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PRPhotos.comComing to cinemas worldwide is the 1990 concert film, Billy Joel: Live At Yankee Stadium. The newly re-mixed and re-edited 1990 concert shot in 16mm color film, features new music and behind-the-scenes footage and will run in theaters for two-nights-only on October 5th and 9th. Presented by Trafalgar Releasing and Sony Music Entertainment’s Premium Content…

Getty ImagesNearly 13-minutes of a tape featuring 14-year-old Roger Daltrey entertaining his friends has been unearthed. Tim Bailey, the son of one of Daltrey’s friends who recorded the performance on a homemade reel-to-reel recorder, has taken his father’s edit of the nearly hour-long tape and posted it on TheWho.com message board and YouTube. The original…

Getty ImagesThe Seekers’ singer Judith Durham, who fronted the Australian folk group, died on August 5th in Melbourne at the age of 79 lung disease bronchiectasis, according to Rolling Stone. Durham and the band will forever be remembered for their pair of U.S. Top 10 hits — 1965’s “I’ll Never Find Another You” and the…

PRPhotos.comDavid Coverdale announced via the Whitesnake.com website that the band would be stepping off its band’s co-headlining summer tour with the Scorpions due to his ongoing repository illness. Coverdale statement reads in full: It is with profound disappointment and a heavy heart that I must announce that Whitesnake will no longer be able to join…

Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen has tapped his August 19th, 1984 show at East Rutherford, New Jersey’s Brendan Byrne Arena for his latest monthly archival release. The new concert marks the series’ fourth dip into the E Street Band’s 10-night stand in the “Meadowlands,” with the concerts from August 5th, 6th, and 20th having already been issued.…

Getty ImagesThe legendary 1971 Melody Maker letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney is up for action with the sale set for August 19th via the Gotta Have Rock And Roll site. Lennon’s infamous rant is expected to sell for up to $40,000. The November 24th, 1971 open letter to McCartney was sent…

Getty Images’MY LIFE AS A ROLLING STONE’ PREMIERES Premiering on Epix this Sunday night (August 7th) is the four-part docuseries, My Life As A Rolling Stone. The specials, produced in conjunction with the band in celebration of its 60th anniversary, will feature an hour-long look each on Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, and the…

Getty ImagesIt was 56 years ago tday (August 5th, 1966), that the Beatles released their groundbreaking seventh album Revolver. What sets the album apart from its predecessors is that aside from a brief nine date UK tour the previous winter, and no new movie to be shot for 1966, the group had an unprecedented five…

Getty ImagesIt was 46 years ago tonight (August 5th, 1976) that the Beach Boys’ NBC prime time special The Beach Boys: It’s O.K. premiered. The show, which was produced by Saturday Night Live’s executive producer Lorne Michaels, was based around the group’s 15th anniversary, their new 15 Big Ones album, and the full time return…