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Judas Priest are celebrating its 55th year of screaming for vengeance with a world tour in support of their 19th studio album, Invincible Shield.
The album is heavier than it has any reason of being. Singer Rob Halford's 72 year-old voice is as strong and fiendishly operetic as ever. And the dual guitar attack of Richie Faulkner and Andy Sneap shred melodically and powerfully.
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John Mellencamp called his old pal Bruce Springsteen on stage during the New Jersey stop of his Live and In Person 2024 Tour.
The two singer songwriters have been friendly for decades going back to the 1980s when both Springsteen's Born in the USA and Mellencamp's Uh Huh were bringing some Americana back to the radio with their tales of a struggling middle class.
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Ryan Gosling returned to the Oscar stage along with 65 other Kens and wowed the star-studded Oscar audience with the live debut of his Barbie hit on Sunday.
Gosling and his boys brought some much-needed rockstar energy to the Hollywood Blvd. stage while paying tribute to Marilyn Monroe’s “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” (and Madonna's "Material Girl") with Busby Berkeley choreography and a heavy dose of comedy.
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Sheryl Crow chose an interesting venue to live debut the third single from her debut album, Evolution: a municipal baseball field. But she also seemed to miss out on the opportunity to place some hits in her lineup.
The nine-time Grammy winner was part of a two day Spring Training baseball-themed music festival last weekend and unveiled her new song, "Do It Again."
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Yeehaw, Kacey Musgraves is going back on tour, y'all. All in support of her new album, Deeper Well, her sixth studio album, which comes out next week.
The sassy Grammy-winning country superstar has been doing rounds of interviews, appearances, and special guest spots.
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"It's been 40 days and 40 nights in the desert," Bono acknowledged to the U2 fans in attendance on Saturday, March 2, the final night of The Sphere's inaugural residency.
"What's a fella with a Messianic complex gonna do?" he asked while The Edge, Adam Clayton, and temporary drummer Bram van den Berg quietly played the plodding "40" to the sold out $2 billion arena on the Las Vegas Strip.
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When Soundgarden walked into the Paramount Theater on March 5, 1992, they were ready to transform into the rock superstars they were destined to be.
The fall of 1991 was revolutionary for grunge. In August Pearl Jam's Ten came out, in September Nirvana's Nevermind arrived, and in October Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger bum rushed the show. Also that fall, Metallica releases the Black album with the ominous "Enter Sandman" and Guns N' Roses follows up on Appetite for Destruction with the double album Use Your Illusion I & II.
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Nicki Minaj has been a busy bee but one thing she hasn't been doing is touring. That drought came to an end on Friday March 1 when she kicked off her Pink Friday 2 World Tour in Oakland.
The setlist spans 35 tracks of her Grammy-nominated catalogue of five albums and even includes a segment in between Acts 5 and 6 where Monica came out and performed a half dozen tunes.
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Willie Nelson is 90 years old and doesn't seem to have any desire to stop touring.
In comparison, Bob Dylan is a spry 82 and his Never Ending Tour has no plans for ever ending.
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Cage the Elephant has not forgotten you.
The Kentuckians who have twice won the Grammy for Rock Album announced this week they will embark on a 45-date North American tour beginning June 20 in Utah and concluding at Red Rocks on September 18.
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