The Vans Warped Tour will return in 2025
With stops in Washington, D.C., Long Beach, California, and Orlando, Florida.
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The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony Is This Weekend
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is this weekend! Sixteen of music's biggest acts will be honored this time…including Mary J. Blige, Cher, and Ozzy Osbourne. There will also be many celebrities in attendance, including Busta Rhymes, Kelly Clarkson, and Wolfgang Van Halen. Those celebs will be in the audience, presenting the awards, and some will even perform. The ceremony will air live on Disney+ at 7 PM Eastern this Saturday and be available for on-demand streaming, with highlights broadcast on ABC on January 1, 2025. Check out all the inductees below.
Performer Category:
- Mary J. Blige
- Cher
- Dave Matthews Band
- Foreigner
- Peter Frampton
- Kool & The Gang
- Ozzy Osbourne
- A Tribe Called Quest
Musical Influence Award:
- Alexis Korner
- John Mayall
- Big Mama Thornton
Musical Excellence Award:
- Jimmy Buffett
- MC5
- Dionne Warwick
- Norman Whitfield
Ahmet Ertegun Award:
- Suzanne de Passe
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Former Ozzy Osbourne Guitarist Jake E. Lee Says He’s Doing Well
Jake E. Lee has shared a positive update, following the news that he had been shot earlier this week. He says he was very “lucky” and is on the mend. He apparently texted his friend, former Guns N’ Roses guitarist D.J. Ashba, that he’s on the up and up. “Doing surprisingly well…Just make sure your bday bash is wheelchair accessible! Just jestin’,” Lee wrote. As previously reported, Lee’s management said in a statement that police think the shooting “was completely random.”
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Are these the Top 50 hard rock songs of the '70s?
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It turns out vinyl sales may have actually gone up, not down.
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Bruce Springsteen Wrote One of His Biggest Hits in Two Minutes
Songwriting comes so easily to Bruce Springsteen that he can create a hit song in just TWO MINUTES.
That's how long it took him to write "I'm on Fire", from his 1984 album "Born in the U.S.A."
He says, quote, "That was literally a song I wrote in two minutes. Didn't even think about it. Didn't think it was ever going to be on a record . . .
"And if you go to iTunes now, it's the number one favorite song out of every song I've written. I wrote that in two minutes!"
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Here's another current movie trailer using a slowed down effect of a classic song.
The new movie "Ballerina" is from the world of John Wick. They're using Elton John from the '70s. (That's Keanu Reeves at the end.)
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The Pretenders Will Remove You from the Front Row If You Attend More Than One Show
If you go to more than one Pretenders show on their current tour, do NOT sit in the front row, because you might get KICKED OUT. Of the front row, not the whole concert.
Chrissie Hynde explained why in an Instagram post . . . Quote, "When we go on tour, the whole point of it for the band is that we are playing to a different audience every night. That's why we go on tour!
"We appreciate those of you who follow us and buy tickets for multiple nights, so please don't be offended if we request you to move out of the front row."
She added, quote, "All we are asking is that you give the local fans a chance. This is what keeps it new for us . . . especially after being on tour for so many months."
Pretenders fans are NOT feeling this. The comments are loaded with people calling it "condescending", "self-absorbed", and worse.
One person said, quote, "If the locals wanted to be up front, maybe they would have waited as long as your loyal fans who follow the tour / buy presale tickets / bask in your art.
"Imagine being told as a fan 'you just don't interest me anymore.'"
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