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While many consider 1977 the year punk broke, The Sex Pistols were in the works for a few years before that. It was in 1975 that Malcolm McLaren put together Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, and bassist Glen Matlock.
Their first year of really gigging began in '76. Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious in 1977, despite not being any good at bass.
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Brandi Carlile stayed on brand at the Target Center on Saturday (2/21) in Minnesota by raising over $600,000 at her benefit show to support human rights.
Carlile's show at the arena, billed as Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis, was part of The Human Tour. Monies for the performance at the home of Minnesota's NBA Timberwolves went to the Minnesota-based Advocates for Human Rights.
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MARINA’s long-awaited return to Australia finally arrived Tuesday (2/24) at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia, ending a 15-year absence with a set built around reinvention.
The show doubled as a regional launch for the Welsh singer-songwriter's Princess of Power Tour, anchored by material from her sixth studio album of the same name which dropped last month.
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Laufey brought her A Matter of Time Tour to Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday (2/18), presenting a four-act set that included an unreleased live debut.
The performance marked one of the largest European stops of the tour so far and flexed her slow expansion into arena-sized venues.
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Gorillaz returned to the Hollywood Palladium for a two-night stand Sunday (2/22) and Monday (2/23) for a pair of very special concerts where they played the entirety of their forthcoming album, The Mountain during the first set and the bangers from their catalogue in the second half.
The British outfit fronted by Damon Albarn (vocals, keyboards) which currently includes Jeff Wootton (guitar), Seye Adelekan (bass), Mike Smith (keyboards), and Karl Vanden Bossche (drums, percussion), held a two-night engagement 24 years ago at the legendary Sunset Blvd. venue during their 24-date Debut Album Tour.
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Weakened Friends came out of Portland, Maine a decade ago, built around the songwriting partnership of Sonia Sturino and Annie Hoffman, who are now married.
The pair originally formed the band in 2015 with drummer Cam Jones in the early years before current drummer Adam Hand took over in 2019.
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Conan Gray, the YouTube phenom turned legitimate pop star kicked off his second arena tour at the Target Center in Minneapolis where he treated the opening night fans on Thursday (2/19) to an unreleased live debut.
Supporting his latest album, Wishbone, and dressed like a snazzy sailor, the 27-year-old Sagittarius originally from Lemon Grove, California, doled out a variety of songs from his ever-growing catalogue, but the vast majority of material was culled from the latest offering.
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Lizzo completed the first of her two bicoastal Blue Note residencies that began on Friday (2/20) in Hollywood, California.
The 4x Grammy-winning singer + songwriter + flutist + guitarist hadn't done a full show in nine months when she took to the intimate stage at the new Blue Note Los Angeles on the fabulous Sunset Strip.
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Fans who had the choice to see Billy Strings last week in Nashville would have probably picked the more intimate show on Sunday night at the Ryman Auditorium over one of the two gigs at the 20,000 seat Bridgestone Arena.
One would think, especially in the south, fans would rather sit in what often feels like a church than the home of the Nashville Predators hockey team.
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Stephen Sanchez is a Northern California native who miraculously gained a TikTok following despite writing heartbreak ballads from a vintage era circa Sun Records and young Elvis via Roy Orbison.
In 2022 Stephen had just turned 20 and signed with Republic Records who quickly released “Until I Found You,” which became a major streaming hit that also did pretty well on the charts peaking at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on the UK Singles Chart and went to #6 in Australia.
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What did you do on your 18th birthday?
Maybe you had a day off? Maybe you chilled at the spa with your besties?
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Megadeth kicked off their Canada Tour 2026 in Victoria, British Columbia on Sunday (2/15).
Dave Mustaine (vocals and guitar), Teemu Mäntysaari (lead guitar), James LoMenzo (bass), and Dirk Verbeuren on drums plowed through a 17-song set at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
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