Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the 50th anniversary of a landmark live album, The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East, coming up on July 6, here's a look ...

I love live albums. Whenever I tell this to people, they don’t really know what to think. As a concept, live albums seem to have been somewhat maligned as people became savvy to the fact that they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. George Harrison returns to the charts as Live in Japan debuts in ...

Sometimes you just want to feel the buzz, you want the bass lines to live in your guts, you want the rush and roar of a live show swirling all around you. Forget the studio recordings that we’re all ...

Let’s be blunt: Van Halen hasn’t released nearly enough live albums. In fact they just might be the most popular band in rock history without an undeniably great live album that sums up their entire ...

For the first time ever in the modern era, we’re dealing with a post-concert reality—at least for most countries and with the exception of goons like Smashmouth and The Chainsmokers. During this ...

“Got Live if You Want It,” the Rolling Stones promised in a 1966 album title. And oh, do we want it, in 2021, when the pandemic has canceled its fair share of shows. Fortunately, we still have access ...

The Billboard 200 has long been the ultimate standard for measuring album success in America. The records that have earned a coveted spot on this list influenced generations and defined entire eras of ...

The 1970s delivered a wave of live albums that transported listeners directly to the concert stage. In contrast to the studio perfectionism of the previous decade, these recordings embraced the raw, ...

On February 14th, 1970, the Who, in their post-Tommy prime, played a concert at the University of Leeds that engineer Bob Pridden captured on an eight-track recorder – it would form the basis for Live ...

Back in the day, when buying records, CDs, and tapes was one of the most important things a young person could do, the keen-eyed music consumer often kept their peepers peeled for new live albums.