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Cure fans are accustomed to doom, gloom, and eventual giddiness, which is why the three year hiatus the band was forced to experience segued into the biggest tour the British legends ever embarked on.
Once restrictions were lifted, Robert Smith and his not-so-merry gang blazed a path entitled The Lost World 2022 European Tour. The epic journey accounted for 46 gigs in 19 countries to over a half million fans.
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In 2019, My Chemical Romance tried to get back together by starting The Reunion Tour in LA. Unfortunately the new black plague rained on their black parade.
2022 became the year the boys got the band back together in a grand manner: they released their first new song in 8 years, their tour made it into the Top 20, and despite some annoying concert cancellations the emo heroes found themselves strangely more popular than when they broke up.
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Pantera took the stage for the first time in over 20 years Friday night (December 2nd) at the Heaven and Hell Metal Fest in Mexico City, MX.
Many had thought this reunion would never happen after the band broke up in 2003 followed by the senseless on-stage murder of its iconic guitarist Dimebag Darrell in 2004 during a show with his new band Damageplan. Then in 2018, Darrell's brother, drummer Vinnie Paul unexpectedly died of heart disease in Las Vegas. Fans gave up on ever seeing the Cowboys from Hell live again.
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What do you give a band who has everything? More! (And a few things they haven't received yet.)
Let's go month by month with the Chili Peppers and see what went on during one of their most successful years.
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As more venues re-opened and tours were able to hit the road again, many of your favorite artists finally returned to stages. Fans were treated to long-awaited live versions of tunes that kept them company during lockdown and now they were ready to rock out to them. Here's Setlist’s Top 10 most popular set lists of 2022, according to your relentless clicking.
10. Ghost, Reno Events Center, Reno, NV, 1/25/22
The Smashing Pumpkins + Jane's Addiction Spirits on Fire tour wrapped on a high note Saturday (11/19) at the Hollywood Bowl with a cameo appearance by Willow Smith.
The finale was glitch-free, which was nice for the rocky tour which experienced a few more incidents than either band bargained for over a 32-date journey.
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Stop me if you think you've heard this one: Steven Patrick Morrissey disappointed fans at the Greek Theater Saturday night (11/12/22) when he refused to continue the show after a half hour into the nine song performance. No official reason has been offered.
Morrissey, who is not shy of walking off stage, once made an unscheduled exit from Coachella when the celebrated vegetarian caught a whiff of "burning flesh" from the food tents, and canceled another show after just two songs when he was hit a well-aimed bottle.
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On a dreary evening in Brazil, atop a giant festival stage while being telecast on South American television, Sonic Youth awkwardly played its final show. The hour-long recital on November 14, 2011 was a gloomy finale to a glorious career.
Neither Kim Gordon nor Thurston Moore, the post punk mom and dad of Grunge, looked at each other. They were divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage due to the fact that Moore was having an affair with his book editor who was 20 years his junior, and then refused to split up with her despite counselling and what would be the demise of the band, one of alternative music's most respected and influential groups.
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On November 8, 1989, Aerosmith live debuted "Janie's Got A Gun," to a crowd of about 12,000 unsuspecting fans in Mannheim, Germany.
The Boston legends had gone 15 shows into the first leg of the "Pump" tour before unveiling "Janie," the second single from the album, an unusually serious song that would earn them their first Grammy.
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Detroit Rock City took to the Mexican Riviera recently for a week and half for the 11th Kiss Kruise.
Fans of Kiss, Dokken, Warrant, LA Guns, Lita Ford, Green Jelly, and former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick and others boarded the Norwegian Jewel in late October and set sail from LA to Ensenada and Cabo.
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On this day (11/1) in 1992, Pearl Jam live debuted "Daughter" at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit.
The song wouldn't be released for nearly a year, appearing on the band's sophomore smash, Vs., where it became their first #1 single as well as their first Grammy nomination.
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David Bowie debuted what would become his first number one single, "Fame," on this day (11/1) in 1975.
Appearing on Cher's short-lived eponymous TV variety show, Bowie performed the groovy tune as crude '70s tv production effects encircle his stark slicked-back look.
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