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U2 Remembers the Ramones in New York
December 6, 2000 12:00 AM ET| Richard Skanse
"It's like landing a 747 onto your front lawn," quipped Bono Tuesday night from the stage of New York's 1,000 capacity Irving Plaza. "Feels like starting again. That's a nice feeling." Bono never broke out the white flag of yore during U2's one-off, seventy minute club performance (which was broadcast live over the radio), but the band did dig deep enough into their twenty year history to dust off the rare nugget "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" and a give loving nod to the pu... | More »
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Bob Dylan Shines In Intimate Performance
July 9, 1999 12:00 AM ET| Daniel Durchholz
Bob Dylan's pronouncements from the stage are usually few and far between and tend toward the non sequitur. That was more or less the case at Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall on July 6 when the fabled singer stepped to the mic midway through his hour-and-fifty-minute show to tell the crowd he'd spent the day at the Motown Museum.| "I asked the guard, 'Where's the Smokey Robinson stuff?' and he said, 'You know what happens when Clark Kent gets hungry? He turn... | More »
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Brian Wilson: We Still Believe in You
March 17, 1999 12:00 AM ET| Kate Sullivan
Historic State Theater, Minneapolis, March 13, 1999 In the middle of "Do It Again," with the audience clapping along, Brian Wilson thrust out his hand and ordered: "Stop clapping!" Everyone stopped immediately and began laughing. The voices of the backing singers wafted to the bridge. And then, "One-two-three-four -- Start clapping!" The crowd clapped obediently into the next verse, with nine-part harmonies syncopated over a rhythmic crescendo of drums and claps. One could call it "surf doo... | More »
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Phish Cover Velvet Underground for Vegas Soiree
November 2, 1998 12:00 AM ET| Isaac Josephson
One would think Las Vegas and hippies would mix like oil and water, but actually, the neon-plated Oasis of Greed has played host to some of the most awe-inspiring performances by many a jam band, Phish included. On one memorable evening two years ago, the quartet capped off an already jaw-dropping show with a forty-five minute encore that included various members of Primus, four Elvises and a dog named Harpua -- the stuff of legends. Unfortunately, whatever mojo the band had working for them... | More »
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Live Review: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison
May 26, 1998 12:00 AM ET| John Pecorelli
"Getting up and singing songs that you sang 30 years ago during what you thought was a revolution is kind of pathetic. I don't like old people on a rock & roll stage, I think they look pathetic. Me included." -- Grace Slick, 1997 Hey Grace, tell it to the 20,000 or so people who packed into UCLA's Pauley Pavilion to witness two nights of a baby boomer bliss: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison on one dream ticket. The show had its problems, to be sure, but at the very lea... | More »
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The Artist Burns It Up With Stevie Wonder
October 22, 1997 12:00 AM ET| Lana Fanelli
Now this story really cooks! The Artist Formerly Known as Prince got together with Stevie Wonde in Motown Friday for an impromptu jam session at Intermezzo, a Detroit eatery. The Artist and his wife Mayte were on hand for the premiere of the New Power Generation Dance Company production "Around the World in a Day." While the couple celebrated the opening over dinner, they were joined by R&B performer Tony Rich, NPG guitarist Kathleen Dyson and Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone. St... | More »
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Rolling Stones Break Sales Records
October 21, 1997 12:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stones are again rolling into a record-setting mode. The Bridges to Babylon tour opener set a new gross record at Chicago's Soldier Field, ousting the title from U2, whose $5.9 million total from July 1-2 shows was the previous high. The Stones' Sept. 23 and 25 shows took in $6,260,600 from sellout crowds totaling 107,186 on $39.50-$60 tickets. The group followed that with a single show sellout at Columbus' Ohio Stadium Sept. 27, also a record-setter. The $3,553,06... | More »
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Live Review: The Rolling Stones
September 24, 1997 12:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
To understand the spectacle put on by the Rolling Stones at Chicago's Soldier Field on an unseasonably cool September night in 1997, it helps to know what they did on the same stage on a blistering hot July afternoon in 1978. That year, the Stones had just put out one of their most powerful albums -- "Some Girls" -- and they performed eight straight songs from the record midway through their concert. Some in the sun-baked audience grumbled -- "We're here to hear the hits, maaaan!" ... | More »
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