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What If: Weezer Had A Full Concert Of Overdue Live Debuts?

What If: Weezer Had A Full Concert Of Overdue Live Debuts?

The incredibly prolific Rivers Cuomo has written so many songs that he's recorded with Weezer that they could put on several shows with setlists solely of music that has never been played live.

Of their 13 studio albums, four EPs, the Death to False Metal compilation, deluxe and bonus editions, B-sides, soundtrack appearances, fan-club releases and standalone singles, there are approximately 90 songs that were recorded and released that never got an audience.

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Foo Fighters Finally Got To Rock The Hollywood Bowl

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More than three decades after Dave Grohl started the Foo Fighters, on Saturday (8/22), they finally got to headline the iconic Hollywood Bowl.

Sadly the appearance was a little bittersweet as it was part of a four-night farewell to Gustavo Dudamel who had conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 17 years and would soon be packing his baton and heading to the Big Apple to become the music director of the New York Philharmonic.

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Jack White, Pitbull, Kesha, Honor Dolly Parton On Stage

Jack White, Pitbull, Kesha, Honor Dolly Parton On Stage

Dolly Parton died Tuesday (8/25) in Nashville at 80 after what her representatives said was a brief battle with cancer.

Throughout the day on social media and TV, countless fans who were touched with her love and generosity joined the chorus in praising the little girl who grew up poor and made it to the top in the sweetest way.

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Marquee Memories: Smash Mouth

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August 2026 is a big month for Smash Mouth as the band released Mercury Comet, their first album of original material since 2012's Magic, and the first LP of the Zach Goode era.

The 12-song disc dropped on August 12 and includes “Better Believer,” “Had Enuff,” and “Monsters On My Block” among others. 

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Remembering Dolly Parton

Remembering Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton had a full life spanning 80 years which blessed practically everyone who heard her along the way. Famously born in a one room cabin in the Smoky Mountains, Dolly was the fourth of 12 children and grew up poor to parents who could neither read nor write. 

Her father, Robert Lee Parton, worked with his hands as a sharecropper and in construction while her mother, Avie Lee, raised the family while singing church spirituals around the tiny home. 

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YUNGBLUD Delights From His Wheelchair – Even In The Pit

YUNGBLUD Delights From His Wheelchair  – Even In The Pit

YUNGBLUD may be young, but he's old enough to know the show must go on. 

After breaking his leg in a mighty rock 'n roll way via a motorcycle accident at Sturgis earlier this month, YUNGBLUD (aka Dominic Harrison) shook it off and hired a pair of nurses who have equipped him with crutches and a wheelchair that seemed as comfortable in the pit as he does. 

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Rob Zombie Unveiled Three Live Debuts At Sturgis

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Rob Zombie used his appearance last Friday night (8/12) at the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis to do something a little more special than simply run through the hits for the gathering of bikers and motorheads.

In the middle of a 14-song set, Zombie unveiled the live debuts of three songs from his newest album, The Great Satan: “F.T.W. 84,” “Tarantula” and “Heathen Days.”

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Unlocked: 3Quency

Unlocked: 3Quency

You may recognize 3Quency's Brianna Mazzola, Nori Royale and Wennely Quezada from Netflix’s Building the Band, the competition music series where 50 solo singers picked bandmates simply by their voices.

Mazzola, Royale, and Quezada were the inaugural winners and won the half million dollar prize by beautifully covering the likes of SZA, Billie Eilish, Brandy and Mariah Carey.

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