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Getty ImagesToday (July 27th) marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Bella Donna — Stevie Nicks’ first solo album away from Fleetwood Mac. Although the album only topped the charts for a single week, Bella Donna spent nearly three years on the Billboard 200 albums chart — from July 1981 to June 1984 –…

Getty ImagesSet for release on September 17th is Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980-1985). The new five-disc collection features 57 rare Dylan recordings, 54 of them previously unreleased in any format. The tracks cover Dylan’s sessions around the classic albums Shot Of Love (1981), Infidels (1983), and Empire…

Getty ImagesBrian Wilson has just announced a 14-date fall run playing his greatest hits. The East Coast and Midwest trek begins on October 5th in Huntington, New York at The Paramount and runs through October 23rd at Waukegan, Illinois’ Genesee Theatre. Once again, Wilson will be joined by fellow Beach Boys Al Jardine and Blondie…

PRPhotos.comThree new jigsaw puzzles based on Metallica albums St. Anger, Death Magnetic and Hardwired . . . To Self Destruct are set to be released this fall. According to NME, the puzzles will come in 12 inch vinyl boxes, intended to sit alongside their respective releases. According to Toy News, the sets were developed by…

PRPhotos.comHappy Birthday to Fleetwood Mac songwriter-keyboardist Christine McVie, who turns 78 today (July 12th)!!! In 2018 and 2019, Fleetwood Mac — with Heartbreakers guitarist/songwriter/producer Mike Campbell stepping in to cover lead guitar duties and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn supplying rhythm guitar and vocals — played an 88-date tour taking in shows in North America,…

PRPhotos.comHootie & the Blowfish has announced their inaugural destination concert vacation event called HootieFest: The Big Splash. The festivities run from January 26 – 29, 2022 at Moon Palace Cancun, and will feature three headlining performances on the beach by the band, as well as appearances by Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Toad the Wet Sprocket,…

Getty ImagesReleased today (July 9th) is the Rolling Stones’ new multimedia set, The Rolling Stones — A Bigger Bang: Live On Copacabana Beach. The double-DVD, two-CD collection was captured in Brazil on February 8th, 2006 at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach in front of a reported 1.5 million people — both on land and at…

Getty ImagesAuthor Barry Coleman said that the memoir he was ghostwriting for Mick Jagger was scrapped due to the book being boring, according to NME.com. Coleman, who was the second writer hired to interview and write the book for Jagger, recalled publishers Weidenfeld & Nicolson hiring him in 1983 and picking up the project where…

Getty ImagesKey details have emerged about Paul McCartney’s upcoming six-part docuseries on Hulu, according to Best Classic Bands. McCartney 3, 2, 1, featuring “Macca” in discussion with famed producer Rick Rubin, premieres on July 16th on Hulu and finds the former-Beatle and Rubin discussing all aspects of his 60-year-career. McCartney and Rubin serve as two…

PRPhotos.comIt was 64 years ago today (July 6th, 1957), in Liverpool, England, that the most successful and beloved songwriting team of all time — John Lennon and Paul McCartney — first met, kick starting the Beatles’ career. McCartney was brought to the St. Peter’s Church Garden Fete in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton by his…