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Gorillaz announce North American tour with EarthGang (BV presale for NYC show)

Gorillaz have announced their first North American tour in five years, happening this fall. The tour kicks off September 11 in Vancouver and runs through October 23 in Miami, with stops in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas (Life if Beautiful fest) Denver, Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, NYC, Philadelphia, Atlanta and more. Most of …

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Twice Take Big Step With First US Stadium Show in Los Angeles

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K-pop girl group Twice celebrated a major milestone this weekend, playing two gigs at Los Angeles’ spacious Banc of California Stadium — their biggest shows ever in the US, and the perfect way of wrapping up the group’s 4th World Tour III, which they kicked off in Seoul last December. A sea of fans — …

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How a family of Syracuse entrepreneurs used a doomed church to save the city symphony

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Dan Feng had the old St. Peter Church building on James Street to himself on a quiet Wednesday afternoon. He fiddled with the switchboard behind the stage to bring up the house lights in the cavernous hall, then walked past rows of empty pews towards the front of the building. “The acoustics were terrible in …

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Spotify tracks more than just songs

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The trail you leave on Spotify follows you as you go about your business on the internet. GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — The type of music you listen to may say a lot about you, perhaps, more than you realize, especially if you use the Spotify app. “What you do on Spotify is not necessarily just …

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Morgan Wallen, Travis Scott return from controversy at Billboard Awards

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It was a night of redemption at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night. First, there was country star Morgan Wallen — who had been banned from performing at the Grammys and the Country Music Association Awards for a video that surfaced in early 2021 of him using the N-word — getting the chance to …

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Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend, right, perform as part of The Who, Sunday, May 15, 2022, at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati. The band returns to Cincinnati for the first time since 11 concertgoers were killed when the crowd surged to get into Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum for the band's concert on Dec. 3, 1979.

The Who concert rocks Cincinnati show while remembering 1979 tragedy

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Pete Townshend might be the quickest-witted and least-filtered quote machine in rock, but he admitted to being somewhat at a loss for words at this moment. On Sunday, Townshend’s band The Who took the stage in Cincinnati for the first time since Dec. 3, 1979, when 11 people were killed before the rock group’s show …

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Carrie Underwood-themed ‘American Idol’ night ends with shocking double-elimination

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with the American Idol Season 20 finale just one week away, the judges fittingly described Sunday’s fiercely competitive top five show as a “slugfest.” It seemed like any of these five talented singers had the potential to follow in the cowgirl-booted footsteps of Season 4 winner and guest mentor Carrie Underwood, but it was still …

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Spotify Weaves A Spell On Florence + The Machine Audiences With Tapestry ‘billboards’

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Spotify is bringing tapestries back into fashion on behalf of indie-rock group Florence + the Machine with a tribute to lead singer Florence Welch. A series of wall hangings depicting the vocalist in Victorian repose has been commissioned to go on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery, coinciding with ‘Reframed: The Woman in the Window.’ The …

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Justin Bieber Calls Out Concert Fans For Dishonoring Buffalo Shooting Victims

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Just hours after 10 people were killed in what authorities described as a racist hate crime at a Tops Friendly store, Bieber took the stage Saturday and asked the sold-out KeyBank Center crowd to pay tribute to those who were slain. (Watch the video below.) “As you know, there’s been tragedy in the city, but …

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Miranda Lambert & Elle King Get Saucy Performing ‘Drunk’ at 2022 Billboard Music Awards Performance

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Miranda Lambert and Elle King were the definition of peak Las Vegas debauchery during their performance of “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” during the 2022 Billboard Music Awards Sunday (May 15). The country stars were introduced by the show’s host Diddy, who noted that he loves the song because it sums up so …

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