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RockLand ’25: Sex Pistols, Iggy, Jet, Delight The Spaniards

RockLand ’25: Sex Pistols, Iggy,  Jet, Delight The Spaniards

What started as a guerrillero local rock night has bloomed into one of Spain’s most electric boutique festivals.

RockLand Fest 2025, officially billed as RockLand Art Fest, took over the cobbled streets and weathered plazas of Santo Domingo de la Calzada last weekend (July 18-20), delighting thousands of music lovers with a diverse and energetic international lineup that included the newly reassembled Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Wolfmother, Jet, and The Black Keys, among others.

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Coldplay Goes Viral Again Thanks to “Jumbotron Song”

Coldplay Goes Viral Again Thanks to “Jumbotron Song”

A wealthy Coldplay fan is getting the cold shoulder across the Internet as he and his cohort were caught in an embrace which was displayed around video screens Wednesday (7/16) at Gillette Stadium.

During the typically wholesome "The Jumbotron Song," the band's charming singer Chris Martin makes up an impromptu song about a person or a couple who have been locked in on by the stadium camera operator.

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Lady Gaga Kicks Off Mayhem Ball in Vegas With Live Debuts

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Lady Gaga brought her Mayhem Ball Tour to Las Vegas Wednesday night (7/16) at the T-Mobile Arena doling out the over-the-top theatrics, vocals, dancing, and hits Little Monsters have been delighting in for years. 

Gaga pulled generously from her chart-topping eighth studio album, Mayhem opening with “Abracadabra,” the second single from the album, whose video has garnered over 168 million views despite being just five months old. 

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Alabama Shakes Deliver First Full Set Live In Eight Years

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Alabama Shakes performed their first publicly-announced full concert in eight years on Tuesday (7/15), kicking off their 2025 reunion tour in front of the sold out Fairgrounds at the Salt Shed in Chicago. 

Brittany Howard, Zac Cockrell, and Heath Fogg took the stage of the 5,000 capacity outdoor venue in Chicago's West Town neighborhood after a soulful set from opener Lee Fields.

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Kelly Clarkson Kicks Off Vegas Residency with a 22-Song Set

Kelly Clarkson Kicks Off Vegas Residency with a 22-Song Set

What doesn't kill you sometimes still makes you postpone your opening weekend, which is a bummer for all affected. And in Kelly Clarkson's case, it also made her stronger.

The very first American Idol was forced to delay her Studio Sessions residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on the fourth of July, but Miss Independent was back on track the following week (July 11 & 12) and delivered the powerful and lovable performance that won audiences over 23(!) years ago when she first appeared on the career-changing TV show.

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Setlist History: The White Stripes Play The Shortest Concert Ever

Setlist History: The White Stripes Play The Shortest Concert Ever

On July 16 in 2007, The White Stripes performed what is widely considered the shortest intentional concert in music history when they played just one note on George Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

The quirky performance was part of the duo's Every Province, Every Territory Tour of Canada, a self-imposed challenge to perform in all 13 regions of the beautiful nation.

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J-Hope Rocks His Largest European Audience at Lollapalooza Berlin

J-Hope Rocks His Largest European Audience at Lollapalooza Berlin

Lollapalooza Berlin 2025 marked the festival’s 10th anniversary since its debut in the cosmopolitan city in 2015. It began at Tempelhof Airport that year and has moved venues over the years—including Treptower Park (2016), Hoppegarten (2017), and since 2018, Olympiastadion at Olympiapark.

The 2025 edition took place July 12 & 13 at the historic Summer Olympics site that hosted the 1936 games where the Black US track star Jesse Owens won four gold medals while the Fuhrer watched and had to eat his words about what constitutes the master race.

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Guns N’ Roses Continue Their Black Sabbath Tribute in Poland

Guns N’ Roses Continue Their Black Sabbath Tribute in Poland

Still riding the wave of the crazy train of love they were a part of in England last week during the Back to the Beginning tribute for Ozzy's last show with Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses added "Junior's Eyes" to their epic setlist Saturday (7/12) in Poland.

When people talk about a deep cut, there's very few as deep as this one, taken from the final Sabbath album before Ozzy was fired, and was originally sung by his temporary replacement, Dave Walker.

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Drake Live Debuts Eight Songs in London Three-Day Weekend

Drake Live Debuts Eight Songs in London Three-Day Weekend

After surviving through one of the most humiliating years a rapper has experienced, Drake is back on the road, abiding by the old adage that the show must go on.

His weekend kickoff (7/11) of the Some Special Shows 4 U Tour in London lived up to its promise of new and old tunes, highlighted with seven live debuts when he teamed up with PARTYNEXTDOOR.

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