To underscore that the Foo Fighters are really facing a new day with the new album But Here We Are–the first since the death of both drummer Taylor Hawkins and Dave’s mom Virginia
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Billy Joel is coming up on his 74th birthday and has been playing music professionally since–wait for it–1964. He still tours occasionally, but he prefers it when people come to him. In 2014,
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On July 25, 1989, the Beastie Boys released their second album, Paul’s Boutique. This was the follow-up to the massively successful Licensed to Ill, the first-ever rap album to reach number one on
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When I was in London in the summer of 2001, I made my usual trip to the original Rough Trade Records store on Talbot Street, just off Portobello Road in Notting Hill. I
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Maybe Mother Nature was trying to tell the 60,000 people gathered in Central Park something, They were making a statement that New York was back after COVID. However… “Uh, humans? Don’t you think
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It’s not just lawmakers in New York looking for answers from Ticketmaster this week. In addition to a state senator calling on New York’s attorney general to investigate the giant’s several revisions and
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Back in May 2018, I led a great group of people to London for a tour of the city’s rock landmarks, thanks to the people at Flight Centre. Everything went so well (the
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U2 has a thing about showing up unannounced and in unusual places whenever they’re in New York. The latest bit of guerilla gigging happened Friday, the day before their appearance on Saturday Night
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Today is Morrissey Day in Los Angeles. No, I’m not kidding. And here’s more music news for November 10. A guitarist in a hardcore band has just been elected to New York City
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New York City. The city that never sleeps. A place where you can get whatever you want and do whatever you want to do at any time of day. Except dance, that is.
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Four people were shot and one person was killed before a T.I. gig at Irving Plaza in New York City on Wednesday night. There’s now been an arrest. Troy Ave (real name: Roland
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