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Frisco, Texas – Parker McCollum performs at the Lincoln Experience Center on May 14, 2024, in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Virisa Yong/BFA.com/Shutterstock)
MADRID, SPAIN – MARCH 23: Roger Waters, co-founder of the English rock band Pink Floyd, performs on stage at WiZink Center on March 23, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mariano Regidor/Redferns)
MANCHESTER, TN – JUNE 16: Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs during first day of the 2006 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 16, 2006 in Manchester, Tennessee. The three-day music festival features a variety of musical acts, arts and comedians (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)
20th November 1968: Portrait of American musician Joni Mitchell seated on the floor with her acoustic guitar in her lap. This image was from a shoot for the fashion magazine Vogue. Mitchell wears a white cotton dress. (Photo by Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Village People promote their appearance in Allan Carr's musical comedy 'Can't Stop the Music', 1980. From left to right, they are Randy Jones, Glenn Hughes, Ray Simpson, David Hodo, Alex Briley and Felipe Rose. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Canadian-American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell performs on stage at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom, 14th September 1974. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 9/19/1980-New York, New York- Art Garfunkel (l) and Paul Simon perform for more than 500,000 fans in Central Park 9/19. Police said the crowd was the largest to ever gather in the park. The concert marked the first ever time Simon and Garfunkel have appeared together in concert in 11 years. Garfunkel is shown singing while Simon is smiling into the audience.
