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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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A High School Breakup Inspired Matchbox Twenty’s First Big Hit in 1997

  • Matchbox Twenty's debut single flopped, risking the band's career when their label folded in 1996
  • 'Push,' inspired by Rob Thomas's toxic high school romance, became a breakthrough hit after a Birmingham radio programmer championed it
  • Grassroots radio success led to major label investment and revived the band's commercial prospects

American group Matchbox Twenty pose for photographs, New York, New York, circa 1997. (Photo by Larry Busacca/WireImage) In 1997, Matchbox Twenty had their first big hit with “Push”. The song was written by lead singer Rob Thomas and producer Matt Serletic. It is part of Yourself Or Someone…

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Aerosmith Needed This Album to Restart Their Careers

  • Aerosmith collapsed in the 1980s as drug addiction and member departures derailed the 1970s rock legends; solo projects by ex-members failed commercially
  • A hip-hop collaboration exposed them to MTV audiences, but their 1987 album Permanent Vacation was what truly reignited their career with multiple hit singles
  • The album's success launched the band's most commercially dominant era and prevented what could have been a premature fade into obscurity

A new retrospective explains how Aerosmith's 1987 album Permanent Vacation rescued the American rock band from near-obscurity after years of addiction, line-up departures and commercial decline. Following a mid-1980s reunion of the original members and a career boost from their collaboration with Run-D.M.C. on "Walk This Way", the…

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Eagles extend record-breaking residency at Sphere in Las Vegas yet again

  • Eagles extend Sphere Las Vegas residency for a fourth time
  • Four extra shows added, running into January 2027
  • Total of 72 shows sets new Sphere residency record

Country rock legends Eagles have extended their record-breaking Sphere residency in Las Vegas for a fourth time, adding another four shows for early 2027. The announcement comes nine months after the band first described a March 2026 run as their "final" shows at the venue, only for the…

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Inside Wyatt Flores’ Intimate, Invite-Only Sophomore Album Release Party in Nashville

  • Wyatt Flores held a private Nashville event for new album "Scared of Heights"
  • He performed four songs and shared personal stories behind each
  • Discussed anxiety, sleep issues and inspiration for closing track "Tulsa and Eleanor"

Country singer Wyatt Flores marked the release of his sophomore album, "Scared of Heights," with an intimate, invite-only listening event at the new CAA offices in Nashville in July. The gathering brought together members of his management, record label and public relations teams, allowing Flores to perform a…

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3 Forgotten Rock Hits Even 70s Kids Don’t Remember

  • Article lists three overlooked 1970s rock songs worth rediscovering.
  • Featured: Dylan's "Isis", Humble Pie's "30 Days in the Hole", Patti Smith's "Gloria".
  • Part of American Songwriter's recurring nostalgia list series.

American Songwriter has published a short feature revisiting three rock songs from the 1970s that the outlet argues have faded from memory despite their quality, part of an ongoing series of nostalgia-driven "best of" lists the site regularly runs. The piece highlights tracks by well-known artists that sit…

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Nine Van Morrison albums to listen to and one to avoid: “An astonishingly deep catalogue”

  • Feature traces Van Morrison's career from Them to solo stardom.
  • Astral Weeks and Moondance singled out as career-defining twin peaks.
  • Brown Eyed Girl has surpassed a billion Spotify streams.

This retrospective piece surveys the career of Van Morrison, tracing his evolution from raw R&B frontman of Belfast band Them to one of rock's most singular and prolific solo artists. It argues that his catalogue is unusually deep and consistent, with albums considered merely "good" by his standards…

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Bruce Springsteen Reveals Wife Patti Scialfa Is in Cancer Remission After 8 Years

  • Patti Scialfa's multiple myeloma is now in remission after eight years
  • Bruce Springsteen shared the news at a Dana-Farber cancer fundraiser
  • Scialfa, 73, kept her 2018 diagnosis private until a 2024 documentary

Bruce Springsteen has revealed that his wife and E Street Band bandmate, Patti Scialfa, is now in remission from the blood cancer she has been fighting for eight years. He shared the news during a video broadcast on 1 August for a fundraiser supporting the Pan-Mass Challenge bike…

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When the guitarist plays something really simple but the singer is rude..

  • A guitarist keeps it simple, the singer claps back
  • Comedic musician-banter short, no other details given

This is a short-form clip capturing a light-hearted moment between a guitarist and a singer during a performance, playing on the familiar "clueless bandmate" trope found across musician social media. The humour comes from the contrast between the guitarist keeping things deliberately basic and the singer's sharp, off-the-cuff…

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6 of the Best Rock Songs Turning 60 This Year

  • Six rock songs from 1966 turn 60 this year
  • List includes tracks by the Stones, Hendrix, the Beatles
  • 1966 marked rock's shift towards psychedelia and experimentation

American Songwriter has marked the 60th anniversary of six landmark rock songs first released in 1966, celebrating a year widely regarded as pivotal for the genre's evolution towards experimentation and psychedelia. The selection highlights how artists were pushing musical boundaries at the time, from unconventional instrumentation to studio…

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Wings Of Desire travel hours with 11-week-old baby to play festival stage that didn’t exist: “We do not appreciate being gaslit”

  • Wings of Desire found their booked festival stage didn't exist
  • They drove home from Valley Fest without playing, with their baby
  • Festival apologised, citing a communication breakdown; band say no compensation given

Wings of Desire, the husband-and-wife duo James Taylor and Chloe Little, have criticised how the music industry treats artists after travelling for hours with their baby to play Valley Fest, only to find the stage they were booked for did not exist. The pair say they were left…

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