In 1987, Wavy Gravy asked Jerry Garcia to play a benefit concert to raise money for his Hog Farm Collective. Garcia agreed, and brought the Jerry Garcia Band to French’s Camp on the Eel River in Piercy, California, a secluded spot three hours north of San Francisco. Garcia broke out …
Read More »'They Shall Not Grow Old': Peter Jackson's WWI Doc Is a Cinema Event
A World War I documentary in 3D with colorized archival footage that looks as new as the day it was shot. What sounds like an impossible feat becomes a riveting reality in the hands of director Peter Jackson and his New Zealand Weta crew of restoration miracle workers, led by …
Read More »Trump's Trade War Reportedly Hits Harley-Davidson Hard
Harley-Davidson is struggling to roll with President Trump’s trade war.Bloomberg reports that the motorcycle giant’s retail sales figures dropped 10 percent in thefinal three months of 2018, marking their eighth straight quarterly decline. Harley shares fell 9.5 percent. In recent years, Harley-Davidson has been in a precarious state. Its once-robust …
Read More »ZZ Top Tap Cheap Trick, Bad Company for 50th Anniversary Shows
ZZ Top will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a “Texas Bash” featuring Cheap Trick and Bad Company. The three bands will play a trio of shows in May: the 17th at Dallas’ Don Equis Pavilion, the 18th at Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and the 19th at Austin’s Austin360. Tickets …
Read More »See Cardi B Make History as AVN Awards' First Female Performer
Cardi B made history Saturday night at the 2019 Adult Video News Awards as the event’s first female musical performer.The rapper opened the show with a racy performance of “Bickenhead” and “She Bad,” sporting an all-blue look with her backup dancers. The concert also “I’m so excited for these awards… …
Read More »Watch C. Tangana, MC Bin Laden Take a Joy Ride in 'Pa' Llamar Tu Atención' Video
What might the baddest boys in Spain and Brazil do to get a woman’s attention? Madrid’s Latin Grammy-winning rapper C. Tangana, along with São Paulo baile funk artiste MC Bin Laden, count the many stunts they’d pull in a springy new track released Thursday called “Pa’ Llamar Tu Atención,” or …
Read More »Tyga Made the Same Song Five Times, But It's Working for Him
Last summer, Nathan Graham, program director for the Detroit pop station WDZH, made a prediction. “The next big song that’s going to be on Top 40 that everyone is completely whiffing on right now is Tyga’s ‘Taste,’” Graham said. “If pop radio would actually give it a look, I think …
Read More »Avett Brothers Plot 2019 Summer Headlining Tour
Americana stalwarts the Avett Brothers already have a spring tour on the books, with shows running from March through June. This week, the band led by Scott and Seth Avett announced additional summer dates. The warm-weather trek kicks off July 3 in Bonner Springs, Kansas, and includes two shows at …
Read More »Mariano Rivera Loves the Guys in Metallica. Their Music? Not So Much
For years, it was one of baseball’s most reliable traditions: Yankee closer Mariano Rivera trotting out from the bullpen to Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman.” It was fitting theme music for a guy who, as the saying goes, put bats to sleep. During Rivera’s final season, in 2013, Metallica even showed up …
Read More »BBMak Announce First Tour, Album in 16 Years
The recently-reunited boy band BBMak have set dates for both their first and tour and first album in 16 years.BBMak’s as-yet-untitled third LP will be released on April 26th. The group has not revealed much more information besides the fact that they are still in the studio “putting the finishing …
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