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It was Christmas in August at Fenway Park on Sunday (8/2) when Zac Brown announced that everyone in attendance would be receiving two tickets on a party cruise.
The Georgia native told the crowd of 37,000 the Oprah-esque news near the end of the set, right before the 9-piece outfit launched into “Same Boat,” naturally.
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AC/DC has a long, loud, explosive history of ending their shows with a bang.
For the last 44 years the Aussie hard rock legends have concluded their epic sets with the 21-gun finale of "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" featuring several canons that kaboom on command.
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Infinity Song have made a song you've probably heard more than once.
They're a singing group consisting of four siblings -- Abraham, Angel, Israel and Thalia “Momo” Boyd -- who were so good they didn't need a music video or even a residency at a legendary club to get noticed.
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Last month, Lionel Richie got dizzy in the middle of a concert and was forced to sit down, and was eventually taken to the hospital. He said friends started calling him out of concern while he recuperated.
“When you turn 80, things happen differently,” he said his friends told him, to which the multi-platinum star replied, “I’m not 80!”
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Mark Twain is often attributed as saying, "the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
Curiously the midwestern author never said it. But that doesn't make it less true.
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On August 3, 1983, Prince live debuted one of the greatest songs in music history, "Purple Rain," that would catapult his already flourishing career, sell millions of records, fill arenas with fans basking in his incredible live show, and earn him countless awards.
The performance that night was also a perfect storm of sorts. It was the first time all of the members of The Revolution would play together in front of an audience.
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Some news outlets called it Rainypalooza, and some of the sets had to be shortened and even canceled.
But somehow almost everyone who was supposed to perform did so in Grant Park at the 35th Lollapalooza in Chicago.
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When Olivia Rodrigo joined Billy Corgan on Friday night (7/31) at Lollapalooza, it became the 11th veteran star she has sung with.
The ever-generous 23-year-old has been happy to sing with musicians of all ages including those in her own generation (Addison Rae, Chappell Roan, Conan Gray), the vast majority of her guest appearances, thought, are with Gen X and Boomers.
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