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Glastonbury 2025 celebrated its 52nd bash June 25–29 at Worthy Farm in Somerset, Pilton, England.
The massive five festival spread about the 1,000 acre farm boasts more than 120 stages where approximately 4,000 artists entertain over 200,000 music lovers with a party that starts early and ends in the wee hours every night.
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For once Sunday did not come too late as Robert Smith joined Olivia Rodrigo on the last night of Glastonbury (6/29) for a pair of classic Cure bangers.
The 22-year-old pop star has continued her streak of dueting with silver foxes old enough to be her granddad.
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Chicago's Aragon Ballroom will celebrate it's 100th anniversary in 2026 and has been a gem of the city's Uptown neighborhood on the North Side for that entire run.
Funded by brothers Andrew and William Karzas to help legitimize public dancing, they hired architects Ralph D. Huszagh and Boyd Hill to create its ornate stucco façade, wild balconies, and grand arched windows.
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Lights, the delightful Canadian singer / songwriter / producer born Valerie Anne Poxleitner, known for her synth pop and emotional lyrics stopped by our offices recently to chat it up for Setlist Insider.
Straight outta Timmins, Ontario, Lights found success starting with her debut album, The Listening, which went to #4 in Canada and charted in the Billboard 100 in the States. In 2009 she was blessed with a coveted Juno Award for New Artist of the Year.
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After a half a year of rest and relaxation, Taylor Swift clearly had the bug to get back in front of people proving that, indeed, she can't stop, won't stop groovin'.
America's sweetheart returned to the stage Tuesday night (6/24) for her first public performance in over six months, delivering a surprise acoustic hi-bye at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works during the Tight Ends & Friends charity event hosted by her man, Kansas City Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelce.
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French fans bummed that they missed Miley Cyrus on the opening night of Beyoncé's three-night stand in Paris had their frowns turned upside-down Sunday (6/22).
The Cowboy Carter Tour stop on night trois at Stade de France was history in the making when Jay-Z joined his wife on stage for the first time in seven years.
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Metallica returned home to the Bay Area last weekend, delivering a pair of powerful concerts at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara as the North American leg of their 2025 M72 World Tour is winding down.
The quartet played Friday (6/20) with Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills opening, and Sunday (6/22) with Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies doing the honors. The gigs were part of their “No Repeat Weekend” format, so both sets were unique.
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The Wu‑Tang Forever: The Final Chamber Tour, which began earlier this month thru July 18 in Philadelphia, is as curious as its name implies.
Can something that claims to be forever have a final chapter? Isn't that why Outkast asked "forever ever"?
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"They're good tears," an admittedly emotional Lana Del Rey told her fans Monday night (6/23) at Principality Stadium in Cardiff Wales.
The adorably sweet show was the first of five gigs on her cute little UK and Ireland Tour 2025 that will span just five concerts.
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Although Paul Simon isn't technically a native New Yorker, being born in New Jersey 83 years ago, he grew up in Queens and has never swayed from his love of NYC.
He proved that starting last Monday (6/16), when the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter kicked off the first of a four night residency at the 94-year old Beacon Theatre in NYC's Upper Westside.
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What do you do if your favorite band rolls into town and sells out the biggest football stadium for miles, on two consecutive nights?
And what do you do if we're talking a Texas heat so sweltering that the band issues a statement for attendees alerting them that the doors would not be opening until evening and no one should wait out in the sun outside, ironically, Sun Bowl stadium?
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Judas Priest delivered a flame throwing hurricane at Rockfest last Thursday (6/12) in Finland with deep cuts, a pair of live debuts and so much Painkiller.
Headlining the opening night, Rob Halford (vocals), Richie Faulkner (guitar), Andy Sneap (guitar) Ian Hill (bass), and Scott Travis (drums) knocked out 19 tunes for the fans.
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