We know that the Rolling Stones,
Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw/Faith Hill and Dave Matthews Band
will sell the heck out of tickets in 2007.
But there is always a dark horse...
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You can almost visualize
the guy who provides the voice of Jack FM -- and when he crows
about the station "playing what we want," you want to smack
that smug smile off his...
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The Voodoo Music Experience, which
was to be held in New Orleans October 29-30, has been moved to
Memphis' Tom Lee Park in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Nine Inch Nails,...
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David Bowie, Destiny's Child, Duran
Duran, Gwen Stefani, Nelly and Tim McGraw lead the lineup for
the Fashion Rocks concert, which will be held Sept. 8 at New
York's Radio...
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Lollapalooza staged its
return during the weekend in the true underdog spirit of the
counterculture it has always supported.
Transformed into a single-site event at...
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Perry Farrell will use next month's
revived Lollapalooza festival in Chicago to unveil his new
music/theater project, Satellite Party.
He will be backed by former Extreme...
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Perry Farrell will use next month's
revived Lollapalooza festival in Chicago to unveil his new
music/theater project, Satellite Party.
He will be backed by former Extreme...
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Perry Farrell is promising a whole new party at this year's
Lollapalooza festival.
The former Jane's Addiction frontman
and Lollapalooza cofounder plans to debut the...
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Not every hot musical concert will be coming to a town near you. Some of the summer's most anticipated gigs are not tours, but destination music festivals. Among the biggest...
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Although he's entering his
fifth decade, Billy Idol is a testament to the youth-preserving
effects of rock 'n' roll and a hedonistic lifestyle.
Possessing a voice that can...
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The Vans Warped tour has become a venerable traveling punk rock circus as it heads into its 11th year, with a lineup of over 85 bands on six stages that includes The...
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Chicago is apparently Perry Farrell's kind of town.
The Jane's Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza cofounder has dusted off
his famed music festival for a two-day run...
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Taking a cue from earlier tours, Lollapalooza's organizers on Friday announced a diverse lineup for this summer's reworked festival.
Performers July 23 and 24 in Chicago's...
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Few musicians can boast the level of success that Billy Idol) attained in the '80s and early '90s. Unfortunately, the "live hard and die young" punk rock ethos doesn't come...
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Leave it to 50 Cent to turn this past month into the March
Massacre.
For the fourth straight week, 50 Cent's The
Massacre remained the album that no one could unseat...
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Although sales amounted to less
than half those of the previous week, enough copies of 50
Cent's "The Massacre" made their way into the hands of
consumers to keep the title...
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Fashion rocks — and Beyonce put on shimmery hot-pants and Rod Stewart wore a three-piece suit with a pocket square to prove it.
Beyonce and Stewart, along with Avril...
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Britney Spears , Lenny Kravitz and
Christina Aguilera have scrapped tours. Lollapalooza crashed
and burned. The U.S. touring market has been in dire straits
all...
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Instant Live, Clear Channel
Entertainment's live concert CD program, has signed its first
major-label artist.
Billboard has learned that Atlantic Records artist Jewel
will...
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Clear Channel Communications Inc.
is under fire from smaller rivals worried that it will shut
them out of the quickly growing business of offering
live-concert CDs...
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Even though the third "American
Idol" won't be chosen for another three weeks, the top 10
finalists have made plans for a summer North American tour
together.
As has...
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Broken Social Scene, the Walkmen,
the Von Bondies, Bumblebeez, Danger Mouse and the Datsuns have
been added to this summer's Lollapalooza festival,
Billboard.com has...
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They say everything old is new
again. That is certainly true for Trunk Ltd. The Santa Monica,
Calif.-based fashion company is making a name for itself by
reissuing vintage...
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On Feb. 29,
Steve Stevens -- who gained fame playing guitar with Billy Idol -- will release a modern Flamenco album titled Flamenco A Go Go. Stevens has traded in his...
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Billy Idol rode and Sammy Hagar rocked as part of the 16th annual "Love Ride," the world's largest charity event involving motorcyclists.
Joining 20,000 riders on Sunday...
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The first of KROQ Los Angeles's two Almost Acoustic Christmas concerts, held Dec. 11 at the Shrine Auditorium, featured the usual alt-rock suspects--Reel Big Fish,...
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Less than a week after free downloadable MP3 files of two new tracks by Billy Idol were made available on www.mp3.com, the site has complied with Capitol Records' request...
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Veteran rocker Billy Idol has figured out a way to get a Christmas gift to each of his fans--without ever stepping foot in a store, opening a catalog, or even consulting a...
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The Green Day-Third Eye Blind beef wasn't the only surprise at the KROQ Weenie Roast. Missing-in-action '80s alternative rock star Billy Idol joined Third Eye Blind on...
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