It took three days, but one of the stars of the case involving allegedly stolen handwritten lyrics from the Eagles’ Hotel California album emerged Friday. And it wasn’t Don Henley or any of the other band members over the decades: It was paper. On Friday, glimpses of the yellow pads …
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A year and a half after three men were arrested for allegedly conspiring to sell handwritten lyrics to Eagles songs without the band’s consent, their trial finally began yesterday — along with its share of allegations, backstage tidbits, and a cliffhanger worthy of a fictional TV trial. On Wednesday, the …
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Call it the long run of rock collectors’ trials — one that’s finally scheduled to begin this week after a lengthy delay. In one of the most high-profile cases involving the world of music memorabilia, three men were arrested in July 2022, charged with attempting to sell pages of hand-written …
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Billy Joel sent shockwaves through his fan community earlier this month by announcing plans to release a new single, “Turn the Lights Back On,” on Feb. 1. He hasn’t put out new material of any sort since 2007’s “Christmas in Fallujah,” and River of Dreams was his last album of …
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Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen is no longer in the hospital and expects to return to the road soon, a source close to the situation confirms to Rolling Stone. Steely Dan have missed the last few shows on their tour with the Eagles, starting with a pair of gigs in Denver …
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Randy Meisner, bassist and founding member of the Eagles who wrote and sang “Take it to the Limit,” died on Wednesday. He was 77 years old. The Eagles confirmed Meisner’s death in a statement on their website, stating he died from complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “The Eagles …
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The long run is coming to an end as the Eagles have announced the first set of arenas for The Long Goodbye “official farewell tour,” beginning in September. “The Eagles have had a miraculous 52-year odyssey, performing for people all over the globe; keeping the music alive in the face …
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Life in the legal fast line just took a few more turns. In motions filed Wednesday in New York Supreme Court, lawyers for the three men accused of stealing and attempting to sell handwritten lyrics to Eagles songs hit back with their reasons for dismissing the case — from statute-of-limitations …
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Three men, including a curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, were charged on Tuesday over allegedly possessing a trove of stolen handwritten notes and lyrics by the Eagles’ co-founder Don Henley, with New York officials estimating the documents are worth more than $1 million. Curator Craig Inciardi, …
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Glenn Frey’s son, Deacon, has left the Eagles after playing with the band his late father co-founded for the past four-and-a-half years. The Eagles announced the decision April 6 in a note on their website, “Deacon Frey has devoted the past 4½ years to carrying on his father’s legacy and, …
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