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Concert reports, setlist discoveries, live debuts and the history behind the music.
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Billie Eilish Kicks Off Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour in Quebec City
Billie Eilish kicked off her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour in the French-speaking Quebec City in Canada.
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Tom Morello Promised to Rock Fans Into the Ground, Ground Lost
"It's a pretty stacked bill, but my part of the day is to rock people absolutely into the ground. I'm going to give a guarantee beforehand, that's what we're going to do," Tom Morello, formerly of Rage Against the Machine, told Huntsville, Alabama's Fox 54's Gabe Glassman.
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Eddie Vedder Makes Many Guest Appearances at the Ohana Fest
Earlier this month the hot show was on the East Coast with the Sea.Hear.Now concert where Bruce Springsteen bopped around and made himself familiar.
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All Things Go 2024 Had More Chappell Roan Than Expected
All Things Go started off humbly in 2014 as the All Things Go Fall Classic, a decade later it has expanded to include not just Washington DC/Maryland, but also New York City in the same weekend.
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Setlist History: Bob Dylan’s Performance for The Pope
On September 27, 1997, Pope John Paul II was the special guest star for a Catholic get-together in Bologna, Italy, where hundreds of thousands of young church members were in attendance to celebrate their faith, and also the music that binds them.
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Mariah Carey Returns to Stage After Two Tragedies On Same Day
Just weeks after hearing the tragic news that both her mother and sister died in separate, unrelated circumstances, Mariah performed to enormous audiences in China and then Brazil.
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Katy Perry Brings Cyndi Lauper Out at Rock in Rio
Katy Perry is taking a curious approach to supporting her new album, 143: she seems to not be that interested in hitting the road or beginning her Lifetimes Tour until next summer.
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Nick Cave Live Debuts ‘Wild God’ at Tour Kickoff
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds treated the audience of the Rudolf Weber Arena with nine live debuts off their new album Wild God on Tuesday night in Germany.
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David Gilmour Live Debuts Six New Songs in ‘Rehearsal’ Gig
The rift between David Gilmour and Roger Waters has robbed Pink Floyd fans of decades of new music the guitarist and bassist could have created that would have extended their unprecedented run.
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Bruce Springsteen Releases Live Album from Asbury Park Festival
Earlier this month Bruce Springsteen had a wild homecoming in Asbury Park, New Jersey which found him playing old haunts, jumping on stage with locals and legends including Trey from Phish.
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Sabrina Carpenter Plays Entire Short N’ Sweet LP at Tour Kickoff
Sabrina Carpenter kicked off her much anticipated Short N' Sweet Tour in Ohio last night, September 23, to a sold out crowd which was treated to eight live debuts from her chart topping album.
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Who is ‘Mother’? Gaga, Lana, Kesha, Madonna?
If you read social media and follow popular culture, you're bound to see a photo of one of the female music stars of today like Lady Gaga, Kesha, Madonna, or Lana Del Rey and you'll see something odd.