"I never really appreciated what Queen was about..." The post The band Pete Townshend regretted taking for granted: “I didn’t really connect” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

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The beginning of the powerhouse. The post The one drummer Neil Peart said influenced the world: “He set the bar” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

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Alice Cooper 12/19 Alice Cooper At “Night Of The Proms” Alice Cooper, with guitarists Tommy Henriksen and Nita Strauss, play the first of two “Night Of The Proms” tour dates at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne Germany. Founded in ’85,”Night Of The Proms” features Rock and pop artists performing with orchestral accompaniment. Mick Abrahams 12/19 Jethro Tull Guitarist Passes Founding Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams dies following more than a decade of “ill health. He was 82. Conflicts between Abrahams and Anderson over the band’s musical direction led Abrahams to leave shortly after Tull’s debut album, “This Was.” was finished. Abrahams wanted to pursue a more Blues/Rock direction, while Anderson favored overt Folk and Jazz influences. Abrahams went on to launch Blodwyn Pig who released two albums in ’69 – ’70. Flaming Lips 12/21 Flaming Lips Guitarist Is “Officially Done” Matthew Duckworth Kirksey, drummer for the Flaming Lips, addresses Steven Drozd’s departure claiming the group’s live show is now “better than ever.” The previous week, Drozd appeared to reveal he’s “officially done” with the band after a more than a 30-year tenure. Peter Criss 12/21 Peter Criss Spikes Rumors Original KISS drummer Peter Criss shoots down reports that he is asking fans to pay $1,000 for a digital download of his new self-titled solo album. “Digital purchases are discouraged,” reads a note on Criss’s Bandcamp page. “That’s why the high price.” The album is available. for far less, in CD and vinyl formats. Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield 12/22 Stone Roses Bassist Laid To Rest The funeral for Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield is held in Manchester, England. The musician, who passed away 11/20 at age 63, was laid to rest at a funeral service at Manchester Cathedral, with his bandmates in attendance. Queen Not For Sale (Polar Bear) 12/22 Queen Present Previously Unreleased Track Queen guitarist Brian May reveals a ‘lost’ Christmas song recorded by the group in 1974. The acoustic ballad “Not For Sale (Polar Bear)” was originally slated for the band’s 1974 album, “Queen II,” but didn’t make the final track list. May debuts the song on his Planet Rock Christmas Special in the U.K. “People might possibly have heard a bootleg version of ‘Not for Sale (Polar Bear)’ by Smile, it’s a song that goes back a very long way, but to my knowledge no one has ever heard this version,” says May. Bono Imelda May 12/24 Bono Sings For Charity U2’s Bono sings “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home”)” with Irish singer/songwriter Imelda May during Dublin’s annual Christmas Eve charity event.   Imelda May sings the first verse before harmonizing with Bono for the final notes. About midway through, Bono adds some words of his own, acknowledging the unity of the event and asking everyone there to lift their hands up in jubilation. This year, the event raises money for the Dublin Simon Community, a charity that seeks to help Ireland’s homeless population. Darlene Love first recorded “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” in 1963. Nearly a quarter of a century later, U2 covered the track for the ’87 benefit compilation “A Very Special Christmas.” U2 revisited their cover of the song for the first time in almost four decades in ’23 during their residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere venue. ### The post December 19th – 26th appeared first on RockinTown.

POTUS continues working to be remembered as a peace president.

Other major crime categories tracked by the index were also down, including motor vehicle thefts (23.2%), aggravated assaults (7.5%) and robbery (18.3%). 

by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper: It has been only 7 months since the lights went out, but it feels like forever. Some people call it the Apocalypse and consider it the worst disaster that the modern world has known. At our house, we call it the Change, because my mother says that just because […]

by John Hayward, Breitbart: Pentagon Report: China Loads over 100 ICBMs into Missile Silos near Mongolian Border Reuters claimed on Monday to have viewed a draft report from the Pentagon that said China “is likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) across its latest three silo fields” which are located near […]