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• Rolling Stones Ask Fans to Help Choose One Song for Their Set at Saturday’s Pay-per-View Concert

  In Classic Hits News / 13 December 2012

  

  As The Rolling Stones prepare to wrap up their 2012 “50 & Counting” tour with their big pay-per-view concert on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the rock legends are giving fans a chance to choose one of the songs they’ll play at the show.  You can log on to the band’s official website now and vote for one of 12 potential tunes, or you can pick your favorite via The Stones’ official app, which is available for Apple and Google Android devices. Included on the list of songs, which spans most of the band’s 50-year career,… Read more

• Jackson Browne, Bob Weir to Perform at L.A. Benefit Show Co-Organized by Heartbreakers Guitarist

  In Classic Hits News / 13 December 2012

  

  Jackson Browne and founding Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Bob Weir are among the stars who will perform at a December 20 benefit concert in Los Angeles that’s being co-organized by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell.  The inaugural Merry Minstrel Musical Circus: A Holiday Gathering and Goodwill Jamathon will take place at L.A.’s famous Troubadour club, and will raise money for the Little Kids Rock organization and the Tazzy Animal Rescue Fund. Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench also will be on hand for the show, as will other as-yet-unannounced special guests.  The Merry Minstrel Musical Circus was created by Campbell… Read more

• McCartney, Springsteen, the Stones and More Rock MSG for "12.12.12 — The Concert for Sandy Relief"

  In Classic Hits News / 13 December 2012

  

  It was a night of music, comedy and celebrities at 12.12.12 — The Concert for Sandy Relief, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Wednesday night. While several top artists in the rock and pop genres performed for the MSG crowd, actors such as James Gandolfini, Jimmy Fallon and Jack McBrayer manned a phone bank where they accepted donations from viewers. Forty cable networks televised and numerous websites streamed the event, the proceeds of which benefited The Robin Hood Relief Fund and victims of superstorm Sandy. Fittingly, the concert began at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time with a… Read more

• New Jon Bon Jovi Song in the Running for Oscar Nomination

  In Classic Hits News / 12 December 2012

  

  Jon Bon Jovi has received many accolades over the years, but one award the New Jersey rocker’s never won is an Oscar.  That could change in 2013, though, as “Not Running Anymore,” a track the Bon Jovi frontman wrote and recorded for the upcoming film Stand Up Guys, is one of 75 tunes picked by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be eligible for a nomination in the original song category. The singer has been nominated once before for a best original song Academy Award, back in 1991 for his solo tune “Blaze of Glory” from the… Read more

• Carole King, The Temptations to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievements Awards

  In Classic Hits News / 12 December 2012

  

  Carole King and The Temptations are among the music artists and other luminaries who The Recording Academy will honor with Special Merit Awards early next year.  King and The Tempts will be recognized with Lifetime Achievement Awards at a special invite-only event in Los Angeles on February 9, the evening before the 55th annual Grammy Awards ceremony will take place. Others slated to be recognized by the Recording Academy for their career musical contributions include pop crooner Patti Page, blues great Lightnin’ Hopkins, jazz bassist Charlie Haden, classical pianist Glen Gould and Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar, who, sadly, passed… Read more

• Mick Jagger Love Letters Sell for More than $300K at London Auction

  In Classic Hits News / 12 December 2012

  

  A collection of handwritten letters Mick Jagger penned in the summer of 1969 to his then-secret lover, American singer/actress/model Marsha Hunt, sold for a whopping 187,250 pounds, the equivalent of about $302,000, at a Sotheby’s auction in London on Wednesday.  The Telegraph reports that the purchaser was a private collector who submitted the winning bid via telephone.  The notes went for much higher than the expected sale price, estimated to be between about $110,000 and $160,000. The Rolling Stones frontman wrote the 10 letters while in Australia filming the Tony Richardson-directed movie Ned Kelly.  The correspondence features the rock legend… Read more

• Deluxe Reissues of Fleetwood Mac’s "Rumours" Arriving in Late January

  In Classic Hits News / 12 December 2012

  

  Complete details have been revealed about the special 35th anniversary reissues of Fleetwood Mac‘s landmark 1977 album, Rumours, that the band is putting out in conjunction with their recently-announced spring 2013 North American tour.  Multi-disc “expanded” and “deluxe” versions of Rumours are scheduled to be released on January 29.  The expanded edition is a three-CD set that boasts a disc featuring a remastered version of the original album, plus the popular B-side “Silver Springs,” a CD offering 12 live performances recorded during the band’s 1977 tour in support of Rumours, and a disc of outtakes, alternate takes, demos and instrumentals… Read more