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Concert reports, setlist discoveries, live debuts and the history behind the music.
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Guns N’ Roses Kick Off 2023 World Tour with Live Debut, Covers
Guns N’ Roses hit the road rolling with an epic set of over 30 songs including the unreleased ‘Absurd’
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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’ Turns 39
The Boss’s biggest seller hit the big 3-9 on Sunday and yielded 7 top 10 singles, but the non-album tracks that made the set for the tour were just as good.
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Setlist History: The Rolling Stones’ First US Show Was ‘A Gas’
58 years ago today the UK’s self-proclaimed new hit makers lived up to the hype and wowed 3,500 in San Bernardino, California.
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Boston Calling Brings All Ages, Over 50 Bands, and Live Debut
Headlined by the Foo Fighters, Paramore, Alanis Morissette, and The Lumineers, the Boston music fest rocks on. See photos + setlists!
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Setlist History: Tina Turner’s Last Show
Tina Turner passed away this week, but her 50 years of performing in front of adoring fans lives on and is marked by her last show, one for the books.
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Foo Fighters Announce New Drummer Before Tour
Josh Freese will be the new Foo Fighters drummer, the band announced in a clever way, just days before the award-winning group tours the world.
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Setlist History: Metallica Warms Up at LA Club Before Monsters
Metallica played two nights at the Troubadour in preparation for the Monsters of Rock Tour alongside Van Halen and the Scorpions.
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Beyoncé Kicks Off Renaissance Tour with Debuts, Covers, ‘tude
Beyoncé delivered a three-hour set with many tour debuts, and a heap of new songs that kept the beyhive buzzing
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The Cure Kick Off North American Tour w/ Rarely Played Gems
The Cure dusted off two tunes they hadn’t played in 36 years along with 5 new songs that have yet to be released.
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PowerTrip Could Make News If AC/DC Plays Some of These Hits
AC/DC hasn’t performed their biggest hit live in 32 years
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Setlist History: Joy Division’s Last Show
Joy Division would perform its final show to 300 fans at a university in England and live debut a tune that New Order would play hundreds of times.
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Metallica Kicks Off M72 Tour with Dutch Treat of Two Debuts
Metallica rocked two new songs on their first concert-in-the-round on their M72 tour.