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Peter Frampton announces dates for the Let’s Do it Again tour

Disney/Jenny AndersonPeter Frampton is hitting the road for the first time since becoming a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.The legendary guitarist, who was inducted into the Rock Hall in October, has announced dates for the Let’s Do it Again tour. The 10-show run launches March 30 in Uncasville, Connecticut, and wraps April 19 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.“I am so thrilled to be able to come out and play again for you,” Frampton shared on Instagram, “it’s been […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Who’s playing in which venue: Lineups announced for LA FireAid concert

Live Nation/AEG Presents/Azoff Company/LA ClippersThe FireAid concert on Jan. 30 in Inglewood, California, is taking place in two separate venues: Kia Forum and Intuit Dome. Now we know who'll be playing in which venue, so those who are planning to purchase tickets to see the event in person can choose which artists they'd like to be in the same room with.In the Intuit Dome, fans will see Rod Stewart, Sting, Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire, along with Billie Eilish, Gracie […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Billy Idol declares It’s A Nice Day To … Tour Again, with trek featuring Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

courtesy of Live NationBilly Idol is hitting the road this summer with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.Idol just announced dates for a new trek, dubbed It’s A Nice Day To … Tour Again, with Jett and the Blackhearts along for the ride as special guests.Idol announced the tour with a video featuring comedian Matt Rife, with appearances by Idol’s longtime collaborator and guitar player Steve Stevens and Jett. In it, Rife keeps subtly dropping the lyrics to Idol's most popular tunes, leading the rocker […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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15 states challenge Trump’s executive order cutting birthright citizenship

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump's bid to cut off birthright citizenship is a "flagrantly unlawful attempt to strip hundreds of thousands American-born children of their citizenship based on their parentage," attorneys for 15 states and the city of San Francisco said Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the president's executive order signed just hours after he was sworn in Monday.The lawsuit accused Trump of seeking eliminate a "well-established and longstanding Constitutional principle" by executive fiat."The President […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Dead & Company, Mick Fleetwood, Stewart Copeland set for Grateful Dead MusiCares Person of the Year tribute

Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart at the Kenedy Center Honors/ photo credit: Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesA group of A-list artists have signed up to celebrate the Grateful Dead at the Recording Academy’s upcoming MusiCares Person of the Year gala, taking place Jan. 31 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood, The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Sammy Hagar, Dave Matthews, and former Dead collaborator and friend Bruce Hornsby are set to honor the band with performances, as are Norah Jones, […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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On This Day, Jan. 21, 1966: George Harrison married model Pattie Boyd

On This Day, Jan. 21, 1966...Beatle George Harrison married model Pattie Boyd, with his bandmate Paul McCartney serving as best man.Harrison and Boyd met on the set of the 1964 movie A Hard Day’s Night.The couple separated in 1974 and divorced in 1977, with Pattie blaming the split on Harrison’s infidelity.During her marriage to Harrison, his good friend, Eric Clapton, actively pursued her. He even wrote the song “Layla” about his secret love for Pattie. Boyd and Clapton would eventually marry in […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Garth Hudson, last surviving member of The Band, dead at 87

Garth Hudson on accordion with The Band at 'The Last Waltz'; Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesGarth Hudson, the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist who was the last surviving member of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Band, has died. He was 87.The Band's official Instagram confirmed Hudson's passing, writing, "Today, we sadly say goodbye to Garth 'Honey Boy' Hudson, the last living original member of The Band. A musical genius and cornerstone of the group’s timeless sound, Garth once said, 'I found […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

National News

Judge blocks DOJ from sharing Jack Smith’s classified docs report with members of Congress

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump's classified documents case has blocked the Department of Justice from sharing special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his probe with select members of Congress.Judge Aileen Cannon, in an order issued one day after Trump's inauguration, offered a scathing criticism of the Department of Justice's "startling" conduct and willingness to "gamble" with the rights of Trump's former co-defendants by attempting to allow four members of Congress to review Smith's […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

National News

Trump renames Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ among 1st executive orders

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America.""President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization," the newly inaugurated president's executive order said.Trump also called for Alaska’s 20,000-foot mountain, Denali, to be reverted back to Mount McKinley, which was its name before former President Barack Obama had it changed in 2015.Trump's executive […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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