Get Lost In The ‘U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017’
Live Nation revealed U2 will return to select stadiums this year with U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the iconic album. The band will perform The Joshua Tree in its entirety in each show. They band will also be accompanied by special guests including Mumford & Sons, OneRepublic and The Lumineers in North America and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds in Europe. U2: The Joshua Tree...
‘Tis the Season to Be Jovi: The Bon Jovi Christmas Experience
Thirty years ago, in 1986, Bon Jovi officially made the jump to hyperspace with its album Slippery When Wet. The thing is, though, Slippery When Wet wasn’t Bon Jovi’s first album; it was its third. The band’s self-titled first album was released two years earlier, in January 1984. And even THAT album wasn’t the first professional recording for lead singer Jon Bon Jovi. That distinction belongs to the song “R2D2, We Wish You a Merry...
Punk Band Blink-182 Covers The Cure’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
It’s not very often you hear of a late 90s-2000 band covering one of the greatest bands of the 80s, however, it has happened. Punk rock band Blink-182 recently covered The Cure‘s “Boys Don’t Cry” during a radio appearance for France’s OÜI FM. The band sat down with OÜI FM to chat about their new music and more but the real excitement for 80s fans is the acoustic cover of The Cure’s “Boys...
New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul and Boyz II Men Introduce ‘The Total Package’ Tour
Two of the greatest acts of the 80s will be joined by one of the biggest R&B acts of the 90s to bring one incredible tour to fruition. New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul and Boyz II Men have all joined forces for “The Total Package Tour,” which will be in 40 cities and counting in 2017. “We’re bringing joy, love and happiness back to the world,” said NKOTB member Donnie Walhberg. The tour will begin...
Everybody Have Fun Tonight: Thirty Songs from the Fall of 1986
Brace yourself: Slippery When Wet is thirty years old. That’s right: the album that shot Bon Jovi into the superstar stratosphere– thanks in part to the number one hits “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name”– was released three decades ago, in 1986. Back then, the guy who drove me to high school played his Slippery When Wet tape pretty much on continuous loop every morning....
