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Ozzy Tributes Continue On Stages Around The World

Ozzy Tributes Continue On Stages Around The World

When Ozzy Osbourne died last week the outpouring of love and respect was like little else we've seen in rock in a long time.

Likewise the results of his farewell concert found it had broken a record for a charity concert as it raised over $190 million for Birmingham Children's Hospital, Acorn Children's Hospice, and Cure Parkinson's Held at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.

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My Chemical Romance Covers Pumpkins, Gets Love From Billy Corgan

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The list of artists who have been able to pull off North American stadium tours this year, in this economy, is very small: Kendrick Lamar w/ SZA, Post Malone w/ Jelly Roll, Beyoncé, Coldplay, George Strait w/ Chris Stapleton, and Billy Joel.

But the least likely of those who can easily sell out baseball and football palaces just might have to be My Chemical Romance who aren't co-headlining with another household named act.

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Setlist History: Led Zeppelin’s Final US Concert

Setlist History: Led Zeppelin’s Final US Concert

Led Zeppelin’s American swan song began with their manager’s son being slapped backstage and ended with the tragic death of their singer’s child.

Never mind the historic breakthroughs happening in punk rock in NY and London, in 1977 there was no bigger rock group than Led Zeppelin and on July 24, they were headlining the second of two sold out shows at the giant football stadium in Northern California.

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Setlist Insider: The Offspring

Setlist Insider: The Offspring

The Offspring began over 40 years ago in Garden Grove, California, originally as Manic Subsidal. Founding members and high school pals, Dexter Holland and Greg Kriesel, started playing music together when they met guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman and the chemistry gelled.

The band changed its name to The Offspring in 1986 and released their self-titled debut in 1989. After years of playing Southern California clubs, they signed with Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz's Epitaph Records and things really got cooking.

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Today is George Clinton’s Birthday

Today is George Clinton’s Birthday

“Funk is anything you need it to be, to save your life. It’s the DNA of Black music. It’s the gospel without the church. It’s the blues without the pain.” - George Clinton

George Clinton, the colorful and visionary bandleader behind Parliament-Funkadelic and the godfather of P-Funk, was born July 22, 1941, in Kannapolis, North Carolina, and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey.

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RockLand ’25: Sex Pistols, Iggy, Jet, Delight The Spaniards

RockLand ’25: Sex Pistols, Iggy,  Jet, Delight The Spaniards

What started as a guerrillero local rock night has bloomed into one of Spain’s most electric boutique festivals.

RockLand Fest 2025, officially billed as RockLand Art Fest, took over the cobbled streets and weathered plazas of Santo Domingo de la Calzada last weekend (July 18-20), delighting thousands of music lovers with a diverse and energetic international lineup that included the newly reassembled Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Wolfmother, Jet, and The Black Keys, among others.

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