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Getty ImagesElton John’s ongoing final tour will be the subject of a new official documentary — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And The Years That Made His Legend. Rolling Stone reported the doc will be co-directed R.J. Cutler along with Elton’s husband David Furnish, “and will be centered around John’s farewell…

Getty ImagesThe Who’s ongoing half-speed master series continues on July 8th with the release on 1967’s The Who Sell Out and 1969’s Tommy. The half-speed master LP’s are both available for pre-order and have been mastered by longtime Who engineer Jon Astley with vinyl cuts by Miles Showell. The Who Sell Out will be issued…

Getty ImagesThe Andy Warhol Diaries Netflix series features previously unseen 1978 footage of John Lennon. Although there have been several photos — including a contact sheet — of Lennon at Warhol’s Factory on February 17th, 1978 — the new six-part series features the briefest clip of Lennon, laughing and posing with Liza Minelli. Kevin Draper,…

Getty ImagesBlondie frontwoman Debbie Harry fled from her suburban upbringing in Hawthorne, New Jersey and quickly made her way to the mean streets of late-1960’s New York City. Harry, who’s currently on the road with Blondie spoke with Esquire, who pressed her about what she would be aiming for if she was a young woman…

Getty ImagesWith Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron still sidelined after testing positive for Covid, the band tapped original drummer Dave Krusen to sit in during its May 16th show at Fresno, California’s Save Mart Arena. Although he joined the band onstage during its 2017 Rock Hall performance, the gig marked Krusen’s first concert with the…

Getty ImagesSet for release on November 18th is Michael Jackson’s Thriller 40, a double CD set comprised of the original 1982 album along with second disc full of never-before-released tracks — all mastered from the original analog master tapes. Mobile Fidelity will also make available the original Thriller album as a One-Step 180g 33RPM LP,…

Getty ImagesIt was 53 years ago today — May 17th, 1969 — that the Who’s double album rock opera Tommy was released. The work, which was conceived and primarily written by Pete Townshend, was based on a boy, Tommy Walker, who although born healthy is traumatized into an autistic state at the sight of his…

Getty ImagesEric Clapton has announced seven North American shows to play throughout September. Good friend Jimmie Vaughan and his band will serve as the tour’s special guests. Clapton kicks off the run on September 8th at Columbus’ Schottenstein Center and wraps over two nights — September 18th and 19th — at New York City’s Madison…

PRPhotos.comMetallica’s James Hetfield shared an emotional moment with his bandmates and fans while on stage on Thursday (May 12th) in Brazil. In between songs, he told the crowd, “I’ve gotta tell you I wasn’t feeling very good before I came out here. (I was) feeling a little bit insecure, like I’m an old guy, (I)…

Getty ImagesIt was 38 years ago tonight (May 16th, 1983) that the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever TV special aired on NBC. Motown 25 aired to instant critical acclaim and went on snag the 1984 Emmy Award for Best Variety Program. Apart from Motown’s greatest acts from the 1960’s reuniting onstage for the first time…