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Music legends feature on the “Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition”

Written by admin on October 6, 2011 – 11:43 am -

Reprise Records will release CD and DVD sets of “The Bridge School Benefit Concerts – 25th Anniversary Edition” on October 24.

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Neil Young writing memoir

Written by admin on September 20, 2011 – 9:02 pm -

Neil Young has announced that he is writing a memoir titled “Waging Heavy Peace.” The book will be published by Blue Rider Press in autumn 2012.

Commenting on the writing process, Young said:

“I felt like writing books fit me like a glove. I started and I just kept going. That’s the way my Daddy used to do it on his old Underwood up in the attic. He said, ‘Just keep writing, you never know what will turn up.'”

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Buffalo Springfield tour postponed

Written by admin on September 2, 2011 – 9:00 pm -

Buffalo Springfield have postponed their 30-date reunion tour for the second time.

The original members of the group, Richie Furay, Stephen Stills and Neil Young, played their first gig together for 42 years last summer and originally planned an extensive tour for around October of this year, before putting it back to early 2012. Now the plan is to tour at an unspecified time later in 2012.

Buffalo Springfield concert

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Happy Canada Day from Classic Pop Icons

Written by admin on July 1, 2011 – 10:00 am -

Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian readers. We hope you have a relaxing and fun day.

To celebrate Canada Day, here’s some tracks from five of Canada’s successful musical exports.

Joni Mitchell – “Big Yellow Taxi”

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Buffalo Springfield announce US tour

Written by admin on March 31, 2011 – 5:20 pm -

Buffalo Springfield on stage Buffalo Springfield are going on tour this summer for the first time in 43 years.

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