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News Articles: Concerts

Olivia Rodrigo performs during the MTV Video Music Awards in September in New York City. Rodrigo's <em>SOUR</em> tour sold out within hours, frustrating many fans who've followed the breakout pop star's successful year.

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  • Music News

Fans are sour after scalpers snap up Olivia Rodrigo concert tickets

The pop star's SOUR tour sold out as fans faced long queues and site outages. A Ticketmaster feature meant to "level the playing field" failed to bar scalpers, who are reselling tickets for thousands.

December 11, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Iphigenia, played by esperanza spalding, prepares for her sacrifice. From Wayne Shorter and spalding's opera, <em>...(Iphigenia)</em>.

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  • Music Features

Wayne Shorter and esperanza spalding crack open the old world in new opera

The pair took a close look at the subtexts of Euripides' sad, epic tale of Iphigenia — agency, testosterone, violence, faith — and, through a suite of new music, hold them up to the light.

December 10, 2021
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By:
  • Nate Chinen
Mick Jenkins performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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  • Music

Mick Jenkins: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Backed by a four-piece band, the Chicago-bred MC plays a Tiny Desk home concert that simmers with soul.

December 10, 2021
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By:
  • Rodney Carmichael
Olivia Rodrigo performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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  • Music

Olivia Rodrigo: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

From the DMV, the pop star and her band take on new arrangements of songs from her debut album, SOUR.

December 07, 2021
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By:
  • Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
Wet Leg performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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  • Music

Wet Leg: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, and their band perform a playfully wistful Tiny Desk (home) concert from a creative arts space on the Isle of Wight.

December 01, 2021
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By:
  • Bob Boilen
Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson during their performance at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2004.

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  • Movie Reviews

New York Times doc on Janet Jackson's Super Bowl scandal leaves questions unanswered

A new documentary looks at the "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show in a new light – but doesn't definitively answer some important questions.

November 19, 2021
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  • Eric Deggans
Company performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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  • Music

Company: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

After a 20-month hiatus, the cast of the musical comedy celebrates its return with a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

November 15, 2021
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By:
  • Josh Rogosin
A woman walks past a memorial to those who died at the Astroworld Festival outside of NRG Park on Nov. 9, 2021 in Houston.

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  • National

After the deaths at Astroworld, some people may give up on crowded music events

At least nine people are dead after a crowd surge during Travis Scott's performance in Houston last weekend. Now, some frequent concertgoers are rethinking whether they will attend them in the future.

November 13, 2021
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  • Camila Beiner
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Astroworld's safety plan called for deceased to be referred to as 'smurfs'

Security experts say that given the track record of Travis Scott's audience at the same festival in 2019, promoter Live Nation should have anticipated some dangerous crowd behavior.

November 11, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
Visitors cast shadows at a memorial to the victims of the Astroworld concert in Houston on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.

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  • National

Travis Scott says he will cover funeral costs related to Astroworld Festival

Artist Travis Scott made the offer on Monday as more than a dozen victims filed lawsuits against him and other festival organizers.

November 08, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Bill Chappell
GPB News NPR

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  • Concerts

8 people were killed at Houston's Astroworld Festival after crowd rushed the stage

Authorities in Houston said the victims range in age from 14 to 27, with one unknown. A criminal homicide and narcotics investigation is now underway.

November 07, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Deepa Shivaram
Flowers rest outside of the canceled Astroworld festival at NRG Park in Houston on Saturday. The crowd surge that killed eight people calls to mind other concerts and music festivals that turned deadly in recent decades.

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  • History

Astroworld Festival joins a list of historical concert tragedies

Astroworld Festival calls to mind other rare but traumatic incidents at concerts and festivals throughout the last half-century. Here's a timeline of those tragedies.

November 06, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Tems performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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  • Music

Tems: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Adorning hues that recall the title of her latest EP, If Orange Was a Place, the Nigerian singer performs a Tiny Desk home concert from an elegant performance space in Lagos.

November 04, 2021
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By:
  • Bobby Carter
Members of the Swedish group ABBA are seen on a display during a Voyage event at Grona Lund, Stockholm, on September 2. The band is delaying the release of a promotional video after two people died and one was injured at a tribute concert near Stockholm on Tuesday.

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  • Europe

ABBA delayed promotion of their new show after 2 people died at a tribute concert

Two people died and one was injured at an ABBA tribute show near Stockholm on Tuesday. The pop group has postponed the release of a promotional video for their upcoming concert, citing the tragedy.

November 03, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
The War On Drugs perform a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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  • Music

The War On Drugs: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

In their Tiny Desk (home) concert, The War On Drugs gather in their packed studio in Burbank, CA to let us in on the fun and intricate inner workings of their craft.

November 01, 2021
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  • Maia Stern
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