Dave Grohl has this note for fans about the emotional Foo Fighters tour
I noticed a couple of posts on Reddit by Foo Fighters fans who are worried about Dave Grohl on the current Foo Fighters tour. They note that he seems to be out of
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Ongoing History Daily: Nirvana set fire to their van—on purpose
Being on tour as Nirvana must have been a pretty intense thing. There were all those nights where Kurt (and sometimes the rest of the band) smashed all their gear onstage. The label
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Ongoing History Daily: When it comes to music vs. tech, tech almost always wins (part 4)
Here’s one more story about how musicians fought technology and lost. In the 1970s, Barry Manilow would take a large orchestra on tour in order to faithfully reproduce all his hit songs. This
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The Standstills survive the most Canadian sort of tour accident possible
One night on the way home from work from Winnipeg to our small town, a big deer bounded out of the ditch in front of our 1978 Dodge Magnum. Although the thing was
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This is the latest list of the top-grossing concert tours
Billboard has published a new list of the highest-grossing concert tours. Here we go. All figures in US dollars. 1. Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour (2018-20 then 2022-present) 2. Ed Sheeran,
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Metallica, the 72 Hours album, the ambitious tour, and the movie
[Another piece by correspondent Elisa FG. – AC] Sometimes you just have to say the word “Metallica” and four or five fans appear to tell you what show’s they saw, where, when and
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Now that the Foo Fighters have announced a headlining tour, they gotta have a new drummer in mind. Right?
So far this year, the Foo Fighters have announced they will headline a number of festivals across the US. Now they’ve announced a proper headlining tour, their first since they had to bail
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Elton John now holds the record for the top-grossing tour of all time
If it feels like Elton John has been on his farewell tour forever, you’re not wrong. The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour began in September 2018 and is still going. Yeah, there was
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Madonna got some very, very funny people to help her announce her 40th-anniversary tour in an NSFW way
Madonna and Live Nation announced her big tour today (January 17) that will take Madge around the planet to celebrate 40 years of her Madonna-ness. The Celebration Tour reveal has the feel of
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Bruce Dickinson is giving behind-the-scenes tours of Iron Maiden’s 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 staggering. Singer Bruce Dickinson has released this ten-minute video that shows exactly what’s
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Larry Mullen Jr. will NOT tour with U2 in 2023: Report.
U2 has consisted of the same four guys since March 1978. In all that time, there has only been one time when someone couldn’t make a show. Adam Clayton was deep in the
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