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PRPhotos.comHappy Birthday to Lamont Dozier who turns 80 today (June 16th)!!! Dozier and brothers Eddie and Brian Holland formed Motown’s legendary songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, and have written nearly 300 songs, including the Four Tops’ Top Ten hits “Standing In The Shadows Of Love,” “Bernadette,” “It’s The Same Old Song,” and their Number Ones…

PRPhotos.comPearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has announced his fourth solo album, according to NME.com. The collection, billed as AMENT, and titled, I Should Be Outside, will be released on August 10th and follows his 2020 EP American Deth Squad. 30 years after breaking on the national scene, Jeff Ament said that the doors that early…

PRPhotos.comElvis Costello & The Imposters are planning some summer shows — with the first date already announced. On August 27th, the band is set to play Kansas City, Missouri’s famed Uptown Theater. The public onsale is set for Friday, June 18th at 10 a.m. local time. So far, no other dates have been announced. Costello’s…

PRPhotos.comBilly Idol has rolled out a series of summer and fall dates keeping him busy through the end of October. The ’80s icon kicks off his summer run on July 30th in Minot, North Dakota’s State Fair and closes the season out September 19th at Asbury Park, New Jersey at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival. Of note…

Getty ImagesBruce Springsteen touched upon a couple of projects fans can anticipate in the coming months. Backstreets.com reported while chatting on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio, “The Boss” talked about his latest, long-in-the works archival set, revealing, “There are things we’re working on. We have something that’s going to come out in the fall. . .…

Getty ImagesToday (June 15th) marks what would have been Harry Nilsson’s 80th birthday. Nilsson is best remembered for being an inventive and groundbreaking songwriter, despite the fact that his two biggest hits “Everybody’s Talkin'” and “Without You” were actually not written by him. Although he recorded it first, it was Three Dog Night that hit…

PRPhotos.comVan Morrison is heading back to the States for a string of shows this fall in support of his latest album, Latest Record Project: Volume 1. Morrison kicks off the fall run on September 25th in Greenwood Village, Colorado at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre and winds things down on October 5th at San Diego’s Cal Coast…

PRPhotos.comSantana has announced 15 fall dates sandwiched between the band’s upcoming Las Vegas residency. The “Blessings And Miracles” tour begins on September 11th in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the Borgata Spa & Resort and closes on October 2nd at Durant, Oklahoma’s Choctaw Grand Theater. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning…

PRPhotos.comHole frontwoman and Kurt Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, took time out to slam both Dave Grohl and Trent Reznor online. Ultimate-Guitar.com reported that in since-deleted posts, she vented on the alt rock giants, writing in part about her late-husband’s Nirvana bandmate: “Here’s a few receipts from some mega aggressions I’ve had to deal with, make…