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As Beyoncé was putting the finishing touches to her version of the Star Spangled Banner Monday night (4/28) at SoFi Stadium, an enormous ALL CAPS message blared on the ten-story screen behind her.
In red, it read: Never ask permission for something that already belongs to you.
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Lady Gaga fans were so blown away by her headlining performance during Weekend One of Coachella earlier this month that many of them were inspired to return a week later to see her knock it out of the polo field again.
Meanwhile some, who were on the fence, pilgrimaged to the desert after watching it on the live stream in order to experience "Gagachella" in person and were not disappointed.
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Linkin Park brought their From Zero Tour to North America Saturday night (4/26) with a sold out show at the Moody Center in Austin.
The re-tooled band performed a slew of new tunes along with familiar hits like like "In the End" and "Numb;" and even gave the Texans a treat with a live debut of "Up From The Bottom" off the From Zero LP.
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In the early '80s, U2 dominated like few others.
Meanwhile there was a plucky little group from Wales that had a slightly similar sound, infectious idealism, and anthems for days.
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Dressed like a Sunday School teacher from Little House on the Prairie, international superstar Lana Del Rey surrounded herself with guests, string musicians, and dancers in a wholesome set Friday (4/25) at Stagecoach in Indio, California.
Her 13-song set included hits from her glorious past and four new tunes from the eagerly anticipated "country" album whose title has changed from Lasso to The Right Person Will Stay.
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Katy Perry, fresh from the stratosphere, began her Lifetimes Tour Wednesday (4/23), the first of a three-night stand in Mexico City.
Kicking off the show with the live debut of "ARTIFICIAL," Perry delivered five acts and an encore to the fans at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico where she plays a “half-human, half-machine” video game character named KP143.
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Haim, LA's favorite sisters from the Valley, took their new songs over the hill to downtown Wednesday (4/23) and treated their day ones to some live debuts.
Celebrating their fourth studio album, I Quit, which doesn't drop until June 20 -- their first full-length project since 2020's Women in Music Pt. III which was Grammy-nominated for Record of the Year.
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Pearl Jam kicked off the first leg of their 2025 Dark Matter Tour on Thursday (4/24) at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida in a career-spanning performance with fairly predictable covers.
Trading in the Chicago Bears jersey he donned last year for a t-shirt under a Hawaiian aloha shirt, frontman Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam combined songs from last year's Dark Matter with fan favorites in a two-hour set that included some scorching guitar leads.
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Arcade Fire kicked off their Don't Think About Pink Elephant Tour Tuesday (4/22) pretty much exactly the way you should roll out a new album.
The first half of the show at the sold out Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City was a collection of songs from their somber new release, Pink Elephant.
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Metallica broke the seal on their 2025 M72 Tour Saturday night (4/19) at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse.
Since it kicked off exactly two years ago in 2023 in Holland, the M72 Tour has sold approximately three million tickets.
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Ed Sheeran sure knows how to market a new song and album.
The song "Old Phone Pub" from his forthcoming album Play has inspired the ginger superstar to start creating little pop-up events.
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Kendrick Lamar's creativity was felt from the first words spit into the mic at the sold out football home of the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday (4/19) in Minneapolis.
"Yesterday somebody wiped out my mural," an unseen KDot rapped as his legendary black Buick Grand National rose from beneath the stage surrounded by smoke from a group of fog machines.
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