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  • Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses in concert (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)

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  • LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 18: Bon Scott lead singer for AC/DC performs at Wembley Stadium on August 18, 1979 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by FG/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images) 170612F1

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  • LONDON - SEPTEMBER 18: The Who perform live on stage at Oval Cricket Ground in London on September 18 1971 L-R Pete townshend, Roger Daltrey (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)

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  • LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 12: Morrissey of The Smiths waves a bunch of gladioli while performing on stage at Hammersmith Palais, on March 12th, 1984 in London, England. (Photo by Pete Still/Redferns)

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  • British musician Christine McVie, of the group Fleetwood Mac, performs onstage at the Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, Wisconsin, July 19, 1978. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

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  • SWITZERLAND - MAY 01 : Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick perform on stage at the Montreux Rock Festival held in Montreux, Switzerland in May 1988. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

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