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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – AUGUST 19: Dierks Bentley performs onstage during the 19th ACM® Honors™ at The Pinnacle on August 19, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Mickey Bernal/Getty Images) -
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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 05: Dave Grohl (L) and Josh Freese (R) of Foo Fighters perform at the Power to the Patients concert at The Anthem on March 05, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images) -
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 03: Guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard performs at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on February 03, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Las Vegas) -
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 19: EDITORIAL USE ONLY Kenny Chesney performs onstage during the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage) -
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MAY 17: Kane Brown performs onstage during the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for ACM) -
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LAS VEGAS – JUNE 12: R&B group The Pointer Sisters: Singers Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer and June Pointer attend the WBC World Super Middleweight Championship Boxing Match: Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns on June 12, 1989 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) -
Willie Nelson at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, August 19, 1984. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
American country music singer Earl Thomas Conley (1941 – 2019) performs at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, May 26, 1985 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
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19th July 1951: American pop singer and pianist Nat 'King' Cole (1919 – 1965) plays piano and sings into a microphone. An unidentified bassist plays behind him. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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(NO TABLOIDS) George Harrison and Bob Dylan perform during The Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Celebration at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) -
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Dolores O'Riordan (1971 – 2018) of The Cranberries performs on stage, Torhout/Werchter Festival, Torhout, Belgium, 01/07/1995. (Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images) -
CIRCA 1977: Rock and roll band "The Beach Boys" pose for a portrait in circa 1977. (L-R) Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28 : Grammy Winning Alabama band members (L to R) Mark Herndon, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, and Randy Owen backstage during the 26th Annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium, February 28, 1984 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images) -
Singer/Songwriters/Musicians Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek, members of musical group America at Universal City, CA 1975. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/Getty Images) -
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American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman plays her Fender acoustic guitar at a recording studio in Los Angeles, California, circa 1988. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images) -
Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees performs during Lollapalooza at Winnebago County Fairgrounds on June 30, 1996 in Rockford, Illinois. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) -
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UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1977: Queen in concert circa 1977. (Photo by Images Press/IMAGES/Getty Images)