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Getty ImagesOut today (August 6th) is George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass ’50th Anniversary Edition’ in a variety of formats. The famed 1970 triple album has been issued as a five-LP or triple-disc “Deluxe Edition” that pairs the main album with the sessions outtakes and jams. The main album is available on its own as…

PRPhotos.comImages from Chris Cornell’s last photoshoot will be auctioned off today (August 5th) as a pair of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Photographer Randall Slavin took the portraits just before the Soundgarden frontman’s death in 2017. He never published the photos and is now turning them into NFTs with the permission of Cornell’s widow, Vicky. Vicky Cornell…

Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago tonight (August 5th, 1976) that the Beach Boys’ NBC prime time special The Beach Boys: It’s O.K. premiered. The show, which was produced by Saturday Night Live’s executive producer Lorne Michaels, was based around the group’s 15th anniversary, their new 15 Big Ones album, and the full time return…

PRPhotos.comTom Morello has tapped Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder for a new rendition of AC/DC’s 1979 classic, “Highway To Hell.” The track is the lead single from Morello’s latest solo set, The Atlas Underground Fire, which drops on October 15th. Morello and Springsteen thrilled crowds with a rendition of the tune during the E Street…

Getty ImagesThe Black Sabbath reissue series rolls on with the deluxe, expanded version of 1976’s Technical Ecstasy set for release on October 1st. The collection will be available as four-CD and five-LP versions, featuring a new remix by Steven Wilson, along with previously unreleased outtakes, alternative mixes, and live tracks. The new version of Technical…

Getty ImagesGeorge Harrison’s wife and son talked candidly about the late-Beatle in advance of tomorrow’s (August 6th) release of the multi-disc All Things Must Pass “50th Anniversary Edition.” Olivia Harrison spoke of the groundbreaking triple-album set, which was released four years before she and Harrison became a couple, recalling, “These are very introspective songs and…

PRPhotos.comFor the first time since joining the band in January 1963, drummer Charlie Watts is sitting out a Rolling Stones tour. Rolling Stone reported Watts, who’s now 80 and has never missed a gig, has backed out of the band’s upcoming dates “after undergoing an unspecified medical procedure.” He’ll be replaced on the road by…

PRPhotos.comAs Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH band goes from strength to strength on the road with Guns N’ Roses, Wolfgang is committed to the band being lauded on its own merits — rather than being a side band for him During a new chat with Classic Rock, Wolfgang said, “I want us to be viewed…

PRPhotos.comBruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa’s daughter Jessica Springsteen has failed to qualify in the Tokyo Olympics’ equestrian individual jumping finals, according to NME. Jessica, who is ranked in the world’s Top 15, will compete on Friday (August 6th) with her 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood stallion Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, in the team event in Tokyo.…

Getty ImagesCharleen McCrory, the widow of late-ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, spoke about her husband in a new post on the band’s official Facebook page. Dusty Hill died in his sleep on July 27th at the age of 72. Charleen’s post reads in full: After 19 wonderful years of marriage that ended too soon, I’ve…