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Getty ImagesGrateful Dead co-founders Bob Weir and Phil Lesh made their first joint appearance since the pandemic on Saturday night (May 1st) at Lesh’s San Rafael, California venue, Terrapin Crossroads. Weir joined Lesh’s Terrapin All-Stars for run-throughs of such Dead staples as “St. Stephen,” “Uncle John’s Band,” and “Shakedown Street.” Relix reported the band was…

Getty ImagesIt was 45 years ago tonight (May 3rd, 1976) that Paul McCartney kicked off his one-and-only North American tour with Wings, dubbed “Wings Over America,” in Fort Worth, Texas. The tour, which featured the classic fourth lineup of Wings, marked McCartney’s return to the U.S. concert stage for the first time since the Beatles’…

PRPhotos.comBilly Joel has added a new concert to his itinerary, with an October 23rd show in Austin, Texas, set for the Formula 1 2021 Aramco United States Grand Prix. The show will play at the Germania Insurance Super Stage, with tickets for the Formula 1 Grand Prix and concerts now on sale now via TheCircuit.com/F1.…

Getty ImagesWith renewed attention going to The Who Sell Out due to the new “super deluxe” edition of the 1967 classic, Pete Townshend shed light on how the album was constructed. Townshend gave a long and in-depth interview to Apple Music and shared the backstory on the use of commercials on the band’s groundbreaking third…

PRPhotos.comOzzy Osbourne has said that working on his new album has kept him alive. The metal icon has spent the last few years recovering from a nasty fall, the onset of Parkinsons, multiple staph infections, pneumonia, the flu and a burst blood vessel in his eye. Ozzy is currently 15 tracks into his 13th solo…

Getty ImagesLongtime Beatles confidante and solo sideman, Klaus Voormann, remains awestruck by John Lennon’s first mainstream solo set, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. The album was among the six Lennon albums to feature Voormann on bass. Highlights on the set include such classics as “Working Class Hero,” “Love,” “Mother,” “Isolation,” and “God.” Out now is the…

Getty ImagesIt was 44 years ago Sunday (May 2nd, 1977) that the first live Beatles live album was released — Live! At The Star-Club In Hamburg, Germany; 1962. The Beatles’ Star-Club tapes were recorded during Christmas week 1962. Although they have been advertised many times as being either a night in which Ringo Starr was…

Getty ImagesNeil Young is currently prepping a live album and film culled from Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young’s legendary 1970 dates. Stereogum.com reported Young posted an update on his official Neil Young Archives site, and in addition to listing the CSNY live set and a “four-camera video of the show,” Young is gearing up to…

PRPhotos.comKiss is set to perform on June 11th at Manhattan’s 2021 Tribeca Festival. The band will take the stage directly following the screening of part one of their new A&E documentary, Biography: KISStory. The two-part documentary event is part of the Festival’s 2021 TV line up. The band — featuring Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy…