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Roger Waters and Nick Mason Together Ahead of Pink Floyd Exhibition
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On Thursday 16 February, Pink Floyd’s founder members Roger Waters and Nick Mason made a rare public appearance together at London’s May Fair Hotel at a media briefing and Q&A session for The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains. The two old friends discussed for the first time the objects in the exhibition, which opens […]
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Metallica Announce The Worldwired 2017 North American Tour
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Metallica today announced their WorldWired 2017 North American tour in support of their new album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct. The WorldWired 2017 tour is produced by Live Nation and kicks off on May 10th in Baltimore, MD at M&T Bank Stadium. The tour will crisscross its way across North America into the summer, marking the Rock […]
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Artist Legacy Group Signs The Zombies To Global Brand Representation Deal
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The Zombies, one of the most influential and integral bands of the British Invasion, have signed a comprehensive brand representation deal with Artist Legacy Group (“ALG”), it was announced today by ALG COO Scott Austin. Under the new pact, ALG will coordinate license extension and branding opportunities for The Zombies’ name, likeness, band logo, album […]
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CLUTCH ANNOUNCE MAY HEADLINE TOUR DATES ALONG WITH FIRST ANNUAL EARTH ROCKER FESTIVAL
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Clutch has just announced a string of headline tour dates for May. Supporting the tour will be Lucero and The Sword. The band is also pleased to announce their first annual Earth Rocker Festival at Shiley Acres in Inwood, WV on May 20th. Full line-up to be announced soon. Pre-sale tickets will start at 10am ET today, public stale starts 10am ET on Friday. Ticket info […]
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White Sun Wins A GRAMMY For Best New Age Album
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White Sun, the Santa Monica, California-based band known for their pioneering musical interpretations of yogic mantras, has won 2017 GRAMMY Award in the “New Age” category for their album White Sun II. They were nominated alongside a stellar field of artists including Enya and Vangelis. White Sun’s lead singer and songwriter Gurujas accepted the trophy, saying: […]
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Inaugural Upstream Music Fest + Summit Announces First Round of Lineup
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Upstream Music Fest + Summit (www.UpstreamMusicFest.com) today announced the first round of its lineup, a wide-ranging group of more than 100 emerging artists that will perform May 11-13 in venues located throughout Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. The first round of main stage artists includes Flying Lotus, AlunaGeorge, Shabazz Palaces, Snarky Puppy, Beat Connection and […]
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2017, John Mayer's "The Search For Everything" World Tour To Launch March 31, tours
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GRAMMY Award®-winning singer/songwriter JOHN MAYER is launching his Search for Everything World Tour on Friday, March 31 in Albany, NY at the Times Union Center. This tour marks the first solo trek for Mayer since 2014 and will be sweeping through arenas across North America and Europe in the spring before concluding on Friday, May 12 at The […]
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Wynn Las Vegas Announces John Fogerty: Fortunate Son In Concert
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and rock music legend, John Fogerty, marks his debut at Wynn Las Vegas as he brings his acclaimed show, John Fogerty: Fortunate Son In Concert, to the Encore Theater for ten intimate performances from March 3 – 11 and May 19 – 28. With a career spanning more […]
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With over 1.1 million tickets sold in 24 hours, U2’s highly anticipated The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 has added three North American dates due to overwhelming demand, in addition to the previously announced four new dates added in London, Rome, Paris and Amsterdam. On Monday, the tour’s entire UK/Europe stadium run sold out in one day. […]
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Mohegan Sun Arena Ranked #1 Casino Venue Worldwide
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National industry trade publications Pollstar Magazine, Billboard Magazine and Venues Today recently released their 2016 Year End Special issues, which reports the top selling tours and top venues across the globe, and all have ranked Mohegan Sun Arena among the top concert venues in the world. With one of the most successful years in its history, Mohegan Sun Arena drew over […]