• During the Eagles' famous song 'Take It Easy,' there is a fight at their concert.

    During the Eagles' famous song 'Take It Easy,' there is a fight at their concert.

    During a fight at an Eagles concert in the UK, this fan did not 'Take It Easy.'
  • Indoor concerts are safe from COVID-19 — with a catch, study says

    Indoor concerts are safe from COVID-19 — with a catch, study says

    Breakthrough scientific research might be music to live-show lovers' ears.
  • Usher announces Las Vegas residency for July 2021

    Usher announces Las Vegas residency for July 2021

    Usher has announced a headlining Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, opening Friday, July 16, 2021. Produced by Live Nation and Caesars Entertainment, the residency will host Usher in the 4,300-seat venue with a show that spans his two-decade career, featuring old hits as well as more recent songs and brand-new music. …
  • Smash Mouth posts hate mail after Sturgis concert’s COVID-19 backlash

    Smash Mouth posts hate mail after Sturgis concert’s COVID-19 backlash

    Hey there: you’re an all-star super-spreader. Or you might be if you attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota earlier this month, where bands including Smash Mouth performed for socially undistanced thousands at a time over the course of 10 days, at an event attended by hundreds of thousands in total. According to the …
  • Metal bands turn up the volume as live venues reopen in China

    Metal bands turn up the volume as live venues reopen in China

    BEIJING – The moment the metal singer Shui Shu spread his arms, Buddhist prayer beads in hand and incense wafting from the stage, his band unleashed a wall of sound on the crowd. The rapt audience of about 200, many wearing masks, swayed gingerly. By the end of his set, most masks were off. By …
  • Lou Reed jams with John Mellencamp in previously unseen 1987 video

    Lou Reed jams with John Mellencamp in previously unseen 1987 video

    On September 17th, 1987, about 100 people went to the Bluebird night club in Bloomington, Indiana, with no idea they were about to witness a truly historic moment in rock history. Local band Ragin’ Texans was headlining that night, but it was two days before Farm Aid III at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, and …
  • Are these private VIP boxes the future of live concerts?

    Are these private VIP boxes the future of live concerts?

    This concert venue may have a very important solution to live music in the coronavirus era. About 2,500 people watched Sam Fender perform from 500 individual VIP-like platforms and pens in one of the UK’s first properly social-distanced concerts. The outdoor show on August 11 was held at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, in Gosforth …
  • ‘F–k that COVID shit!’: Smash Mouth plays to thousands of bikers at rally

    ‘F–k that COVID shit!’: Smash Mouth plays to thousands of bikers at rally

    They ‘aint the sharpest tools in the shed… Thousands of people turned up to a concert headlined by Smash Mouth in South Dakota on Sunday night amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 90s pop-rockers and their fans at the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally didn’t seem worried about gathering together during the viral outbreak that’s killed at …
  • Metallica to play first 2020 concert for ‘Encore Drive-In’ series

    Metallica to play first 2020 concert for ‘Encore Drive-In’ series

    Metallica won’t let a pandemic make it fade to black. The heavy metal band announced Monday that it will be hitting the stage for the first time this year in a one-night performance airing exclusively at drive-in theaters Aug. 29. The rock legends will perform a full set to an empty theater, but the performance …
  • Tyga urged by Human Rights Foundation to cancel concert in Belarus

    Tyga urged by Human Rights Foundation to cancel concert in Belarus

    Tyga is at the center of some real-life geopolitical intrigue — after being mostly famous for his role in reality TV on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” The US-based Human Rights Foundation is urging the rapper to cancel a scheduled performance at a government-sponsored concert in Belarus. Why? The “Hip Hop Fireworks” show is due …