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‘We’re working on new songs’: Deep Purple returns to the studio during break from touring

The group is also getting geared up for the World Cup. Well, all but one of them.

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‘More ominous and less pop’: The intriguing tale of the last song on the last Hall and Oates album

The famous duo hasn’t issued an album of new songs since 2003’s ‘Do It For Love.’

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‘One of the most requested songs’: On that mysterious date from Earth Wind and Fire’s ‘September’

We’ve all heard the tune. But just what happened during the 21st night?

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‘It’s a possibility’: Yardbirds discussed recording new album during upcoming U.S. tour

“We were thinking at one point,” drummer Jim McCarty says, “of going down to Mississippi.”

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‘One of the best pieces I’ve done’: Just how did Micky Dolenz end up working with Rob Zombie?

“I knew who he was,” the Monkees star says, “and that he was a fan.”

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‘I had lotsa fun’: Robert Fripp gathers new King Crimson lineup for first rehearsals

Fripp says a full “tour itenerary will be announced tomorrow.”

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‘Step aside, Grandpa!’: Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan has a curt response to those calls for retirement

The now-68-year-old rocker joined Deep Purple in 1969 as it rebuilt for its most celebrated era.

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Journey’s Neal Schon brushes aside talk of Steve Perry reunion: ‘We’re moving forward into the future’

Perry, a member of the band from 1978-98, helped Journey to its 1980s-era commercial peak.

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‘Lasted fantastically well’: Nick Mason on the Pink Floyd album that changed everything

They often quarrelled, but Mason says this was a time of “wanting to achieve the same sort of goal.”

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‘I’m creating a world for myself’: Adam Lambert builds off old performances by Queen’s Freddie Mercury

He’s trying to strike a balance between playing tribute and adding new wrinkles.