To the average person, there appears to be a growing number of people who believe — somehow — that the world is actually flat and that we are all being “lied” to by world governments. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has actually been to space and has seen that the world is round, but is unphased by these so-called “flat-earthers.”
No Doubt performing live at Cal State Fullerton nearly a year before the release of their #1 album Tragic Kingdom, 1994
No Doubt’s self-titled debut album was released in 1992, but it featured no radio singles, although a video was made for “Trapped in a Box”. The album’s distinctly upbeat pop/cartoon sound sharply contrasted with the then-dominant grunge movement. Because the music world’s focus was redirected squarely at Seattle, No Doubt’s album was not supported by the record label and considered a commercial failure for selling only 30,000 copies. This is footage from that time.
2 years later, they released Tragic Kingdom which sold 20 million albums.
Commercial for Veruca Salt’s American Thighs album & Weezer’s Blue Album from 1994
Ah, the alternative rock years…
Counting Crows Announce 2018 Worldwide “25 Years And Counting” Tour With Special Guests +LIVE+
After more than two decades and 20 million albums sold globally, Counting Crows will celebrate 25 years of making music by hitting the road for a worldwide “25 YEARS AND COUNTING” tour, starting with a 40+ city trek across North America this summer. Presented by Live Nation, the tour will begin June 27 in Boise, ID and travel across cities such as San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver, Atlanta, Tampa, New York, Boston, Toronto and Chicago before concluding September 22 in Nashville, TN. Joining the tour is multi-platinum band +LIVE+.
Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public in select cities starting Friday, April 6 at 10am local time. Counting Crows and +LIVE+ fan presales will begin tomorrow, April 3 at 10am local time.
“The nice thing about having 25 years of music to celebrate and seven studio albums we absolutely love to choose from is that we can play a different show every night,” said Crows vocalist Adam Duritz. “The nice thing about touring with +LIVE+ is that we get to spend yet another summer with old friends who play great music. We can’t wait!”
+LIVE+ vocalist & guitarist Ed Kowalczyk echoed those sentiments: “+LIVE+ is beyond excited to get out on the road this summer and play for our fans. We are freshly reunited and performing with a confidence and ferocity that we can’t wait for people to experience. The fact that we will be sharing the stage once again with the incomparable Counting Crows is icing on the cake!”
In addition to celebrating 25 years of music in 2018, Duritz has also launched a new podcast, Underwater Sunshine! – a series of conversations between noted non-journalist Duritz and his pal, author and music journalist James Campion, about life, music, and whatever comes into their large and incredibly handsome brains. The weekly podcast, published every Monday, currently holds a five-star rating.
Counting Crows – Adam Duritz (vocals), Jim Bogios (drums), David Bryson (guitar), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), David Immergluck (guitar), Millard Powers (bass) and Dan Vickrey (guitar) – have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide after exploding onto the music scene with their multiplatinum breakout album August and Everything After in 1993. Known for creating unique and innovative concert experiences year after year, Counting Crows is recognized as one of the world’s most pre-eminent touring live rock bands. The band released their seventh studio album Somewhere Under Wonderland in September 2014, which earned critical acclaim as one of the “band’s best,” scored a top 10 debut and was recognized as one of the group’s “stronger works (USA Today),” claiming a spot on Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Songs of the 2014 list with the track “Dislocation”.
+LIVE+, the multi-platinum band from Pennsylvania–Ed Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar), Chad Taylor (guitar, backing vocals), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums, percussion)–have sold over 22 million albums worldwide and earned two number one albums (Throwing Copper, Secret Samadhi). Their catalog is filled with such gems as “Lightning Crashes,” “I Alone,” “All Over You,” and “Lakini’s Juice,” which live on today as classics at rock radio. Throwing Copper produced the band’s biggest single, “Lightning Crashes,” which was #1 at Modern Rock radio for 10 consecutive weeks. Throwing Copper reached #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and eventually surpassed sales of 10 million albums sold with Rolling Stone honoring the album with placement on their “1994: The 40 Best Records From Mainstream Alternative’s Greatest Year.” Secret Samadhi (1997) immediately shot to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and eventually went double platinum. The release of the platinum-selling The Distance to Here (1999) turned +LIVE+ into an international powerhouse and moved the band from arenas into stadiums. +LIVE+ has been and remains today a global concert juggernaut.
Counting Crows 2018 Worldwide “25 Years And Counting” Tour +LIVE+
June 27: Boise, Idaho, at Taco Bell Arena
June 29: Auburn, Washington, at White River Amphitheatre
June 30: Ridgefield, Washington, at Sunlight Supply Amphitheatre
July 2: Reno, Nevada, at Grand Sierra Resort
July 3: Murphys, California, at Ironstone Amphitheatre
July 6: Mountain View, California, at Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 8: Irvine, California, at FivePoint Amphitheatre
July 10: Chula Vista, California, at Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 13: Indio, California, at Fantasy Springs Casino
July 14: Las Vegas at The Joint
July 16: Salt Lake City at Red Butte Garden Amphitheater
July 18: Denver at Pepsi Center
July 21: Austin, Texas, Austin360 Amphitheater
July 22: Houston at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
July 24: Irving, Texas, at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
July 26: Tupelo, Mississippi, at BancorpSouth Arena
July 28: Pelham, Alabama, at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 29: Atlanta at Chastain Park Amphitheatre
July 31: St. Petersburg, Florida, at Al Lang Stadium
Aug 1: West Palm Beach, Florida, at Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Aug 4: Jacksonville, Florida, at Daily’s Place
Aug 5: Charlotte, North Carolina, at PNC Music Pavilion
Aug 7: Virginia Beach, Virginia, at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Aug 8: Bristow, Virginia, at Jiffy Lube Live
Aug 10: Hershey, Pennsylvania, at Hersheypark Stadium
Aug 11: Camden, New Jersey, at BB&T Pavilion
Aug 14: Holmdel, New Jersey, at PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 15: Hartford, Connecticut, at XFINITY Theatre
Aug 17: Boston at Xfinity Center
Aug 18: Gilford, New Hampshire, at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
Aug 22: Wantagh, New York, at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Aug 25: Syracuse, New York, at New York State Fair
Aug 26: Cleveland at Blossom Music Center
Aug 29: Toronto at Budweiser Stage
Aug 30: Pittsburgh at KeyBank Pavilion
Sept 1: Cincinnati at Riverbend Music Center
Sept 2: Detroit at DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sept 5: Champaign, Illinois, at State Farm Center
Sept 6: Indianapolis at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
Sept 8: Chicago at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
Sept 9: St. Louis at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
Sept 11: Kansas City, Missouri, at Starlight Theatre
Sept 13: Council Bluffs, Iowa, at Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino
Sept 15: Sioux City, Iowa, at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Sept 16: Minneapolis at Mystic Lake Amphitheater
Sept 18: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at U.S. Cellular Center
Sept 19: Madison, Wisconsin, at Breese Stevens Field
Sept 22: Nashville, Tennessee, at Pilgrimage Festival
Tory Lanez Announces “Memories Don’t Die” World Tour
Grammy-nominated artist Tory Lanez is set to tour the world this summer, with the North American leg of his Memories Don’t Die Tour kicking off in May with stops in Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and beyond. See full details below, tickets go on sale this Friday, April 6.
Memories Don’t Die, the sophomore album from Lanez, debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 in March with 54,000 units earned.
Memories Don’t Die finds Lanez reflecting on his past—ruminating on the death of his mother and exploring how success has changed his life—as well as looking to the future and promising the world to his newborn son. With features from 50 Cent—an homage to the part of his adolescence spent in Jamaica, Queens—Future, Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous, NAV and more, the album highlights Lanez’s versatility, as quick to croon a chorus as he is to deliver a rap verse.
Memories Don’t Die follows Lanez’s critically acclaimed debut album I Told You, which reached #4 on the Billboard 200 upon its release with the highest first week sales of a debut urban artist in 2016. The album spawned two #1 hits, the Platinum-certified “Say It” and “LUV,” nominated for Best R&B Song at the 59th Grammy Awards.
TORY LANEZ LIVE
May 11 Miami, FL Rolling Loud
May 18 San Marcos, TX The Marc
May 19 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
May 21 Albuquerque, NM El Rey Theatre
May 22 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
May 28 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park
May 29 Los Angeles, CA The Novo
May 31 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
June 3 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
June 5 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
June 7 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
June 8 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
June 9 Vancouver, BC Breakout Festival
June 12 Edmonton, AB Union Hall
June 13 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
June 14 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Concert House
June 15 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House
June 16 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
June 18 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
June 20 Oklahoma City, OK The Jones Assembly
June 21 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theater
June 22 Kansas City, MO The Truman
June 25 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
June 26 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall
June 27 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
July 1 Chicago, IL House of Blues
July 4 Toronto, ON Rebel Complex
July 7 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
July 8 Boston, MA House of Blues
July 11 Quebec City, QC Quebec City International Summer Festival
July 13 Montreal, QC M Telus
July 15 New York, NY The Greatest Day Ever!
July 16 Wallingford, CT The Dome at Oakdale Theatre
July 18 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
July 19 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
July 20 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore Silver Spring
July 21 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s
July 23 Wilmington, DE The Queen
July 24 Richmond, VA The National
July 25 Norfolk, VA Norva
July 26 Charlotte, NC The Underground – Charlotte
July 27 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
July 29 Greensboro, NC The Cone Denim Entertainment Center
July 30 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
July 31 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
August 1 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
August 3 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
August 4 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre
August 5 Houston, TX House of Blues
August 7 Dallas, TX House of Blues
August 8 San Antonio, TX The Aztec Theater
August 10 Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen
August 11 Birmingham, AL Avondale Brewing Company
September 18 Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre
September 19 Glasgow, Scotland ABC
September 20 Manchester, England Victoria Warehouse
September 22 Birmingham, England O2 Academy 1
September 25 London, England O2 Brixton
September 27 Tilburg, Netherlands O13
September 28 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
September 29 Paris, France Elysse Montmartre
October 2 Munich, Germany Muffathalle
October 3 Cologne, Germany Theater am Tanzbrunnen
October 4 Berlin, Germany Astra
October 6 Stockholm, Sweden Annexet
October 7 Oslo, Norway Sentrum Scene
October 9 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega
Aubrey Plaza Explores ASMR with Whispers, Peacock Feathers, and Cornflakes
In this episode of Celebrity ASMR, Aubrey Plaza whispers as she plays with her own hair, fiddles with a make-up bag, strokes peacock feathers, eats cornflakes and squeezes a stuffed cat while meowing. Aubrey recalls learning improv from Chris Gethard at the Upright Citizens Brigade, kissing Ellie Kemper, getting fired from the NBC Page Program, her breakout role in ‘Funny People’, playing April Ludgate on ‘Parks and Recreation’ and Lenny Busker in ‘Legion’.
Why the music we love as teens stays with us for life
Why is it that even the most adventurous music lovers are drawn back again and again to music they heard as teenagers? Cognitive neuropsychologist Dr Catherine Loveday explains the psychology that connects us with the music from our past – and reveals details of an exciting experiment that the University of Westminster is conducting with BBC Radio 3 listeners.
Check out the program here.
Bob Dylan Hates Me. A Short Animated Film By Caveh Zahedi
Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi met his idol Bob Dylan twice. And Bob Dylan hates Caveh Zahedi.
Photo Gallery: Rod Stewart at London’s Budweiser Gardens
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
Explaining HTML Using Death Metal
Now you can learn HTML from RiffShop’s David Wu while he’s dressed as Satan and singing about code accompanied by his death metal band Cyborg Octopus. Because, why not?