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CIRCA 1972: Singer and songwriter Glen Campbell plays golf circa 1972. (Photo by Martin Mills/Getty Images) -
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Tyler Childers performs onstage at the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 25, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) -
Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Spotify This Country Star Just Shared the Song Every Future Girl Dad Needs to Hear
Ahead of his first-ever Father’s Day, Cole Swindell released a new track, “Girl Dad.”
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PULA, CROATIA – SEPTEMBER 12: David Gilmour performs at Pula Arena on September 12, 2015 in Pula, Croatia. (Photo by Brian Rasic/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 25: Musician Alan Jackson performs onstage during CMT Giants as they honor Hank Williams Jr. held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on October 25, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images for CMT) -
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Episode 8 — Pictured: Musical guest Bobby McFerrin performing on December 10, 1988 — Photo by: Raymond Bonar/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank -
American actor and singer Bruce Willis performs at The Ritz on January 10, 1987 in New York, New York. (Photo By Larry Busacca/Getty Images) -
NASHVILLE -August 16: Country Music Singer Songwriter Reba McEntire Performs on August 16, 1988 in Nashville, Tennessee (photo by Beth Gwinn/Getty Images)
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Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images Sharon Osbourne Misses Ozzy Osbourne Statue Unveiling Due to “Unexpected Trip to the Hospital”
Sharon Osbourne wasn’t on hand for the latest tribute to her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne, due to an unexpected hospital visit.
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Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images 51-Year-Old Man Falls to His Death During Concert at Madison Square Garden
A 51-year-old man died after falling at Madison Square Garden, where he was on hand to see Goose in concert.
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Photo by Sam Tabone/Getty Images Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Takes a Tumble on Stage During Dublin Concert
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett had an onstage fall in Dublin, but managed to laugh off the incident after the fact.
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Photo by John Medina/Getty Images “The Show Must Go On”: Rod Stewart Uses Oxygen Tank Onstage After Medical Scare
Rod Stewart told a Utah crowd that he nearly fainted onstage after he had to pause the show to take puffs from an oxygen tank.
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ARLINGTON, TX – Musician Eric Church (L) presents musician Kenny Chesney with the Milestone Award for First Fan-Voted ACM Entertainer Of The Year onstage during the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards at AT&T Stadium on April 19, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Winter/ACM2015/Getty Images for dcp) -
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Singer Kelsea Ballerini accepts her New Female Vocalist award onstage at the 4th ACM Party for a Cause Festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on April 1, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for ACM) -
The Beatles on the set of 'Top Of the Pops', plugging their new single 'Paperback Writer'/ 'Rain', 16 June 1966. The group had previously appeared on the show but this was their only appeararance live in the studio. Left to right: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) -
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Guitarist Matt Pike of American heavy metal group Sleep performing live on stage at The Roundhouse in London on April 30, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Nixon/Metal Hammer Magazine/Future via Getty Images) -
HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 02: Dolly Parton and Stella Parton attend the premiere of "Dolly Parton's Coat Of Many Colors" at the Egyptian Theatre on December 2, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) -
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 04: Steve Miller and The Steve Miller Band perform during the San Francisco Fest 2016 – On The Green at AT&T Park on September 4, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/FilmMagic) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Tyler Farr performs on FOX News Channel's "Fox & Friends" All-American Summer Concert Series outside Fox News Channel Studios at Fox News Studios on June 23, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images) -
Kris Kristofferson, honoree during 37th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony – Show and Dinner at Marriott Marquis in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by L. Busacca/WireImage for Songwriter's Hall of Fame)
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LONDON – 19th JANUARY: Paul McCartney from The Beatles and Jane Asher posed in London on 19th January 1968. (Photo by Mark Hayward Archive/Redferns) -
Country-rock singer-songwriter John Stewart, a former member of the Kingston Trio, performs at The Great Southeast Music Hall on September 26, 1973 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images) -
SAN FRANCISCO – July 23, 1982: Duran Duran poses backstage during the band's second US tour at the Kabuki Theater on July 23, 1982 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Randy Bachman/Getty Images) -
Trade ad for Danny O'Keefe's album O'Keefe.
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UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 01: WEMBLEY ARENA Photo of Jimmy C NEWMAN (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) -
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: Joni Mitchell posed in Amsterdam, Holland in 1972 with Elliot Roberts (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) -
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Canadian pop singer Anne Murray on BBC TV show 'Top Of The Pops', London, UK, 19th September 1972. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
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Singer Robert Plant of The New Yardbirds (soon to be re-named Led Zeppelin) performs live on stage at Gladsaxe Teen Club in Gladsaxe, Denmark on 7th September 1968. (Photo by Jorgen Angel/Redferns) -
Musicians Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson, Susanna Hoffs and Michael Steele of The Bangles, at the International Rock Awards, London, June 2nd 1989. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images) -
OAKLAND – APRIL 5: Rick Davies and Dougie Thomson perform with Supertramp at the Oakland Coliseum on April 5, 1979 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images)
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LONDON, UK – JUNE 1970: English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist Sir Elton John. (Photo by George Wilkes/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) -
Portrait of American Rock musician Chad Smith, of the group Red Hot Chili Peppers, as he plays drums during a rehearsal, San Francisco, California, 1990. (Photo by Bromberger Hoover Photography/Getty Images) -
Stevie Nicks, singer for the band Fleetwood Mac, sings with a fringed cape wrapped around her. (Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) -
1972: (L-R) Patrick Simmons, Tiran Porter, John Hartman, Michael Hossack and Tom Johnston of the rock and roll band "The Doobie Brothers" pose for a portrait in 1972. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
Whitney Houston at Madison Square Garden in her first concert appearance here since the fall of 1985. Fans who couldn't get their hands on tickets have been snapping up her current album, "Whitney," which already has logged 3 million sales. (Photo by Richard Corkery/NY Daily News via Getty Images)
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Michael Jackson performs during the 'Bad' tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 3, 1988. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) -
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 28: Jamey Johnson performs onstage during the Grand Ole Opry 100th Anniversary Show at The Grand Ole Opry on November 28, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) -
IN CONCERT – From London – Shoot Date: June 13, 1974. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) BLUE SWEDE