all the noise that's fit to blog
As Austin City Limits celebrates the 50th anniversary of it's TV show, the festival stayed strong on its second weekend.
The weather, vibes, food, and sound are all agreeable, as fans got to see some household names, Grammy-winners, upstarts, and heroes.
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The newly built Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, has only been open a couple of months and yet it has already had a number of newsworthy guest appearances.
The night the $2 billion state-of-the-art 20,000 seat venue opened, Bruno Mars invited his pal Lady Gaga to sing their #1 hit together.
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It was a good idea.
Olivia Rodrigo, the 21-year-old super star, traveling the world for her sold out Guts Tour made a stop somewhere many artists skip right over: the Philippines.
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Mötley Crüe, one of the most notorious bad boys of hair metal, made a memorably trashy entrance to kick off their three-gig "Hollywood Takeover" this week.
Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx and newest member John5 were deposited in front the world famous Troubadour out of the back of a garbage truck Monday night.
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Can anyone mend America's broken heart?
Stevie Wonder wants to try just that with an idealistic new tune and tour.
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I have a confession to make. Before I got the new Faces 8 cd + 1 DVD boxset, Faces / At The BBC – Complete Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973, recently, I had never owned a Faces record before.
On paper it makes no sense because I love Rod Stewart, as well as Ron Wood. Plus Kenney Jones, is my second-favorite Who drummer.
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Neil Young might be as acerbic and ornery as his barbed-wired guitar solos can be, but he also has a generous heart - particularly for benefit show - that can be as gentle and sweet as some of his acoustic work.
Last Saturday he hosted the Harvest Moon benefit concert about an hour north of Los Angeles at Lake Hughes with one of his longest friends, Stephen Stills, and John Mayer, who seems to love to jam with Woodstock legends.
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Coldplay made a big splash in New York this week to promote a new album, a world tour, and the possibility of putting away their confetti for good.
While sportos were watching Monday Night Football, Coldplay slummed it at the cozy Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 7, where they got up close and personal with their fans.
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The first weekend of Austin City Limits made for some core memories to all who were there and also to others who watched the stream on Hulu.
As you may have heard, Chappell Roan continued her magical ability to get record amounts of people to rush her stage despite not being a headliner.
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Of all the tours going on right now, Jack White's No Name Tour is the most unpredictable, the most intimate for such a big star, and the most down-to-earth.
One shouldn't be surprised that this tour is so unique and fresh. Remember this is the same Jack White whose White Stripes went to every Canadian province and territory including playing for children on a bus in Toronto.
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Vampire Weekend took a bite out of The Replacements' playbook when they treated the fans at their back-to-back shows at Madison Square Garden to a wide assortment of cover tunes from Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen to Frank Sinatra and Kate Bush.
The native New Yorkers have covered over 100 artists so far over 41 gigs of their Only God Was Above Us Tour but the band really hit their stride at MSG.
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By now it may sound like a broken record, but Chappell Roan attracted one of the largest audiences a festival has had again.
This time it was at Austin City Limits yesterday at dusk, deep in the heart of Texas.
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