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Arcade Fire kicked off their Don't Think About Pink Elephant Tour Tuesday (4/22) pretty much exactly the way you should roll out a new album.
The first half of the show at the sold out Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City was a collection of songs from their somber new release, Pink Elephant.
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Metallica broke the seal on their 2025 M72 Tour Saturday night (4/19) at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse.
Since it kicked off exactly two years ago in 2023 in Holland, the M72 Tour has sold approximately three million tickets.
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Ed Sheeran sure knows how to market a new song and album.
The song "Old Phone Pub" from his forthcoming album Play has inspired the ginger superstar to start creating little pop-up events.
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Kendrick Lamar's creativity was felt from the first words spit into the mic at the sold out football home of the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday (4/19) in Minneapolis.
"Yesterday somebody wiped out my mural," an unseen KDot rapped as his legendary black Buick Grand National rose from beneath the stage surrounded by smoke from a group of fog machines.
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Only a fool would believe Weekend Two of Coachella is a vastly inferior product.
There are so many reasons to choose the second weekend over the first. There tends to be fewer people, so there's more space in the crowd and shorter lines for Spicy Pie. Hotel and rental property deals are a smidge easier to find.
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Who among us doesn't need a taste of some good ol' southern rock?
And who could use it more than the city folk in the heart of Manhattan?
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Ghost, one of the most fascinating, musical, and fun Swedish metal bands to experience live, kicked off its latest tour Tuesday (4/15) in Manchester, England.
The (mostly) anonymous group of masked and made-up musicians treated the fans at AO Arena with six live debuts and a trio of songs they hadn't performed since 2019.
moreSo much happened during the first three days of this year's Coachella we'd be amiss if we didn't touch on a few more of the highlights from last weekend.
Still blown away by Lady Gaga's opening night tour de force.
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How good was Lady Gaga at Coachella opening night of Weekend One?
Take a look at these headlines:
moreOne great thing about Coachella is it provides the space for artists to bring their collaborations on record onto the stage. And in some cases it allows stars to jam together since they're all the same magical fest.
If we are keeping it real - as one should always do - the number of surprise guests at this year's gathering was not as high as we were praying for.
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AC/DC rocked it all the way to the bank Thursday night (3/10) at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
They played the exact same set to the 73,000 at the home of the Minnesota Vikings last night that they performed to the 80,000 at Croke Park in Dublin last summer when they wrapped up their '24 Euro Tour.
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“Sometimes it takes a grand madness to have the vision to build a place that we’ve never experienced before,” Bono said of Sphere in late 2023 when his band, U2, opened the technological marvel in the desert.
Sometimes it also takes a boatload of cash.
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