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Thursday, November 13 by ABC News

Squeeze announces new album, ‘Trixies’, featuring songs written 50 years ago

Squeeze is getting ready to drop a new album, although the material in it isn't new ... to them.The band will release Trixies, their first album in eight years, on March 6. The songs on it were the first tunes Squeeze's Chris Difford and ...

Wednesday, September 10 by ABC News

50 years ago: KISS comes ‘Alive!’ with the release of iconic live album

It was 50 years ago — Sept. 10, 1975 — that KISS released their first-ever live album, Alive!, which helped them skyrocket to superstardom.Before Alive!, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley weren’t having much success. While their live shows helped them gain a cult following, ...

Friday, August 8 by ABC News

Billy Joel releases archival performance from a ‘Long, Long Time’ ago

Billy Joel has debuted another archival performance, and this one is a real throwback.The "Piano Man" shared a video of him performing the track "Long, Long Time" on the PBS station WSIU on Feb. 10, 1972.The clip is from such an early point in his career ...

Friday, July 11 by ABC News

40 years ago, Live Aid rocked the world

Forty years ago Sunday — July 13, 1985 — Live Aid, the massive all-star charity concerts, took place in London and Philadelphia. Organized by Bob Geldof to raise money for African famine relief, the shows featured anyone who was anyone in music at that time, from legends ...

Monday, June 30 by ABC News

25 years ago, nine people died in Pearl Jam Roskilde tragedy

On June 30, 2000, 25 years ago Monday, nine people died in a crowd crush during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.In a statement published in 2020 marking the 20th anniversary of the tragedy, guitarist Stone Gossard called what happened "our worst ...

Tuesday, June 24 by ABC News

Fossils from giant possum-like mammal that lived 60 million years ago found in Texas

(BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas) -- Paleontologists have found fossilized remains of a giant possum-like mammal that lived 60 million years ago.The fossils, found at Big Bend National Park in Texas, belong to a group of ancient near-marsupials from the Paleocene period that scientists ...