Amnesty International’s Human Rights Now! Tour, a star-studded world tour intended to inspire nations to obey human rights agreements, kicked off on September 2, 1988, in London.
Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssou N’Dour were the core of the traveling lineup. Others such as Joni Mitchell and kd lang appeared at later dates.
Is there anything better than being at a historic festival in the summer surrounded by friends, listening to some of your favorite artists, and hearing "we're going to play something we've never tried"?
At this year's Reading and Leeds fests, fans got to hear five songs no other audience had ever heard before.
Billy Strings celebrated his new album Friday (8/28), by playing all of it during the first night of his two-day run at the Ionia Freak Fair in Michigan.
So Much for Goodbyes (2026) is a 16-song beast written or co-written by the 33-year-old guitar hero with collaborators including Jan Fabricius, Pat McLaughlin, Tim O’Brien, and others.