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LOVE IS HERE TO STAY, Tony Bennett Achieves GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title With His Collaboration Album With Diana Krall
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Verve Records hosted a sparkling album launch event at the iconic Rainbow Room in New York City Wednesday night that was highlighted by a stellar performance from Tony Bennett and Diana Krall of songs from their new collaborative album, LOVE IS HERE TO STAY, which will be released today worldwide on Verve Records/Columbia Records. The album celebrates the music of the Gershwins and […]
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Four Concurrent KISS Solo Albums Get Boxed
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Forty years ago today, each one the four founding members of KISS — Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss — released their respective solo albums all on the same day to much fanfare, chart success, and platinum sales. And now, four decades later, all four of these pioneering albums are celebrated in KISS: The Solo Albums – 40th […]
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Bob Dylan - More Blood, More Tracks - The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 to Be Released by Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings
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Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan – More Blood, More Tracks – The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 on Friday, November 2. The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series makes available the pivotal studio recordings made by Bob Dylan during six extraordinary sessions in 1974–four in New […]
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Bee Gees 'Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits' To Be Released Worldwide On 2LP Vinyl October 26
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On October 26, Capitol/UMe will release the Bee Gees’ Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits in a 2LP vinyl edition. Already available on CD and digitally, the career-spanning collection of top hits by one of music’s most legendary and acclaimed groups features 21 tracks personally selected by Bee Gees co-founder Barry Gibb. Sequenced in chronological order, ‘Timeless‘ spans decades of […]
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King Kobra Release First Ever Live Album "Sweden Rock Live"
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Legendary band King Kobra led by legendary drummer Carmine Appice strikes again! The band is releasing its first ever live album “Sweden Rock Live”, available now for download and across all streaming platforms here: http://smarturl.it/SwedenRockLive Recorded in 2016 at the Sweden Rock Festival the album features original members Appice, Johnny Rod, David Michael Phillips (David Henzerling) and vocalist Paul Shortino (who has been in King Kobrasince 2010). […]
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BISHOP GUNN CONFIRM NEW TOUR DATES WITH WHISKEY MYERS DEBUT ALBUM NATCHEZ OUT NOW TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM
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Emerging rock band Bishop Gunn have confirmed new dates supporting Whiskey Myersthroughout November and December. The dates will follow their current tour with The Marcus King Band, as well as past performances with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackberry Smoke. The band have also confirmed appearances at Pilgrimage Music Festival in Nashville this month and The Southern Rock Cruise in January. See below for details. Bishop Gunn continue […]
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James Brown's 'Say It Live And Loud: Live In Dallas 08.26.68' Makes Vinyl Debut With Expanded 2LP 50th Anniversary Edition To Be Released October 12 By Republic/UMe
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Starting today, James Brown’s previously unreleased performance of “That’s Life” from the Dallasconcert is available for streaming and for immediate download with digital album preorder. Preorder Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68: https://UMe.lnk.to/SayItLiveAndLoudPR “From touchstone to newborn, from bop-inflected Maceo on the piss-break instrumental to born-again JB on the climax medley, breakneck intensity for the ages.” – Robert Christgau Say It […]
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Alice Cooper - A Paranormal Evening
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Alice Cooper returned to Temecula in a spectacular show at Pechanga Resort and Casino. We were on hand for “A Paranormal Evening with Alice Cooper” at Pechanga’s very intimate twelve hundred seat theater. An Alice Cooper show is much more than just an awesome rock concert; it’s a fantastic theatrical show as well. He still […]
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(The Big Phat Band) and Steve Cederquist (Flip or Flop), Gordon Goodwin, Interviews at the 2018 High Hopes Head Injury Program at The Hyatt Regency Newport Beach. BackStage360 sits down with Eric Marienthal, Johnny Mathis Helps Bring "High Hopes" To Brain Injury Program, Mary Desmond, Ron Young, Terry Wollman
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Driving into Newport Beach is somewhat confusing to the senses. You exit the freeway onto a six lane road that looks like it was designed by the Disney imagineers of Tomorrow Land. Everything is clean, every business entrance is spacious and inviting, and the driveway up to the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach could double as […]
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Godsmack - When Legends Rise
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The day was hot and humid but it didn’t really matter due to the fact that I was going to see Godsmack and Shinedown, two of my favorite bands. This review will concentrate on Godsmack’s performance. Look for Shinedown’s review also in this Issue. The drive to the Oklahoma City Amphitheater was smooth and without […]