50th Anniversary Archives

Vika & Linda Bull have recorded the Renée Geyer classic ‘Heading In the Right Direction’ as a tribute to Renée and to mark the 50th anniversary of Mushroom.

George Harrison’s masterpiece ‘All Things Muss Pass’ was released on 27 November 1970. It turned 50 last November. On 6 August 2021, a massive expansion featuring 8LPs and 5CDs will be released to mark the 50th anniversary.

A 50th anniversary ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ expanded edition is about to be released to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lennon classic.

Neil Young will mark the 50th anniversary of his classic ‘After The Gold Rush’ with a new edition old the album in December followed by a deluxe vinyl edition in March 2021.

Glastonbury’s 50th anniversary just got even bigger with one of the world’s biggest superstars – Taylor Swift – joining the party.

The Beatles ‘The Beatles’ (aka The White Album) will be expanded for a new box set to mark its 50th anniversary in November.

In 1966 after seven relatively unsuccessful albums on Capitol and Atlantic Brazilian bandleader Sergio Mendes auditioned for Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss’ new label A&M.

The Seekers lead singer Judith Durham has suffered a Cerebral Hemorrhage midway through The Seekers Golden Jubilee Tour.

The Beatles debuted album ‘Please Please Me’ is 50-years old this week. Producer George Martin said the album was made in one day.

The next rock and roll 50th anniversary coming up will be The Hollies. Founding member Bobby Elliott tells Noise11 that he counts the 50th from the first date The Hollies stepped foot in Abbey Road Studios.

Late last month, a new Bob Dylan album hit the market in Europe in limited quantities that would make a fan of the songwriter drool.

Never mind the ticket prices, here comes the Rolling Stones.

After much rumour as fact the Rolling Stones have made a statement to say that those stories of some 50th anniversary shows we keep hearing so much about are not true.

The new Rolling Stones album will be titled ‘GRRR!’, it will be released for the 50th anniversary and it will contain two new songs.

Rolling Stones fans should finally hear news of what this 50th anniversary will be all about soon.

We’ve sort of heard it all before but, when it comes from the front man of the group, you start to take things a bit more seriously.

When the Rolling Stones played their very first show on this day 50 years ago (July 12, 1962), they didn’t play one original song. The entire show was covers of their favorite blues and R&B songs.