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Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to Kinks co-founder and main songwriter Ray Davies who turns 79 today (June 21st)!!! Back in March, the Kinks released The Journey – Part 1, the first of a two-part anthology set in celebration of the group’s 60th anniversary. The details for when Part 2 will drop and its tracklist are still…

PRPhotos.comBruce Springsteen maintains the global success of 1984’s Born In The U.S.A. album could bever have happened without its 1982 low-key predecessor, Nebraska. Newly published is first extensive book on Nebraska, titled Deliver Me From Nowhere, which was written by author Warren Zanes, best known for his 2015 Tom Petty tome, Petty: The Biography. Springsteen…

Getty ImagesDolly Parton’s latest single, “Bygones” featuring Rob Halford with special guests Nikki Sixx & John 5, debuts at Number One on the Mediabase Classic Rock Songs chart. It follows “World On Fire,” the lead single from Dolly’s upcoming album, Rockstar, which became the album’s first Number One when it peaked atop Billboard’s Rock Digital…

Getty ImagesPeter Frampton defied the odds on Monday night (June 19th) by playing a blistering 16-song, career-spanning set at Grand Rapids, Michigan’s Meijer Gardens. The guitarist’s North American return — dubbed the “Never Say Never Tour” — comes after Frampton’s farewell tour, after which he decided to slow things down due to a degenerative muscle…

Getty ImagesComing on August 14th is Aerosmith’s new three-CD and four-LP Greatest Hits collection. The career spanning compilation will be issued in conjunction with the band’s 50th anniversary tour, and features 44 tracks on disc, digital, and 180-gram custom color vinyl. During a recent chat with Classic Rock, guitarist Joe Perry was pressed as to…

Getty ImagesIt was 43 years ago today (June 20th, 1980) that the Rolling Stones’ Emotional Rescue album was released. The set, which followed the 1978 chart-topping Some Girls collection, was recorded throughout 1978 and ’79 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. The album marked the fourth straight set produced by Mick Jagger & Keith…

Getty ImagesIt seems Bruce Springsteen has a second edition of soul covers in the can that will see release next year. Springsteen’s 2022 collection Only The Strong Survive peaked at Number Eight on the Billboard 200, and the album, which was recorded without the E Street Band, features covers of iconic tracks made famous by…

Getty ImagesLars Ulrich explained to Revolver magazine that Metallica is far more in tune to their emotions today that when they started — and make a concerted effort to stay emotionally in touch with one another. Ulrich revealed, “Hugging your fellow bandmates is definitely something that we do enjoy along the way. And being open…

Getty ImagesWith The Who’s Tommy now in previews at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, Pete Townshend is well past taking flack for softening the “rock opera’s” plot line to appeal to a wider audience. Townshend spoke to The Chicago Tribune, and recalled the multi-generational issues that inspired the original 1969 piece: “What happened with Tommy was. .…

Getty ImagesBrian Wilson of the Beach Boys celebrates his 81st birthday today (June 20th)!!! Wilson co-founded the group in 1961 with his late brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, his cousin Mike Love, neighbor David Marks, and high school buddy Al Jardine. It was Wilson’s genius for arranging intricate harmonies that first set him apart from…