In the fall of 2012, Richie Hawtin took to the road in the United States for CNTRL, a college campus tour intended to educate young audiences about the history of dance music. The run included lectures by day — and, naturally, dancing after dark. The timing wasn’t accidental. This was the dawn of the EDM […]
Why Acts Like Weezer and Blink-182 Are Becoming Touring’s New Titans
In August 1989 — 26 years after releasing their first single, and seven years since their last tour — The Rolling Stones hit the road. Over the next calendar year, the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour took the rock legends around the world, playing over 100 shows and reaffirming their commercial clout. Two similarly epic yearlong […]
Hot 100 First-Timers: Chino Pacas Enters With ‘El Gordo Trae El Mando’
Chino Pacas is officially a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist, as his breakthrough song “El Gordo Trae El Mando” debuts on the April 1-dated list at No. 84. The track, released Jan. 27 via Street Mob Records, arrives with 7.2 million U.S. streams (up 21%) in the March 17-23 tracking week, according to Luminate. It concurrently […]
Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Metallica, Tool, Iron Maiden to Play Inaugural PowerTrip Metal Festival
The Coachella Valley in Indio, CA will be the epicenter of metal this fall when some of the greatest hard rock bands of all time converge for the first-ever PowerTrip Festival. The three-night Goldenvoice-promoted event will kick off on Oct. 6 with a double-bill featuring Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden, according to a release […]
Bruce Springsteen’s 10 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden
Manhattan has always been a muse for Bruce Springsteen. The fire escapes of “Incident on 57th Street,” the transistor blasts of “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” the darkness, dust and redemption of “The Rising” — all testify to the inspiration New York City has offered to Springsteen through the decades. And his history as a live […]