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Marquee Memories: Des Rocs

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Des Rocs is the rock project of Danny Rocco, a Long Island singer songwriter who was first signed by Epic Records while in the duo Secret Weapons whose first record, As the Setting Sun Comes Crashing Down on Me, dropped in 2016. Secret Weapons also toured with Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy and Weezer which was a great trial by fire.

The first Des Rocs release was the EP Let the Vultures In (2018), which included “Let Me Live / Let Me Die,” “Used to the Darkness” and “Maybe, I.”

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DragonForce Names Alissa White-Gluz as New Singer

DragonForce Names Alissa White-Gluz as New Singer

DragonForce opened its new era Saturday (5/9) at Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida, where Alissa White-Gluz made her official live debut with the band.

The historic gig came just a few days after the band named her as its newest member and first frontwoman, deeming the change as leading into “its biggest, boldest and most electrifying era to date.”

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Today is Robert Johnson’s Birthday

Today is Robert Johnson’s Birthday

A rock star in every way, Robert Johnson, legendarily known as the poor Black man who sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads to become a guitar hero, was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, on May 8, 1911.

His life, like his tragic death at just 27, is clouded by mystery, myth, folklore, and foolishness.

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Marquee Memories: Catie Turner

Marquee Memories: Catie Turner

Catie Turner is a singer/songwriter from Bucks County, Pennsylvania who graduated high school in 2018, the same year she hit it big on season 16 of American Idol and made it into the top seven that season.

The next year she released the EP The Sad Vegan (2019). One of its songs, “Prom Queen,” was used in the trailer for Shane Dawson’s The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star. It's success helped her get signed with Atlantic Records in 2020.

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Sugar Plays First Shows in 31 Years

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On Saturday (5/2), Sugar reunited for the first time since 1995 to play the first of three dates at Webster Hall.

Led by guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, the trio which features bassist David Barbe and drummer Malcolm Travis, debuted a pair of new songs at the historic NYC club,

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Sabrina Carpenter and Stevie Nicks Duet at Met Gala

Sabrina Carpenter and Stevie Nicks Duet at Met Gala

Just two weeks after live debuting the newest Madonna song with the Queen of Pop herself, Sabrina Carpenter performed two songs at the Met Gala with another legend, Stevie Nicks.

After posing their way up the icon stairway Carpenter (in custom Dior) and Nicks (in custom Zara) enjoyed the event and then entertained the A-listers with two small sets.

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Shakira Plays To 2 Million On Rio’s Copacabana Beach

Shakira Plays To 2 Million On Rio’s Copacabana Beach

Two months after playing to 400,000 in Mexico City, which was her largest audience ever, Shakira topped herself in Brazil performing a free beach party to a massive crowd 5x that size.

Around 11pm on Saturday night (5/2), the global superstar took the stage on Copacabana Beach in Rio to approximately 2 million fans, many who had arrived early in the morning to get as close as possible to the Grammy-winning star whose catalogue has been streamed more than 28 billion times.

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Kacey Musgraves Kicks Off Middle Of Nowhere Tour w/ 9 Live Debuts

Kacey Musgraves Kicks Off Middle Of Nowhere Tour w/ 9 Live Debuts

Kacey Musgraves kicked off her Middle of Nowhere tour Sunday (5/3) at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, with the first of three sold-out shows at the historic dance hall.

The Gruene gigs are a warm up in a way for the larger venue Middle of Nowhere Tour, which begins in August at United Center in Chicago, which is why opening night was heavy on Kacey's new album, which dropped on Friday.

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