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On St. Patrick's Eve, 1987, Japanese Duran Duran fans were treated to the kickoff of the eagerly anticipated Strange Behaviour Tour.
After enormous success in the early '80s, the stylish UK heartthrobs split off into two brief side projects.
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Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel kicked off their first of eight engagements dubbed Two Icons: One Night, on Friday, March 10th.
The singing songwriting septuagenarian superstars (Nicks is 74, Joel is 73), will be hitting U.S. football stadiums this year at a rate of about one a month -- with a few months off during the summer.
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The Smashing Pumpkins swore they'd be unveiling new songs from their triple disc concept album, ATUM, and they are living up to their word.
Saturday, March 4, headlining their The World is a Vampire Festival, the Chicago rockers live debuted "The Good in Goodbye" from Act I of ATUM and "Space Age" and "Moss" from Act II.
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Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, better known as Macklemore, is having a busy day today.
First he's dropping his latest album, Ben, his third studio release.
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After taking a 99-day break, the Flaming Lips returned to the stage last night in British Columbia, Canada, for the final leg of the American Head American Tour.
Rocking out at the legendary Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, a venue celebrating its 90th birthday, the psychedelic troupe delighted the Canadian fans with an 18-song set highlighted with confetti and the giant see-thru plastic ball.
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Kelsea Ballerini live-debuted her bitter new tune "Penthouse" this week in Manchester, England at the O2 Ritz.
"Penthouse" is off the 29-year-old country star's dark breakup EP Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, which (sarcastically?) dropped this Valentine's day.
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The sultry, dark, and yet strangely uplifting Tove Lo kicked off her Dirt Femme Tour Monday night (Feb 6) in Nashville, TN.
The Swedish singer songwriter who might be best known for "How Long," her song about betrayal that was featured in episode 4, season 2 of "Euphoria" surrounding the Rue, Jules, and Elliott love triangle, performed 20 tunes at the Ryman Auditorium, which nostalgic locals still call The Grand Ole Opry.
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Way down under, Phoebe Bridgers live debuted "Emily I'm Sorry" on Saturday Feb. 4th in Australia. The tune is from the forthcoming boygenius album The Record, due March 1.
That's right, supergroup boygenius which includes singer-songwriters Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, is getting back together after releasing an EP in 2018 before going separate ways.
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When Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band took the stage together last night (February 1) in Florida, it had been six years since they had rocked an arena stage together.
But don't assume the Rock Hall of Famers had been sitting on their hands. In 2017-2018 The Boss performed his hits, alone, with just an acoustic guitar on Broadway. An experience that earned him a special Tony award and reaped more than $110 million at the box office.
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Beyoncé was reportedly paid a royal treasure to help open the new luxury hotel in Dubai, UAE.
The Grammy-winning singer allegedly took home $24 million to perform Saturday, Jan. 21., for a private audience of 1,000 at the new Atlantis Royal resort.
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While many in Los Angeles hunkered down as the city of angels experienced record-setting rainfall, the show went on at the KIA Forum in Inglewood as The Red Hot Chili Peppers headlined iHeartRadio's annual ALTer EGO festival.
With Fall Out Boy as the night's opener, even jaded Angelenos braved the flooded streets and sloppy freeways to get there on time, Saturday night, January 14th. Fans were then blessed with abbreviated sets by Beach Weather, CHVRCHES, Muse, Phoenix, Rosa Linn, and Jack White.
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Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny may have had the best 2022 of any touring artist. He did it across the globe, supporting a #1 record, atop a flaming semi truck, with 100 tons of gear, selling 1.8 million tickets for 65 shows, and pulling it off entirely in Spanish.
Here's a look at the 28-year-old Puerto Rican superstar and his record-breaking, glass-ceiling-shattering year.
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