Back in March, while my son and his friends were enjoying a chilly morning of socially distanced outdoor fun at a campground, all the dads lingered near the fire our kids had built. We spent a few minutes catching up on how we’d all been dealing with one year and …
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During the past year, the virtual jam — wherein a group of artists each claim their own corner of a 16:9 YouTube screen to rock out in isolation, together — has become as ubiquitous as Zoom conference calls, online schooling, and any other pandemic-era activity. Pearl Jam did it for …
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Liz Phair has finally unveiled the title of her upcoming album, along with a string of tour dates she’ll be embarking on before hitting the road with Alanis Morissette and Garbage. Soberish, Phair’s first album since 2010’sFunstyle, is tentatively slated for release this summer; an official date has yet to …
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The annual Tibet House benefit at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night included unforgettable performances by Laurie Anderson, Phoebe Bridgers, Matt Berninger of the National, Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal, Bettye LaVette, Killing Eveactress Sandra Oh and Margo Price. But things kicked into a whole new gear when the night …
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John Fogerty will wrap his extensive “My 50 Year Trip” tour with a nine-show run at the Encore Theater at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas this fall. The first show will take place November 4th with additional performances scheduled for the 6th, 7th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 18th, 20th and …
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James Hetfield staged his first live performance since his rehab stay, delivering an acoustic rendition of Eddie Money’s “Baby Hold On” at a tribute to the late singer on Thursday. The Metallica singer wasn’t among the announced guests at the Tribute to Eddie Money — led by Sammy Hagar, George …
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The Struts broke through over the past seven years by winning over audiences while opening for Foo Fighters, Guns N’ Roses, the Rolling Stones, and others. Now, they’re hitting the road once more as headliners. In an interview with NME, Dave Grohl called the bombastic group “the best opening band …
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Little Women director Greta Gerwig tells Rolling Stone that she wanted the movie to be a “ballet, a musical” — and in order to create that effect, she enlisted the talents of composer Alexandre Desplat, who has won two Oscars for Best Original Music Score (for 2014’s The Grand Budapest …
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When the Bonnaroo poster went online earlier this month, many were surprised to see Jerry Harrison’s name listed on the fifth line of the Friday lineup. The Talking Heads guitarist hasn’t gone on a tour of any sort since the ill-fated, David Byrne-free No Talking, Just Heads tour of 1996, …
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The e-mail that the National Football League had been awaiting for years finally arrived a few days after 2008’s Super Bowl XLII. On his train commute home, Charles Coplin, then the NFL’s head of programming, saw a notification pop up on his BlackBerry — a message from Jon Landau, Bruce …
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