On April 20th 1992, Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon, the surviving members of Queen, took to the stage at Wembley Stadium for the start of one of the biggest events in rock history, which the band had organized to pay tribute to their former colleague the incomparable Freddie Mercury.
Adele headlined the U.K.’s famed Glastonbury festival Saturday, a much anticipated gig that the singer called “the best fucking moment of my whole life” during the show. The 15-song, 90-minute-long set featured the live debut of 25’s “River Lea” alongside over a dozen of the singer’s hits including the headlining set’s closer “Someone Like You,” which can be viewed above via the BBC.
Coldplay certainly outdid every headliner for fireworks and flares, lights and confetti, lasers and balloons, turning the muddy quagmire into a rainbow rave. “This could be paradise,” they sang and made everyone believe they meant this very field in Somerset. “You’ve been through rain, mud, carnage basically, the collapse of the country,” said Martin, marvelling at the audience’s spirit and energy.
Probably the most legendary performance from the MTV series, which went on to be a Grammy Award winning album, finally gets a DVD release. Features acoustic renditions of their best known songs including ‘Come As You Are’, ‘All Apologies’, ‘On A Plain’, ‘Polly’ and their celebrated covers of the Leadbelly song, ‘In The Pines’, retitled as ‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night?’ and David Bowie’s ‘The Man Who Sold The World’.
Make some noise for the only award show where fans and artists meet. This year’s iHeartRadio Awards included LIVE performances by Justin Bieber, ZAYN, Demi Lovato, Meghan Trainor, Chris Brown, Fetty Wap, & more! #iHeartAwards.
LL Cool J hosts the 58th annual event, held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Scheduled to perform: Adele, James Bay, Justin Bieber, Andra Day, Ellie Goulding, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly, Kendrick Lamar, Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, The Weeknd. Also: Lady Gaga performs a tribute to David Bowie, the cast of Broadway’s “Hamilton” perform.
The London-based recipients of 62 major music awards with over 80 million records sold to their name will be joined by perhaps an even bigger name in music at the moment, R&B tour-de-force Beyonce. Former Super Bowl halftime show lead act Bruno Mars will be on hand as well.
Grease fans, get ready because Fox’s production of Grease: Live! Over two years in the planning and threatened by heavy rains all day, Fox’s sprawling presentation of Grease Live went forward Sunday evening with nary a hitch and one last-minute change in the out-of-doors opening number that paid tribute to the greatest movie musical of all time, Singin’ In The Rain.
Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert 08.30.08 is a live concert from the Filipino alternative rock band The Eraserheads.
The footage of the band on stage is mind blowing, states leadman John Schaffer. Those who have already seen us will love it. Those who haven t yet seen ICED EARTH will be amazed by what this band can do on stage. Drummer Brent Smedley concurs: The three festivals featured on the DVD were all extremely remarkable and each one memorable in its own way, he said. All three were amazing nights where the Metal and the Magic were fully flowing. METAL LIVES!
Billy Dever, an enthusiastic dreamer who is looking beyond his mundane high-school existence to the wonders of science and life beyond our planet. Although he may be looking to the skies, he’ll have to deal with local goon Brandon Bishop, captain of the boys’ basketball team, and conspiracy-obsessed Principal Spooky Thompson, here on Earth. Luckily, he’ll have his buddies to help him: the skirt-chasing Eddie Cassavette and the quirky, lovable Russian, Spuds. But perhaps he’ll face his greatest challenge yet when he catches the eye of school beauty and the dace committee member, Cara-Ann As the days go on, Billy becomes more involved with his high-school science teacher, Professor Vadin, who encourages Billy’s love of science and leads him closer to the truth behind the strange things occurring at school. This leads to a thrilling climax at the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance, in which the students must fend for their lives against an alien invasion of the school.
