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Brian May of Queen + Adam Lambert performs at Little Caesars Arena on October 10, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.
Brian May says the spirit of Queen’s Freddie Mercury lives on in these modern glam rockers. Now he’s helped them remake their breakthrough hit

By Phil Weller Published

The Struts' new version of "Could Have Been Me," featuring May, drops today.

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The Police..Sting (lead singer,guitar), Stewart Copeland(drums), Andy Summers(guitar)..The group poses exclusive outside of the tv studios in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, circa 1982
Andy Summers tells why he deserves credit for “Every Breath You Take,” the Police monster hit at the heart of his lawsuit against Sting

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Summers contends the song was nothing without his iconic guitar riff

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The Police at a TV studio in Munich on October 13, 1980 in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany.
Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland sue Sting over the Police hit "Every Breath You Take"

By Elizabeth Swann Published

Now past 2.8 billion streams on Spotify alone, the song reportedly earns the bassit $740,000 per year

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LEFT: Roger McGuinn from The Byrds performs live on stage in London in 1971 RIGHT: Bob DYLAN; posed at Mayfair Hotel 1966
Roger McGuinn says Bob Dylan wanted nothing to do with the 1969 anthem they wrote for a major film

By Andrew Daly Published

The theme song for ‘Easy Rider’ has become a classic, but Dylan was unhappy with the film and refused to have his name associated with it

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The Beatles in 1969
It's official! New Beatles Anthology music, video and book coming this fall

By Elizabeth Swann Published

A new ninth chapter in the Anthology documentary and a new fourth album in the Anthology album series are among the treats

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Ritchie BLACKMORE; Guitarist with Deep Purple, posed, backstage, playing Fender Stratocaster guitar
Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover and Ian Paice on the creation and legacy of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water"

By Phil Weller Published

“I didn't think it would be a hit," Blackmore says. "It was just something that Ian and I banged out on the spur of the moment.”

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Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne performing live onstage in 1978
Steven Wilson on why remixing classic Sabbath albums is impossible, and what the “fascinating” alternative is

By Phil Weller Published

The go-to remixer/remasterer of classic rock albums came up with a fan-pleasing solution when the tapes for nearly half of Sabbath’s ‘Vol. 4’ disappeared

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LEFT: British singer George Harrison attends the San Remo music festival. RIGHT: Tom Petty performs circa 1985 in Los Angeles, California.
Tom Petty on how he almost didn’t record his first solo hit — and how George Harrison helped save the day

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The song came out of one of Petty's greatest tragedies but proved almost too personal for him to record

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Al Nesbitt & The Alchemy - Release Date Set for Live in Seattle EP

By Andy McDonough Published

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LEFT: Eddie Van Halen (plays his custom Frankenstrat guitar at Cobo Arena during Van Halen's "Hide Your Sheep Tour" on August 13, 1982, in Detroit, Michigan. RIGHT: English guitarist Pete Townshend, wearing his trademark white boiler suit, performs live on stage playing a Gibson SG Special guitar, with rock group The Who during the European leg of the band's Tommy Tour at a venue in England in October 1970.
Eddie Van Halen could play this Who album note for note says Michael Anthony

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Eddie wasn't alone in his appreciation for the disc. Joe Satriani called it his number-one life-changing album

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