A few things we learned from Mastodon’s fierce, fantastic showing with Gojira and Kvelertak at the House of Blues on Saturday.
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Rick Ross will host a fight after-party at Hard Rock Live on the Strip.
Kid Rock is scheduled to play at the Cosmo’s Boulevard Pool this summer.
Donald Glover knows well the plight of the “nerdy-ass black kid.” It’s his story, and he tells it in verse. “I used to get called ‘Oreo,’ ” notes the actor, writer, comedian and rapper on the song “Fire Fly,” recorded as his hip-hop alter-ego Childish Gambino.
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Grant Griffin says surrounding himself with beautiful co-stars is a bit of a throwback to Dean Martin and the Golddiggers, except the Golddiggers didn’t “walk around with four-octave ranges.”
C’mon, Ted, just admit it, already: You want to hear Jane’s Addiction’s alt-rock fever dream “Nothing’s Shocking” front-to-back, right? Of course you do.
There was a time when Mastodon seemed to pattern their sound after their namesake: massive, heavy, destined to trample lesser creatures underfoot. But, like the prehistoric creature in question, that side of the band is a thing of the past.
He awoke to the screech of the RV being torn apart, the recollection of which still makes his eyes widen many months later. Ryan Patrick, guitarist for Vegas hard rockers Otherwise, was asleep in a back bunk of the band’s tour vehicle when they departed a gas station for a long night on the road.
Cash Colligan, former bassist for Vegas pop rockers The Cab, has ignited a feud with his old band.
Stubhub, which helps brokers and fans buy and sell tickets on its website, announced Wednesday it will sell tickets to concerts that it will produce.
Newspapers in the United Arab Emirates are reporting that the American drummer for the rock band Scorpions has been sentenced to one month in jail after being convicted of offensive behavior in Dubai.
Floor is back with their first album in a dozen years. Old 97’s continue to call their shots. And don’t mess with Brody Dalle.
Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, were arrested on disorderly conduct charges by officers investigating a family dispute, but the couple held hands in court Monday and said they did not feel threatened by the other.
The final concert of the 2013–14 Masterworks season bore the theme “Love Around the World,” for reasons best known only to those who chose the theme, since the scope of the music performed was limited to Mexico and Spain, with a touch of ancient Persia and Russia thrown in. But that is quibbling, since many members of Saturday’s large audience headed home with smiles and the clear impression that the season’s best effort had been saved for last.
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