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On July 3 through 5, 1970, an estimated 200,000 people (and some estimated up to 600,000) came together at the Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron, GA for the second Atlanta International Pop Festival.

André 3000 has compared playing the guitar left handed like ‘walking backwards’.

Slash thinks Jimi Hendrix is still the best guitarist of all-time.

Experience Hendrix LLC and Legacy Recordings will reissue the first two posthumous studio albums from Jimi Hendrix, The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge.

Jimi Hendrix has another new home.

Jimi Hendrix’s latest lick is on the back of a postage stamp. The Jimi Hendrix Commemorative Stamp goes on sale today in post offices across the U.S.

The world’s most iconic guitar, the Fender Stratocaster, celebrates 60 years in music.

Hailing from Niger, Bombino is coming to Australia for some festivals and a one off Melbourne show.

The Sweet Inspirations, featuring the legendary Estelle Brown, will perform in Australia for the first time for the Elvis In Concert tribute show.

The UK has voted to form what would be the most powerful band in the world and opted for a range of wrinkly rockers, including Sir Elton John, Phil Collins and Sir Paul McCartney, ahead of a host of musical greats and forcing One Direction’s Harry Styles into the wings.

To celebrate McFly’s tenth anniversary, McFly have announced that they will play two very special shows at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall this September.

UK rock station, Planet Rock has found that Bob Dylan’s song ‘All along the Watchtower’ covered by Jimi Hendrix Experience is the greatest rock cover song of all time.

Check out that new kid in the American chart. Jimi Hendrix has debuted at number 2 on the Billboard chart.

According to Billboard, the new Jimi Hendrix album, People, Hell and Angels, is looking towards sales of 70,000 copies this week.

We’re now less than two months away from the 6th annual Record Store Day, which will be held this year on Saturday, April 20.

Listeners of the award winning radio station Planet Rock have named Led Zeppelin as the most influential rock band of all time.

PRS for Music today announced that one of the greatest bands of all time will be honoured with a music Heritage Award.

The career of Stephen Stills is covered in the new 4-CD set, Carry On, out on March 26 on Rhino Records.

Now this is an in-store! Pure Pop in Melbourne’s St Kilda is showcasing classic albums live by Aussie artists over this summer.

The mesmerising return of Johnny Marr – one of the most celebrated and influential guitarists in the history of contemporary music ‘ gathers pace with the news that he will follow the February 25th release of his debut solo album ‘The Messenger’ with his first ever solo tour.

Alice Cooper continued his US tour ‘Raise The Dead’ last night with a gig at the Orpheum Theatre in LA .

Photographer Ken Regan, who earned the trust and respect of people like Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones, has lost his battle with cancer.

Sony Legacy and Experience Hendrix, Ltd. have come together to issue twelve previously unreleased songs on People, Hell and Angels. The new album will be out on March 5.

Chris Stamp, the man Roger Daltrey says is the very reason The Who happened, has died from cancer at the age of 70.

When you are next on the Red Carpet and you are asked, “whom are you wearing” your answer may just be ‘Jimi Hendrix’.

D.A. Pennebaker, the filmmaker who made such classics as Monterey Pop and Don’t Look Back, will be the first documentary maker to receive an Honorary Oscar from the Motion Picture Academy.