UPDATE (3/21/22): Nick Mason has announced rescheduled tour dates, updated below, for the fall. “We are really looking forward to returning to North America and we’re happy to be able to now announce these new dates for later this year,” the drummer said in a statement. “We wanted to make …
Read More »Peter Hook and the Light to Play Joy Division Albums on 2022 North American Tour
Peter Hook and the Light are set to tour North American next year, and they’ll be playing Joy Division’s two classic albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer. The 26-date North American leg of the Joy Division: A Celebration tour will kick off with two shows at the Danforth Music Hall in …
Read More »Nobody Does It Better: Why James Bond Will Never Die
The prisoner is strapped down to a table in the villain’s lair, as his megalomaniacal host watches a laser slowly burn its way up towards this captive’s crown jewels. “You expect me to talk?” asks James Bond, staring down a crotch-zapping death ray. “No, Mr. Bond,” the title character of …
Read More »Another One: Bonnaroo to Require Covid-19 Vaccine or Negative Test
Manchester, Tennessee’s Bonnaroo just released a statement announcing that it will require attendees to show proof of vaccination or a negative test taken within 72 hours of entering the grounds. This news comes a mere three hours after Summerfest’s announcement. The four-day music festival — which takes place just about …
Read More »Truth Seekers Summit: RZA, Director Todd Haynes, Activist Dolores Huerta, and 'Pod Save America' Hosts Join Lineup
Rolling Stone and Variety are pleased to announce additional programming for the inaugural “Truth Seekers” virtual summit on August 26th, presented by Showtime Documentary Films. RZA will participate in a keynote conversation about creating, executive-producing, and composing Wu-Tang: An American Saga, a series that examines the Wu-Tang Clan’s formation, mega-success, …
Read More »Kiss Announce Final Stretch of 'End of the Road Tour' for 2021
Kiss have announced dates for the final leg of their End of the Road Tour, delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The rescheduled shows will kick off August 18th in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and run through October 9th, with a final, newly added show in Tampa, Florida. Other new shows added …
Read More »Alice Cooper Announces Fall 2021 Tour Dates With Kiss's Ace Frehley
Alice Cooper has announced his return to the live stage with a headlining tour in September and October 2021. The tour, which kicks off September 17th in Atlantic City, will feature Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley as a special guest beginning with the September 18th show in Gilford, New Hampshire. Frehley …
Read More »The Missing Piece of the D.B. Cooper Story
I t was November 24th, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving, and Tina Mucklow and her Twin Cities-based flight crew — three flight attendants and three pilots — were beginning what should have been four or five days of flying, working through the holiday. Mucklow was the newest hire and lowest-ranked …
Read More »Guns N' Roses Detail Rescheduled Tour Dates for Summer 2021
Guns N’ Roses have announced the rescheduled dates for their 2020 stadium tour, which was pushed back to next summer due to COVID-19. The band’s 2021 run will begin with a set at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, July 10th, then continue with stops in cities like Washington, D.C., Chicago, Detroit, Boston and …
Read More »Coachella Isn't Happening This Weekend, But There's Still Some Good News for Live Music
Members of the live music industry are celebrating an agreement that was reached today on pending amendments to the recently introduced gig economy law in California, Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). AB5 was created as a response to rideshare services like Uber and Lyft, attempting to make it harder for gig-based …
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