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The ever-changing Boston Calling music festival hosted its 14th concert this past weekend (5/23, 5/24, 5/25). While some of the recent adjustments (like 86ing a stage) were welcome, some new issues popped up like troublesome tech problems.
Then there was Mother Nature who poured rain on the crowd for six hours on Friday, blew wind on them on Saturday (with a little rain), and then left the kids to play in the mud on Sunday.
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Sleeveless? Yes. Sphereless? No longer.
On Thursday night (5/22) Kenny Chesney walked out onto the technically advanced stage of the Sphere in Las Vegas to a sold out crowd and became the first Country artist to play the revolutionary venue.
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“It feels really good to be at BottleRock,” 4 Non Blondes singer/songwriter Linda Perry said Saturday (5/24) at Bottle Rock. “I’ve never been here cause I don’t go out much.”
The San Francisco-born band, best known for their 1992 anthem “What’s Up,” from their sole studio album, Bigger, Better, Faster, More!, was playing their second gig of their reunion.
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Even though the three night run at LA's SoFi Stadium was a victory lap for hometown hero Kendrick Lamar, two of the big highlights of the concerts came from special guests who duetted with SZA.
On Wednesday (5/21) Lizzo joined her for "Special" during the opening night kickoff, Then on Friday night (5/23), Justin Bieber surprised everyone by popping out to sing "Snooze" with her.
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In front of a relatively small crowd compared to these days, opening for Lady Antebellum, on May 23, 2008, Taylor Swift live debuted one of her most endearing hits, "Love Story."
Just 18 years-old at the time, Taylor played a half dozen songs at the 2008 Jubilee CityFest at the Riverwalk Amphitheater in Montgomery, Alabama.
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The fascinating journey of a silly little B-side that sat in obscurity, rarely performed, but then discovered by a streaming algorithm, turning into the band's most-played song, has hit a new milestone.
"Harness Your Hopes" got its nationally televised debut last Thursday (5/15), a whopping 26 years after its release.
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Wolf Alice live debuted their sensational new single, "Bloom Baby Bloom," in a warm up gig Monday night (5/19) in Kilkenny, Ireland.
"This is our first show in a really long time," singer/guitarist Ellie Rowsell told the lucky fans at the Set Theatre in their return to the stage in two years. "And I'm sooo happy we're doing it in Ireland!"
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How do you follow Jelly Roll bringing up Eminem at Detroit's Ford Field?
That was the dilemma Post Malone faced Sunday (5/18) at the home of the NFL Lions.
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Avril Lavigne rewarded fans at the kickoff of her 2025 Greatest Hits Tour on Sunday (5/18) with a live debut and more than enough proof that after two decades hell yeah, she still the MFing princess.
The sold out gig at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, opened with "Girlfriend" followed by "What the Hell," "Complicated," and "Here's to Never Growing Up."
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"So our name is 'Til Tuesday," Aimee Mann said on a gloomy afternoon outside the Rose Bowl on Saturday (5/17) in Pasadena, California.
"We have not played a show together in almost 40 years. This is the first one," she announced as the audience applauded. "And it is delightful. These guys are delightful."
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If you're going to bring your Big Ass Stadium Tour to Detroit, you better have a big ass special guest to blow the roof of the joint.
That's exactly what Jelly Roll had on the menu when Eminem joined him on Sunday (5/18) at Ford Field for a little mom's spaghetti as the two white rappers surprised the fans with "Lose Yourself."
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David Bowie in 1983 launched the Serious Moonlight Tour, a massive world tour supporting his all-time best selling studio album Let’s Dance.
Before venturing out on a journey that would span 96 shows through 15 countries, selling over 2.6 million tickets, he held a pair of rehearsals in Brussels on May 16 & 17 and those in attendance got to witness some live debuts.
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