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George Harrison’s Classic Beatles Guitar Sells For $1.27 Million At Auction

George Harrison’s Classic Beatles Guitar Sells For $1.27 Million At Auction

George Harrison’s Resonet Futurama guitar, which the musician played during the early years of the Beatles, sold for $1.27 million last week at a Nashville rock & roll memorabilia auction house in Nashville. Harrison originally purchased the Futurama in 1959 from a music store in Liverpool, and used it during over 324 Beatles live performances,…

Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ Is The Best-Selling Rock Album Of 2024

Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ Is The Best-Selling Rock Album Of 2024

The top of the Billboard chart has been dominated by pop, country, and hip-hop throughout 2024 and beyond. You have to dig deep on Billboard’s year-end best-selling albums list to find the first rock record, and when you do it’s a classic album released 47 years ago. Fleetwood Mac’s 21x-platinum 1977 album, Rumours, is the…

New Study Finds That Pink Floyd Inspires The Most Rock-Related Tattoos

New Study Finds That Pink Floyd Inspires The Most Rock-Related Tattoos

A new study conducted by the tattoo shop LLTattoo in Switzerland has found that Pink Floyd has inspired the most rock-band tattoos, followed by Guns ‘N Roses and Rammstein. The study was conducted by examining search volume data from Google Keyword Planner. Pink Floyd came out in first place with over 13,000 monthly searches worldwide,…

Coldplay Leads List Of Top 10 Highest-Grossing Rock Tours Of 2024

Coldplay Leads List Of Top 10 Highest-Grossing Rock Tours Of 2024

Billboard Boxscore revealed its ranking of the Top 10 highest-grossing rock tours of the last 12 months. Veteran acts dominate the entire list, with the origins of all of the groups dating back to the 20th century. The lone exception is Dead & Company, which formed in 2015 but celebrates the music of the Grateful…