Robert Heller
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“I never expected to have a career as a musician,” says Moby.
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Adele Adkins offers an evening of heartbreak and sadness. Rarely does such personal pain translate into pop joy.
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Iron Maiden’s twin electric guitars scream out hyperactive solos, the bass and drums machine-gun thunder, the operatic alley-cat vocals reach a crescendo.
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The music of Kings of Leon is best appreciated with beer. A point to keep in mind as the Tennessee band starts a North American tour today.
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The Scissor Sisters went for the Technicolor rubber look. Beth Ditto stripped to her underwear. Debbie Harry dressed in cool black. The audience danced in Wellington boots as showers and swamps of mud failed to damp the party atmosphere.
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Lou Reed is getting back to the 1960s on his latest tour. He is revisiting songs by his former band the Velvet Underground, snarling out cautionary tales of drug-taking and sadomasochism.
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Grace Jones, in a black corset, pole- danced through “Ma Vie en Rose.” Jarvis Cocker performed an ungainly striptease and reunited his band Pulp after a decade.
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Here’s something you don’t see so often: Bob Dylan shuffling a dance and cracking a smile.
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Sade’s music has soundtracked millions of romances. She’s back in the U.S. for a tour that is likely to entice many more lovers.
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A plane careers across London’s O2 Arena and crashes onstage in a ball of flame. It is barely five minutes after the first chords of Roger Waters ’s “The Wall.”
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Katy Perry is on a tour with a mission to give the world an overdose of sugary pop.
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Brace yourselves, Kylie is coming to a stage near you soon.
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Cee Lo Green boasts a luxurious voice, a selection of superlative songs and an incredibly sexy backing band.