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Social Distortion postpones Mouse House gig
Social Distortion’s Mike Ness at last summer’s ACL Fest. Photo: David Hall, for the Register Someone isn’t feeling well in the Social D camp. This just in from Mike Ness & Co.: We regret to...
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New shows: Romeo Santos, Yes, Anberlin
Romeo Santos at Madison Square Garden in February. Photo: Taylor Hill, Getty Images As you might expect, with Christmas around the corner, there isn’t as much as usual about to go on sale. • Romeo...
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Coming up: Wanda Jackson, Growlers, Donavon F.
Wanda Jackson at last year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. Photo: David Hall, for the Register In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re taking a bit of a breather as the year crawls to a close – and...
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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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Live review: Double dose of Peter Murphy fraught with illness-related...
Bauhaus legend Peter Murphy at House of Blues Anaheim in 2008. Photo: Kelly A. Swift, for the Register Peter Murphy attempted something special this past weekend at the Observatory in Santa Ana: a...
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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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Coming up: Reel Big Fish, Bone Thugs, Avant
Just after the holidays is naturally the quietest time for the concert biz; most promoters still aren’t back to work and bigger venues are dark. But there are still a few reasons to get out this week,...
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Coachella 2013: Another Rolling Stones hint?
Ardent Coachella-watchers who keep the festival’s Facebook page at the ready – smart move, seeing as last year’s lineup was revealed there first – have surely taken notice of a rather telling photo...
View ArticleMust-see: Jack White on ‘Austin City Limits’
Click here to view the embedded video. Who needs to go out when there’s great stuff to watch on your hi-def widescreen idiot box? Apart from Tom Waits’ cameo on Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons,...
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Bad Religion, Pennywise to play next Musink Fest
The Facebook page for it lists only the dates, the event’s official website hasn’t been updated since last year, and as this post goes up Ticketmaster has no listing for the 2013 edition. But as you...
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Bowie returns with first new single in a decade
Click here to view the embedded video. David Bowie 2013, beneath of a photo of his younger self beside William S. Burroughs. Photo: Jimmy King David Bowie has been in NYC seclusion for so long now...
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Elton John to play Disney’s Hyperion Theater
Elton John in Sydney in November during his recent Australian tour. Photo: Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images It’s not entirely unusual for Elton John to turn up in O.C. doing something special during the...
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The Grove to host Sandy Hook benefit concert
Tribute bands come a dime a dozen these days, and like all struggling musicians they ape to make enough bananas to keep a hut over their heads. But next weekend eight of them will join forces to help...
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New shows: Ne-Yo & T.I., Steven Wilson, STS9
Ne-Yo the last time he played Nokia Theatre, in December at KIIS-FM’s Jingle Ball. Photo: Getty Images As expected, the concert biz slowly started waking up this week. Despite the unveiling of March’s...
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‘X Factor’ breakout Emblem3 signs with Columbia
O.C.-based Emblem3, seen here at VH1 Divas in December, has parlayed success on ‘The X Factor’ into a deal with both Simon Cowell’s Syco Music and Columbia Records. Photo: Christopher Polk, Getty...
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Alicia Keys headed to Staples Center, San Diego
Alicia Keys at Wednesday’s People’s Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre. Photo: Kevin Winter, Getty Images Her fifth album, Girl on Fire, dropped just before Thanksgiving, so it was only a matter of weeks...
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Album reviews: Dropkick Murphys, ‘Girls’ comp
• Dropkick Murphys, Signed and Sealed in Blood (Born & Bred) – The unavoidable deterrent about these ever-fiery Celtic rockers from Boston is their interchangeability. If you’ve heard at least two...
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Justin Timberlake gearing up for ’20/20 Experience’
Justin Timberlake in September at the premiere of ‘Trouble with the Curve.’ Photo: Getty Images After a half-dozen years away from the pop life, Justin Timberlake’s return to record-making has already...
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds headed to Hollywood
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 2013. Photo: Cat Stevens It seems highly likely that Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds will make their Coachella debut come spring, as last week the dark lord of gothic...
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