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Bob Dylan Visits the Sixties and the Present at First-Ever Brooklyn Show
August 13, 2008 1:02 PM ET| Andy Greene
During the encores of Bob Dylan's concert last night in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Dylan did something he rarely does onstage: he spoke to the audience. "It's a shame the Dodgers left Brooklyn," he muttered between band introductions. The show — his first-ever concert in the New York borough — was a mixture of the very old and very new. He didn't play a single song from the 1970s, 1980s or 1990s. In fact, he split it nearly down the middle with eight songs from ... | More »
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Led Zeppelin Members Rock With Foos, Jimmy Page Talks Reunion
June 9, 2008 10:47 AM ET| Daniel Kreps
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones joined the Foo Fighters on stage this weekend as the Foos played London's Wembley Stadium. The LZ duo played two songs with the band, with Grohl taking over drums and drummer Taylor Hawkins taking vocals on "Rock And Roll" before Grohl returned to the mic for "Ramble On." Grohl, who has expressed his desire to fill in for John Bonham since Zeppelin first announced their reunion concert last year, told the crowd "Welcome to th... | More »
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Portishead Warm Up for Coachella With Small L.A. Gig
April 25, 2008 1:30 PM ET| Tricia Romano
Portishead unveiled a new set Thursday night at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles with a Coachella warm-up gig that left fans anxiously anticipating the real deal this Saturday night. What was supposed to be a VIP-only secret show (Quentin Tarantino, the Osbourne family and Mark Ronson were among the rumored expected attendees), quickly spread to the masses, with fans and radio contest winners let inside to get a taste of the band's festival performance. Though attendees missed out on the... | More »
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Bob Dylan Reworks the Classics at Mexico City Kick-Off Gig
February 27, 2008 12:15 PM ET| Richard L. Dewey
An enthusiastic, sell-out crowd packed Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional last night to watch Bob Dylan open his twelve-gig Latin American tour. The concert marked Dylan's comeback after a short hiatus (save for three warm-up gigs last week at the House of Blues in Dallas) as well as his long-awaited return to the region — the last time Dylan embarked on a major tour of the region was in 1998, as the opening act for the Rolling Stones. Dylan began the evening on electric guitar... | More »
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Led Zeppelin Roundup: Backstage and Beyond
December 11, 2007 5:39 PM ET| Rolling Stone
By now you've probably read about what happened onstage during Led Zeppelin's show last night, but what else happened at the concert of the year? For one, Pete Townshend, despite reports to the contrary, did not perform: "I pulled out of the Ahmet Ertegun benefit the day I heard Led Zep were performing," Townshend wrote on his blog. "They really don't need me." Many in the audience probably wished the other openers had taken Townshend's stance, but they gave a polite recep... | More »
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Led Zeppelin: The Reunion Set List
December 10, 2007 6:24 PM ET| Daniel Kreps
The Led Zeppelin reunion show just ended at the O2 Arena, and there were some surprises: alongside the hoary classics ("Stairway to Heaven," "Kashmir") there was a strong selection of deeper cuts ("Trampled Under Foot," "Nobody's Fault But Mine") and one live debut (Presence's "For Your Life"). Tomorrow, we'll have David Fricke's complete report from the Ahmet Ertegun Benefit, but until then, here's the full set list: "Good Times, Bad Times" "Ramble On" "Black Dog" "... | More »
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Jack White Takes Bob Dylan Further Into Uncharted Territory
September 21, 2007 11:18 AM ET| Rolling Stone
What special hold does Jack White have over Bob Dylan? The other night the White Stripes frontman got Dylan to play his Blood on the Tracks gem "Meet Me In The Morning" for the first time ever live, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. And last night, White joined Dylan onstage for the big man's first ever live performance of "Outlaw Blues," from Bringing it All Back Home; White also got Dylan to play "One More Cup of Coffee" (one our personal faves, from Desire) for the first time sinc... | More »
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Jack White Meets Bob Dylan In The Evening
September 20, 2007 10:49 AM ET| Andy Greene
Meg White is temporarily out of commission, so Jack White has found a new performance partner: Bob Dylan. White shocked the crowd at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium last night when he joined Dylan for the first ever live performance of the Blood on the Tracks gem "Meet Me In The Morning." White's band The Raconteurs opened for Dylan last year but the two never shared the stage. (Their only other prior duet was at a Dylan concert in Detroit four years ago when they did the White Stripes... | More »
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Stevie Wonder Announces Thirteen-Date Tour With Surprise Los Angeles Concert
August 2, 2007 6:02 PM ET| Mikael Wood
Stevie Wonder will hit the road for a thirteen-show tour -- dubbed "A Wonder Summer's Night" -- August 23 in San Diego. (Other dates include September 5 at L.A.'s Greek Theatre and September 12 at Meadow Brook, in Wonder's hometown of Detroit. The jaunt wraps September 20 at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion.) Wonder announced the trek -- his first in over a decade -- today in Los Angeles with a forty-five-minute surprise concert at the Century City headquarters of C... | More »
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R.E.M. Impress Fans, U2, Debuting Guitar-Heavy New Tracks In Dublin
July 2, 2007 9:45 AM ET| Rose Kelly
Twenty-seven years and thirteen studio albums ago, R.E.M. played Dublin for the first time. On Saturday, the band returned to Ireland for "Working Rehearsals," five sold-out gigs at the city's Olympia Theatre to test out material from their fourteenth effort, midway through recording. Why Dublin? Bassist Mike Mills described the audience as "some of the best fans in the world." In stark contrast to the elaborate setup they brought on their most recent tour for 2004's Around the Sun... | More »
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