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“Proud” father Rod Stewart and his two youngest kids salute his hockey champ son

Dave Benett/Getty Images Rod Stewart has had eight children with five women, but unlike many rock stars of his generation, he’s got a relationship with all of them, and the majority of them have a relationship with each other, too. In a new Instagram post, Rod is seen posing with his son Liam, 29, whose mother is his ex-wife Rachel Hunter. …

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Mark Knopfler releases new ‘One Deep River’ track, “Two Pairs of Hands”

Blue Note Mark Knopfler is giving fans another preview of his upcoming album, One Deep River. The Dire Straits frontman just released the track “Two Pairs of Hands,” the third single he’s released from the record, following “Watch Me Gone” and “Ahead Of The Game.”  You can listen to “Two Pairs of Hands” now via digital outlets and on YouTube.  One Deep River, dropping April …

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Tony Bennett’s personal memorabilia to be auctioned off in April

Mark Seliger/Julien’s Auctions Personal effects and memorabilia belonging to the late Tony Bennett are set to go up for auction in April. Julien’s Auctions will host Tony Bennett: A Life Well Lived on April 18 and 19 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. The auction starts the day after Josh Groban hosts an all-star tribute to Bennett at Jazz at …

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Two more Pete Townshend solo albums being reissued on half-speed mastered vinyl

UMe Two more albums from Pete Townshend‘s solo catalog are set to be reissued on half-speed mastered vinyl. After releasing half-speed reissues of 1977’s Rough Mix and 1980’s Empty Glass in June, Townshend is now set to drop 1982’s All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes and 1985’s White City (A Novel) on May 17.  Like the first two releases, both albums have been …

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On This Day, March 27, 1979: Eric Clapton marries George Harrison’s ex Pattie Boyd

On This Day, March 27, 1979… Eric Clapton married Pattie Boyd, ex-wife of his good friend, The Beatle‘s George Harrison, in Tucson, Arizona.  The two met while Clapton and Harrison were writing music together in the late ‘60s and Clapton fell in love with Boyd. Songs on the Derek and the Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, including the iconic …

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Grateful Dead releasing 50th anniversary deluxe edition of ‘From The Mars Hotel’

Rhino Grateful Dead is celebrating the upcoming 50th anniversary of their album From The Mars Hotel with a new deluxe edition of the album. The new release, dropping June 21, will include a remastered version of the album, along with demos of “China Doll” and “Wave That Flag,” the latter of which eventually became the Mars Hotel track “U.S. Blues.” The …

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The Boss & The Bear: Jeremy Allen White frontrunner to play Springsteen on screen

Disney/Randy Holmes A planned movie about Bruce Springsteen’s effort to make the 1982 solo album Nebraska may have found the man to play The Boss.  Deadline was the first to report that The Bear star Jeremy Allen White is the frontrunner to play Springsteen in the movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, an adaptation of Warren Zanes’ 2023 book about the making …

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How photographer Danny Clinch got Bruce Springsteen to headline Sea.Hear.Now

courtesy of Sea.Hear.Now Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band are set to play the Sea.Hear.Now festival in their old stomping grounds of Asbury Park, New Jersey, on September 15 and the festival’s creator, photographer Danny Clinch, is opening up to Rolling Stone about how it happened. Springsteen made a surprise appearance at the festival in the past, but Clinch, who’s photographed the …

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Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo announce dates for the Fantastic 2024 tour

Kevin Kane/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo have announced a new set of tour dates for 2024.  The pair is set to kick off the Fantastic 2024 tour on May 10 in Lincoln, California. The 21-date trek will hit such cities as New York, Atlantic City, Indianapolis, …

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Stray Cats reuniting for first tour since 2019

courtesy of Stray Cats Stray Cats are returning to the road this summer with a new tour that will have band members Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom back together for the first time since 2019. The tour kicks off July 27 in Woodinville, Washington, with dates in San Diego, Denver, New York, Atlantic City and more, before …

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