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LOS ANGELES – NOVEMBER 6: Musician Billy Joel plays at The Troubadour nightclub and music venue, West Hollywood, CA. November 6, 1973. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 13: (L-R) Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Bill Berry and Peter Buck, of R.E.M., perform onstage during the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 13, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers during Tom Petty and The HeartBreakers Perform at Madison Square Garden at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by Mychal Watts/WireImage)
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 21: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO BOOK USE) Iggy Pop performs live on stage during a one-off show as part of EFG London Jazz Festival at Barbican Centre on November 21, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)
