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A week after Guns N’ Roses reunited with a surprise small club gig at Los Angeles’ Troubadour, the band’s Not in This Lifetime tour formally kicked off Friday night with a concert at Las Vegas’ just-opened T-Mobile Arena.
Rose performed the gig sitting atop a giant metal throne since, prior to the concert,…
The 31st Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony welcomed N.W.A, Deep Purple, Chicago, Steve Miller and Cheap Trick into its pantheon Friday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Surprise performances by David Byrne (with the Roots) and Sheryl Crow (with Grace Potter) added to the mix, making for a…
Those running the elite — and very expensive — Legends Club at Yankee Stadium learned a lesson last week too.
This week on MusicThinkTank, we covered building portable studios, promo stunts you can pull with leftover CDs, when you should give away your music vs. sell it, and more.
The reunion of the so-called classic Guns N’ Roses lineup had faced enough obstacles already. Fans complained that original members Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler weren’t on board, and rumors flew that the thaw between formerly fractious band leaders Axl Rose and Slash was less about mending fences than cashing in….
With the enormous exception of N.W.A, this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was all about honoring guitar groups that reached the zenith of their fame around the time of Jimmy Carter’s inauguration. Chicago, Cheap Trick, the Steve Miller Band and Deep Purple have all been off the…
Hours after Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band canceled their Greensboro, North Carolina concert Sunday to protest the state’s controversial, discriminatory “bathroom bill,” guitarist Steven “Little Stevie” Van Zandt defended Springsteen’s decision while backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday.
“We just felt the issue was just too important,”…
Dr. Dragos asks: If you die tomorrow, would you be happy with the way you’ve lived?
The Beatles crush it in their first hundred days on Spotify, Beatport explores their post-SFX independence, and Apple unveils new censorship technology, plus much more as we pay a final visit to the past week’s music industry news.
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