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On this day in 2008, TRL had its last hurrah.
After 10 years and 2,247 episodes, the MTV afternoon staple that was there waiting for kids to come home from school and helped launch the careers of many of the stars now packing them into football stadiums called it quits.
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions made their US debut on November 15, 1977 in San Francisco with an early and late show that was broadcast over the radio.
The buzz was smoking hot for the skinny Brit with the Buddy Holly glasses and knocked knees in '77. It started in July when he was signed to the fledgling UK indie label Stiff Records and heard there was going to be a fancy meeting of Columbia Record execs at the Hilton on London’s Park Lane.
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Pink blew into Miami on Tuesday, November 14, like a hurricane, but instead of bringing death and destruction, the Grammy-winning singer brought books.
Being a voracious reader, she brought the best books: banned ones.
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Camp Flog Gnaw returned to Dodger Stadium this weekend with another installment of its two-day celebration of hip-hop and today's sounds starring the likes of Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Ice Spice, Turnstile, Rex Orange County, Redveil, Earl Sweatshirt; and the host with the most, Tyler the Creator.
Due to the pandemic (mostly) the hugely popular event that happens in the legendary baseball stadium's enormous parking lot, has been MIA for the last few years, but came back this fall with big names, live debuts and a simulcast on Prime streaming.
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In November of 2004, Gwen Stefani did what many others in the past have done, from Buddy Holly to Diana Ross to Zayn Malik: she parted ways with the group she became famous with, and went solo.
No Doubt winked at the inevitability of their mesmerizing singer splitting off from them way back in 1996 with the video of "Don't Speak." Even though the song was originally crafted as a love song, then transitioned into a breakup tune once Gwen and bassist Tony Kanal broke up after seven years, its video was about how the tastemakers wanted the beautiful singer to be the cover girl and focus of photo and video shoots.
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Temple of the Dog was a tribute to the fallen grunge singer, Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone. The supergroup was comprised of two members of that band, a pair of Soundgarden friends and one Eddie Vedder.
Music in the '90s, especially in Seattle, was overflowing with so much talent and soul that as great as Mother Love Bone was - and they were easily top-tier - Temple of the Dog was just as phenomenal.
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Jungkook, who many consider to be the lead singer of BTS, impressively packed the streets of Times Square as if were NYE last week when he live debuted two new songs from his debut solo album Golden.
The energetic and photogenic boybander's promotional mini-concert paid big dividends as this weekend it was announced that Golden became the best-selling album by a solo Korean artist in Billboard 200 history.
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Johnny Cash died of complications of diabetes in September 2003 at 71 years old after leaving the world an enormous catalogue of classic country, pop and gospel songs.
To celebrate his life and music, a large contingent of friends and peers performed at the Ryman Auditorium, once known as The Grand Ole Opry.
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As handsome as Jared Leto is, a mere press conference with good lighting, healthy snacks and and pleasant backdrop to promote a forthcoming world tour would have sufficed, but the Oscar-winning rocker wanted to go big.
Thursday morning, November 9, 2023, the longtime frontman of Thirty Seconds to Mars scaled the 92 year old art deco NYC landmark made famous by King Kong, Elf, and Sleepless in Seattle. It's also known for being the first skyscraper taller than 100 stories. A fact not lost on the dreamy performer.
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Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel recorded the lead song of their best and final album on this day, November 9, 1969, the title track of Bridge over Troubled Water.
The duo had been playing shows around the east coast and also recording in New York City. Fixated and committed to the album, they passed on performing at Woodstock.
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In the heart of the Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood sits the unassuming Metro, originally called Stages, and then Cabaret Metro.
Despite having intense competition from the nearby Cubby Bear that was older and even closer to the cathedral that is Wrigley Field, The Metro helped launch the careers of many once-underground bands of the '80s and '90s.
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, the ridiculously prolific group of Aussies, just announced their 2024 World Tour.
The wildly talented sextet recently released their second studio album of 2023, the electro Silver Cord which is keyboard-based, danceable and upbeat.
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