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Grace Stetson on October 20, 2021
Beloved country crooner and activist Willie Nelson couldn’t have said it better than in his 1981 hit song: “Just can’t wait to get on the road again / The life I love is making music with my friends.” This Saturday, that dream becomes a reality once again, with 88-year-old Nelson returning to…
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Dan Pulcrano on October 13, 2021
Once dismissed as pop rockers with a gimmicky name, over their 51-year run, the hard working Doobie Brothers advanced a deep catalog of classics, from anthemic gems like “Listen to the Music,” to the folky “Black Water” and Michael McDonald’s yacht rock masterpieces. With McDonald rejoining Simmons, Tommy Johnston and John McFee…
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Mike Huguenor on October 6, 2021
Will she be loved? If Maroon 5 has any say in the matter, yes, she will. Since 2002’s Songs About Jane, the pro-love pop juggernauts led by The Voice and Proactiv infomercial star Adam Levine have had a never-ending run of pop hits, from the shimmying “This Love,” to the ubiquitous rooster…
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Alec Adams on September 22, 2021
For one brief evening this Sunday, Mr. Worldwide becomes Mr. Mountain View. It’s hard to remember the last time Pitbull wasn’t blowing up our radio stations with dance anthems. “Timber” is already stuck in my head just thinking about this show, that song pretty much was the entire year 2012 for me.…
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Conor Agnew on September 25, 2019
Forged in the fires of old Detroit, and tempered by relentlessly touring for most of the last 50 years, Bob Seger’s voice is an American treasure. Whether shouting or whispering, Seger’s authentic, road-tested rasp has the power to make listeners want things they never knew they needed—like a Chevrolet. “Like a Rock,”…
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Avi Salem & Nick Veronin on September 11, 2019
A little bit of country, a little bit of rock & roll and a little bit of hip-hop swagger. For the second summer in a row, alt-rock hit-machine Cake joins forces with singer, songwriter and piano-pop powerhouse Ben Folds—hitting the road with guitars, trumpets and vibraslap in tow.
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Nick Veronin on September 4, 2019
We all know Dierks Bentley as a singer, songwriter and country music veteran…but it turns out he might also be a Burner. He’s currently on the road, pushing his 2018 LP, The Mountain, whose lead single, “Burning Man,” seems to pay homage to the weeklong party in Nevada’s Black Rock desert. The…
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Matei Predescu on August 7, 2019
These hip-hop and R&B superstars first collaborated on their 1997 single “Love is All We Need,” topping the charts with wholesome verses sung by Blige in her trademark soulful tone. The duo linked up earlier this year on another single, “Thriving,” to announce their co-headlining summer “Royalty Tour.” Their vastly influential careers…
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Mike Huguenor on June 20, 2019
Like a killer bee mid-swarm, time flies. As of this year it’s been a quarter-century since the release of Enter the 36 Chambers, Wu Tang’s mesmerizing first missive from Shaolin. To celebrate 25 years of Wu, the Staten Island crew have put together the appropriately titled “Gods of Rap” tour, an event…
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Erika Rasmussen on June 5, 2019
“Every week has a weekend,” and with the late spring rain finally in the rearview, it’s time to get outdoors and crack open a few cold ones. Brad Paisley invites country lovers to crush some silver bullets with him in Mountain View—just months after the release of tear-jerking love ballad, “My Miracle,”…
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