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Bruce Dickinson is giving behind-the-scenes tours of Iron Maiden’s Legacy of the Beast tour

December 25, 2022December 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Dickinson, Concert, Iron Maiden, Legacy of the Beast, Tour

When Iron Maiden goes on tour, they don’t mess around. The equipment and logistics for a production like this is

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Photos from Jack White’s Toronto show

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Alex Lupul, Budweiser Stage, Concert, Jack White, Jo McCaughey, White Stripes

[Jack was loud and wild on August 19 at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto. Alex Lupul was there and files

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The guys behind South Park will hold a 25th-anniversary concert event

July 21, 2022July 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25th anniversary, Concert, Primus, South Park, Ween

The famous Red Rocks amphitheatre isn’t that far from South Park, Colorado–a real place, by the way–which makes it an

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Music News 

Bono and The Edge played a surprise gig in a Kyiv bomb shelter (Now with the full performance)

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Bomb Shelter, Bono, Concert, Kyiv, The Edge, U2, Ukraine

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is apparently quite the U2 fan, but he even had to have been surprised when Bono

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Members of this Kyiv rock band are now fighting as soldiers

March 26, 2022March 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Antytila, Concert, Ed Sheeran, Invasian, Russia, Ukraine

Like many Ukrainians, the members of a band called Antytila have picked up arms and are now fighting against the

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The big I Love NY concert cut short by a pre-hurricane storm

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Central Park, Concert, Covid, New York

Maybe Mother Nature was trying to tell the 60,000 people gathered in Central Park something, They were making a statement

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Music News 

Peter Bjorn and John to host 36-hour concert starting Friday morning

March 26, 2020March 25, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Concert, Coronavirus, INGRID, livestream, Peter Bjorn and John, Twitch

Start whistling: Peter Bjorn and John are gearing up for a marathon 36-hour live-stream concert this Friday.  The trio announced

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Smashing Pumpkins want to party like it’s 1979 (or maybe 1995)

May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 Thomas Dennett 0 Comments 1979, Concert, Contest, Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins are back and ready to smash out some classic tunes this summer on the Oh So Bright

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This Nighttime Shot of a Concert Crowd is AMAZING! Or Is It?

November 13, 2017November 12, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert, Optical Illusion

The Internet–specifically Twitter–has been losing its mind this weekend over a photo posted by Michah B. Horn on Instagram that seems

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Linkin Park’s Tribute Performance of “In the End” for Chester Bennington

October 29, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chester Bennington, Concert, Linkin Park, Memorial, Stream

This past Friday (October 27), family, friends and fans gathered at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles to pay tribute

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Is This the Solution for Pricing Concert Tickets?

October 18, 2017October 17, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments Concert, Dutch Auction, Ticket Prices

[Earlier this week, I posted an unpopular view on concert tickets. I suggest that they’re priced far too low for

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