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Concord RecordsJohn Fogerty has shared another taste of his upcoming album, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, dropping Aug. 22.The album features newly recorded versions of classic CCR tunes. The latest releases are his new takes on "Born on the Bayou" and "Lodi," which are both available via digital outlets."When it came time to sing 'Lodi,' I noticed that my voice seemed to have a little extra character in it […]

On This Day, June 27, 2002 ...One day before the start of The Who’s U.S. tour, bassist John "The Ox" Entwistle died of a cocaine-induced heart attack. He was found dead in his room at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas by the stripper he had spent the night with.He was 57."The Ox has left the building—we've lost another great friend," The Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete […]

RhinoThe music of the Ramones has gotten a sound upgrade.Rhino just dropped a new box set, 1!2!3!4! The Ramones Atmos Collection. It features the band’s first four albums — Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin — in Dolby Atmos on Blu-ray audio, along with each album's original stereo mixes in high-resolution.The Atmos mixes of Leave Home, Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin were handled by Ed Stasium, who originally engineered those three albums. Craig Leon, producer of the […]

Jim Dyson/Getty ImagesThere’s no doubt plenty of people can say Paul McCartney’s music has played an important role in their life, and now the Beatles legend is revealing the albums that are just as important to him.In his latest Q&A on his website, a fan shared that they'd recently been discussing albums and songs that have become the soundtrack to their life, and asked McCartney if there were any "albums that take you back to […]

Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesWhen Gary Rossington, the last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away in 2023, the band decided to continue on, and it turns out, that could mean new music in the future.The band recently announced a new label deal with Frontiers SRL and in a new interview with Classic Rock magazine, frontman Johnny Van Zant suggests a new album isn’t out of the question. He says that in 2020 […]

WaterAid/ Lucy Le BrocqRod Stewart is making the most of his upcoming performance at the U.K.'s Glastonbury Festival.He's teamed up with the charity Water Aid to design a public toilet for the festival that's -- we kid you not -- shaped like a giant boombox. Dubbed the "Boombox Bog" -- bog is British slang for toilet -- it features Rod Stewart cassette tapes affixed to the walls, a neon sign […]