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Springsteen adds second show at L.A. Sports Arena
No surprise here: Demand was so insanely high for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band‘s April 26 performance at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena that a second date there on the coming...
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Grammy predictions: Adele will have it all
There are almost always better reasons to tune into the Grammy Awards than simply finding out who will win and who won’t. Ever since the annual ceremony moved out of smaller places like the Shrine and...
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Grammys 2012: a night of triumphs and sorrow; Adele wins six, Foo Fighters...
The pall of Whitney Houston’s untimely death hung over the proceedings Sunday evening at Staples Center, and it was addressed more than once. Host LL Cool J led the star-studded assemblage in a prayer...
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Grammys 2012: Jennifer Hudson, Glen Campbell and more performance highs (and...
Overall it wasn’t even close to the almost uniformly excellent 2011 telecast – but its three standout moments were more memorable than just about anything I can recall from the past decade of Grammy...
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Album review: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Wrecking Ball’
• Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball – Only when he’s ventured off on limited solo acoustic runs or indulged rare detours (like that jubilant Seeger Sessions outing in 2006) has the Boss opted to leave...
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Springsteen’s Honda Center show on sale soon
Bruce Springsteen at London's Hard Rock Calling last month. Photo: Jim Dyson, Getty Images We mentioned three weeks ago that the second leg of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s tour behind...
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Grammy noms: Mumford & Sons, the Black Keys, Frank Ocean and fun. poised for...
For a change, the winners aren’t already preordained. Last year, anyone with the slightest sense of how the Grammys tend to go down knew on nomination night that Adele would dominate come ceremony...
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Goodbye 2012: The 20 (or so) Best Albums
Usually as December dawns the very best works of the year have already risen to the surface. Not so in 2012. Sure, summertime yielded a few undeniable standouts, and they’re the same titles likely to...
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Goodbye 2012: Soundcheck staff Top 10s
Green Day arrive at September’s iHeart Radio Festival in Las Vegas. Photo: Steven Lawton, Getty Images KELLI SKYE FADROSKI 1. Green Day, ¡Uno! / ¡Dos! / ¡Tré! – It’s fast, it’s hard and it’s so very...
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Elton, Mumford, Sting, Vedder and more to salute Springsteen as MusiCares...
Bruce Springsteen at London’s Hard Rock Calling festival in July. Photo: Jim Dyson, Getty Images These Grammy Week benefit events just keep getting bigger and bigger. Case in point: the lineup for the...
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