Ongoing History Daily: Music videos can be used to treat brain injuries
Here’s a new use for music videos: They can be used to treat brain injuries. Researchers at the Langone Medical Centre at New York University did a study on patients
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Ongoing History Daily: Flea’s concert injuries
When you jump around onstage as much as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you’re bound to get hurt. Anthony Kiedis, for example, has had to endure busted up knees and
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Travis Barker drums so hard he’s killing his hands. Look.
If you know anything about playing the drums, you’ll know that the constant pounding can cause havoc with your wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck, and back. Blink-182’s Travis Barker knows this
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 960: Rock’s greatest disasters
Humanity has always been beset by disasters, whether they be acts of God or something we somehow brought on ourselves. War. Disease, Earthquakes. Tsunamis and floods. Volcanic eruptions. Fires. Plane
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Gen Z seems to not know how to properly go to concerts
Now that COVID has receded for the moment (or has it?), concerts are back in a big way. Analysis shows that Gen Z is among the most enthusiastic when it
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10 Weird Onstage Accidents
There’s been a slew of onstage mishaps so far this year, but such accidents have been a part of rock’n’roll for years. Loudwire put this video together to prove it.
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What’s With All the Concert Injuries This Year?
[This is from my weekly column in the Metro newspapers. – AC] If things had gone according to plan, I would have spent Friday night at Wembley Stadium in London
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The New York Times Previews U2’s Innocence + Experience Tour
From Sunday’s Arts&Entertainment section wherein U2 discusses the upcoming tour, the stage setup, a different sound system and Bono’s injuries: VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — It was definitive arena rock, loud
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Bono: “I May Never Play Guitar Again”
When Bono went for a bike ride in New York’s Central Park, he never expected to end up with his arm broken in six places (part of his humerus was
Read MoreIt’s a Good Thing Bono Was Wearing a Helmet. Otherwise He Could Have REALLY Hurt Himself
The Edge gave this update to Rolling Stone on how his singer is doing following that bad bike accident in Central Park last month. “He’s doing OK,” guitarist-bandmate the Edge
Read MoreBono Does A Number – And Not Musically! Doctors Detail His Horrific Bike Crash Injuries
The bicycle accident that sent Bono into major surgery in New York this week was as stunning as it was gruesome (thanks to atu2.com for the link) as detailed by
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