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Photo of Bobby Elliot, taken by Rob Haywood, from the official Hollies website.

Happy Birthday to Bobby Elliott, who started drumming for The Hollies in the early 1960s and never left them. He and guitarist Tony Hicks are the only remaining original members in current Hollies lineup. The band hasn’t toured for a while, but you never know what the future might bring. Among professional musicians and music critics, Elliott is regarded as an inventive rock and roll drummer who frequently incorporated elements of jazz. Judging from Elliott’s 2020 autobiography It Ain’t Heavy, It’s My Story - My Life In The Hollies, he’s justifiably proud of his musical accomplishments.

Chicago-based singer-songwriter Phil Angotti Band will perform an acoustic solo show this Friday at Goldy’s in Forest Park, IL. And in welcome news for those of us out in the northwestern suburbs, tickets are now on sale for the February 19 show by The Phil Angotti Band at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights.

Tickets for the March 29 charity event An Evening With Wolf Alice at the Royal Albert Hall in London will go on sale at 9:00 am this Friday. The British alt rock band has been touring in support of its critically acclaimed new album The Clearing and will have fellow Brit singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya as their special guest. Robert Smith is listed as the cureator—I believe that’s a deliberate misspelling intended as a pun—and the event will support the Teenage Cancer Fund.

Chloe F. Orwell from The Handcuffs will play saxophone as a special guest at the Custard Flux gig scheduled for December 28 at Montrose Saloon on Chicago’s north side. Custard Flux, AKA musician Gregory Curvey, is a veteran of the Chicago-based prog rock band The Luck Of Eden Hall, and is noted for creating adventurous albums, such as his most recent effort Enter Xenon. He’ll have a few special design t-shirts for sale at the Montrose Saloon show.

Wicked Cool Records and Little Steven’s Underground Garage will present The Chesterfield Kings Christmas Show with special guests The Grip Weeds this Saturday at Iron Smoke Distillery in Fairport, NY. As recently noted by The Chesterfield Kings founding member Andy Babiuk on Facebook, the Wicked Cool Records compilation It's A Wicked Cool Christmas! includes a track by his band, and is now available on all digital platforms.

Henry Diltz, one of rock music’s most successful photographers, will present Once Upon A Troubadour - A Slideshow And Story-Telling Experience Of The Photographs That Made Music History By The Man Who Took Them at the Troubadour in Los Angeles tomorrow night.

Chloe F. Orwell from The Handcuffs will play saxophone as a special guest at the Custard Flux gig scheduled for December 28 at Montrose Saloon on Chicago’s north side. Custard Flux, AKA musician Gregory Curvey, is a veteran of the Chicago-based prog rock band The Luck Of Eden Hall, and is noted for creating adventurous albums, such as his most recent effort Enter Xenon. He’ll have a few special design t-shirts for sale at the Montrose Saloon show.

The Continental Posters (1982 – 83) - Selections from Dean Brownrout exhibition recently opened at The Fitz Books store in Buffalo, NY and has been extended through the whole month of December. The posters on display will be from Brownrout’s private collection and focus on acts such as Billy Idol, The Fleshtones, and The Dream Syndicate that performed at the Buffalo, NY venue The Continental. Brownrout booked bands at the club back then, before moving on New York, where he founded the Big Deal rock record label. He offers a fun and informative look back in his recently released book No Big Deal - Chasing the indie music dream in the last days of the record business. Fitz Books is located at 1462 Main Street in Buffalo.

Tickets are now on sale for The Cure - The Show Of A Lost World - Troxy Live 2024. The concert film will be shown exclusively in cinemas for a limited run starting this Thursday. Information on where fans can “see one of the most influential bands of all time on the big screen film” can be found on the film’s official website.

The 45th Annual John Lennon Tribute - Benefit For Theatre Within will take place at the Town Hall venue in New York this Friday. Judy Collins will be given this year’s John Lennon Real Love Award and perform a few  Lennon and Beatles songs. The other musicians who’ll participate are Graham Nash; Suzanne Vega; Shawn Colvin; Jimmy Webb; Valerie June; Yola; Livingston Taylor; Willie Nile; Lucy Kaplansky; and The Kennedys. Joe Raiola will host the event, with Rich Pagano serving as Musical Director.

Patti Smith will continue promoting her Bread Of Angels memoir with events in Brooklyn, NY this Thursday; Princeton, NJ on December 15; Brookline, MA on December 17; Washington, D.C. on December 19; New York City on January 21; and New Haven, CT on January 26.

Pink Floyd’s 50th anniversary edition of Wish You Were Here, AKA Wish You Were Here 50, drops this Friday in 2CD, 3LP, and a deluxe box formats.