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DETROIT – NOVEMBER 17: Angus Young, lead guitarist for AC/DC, wearing his iconic British schoolboy uniform and playing his red Gibson SG, performs during the Flick of the Switch/Monsters of Rock tour, on November 17, 1983, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino/Rock Negatives)
(Original Caption) : 1987- Picture shows singer, Phil Collins, holding a microphone on stage during a concert. He is wearing a white button-down with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He is shown from the waist up leaning back slightly. (Photo by LGI Stock/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI – DECEMBER 5: Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and drummer Joey Kramer perform during the band's Permanent Vacation Tour on December 5, 1987, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino/Getty Images)
British Pop and Rock musician Peter Gabriel performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, June 13, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
English singer Morrissey, of the group the Smiths, Red Wedge Tour, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, 1/31/1986. During the latter half of the 1980s, the Red Wedge collective organized a series of music and comedy tours throughout the UK in an attempt to mobilize young fans in opposition to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s then-ruling Conservative Party. (Photo by Steve Rapport/Getty Images)
Musician Dolly Parton Receives The City of Los Angeles Proclamation on September 20, 1979 at Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Deep Purple photographded at their press launch at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, England in September, 1973. The band worked on material at the Gothic castle for the album 'Burn.'
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