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Getty ImagesKurt Cobain’s estate has slammed the adaptation of Gus Ban Sant’s dramatized film Last Days by London’s Royal Opera House, saying that the production is an “unauthorized attempt” to continue exploiting the fictionalized story the late singer’s final days. The estate said in a statement, “Last Days has been created and written without permission.…

Getty ImagesIt was 49 years ago today (October 19th, 1973) that the Who released their second double album, the watershed 1973 collection, Quadrophenia. The set featured such classic Who songs as “The Real Me,” “5:15,” “I’m One,” “The Punk And The Godfather,” “Drowned,” “Sea And Sand,” and “Love Reign O’er Me,” among others. A film…

PRPhotos.comAs a teaser to the upcoming Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers box set, Live At The Fillmore (1997), a new nearly-nine-minute teaser has popped up online. The new short film, dubbed, “The Fillmore House Band,” features clips of Petty and the band tearing through such classics as “Listen To Her Heart,” “Runnin’ Down A Dream,”…

PRPhotos.comAC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has listed some of the most important records of his life. Blabbermouth reported Johnson, who just published his long-awaited memoir, The Lives Of Brian, appeared on BBC 2’s Tracks Of My Years program and picked records by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, Ike & Tina Turner, Dire Straits,…

Getty ImagesNew reporting states the long wait for a new Rolling Stones album is nearly over. Last week, the band was photographed entering and leaving Manhattan’s famed Electric Lady studio in the Village, presumably working on their first album of original material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. An inside source told Britain’s The Sun, that…

Getty ImagesAlter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy admitted it took him a while to find his footing as a frontman. Just released is Alter Bridge’s latest album, Pawns & Kings, with the band prepping for a European tour that kicks off next month. While chatting with Classic Rock, Kennedy shed light on slowly finding himself as…

Getty ImagesIt was 34 years ago today (October 18th, 1988) the Traveling Wilburys’ debut album, Vol. 1, was released. The album peaked at Number Three on the Billboard 200 album charts and featured included a veritable Mount Rushmore of rock — George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, ELO’s Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. Orbison died…

Getty ImagesIt was 65 years ago tonight — October 18th, 1957 — that 15-year-old Paul McCartney made his live debut performing with 17-year-old John Lennon and his skiffle band the Quarrymen. The local Liverpool venue was the New Clubmoor Hall in Norris Green, and Lennon and McCartney — who were the group’s joint frontmen –…

Getty ImagesIt was 48 years ago today (October 18th, 1974) that the Rolling Stones’ released It’s Only Rock N’ Roll. The album marked the Stones’ first without Jimmy Miller — their producer since 1968’s Beggars Banquet — with production duties handled by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards under their joint pseudonym, “The Glimmer Twins.” The…