Best rock comebacks of all time

After Blur’s triumphant return at the Glastonbury festival, here's a list of the best rock-and-roll comebacks. Here's a list of the best rock-and-roll comebacks...

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’s triumphant return at the Glastonbury festival this year at London, here's a list of the best rock-and-roll comebacks.

Elvis Presley: The King was practically a has-been in 1968, following his army stint and a string of lacklustre films. His black-leather-clad, blues-heavy appearance on an NBC Christmas show that year revived his career.

Brian Wilson: He turned the Beach Boys from surf rockers to groundbreaking musicians, but his mental health took him out of the spotlight. In 2004—37 years after he conceived Smile, the follow-up to Pet Sounds—it was finally released, to glowing reviews.

Johnny Cash: He was at the top of his game for decades, but by the mid-1980s Cash was having trouble finding an audience. Finally, his last album, recorded after the death of his wife, became his first to go gold—after his death.

Green Day: The 1990s phenoms lost fans when they went folksy in the early 2000s, but 2006’s American Idiot—and its anti-Bush rhetoric—became the group's most popular album to date.

The Eagles: Don Henley vowed hell would have to freeze over before they got back together—14 years later, they reunited to release Hell Freezes Over. And they’re still selling out tours.