This Nashville music auction called Played, Worn & Torn looks amazing
If I had money, my home would be filled with valuable rock memorabilia. I’d constantly be traveling to auctions to pick up all manner of physical pieces of rock history.
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The first Nirvana record to ever be played on the radio is going up for auction
Sometime in either late October or early November 1988, Jonathan Poneman, one of the co-founders of a tiny, struggling, and broke label called Sub Pop, walked a new 7-inch into
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The late Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk is selling some of his gear. There’s some VERY cool stuff here.
My picks for the most influential people in the history of rock in chronological order. Kraftwerk’s impact is often criminally overlooked. No group did more to bring electronic music into
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Attention U2 fans: Adam Clayton is having a garage sale
Okay, so it’s not a garage sale but an auction conducted by Julien’s, a house that’s known for moving rock memorabilia. They’ve been engaged to sell a collection of Adam
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For some unknown reason, it looks like someone bought the assets of the Fyre Festival
Earlier this month, we learned that convicted conman Billy McFarland, the guy who insisted he could stage the Fyre Festival, blessedly decided to give up. All Fyre Festival assets were
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Rock memorabilia continues to be big business. Check out the receipts from this recent auction.
I’m fascinated by the prices people will pay for rock memorabilia. Julien’s, one of the auction houses who handles these sales, recently held an event. Here’s what they sold and
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There’s a new auction of rock memorabilia and it’s pretty gross
People will collect anything when it comes to rock memorabilia. Years ago, I encountered someone selling a collection of Thom Yorke’s toenail clippings on eBay. They swept up a pile
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A famous Neil Peart motorcycle is going up for auction
When Rush went on tour for the band’s 30th anniversary–the R40 tour–the band and crew made accommodations for Neil Peart to bring along his motorcycle. Where possible, instead of a
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Random music news for Thursday, July 11, 2024
Finally home after my speaking tour of Alberta. Thanks to everyone who came out! More events coming soon. Meanwhile, here’s music news for July 11, 2024. More music news? Look
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A recently-found 8mm film of The Beatles is going up for auction
The Beatles broke up 54 years ago after a very hot seven-year run. People cannot get enough of them so auction houses are only too happy to feed this immortal
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The BBC is about auction off a lot of rare vinyl
The BBC literally (and I’m using that word correctly) has kilometres of shelving for its recorded music collection, something that dates back at least a hundred years. And in a
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