In 1977, following a near-death experience, Stevens converted to Islam, adopted the name Yusuf Islam, and took a prolonged hiatus from his musical career to focus on philanthropy and education. He returned to recording and performing in 2006, blending his folk-rock roots with Islamic themes ...
Over the years, the band played all over Europe, from their native Italy to Russia, as well as performing at festivals like Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Germany. In 2008, XP8 also reached US shores for the first time with their live show, supporting System Syn on a one month promotional tour...
The groups performing tonight … are The Fat, The Glass, and Sin. On May 5, 2000, the Daily Hampshire Gazette profiled local musician Ray Mason who “spoke about the shooting: ‘I was asleep in the back, and I woke up to see our guitar player with blood all over the side of his ...
performing on all of their albums, includingBand on the Run, the 1973 chart-topper that was released in the U.S. 50 years to the day of his death. During his time in
Gender identity and the Berlin Wall collide inHedwig and the Angry Inchopener, “Tear Me Down,” which sees the titular character performing in front of an audience of unimpressed Germans in a sleazy dive after the wall finally fell. The play-come-film follows Hedwig’s journey from gay, Ge...
While MJ dominated the '80s and broke down musical and cultural barriers with a glitter-gloved zest, he still knew where he came from, writing and performing with his family as the Jacksons and even netting a top five hit in 1984 with the Mick Jagger duet "State of Shock." Running two...
While performing his version of Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" on "The Milton Berle Show," Presley swung his guitar aside and gyrated his pelvis before a legion of screaming fans. As overblown the scandal might seem in retrospect, his rebellious gesture and its adjoining shockwave were ...
Besides performing at the two concerts, students in the popular music bands course are also able to record their music in TV studio and radio studio settings. “This is an amazing opportunity for students who didn’t have a chance to participate in performing music in high school,” Reyes sa...
When the band finally said good night, they had been performing for nearly four hours (including a 40 minute intermission). Anyone wanting more would have to wait another 20 hours until the start of tonight’s show. Setlist: Better Off, Little Kin; Worried, Gradl; Barstools & Dreamners;...
By 1972’sExile on Main St.,The Rolling Stoneshad been creating and performing for a full decade, and although they’d had a fair share of disorderly tracks by then, the sheer animalistic aggression of “Rip This Joint” was something else entirely. ...