Kenny Chesney‘s massive stadium concerts have long been known as the country superstar’s calling card, but 2018 he’ll return to smaller digs for a newly announced series of amphitheater dates. After announcing he would play 18 stadium shows in 2018, Chesney has now revealed 21 more concerts scheduled in amphitheaters …
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U2delivered a politically charged version of “Get Out of Your Own Way”at the 2018 Grammy Awards, braving the cold to perform outside with the Statue of Liberty looming majestically behind them. The band pre-recorded their performance Friday night on a barge in the Hudson River. The proximity of the Statue …
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Lady Gaga recorded a piano-based version of “Joanne,” the title-track from her 2016 LP. The singer wrote the ballad in memory of her late aunt Joanne Germanotta, who died in 1974 from lupus. Interscope Records is making a donation to the Lupus Research Alliance in Joanne’s honor. The new version …
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Run the Jewels tear through a breathless rendition of their Run the Jewels 3 cut “Legend Has It” in a preview from their upcoming appearance on Austin City Limits. The episode airs January 27th on PBS and marks the rap duo’s debut on the long-running concert series. While RTJ’s episode …
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Neil Diamond stunned his fans on Monday by announcing that he was retiring as a live performer after getting diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. His 50th anniversary tour was nearly complete, but the final leg due to take place in Australia and New Zealand was called off. “I plan to remain …
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Gillian Welch has lined up a handful of new shows for her 2018 “An Evening With Gillian Welch Tour,” getting the trek started with a trip through the Carolinas and Georgia in April. The tour, consisting of eight new shows – two of which are festival appearances – launches April …
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Throughout his 50 years as a working musician, guitarist Tommy Emmanuel has been one of acoustic music’s premier performers, integrating his unique fingerpicking technique into a wide variety of jazz, pop and country releases. To pursue his new all-star duets album Accomplice One, all Emmanuel needed was a little encouragement …
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“It’s giving me a heart attack-ack-ack” blurts Merrill Garbus at the start the first Tune-Yards release in nearly four years. What’s “it”? Take your pick – global warming (the funky single “ABC 123” invokes Elizabeth Kolbert’s tour de force The Sixth Extinction), gender tyrannies (“I don’t wanna be a woman/If …
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Country newcomer Jillian Jacqueline made her late-night TV debut on Monday’s edition of Late Night With Seth Meyers, showing off her vintage style and a blistering, cut-to-the-chase view on love with her latest single “Reasons.” Decked out in a striped, crop-top sweater and a pair of flowing bell bottoms, the …
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“Fast” Eddie Clarke, the Motörhead guitarist featured on many of the band’s classic albums and a founding member of Fastway, died Wednesday. He was 67. Motörhead confirmed Clarke’s death on Facebook, noting that he was in the hospital for pneumonia. “We are devastated to pass on the news we only …
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