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Vito Bratta and Mike Tramp of White Lion at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wi.,May 29,1989. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Pink Floyd (L-R David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Rick Wright perform live at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in April 1975 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 04: Jon Pardi performs at the 103rd National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the White House Ellipse on December 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The tree is a 32-foot-tall red spruce from the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia's Highland County. This is the second year in a row that the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests have provided the tree. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – American country singer Jessica Andrews performs on stage on the Petrillo Band Shell in Grant Park during the Chicago Country Music Festival, Chicago, Illinois, July 1, 2001. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 12: LeAnn Rimes performs at the NOH8's 4th Anniversary celebration at Avalon on December 12, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Doheny/WireImage)
UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: Photo of Don FELDER and Glenn FREY and Bernie LEADON and Randy MEISNER and EAGLES and Don HENLEY; L-R: Randy Meisner, Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey, Don Felder, Don Henley – posed, studio, group portrait, c.1974/1975 (Photo by RB/Redferns)
