The 2010 FIFA World Cup kicked off in South Africa on Thursday night with an energetic, emotional concert capped by Shakira's performance of her African anthem "Waka Waka (A Time for Africa)."
The Colombian singer shook her hips in Soweto's 40,000-seat Orlando Stadium, flanked by African dancers and cheered on by a sold-out, soccer-crazed crowd. The night also included performances by Alicia Keys and by the Black Eyed Peas, who rocked the house with a 10-minute-plus set capped off by "I Gotta Feeling."
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On Tuesday night in Birmingham, England, Whitney Houston finally kicked off the European leg of her world tour.
A brief hospitalization for what she called a respiratory illness had forced the legendary diva to cancel or reschedule her first four shows.
Houston's Tuesday night show is generating lots of negative chatter, some of it claiming that Houston was booed for an abysmal performance...
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Two former American Idol rivals will be touring together this summer, a move that could give their careers a much-needed boost.
Season two winner Rubin Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken will open their "Timeless" tour on July 23 in Asheville, N.C., and continue on with 16 more shows, wrapping it up Biloxi, Miss. The pair will sing classic hits from the past five decades.
“I couldn’t ask for a better tour mate," Aiken said in a statement on ClayAiken.com. "To be able to share the stage with him again is so exciting. ... He inspires...
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After word got out in January that sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire were working together on new material, fans wondered whether lead singer Natalie Maines had left the Dixie Chicks forever.
But this summer -- for the first time in three years -- all three ladies will be back onstage together. The Dixie Chicks will join The Eagles and Keith Urban for a one-month stadium tour in June.
A June 8 show with The Eagles will be their first stop, with Urban joining them two nights later in East Rutherford, N.J. The three acts will then perform in...
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After calling off their tour last August--allegedly due to frontman Steven Tyler's ongoing painkiller addiction, the members of Aerosmith are scheduled to come together once more for a European tour this summer.
Reuters reports that the group currently has two tour dates, the first on June 10 in Solvesborg, Switzerland and a second on June 13 at the Download Festival in Leicestershire, England, with more dates to be added shortly.
Despite reports of a possible replacement for Tyler, Download promoter Andy Copping says, "There's no Aerosmith without Steven Tyler....
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The two-hour "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon aired tonight on over 30 networks across America and around the world, and it's hard to decide if the all-star lineup or viewer response was more impressive.
The benefit's phone lines and website were clogged for the majority of the show, and will continue to be open for the next several days in order to recieve every contribution possible.
George Clooney, the telethon organizer, opened the benefit with a speech urging those able to give to do so. The night carried on with amazing performances from more than 25 musicians. Memorable performances include a harmonized rendition of "Lean On Me"...
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PollStar.com has compiled its list of the Top 50 Tours of North America for 2009 and U2 came out on top.
Their two tours, the "No Line On The Horizon Promo Tour" and the "360" tour, grossed a total of $123 million dollars and sold more than 1.3 million tickets. U2 beat out second place's Bruce Springteen & The E Street Band($94.5 million) by about $30 million.
Coming in third were Elton John and Billy Joel, who toured together, with $88 million. Fourth place went to come-back kid Britney Spears who's "Circus" tour earned her a cool $82.5 million.
Rounding out the top 5 was AC/DC with $77.9 million.
The list also held some...
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