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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is the first tour to gross over $1 billion, Pollstar says

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is the first tour to gross over $1 billion, Pollstar says

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, according to Pollstar's 2023 year-end charts. Not only was Swift's landmark Eras Tour the No.
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Attention all Barbz: Nicki Minaj releases 'Pink Friday 2,' 13 years after the original

Attention all Barbz: Nicki Minaj releases 'Pink Friday 2,' 13 years after the original

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicki Minaj 's highly anticipated fifth studio album, “Pink Friday 2,” is finally here. Out Friday, the 10-time Grammy nominee's 41st birthday, “Pink Friday 2” is Minaj's first full-length release since 2018's “Queen.
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J Balvin returns to his reggaeton roots on the romantic 'Amigos' - and no, it is not about Bad Bunny

J Balvin returns to his reggaeton roots on the romantic 'Amigos' - and no, it is not about Bad Bunny

LAS VEGAS (AP) — At a Frank Sinatra-themed restaurant in the lobby of Encore, a luxury hotel and casino on the Vegas strip, Colombian musician J Balvin sat down to discuss his interest in Formula One .
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Rush's Alex Lifeson joins Geddy Lee at Toronto book tour stop to share memories

Rush's Alex Lifeson joins Geddy Lee at Toronto book tour stop to share memories

TORONTO — Geddy Lee surprised a venue of Rush fans on Thursday by marching out old friend and longtime band mate Alex Lifeson to help him traverse decades of shared memories.
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‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve' will feature Janelle Monáe, Green Day, Ludacris, Reneé Rapp and more in LA

‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve' will feature Janelle Monáe, Green Day, Ludacris, Reneé Rapp and more in LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2024 on “Dick Clark's New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from New York City's Times Square on December 31, alongside his host Rita Ora.
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Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett and Jason Aldean to headline Boots and Hearts

Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett and Jason Aldean to headline Boots and Hearts

Country stars Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett and Cody Johnson are headed to next year's Boots and Hearts. All three will headline the 2024 edition of the camping and country music festival, which takes place Aug.
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AP's top songs of 2023: 'On My Mama,' 'Flowers,' 'Monaco' and more

AP's top songs of 2023: 'On My Mama,' 'Flowers,' 'Monaco' and more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. Dive in.
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Music Review: Neil Young's 'Before and After' offers one continuous stream of rarities

Music Review: Neil Young's 'Before and After' offers one continuous stream of rarities

Leave it to Neil Young to give streaming songs a whole new meaning with a new album, “Before and After," out Friday. Young delivers reinventions of 13 deep tracks as one continuous piece of mostly acoustic music, with no breaks, over 48 minutes.
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Clarification to Dec. 2 obituary about Chad Allan

An obituary that originally moved Dec. 2 may have left the impression that musician Chad Allan was a co-founding member of Bachman-Turner Overdrive. In fact, he was a co-founding member of the band that later became Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
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Chad Allan, founding member of Guess Who and the band that became BTO, dies at 80

Celebrated musician Chad Allan, who carved a place in Canadian rock music history for his part in the founding of iconic bands the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died. He was 80.
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