can't Get Enough' /(Primary Wave Music)Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers is featured in the new video for rock band Halestorm’s cover of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s classic track “Shooting Star.”The song is one of several covers that appear on the Bad Company tribute album Can't Get Enough, and the clip features Halestorm and Rodgers recording their parts from their respective studios.“Rock n’ Roll with a soul wouldn’t exist without Paul Rodgers,” Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale says. […]

todayNovember 24, 2025

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Blondie shares birthday tribute to late drummer Clem Burke

Clem Burke of Blondie playing the drums during the recording of a pop promo for their single 'Picture This' at Isleworth Studios, Isleworth, London on 21 August 1978 for Chrysalis Records. (Photo by Brian Cooke/Redferns)Blondie is paying tribute to their late drummer, Clem Burke, on what would have been the rocker’s 71st birthday.“We lost our friend and drummer Clem Burke in April of this year,” they wrote on Instagram next to a photo of Clem behind the drum kit. “Clem was […]

todayNovember 24, 2025

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Rick Wakeman recuperating after brain surgery

Rick Wakeman performs at City Winery on October 25, 2021 in New York, New York. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman announced back in July that he was postponing his summer tour due to some health issues. Now, he’s giving fans an update on his condition.Wakeman explains in a post on his website that he had been diagnosed with a neurological disorder called normal pressure hydrocephalus, which led to him having surgery last week to put a shunt in […]

todayNovember 24, 2025

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On This Day, Nov. 24, 1991: Queen frontman Freddie Mercury dies

On This Day, Nov. 24, 1991…Queen frontman Freddie Mercury passed away at his home in Kensington, England. He was 45.The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. Mercury confirmed in a statement about 24 hours prior to his death that he had tested positive for HIV and had AIDS, although reports had suggested he was diagnosed as early as 1987.Mercury was laid to rest three days later, with his Queen bandmates Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon […]

todayNovember 24, 2025

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