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Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello, Bill Medley, and Steven Van Zandt were among the stars who gathered in New York to pay tribute to Darlene Love at the fifth annual Right to Rock benefit on Thursday night.

The benefit, which took place at Cipriani Wall Street®, raised $850,000 for Little Kids Rock, a non-profit organisation that supports the teaching of music in public schools.

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Nirvana, Kiss, Deep Purple and Cat Stevens are among the 16 nominees for the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

A panel of 600 artists, historians and music industry insiders will vote on which five will take their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next April. You can also have your say via the “fans’ ballot“.

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John Fogerty fans who want a keepsake from his current tour will be able to download the shows the day after they are performed.

Starting tomorrow, the shows performed in Paso Robles (October 11), Berkeley (October 12), and Denver (October 15) will be available for download at livedownloads.com.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include this month’s music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases from classic artists.

Highlights for October include:

• the 7-CD “Rush – The Studio Albums 1989-2007” box set (1 Oct)
• Paul McCartney’s “New” album in standard and deluxe editions (15 Oct)
• “Paul Simon – The Complete Albums Collection” 14-CD collection and single CD “Over the Bridge of Time” retrospective (15 Oct)
• “Eric Clapton Unplugged – Expanded and Remastered” (15 Oct)
• Willie Nelson’s “To All The Girls” (15 Oct)
• Deep Purple’s 10-CD “The Complete Albums 1970-1976” and “Perfect Strangers Live” concert titles (15 Oct)
• Van Morrison’s “Moondance” in expanded, deluxe and standard editions (22 Oct)
• “Springsteen And I” on DVD and Blu-ray (29 Oct)
• Jethro Tull’s “Benefit – Deluxe” collector’s edition (29 Oct)
• “The Eagles – The Studio Albums 1972-1979” 6-LP vinyl box set (29 Oct).

Bruce Springsteen has written a letter to fans to thank them for their “love and support” and “passion and commitment” during the 18 months of his highly successful Wrecking Ball tour.

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