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Boston frontman Tommy DeCarlo dead at 60
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Jon Anderson announces more UK live shows for September
Former Yes singer Jon Anderson will now play shows in Brighton, Oxford, Nottingham and Portsmouth
Queen's Brian May is working on the soundtrack to the forthcoming He-Man movie
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