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Jeff Lynne's ELO, which, let's face it, is the Electric Light Orchestra, played the cozy Irving Plaza in NYC on Nov. 20, 2015.
It had been nearly 30 years since the US got a proper show of Lynne banging out the perfect harmonies, and classic pop tunes that quickly became radio staples in the 1970s and sold 50 million records.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of one of the wildest rock & roll shows of all time: the day Keith Moon took way too many drugs and was rushed to the hospital and a teenage fan sat in for him and jammed with The Who.
The story is not told enough, though when it is, it's often told wrong.
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When Dolly Parton was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame she took the honor so seriously she politely declined, stating that as a country singer, she appreciated the acknowledgement but she thought others deserved it more.
"I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out," the always classy Parton said in a statement she tweeted out to her five million Twitter followers. "I do hope that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will understand and be willing to consider me again - if I'm ever worthy."
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Lou Reed, the groundbreaking and beloved singer of the Velvet Underground, had an even more successful career once he went solo. Of the hits he delivered post-Velvets was the melancholy "Perfect Day" whose chorus has been known to elicit goosebumps to even the coolest cats.
Originally recorded in 1972 for his second solo album Transformer, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, "Perfect Day" was a double A-side single with "Walk on the Wild Side."
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Geddy Lee, the singer and bassist of the legendary Canadian trio Rush, has written a book about his wildly successful career and is taking it on tour around North America.
Entitled My Effin' Life, the 70-year-old frontman kicked off the tour with a fun conversation with none other than Ant Man himself, Paul Rudd, at Beacon Theater in New York City.
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On this day in 2008, TRL had its last hurrah.
After 10 years and 2,247 episodes, the MTV afternoon staple that was there waiting for kids to come home from school and helped launch the careers of many of the stars now packing them into football stadiums called it quits.
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions made their US debut on November 15, 1977 in San Francisco with an early and late show that was broadcast over the radio.
The buzz was smoking hot for the skinny Brit with the Buddy Holly glasses and knocked knees in '77. It started in July when he was signed to the fledgling UK indie label Stiff Records and heard there was going to be a fancy meeting of Columbia Record execs at the Hilton on London’s Park Lane.
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Pink blew into Miami on Tuesday, November 14, like a hurricane, but instead of bringing death and destruction, the Grammy-winning singer brought books.
Being a voracious reader, she brought the best books: banned ones.
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Camp Flog Gnaw returned to Dodger Stadium this weekend with another installment of its two-day celebration of hip-hop and today's sounds starring the likes of Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Ice Spice, Turnstile, Rex Orange County, Redveil, Earl Sweatshirt; and the host with the most, Tyler the Creator.
Due to the pandemic (mostly) the hugely popular event that happens in the legendary baseball stadium's enormous parking lot, has been MIA for the last few years, but came back this fall with big names, live debuts and a simulcast on Prime streaming.
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In November of 2004, Gwen Stefani did what many others in the past have done, from Buddy Holly to Diana Ross to Zayn Malik: she parted ways with the group she became famous with, and went solo.
No Doubt winked at the inevitability of their mesmerizing singer splitting off from them way back in 1996 with the video of "Don't Speak." Even though the song was originally crafted as a love song, then transitioned into a breakup tune once Gwen and bassist Tony Kanal broke up after seven years, its video was about how the tastemakers wanted the beautiful singer to be the cover girl and focus of photo and video shoots.
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Temple of the Dog was a tribute to the fallen grunge singer, Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone. The supergroup was comprised of two members of that band, a pair of Soundgarden friends and one Eddie Vedder.
Music in the '90s, especially in Seattle, was overflowing with so much talent and soul that as great as Mother Love Bone was - and they were easily top-tier - Temple of the Dog was just as phenomenal.
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Jungkook, who many consider to be the lead singer of BTS, impressively packed the streets of Times Square as if were NYE last week when he live debuted two new songs from his debut solo album Golden.
The energetic and photogenic boybander's promotional mini-concert paid big dividends as this weekend it was announced that Golden became the best-selling album by a solo Korean artist in Billboard 200 history.
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