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Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" record-setting streak for most consecutive weeks at #1 ended in August of 2019.
For nineteen straight weeks the song Montero Lamar Hill aka Lil Nas X created by rapping over a $30 sample he bought off a Nine Inch Nails snippet added to an 808 drum beat, captured the imagination of the world, and prompted the debate as to what exactly is country music.
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Jimmy Page and Robert Plant got back together because of MTV.
The station who used to show music videos, reality shows, cartoons, game shows, and live concerts, had incredible success with MTV: Unplugged and in 1993 taped performances by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, and Neil Young and both the artists and the network profited.
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The Talking Heads kicked off their Remain in Light Tour at the Heatwave Festival in Canada on August 23, 1980, where they live debuted several new songs from their forthcoming album.
The Canadian music festival was unofficially being dubbed as the New Wave Woodstock as it boasted a line up of The Clash, B52s, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, Rockpile and others along with the Talking Heads for the all day event at Mosport Park about an hour east of Toronto.
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The Velvet Underground played their last gig with Lou Reed on August 23, 1970 at their old haunt, Max's Kansas City in New York City.
Despite how popular the Velvets may be today or how many bands they've influenced decades after Andy Warhol produced their first album, during their run they were relegated to clubs culminating in a nine-week residency at Max's from June 24th thru August 28, 1970.
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Disturbed singer David Draiman took time out of a concert earlier this month to calm a young girl in the front row who was crying.
The band was playing the iThink Financial Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL, when Draiman noticed a girl with her parents singing along with every word of their songs, even their acoustic cover of Simon & Garfunkel "Sounds of Silence."
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Tyler the Creator's critically acclaimed Camp Flog Gnaw Festival announced its lineup Friday, August 18 and it boasts some names familiar to the fest.
Top of the bill is Tyler, of course, the hip-hop trailblazer who has earned two Grammys since the last Camp Flog Gnaw was held in 2020 but was forced to pause during the pandemic.
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Post Malone wrapped up the North American leg of his If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying' Tour just in the nick of time.
Less than 24 hours after Hurricane Hilary crossed the Mexican border into California and dumped sheets of rain on Southern California cancelling events and flooding people out of their homes, Post Malone was winding up his 24-stop North American tour in San Bernardino.
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Weezer in August 1996 had just set off on a year-long tour in support of Pinkerton, an album that many today consider either their best or second-best offering, but critics and cash registers back then weren't so sure.
The critical and financial drop off from the band's smash triple-platinum 1994 self-titled debut was so dramatic, singer/guitarist Rivers Cuomo grew a fuzzy beard and checked out for a few years. He questioned everything because he thought the band had avoided the sophomore slump with an even-better LP, and yet Pinkerton was met with an initial meh.
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On August 19, 1969 Jimi Hendrix was the final performer at Woodstock, hitting the stage at 9am on Monday morning.
The guitar hero was supposed to close the show 'round midnight but due to the scattered showers, delays, screw-ups, and inability to quickly get bands in and out of the gig without a helicopter, the schedule was running about a half day behind schedule.
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The Beatles kicked off their first full-blown North American tour on August 19, 1964.
Yes, the Fab Four had played shows on the East Coast in early 1964, most notably their appearances on the Ed Sullivan show where 74 million people tuned in.
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Elton John has threatened to hang up the bright costumes and slam the piano lid shut before. The first time was on stage at Wembley Empire Pool (now known as the OVO Arena Wembley), the indoor arena next to the enormous soccer field.
John told the crowd of about 20,000 fans that he hadn't been touring a lot and it was a painful decision whether to come back on the road.
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Music lost a giant when Robbie Robertson passed away last week at 80 years old.
Not only was he Bob Dylan's lead guitar player when the Bard chose to go electric, but Dylan hired Robertson's entire band to back him. After Dylan, the fans, and the neighbors nicknamed the group "The Band," it stuck.
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