Nobody knew quite what to expect when Neil Young walked onstage Saturday night at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles to wrap up Light Up The Blues, a fundraising event organized by Stephen Stills and his wife Kristen Stills to benefit Autism Speaks. Discounting a surprise, two-song acoustic set at …
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Just one song into Eddie Vedder‘s Earthling tour launch at New York’s Beacon Theatre on Thursday night, he paused the festivities to look out at the capacity crowd and soak in the fact that he was finally back on the road after two endless years of waiting. “It’s great to …
Read More »Foo Fighters, QOTSA Honor Tom Petty, Vegas Victims at Cal Jam
It was a brief, spontaneous gesture from singer-guitarist Josh Homme at the Cal Jam ’17 festival on Saturday, but a memorable one. The Queens of the Stone Age leader spotted a sign in the crowd and asked for it to be passed forward. Moments later, at center stage, he quietly …
Read More »Billy Joel Duets With Miley Cyrus, Paul Simon at Epic MSG Show
Now that’s how you cap off a Billy Joel show – the Piano Man bringing in surprise guests Paul Simon and Miley Cyrus to sing “You May Be Right.” It was a bizarre but fitting climax to Joel’s Saturday night concert, the latest installment of his monthly residency at Madison …
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