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Getty ImagesReleased today (June 23rd) is Eric Clapton’s The Definite 24 Nights. The new expanded set expands Clapton’s classic 1991 live album with several hours of unreleased performances from “Slowhand’s” record-setting residency at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The package is available in six-CD/three-Blu-ray and eight-LP/three-Blu-ray configurations. Both versions come with three Blu-ray discs for the…

Getty ImagesPaul McCartney took to his social media platforms to clear up any misconceptions about the upcoming, newly finished third Beatles reunion track, “Now And Then.” Recently, McCartney, who in describing the effort to clean up and separate John Lennon’s vocal from his primitive cassette demo tape, had explained the process as using “AI,” causing…

Getty ImagesBarry Gibb and Dionne Warwick are among those tapped for 2023 Kennedy Center Awards. Joining the music legends are Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah, and operatic soprano Renée Fleming. The New York Times reported the event will be taped on December 3rd in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center Opera House and broadcast later that…

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 ImagesNeil Young has rolled out his full 14-date West Coast itinerary. Young launches the acoustic trek on June 30th with a four-night stand at L.A.’s Ford Theatre with five more California dates on the books. In addition to shows in Oregon and Washington, the tour winds down on July 24th at Lake Tahoe, Nevada’s…

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 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…

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 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. .…