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Concert reports, setlist discoveries, live debuts and the history behind the music.
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Kendrick Lamar Live Debuts Drake Disses in Juneteenth Beatdown
Kendrick Lamar performed “Not Like Us” multiple times and refused to lay off his evisceration of his Canadian foe during a remarkable set at the Forum
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Five Rolling Stones Hits They’ve Only Played Once On This Tour
The Rolling Stones have performed a dozen gigs on the Hackney Diamonds Tour currently moving from one big US city to the next, here are a few songs they plucked from their songbook
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Foo Fighters Kick Off UK Leg with “Unconditional” Live Debut
The Foo Fighters debuted a previously unfinished demo during their UK kickoff gig in Manchester
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George Strait Breaks Record for Largest US-Ticketed Concert
The King of Country packed 110,905 fans at Kyle Field at Texas A&M and gave the crowd a live debut of “To The Moon”
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Post Malone Jams with Billy Strings at Bonnaroo
Posty called up Billy Strings for a pair of songs during his headlining set at Bonnaroo and then teased a new country song on Father’s Day
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Dazzle at Bonnaroo (and Nashville)
Red Hot Chili Peppers headlined the festival on Saturday but drummer Chad Smith surprised fans by jamming in Nashville the night before.
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Setlist History: Madonna Kicks Off Who’s That Girl Tour in 1989
Madonna delivered the fans of Osaka, Japan nine live debuts at her Who’s That Girl Tour kickoff
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Starcrawler’s Excellent Instagram Reel Promos
Starcrawler has mastered the art of self promotion via Reels. Let’s hope they continue it when they play with Boris.
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Elvis Costello Plays “No Reason To Quit” For 2nd Time in 38 Years
Elvis Costello and Daryl Hall are on tour and Elvis is dusting off some gems
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Billie Eilish Live Debuts “The Greatest” on The Late Show
Billie Eilish performed her first single from ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ on the Stephen Colbert talk show
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Tour Check In: Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste has been quietly spreading joy every where he goes all year from Coachella to the Oscars
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Gwar Bringing Entitlement Tour (and Blood) to Bonnaroo
Gwar has played just about everywhere but Bonnaroo is next on their hit list