Ronnie James Dio‘s vast personal collection of guitars, stage wardrobe and artwork will feature in an upcoming auction dedicated to the heavy metal giant. The auction, fittingly, is offering 666 items from Dio‘s estate. Among the notable items in the Julien’s Auction, scheduled for September 14th and 15th in New …
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Phil Lesh & Very Special Friends will headline a voter participation benefit concert at New York’s Apollo Theater on September 7th on a bill that also includes the Harlem Gospel Choir, Terrapin Family Band, Nicki Bluhm, Talib Kweli and Robert Randolph. Formally billed as Don’t Tell Me This Country Ain’t …
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Dead & Company will reconvene this winter for their second annual Playing in the Sand concert vacation, which invades Riviera Maya, Mexico in January. The supergroup – featuring John Mayer, Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti – will perform three concerts …
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Travis Scott and Post Malone are the latest performers slated to take the stage at Radio City Music Hall for the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. This year’s show will take place on Monday, August 20th. Scott will perform a medley of songs from his latest album Astroworld, which was …
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Last week, pop prodigy Grace VanderWaal performed her single, “Escape My Mind,” on The Late Late Show With James Corden. While the 14-year-old singer has an America’s Got Talent title under her belt, as well as a devoted fanbase, herLate Late Show visit afforded her the opportunity to further introduce …
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David Guetta tapped rising British singer Anne-Marie for his new song, “Don’t Leave Me Alone.” The track blends snappy percussion and simmering synths, which build to an enthusiastic hook punctuated by piano stabs and hand claps. Despite the song’s uplifting melody, Anne-Marie injects her vocals with something bittersweet as she …
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For years, Trent Reznor had been offering to anoint Atticus Ross as a “made man” in Nine Inch Nails — christening him the only official member other than Reznor himself — before he finally accepted two years ago. “It has always been too scary for me,” Ross tells Rolling Stone. …
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“Anthem of the Sun was our vehicle,” Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart said of the band’s 1968 LP. “It was our springboard into weirdness.” The Dead’s 1967 self-titled debut introduced the world to a band striking an exuberant midpoint between roots, blues and psychedelic rock, but the album didn’t quite …
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Primus announced a new run of headlining U.S. dates promoting their ninth LP, 2017’s The Desaturating Seven. The trek, which marks their final live run of 2018, launches September 9th in Riverside, California and wraps with a pair of back-to-back shows in Denver, Colorado on October 7th and 8th. Tickets …
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Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and the National‘s Aaron Dessner will release their debut collaborative LP, Big Red Machine, on August 31st via Jagjaguwar (on vinyl, CD and cassette), all streaming services and their recently launched digital platform, PEOPLE. The 10-track album includes four new songs – “Forest Green,” “Lyla,” “Gratitude” …
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