The Stones set to hit the road again

While the news is exciting for some and absolutely deliriously joyful for others, no one should really be too surprised that the Rolling Stones are gonna roll again.  They have weathered very well indeed, if past performance is any indication.

Their 2007 tour, A Bigger Bang, was the highest grossing concert tour for any band, ever.  The [...]

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Lady Gaga rips into lip-synch critics

Lady Gaga arrived in Dublin by ferry, just like a regular mortal, or so it seemed.  Only she was ferried over on a tour bus and surrounded by 12 bodyguards on a 24-hour watch.  Nonetheless, her performance at 02 Arena was excellent by all accounts.

She sang her popular tunes like, Just Dance, Poker Face, and Telephone [...]

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Portaloo shortage will stop Glasto 2012

A lack of police and potties will cancel the 2012 Glastonbury Festival, organizers recently announced.  The 2012 London Olympics are going to put a severe strain on two much needed elements of the Glastonbury festival, police and Portaloos.

While the festival does keep a stock of their own toilets, they say that they always need more and [...]

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Blues Brothers in the West end

A Blues Brothers production is set to go on stage in the West End next week.  It is being produced by Hartshorn-Hook, who have taken 40 or more shows to Festival Fringe in Edinburgh.

The production company is owned by Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook.

Hartshorn-Hook have a story almost worthy of the stage themselves.  They were basically [...]

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Glastonbury sells out faster than a new U2 album

Tickets for Glastonbury Festival have already sold out, organisers confirm.  It only took four hours to completely sell out next summer’s event.  Part of this rapid sell out is due to the way tickets re now sold with an instalment plan that allows attendees to pay over time.  The system has given new life to the [...]

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Take That to perform with Kylie

Take That, the band that topped all the charts during the 1990’s with such hits as “Shine”, “Patience”, “Could it be Magic” and “Pray” is coming back full force. The group originally consisted of five members, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange, Howard Donald and Robbie Williams.

In 1995 Robbie left the band due to ongoing friction [...]

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John Lennon 70th birthday memorial concert

There will be a memorial concert for John Lennon to be held in New York commemorating what would have been his 70th birthday.  So far music stars like Cyndi Lauper, Aimee Mann, Patti Smith, and Jackson Browne are scheduled to appear.  No doubt the number of participating artists will grow exponentially as the 12 November date [...]

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Guns N’ Roses may still be at war with Leeds

Melvin Benn of the Reading and Leeds Festivals has spoken out about the so-called “war” that has occurred between festival promoters and the band Guns N’ Roses.

As the festival came to a close on its final night, Guns N’ Roses lead singer Axl Rose spoke out against the organisers of the festival. He said “this [...]

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New artists added to ‘Heroes’ charity concert

Alehsa Dixon, Katherine Jenkins, The Wanted, and Enrique Iglesias are all newly slated to appear at the London ‘Heroes’ charity concert next month.  Other performers include James Blunt and Robbie Williams.

The concert will help to raise money for Help for Heroes which is a charity that helps out those who are serving with the British Armed [...]

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Axl Rose’s Twitter account hacked for cancelled tour announcement

On Sunday Axl Rose’s Twitter account was hacked into and rumours were spread that the infamous Guns N’ Roses European tour was cancelled.

Fans quickly retweeted the message across the internet making it the most used post in the scarcely used Twitter feed.  A spokesman for the rock group however stated that the tour, which is slated [...]

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