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Beyoncé has been packing screaming fans into football stadiums and arenas all around the world in her record-breaking Renaissance Tour which has now made its way to Canada.
One of the fun moments of the evening occurs during "Energy" when Bey sings the lines
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Lynyrd Skynyrd were blazing in the summer of 1976. In a miraculous streak, each year from '73 they released a gritty, soulful, southern rock studio album that went at least gold.
Starting with Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd which produced "Gimme Three Steps" and "Free Bird," to its '74 follow up Second Helping that gave us "Sweet Home Alabama," Skynyrd could do little wrong. Even 1976's Gimme Back My Bullets delivered with the title track, "Double Trouble," and "Every Mother's Son."
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The Eagles kicked off the first two dates of the first leg of their Long Goodbye Tour with a pair of shows at Madison Square Garden.
As is typical for many Eagles shows, the band started the historic gigs with the beautiful harmonies of "Seven Bridges Road," a Steve Young cover the band used to sing the song in the backstage shower area acappella to warm up.
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Neil Peart, Stewart Copeland and John Bonham often sit atop the lists of the three greatest rock drummers of the '70s and '80s.
Few compare to Bonham's powerful grooves, Copeland's off-kilter beats, or Peart's complex runs. But today isn't about ranking them haphazardly. or trying to get a debate going.
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Gwen Stefani returned to her hometown of Anaheim, California, to headline a special show celebrating the Honda Center's 30th anniversary. To make things extra special she played a popular No Doubt song she'd never sung solo before.
The Honda Center is an indoor arena 3 1/2 miles from Disneyland and home to the NHL Ducks. Over the years it has been the host to over 300 concerts.
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Members of Papa Roach, Shinedown, as well as new country star Oliver Anthony sang to despondent festival goers after the day of rock was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Expectations were high for the Blue Ridge Rock Festival at the Virginia International Raceway this weekend which billed itself as "North America’s Largest Rock & Metal Event."
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Busted, the British power pop group, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a Greatest Hits Tour around the UK.
The trio of James Bourne, Charlie Simpson, and Matt Willis were quite successful in Britain up until they split in 2005. Meanwhile in the US, they're probably best known for the song "Year 3000" which they originally released but then suggested in 2006 to the Jonas Brothers that they should cover it.
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The Blues Brothers were not supposed to be anything more than a fun Saturday Night Live skit that incorporated a couple of cast members and the house band.
It turned into a national phenomenon, two best-selling albums, a record-breaking live recording, one of the best musical movies of the '80s, and a chain of music venues.
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Typically the opening act of show is an up-and-coming band who needs just a little bump to make it to the next level and warming up a giant audience might just be the thing that gives them the exposure they need.
Usually these acts only have an album or two under their belt and use the 20-30 minutes in front of the curtain to blast out their best songs and then quickly get out of the way for the headliner to give the people what they paid for.
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Bruce Springsteen announced Wednesday, Sept., 6, that he is indeed human and will need a few weeks off to take care of some health issues.
The 73-year-old rocker is in the middle of leg two of his North American tour where he has been leading two-and-a-half-hour shows in sports arenas and coliseums.
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Taylor Swift's Lover debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart on Sept. 7, 2019 hitting numbers not seen since her reputation album broke records in 2017.
According to the magazine, Lover sold over 679,000 albums in its first week of release in part because the savvy singer made available four collectible deluxe CD editions at Target, as well as a variety of merchandise/digital album bundles on her popular website.
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Aerosmith kicked off their Peace Out... Farewell Tour, which the Boston legends say is their goodbye.
Way back in 1970, singer Steven Tyler, guitarists Joe Perry and Ray Tabano, bassist Tom Hamilton, and drummer Joey Kramer formed Aerosmith. In '71,Tabano was replaced with Brad Whitford.
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