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PRPhotos.comThe Foo Fighters, Guns N’ Roses, KISS and Korn are set to headline Rockville 2022. According to NME, promoter Danny Wimmer Presents announced via social media on November 12th that the four rock bands will be headlining the festival next year. The Instagram post said, “We knew we had to do something massive to follow…

Getty ImagesOut today (November 12th) is the four-disc set, Elvis: Back In Nashville, featuring a whopping 82 original recordings capturing “The King” and his musicians live-in-the-studio laying down basic tracks. The collection chronicles Elvis Presley’s final Nashville sessions. Some of Elvis’ 1971 Nashville studio recordings appeared, with subsequent orchestral and vocal overdubs, on 1971’s seasonal…

Getty ImagesHappy Birthday to Booker T. Jones of Booker T. & The MG’s, who celebrates his 77th birthday today (November 12th)!!! In 2019, Booker T. published his long awaited memoir, Time Is Tight: My Life Note By Note. Booker T. Jones joined the Stax Records staff as a saxophone player in 1960, but soon began…

Getty ImagesOut today (November 12th) Rod Stewart’s 32nd album, The Tears Of Hercules. Rod, who wrote nine of the album’s dozen tracks, said in the album’s liner notes, “I’ve never said this before about any previous efforts, but I believe this is by far my best album in many a year.” The album features the…

Getty ImagesOut today (November 12th) is Eric Clapton’s new studio set, The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions. The 17-track collection was produced by Russ Titelman, and features scaled back, full-band renditions of country and blues standards along with such Clapton standards as “After Midnight,” “Layla,” “Bell Bottom Blues,” “Tears In Heaven,” “Nobody Knows You…

Getty ImagesStarting today (November 12th), Nirvana’s Nevermind will be celebrated with several multi-format reissues. A total of 94 audio and video tracks — 70 previously unreleased — will be made available across configurations ranging from Super Deluxe Editions to standard digital/CD and single disc vinyl with bonus 7-inch. In all formats, Nevermind is newly remastered…

Getty ImagesThe Moody Blues’ co-founder and drummer Graeme Edge has died at age 80, according to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was announced. Guitarist Justin Hayward posted on Facebook, “It’s a very sad day. Graeme’s sound and personality is present in everything we did together and thankfully that will live on. When Graeme told…

PRPhotos.comGreen Day, Nine Inch Nails and My Morning Jacket will headline the Shaky Knees Festival, taking place April 29 to May 1 at Atlanta’s Central Park. The three-day festival will also include performances by Billy Idol, Chvrches, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Death Cab For Cutie, and Spoon, to…

Getty ImagesHollies co-founders Graham Nash and Allan Clarke are reuniting for a new album, according to ABC News. While promoting his latest photo book, A Life In Focus, which is set to be published on November 16th, Nash explained, “I’m actually working on an album with Allan Clarke, my friend since I was six-years-old. We’ve…