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Watch Bruce Springsteen perform “Born To Run,” “Raise Your Hand” and “Detroit Medley” live in 1978

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Watch Bruce Springsteen perform “Born To Run,” “Raise Your Hand” and “Detroit Medley” live in 1978

One of his most famous performances took place on Sept. 19, 1978 in his home state at the Capitol Theatre. The 3,200 fans (now totaling in the million who claim they were there) in the crowd witnessed what many consider to be the best performance of his – or any – career. It was captured on a WNEW-FM simulcast broadcast and filmed with then state-of-the-art video technology. even though it’s a little lacking now. Springsteen performed songs like “Born To Run,” “Detroit Medley” and “Raise Your Hand,” and he was at the absolute peak of his powers and still maintaining the artistic sensibility that runs deeper than those of his era.

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How To Build a Guitar Out of an Old Shovel

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How To Build a Guitar Out of an Old Shovel

Burl of Burl’s Art demonstrates that you can make a pretty …groundbreaking… guitar out of an old shovel. YOU can do this, I can’t, even though Burl shares each step of the process, I would likely break something.

Midge Ure Returns To North America: Songs Questions & Answers Tour

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Midge Ure Returns To North America: Songs Questions & Answers Tour

Grammy and Brit Award winning musician Midge Ure returns to the North American intimate venue circuit with his open and honest, Songs, Questions and Answers Tour 2020.

Direct from the hugely successful UK leg of the tour Midge will be playing alongside multi-instrumentalist Tony Solis, performing acoustic versions of his catalogue and taking questions, and maybe the odd song request from the audience.

There is plenty to talk about too while covering a 40 year professional career, Ultravox, Solo work, Band Aid, his Orchestrated album from 2017….and anything the audience can think of to ask him!

This is as close as you can possibly get to the man, his life and his music. An event as real, honest, uplifting and poignant as his songs.

Midge Ure will also be releasing Soundtrack 1978-2019 on September 20th via Chrysalis Records. The 32-song collection encompasses four decades of Ure’s rich and varied career. In addition to many classic Ultravox and Midge Ure solo tracks, this collection also features previously unreleased material. One of these songs is a new remix of 2014’s ‘Dark Dark Night’, co-written and performed with Moby.

The collection also features collaborations with the likes of Kate Bush (Sister And Brother), Sir George Martin (orchestral arrangement on All In One Day), former Japan member Mick Karn (After A Fashion), and Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory (Personal Heaven).

The double CD version also comes with an accompanying DVD. The DVD features video promos from the Rich Kids and Midge’s solo work and collaborations. Later videos by his Band Electronica, and bonus documentaries.

Soundtrack 1978-2019 Tracklist:
All tracks are Midge Ure solo unless stated.

CD ONE
01 Call of The Wild (7” Version) [1986]
02 Answers To Nothing (7” Version) [1988]
03 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (7” Version) [1984] – Ultravox
04 The Gift [1985]
05 Wastelands (7” Version) [1985]
06 After A Fashion (7” Version) [1983] – Midge Ure & Mick Karn
07 Remembrance Day [1988]
08 No Regrets (7” Version) [1982]
09 Marching Men (7” Version) [1978] – Rich Kids
10 If I Was (7” Version) [1985]
11 Fade To Grey (2017 Version) [Originally 1980] – Midge Ure’s Band Electronica
12 Dear God (7” Version) [1988]
13 The Man Who Sold The World [1982]
14 That Certain Smile (7” Version) [1985]
15 Sister And Brother (Alt. 7” Edit) [1988] – Midge Ure feat. Kate Bush
16 All In One Day (7” Version) [1986] – Ultravox

CD TWO
01 Become [2014]
02 Touching Hearts And Skies
03 Glorious [2017] – Midge Ure & Rusty Egan
04 Star Crossed [2014]
05 You Move Me (Radio Edit) [2000]
06 I Survived (Single Edit) [2014] previously unreleased version
07 Personal Heaven [2001] – Midge Ure & Glenn Gregory
08 Beneath A Spielberg Sky (7” Version) [2000]
09 Breathe (7” Version) [1996]
10 Nevermore [2008]
11 Cold Cold Heart (7” Version) [1991]
12 Let Me Go [2014]
13 I See Hope (In The Morning Light) (7” Version) [1991]
14 Let It Rise [2010] – Schiller feat. Midge Ure
15 Dark Dark Night (2019 Remix) [2014] previously unreleased version. – Midge Ure feat. Moby
16 Vienna (Orchestrated Version) [2017]

DVD
01 Marching Men [1978] – The Rich Kids
02 No Regrets [1982]
03 After A Fashion [1983] – Midge Ure & Mick Karn
04 If I Was [1985]
05 That Certain Smile [1985]
06 Call of The Wild [1986]
07 Answers To Nothing [1988]
08 Dear God [1988]
09 Cold Cold Heart [1991]
10 I see Hope (In The Morning Light) [1991]
11 Breathe [1996]
12 You Move Me [2000]
13 Beneath A Spielberg Sky [2000]
14 Become [2014]
15 Let It Rise (Live) [2010] – Schiller feat. Midge Ure
16 Breathe (Orchestrated Version) [2017]

Bonus Videos:
• Feature length Commentary on Promo videos by Midge Ure
• Yellow Pearl/Passing Strangers (Live) [2017] – Midge Ure’s Band Electronica
• Fade To Grey (Live) [2017] – Midge Ure’s Band Electronica
• Vienna (Orchestrated Version) [2017]
• Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Orchestrated Version) [2017]
Bonus Documentaries:
• A Portrait [‘The Gift’ EPK 1985]
• Answers: A Musical Journey [Longform Documentary 1990]
• Orchestrated [The Making of EPK] [2017]

Midge Ure Tour Dates:
January 15 – Oakland, CA – Yoshi’s
January 16 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
January 17 – San Juan Capistrano, CA – Coach House
January 18 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
January 20 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
January 21 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
January 22 – Seattle, WA – Recital Hall @ Benaroya Hall
January 24 – Salt Lake City, UT – State Room
January 25 – Denver, CO – Soiled Dove
January 27 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
January 28 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
January 29 – Chicago, IL – City Winery
January 30 – Hamilton, ON – The Casbah
January 31 – Toronto, ON – Hugh’s Room 1H
February 01 – Pawling, NY – Daryl’s House
February 03 – Boston, MA – City Winery
February 04 – Sellersville, PA – Sellersville Theater
February 05 – Washington DC – City Winery – Wine Garden
February 06 – New York, NY – Iridium
February 07 – New York, NY – Iridium
February 08 – Long Island, NY – My Fathers Place
February 09 – Bordentown, NJ – Man Cave (2 Shows)

AC/DC And Beethoven Aren’t As Far Off As You Think

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AC/DC And Beethoven Aren’t As Far Off As You Think

Musician Peter Bence breaks new ground in showing you a comparison between Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, and AC/DC’s Thunderstruck, two songs you might not have ever sounded the same.

The Legend of 23 Hop: A documentary on the murky origins of Toronto rave culture.

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The Legend of 23 Hop: A documentary on the murky origins of Toronto rave culture.

I’m pretty sure I went to 23 Hop a few dozen times. I honestly can’t remember. Which means I was likely there.

Green Day, Fall Out Boy, And Weezer Announce Global Stadium Hella Mega Tour

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Green Day, Fall Out Boy, And Weezer Announce Global Stadium Hella Mega Tour

Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer, three of the biggest acts in rock music, announced they will be heading out on the road together for the first time ever on THE HELLA MEGA TOUR presented by Harley-Davidson. To celebrate the tour reveal, all three bands will perform a historic show tonight at the legendary Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles.

The global tour kicks off June 13, 2020 in Paris and will visit cities across Europe and the UK throughout the month including Glasgow, London, and Dublin. Produced by Live Nation, the 20-city North American outing will bring the bands to some of the most renowned stadiums including Dodger Stadium, Wrigley Field, Citi Field, Fenway Park, and more. Beginning July 17 in Seattle, WA, the outing makes stops in Houston, Miami, Toronto, New York and more, before wrapping August 29 in Philadelphia, PA. More dates will be announced. The Interrupters will appear as special guest on the tour.

Concert-goers will see and experience the newest Harley-Davidson motorcycles, including the fully electric LiveWire and their new, exciting lineup of electric bicycles.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Monday, September 16 at 10am local time through Thursday, September 19 at 10pm local time. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, September 20 at 10am local time at Ticketmaster.com. VIP packages will be available next week.

Five-time Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day unleash their brand new single “Father Of All…,” which is the lead track on their forthcoming thirteenth studio album of the same name, out February 7, 2020 on Reprise / Warner Records. Formed in 1986 in Berkeley, CA, Green Day is one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, with more than 70 million records sold worldwide and 10 billion cumulative audio/visual streams. Their 1994 breakout album Dookie, which sold over 10 million and achieved diamond status, is widely credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock, catapulting a career-long run of #1 hit singles. Entertainment Weekly calls Green Day, “The most influential band of their generation,” while Rolling Stone attests, “Green Day have inspired more young bands to start than any act this side of KISS, and that doesn’t seem to be changing.” In 2004, Green Day released the rock opera American Idiot which captured the nation’s attention, selling more than 7 million copies in the U.S. alone and taking home the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. Mojo declared “It’s exhilarating stuff, the kind of record that sets new parameters as to what is possible from a punk rock’n’roll band in the 21st century.” In 2010, a stage adaptation of American Idiot debuted on Broadway to critical and commercial acclaim and now they’re taking the world stage once again with their new album and Hella Mega global stadium tour. Green Day will also be performing solo dates in 2020- click here for all dates. Pre-order the album Father Of All… here. Listen to their single “Father of All…” here.

Multi-platinum selling, Grammy-nominated Fall Out Boy’s new single “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” ft. Wyclef Jean will be featured on their forthcoming record Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two, out November 15 via Island Records. The song marks the band’s first new music since the August 2018 release of the three-song Lake Effect Kid EP, a love letter to their hometown city of Chicago that featured the full version of the band’s previously unreleased title track demo along with two new songs “City in A Garden” and “Super Fade.” In January, Fall Out Boy was featured on the gold-certified track “I’ve Been Waiting,” a collaboration from Lil Peep and iLoveMakonnen. Fall Out Boy’s seventh studio album M A N I A debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in January 2018 and garnered a GRAMMY nomination for Best Rock Album. Their worldwide tour in support of the record included a hometown show at Wrigley Field. Pre-order the album Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two here. Listen to their single “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” here.

Multi-platinum, GRAMMY award-winning Weezer’s new single “The End of the Game,” produced by Suzy Shinn, will be included on their forthcoming 14th studio album, entitled Van Weezer, due out in May 2020. The inspiration for this album derives from the deepest roots of Weezer – metal! What has metal got to do with Weezer, you ask? In his earliest years, Rivers was a huge KISS fan; Brian was a big Black Sabbath fan; Pat worshipped at the altar of Van Halen and Rush; Scott loved Slayer and Metallica. The last time this vein of harder rock was mined by Weezer was on their much-loved 2002 album Maladroit; Van Weezer is primed to take that album’s sonics many steps further courtesy of producer Suzy Shinn. “The End of the Game” is Weezer’s first new song since this year’s release of Weezer (The Black Album), as well as their covers album, Weezer (The Teal Album), whose streaming numbers have surpassed 100 million. Weezer has sold 10 million albums in the U.S., and over 35 million records worldwide since their debut album’s release in 1994. Their catalogue has included such megahits as “Buddy Holly,” “Undone (The Sweater Song),” “Say It Ain’t So,” “El Scorcho,” “Hash Pipe,” “Island In The Sun,” “Beverly Hills,” “Pork and Beans,” and more. Pre-order the album Van Weezer here. Listen to their single “The End of the Game” here.

Tonight will mark the beginning of a three-day music takeover on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with a first ever TV performance of the new music from Weezer followed by Fall Out Boy tomorrow night and Green Day on Thursday. All episodes begin at 11:35pm on ABC and can be found online at https://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live. Additionally, each of the band’s new songs were serviced to all Rock and Alternative Radio stations today and will be featured once an hour on a three hour loop all day with Cumulus, Entercom, and iHeart radio chains.

THE HELLA MEGA TOUR Europe & UK Dates:

DATE CITY VENUE
Saturday, June 13 PARIS, FRANCE La Defense Arena
Sunday, June 14 GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS Stadspark
Wednesday, June 17 ANTWERP, BELGIUM Sportpaleis
Sunday, June 21 VIENNA, AUSTRIA Ernst Happel Stadium
Wednesday, June 24 GLASGOW, SCOTLAND Bellahouston Park
Friday, June 26 LONDON, ENGLAND London Stadium
Saturday, June 27 HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND The John Smith’s Stadium
Monday, June 29 DUBLIN, IRELAND RDS Arena

THE HELLA MEGA TOUR North American Dates:

DATE CITY VENUE
Friday, July 17 SEATTLE, WA T-Mobile Park
Tuesday, July 21 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Oracle Park
Friday, July 24 SAN DIEGO, CA Petco Park
Saturday, July 25 LOS ANGELES, CA Dodger Stadium
Tuesday, July 28 COMMERCE CITY, CO DICK’S Sporting Goods Park
Friday, July 31 ARLINGTON, TX GLOBE LIFE FIELD
Saturday, August 1 HOUSTON, TX Minute Maid Park
Wednesday, August 5 MIAMI, FL Hard Rock Stadium
Thursday, August 6 JACKSONVILLE, FL TIAA Bank Field
Saturday, August 8 ATLANTA, GA SunTrust Park
Tuesday, August 11 MINNEAPOLIS, MN Target Field
Thursday, August 13 CHICAGO, IL Wrigley Field
Saturday, August 15 PITTSBURGH, PA PNC Park
Sunday, August 16 HERSHEY, PA Hersheypark Stadium
Wednesday, August 19 DETROIT, MI Comerica Park
Friday, August 21 WASHINGTON, DC Nationals Park
Saturday, August 22 NEW YORK, NY Citi Field
Monday, August 24 TORONTO, ON Rogers Centre
Thursday, August 27 BOSTON, MA Fenway Park
Saturday, August 29 PHILADELPHIA, PA Citizens Bank Park

Sinead O’Connor Performs ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ In 2019 And Can Still Break Your Heart

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Sinead O’Connor performs her iconic song in tribute to Prince on Ireland’s The Late Late Show.

The Importance of Reading Ready Samples in Academic Writing

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Writing academic papers is one of the most popular and, at the same time, difficult assignments while studies. Students face a lot of problems while trying to write an essay or research paper on the suggested topic. The best decision to write one’s paper successfully is to look through ready paper samples and take them as an example for your paper.

How will it help? – you can ask. Everything is simple. You look for research papers for college, for example, and find samples on services such as https://gpalabs.com/. What can be done with them? Pay attention to their structure – how the introduction and conclusion start, what is mentioned in the main body, and so on. Look how arguments are supported and in-text citations are used. And lastly, get to know how properly formatted papers should look like.

Here is an example of a marketing research paper you can look through and analyze to become better in academic writing and more acknowledged in Nescafe marketing.

How Have Cultural Factors Affected the Marketing of Nescafe Instant Coffee?

Nescafé is a brand owned by Swiss multinational Nestlé. The brand is renowned for marketing instant coffee since 1938. In 2019, Nescafé is the world’s leading coffee brand, and its products can be found in over 180 countries. For decades, Nescafé has been adapting its marketing strategy to resist to socio-economic and cultural changes.
In 1976, Nescafé launched its notorious glass jar and invented individual packets. After the Second World War, the traditional family model was disrupted. The company’s individual packets represented this cultural shift. The housewife who used to prepare the coffee ritually was not the only model anymore, and each family member could prepare its own cup at any time.
In the 1980’s, companies started adapting their marketing strategies to local tastes and purchasing powers. Indeed, gone were the days were companies had unique standardized products. With more demanding consumers, Nescafe expanded its product range.
In 2006, the success of Nespresso and Senseo machines resulted in the creation of Nescafé’s high-end Dolce Gusto. The increasing demand for time-saving and convenient products, associated with increasingly nomadic consumers, resulted in the tremendous success of single-serve coffee containers. For the first time, Nescafé went out of the field of instant coffee. Just like our modern societies, coffee became “hyper-individualized.”
In 2014, Nescafé launched the “REDvolution” campaign after deceiving sales. At the pinnacle’s of globalization, the brand’s marketing strategy was based on the creation of a unique concept, “a more unified, powerful umbrella for a brand like Nescafé ‐ a single personality that could also be expressed differently in each country” says Patrice Bula, Nestlé’s Global Head of Marketing.
In a time of mistrust, bursting of the traditional family model, and individuality, Nescafé decided to reposition its image on love, friends, family, and digital-friendly company. In fact, in order to consolidate its position as an international leader, Nescafé developed a new identity system and graphic codes.
In addition, Nescafé also developed with a new baseline: “It all starts with a Nescafé”. T​ his linguistic choice is not trivial. Indeed, using the word “Nescafé” instead of “coffee” implies that all consumers are aware of the existence of the brand, thus reinforcing the hegemony of Nescafé on other brands. “It” also offers a wide range of possibilities. It can represent the start of a new day with a good breakfast coffee, a meeting, or it can also be the trigger of an encounter. In all cases, “it” represents a relaxing and pleasant moment.
This idea is supported by the brand’s new graphic codes based on 3 of the brand icons: the accent, the mug, and the hub. The black accent became red, evoking warmth and friendliness. The shape of the accent can be found in the mug, whose graphic structure was redefined. Nescafé developed the use of the mug in its international communication, the mug being a simple object that most of the people own and that represents relaxing moments.
Finally, the hub, representing the view from the top of a mug, is used to the service of the company diversity of products. Indeed, this black hub represents a cup of coffee but is “also a window onto Nescafé’s universe” according to CBA, the design agency that redesigned the company’s visual identity.
The brand also invested social networks to reach broader audiences. For instance, on May 4th, Nescafé celebrated the hashtag used by Star Wars fans, hijacking their famous expression and using instead “May the froth be with you,” alongside a photo of Darth Vader with coffee foam on his upper lip.
Nescafé’s digital marketing strategy extended to the creation of an application in 2018, Re:connect. The purpose of the application is to fight against the isolation and loneliness of seniors and bring generations together. Thanks to this free and unique concept that allows users to send a selfie to their loved ones directly on the web pages they are browsing on, Nescafé offers a brand utility service and lives up to its values of bringing people together.
Millennials are well aware of environmental issues. In order to respond to these concerns, Nescafé implemented sustainability initiatives such as refill packs aiming to reduce lorries and greenhouse gas emissions. Kate Power, the brand’s Sustainability Manager, explains that “the idea behind the redesign of the packs supports the Nescafé Plan which brings together Nestlé’s commitments which support responsible farming, responsible production, and responsible consumption”.
“To anybody under 60 years old, Nescafé is boring,” according to Erik Gordon, professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. In order to rejuvenate its image, Nestlé spent $7 billion to Starbucks, to obtain the rights to market products under the Starbucks brand. This example of co-branding is another strategy used by Nescafé to get the best of both worlds and adapt to the cultural habits of younger generations who tend to prefer more exotic products, yet sophisticated.
Moreover, the increasing success of coffee shops amongst Millennials also led the brand to launch its own coffee shops. In 2015, two coffee shops opened in Tokyo and Seoul. With their warm atmosphere, digital walls, and tablets, the brand hopes to continue to attract future generations of coffee lovers.
Product diversification, adaptation to consumers, brand repositioning, brand experience, co-branding, digital strategy or even innovation with the creation of new concepts, Nescafé celebrated in 2019 its 81st birthday but continues to adapt its strategy to cultural and socio-economic changes, thus proving its well-deserved leader status.

 

2019 Saskatchewan Music Award Nominees AUTOPILOT Release New Single, “Modern Age”

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2019 Saskatchewan Music Award Nominees AUTOPILOT Release New Single, “Modern Age”

Canadian alt rockers Autopilot are on anything but when it comes to their latest video, “Modern Age” — and album Afterglow — available now!

“The video for ‘Modern Age’ was directed by New York City-based director, Kevin Van Witt,” the band details of the meta submersion into a glitched and twitched fever dream of a video. “Filmed on the Lower East Side and Long Island’s Gold Coast, it captures the chaos of this new technological world we have built, and the freedom we once had in childhood.

“It’s a psychedelic adventure of realities we have created in this… ‘Modern Age.’”

With frontman and driving creative force Marlon Harder on vocals and guitar — alongside Jose Antonio on drums and James Wojak on bass — the Saskatoon-based trifecta of sound-best-heard-loud have become increasingly known for their thoughtful lyrics, powerful hooks, dynamic stage presence, and obsessive hard work. Such is deftly demonstrated between their roster of full-length albums, additional EP, singles, and road warrior status touring across Canada and the US.

Canadian Musician Magazine calls them “quite possibly one for the hardest working bands in the country” and it’s not difficult to see why: between albums Diamond Rough (2013), Desert Dreams (2015), and Afterglow (2018) alone, Autopilot have charted with Earshot’s Top 50, the Top 200 for NACC North American College Charts, and specialty radio throughout North America, as well as receiving heavy rotation, reception and placement on The Verge, Sirius XM’s Iceberg Radio, NY’s CMJ, CBC, podcasts, and licensing placements throughout the US.

Having taken the stage at Toronto’s CMW, Indie Week, AYE Fest, Fairfield Revival, Jersey Shore Festival, Millennium Music Conference, and Mesa Music Festival, among many more, Autopilot were also nominated for Best Rock / Pop Artist at the 2019 Saskatchewan Music Awards.

Afterglow — “Modern Age”s album ‘home’ so-to-speak — has been touted as the band’s most impressive and accessible recording to date. Between Harder’s knack for finding ‘beauty in the simple moments, and hope in the challenges life tends to bring,’ and its production by legendary Saskatchewan producer S.J. Kardash, the album finds the band reaching and rising to their highest heights yet.

“Modern Age” is available now.

Video: This super-rare conversation between Muhammad Ali and Irish broadcaster Cathal O’Sannon in 1972

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Originally shared on the RTE Television Archive website, this rarely-seen interview with Muhammad Ali and Irish broadcaster Cathal O’Sannon shows both unafraid of examining the human spirit, successes and failures.

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