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Charli xcx shared the stage with several pop peers during her two sold-out nights at the Kia Forum over the weekend (10/17, 10/18).
The British singer surprised the crowds at the legendary Inglewood arena with guest appearances by Chappell Roan, Adéla, PinkPantheress, as well as The Dare during the latest stop in her Music, Fashion, Film Tour.
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Harry Styles took time out of his show at Madison Square Garden concert on Friday (10/16) to pay tribute to his late One Direction bandmate and friend, Liam Payne.
Styles live debuted the unreleased acoustic ballad, “What is Enough,” on the second anniversary of Payne's death. The 32-year-old singer told the enthusiastic crowd he had written the song approximately two years earlier but had never performed it publicly.
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Miley Cyrus ended a near four-year time out from proper full concerts last weekend (10/16, 10/18) when she rocked out during two sold out nights at the Hollywood Bowl.
Celebrating the release of her 10th studio album, Bass Persuades, the singer who now performs at MILEY, delivered via two identical 18-song sets that combined new material, unexpected covers and appearances by Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips as well as her fiancé, drummer Maxx Morando.
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Irish rockers U2 have proclaimed that they will be heading back on the road for their first world tour since 2019.
Humbly dubbed The Greatest Show on Earth World Tour, U2 took baby steps by only announcing the first leg of the excursion at first. Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires will be the first cities to experience the stadium shows that will support the quartet's forthcoming album, Carnaval De Luz.
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My Morning Jacket just wrapped up a seven night residency at San Francisco’s historic Fillmore that they transformed into a week of many colors.
Each show from 10/3 through 10/11 had a different color scheme with fans encouraged to dress accordingly. Meanwhile the Kentuckian's setlists contained deep cuts, fan favorites, and covers accompanied with special guests.
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Matchbox Twenty went back to their beginnings Monday (10/12), when for the first time in their careers they played their debut LP Yourself or Someone Like You (1996) in its entirety from front to back at the Fonda Theater on Hollywood Blvd.
The band’s core remains Rob Thomas (lead vocals, piano), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, vocals), Brian Yale (bass), and Paul Doucette (rhythm guitar, drums, vocals).
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The Weeknd and JENNIE finally performed “One of the Girls” together onstage, more than three years after releasing the song.
The BLACKPINK singer surprised the crowd at Goyang Stadium in South Korea on Thursday (10/8), joining the Canadian singer during the second night of his two-show stand there. It was the first time the two had performed the song together live.
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Mike Love returned to the Beach Boys’ stage Saturday (10/10) at Cincinnati’s PNC Pavilion for approximately his 7,422nd appearance with the iconic Southern California band.
Ask Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, any of the musicians in their 80s who toured this summer, or Buddy Guy, who is still on tour at 90: If you’ve done something your entire adult life and it brings you and your audience great joy, why stop?
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Charli xcx delivered her club music into an actual club Saturday (10/10), surprising lucky attendees at the Abbey in West Hollywood for MISTR’s second annual National PrEP Day celebration.
The British singer performed for an intimate room filled with fellow pop stars and young celebs, with Chappell Roan and Tove Lo also adding to the night’s music.
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Rosalía found a way to make standing still the most interesting thing on SNL last week.
Returning as musical guest on Saturday (10/10), the Spanish sing star performed “Reliquia” in a black tutu, holding herself en pointe throughout the nearly four-minute performance.
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It's been nearly a year since Lana Del Rey performed a full set on stage, and for the lucky crowd in Singapore, they got to hear and see something very special: a live debut.
Lana delivered some Southern Gothic to Singapore’s Formula 1 weekend on Sunday (10/11), giving “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter” its first audience upon her first visit to the country.
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Taylor Swift is back at #1 on the Billboard 200, but the October 10 chart also brings a career breakthrough for Tinashe, a new Top 10 album for Kenny Chesney and a high-profile return for Alice in Chains. Farther down, ENHYPEN makes the largest positional gain, while Miley and Lizzy McAlpine take enormous falls.
Comparing the new list with October 3 reveals 20 albums that were absent a week earlier, replacing 20 departures. Among the 180 albums carried over, 106 rise, 69 fall and five stay put; the busiest action includes brand-new releases, returning favorites and several older albums making substantial gains.
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