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Today in Music History for Dec. 14: ...

The Rock Band That Unexpectedly Became the Biggest Broadway Sensation in Rock History

Green Day made an unlikely jump to Broadway with American Idiot, becoming one of the biggest rock-to-theater success stories ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sting’s Musical ‘The Last Ship’ Docks at the Metropolitan Opera House More Than a Decade After Its Broadway Debut

The reimagined production follows the decline of the shipbuilding industry in Wallsend, England, where Sting grew up ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1979, a Grave Tragedy Occured at a Rock ‘n’ Roll Concert in Cincinnati, Ohio

To this day, The Who’s concert in Cincinnati, Ohio, is often remembered as one of the most disatorously tragic in music history. A culmination of things led to the tragedy that took place at the ...
American Songwriter

4 ‘Basement Tapes’ Songs by Bob Dylan and The Band That Received Early Exposure via Cover Versions

Bob Dylan and The Band didn't officially release 'The Basement Tapes' until 1975. These four covers gave the wider world a ...