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At just 23 years old, throwback singer-songwriter Stephen Sanchez has released two songs that some are calling timeless: "Until I Found You" and "Sweet Love."
Released in 2021, "Until I Found You," was Stephen's breakthrough, peaking at #23 on the singles chart. It's romantic music video has been viewed over a half billion times.
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Zach Bryan began his With Heaven On Tour in a big way Saturday (3/7) at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
The 50,000+ in attendance heard 32 songs, 13 from the new album.
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Harry Styles treated the sold out audience at the Co-op Live in Manchester with something he rarely does: he performed his entire new album from front to back.
Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally is the pop star's fourth solo album and it dropped on Friday (3/6), the same day as the show at the 23,500 capacity arena.
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Retirement for musicians is a funny thing, especially when it comes to calling it quits from the concert stage.
Pete Townshend famously wrote the line "I hope I die before I get old," on The Who's debut album, and even though the spirit of that sentiment is understandable coming from a twentysomething art student, as time goes on life becomes a bit more complicated.
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Last Friday (2/27) during a concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Trent Reznor said something that has sent some Nine Inch Nails fans in a downward spiral: this might be the group's last tour.
“I don’t know if we’re gonna be touring anymore after this, but I’m proud of the show that we’re doing right now," Reznor told the sold out crowd at the BOK Center.
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De La Soul made their first appearance on NPR’s Tiny Desk in a performance recorded on Monday (3/2) in the nation's capital. The influential group was fronted by Posdnuos and DJ Maseo, performing without David Jolicoeur, akak Trugoy the Dove or Plug Two, who passed away three years ago.
NPR released the mini concert on 3/3, a date fans recognize as De La Soul Day for several reasons.
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Shakira performed to the largest crowd of her career on Sunday (3/1) when she brought her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour to Mexico City’s Zócalo, drawing an estimated 400,000 people into the vast historic plaza.
The Grammy-winning Colombian singer, who turned 49 last month, produced the free show as a gesture of thanks to her Mexican fans who have embraced her most recent LP, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.
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The always edgy Lily Allen performed her first full concert in seven years when she took to the stage in Glasgow Monday (3/2).
And staged it was as the 40-year-old singer songwriter, who has been focused on acting of late, as well as theater, presented the night as a theatrical one.
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Morrissey delighted the Dutch last Monday (2/24) at De Doelen’s Grote Zaal in Rotterdam, Netherlands, delivering an 18-song set that that helped get his tour back on the rails after it being interrupted by cancellations earlier in the year.
Opening with “Billy Budd,” the 66-year-old singer kicked off a set blending his impressive solo material with hits and deep cuts from his years fronting The Smiths.
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Journey kicked off their Final Frontier Tour in Pennsylvania on Friday (2/28), which appears to be, by our tally, the group's 35th tour of their career that began 53 years ago.
The current touring lineup features Neal Schon (lead guitar, since 1973), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, since 1980), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals, joined 2007), Deen Castronovo (drums, backing vocals, originally joined in 1998 and returned in 2021), Todd Jensen (bass, joined the touring lineup in 2020), and Jason Derlatka (keyboards, backing vocals, since 2019).
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Don Broco came straight out of Bedford, England, in 2008 with a lineup that has never changed: Rob Damiani (lead vocals), Matt Donnelly (drums, backing vocals), Simon Delaney (guitar), and Tom Doyle (bass).
Before forming the group, Damiani trained in graphic design at the University of Bedfordshire, while Donnelly studied music technology. What began in local clubs quickly evolved into an international touring ensemble that has lasted for more than 15 years.
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It's weird enough that there are subjective competitions for artists in movies, TV shows, and musical recordings, should we really pit one award show against the other?
If we did, this year the Brit Awards might have just beaten The Grammys in the category of Best Musical Performances in a Musical Award Show.
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