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Metallica kicked off its epic M72 World Tour today (April 27) in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a couple of live debuts and a few surprises.
The biggest surprise came right off the back when the San Francisco metal legends launched off with "Orion," a tune they haven't opened with since a club date they did at the Fillmore in 2011.
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In a few months Weezer will hit the road for their Indie Rock Roadtrip tour which will feature opening bands Modest Mouse, Future Islands or Spoon. Last month the band tweeted "we'll be playing a whole new setlist filled with your favorites + deep cuts along the way."
Last night (April 24) the band delighted 800 fans at the Glass House in Pomona during a warm up show, while living up to its promise. New, old, and obscure tunes got their moment throughout the night,.
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Janet Jackson kicked off her Together Again Tour on Friday (April 14) with an enormous setlist which included a slew of live debuts.
Miss Jackson bombarded the 7,000 fans at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida with a 40-song set spanning her illustrious career.
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Stadium Arcadium was a breakthrough album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2006, a mere 23 years into the LA band's career.
The toned-down double LP was the group's first number one debut on the Billboard Top 200, it was the first time they were nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year, and it was the last time guitarist John Frusciante would record an album with the group until 2022.
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The earliest known show by LA punk pioneers, X, complete with a setlist, happened April 13, 1979.
Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake performed at the mysterious Rikki's in Los Angeles on Friday the 13th some 43 years ago. Rikki's is mysterious because there's no apparent trace of it on the Internet other than a bootleg recording of this gig which also included the Latino punk trio, The Plugz.
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