Earlier this month, King Crimson wrapped up not only their 2021 touring cycle with a show at Orchard Hall in Tokyo, but quite possibly their 53-year history. Bandleader Robert Fripp has been hinting for months that the group wasn’t going to continue after they fulfilled all their commitments for the …
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Nothing is confirmed at the moment, but it seems quite likely that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are planning to tour Europe next year. The rumor mill went into overdrive during Thanksgiving week that dates were about to be announced, and fans even spotted an advertisement at a …
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Pearl Jam surrendered to the inevitable earlier this week by bumping their European tour, which was originally slated for summer 2020 and then summer 2021, to summer 2022. “Pearl Jam is encouraged by the vaccine rollouts happening around the world and eagerly awaits the day they can tour again,” they …
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This week marks one of the most monumental anniversaries in boy band history. Ten years ago on July 23rd, One Direction was formed on ‘The X Factor’ and fangirls around the world haven’t been the same since. Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne entered the …
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Decades from now, historians will look back at 2016 as a time when the fabric of the universe broke down and chaos reigned. It wasn’t just the year when David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Merle Haggard, Prince, and Leonard Cohen died, England voted to break free from the European Union, and …
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The Academy Awards aren’t known for their stellar music performances, though there have been some very notable exceptions over the years. Isaac Hayes delivered a career-defining “Theme From Shaft” performance at the 1972 ceremony, Björk rocked “I’ve Seen It All” in her swan dress in 2001, Adele crushed “Skyfall” in …
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“I think you know this,” Emperor frontman Ihsahn told a German audience in 2006 with a look of stoic pride on his face. After a burst of feedback, he launched into the rigid, darkly symphonic riffs of “I Am the Black Wizards,” one of the standouts on the Norwegian black-metal …
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