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Ladytron: Biography

Originating in Liverpool, the band, made up of Helen Marnie, Daniel Hunt, Mira Aroyo and Reuben Wu, earned two decades of acclaim by relentlessly pushing boundaries, carving out new sonic and conceptual space and refusing to abide by formula or trend.

At the beginning they were known for shows in unconventional spaces, such as disused banks and bowling alleys, and placed emphasis on countries and cities other than their own. Thus the group’s international recognition quickly grew – playing shows in places where few artists went at that time, such as China and Colombia.

Along the way they twice took their primitive electronics to California’s Coachella Festival, on relentless tours across Europe, Asia, North and South America, and were invited to perform with artists such as Bjork, Nine Inch Nails, and for Brian Eno at the Sydney Opera House. Eno remarked in an interview, “Ladytron are, for me, the best of British pop music. They’re the kind of band that really only appears in Britain, with this funny mixture of eccentric art-school dicking around and dressing up, with a full awareness of what’s happening everywhere musically, which is kind of knitted together and woven into something quite new.”

Their minimal lo-fi debut, 604 in 2001, and its successor, 2002’s synth-soaked Light & Magic, had Ladytron grouped with the so-called Electroclash wave, while 2005’s Witching Hour saw them break out and win over a whole new audience. Pitchfork wrote: “Every quantum leap record has a quantum leap single, and in this case, it’s “Destroy Everything You Touch.” With a charging chorus and shivery production that sounds as equally indebted to shoegaze as it does synthpop, this is probably the most confident and menacing thing they’ve ever done.”

2008’s harder, darker Velocifero saw them grow further with the iconic singles “Ghosts”, “Runaway” & “Tomorrow”. They were then invited by Christina Aguilera to write and produce tracks for her forthcoming album.

A decade’s retrospective was released in 2010, featuring a new single “Ace of Hz” and to follow, 2011’s Gravity the Seducer took up a cinematic thread which had weaved through the previous albums with “White Elephant”, “Mirage” and standout “White Gold”. After another accompanying world tour that culminated in a euphoric sell out at the Los Angeles Wiltern, the band took a well-earned break.

2019 saw a new chapter open for Ladytron, following an eight-year hiatus between albums. This period saw the group move across hemispheres, experiment with solo projects and new collaborations, after five albums and a succession of world tours over the previous ten-year period. In mid-2016 the band had quietly began to write and record together again, picking up the trail with their songs and raw characteristics taken forward with a new palette of atmospheres and themes.

Released by complete surprise, “The Animals” was the first taste that came complete with a remix by electronic pioneer Vince Clarke, and a video clip filmed in the sprawling megalopolis of São Paulo. The track was unmistakably Ladytron, yet hinted at new horizons to come.

“It was the first new song we had, and with it we went almost immediately into the studio with Jim Abbiss, who has worked with us previously on “Destroy [Everything You Touch]”…and the Witching Hour album,” says vocalist Helen Marnie “He’s the producer who has really understood us the most.”

Finally in 2019 their eponymous sixth full length album was released to critical acclaim, with Q Magazine calling it “Their finest record since 2002’s Light & Magic.” and that “Ladytron achieve near perfection here.”, Mojo insisting that in “Dark times, Ladytron soundtrack them beautifully.”. GQ described it as “Formidable machine music, full of urgency and menace.” while NPR posited that “Ladytron seems enraptured at the idea of change, and of new beginnings in the face of a possible fiery end.”.

Blackbook called it simply “Ladytron at their absolutely most sublime.”.

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The Original Faces

By Zoe Camp

September 9, 2015

Liz Harris' music thrives on liminality. Her canny blending of tape loops, field music, and psychedelia strands us somewhere both familiar and strange: Dusty old pianos, chirping frogs, and a defiantly beeping microwave counted as some of the most persistent instrumentation on her last album Ruins . Whether she's releasing new material as Grouper or collaborating with bluesmen and noise savants ( Roy Montgomery , Xiu Xiu , and Tiny Vipers ), Harris builds up immersive, perplexing landscapes, tearing it all down just as we're starting to figure out where, exactly, we are.

For her latest creative venture Helen, Harris has teamed up with Eternal Tapestry drummer Jed Bindeman, bassist/guitarist Scott Simons__,__ and a mysterious, possibly mythic third collaborator (more on her later). Despite its purported origins as a thrash band, Helen's sun-baked ambient lands somewhere between My Bloody Valentine 's distorted bliss and Eternal Tapestry's psyched-out experiments. Upon cursory listens, the band's debut album,  The Original Faces , appears to be an accessible, if noisy, entry into the shoegaze-pop canon, not unlike A Sunny Day in Glasgow 's excellent  Sea When Absent . In all actuality, it's a little bit insane.

Harris' distorted, manipulated vocals divulge their secrets slowly, after the melodic sweetness wears off.  She plays with our senses and expectations: Listeners must wade through a creaky, corrupted tape sample to reach the triumphant roar of opening track "Ryder"; when the drums finally kick in on the dreamlike "Pass Me By", it's with exaggerated, almost comic force, as though she's acknowledging our impatience. Her more nocturnal, funereal side informs the The Original Faces ' best moments, particularly the achingly beautiful "Violet", which sounds like a memorial service being held 20 yards away from a Slowdive rehearsal.

The other noteworthy member of the band is the album's mysterious, unidentified backup vocalist, whose vocals sound uncannily similar to Harris but are credited separately to "Helen". Is she Grouper's alter ego? An unnamed surprise guest? The mythical Greek heroine, a symbol for unattainable, destructive perfection? These are solid guesses, but I'm partial to imagining her as a ghost, who materializes every so often to bestow the music with an otherworldly presence. "Helen"'s presence is tenuous; on cuts like "Right Outcome" and "City Breathing" her harmonies pierce the void to carry Harris' leads upward, while on "Covered in Shade" and "Allison", they're tucked away into the background. Considering the mythical connotations of Helen's namesake, her presence makes sense here as an extension of the album's interest in the divide between delicate beauty and all-consuming din.

Whatever else she does, "Helen" helps diversify the sound of The Original Faces and injects a youthful spirit into the solemn proceedings. Along with other traces of pop, like the jangly interludes "Motorcycle" and "City Breathing", she provides a respite from the surrounding gloom. These ninety-second-ish ditties are too gaunt and echo-ridden to stand alone as memorable singles, but within the tempestuous framework of the album, their vulnerability hits like a late-summer thunderstorm.

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Remembering you, ed, alex inducted into modern drummer hall of fame.

September 5, 2023: Alex Van Halen’s place in the pantheon of rock ’n’ roll drummers is legendary. The incredible body of work that he created alongside his brother Eddie is memorialized in Van Halen’s historic catalog of genre-defining music. With each new album, the group, which initially also featured bassist Michael Anthony and vocalist David Lee Roth, further developed its unique brand of music. Since Day 1, the foundation of that sound was the bottomless rumble and stratospheric crack of Alex Van Halen’s drumming.

Though informed by the heaviest of classic rock’s first-generation bands, from the outset Van Halen also had an ear to the future, retaining and even expanding their popularity in the midst of the new wave era, when they unabashedly incorporated keyboard hooks yet never betrayed their hard-rock base. Alex, like Eddie a self-described “tone chaser,” was deeply invested in keeping the VH sound contemporary and exploratory, imbuing his drum performances not only with gargantuan beats and blazing fills, but captivating and idiosyncratic tones.

As much as any drummer in the history of rock, Alex Van Halen helped define the signature sound of his band—which is all the more startling given the fact that his guitar-playing brother is among the most influential players in the history of the music. Alex’s energetic and unpredictable playing style and the unique bark of his sonic attack add an air of excitement to the music, and set the stage for the band’s larger-than-life persona. Blending many influences, such as big band swing, blues, early rock ’n’ roll, and even African drumming, Alex chooses from a wide palette.

And as his playing evolved from album to album and tour to tour, so did Alex’s setup. Usually going for higher-pitched toms and ultra-deep bass drums, he would often experiment with different gear and technology to bring something new to the table. Incorporating Rototoms, timbales, cowbells, tube drums, and electronics, Alex spares no expense when it comes to finding the right equipment to achieve the sounds that are in his head.

Perhaps the most significant event in the recent history of the band, however, came in late 2020, with the passing of Eddie Van Halen. The compilation of this book, including Modern Drummer’s most recent interview with Alex Van Halen, was completed prior to the news of Eddie’s passing. Given that the constant throughout all of Van Halen’s achievements—and what guaranteed their stature not only on the charts but in popular culture—was the bloodline of the Van Halen brotherhood, this book can be viewed not only as a tribute to one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, but to the glorious music that Alex and Eddie created together.

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Boxed Set Introduces Four Newly Remastered VH Studio Albums With Sammy Hagar Plus Rarities Recorded Between 1989 And 2004

5-LP And 5-CD Versions Arriving On October 6

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Los Angeles - Van Halen will release a new boxed set this fall spotlighting the band’s second incarnation, with singer Sammy Hagar , guitarist Eddie Van Halen , drummer Alex Van Halen , and bassist Michael Anthony . The upcoming set includes newly remastered versions of four multi-platinum studio albums, along with a selection of rarities recorded between 1989 and 2004.

THE COLLECTION II will be available on October 6 on 5 LPs for $124.98 and 5 CDs for $49.98. Pre-order both versions HERE . All the music in the set was mastered directly from the original master tapes, a process overseen by the band’s longtime engineer, Donn Landee.

The new set is the long-awaited sequel to The Collection , a compilation released in 2015 that focused on the six studio albums recorded by the band’s original line-up, which featured singer David Lee Roth. THE COLLECTION II picks up where its predecessor left off and covers the four consecutive #1 albums released during the Hagar era: 5150 (1986), OU812 (1988), For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991), and Balance (1995).

The journey begins with 5150 , Van Halen’s seventh studio album and the band’s first to claim the top spot on the Billboard 200 . Certified platinum six times in the U.S., the record treated fans to hits like “Dreams,” “Love Walks In,” and “Why Can’t This Be Love,” which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The group returned two years later with OU812 , a quadruple-platinum smash that delivered four Billboard Hot 100 hits, including “Finish What Ya Started” and “When It’s Love.”

The accolades continued with For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge , which earned Van Halen its first Grammy ® Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album. Debuting at #1 and staying there for three weeks, the album achieved triple-platinum certification. The record produced an incredible seven singles, including hits like “Poundcake,” “Top Of The World,” and “Right Now.”

In 1993, the band released its first live album, Live: Right Here, Right Now , before returning in 1995 with Balance , its final studio album with Hagar. The album was another commercial triumph, debuting at #1, selling more than three million copies, and earning a Grammy ® nomination for “The Seventh Seal.”

THE COLLECTION II concludes with Studio Rarities 1989-2004, an exclusive compilation that assembles eight gems from the Hagar era for the first time. Among these rarities is “Crossing Over,” the B-Side to Balance’s “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You”, and the band’s only non-album B-side.

The compilation boasts other exceptional highlights, including the band’s cover of Little Feat’s “A Apolitical Blues” and the instrumental “Baluchitherium,” which were originally left off the vinyl versions of OU812 and Balance, respectively. Additionally, the set features two songs the band contributed to the Twister Soundtrack – “Humans Being” and the Grammy ® -nominated “Respect The Wind.”

Rounding out the set are “It’s About Time,” “Up For Breakfast,” and “Learning To See,” which were recorded during the band’s temporary reunion with Hagar in 2004. All three debuted that year on Van Halen’s second greatest hits collection, The Best of Both Worlds .

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Video and Streaming May 21, 2022 Helen Sung Trio at the 2022 Newton Piano Summit December 12, 2021 Helen Sung presents  Reorientation: Asian American Artists Out Loud , Episode 1: Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya December 17, 2021 Helen Sung presents  Reorientation: Asian American Artists Out Loud ,  Episode 2: Poet and Writer Serena Yang December 26, 2021 Helen Sung presents  Reorientation: Asian American Artists Out Loud ,  Episode 3: Hip Hop Artist Heesun Lee September 17, 2021 Quartet+ EPK and official release date on Sunnyside Records  

Itinerary APRIL 2024 Apr 3 Helen Sung, HSPVA 2024 Distinguished Alumna Masterclass:  8th Period Talk Back , Kinder HSPVA, Houston, TX Apr 4 Helen Sung, HSPVA 2024 Distinguised Alumni Keynote Speaker and Solo Piano Performance, 18th Annual Encore Luncheon:  Crescendo,  Denney Theater, Kinder HSPVA, Houston, TX April 6 w/Mingus Dynasty, UMass-Amherst FIne Arts Center Jazz Series, Tillis Performance Hall, Amherst, MA             w/Mingus Dynasty, Masterclass and Coaching, Tillis Performance Hall, UMass-Amherst, Amherst, MA Apr 8-10 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA Apr 11 Helen Sung Solo Piano Recital - Private Event at Steinway Hall, NYC Apr 12 w/Todd Marcus Quartet at Harford Community College, Joppa Hall, Bel Air, MD Apr 14 w/Columbia University Jazz Faculty Concert, Wang Pavilion - Lerner Hall, Columbia University, NYC Apr 15 Helen Sung, Mingus Assembly Jazz Clinic, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Apr 16 Helen Sung, Visiting Artist for Jazz Seminar (Warren Wolf, director) at Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD Apr 17 w/Mingus Big Band at DROM, NYC Apr 19 Helen Sung, guest artist with the Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble:  Tribute to Count Basie , New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, New Brunswick, NJ Apr 22 w/Mingus Big Band at DROM, NYC Apr 25 Helen Sung and Zuckerman Institute Principal Investigator Dr. Sarah Woolley present Music On The Brain:  It's Not Just For The Birds , National Jazz Museum in Harlem, NYC Apr 26 w/Lea Delaria at CAMP Rehoboth Women's Fest 2024, Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, Rehoboth Beach, DE Apr 30 Helen Sung with special guest Aaron Diehl: The Duke at 125 Piano Duos  Series at Dizzy's Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC MAY 2024 May 1 Helen Sung with special guest Geoffrey Keezer: The Duke at 125 Piano Duos Series at Dizzy's Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC May 6 Helen Sung Trio at the 2024 Gilmore Piano Festival, Kool Family Community Center, Battle Creek, MI May 8 Helen Sung Trio at the 2024 Gilmore Piano Festival , Civic Theatre Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MI May 9 Helen Sung, Masterclass for 24th Annual CUNY Jazz Festival, Aaron Davis Hall, Theatre B, City College of New York, NYC  

Past Shows MARCH 2024 Mar 1 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA Mar 3 Helen Sung presents a Listening Session Live Stream for JazzComposersPresent.com, 1:00PM EST, Planet Earth Mar 4-6 Helen Sung, Visiting Artist Residency with the California State University (at Northridge) Jazz Big Bands directed by Tina Raymond, Los Angeles, CA Mar 6 Helen Sung, guest pianist with CSUN Big Band A and Big Band B, Plaza del Sol Performance Hall, Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA Mar 9 w/Cecile McLorin Salvant's  Ogresse , Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, GERMANY Mar 12 w/Cecile McLorin Salvant's  Ogresse , Weiner Konzerthaus, Vienna, AUSTRIA Mar 13 w/Cecile McLorin Salvant's  Ogresse , DE SINGEL, Antwerp, BELGIUM Mar 15 w/Cecile McLorin Salvant's  Ogresse , Philharmonie Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Mar 17 w/Cecile McLorin Salvant's  Ogresse , BOZAR, Bruxelles, BELGIUM Mar 25-27 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA FEBRUARY 2024 Feb 2-4 w/Warren Wolf Quartet at Dizzy's Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC Feb 5 w/Ted Nash Big Band at Dizzy's Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC Feb 15-16 Helen Sung, Guest Artist & Clinician for the 5th Annual Essentially Ellington Las Vegas Regional High School Jazz Band Festival, Artemus Ham Hall, UNLV, Las Vegas, NEVADA Feb 17 Helen Sung, Guest Artist & Clinician for the Jazz Outreach Initiative 2024 Band Directors Academy, UNLV, Las Vegas NEVADA Feb 22 Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with special guest Chambers Brews String Quartet , Lincoln Theatre, Columbus, OH Feb 23 Helen Sung Quartet for Jazz Vivace's Winter Jazz Series  at Caffe Vivace, Cincinnati, OH Feb 26 w/Mingus Big Band at DROM, NYC Feb 28-29 Helen Sung, Visiting Faculty Residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA JANUARY 2024 Jan 8 w/Mingus Big Band at DROM, NYC Jan 20 Helen Sung, panelist for The View From The Keys: A Jazz Pianists Roundtable  moderated by Larry Blumenfeld, 2024 Chamber Music America National Conference, Pearl Room, Westin Hotel Times Square, NYC            Helen Sung, host for the 2024 Chamber Music America Afterhours Jam Session, Majestic Ballroom, Westin Hotel Times Square, NYC Jan 21 Helen Sung, pianist for Jazz on the Mountain Festival:  Parlor Games , Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY Jan 22 Scott Robinson + Helen Sung + Martin Wind TRIO at Jazz on the Mountain Festival, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY Jan 25 Helen Sung Solo Piano Recital - Private Event at Steinway Hall, NYC Jan 26 Helen Sung Solo Piano Recital - Private Event at Steinway Gallery, Manhasset, LI Jan 28 w/Scott Robinson Trio at Brush Culture, Teaneck, NJ Jan 30 w/vocalist Carolyn Leonhart at The Django, NYC

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Grupo Firme is in mourning after the band was hit by an unexpected death during their 'La Última Peda Tour'

G rupo Firme and its leader, Eduin Caz , have expressed their devastation over the unexpected passing of an important member of the Mexican music band. The group, along with their music company, Music Vip, has declared a period of mourning as they come to terms with this loss.

The artists and their executives revealed the passing this weekend of José Iván Zazueta Chavarini, affectionately known as 'Boni, ' who was considered a vital member of the touring team.

Boni managed one of the trucks that carried the essential sound and stage equipment for the group's performances. His death occurred just hours before a scheduled concert in Tapachula, casting a shadow of mourning over the band and their fans.

Grupo Firme's sorrow

In a heartfelt message shared on their official X account, Grupo Firme expressed their sorrow: "Dear friend, you have left us too soon. Thank you for the light of your smile and for joining us on this journey."

Boni, 58, was found in his hotel room at the Holiday Inn Express near the stadium where the night's performance was set to take place. The local police cited the cause of death as the consequence of a cardiorespiratory arrest.

The death was reported to the authorities "around 15:30 hours," and paramedics from the Auxiliary Emergency Services "confirmed that the person had no vital signs." The body was transferred to the Forensic Medical Service, which upon examination did not show any injuries.

Looking ahead, Grupo Firme remains committed to their 2024 tour schedule, dubbed "La Última Peda Tour." The tour promises to bring the band's unique blend of música regional mexicana with Pacific Norteño, Banda, and Norteño-Banda, sub genres of Latin music to audiences across the United States, Mexico, and Europe​.

Right now, they have a little time to heal. The next date is on Friday, May 10th, in San Antonio's Frost Bank Center.

This loss comes after a turbulent period for Grupo Firme, marked recently by t he temporary retirement of their lead singer, Eduin Caz . Caz's departure from the stage earlier this year was prompted by a severe health crisis, including a cancer scare and mental health struggles, which led him to take a break to focus on his recovery​.

However, in a turn of resilience, Caz returned to the group after a four-month hiatus, apologizing to his bandmates and fans for the abrupt departure and signaling his readiness to resume performances​

Grupo Firme's new music

This week Grupo Firme is featured in Mexican super star Thalía's new song "Te va a doler." The track is part of the Mexican super star's new album " A Mucha Honra ."

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HOUSTON − It’s not only stunning, but somewhat miraculous that more than 60 years after their first tour, the Rolling Stones are still filling stadiums.

It’s even more head-spinning to realize that along with their treasured hits, the Rolling Stones are enhancing their setlist with a trio of songs from last year’s well-received “Hackney Diamonds” – their first album of original material in 18 years and the impetus for this 16-city tour.

We’d call it a victory lap, but frontman Mick Jagger is better suited for marathons.

At the kickoff April 28 at NRG Stadium in Houston, the core triumvirate of Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood – along with their supporting cast of exceptional musicians and singers – hit the massive stage to the sounds of Richards’ slashing out the riff of, fittingly, “Start Me Up.”

Jagger, the nimble CEO of Stones Inc., peacocked in a silver shimmering jacket, his elastic legs a mere pedestal for his rotating torso.

Richards, still owning his disheveled pirate look with a knit cap and multicolored scarf dangling from his hip, and Wood, grinning continuously and occasionally scampering down the lengthy catwalk, retained their roles as faithful consiglieres.

There isn’t a patch of smooth facial skin among them (Jagger and Richards are 80 and Wood is 76). But with the energy to plow through an 18-song, two-hour set – yes, shorter than previous Stones shows, but still fulfilling – no one is looking to crown them as pageant winners.

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While the band needed a couple of songs to fully find their groove – the striding cadence of a reworked “Get Off Of My Cloud” and a ramshackle “Rocks Off” felt curious rather than robust – Jagger compensated with his riveting presence and still-supple vocals.

Along with the “Hackney Diamonds” songs plucked for their major live debuts (the band played a few of the new tracks at an intimate New York club gig in October ), including the feisty “ Angry ” and encore of gospelized “ Sweet Sounds of Heaven ,” the 1966 tune “ Out of Time ” also received its U.S. debut. The band revived it last year during some performances for the overseas Sixty tour.

“I don’t think you really knew it, but you got to know it,” Jagger said with a smile after leading the nearly full stadium through the arm-waving chorus.

As typical for a Rolling Stones production, the stage ran the width of the stadium, blanketed with screens beaming images of the band with magnificent clarity. Closeups of drummer Steve Jordan, who assumed rhythm duties after the 2021 death of original drummer Charlie Watts , joyfully thundering through the gem “ Paint It, Black ” and birthday boy Chuck Leavell ripping out a fleet-fingered solo on his Yamaha keyboard on “Honky Tonk Women” offered fans a peek at the magic happening a few feet behind Jagger and Co.

During the always-visceral “ Sympathy for the Devil ,” as serpents and fire crawled across the screens, Jagger prowled through the sinister groove, augmented by percussion provided by background vocalist Bernard Fowler and chunky bass lines from Darryl Jones.

Keyboardist Matt Clifford added French horn to “ You Can’t Always Get What You Want ” while Jagger, playing an acoustic guitar, strolled through the message of acquiescence that escalated into a gospel throwdown.

The horn duo of Karl Denson and Tim Ries coated many familiar anthems – “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Miss You” among them – with their rich brass sounds. But, as fans have realized over the decades, the ominous “Gimme Shelter” remains a centerpiece of any Rolling Stones concert, and Jagger has a new onstage playmate in powerhouse background vocalist Chanel Haynes.

The woman who starred as Tina Turner in the West End musical of Turner’s life and officially became part of the band last year, steamrolled through “Gimme Shelter” with a voice blaring attitude and vigor. As she and Jagger strolled the catwalk, sharing vocals and chemistry, Jagger wisely backed off a couple of times, allowing Haynes to unleash her theatrical verve.

But this is still Jagger’s circus, and whether he’s bobbing like a jittery prizefighter or wiggling his shoulders like the world’s most slender Chippendales dancer, he is an octogenarian who captivates.

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The band has enlisted various openers throughout the tour. In Houston, blues-rock guitar ace – and Texas native – Gary Clark Jr. landed the opening night slot and for 45 minutes, enchanted the mostly full stadium.

With a large band – five musicians, three background vocalists – behind him, Clark was the epitome of cool in dark shades and a bandana as he took the stage with “Maktub” from his recently released fourth album, “JPEG Raw.”

Clark is a big name for an opener (then again, it is the Rolling Stones) and he utilized his time well with massive licks on the crunch rockers “Bright Lights” and “This is Who We Are,” with singer Naala joining him.

The soul-inflected “Feed the Babies” seared as a set highlight, as the singer-guitarist displayed sizzling playing and a breezy vibe for the receptive crowd.  

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Bon Jovi docuseries 'Thank You, Goodnight' is an argument for respect

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Jon Bon Jovi at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., in 2013. David Bergman/Hulu hide caption

Jon Bon Jovi at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., in 2013.

Hulu's docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story , spends a lot of time building up the Bon Jovi legend — exploring the band's almost unbelievable 40-plus-year run from playing hardscrabble rock clubs in New Jersey to earning platinum albums and entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

But what moved me most in the four-part series was something more revealing: its close look at the struggle by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi to overcome vocal problems which nearly led him to quit the band.

Footage of the singer croaking through vocal exercises, undergoing laser treatments, enduring acupuncture and finally turning to surgery is sprinkled throughout the series, which toggles back and forth between his problems in 2022 and a chronological story of the band's triumphs and tragedies from its earliest days.

Refusing to be Fat Elvis

Jon Bon Jovi was interviewed for Thank You, Goodnight . Disney/Hulu hide caption

Jon Bon Jovi was interviewed for Thank You, Goodnight .

Through it all, a question hangs: Will Bon Jovi ever recover enough vocal strength to lead a 40th anniversary tour?

"If I can't be the very best I can be, I'm out," he tells the cameras, still looking a bit boyish despite his voluminous gray hair at age 62. "I'm not here to drag down the legacy, I'm not here for the 'Where are they now?' tour ... I'm not ever gonna be the Fat Elvis ... That ain't happening."

Filmmaker Gotham Chopra — who has also directed docuseries about his father, spiritualist Deepak Chopra, and star quarterback Tom Brady — digs deeply into the band's history, aided by boatloads of pictures, video footage and early recordings provided by the group.

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Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora in Thank You, Goodnight

Chopra gets folks from the group's tight inner circle to speak up, including former manager Doc McGhee and guitarist Richie Sambora, who quit the band in 2013. ("Are we telling the truth, or are we going to lie, what are we going to do?" Sambora cracks to his offscreen interviewer. "Let's figure it out.")

But anyone expecting gossipy dish will walk away disappointed. Even major scandals in the band's history are handled with care, including the firing of founding bassist Alec John Such in 1994 (and the admission that his replacement, Hugh McDonald, already had been secretly playing bass parts on their albums for years), drummer Tico Torres' stint in addiction treatment and Sambora's decision to quit midway through a tour in 2013, with no notice to bandmates he had performed alongside for 30 years.

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Sambora's explanation: When issues with substance use and family problems led him to miss recording sessions, Bon Jovi got producer John Shanks to play more guitar on their 2013 record What About Now . And Sambora was hurt.

"[Bon Jovi] had the whole thing kinda planned out," Sambora says, "which basically was telling me, um, 'I can do it without you.'"

Building a band on rock anthems

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Jon Bon Jovi with guitarist Phil X.

The docuseries shows how young New Jersey native John Bongiovi turned a job as a gofer at legendary recording studio The Power Station – owned by a cousin — into a recording of his first hit in the early 1980s, Runaway . His song eventually caught the ear of another little-known artist from New Jersey called Bruce Springsteen.

"The first demo I got of Jon's was a good song," says Springsteen, a longtime friend of Bon Jovi. "I mean, Jon's great talent is these big, powerful pop rock choruses that just demand to be sung by, you know, 20,000 people in an arena."

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Rock star jon bon jovi comes full 'circle'.

Thank You, Goodnight shows the band really took off by honing those rock anthems with songwriter Desmond Child, while simultaneously developing videos that showcased their status as a fun, rollicking live band. Hits like You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer and Wanted: Dead or Alive made them MTV darlings and rock superstars.

Through it all, the singer and bandleader is shown as the group's visionary and spark plug, open about how strategically he pushed the band to write hit songs and positioned them for commercial success.

"It wasn't as though I woke up one morning and was the best singer in the school, or on the block, or in my house," he tells the camera, laughing. "I just had a desire and a work ethic that was always the driving force."

I saw that dynamic up close in the mid-1990s when I worked as a music critic in New Jersey, spending time with Jon Bon Jovi and the band. Back then, his mother ran the group's fan club and was always trying to convince the local rock critic to write about her superstar son – I was fascinated by how the band shrugged off criticisms of being uncool and survived changing musical trends, led by a frontman who worked hard to stay grounded.

Bon Jovi was always gracious and willing to talk; he even introduced me to then-New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman at one of his legendary Christmas charity concerts. (And in a crazy coincidence, the band's backup singer Everett Bradley is an old friend from college.)

I think the docuseries captures Bon Jovi's skill at leading the group through challenges musical and otherwise — from metal's slow fade off the pop charts to the rise of grunge rock — something the singer rarely gets credit for achieving.

Still, much of Thank You, Goodnight feels like an extended celebration of the band and its charismatic frontman, leavened by his earnest effort to regain control of his voice. If you're not a Bon Jovi fan, four episodes of this story may feel like a bit much (I'd recommend at least watching the first and last episodes.)

More than anything, the docuseries feels like an extended argument for something Bon Jovi has struggled to achieve, even amid million selling records and top-grossing concert tours – respect as a legendary rock band.

The audio and digital versions of this story were edited by Jennifer Vanasco .

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Rock trailblazer Heart reunites for a world tour and a new song

FILE - Nancy Wilson, left, and Ann Wilson, right, of the band Heart perform as Heart is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.” (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Nancy Wilson, left, and Ann Wilson of Heart perform on opening night of the Heartbreaker Tour at the Cruzan Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Fla., June 17, 2013. Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.” (Photo by Jeff Daly/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Nancy and Ann Wilson of the classic rock band Heart perform in concert at the American Music Theater on Monday, March 24, 2014, in Lancaster, Pa. Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.” (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring and fall for a world tour that Nancy Wilson describes as “the full-on rocker size.”

“I’ve been strengthening. I’ve got my trainer,” she says. “You go one day at a time and you strengthen one workout session at a time. It’s a lot of work, but it’s the only job I know how to do.”

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers who gave us classic tracks like “Magic Man,” “Crazy on You” and “Alone” will be playing all the hits, some tracks from of their solo albums — like Ann Wilson’s “Miss One and Only” and Nancy Wilson’s “Love Mistake” — and a new song called “Roll the Dice.”

Nancy Wilson, left, and Ann Wilson perform on opening night of the Heartbreaker Tour in West Palm Beach, Fla., June 17, 2013. (Photo by Jeff Daly/Invision/AP, File)

“I like to say we have really good problems because the problem we have is to choose between a bunch of different, really cool songs that people love already,” says Nancy Wilson.

Like “Barracuda,” a sonic burst which first appeared on the band’s second album, “Little Queen” and is one of the band’s most memorable songs.

“You can’t mess with ‘Barracuda.’ It’s just the way it is. It is great. You get on the horse and you ride. It’s a galloping steed of a ride to go on. And for everybody, including the band.”

The tour kicks off Saturday at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, and will hit cities including Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit, as well as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado. International dates include stops in London, Oslo, Berlin, Stockholm, Montreal and Glasgow.

The band’s Royal Flush Tour will have Cheap Trick as the opening act for many stops, but Def Leppard and Journey will join for three stadium dates in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston this summer.

Ann and Nancy Wilson will be filled out by Ryan Wariner (lead and rhythm guitar), Ryan Waters (guitars), Paul Moak (guitars, keyboards and backing vocals), Tony Lucido (bass and backing vocals) and Sean T. Lane (drums).

The tour is the first in several years for Heart, which was rocked by a body blow in 2016 when Ann Wilson’s husband was arrested for assaulting Nancy’s 16-year-old twin sons. Nancy Wilson says that’s all in the past.

“We can take any kind of turbulence, me and Ann, and we’ve always been OK together,” she says. “We’re still steering the ship and happy to do it together. So we’re tight.”

The new tour will take them to Canada, which was warm to the band when they were starting out as what Nancy Wilson calls “a couple of chicks from Seattle.” She recalls Vancouver embracing Heart, and touring in one van across Canada in the dead of winter on two lane highways.

The Wilsons at the American Music Theater on Monday, March 24, 2014, in Lancaster, Pa. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

The Wilson sisters broke rock’s glass ceiling in the ‘70s and Nancy Wilson says they only had male influences to look to, like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Moody Blues.

Now she says she looks out and loves seeing generations of female rockers. “You have boygenius and you have Billie Eilish and you have Olivia Rodrigo and so many amazing women — Maggie Rogers and Sheryl Crow, who calls us her big influence. And then Billie Eilish might have Sheryl Crow as her influence. So it’s a really nice legacy to pass along. I like to say we’re the OG — the original gangsters — of women and rock.”

Heart has made it into the Rock Hall, won Grammys, sold millions of albums and rocked hundreds of thousands of fans but Nancy Wilson has one place she’d still like to shine.

Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of their debut album, “Dreamboat Annie,” which was the same year that “Saturday Night Live” started. “So we’re actually kind of putting it out there — Heart never played on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ But what about the 50th birthday party with Heart?”

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Can't get enough of the Eras Tour? This Taylor Swift cover band is performing in Endicott

The magic and mania that is Taylor Swift knows no bounds, and that includes the 17th Dick's Open at the En-Joie Golf Course.

Cruel Summer, a tribute band to the music superstar and her record-smashing "Eras Tour," will perform Saturday, June 15 to kick off tournament week at the Endicott golf course in a new way, Broome County Community Charities and Vision Federal Credit Union announced.

Cruel Summer will perform in the VIP Pavilion at 7:30 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. Tickets, priced at $10, are available at Ticketmaster.com .

It will be the first appearance in the Southern Tier for the popular cover band that takes its name from one of Swift's songs on her "Lover" album. The group has played to sellout crowds in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse so far this year.

Dick's Open concert: Luke Bryan performing at En-Joie in 2024

Their performances are for all ages and concession options will be available on the night of the show.

Country superstar Luke Bryan will perform June 21 at the Dick's Open. The show will follow Round 1 play at 9 p.m. on the 18th green.

The 2024 Dick's Open will take place form June 17-23 at En-Joie.

For a full schedule of events, visit www.dsgopen.com . Call the tournament office at 607-205-1500 for sponsorship and ticket information.

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Russia arrests another suspect in the concert hall attack that killed 144

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A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people in March, the Moscow City Courts Telegram channel said Saturday.

Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, a citizen of Tajikistan, is accused of providing the attackers with means of communication and financing. The judge at Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ruled that Kurbonov would be kept in custody until May 22 pending investigation and trial.

Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said Kurbonov was reportedly detained on April 11 for 15 days on the administrative charge of petty hooliganism. Independent Russian media outlet Mediazona noted that this is a common practice used by Russian security forces to hold a person in custody while a criminal case is prepared against them.

Twelve defendants have been arrested in the case, including four who allegedly carried out the attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, according to RIA Novosti.

Those four appeared in the same Moscow court at the end of March on terrorism charges and showed signs of severe beatings. One appeared to be barely conscious during the hearing. The court ordered that the men, all of whom were identified in the media as citizens of Tajikistan, also be held in custody until May 22.

A faction of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the massacre in which gunmen shot people who were waiting for a show by a popular rock band and then set the building on fire. But Russian officials including President Vladimir Putin have persistently claimed, without presenting evidence, that Ukraine and the West had a role in the attack.

Ukraine denies involvement and its officials claim that Moscow is pushing the allegation as a pretext to intensify its fighting in Ukraine .

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J. Geils Band’s Peter Wolf announces summer tour dates around New England

It’s been a minute since Peter Wolf hit the road, but that’s about to change. The former J. Geils Band singer has announced a string of New England dates that’ll give longtime fans a chance to see the Hard Drivin’ Man do what he does better than most: Perform live onstage.

Wolf, who celebrated his 78th birthday last month, is doing a series of unplugged shows he’s calling the “Waiting On The Moon Tour: An Acoustic Evening of Stories and Songs.” He’ll be joined on the July dates by two frequent collaborators — guitarists Duke Levine and Kevin Barry.

Though best known as the electrifying frontman of the J. Geils Band, Wolf has released eight well-reviewed albums under his own name, including 2002′s “ Sleepless ,” which Rolling Stone ranked No. 427 on a list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Lately, Wolf, who grew up in the Bronx but has lived in Boston for several decades, has been keeping a low profile while he writes a memoir. Anyone familiar with the singer’s backstory knows the book could be fascinating. In his late teens, Wolf lived in an apartment around the corner from Club 47, the Harvard Square coffeehouse that became Club Passim, and hung out with the likes of Mose Allison, Bill Monroe, Otis Spann, Howlin’ Wolf, and Muddy Waters.

The first of the seven shows are July 5 and 6 at Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, Maine. Wolf will also perform in Fall River July 12, Westerly, R.I., July 13, Natick July 18, Norfolk, Conn., July 19, and Rockport July 25. Ticket info can be found at peterwolf.com .

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Boy band icons will unite for opening night NYS Fair concert

• Updated: Apr. 26, 2024, 7:41 p.m. |
• Published: Apr. 26, 2024, 1:39 p.m.

AJ McLean and Joey Fatone, here last month in New York City, are coming to Syracuse this summer. Getty Images

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Members of two of the biggest boys bands of all-time will come together for an opening night concert at the New York State Fair .

Longtime friends Joey Fatone of NSYNC and AJ McLean of The Backstreet Boys will play on the Suburban Park Stage at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The show is free with admission to the NYS Fair.

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