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Who Will Win American Idol Season 12?
April 17, 2013
As the 12th season of American Idol comes down the final stretch, viewers are reminded how truly intense the show becomes when the number of contestants is dwindled down to five. Merely making the show is a great achievement, but the final five always tends to feature powerhouses that go on to relative success regardless
Steely Dan Book Hefty Mood Swings Tour for 2013
April 16, 2013
There have been times in the career of Steely Dan when the group rarely, if ever, toured. However, those times apparently are gone. [Choose your own Reelin’ in the Years joke here]. The group has just announced an extensive summer tour that will keep Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (along with a stellar backing band)
How The Music Industry Has Reacted To The Art Of Concert Taping
April 11, 2013
Attend any live show today and at some point you’re bound to be faced with a sea of people holding up their camera phones trying to capture a moment that they will inevitably then miss out on experiencing in real time themselves. But the act of unofficially documenting a show has been around long before
Concert Review: Dave Matthews, Sting, Grace Potter at Centennial Park in Atlanta
April 8, 2013
The Final Four was officially in the books, but the music had just begun to play Sunday afternoon at the Big Dance Concert Series in Atlanta’s Centennial Park. The Capital One JamFest was a free concert for anyone who could pack their way into the park featuring heavyweight performances by acts like Dave Matthews Band,
Concert Review: My Morning Jacket at Centennial Park in Atlanta
April 6, 2013
Music is back in Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta! No its not a resurrected On the Bricks crawling from the tomb a decade later. Some of the top touring bands of the summer have decided to give the Final Four revelers a side of music with their college basketball weekend. Dave Matthews Band, Sting, Muse and
Billy Joel Mulling Full Album Tour, Playing with Elton John Again
April 4, 2013
Billy Joel has essentially been in semi-retirement for the past three years or so, but he wanted Rolling Stone to know that he’s not retiring. That said, he’s not really sure he’s going to play any more shows after two festival dates next month, and he probably won’t put out any more albums, but he’s
Dave Matthews, Muse, Zac Brown, Sting Hit Atlanta for Free Final Four Concerts
April 3, 2013
Dave Matthews Band, Sting, Muse, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals and Zac Brown Band will be among the performers for the 2013 NCAA Big Dance Concert Series in Atlanta presented alongside the NCAA Men’s Final Four tournament. While the basketball games will be played in the Georgia Dome, the concerts will be held down the
Rolling Stones Finally Reveal North American Tour, Add Hyde Park Shows
April 3, 2013
Surprise: The Rolling Stones are going on tour. Just kidding about the surprise part, everyone knew the Stones would tour. Everyone’s known since last year. But nobody from the band’s camp would tell us when. But after putting up billboards all over the country earlier this week promoting the announcement of the tour, we now
Why Ozzy Osbourne Got Kicked Out Of Black Sabbath
April 2, 2013
Following a legal battle between guitarist Tony Iommi and frontman Ozzy Osbourne over the band’s name, not to mention several denials from the former, the prospects of Black Sabbath jumping on the reunion bandwagon seemed highly unlikely to say the least. But after tentatively reforming last year, the heavy metal pioneers are now gearing up
Was Justin Timberlake Forced to Release ’20/20′ to Satisfy Live Nation Contract?
March 29, 2013
Earlier this week the buzz around Justin Timberlake concerned the phenomenal sales of The 20/20 Experience, which topped the charts its first week out with 968,000 copies sold. That’s the most sales so far this year, and also the most since Taylor Swift moved more than 1 million copies of Red during its first week
