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On August 1, 2007, Prince kicked off a 21 night sold out residency at London's 20,000 seat O2 Arena.
Prince and his band and dancers were in-the-round performing on his giant symbol. General admission tickets were just 31.21 British pounds (about $40).
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When MTV launched August 1, 1981, it was all about music videos, and bringing Top 40 music to cable TV subscribers.
But eight years into its run, the network realized that not only it needed to broaden it's appeal and approach, but it could spread its wings in interesting ways.
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The Smashing Pumpkins began their North American Tour with a pair of shows in Las Vegas at the Cosmopolitan hotel.
Fresh from resting after rocking Australia for a couple of weeks in April, Billy Corgan (vox, guitar), James Iha (guitar), Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), Jeff Schroeder (guitar), James Bates (bass), and Katie Cole (keys) are back on stage supporting the triple album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts.
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The White Stripes held their last proper concert on July 31, 2007 in Mississippi.
2007 was a whirlwind for Meg and Jack White, brother and sister onstage, ex-husband and wife on paper, and least-likely pair to bring the blues to both college radio and sports arenas.
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After taking July off, in a week Adele returns to her Weekends With Adele Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace.
The most newsworthy thing that's happened so far on this tour was her sarcastically "daring" fans to throw things at her. But sharp-eyed fans who have peered at her setlists have seen she has only performed the Bob Dylan cover of "Make You Feel My Love" once this year and twice last year. The song helped her become a star.
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With so many legendary artists circling the globe for the last time on tour, and a few we'll never see again, it's hard not to think about some artists who would sell out any venue they wanted right now but who aren't on the road for whatever reason.
Let's talk about why they should get out there!
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Sinéad O'Connor, the controversial, bald, angelic-singing firebrand who took an obscure Prince song and made it her own has died.
Known for tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live as well as completely owning the Prince-penned "Nothing Compares 2 U," the Irish singer was abused by her mother as a child and suffered PTSD as a result of it.
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Blur treated its most devoted fans to a very special evening July 25 at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo in London.
They performed their new album, The Ballad of Darren, in its entirety, and then for an encore doled out a half dozen rarities and B-sides.
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Billy Joel became an American trailblazer in the Soviet Union when he played a half dozen shows in Moscow and Leningrad in the summer of 1987.
The prior year, Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost to his nation which loosened restrictions on criticizing the government, learning about problematic Russian history, and allowed for news and media to reach the people.
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July 27, 1987 was a huge day for pop music, the Internet, pranks, and the career of Rick Astley as that was the day "Never Gonna Give You Up" was released.
The song was the first single off Astley's debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody.
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The first Lollapalooza, and the bands that comprised it in 1991, were wildly idealistic and diverse acts.
Led by Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell, one of the trailblazers of '90s alternative rock, the traveling roadshow was a prime example of the best of college rock at a time when the most popular music was being found left of the dial.
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On July 25, 1980, Kiss performed their first show with a new member.
Drummer Peter Criss was out, Eric Carr was in.
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