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The legendary, Grammy-award winning, multi-platinum singer and dancer, Tina Turner, died this week in her home in Switzerland. She was 83 years old.
Turner's final concert was on May 5, 2009 at Sheffield Arena which has also hosted the likes of One Direction, Green Day, and the Arctic Monkeys, to name a few.
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On Sunday the Foo Fighters used a livestream to humorously announce its new drummer, Josh Freese.
To tease the audience, the camera turned its attention away from the band chit chatting in a practice room to a knock at the studio door.
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On May 23, 1988, Metallica rocked the cozy Troubadour in West Hollywood for a two-night club date at the historic venue that helped launch the careers of Elton John, David Bowie and the Eagles.
Metallica were poised to release their fourth studio LP, ...And Justice For All, which would be their first since Cliff Burton's untimely death in '86. James Newsted, with Burton's parents' blessing, was given the job as bassist, a role he would man through the year 2000.
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Beyonce kicked off her Ressaisance World Tour last week in Stockholm Sweden with an epic three hour, nearly 40-song reminder of why they call her Queen. She even listed herself as the opener... for herself.
Showing little rust despite being her first solo tour in six years, Beyonce's show is divided into seven sections and nine costume changes.
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The Cure kicked off the much anticipated Shows of a Lost World Tour last night in New Orleans with deep cuts they haven't played since the '80s, new tunes, and classics.
Robert Smith and his merry men reeled off 29 tunes from a dozen off their discography and five from their forthcoming album which the tour is named after. One of those new tunes, "Alone" is how the band opened the show at the 18k capacity Smoothie King Center next door to the Superdome.
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AC/DC has a chance to give the PowerTrip heavy metal music festival audience something special.
The Aussie legends are slated to play the Saturday night (October 8) spot after Ozzy at the Polo Fields in Coachella and they could do something they haven't done in 32 years: play their highest charted hit single, 1990's "Moneytalks."
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On May 2, 1980 Joy Division played its last concert. In front of about 300 fans at High Hall, a dining commons at a residence hall of Birmingham University in England, singer Ian Curtis and his band performed 11 songs.
A few weeks later, the troubled frontman and songwriter hung himself in his home, in part due to the anxiety he felt over his rocky romantic relationship and forthcoming North American tour - the band's first. After Curtis' death, the remaining members would regroup and form New Order.
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