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"This is the biggest show we ever played in New York, ever," Lumineers frontman Wesley Schultz told the fans of Citi Field on Friday night (7/11).
And as they say, he ain't lyin'. The week before their big show they played to 25k in Saratoga, NY. In 2022 they did two nights at Forest Hills, which has a capacity of 14k. In 2020 they sold out Barclays twice at about 20k a night.
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Backstreet is not only back, but they've become larger than life with a Vegas residency at The Sphere that was kicked off Friday (7/11) with a 25 song-set and countless crazy visuals.
"We are bringing the Into the Millennium Tour to this state of the art facility where we can do things we could have never have imagined back in ’99," the boy band proclaimed when they announced the residency.
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Radio City Music Hall opened two days after Christmas in 1932. Originally intended for the Metropolitan Opera, its purpose shifted after the Great Crash of 1929, and it was reimagined as a grand theater with nearly 6,000 seats and a hydraulic stage.
With its iconic neon marquee and sweeping art deco foyer, it was soon nicknamed the “Showplace of the Nation.”
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Wet Leg, the adorable phenoms from the Isle of Wight, dropped by the Tiny Desk back in April (4/3). NPR finally dropped the video this week to coincide with the album release of the band's new collection, moisturizer.
What we got were four tunes from the band's sophomore album, including the live debut of "11:21," which closed out the tiny set.
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When Mavis Staples was just nine years old, she was already bringing tears to the eyes of her audience and inspiring people to come up and shake her hand.
"At first, when I saw the people crying, I asked my mother—I said, 'Mama, what did I do to those people to make them cry?'" she explained in a 2020 interview with SF Jazz.
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Jennifer Lopez kicked off her Up All Night: Live in 2025 tour Tuesday (7/8) concert in Pontevedra — her first show in Spain in six years.
Approximately 20,000 fans packed Parque de Tafisa to catch JLo perform both fresh new tunes and cherished hits from her 25 years as a solo star.
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The English indie band The Kooks stopped by the Setlist office to reflect on 20 years of music and more than 1,000 live shows.
Formed in Brighton in 2004—the same rich soil that also gave the world Royal Blood, Bat for Lashes, The Go! Team and Architects—The Kooks broke through quickly with early hits such as “Naive,” “She Moves in Her Own Way” and “Ooh La.” Notably, their debut smash, Inside In/Inside Out, went quadruple platinum in the U.K.
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Lana Del Rey seems eternally open to guests to share her stage.
She appears to be into live collabs for a few reasons, top of which is she sure seems uncomfortable not just touring, but being alone on stage.
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It was Christmas in July for two sold out audiences in Goyang Stadium Friday and Saturday (7/5, 7/6) as the reigning queens of KPOP, Blackpink, returned to their area to kick off the Deadline World Tour.
Over 78,000 Blinks packed the soccer stadium to see Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, and Rosé while singing and dancing to all the hits like “Kill This Love,” "Lovesick Girls," “How You Like That,” and “DUU‑DU DDU‑DU.”
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The Olympian amounts of drugs and alcohol that Ozzy consumed that got him fired from Black Sabbath in the '70s couldn't stop him from touring for decades.
The ants he snorted or flying animals whose heads he bit off never hindered his tour schedule. Grunge didn't stymie his ability to sell out arenas where he'd throw buckets of water onto the faithful in his front rows.
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If you ever think something is impossible, or if anyone suggests it, remember what happened in Wales on July 4 & 5.
Two successful brothers, one more egotistical than the other, the other more stubborn than the other, who were both doing well financially and creatively, totally well-known wherever they strutted, especially in Europe, did the unbelievable.
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You can't keep a good man down.
Little Steven, the longtime sidekick, consigliere, and band leader of the heart‑stopping, pants‑dropping, house‑rocking, earth‑quaking, booty‑shaking, Viagra‑taking, love‑making legendary E Street Band was cleared to rock again after an appendix operation and rejoined his compadres in Milan, Italy.
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