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Being Safe at Your Local Nightclubs

Being Safe at Your Local Nightclubs

Posted January 28, 2013 at 2:06 pm | No comments

And just this past week, a fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, ravaged the club that was reported to be filled to double its capacity and leaving 233 bodies in its wake.

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The Who’s Pete Townshend Honored with the Les Paul Award at last night’s TEC Awards:

Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:20 pm | No comments

Highlighting the evening was the Les Paul Award presentation to renowned recording artist and composer The Who’s Pete Townshend. The Les Paul Award was presented by film producer and humorist Martin Lewis and Jeff Salmon, representing The Les Paul Foundation.

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85th Academy Awards® Nominations For Best Original Song & Best Original Score From A Motion Picture

85th Academy Awards® Nominations For Best Original Song & Best Original Score From A Motion Picture

Posted January 11, 2013 at 3:47 pm | 2 comments

The Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were read and announced by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone in Beverly Hills, California, Thursday morning, January 10, which included the much anticipated nominations for Best Original Song and Best Original Film Score.

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2012 Guitar International Awards

2012 Guitar International Awards

Posted December 28, 2012 at 6:57 am | No comments

For the second year in a row, we find that Blues-Rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa has earned our Guitarist of the Year Award. Not many artists nail down album after album like Bonamassa. In 2011, he released his critically acclaimed solo debut, Dustbowl, along with a collaborative effort with his Supergroup Black Country Communion.

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Eagle Rock and earMusic to Release Deep Purple CD Live in Paris 1975

Eagle Rock and earMusic to Release Deep Purple CD Live in Paris 1975

Posted December 20, 2012 at 11:27 am | No comments

Live In Paris 1975 has been digitally remixed and re-mastered from the original multi-track recordings, sonically transmitting all the power and electricity of Deep Purple’s live stage prowess.

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Grammy Winners Yes to Present a Triple-Header Concert Tour in 2013

Grammy Winners Yes to Present a Triple-Header Concert Tour in 2013

Posted December 10, 2012 at 9:46 am | One comment

In a career first, iconic and Grammy-winning rock band YES will perform three of their classic albums in their entirety, all in one concert, on a special tour in 2013: 1971’s The Yes Album, 1972’s Close to the Edge and 1977’s Going for the One.

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The Yardbirds Making Tracks 2DVD Tour Set  Available on December 11

The Yardbirds Making Tracks 2DVD Tour Set Available on December 11

Posted November 28, 2012 at 11:45 am | No comments

An integral part of the 60’s British Blues Boom, legendary rock pioneers The Yardbirds took standard 12-bar blues, doubled the tempo, kicked up the amps, and carved out the mold for modern hard rock.

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Sevendust Announces Release of “Black Out The Sun” on March 26, 2013

Sevendust Announces Release of “Black Out The Sun” on March 26, 2013

Posted November 28, 2012 at 11:33 am | One comment

March 26, 2013 is going to be a very good day for Sevendust fans. That day brings the highly anticipated release of the band’s brand new album, their ninth studio effort, Black Out the Sun, on their 7Bros. Records label (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).

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From the Ground Up U2 Photobook

From the Ground Up U2 Photobook

Posted November 27, 2012 at 9:20 am | One comment

The story of the U2360° tour is as epic as the numbers, from the seven million people who bought tickets to the logistics of moving three identical sets around continents each one taking 150 trucks to transport.

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Led Zeppelin, in Association with Alfred Music Publishing, Releases New Sheet Music Folio

Led Zeppelin, in Association with Alfred Music Publishing, Releases New Sheet Music Folio

Posted November 19, 2012 at 11:33 am | No comments


From the official music publisher of thousands of popular artists, songwriters, and composers, new music collections from Led Zeppelin – the blues-inspired rock band that significantly impacted rock music forever – are now available for guitar and piano. These include a guitar TAB book for the band’s 2007 reunion concert film Celebration Day, Platinum Album Editions in authentic guitar TAB for Physical Graffiti and Presence, and a piano sheet music anthology.

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