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Green Day surprised fans at the Festival d'été de Québec Sunday night, June 16, when they debuted a catchy new song, "1981."
The upbeat no-nonsense pop punk whose chorus seems to say, "she's gonna bang her head like 1981" was introduced after the trio played "Minority" (which is 23 years old now).
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On July 16, 1996, Michael Jackson performed at the 50th birthday party for the Sultan of Brunei and was reportedly paid between $15-$20 million. But that's just the beginning.
At the time the Sultan was the richest man in the world and loved extravagance, so he had Jerudong Park Amphitheater built for the bash so that stars like Jackson and later Whitney Houston could perform for the good people of Brunei.
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On July 15, 2017, the Eagles played Dodger Stadium, on an emotional night as it was their first performance without co-founder Glenn Frey.
The 67-year old musician died in 2016 from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia after spending several months in the hospital trying to recover from stomach surgery.
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Luke Combs' cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" has remained atop the Country Airplay chart for the third week in a row. This is the seventh tune released by Combs to hit that milestone, but this one is a special record-breaking one.
The popularity of the countryfied version of the 1988 hit has brought new fans to both Combs and Chapman.
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As Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard wrapped up their European Tour last week with giant shows in Ireland and Scotland, it was a one-off "secret" club date that raised a lot of interest.
The night before the '80s rockers were to play Wembley Stadium to 90,000 fans, Mötley Crüe booked a show at the Underworld nightclub which holds about 450 people. Billed as Dögs of War, the band played their usual staples of “Kickstart My Heart,” "Girls, Girls Girls," and "Shout at the Devil."
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Boy George and Culture Club kicked off their latest tour, The Letting It Go Show, July 13 in Florida and had an unexpected guest: a summer rainstorm.
After openers Berlin and Howard Jones warmed up the crowd, a quick South Florida storm cooled them off.
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Dolly Parton is 77 years old and she still gets excited when her new music is warmly received. And because she's the epitome of a southern gentlewoman, she has been known to send a thank you note. When the universally beloved country icon was to be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame she felt undeserving since she wasn't a rock singer.
No matter, they inducted her anyway since she's such a rock star.
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Jelly Roll, the hottest country rapper in the land, is gearing up for his US tour and it couldn't have happened at a better time.
The heavily-tattooed 38 year-old from Nashville raised eyebrows in June when his crossover single "Need A Favor" became the first song to enter the top 10 on both the Country Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay charts.
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On June 13 in 1985, Live Aid took place around the world where some of the biggest pop stars took to three different stages to perform for charity. Led by the Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof who took the momentum from 1984's "Do They Know It's Christmas," the singer recruited artists to do their thing live on one day to help feed the people of Ethiopia.
In stadiums in London and Philadelphia, acts from Led Zeppelin to Queen played to enormous crowds while millions watched on TV. In total the event raised over $175 million.
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The MSG Sphere, home of U2's Las Vegas residency starting this fall, shined bright like a $2 billion diamond on the fourth of July.
The 366 feet tall and 516 feet wide entertainment marvel is the passion project of billionaire James Dolan, owner of AMC Networks, Tao Nightclubs, Madison Square Garden, and the New York Rangers and Knicks, among others.
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Blur have toured the world, sold millions of albums, reinvented Britpop, produced some songs that will remain in the annals of pop music forever, but there was still one last thing missing from their rock n roll bucket list.
They had never played at Wembley Stadium.
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Bob Dylan recently paused his Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour after supporting the album whose first single dropped in 2020. But fear not, it was scheduled.
The 2,800 fans in the cozy Sala Santa Cecilia Auditorium in Rome, Italy, were the latest to be lucky enough to hear the Bard perform classic cuts from Blonde on Blonde, Slow Train Coming, and Nashville Skyline, along with every track from his latest, Rough and Rowdy Ways, except the record-breaking one.
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