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From the author of Abbey Road and Never a Dull Moment, the basis for AppleTV's 1971 documentary, come the stories of how rock icons like Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and more have survived, thrived, and remained the most powerful forces in music. When Paul McCartney closed Live Aid in July of 1985, we thought he was rock's Grand Old Man. He was forty-three years old. As the forty years since have shown, he--and many others of his generation--were just getting started. This was the time when live performance took over from records. The big names of the '60s and '70s exploited the Age of Spectacle that Live Aid had ushered in to enjoy the longest lap of honor in the history of humanity, continuing to go strong long after everyone else in the business had retired. This is a story without precedent, a story in which Elton John plays a royal funeral, Mick Jagger gets a knighthood, Bob Dylan picks up a Nobel Prize, The Beatles become, if anything, bigger than The Beatles, and it's beginning to look as though all of the above will, thanks in a large part to technology, be playing in Las Vegas forever.

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David Hepworth has been writing, broadcasting, and speaking about music since the '70s. He has launched and written for magazines such as Smash Hits, Q, Mojo, and the Word, and he was an anchor for Live Aid in 1985. He is the radio columnist for the Saturday Guardian and a media correspondent for the newspaper. Paul Fox has been an actor for thirty years, and has been lucky enough to travel all over the world and work with some incredible and inspiring people. Twelve years ago, he came over to California to work with George Lucas on the film Red Tails; he fell in love and stayed. He is also a screenwriter with a feature film about to go into production. He always has a book in his hand-a good thriller has him binge reading. He loves giving characters a voice. Paul Fox has been an actor for thirty years, and has been lucky enough to travel all over the world and work with some incredible and inspiring people. Twelve years ago, he came over to California to work with George Lucas on the film Red Tails; he fell in love and stayed. He is also a screenwriter with a feature film about to go into production. He always has a book in his hand-a good thriller has him binge reading. He loves giving characters a voice.

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