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Pearl Jam Kicks off New Tour with Live Debuts and Covers

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Pearl Jam kicked off their Dark Matter Tour on Saturday, May 4, with a ton of live debuts from their new album, deep cuts and covers from two fallen friends.

The Seattle band started the tour about 150 miles north in Vancouver, Canada, at the sold out Rogers Arena where Justin Timberlake began his latest outing earlier in the week.

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Nicki Minaj Brings Her Inspiration on Stage: Cyndi Lauper

Nicki Minaj Brings Her Inspiration on Stage: Cyndi Lauper

Nicki Minaj, a few days after having Drake sing with her in Toronto, invited someone in Brooklyn she says was a huge inspiration to her life and career: Cyndi Lauper.

“I have been speaking about this woman in my interviews since I first began rapping,” Minaj said to the sold out crowd at the Barclay Center Wednesday on the most recent stop of the hip-hop star's Pink Friday 2 World Tour.

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Foo Fighters Kick Off World Tour with Texas-Sized Tributes

Foo Fighters Kick Off World Tour with Texas-Sized Tributes

The Foo Fighters, one of the hardest working bands in rock, kicked off their Everything or Nothing at All Tour in Dallas, Texas and paid tribute to two of the city's fallen rockers: Taylor Hawkins and Dimebag Darrell.

Appearing in the spotlight at exactly 8 p.m., Dave Grohl warned the 20,000 enthusiastic fans at the Dos Equis Pavilion to prepare themselves for some epic rock.

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Ben Folds Cleared For Takeoff For 74 Paper Airplane Request Gigs

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Ben Folds hasn't done something like this since 2017 which is a little weird because it sounds so fun and wholesome and he claims everyone loved it.

Back then he invited fans to put a song they wanted him to play on a piece of paper, then they had to fold it into a paper airplane and aim it to the stage so he could read it, smile, and then perform it on his magical piano.

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Weezer Rocks Tiny Club, Plays 6 Rarities and Covers Hole

Weezer Rocks Tiny Club, Plays 6 Rarities and Covers Hole

The 250 lucky ticket holders at the Weezer show on Monday night were so glad they could make it to Constellation Room because they got an incredible special show.

Weezer, whose last gig was in the relatively spacious 500 capacity Lodge Room in LA, did not revisit their debut LP as they had in March, but instead delivered one rarity after another and sent the crowd home with a cover of the Hole hit "Celebrity Skin."

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