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Bob Weir did many special appearances throughout his very long career in music. He was generous with his time and had no issue jumping on stage with all sorts of musicians over the decades.
One of the musicians the talented guitarist and singer jammed with was Sammy Hagar, which we will examine further down the page.
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"Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and I believe in a promised land."
For generations, Altadena, California, was a promise land for a diverse collection of middle class families, artists and musicians, who couldn't afford the tony real estate of nearby Pasadena and created a rich community in the unincorporated foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County.
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On Tuesday (1/6), Gwen Stefani returned to the Sphere at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas for a private performance hosted by Lenovo for the opening stretch of CES, but it also was a taste of what could be in store for fans anticipating No Doubt's residency there in a few months.
The 56-year-old star is bouncing back from a less than popular solo album, Bouquet (2024), which produced no hits and only made fans want ND to reunite faster.
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Cautious Clay, born Joshua Karpeh, hails from Cleveland, Ohio, but when he moved to New York City after graduating college in DC, he quickly pivoted from day jobs into a full-time recording career.
His music journey began with classical flute training when he was only a lad and along the way was taught by an oddly famous teacher. The multi-instrumentalist who can also rock the saxophone, guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums, in addition to singing and producing, broke out with a pair of EPs in 2018 Blood Type and Resonance, followed by Table of Context in 2019.
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Gov’t Mule rang in 2026 with a New Year’s Eve stand at the Beacon Theatre in New York on Wednesday (12/31) for a New Years Run that included a totally different show at the venue the night before (12/30) and an opening salvo in Schenectady on 12/28.
While all the gigs were sizzling, led by legendary guitarist Warren Haynes on guitar and lead vocals, Matt Abts on drums and percussion, Danny Louis on keyboards, guitar, trumpet and backing vocals, and Kevin Scott on bass, it was the NYE concert that took it to the next level.
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As MTV continues to distance itself from the music, one of the groups the channel helped launch (and vice versa) continues to roll on.
Duran Duran is wrapping up the US leg of their 2025-2026 tour in style, selling out arenas, earning rave reviews, and plastering smiles on the faces of their longtime fans.
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Seeing your favorite band on New Years Eve is such a treat and since 1989 Phish fans have been lucky recipients as the group has followed in the footsteps of their biggest influence, the Grateful Dead, who also like to ring in the New Year on stage in trippy fashion.
Phish began their NYE gigs in Boston in 1989 and continued in 1990, and 1992. They did them in Worcester, MA in 1991 and 1993, Big Cypress, FL in 1999, and Miami, FL in 2014.
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The Liverpudlian trio, The Wombats, formed in the early 2000s after singer and guitarist Matthew Murphy met bassist Tord Øverland-Knudsen and drummer Dan Haggis while studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).
Their breakthrough came with 2007's A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, and like the olympics follow-up LPs every four years from This Modern Glitch (2011) and Glitterbug (2015) helped grow their fanbase. It also didn't hurt that singles “Let’s Dance to Joy Division” and “Greek Tragedy” were embraced by UK and US audiences.
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Taylor Swift closed the Eras Tour in 2024 with a final show that took place over a year ago (12/8/2024) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver that ran for nearly two full years.
But as you can see from our Top 10 list of setlists, the popularity of that finale is stronger than ever with thousands of Swifties clicking the set each day.
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