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On a jingle jangle Tuesday evening in Phoenix (5/13), Bob Dylan brought it all back home when he played his 60-year-old hit, "Mr. Tambourine Man" for the first time in 15 years.
The occasion was the kickoff of the 10th anniversary of the Outlaw Music Festival which stars the 83-year-old Dylan and 92-year-old Willie Nelson.
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Bruce Springsteen kicked off his 2025 Land of Hope and Dreams Tour in England on Wednesday (5/14) with a renewed setlist shining the light on some forgotten songs from his deep catalogue and even a live debut.
The electric show was held at Manchester’s new Co-op Live arena, the 23,000 seat modern venue that in its inaugural year has hosted such stalwarts as Sir Paul McCartney, the Eagles, Rick Astley, and now a three-night run by The Boss.
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Pearl Jam got to rock out with one of the legendary guitar heroes in rock Thursday (5/8) in Nashville, TN, when they had Peter Frampton join them on stage.
Frampton co-founded Humble Pie at age 18 with Steve Marriott (previously of Small Faces), played on George Harrison's first post-Beatles solo album, and went on to record what would be the best selling live record of all time Frampton Comes Alive.
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The O₂ Academy Brixton began simply as the Brixton Astoria nearly 100 years ago on August 19, 1929. The grand cinema that featured a domed ceiling with artificial stars and Mediterranean-inspired interiors, was built for £250,000 and designed by Thomas Somerford and E.A. Stone.
Its debut included a screening of the Al Jolson part-talkie, The Singing Fool, and live BBC radio performances. It thrived for over 40 years as a major cinema and performance venue that bragged being the home of an iconic Compton organ.
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Halsey kicked off her spellbinding For My Last Trick Tour Saturday night (5/10) in Concord, California, conjuring the first act of her 32-city journey around North America in support of her latest LP, The Great Impersonator.
The tour is a celebration of sorts of the pop star’s return to the stage following recent health battles which triggered a brief hiatus from live performances.
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Metallica rocked Virginia so hard Wednesday (5/7) it was noticeable on the richter scale.
After playing 15 songs at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, the quartet grooved into the familiar "Enter Sandman," the 60,000 bounced up and down in unison.
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“The first night’s always the best night,” The Weeknd told the 60,000 fans at Glendale, Arizona's State Farm Stadium on Friday night (5/9) during a two-hour set.
The Grammy-winning singer, born Abel Tesfaye, launched his After Hours Til Dawn Tour this month while teasing what may be his final run under his oft misspelled moniker.
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Platinum-selling Canadian pop phenom Tate McRae shifted into a new gear on her Miss Possessive Tour at the MEO Arena on Wednesday (5/7), doling out 13 tracks from her third studio album, So Close to What, including several live debuts.
The sold-out show's 21-song set allowed the 21-year-old artist to showcase her talents as a songwriter, dancer, and singer.
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Rilo Kiley, the lovable LA band fronted by vocalist Jenny Lewis and guitarist Blake Sennett – both former child actors – is back and kicked off their newest tour in years Monday (5/5) in the sleepy beachside town of San Luis Obispo.
Formed way back in 1998, Rilo Kiley were indie with a smidge of alt-country but not in a gross way. Hardly there at all. Sorta like when you'd ask your mom if there were any onions in the soup "so few you can barely taste them, Junior."
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Sixteen years ago today (5/8/09), Nine Inch Nails kicked off their 25-date NIN|JA 2009 tour at the Cruzan Amphitheatre (now called the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre) in West Palm Beach, Florida, with some notable live debuts and hits.
The tour was a co-headlining collab with Jane's Addiction where someone cleverly deemed the thing NINJA, which was cool. But it was also billed as a farewell of sorts for live music from Trent Reznor et al, which was the opposite of cool. And indeed, NIN would take a long, four-year break from gigging when NIN|JA ended.
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Pixies played three consecutive nights in Germany last week (5/1, 5/2, 5/3) and gave a treat to each of the cities they rocked.
Thursday in Berlin they flooded the zone with a whopping 29 tunes. Friday in Cologne they live debuted a pair of new tracks from their latest record, The Night the Zombies Came.
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Jump back, what's that sound? Here he comes, full blast and top down.
David Lee Roth celebrated the end of his "first retirement" with the 1984 Van Halen hit "Panama" Saturday night (5/3) at the M3 Rock Festival in Maryland.
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