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Things got a little wicked on Sunday (8/16) at the Ariana Grande concert in London when her talented co-star Cynthia Erivo made a surprise appearance during the encore.
Attendees of the second night of her London residency at The O2 Arena were blessed with a special treat as Erivo and Grande performed two songs.
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, the unbelievably prolific, genre-hopping Australian band who can easily delve into psychedelic rock, garage rock, prog, jazz, thrash metal, microtonal music, synth-pop, are now proving they can dive head first into full-scale electronic dance music.
The six Gizz musicians who played Field of Vision II were Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar, keyboards, flute); Joey Walker, (guitar, vocals, keyboards); Ambrose Kenny-Smith (vocals, harmonica, keyboards, saxophone and percussion); Cook Craig (guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals); Lucas Harwood, (bass, keyboards and vocals); and Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh on drums and percussion.
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If KATSEYE has looked a lot different recently than the sextet so many fell in love with on The Debut: Dream Academy, you're not hallucinating.
Since February, the Swiss singer and dancer Manon Bannerman has been taking time off.
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Stand Atlantic charged out of Sydney’s pop-punk scene in 2012, initially named What It’s Worth. The original group of Bonnie Fraser, Arthur Ng, David Potter and Jordan Jansons, released the Catalyst EP in 2013 before changing its name to Stand Atlantic in 2014.
The current lineup is Fraser (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Potter (lead guitar, keyboards), Miki Rich (bass) and Jonno Panichi (drums). The band has increasingly moved beyond straightforward pop-punk while blending electronic elements including alt rock and heavier elements into the newer sound.
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Noah Kahan played to his largest crowd as a headliner on Saturday (8/15) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
Over 56,000 fans joined him on the latest stop on The Great Divide Tour, his most successful outing where he's booked some of the largest venues in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Europe.
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Karol G’s had a big surprise during her three-night residency at SoFi Stadium on Saturday (8/15), when she welcomed Bruno Mars on stage.
Karol is currently on her massive Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour and a trio of sold out shows to a couple hundred thousand fans in Los Angeles has got to be a feather in her cap.
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Conan is working out to the oldies with his new band The Vigodas.
It's a fitting name since the band's moniker is a tribute to Abe Vigoda, the lovable character actor of the '70s and '80s who didn't make it big until he was in his mid-50s.
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Brian Siedlecki started as an Saturday Night Live intern in 1996 and became the longtime music booker for the last 25 years.
Along the way he curated and programmed the most watched stage in live US television bringing a wide variety of musicians into the homes of millions around the world.
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Mumford & Sons kicked off their three-night run at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday (8/11) with a very special set that included surprise appearances from actors Jason Sudeikis and Oscar Isaac.
Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, guitar, drums), Ben Lovett (keyboards, piano, vocals) and Ted Dwane (bass, guitar, vocals) delivered the sold out MSG crowd a 23-song setlist that featured tunes from five of their six studio albums (sorry Delta).
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Deep Purple reconnected with one of the architects of its sound on Wednesday (8/12), when Ritchie Blackmore jammed with his old band at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater.
The guitar hero is who is now 81 and a resident of nearby Long Island let the cat out of the bag on Tuesday of the reunion which marked his first time with the classic rock legends since 1993.
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Fontaines D.C. kicked off their 2026 tour by delivering a 19-song set at the Baluarte de la Candelaria in Cádiz, Spain on Saturday (8/8).
The Dublin band celebrated their year off of touring by dipping into material from all four of their studio albums and treating the 900 fortunate Spaniards in attendance with two live debuts that have yet to be released.
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Yesterday Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival set times were released and it drove home how solid the line-up is.
Going from Santigold at 1pm to punkers Die Spitz to dance crew KATSEYE to riot grrls Bikini Kill, the afternoon collection of groups is nothing to sneeze at... and that's all before Mitski finishes her set at 4:20.
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