However you feel about U2 , there’s really no denying the first three singles off The Joshua Tree . They also happen to be the first three tracks on the album, an ’80s cultural touchstone released 30 years ago today .
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BWW Review: Wisdom of a Fool, Lost Theatre
If you’re over 50, you will recall a time when Norman Wisdom was ubiquitous on Britain’s television channels. His movies seemed to play every other Saturday morning, his cabaret act broadcast at least one evening per month and he was a chat show regular to boot.
Watch Tom DeLonge accept an award for UFO Researcher Of The Year
Ex Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge has been named UFO Researcher Of The Year. Watch him accept the award in the video below.
Henry Rollins: I Liked It So Much in Redondo Beach That I Had to Get Out
It’s an age like 27, or 41. There was no great epiphany to be had, it just kind of happened. I took it as merely being closer to 60. It has been such a long time since I was young, I don’t remember it, besides a few of the more embarrassing blunders.
Watch Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shifletta s video for new country song a West Coast Towna
Shiflett, previously a member of No Use for a Name, recently revealed details of his new solo album release, after the band’s drummer Taylor Hawkins released his own debut solo effort and reports that Dave Grohl is working on a solo album too . The Foos man recorded third solo LP ‘West Coast Town’ in Nashville.
Shows of the Week: The Well-Traveled Sting Circles Back to His Rock Roots
STING Smart Financial Centre, February 23 As of his Tony-nominated 2014 Broadway production The Last Ship , Sting’s considerable list of accomplishments had grown so long that it became somewhat easy to forget he could write great pop songs, too.
Saturday Bird Droppings
First time in 22 years. Meh. I have t-shirts older than that. Seriously, I have a 1994 Green Day tour shirt from the Dookie tour.
10 Best Concerts of the Week: Angel Olsen, Chief Keef, the Coathangers and More
If you haven’t been able to get out to see some good shows the past few months, you’re in for a treat this week as Dallas is seeing a few familiar faces. Former Dentonites Riverboat Gamblers have created a side project along with a member of Rise Against called the Drakulas, who are creeping over to RBC Saturday night.
Pop musicians sound off on Trump’s immigration orders
Many in the pop music community are weighing in with protests against President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday that suspends refugee arrivals and bans entry to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries. “America is a nation of immigrants, and we find this anti-democratic and fundamentally un-American,” Bruce Springsteen told an audience in Adelaide, Australia, on Monday before he and the E Street Band performed what he introduced as “an immigrant song,” “American Land.”
AFI unveil new video for a Aureliaa
AFI have unveiled the brand new video for ‘Aurelia’. See the video on NME first below, as we have a quick chat with frontman Davey Havok.
David de Alba: The man who would be Judy Garland
The legacy of actress and singer Judy Garland, who enjoyed a 40-year career of international stardom, is being maintained by Las Vegas singer-impressionist David de Alba.Not only does he look like and sound like the superstar who died at age 47, but David also owns one of the most vast, rare and unique Judy Garland and “The Wizard of Oz” memorabilia collections at his Las Vegas home that has been appraised at thousands of dollars.Judy starred in more than 24 movies, won Golden Globes, was Emmy-nominated for TV series and recorded 22 albums. David is no typical lip-syncing drag queen.On March 12, he will sing many of her songs and narrate funny anecdotes that Judy told in her 1960s TV appearances, plus anecdotes when they met.
Capitol Theatre Bluegrass Revival Series Continues Feb. 4
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Henry Rollins: Will I Be Able to Finish Listening to All My Records Before I Die?
Whenever I’m in the room where all my records are, I look at the shelves that bear the weight of the ones that have not yet been played, and all I can think of is death. I think of my future not in terms of how dazzlingly bright it could be but if I will be able to get all these records heard before I keel over.
Hot Property: Homes away from home
We’re in a vacation state of mind this week, so we bring you some home sales of note in locales favored by Southern California celebrities. A longtime favorite of old Hollywood and entertainment moguls has been Palm Springs, where Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope famously maintained residences.