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Eric Clapton has announced that he will be playing five North American Tour Dates with special guest Jimmie Vaughan in September.

The North American Tour Dates with Vaughan will be Clapton's only shows on the continent for the year.

The legendary guitarist's band for these shows will include Doyle Bramhall II, Paul Carrack, Nathan East, Sonny Emory, and Chris Stainton. Sharon White and Katie Kissoon will provide backing vocals.

The tour will begin in Pittsburgh on September 8. After visiting Toronto, St. Louis and Minneapolis, the tour will wrap up in Denver on September 16.

Tickets for the dates across North America go on sale on March 31 at 10 am local time.

2023 North American Tour Dates:

September 8 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints ArenaSeptember 10 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank ArenaSeptember 12 - St. Louis, MO - Enterprise CenterSeptember 14 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy CenterSeptember 16 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena

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Kendrick Lamar, The Killers, and Odesza have been confirmed to headline Las Vegas' Life Is Beautiful 2023.

The three-day festival will take place from September 22 to 24 in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.

The festival will also feature Khalid, The 1975, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Omar Apollo, Kim Petras and more.

"This year's lineup is a reflection of the 10 years we've spent striving to give fans incredible experiences, centered around a weekend of revelry in Las Vegas," said Craig Asher Nyman, director of music, programming and development for Life is Beautiful.

He added, "They asked, and we listened! Our fans are the heartbeat of this festival, and it's our intention to deliver a festival that is a true representation of their interests."

Tickets for the festival are on sale now, with GA passes starting at $380. Life is Beautiful has also added an all-new GA+ ticket tiers, which gives fans express festival entry, a private GA+ lounge with food and beverage offerings and air conditioned restrooms.

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The Pixies has announced that rock band Modest Mouse will be joining them for a co-headlining tour of North America.

The 19-date tour will also feature special guest Cat Power and will kick off at the Stony Pony Summerstage in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on August 20. More shows will be announced soon, according to a press release.

Tickets for the tour are on sale now via Ticketmaster.

Tour Dates:

08-20 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony Summerstage08-21 New York, NY - The Rooftop at Pier 1708-22 New York, NY - The Rooftop at Pier 1708-24 Bridgeport, CT - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheatre08-25 Cooperstown, NY - Brewery Ommegang08-26 North Adams, MA - MASS MoCA08-28 Lewiston, NY - Artpark Amphitheater08-29 Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park08-30 Chicago, Il - Salt Shed Outdoors09-02 Vail, CO - Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre09-04 Boise, ID - Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden09-06 Spokane, WA - Pavilion at Riverfront09-07 Bonner, MT - Kettlehouse Amphitheatre09-08 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena09-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre09-12 Troutdale, OR - McMenamins Edgefield09-13 Troutdale, OR - McMenamins Edgefield09-15 Napa, CA - Oxbow RiverStage09-16 San Diego, CA - Gallagher Square

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Some of the biggest country and rock n' roll stars will pay tribute to southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and original founding member Gary Rossington, who recently passed away, at the CMT Music Awards this Sunday.

The tribute comes on the 50th anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd's first album. Cody Johnson and Paul Rodgers will lead vocals with Billy Gibbons, Slash and Warren Haynes on electric guitar for a pair of timeless Lynyrd Skynyrd hits.

LeAnn Rimes and Wynonna Judd will join as "The Honkettes."

Dale Krantz Rossington, band member and wife of late guitarist Gary Rossington, will attend the performance alongside fellow Lynyrd Skynyrd band members Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlock.

Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown will co-host the 2023 CMT Music Awards, which will air live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on April 2 on the CBS Television Network.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have announced a brief arena tour of the U.K. for later this year.

The Oasis legend and his High Flying Birds bandmates will play seven dates across the U.K., kicking off the trek on Wednesday, August 30, at Bonus Arena in Hull and wrapping up on December 21 at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

The tour is in support of the High Flying Birds' fourth studio album Council Skies, which comes out on June 2 via Sour Mash. Last week, the band dropped "Dead To The World," the latest song from the album.

Tickets for the tour go on general sale at 9 am on Friday, March 31.

Tour Dates:

August 30 - Hull Bonus ArenaDecember - 14 London OVO Arena WembleyDecember - 15 Birmingham Utilita ArenaDecember 17 - Cardiff International ArenaDecember 18 - Leeds First Direct ArenaDecember 20 - Glasgow OVO HydroDecember 21 - Liverpool M&S Bank Arena

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A new round of performers has been added to the star-studded lineup for the 2023 CMT Music Awards.

Rockers Alanis Morissette and Gwen Stefani will take the spotlight on Sunday. Morissette will be joined by Ingrid Andress, Lainey Wilson, Madeline Edwards, and Morgan Wade to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the "CMT Next Women of Country" franchise with the female-empowerment anthem "You Oughta Know." Stefani will team with Carly Pearce for a world premiere collaboration.

This is in addition to the previously announced stars, including Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Kane Brown + Katelyn Brown, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, The Black Crowes + Darius Rucker, Tyler Hubbard and Wynonna + Ashley McBryde.

Rising stars Avery Anna, Chapel Hart, Jackson Dean, Lily Rose, Megan Moroney and Nate Smith will perform from the Ram Trucks Side Stage.

Shania Twain will be honored with the CMT Equal Play Award at the ceremony.

Ballerini and Brown will return as co-hosts of the 2023 CMT Music Awards, which will air live from Moody Center at Austin, Texas, on April 2 from 8 p.m., ET on the CBS Television Network.

The show will also be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.

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Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has reacted in a positive way to his former bandmate Roger Waters' decision to re-record The Dark Side Of The Moon without other band members.

Earlier this year, bassist-and-singer Waters revealed his plans to re-record the iconic 1973 LP in commemoration of its 50th anniversary this March.

Mason revealed that he knew about Roger's 50th-anniversary project and was even sent a copy to listen to.

Instead of being upset, Mason thinks Roger's re-imaginings are "brilliant" and is happy he is doing it.

Speaking at a playback of The Dark Side of the Moon in Dolby Atmos Immersive Audio at the Odeon Luxe in London, Mason said, "I heard the rumor that Roger was working on his own version of it. There was this suggestion that this was going to be a spoiler and Roger was going to go head-to-head with the original version and so on."

"He actually sent me a copy of what he was working on and I write to him and said, 'Annoyingly, it's absolutely brilliant!' It was and is," he added. "It's not anything that would be a spoiler for the original at all, it's an interesting add-on to the thing."

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Black Eyed Peas have been announced as headliners of London's Greenwich Summer Sounds this summer.

The Grammy Award-winning trio will headline the London concert series at the Old Royal Naval College on the banks of the River Thames on July 7th. Tickets are on sale now.

Greenwich Summer Sounds is a new concert series, scheduled to take place between the July 4th and 8th. Also confirmed for the shows are Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Tom Jones and Kaiser Chiefs.

Black Eyed Peas released their ninth album, Elevation, in November 2022.

Greenwich Summer Sounds Line Up:

Tuesday 4 July: Nile Rodgers & ChicThursday 6 July: Sir Tom JonesFriday 7 July: Black Eyed PeasSaturday 8 July: Kaiser Chiefs

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Queen + Adam Lambert have announced they are brining their "Rhapsody Tour" back to North American.

Having first launched their universally acclaimed "Rhapsody Tour" with 25 epic shows across North America in 2019, Queen + Adam Lambert are bringing their highly acclaimed production, now expanded and updated, back to where it first began.

After a 4-year long hiatus, Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and their frontman Adam Lambert have announced they will set out on a spectacular North America run this fall.

Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on October 4 at Baltimore's CFG Bank Arena making stops in Toronto, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Denver and more before concluding at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

Queen + Adam Lambert's 150-minute career-spanning set list celebrates the band's extraordinary back catalogue, lining up wall-to-wall immortal anthems like "We Will Rock You," "Don't Stop Me Now," "Radio Ga Ga", and "Somebody To Love" alongside classic deep cuts and vintage fan favorites.

May said , "Our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious. Watch out world." "I can't wait to tour North America one more time with the Rhapsody tour alongside the two unbelievably talented legends that are Brian May and Roger Taylor," Lambert added.

The 2023 North American tour will see Queen + Adam Lambert supported on stage by their regular band members, long-serving Queen keyboard player and musical director Spike Edney, bass guitarist Neil Fairclough and percussionist Tyler Warren.

Tickets will be available via a general on-sale beginning March 31 at 10 AM local time at LiveNation.com.

Queen + Adam Lambert The Rhapsody Tour Dates:

Wed Oct 04 - Baltimore, MD - CFG Bank ArenaSun Oct 08 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank ArenaTue Oct 10 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars ArenaThu Oct 12 - New York, NY - Madison Square GardenSun Oct 15 - Boston, MA - TD GardenWed Oct 18 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo CenterMon Oct 23 - Atlanta, GA - State Farm ArenaWed Oct 25 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone ArenaFri Oct 27 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy CenterMon Oct 30 - Chicago, IL - United CenterThu Nov 02 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines CenterSun Nov 05 - Denver, CO - Ball ArenaWed Nov 08 - San Francisco, CA - Chase CenterSat Nov 11 - Los Angeles, CA - BMO Stadium

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Rock bands Godsmack and Staind have announced a 25-city co-headlining 2023 tour.

The tour, produced by Live Nation, is set to commence with a concert at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 18.

The trek, which will have stops in several cities, including Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and more, will conclude with a show at Germania Insurance Amphitheatre in Austin, Texas, on August 31.

"Really looking forward to running on tour this summer with our old pals in Staind. For sure every night will be packed with great music and A LOT of fun memories! Don't miss it!" Godsmack said in a statement.

"We're really looking forward to being out with Sully and the guys this summer," adds Staind lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis.

"The first time we shared the stage with Godsmack was the 1998 Warped Tour and here we are 25 years later still going strong," writes Staind guitarist, Mike Mushok. "We're stoked to be sharing the stage with our old friends this summer."

Godsmack / Staind 2023 Summer North American Tour

July 18 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino AmphitheatreJuly 20 - Raleigh, N.C. @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut CreekJuly 21 - Virginia Beach, Va. @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia BeachJuly 22 - Bristow, Va. @ Jiffy Lube LiveJuly 25 - Bangor, Maine @ Maine Savings AmphitheaterJuly 26 - Mansfield, Mass. @ Xfinity CenterJuly 28 - Camden, N.J. @ Freedom Mortgage PavilionJuly 29 - Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts CenterJuly 30 - Wantagh, N.Y. @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach TheaterAug. 02 - Scranton, Pa. @ The Pavilion at Montage MountainAug. 03 - Syracuse, N.Y. @ St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at LakeviewAug. 05 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ The Pavilion at Star LakeAug. 06 - Buffalo, N.Y. @ Darien Lake AmphitheaterAug. 08 - Toronto, Ontario @ Budweiser StageAug. 09 - Detroit, Mich. @ Pine Knob Music TheatreAug. 10 - Chicago, Ill. @ Hollywood Casino AmphitheatreAug. 12 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ Ruoff Music CenterAug. 13 - Milwaukee, Wis. @ American Family Insurance AmphitheaterAug. 16 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ USANA AmphitheatreAug. 18 - Nampa, Idaho @ Ford Idaho Center AmphitheaterAug. 20 - Ridgefield, Wash. @ RV Inn Style Resorts AmphitheaterAug. 24 - Irvine, Calif. @ FivePoint AmphitheatreAug. 26 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & CasinoAug. 27 - San Diego, Calif. @ North Island Credit Union AmphitheatreAug. 31 - Austin, Texas @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater

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Mammoth WVH, the rock band founded and fronted by Wolfgang Van Halen, has announced their sophomore album, titled Mammoth II, which will drop on August 4 via BMG.

Along with the announcement, the band have shared the debut single from the album, "Another Celebration At The End Of The World."

"I knew that I wanted the new album to contain elements of what people heard on the debut, but also giving me a chance to branch out a bit," shared Van Halen. "'Another Celebration At The End Of the World' is definitely a song that showcases what people can expect from the new album."

He added, "It is a high-energy rocker with some fun guitar moments on it. I also pushed myself vocally and it is a song I can't wait to get out and play live. I can see it being a fixture in our live set moving forward."

The 10-song Mammoth II was recorded at Eddie Van Halen's own 5150 Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Wolfgang's friend and collaborator Michael "Elvis" Baskett. The album is also Mammoth WVH's first under their new deal with BMG.

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New images shared from the set of the upcoming Joker sequel Joker: Folie à Deux shows Lady Gaga in a classic Harley Quinn outfit.

The photos show Gaga, wearing a red coat, white blouse with black diamonds, and a short black skirt, being surrounded by a large crowd while being escorted down court building steps by Gotham City police officers.

Gaga is widely believed to be portraying DC character Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux, the follow-up to Todd Phillips' Oscar-winning 2019 movie starring Joaquin Phoenix.

Gaga confirmed her starring role in the Joker sequel in August 2022 by posting a teaser clip on Instagram, featuring Phoenix and Gaga's silhouettes dancing together to the song "Cheek to Cheek," which Gaga famously covered alongside Tony Bennett.

Folie à Deux, also features Zazie Beetz, who returns as Sophie, as well as new castmembers Catherine Keener and Brendan Gleeson in yet-unknown roles.

Joker: Folie à Deux is due to premiere in theaters in October 2024.

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Kelly Clarkson has revealed that her new album, titled Chemistry, will come out soon.

"I've been working on this project for close to three years now. I wasn't sure I was going to release it, but I am. The album is called 'Chemistry,'" Clerkson said in a video posted on Instagram. "It's called Chemistry because I was trying to find a word - also it might be one of the songs on the album - but I was trying to find a word that really describes the whole thing."

"'Cause I didn't want everybody to think I was coming out with some just like, 'I'm angry. I'm sad.' Just one or two emotions. This album is definitely the arc of an entire relationship. A whole relationship shouldn't be just brought down to one thing, so there's the good, the bad, the ugly kinda thing going on in it," added the 40-year-old pop superstar and television personality. "Chemistry can be a really amazing, sexy, cool, fun thing, but it can also be very bad for you. So that's why I named it Chemistry. I thought it was kinda the perfect title to describe the entire album."

Clarkson did not specify when the album will be released.

Chemistry is Clerkson's first album in six years.

Her previous album, the Grammy-nominated Meaning of Life, was released in 2017.

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Peter Murphy has postponed his upcoming David Bowie tribute tour due to an unexpected medical procedure.

"Celebrating David Bowie" has announced that the U.S. tour has been rescheduled to October and November 2023.

"Singer Peter Murphy has undergone an unexpected medical procedure that prohibits his ability to travel as planned. He is recovering well, will fully recover, and be ready to tour the US with the group this Fall," Murphy's team wrote on Instagram.

The tour producers are diligently exploring all options to stage performances in the cities that have been on-sale, alongside adding other markets due to popular demand, they added.

The Bauhaus frontman was scheduled to embark on a tribute tour in honor of Bowie with guitarist Adrian Belew next month.

As per the revised schedule, the tour will begin in Tacoma, Washington, on October 10 and conclude in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 22.

Tickets purchased for Murphy's original tour dates will be honored on the rescheduled date.

Tickets are available at http://CelebratingDavidBowie.com

Celebrating David Bowie 2023 Tour Dates:

10/10 - Tacoma, WA @ Temple Theatre10/11 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater10/14 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom10/16 - Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim10/17 - San Diego, CA @ Music Box10/18 - Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre10/20 - Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater10/21 - Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Theater10/22 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre10/24 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues10/25 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues10/26 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse10/29 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Parker Playhouse10/31 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Mahaffey Theater11/03 - Chattanooga, TN @ Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium11/05 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Sandler Center for the Performing Arts11/06 - Washington D.C. @ The Hamilton Live11/10 - Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre11/11 - Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse11/12 - Westbury, NY @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury11/14 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts11/15 - Englewood, NJ @ Bergen Performing Arts Center11/16 - Lynn, MA @ Lynn Auditorium11/17 - Staten Island, NY @ St. George Theatre11/20 - Munhall, PA @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall11/21 - Chicago, IL @ Copernicus Center11/22 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre

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Fall Out Boy recently released a video for "Hold Me Like a Grudge," a song from their latest album, So Much (For) Stardust.

The music video is a sequel to the iconic "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" clip from the band's superhit record Infinity On High, which arrived in 2007.

"When we did 'Dance, Dance', that was kind of the first video we wrote, right? And so, when we did 'Arms Race,' we were like, 'Well, what if we go back and we approach it super-cynically, and 'Dance, Dance' wasn't really what it was?' And then 'Arms Race' ends and it's 2003 or whatever, and we're at the show," bassist Pete Wentz told Kerrang! about the concept for the video.

"And this video starts at Arms Race, and I fall and I break my leg, and then they fix my leg but it's bionic, and I become a superhero for 20 years, and we don't do the band, and it's a different timeline," he continued. "We get a call from a guy who's in the future but the past, and the space-time continuum is broken, and so I go and find Patrick, who's a local wrestler (laughs) who's in this amazing muscle suit - which was a role he designed!"

"It's an ambitious video," Wentz added. "I think if it comes out half as well as we want it to then it'll be kinda funny. It was fun to make."

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Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne has announced dates for his U.S. tour slated for the summer.

The tour will kick off on June 3 at Columbus, Ohio's Palace Theatre and will wrap up on August 2 in Clearwater, Florida.

Tickets for the summer tour are currently on sale. Browne is now wrapping up a run of shows in Japan, which will be followed by a few dates in Australia and New Zealand before his return to the U.S.

His most recent album, Downhill From Everywhere, was released in 2021.

Jackson Browne, Summer 2023 U.S. Tour Dates:

June 3 - Columbus, OH @ Palace TheatreJune 4 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center for the Performing ArtsJune 6 - Akron, OH @ Akron Civic TheatreJune 7 - Toledo, OH @ Stranahan TheaterJune 9 - Springfield, IL @ UIS Performing Arts CenterJune 10 - Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace TheatreJune 12 - Springfield, MO @ MSU - Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing ArtsJune 13 - Omaha, NE @ Orpheum TheaterJune 15 - Madison, WI @ The Orpheum TheaterJune 16 - Evansville, IN @ Victory TheatreJune 18 - Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole OpryJune 19 - Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music CenterJuly 14 - El Paso, TX @ Abraham Chavez TheatreJuly 15 - Midland, TX @ Wagner Noël Performing Arts CenterJuly 18 - Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody TheaterJuly 19 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand PrairieJuly 21 - Sugar Land, TX @ Smart Financial CentreJuly 22 - New Orleans, LA @ Saenger TheatreJuly 25 - Mobile, AL @ Saenger TheatreJuly 26 - Birmingham, AL @ Alabama TheatreJuly 28 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jacksonville Center for the Perf. Arts | Moran TheaterJuly 29 - Orlando, FL @ Walt Disney TheaterAug. 1 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Perf. ArtsAug 2 - Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall

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The Who's Pete Townshend recently released "Can't Outrun The Truth," his first solo single in 29 years.

The track was composed and produced by Rachel Fuller under her nom de plume Charlie Pepper, and all proceeds from vinyl sales plus at least 10 pence from every download will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The song was inspired by the difficulties everyone had encountered emotionally due to the lack of human interaction caused by the pandemic. It also occurred to Rachel that young people undergoing cancer treatment may identify with these feelings of isolation.

Speaking about the genesis of the song, Fuller said, "We'd just moved house and Pete was as happy as Larry up in his studio, working every day, and I put my back out, I was just climbing the walls, I couldn't do any creative work and obviously, we couldn't go anywhere. And I really started to think about how unbelievably difficult this period of time was going to be for so many people."

"I wrote lyrics and then I sat at the piano and wrote the music, and then I thought, Oh, I really would like to record it, because it's really not a bad song at all - and my singing days are long over. So, I asked Pete to record the demo," she continued.

Townshend added, "I've helped Rachel make the demos for several of her theatrical projects. She's a really fast worker, it's not that you say to me, let's go into the studio for two weeks and work on this project. We do it, two hours later, or an hour later, it's done - so it's easy to work with her".

"Can't Outrun The Truth" was recorded in Townshend's home studio in September 2021, with Pete playing lap steel guitar and violin and singing.

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Madonna has announced seven new U.S. tour dates, including an additional stop on her "The Celebration Tour" in Nashville.

The Nashville show is scheduled for December 22. A portion of proceeds from the show will go to trans rights organizations.

Due to overwhelming demand, in addition to Nashville, Madonna has added seven new dates to her massive global "The Celebration Tour," adding shows in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Palm Springs, and Sacramento, along with a second show in Phoenix and a third show in San Francisco and Las Vegas.

All new dates will take place between December 2023 and January 2024 and mark the final additional shows in North America, where Madonna will perform some of her greatest hits.

Madonna, a longtime social activist, announced that "The Celebration Tour" has sold-out over 40 shows and counting across Toronto, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and more.

The Tour will kick off on July 15 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. The tour will make its way to Europe, where she will perform in 11 cities throughout the fall. She will then return to the U.S. for the additional dates.

Bob the Drag Queen a.k.a. Caldwell Tidicue will be a special guest across all dates on the global tour.

Tickets for the new dates will go on sale starting with Citi and Official Fan Club presales on March 28, with the general on sale starting March 31 at 10 am local time on madonna.com

Newly Added Shows:

Mon Dec 18 2023 / Washington, DC / Capital One ArenaWed Dec 20 2023 / Philadelphia, PA / Wells Fargo CenterFri Dec 22 2023 / Nashville, TN / Bridgestone ArenaThu Jan 11 2024 / Palm Springs, CA / Acrisure ArenaSat Jan 13 2024 / Sacramento, CA / Golden 1 CenterMon Jan 15 2024 / San Francisco, CA / Chase CenterThu Jan 18, 2024 / Las Vegas, NV / MGM Grand Garden ArenaSat Jan 20, 2024 / Phoenix, AZ / Footprint Center

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Peal Jam's Matt Cameron has denied rumors that he is set to join Foo Fighters on their upcoming tour.

Last Saturday, March 25, the Pearl Jam drummer denied a report published by The Sun, which claimed that he is replacing late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins when the band embarks on a tour this spring.

"FYI the internet rumors are false, I haven't joined the Foos," Cameron wrote on Instagram along with a red heart emoji.

On March 16, The Sun reported that Cameron, a close friend of Hawkins, would join the Foo Fighters on their 2023 North American tour, which kicks off on May 24 at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire.

March 25 marked the one-year anniversary of Hawkins' death at the age of 50. He passed away in a Bogotá, Colombia, just before a Foos show.

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Neil Young has openly criticized ticketing giant Ticketmaster, blaming them for killing concert touring.

Early this month, The Cure announced a North American tour. Even after the band opted out of Ticketmaster's "dynamic" pricing structure, fans were charged exorbitant service fees.

Young responded to the developments in a recent post on his website, titled "Concert Touring Is Broken."

"The old days are gone," Young wrote, reposting an article about the Cure frontman Robert Smith's battle for fair prices. "I get letters blaming me for $3,000.00 tickets for a benefit I am doing . That money does not go to me or the benefit. Artists have to worry about ripped off fans blaming them for Ticketmaster add-ons and scalpers."

Young continued, "CONCERT TOURS are no longer fun. CONCERT TOURS not what they were."

"I am as sickened as you all are by today's Ticketmaster 'fees' debacle," Smith tweeted about the subject on March 15. "To be very clear: The artist has no way to limit them. I have been asking how they are justified. If I get anything coherent by way of an answer I will let you all know."

Ticketmaster eventually agreed to refund some of the cost.

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