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"Raise your hand if you live on Pretty Girl Avenue," Sabrina Carpenter asked her adoring audience Thursday (10/23) at PPG Paints Arena, the first of her two-night stand in Pittsburgh's NHL stadium.
Shockingly nearly all of the 19,000+ in attendance in the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins all lived on that street.
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Maris Maddux-Ward, known professionally as MARIS grew up in Missoula, Montana, but you've probably never met anyone else from there like her.
After performing publicly as a teenager she moved to Los Angeles to follow her dream, and it paid off. Her breakout single “Give Me a Sign,” featuring Caroline Kingsbury, was released in March and quickly caught fire, becoming a streaming favorite, crossing one million Spotify plays within its first month and surpassing two million by the end of the summer.
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Halloween came early in Luxembourg last week, and Helloween made sure everyone felt it. The German metal veterans opened their 40 Years Anniversary Tour at Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette on Friday (10/17) with the prophetic “March of Time.”
What followed was a spirited set that revived songs previously buried, familiar jams, and shockingly: multiple live debuts
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Sabrina Carpenter brought her trademark sassy silliness to Saturday Night Live on Saturday (10/18), performing two songs from her chart-topping album Man’s Best Friend.
She opened with “Manchild,” the single that has become one of the biggest hits and the lead track from the album. Dressed in a simple yellow tee with "Live From New York" written across the chest and tight pink undies with "It's Saturday Night" playfully printed on her backside, the singer danced around a set meant to mimic a woman's bedroom.
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It's nearly Halloween '25, and despite the fact Brat Summer began over a year ago, it sure feels like it hasn't truly ended.
It's so confusing.
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On the third night of her mini-residency at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (10/16), Halsey had a problem she shared with her audience.
Sporting a turquoise wig with blunt bangs, a sheer black sleeveless top, teal fishnet tights attached to matching garter-style cutouts and cute black boots, the singer paced the on the stage explaining the dilemma the audience, surrounded by gravestones rooted her on in anticipation.
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Ace Frehley, the original guitarist of KISS, whose riffs and solos and smoldering guitar (literally) inspired many of your favorite GenX musicians, died Thursday from a brain bleed caused by a fall he suffered in a recording studio several weeks ago.
He was 74.
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Happy Jimmy Eat World Day, to all those who celebrate! Yes, today (10/17) is Jimmy Eat World Day in Phoenix. Last year Mayor Kate Gallego presented the band with a proclamation thanking them for what they've done representing the capitol city and being "a force in the music industry for three decades over the course of 10 albums."
The Phoenix-based quartet recently played a historic set at Best Friends Forever Fest in Las Vegas, and new music is also in the works, though the group has not yet announced a release date.
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Is there a more apt place to live debut your song about Heaven than in a star-studded cemetery in Los Angeles?
The Format returned to LA for the first time in 18 years last week with a full set of old hits and singalongs and blessed the loyal fans with the debut of "Boycott Heaven," that they kept tucked away from their previous gigs of their mini tour.
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery is one of Los Angeles’ most unusual and quirky places to catch a concert that may put chills down your spine for many reasons.
Built back in 1899, the grounds at 6000 Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood, fell into disrepair during the 1980s and '90s but was resurrected under new management that introduced showing movies and holding events on the vast lawn around Douglas Fairbanks' lawn.
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Chicago was blessed with new tunes last Wednesday (10/8), when Mumford and Sons brought the Rushmere Tour to the United Center.
The affable lads opened the show with the live debut of “Run Together,” for the 20,000 fans at the 1990s arena that was built due to the popularity of Michael Jordan and his record breaking run with the Bulls.
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Camaron Marvel Ochs aka Cam studied psychology at UC Davis, where she sang in an a cappella group before learning guitar during a study-abroad program in Holland. After college she moved to Nashville, to pursue songwriting and performing, eventually signing with Sony Music.
Before her own solo breakthrough, Cam wrote for several big stars. She co-wrote “Maybe You’re Right” for Miley Cyrus’s 2013 album Bangerz and most recently contributed five songs to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. She also collaborated with Avicii, Jack Antonoff, and Sam Smith on her own material.
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