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Badfinger were supposed to be the next Beatles. Instead, they paid a tragic price for having bad, unscrupulous management.

Nothing splits up a band faster or more effectively than money.

Garth Brooks conquered country. Then he tried to cross over into pop-rock. Kind of. It’s still really confusing — even 22 years later.

R.E.M.’s “Three-Legged Dog” Era produced some good music. It also gave us this terrible album.

The Cars tried to go back-to-basics with “Door to Door.” Instead, they broke up for decades.

When is a hit album not a hit album? When it is “Adore.”

How “Yes Please!” by the Happy Mondays was like the “Heaven’s Gate” for albums.

A rare instance where a band’s most successful album helped lead to its demise.

How do you replace the irreplaceable? You don’t — but INXS sure tried.

Not so much a review as an observation. I enjoyed Tuesday’s show a lot more than I thought I would. I actually preferred it to the Joshua Tree show I …