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‘It is like some kind of dream, really’: Guitarist Brian May still marvels over Queen’s successes

Even as a new compilation of Queen hits called Icon is set for release on June 11, 2013, guitarist Brian May looks back in wonder at all of the things he and his childhood friends were able to accomplish. You May Also Like: Adam Lambert’s Favorite Queen Song Might SurpriseRead More

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Long-departed co-founder Bernie Leadon confirmed as guest on upcoming Eagles reunion tour

Co-founder Bernie Leadon will reportedly join the Eagles for a portion of their still-expanding 2013 tour. He last recorded with the band on 1975’s One of These Nights, and was the first member to depart. You May Also Like: Mudcrutch’s belated self-titled debut brought Tom Petty back to his rootsRead More

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Please don’t call Cream’s Ginger Baker a rock drummer: ‘I’m a musician who plays music’

“Where did they get the rock drummer bit from?” Ginger Baker asks, both dismissively and rhetorically.

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John Oates on a new solo project, life after Hall and Oates’ heyday: ‘Really, it’s uncharted territory’

“We’re experimenting,” John Oates admits, in this exclusive Something Else! Sitdown. “We’re looking at it a little bit differently.”

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‘Out plotting the Faces’ future’: Talks still moving forward on Rod Stewart reunion

Rod Stewart’s hope to reunite with the Faces was thwarted by illness just before their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, and then by Ron Wood joining the on-going Rolling Stones reunion concert series. But the idea isn’t dead. You May Also Like: Rod Stewart, “Every Picture Tells aRead More

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Mike Love takes a long view on the Beach Boys’ ups and downs: ‘All of that is a natural cycle’

Mike Love, a founding member of the Beach Boys and the only one to have appeared in all of its many incarnations over the decades, tends to take the long view on their legacy. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘Not too rehashed or too thought out’: Classic-era Santana reunion could arrive as soon as 2014

Neal Schon has his own opinions about how a planned reunion of the early 1970s lineup of Santana should unfold. He wants to return to the loose, improvisational feel of their classic collaboration Santana III. You May Also Like: At first, Gregg Rolie wasn’t so sure about a classic SantanaRead More

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Original Quadrophenia era saw the Who devolve into a nasty tangle: ‘He was very, very drunk’

As the Who gears up for another series of shows featuring Quadrophenia, beginning on June 8, 2013 at Dublin, it’s worth remembering that things haven’t always gone so well You May Also Like: Pete Townshend on why the Who lends itself to classical reinterpretation: ‘Pulled all the stops’ The OddlyRead More

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‘They didn’t return my call’: Sammy Hagar tour won’t include Van Halen reunion, or much Chickenfoot

Former Montrose and Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar is providing a glimpse of what’s in store as he gears up for a series of retrospective summer dates. Warning: It won’t entail of lot of music from his current band, which also features Joe Satriani, Chad Smith and fellow Van HalenRead More

Chicago's Bill Champlin and Toto's Joseph Williams - Live in Concert (2013)

Chicago’s Bill Champlin and Toto’s Joseph Williams – Live in Concert (2013)

Though neither has recorded with them recently, Joseph Williams and Bill Champlin remain inextricably linked to Toto and Chicago.