LIVE REVIEWS Posted on 19 Jan 201720 Jan 2017 by mtvrockchannel Tagged featured LIVE REVIEWS FROM THE WORLD ROCK SLEIGH BELLS UNVEIL 2017 TOUR DATES IN U.S. & EUROPE ROCK BOB WEIR ROPES GRATEFUL DEAD CLASSICS, DYLAN COVERS & COWBOY SONGS INTO MUSICNOW FESTIVAL KICK-OFF SHOW POP BILLY JOEL DELIVERS DEEP CUTS & CLASSIC CROWDPLEASERS AT 37TH MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOW HIP-HOP RUN THE JEWELS ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES ROCK 2016 IN REVIEW: WELCOMING BACK GUNS N’ ROSES AFTER 20-PLUS YEARS OF PATIENCE HIP-HOP YASIIN BEY (MOS DEF) MAKES MAGIC AT HOMECOMING SHOW AT APOLLO THEATER POP JENNIFER LOPEZ DROPS NEW YEAR’S EVE GIG IN FAVOR OF FAMILY TIME ROCK SLEIGH BELLS UNVEIL 2017 TOUR DATES IN U.S. & EUROPE ROCK BOB WEIR ROPES GRATEFUL DEAD CLASSICS, DYLAN COVERS & COWBOY SONGS INTO MUSICNOW FESTIVAL KICK-OFF SHOW HIP-HOP The Weeknd Brings Out Kendrick Lamar, Shows Off Style & Heart at Vevo Concert in Los Angeles by ASHLEY LYLE NEWS Bruce Springsteen, Sting and More Celebrate the Season at Carnegie Hall Rainforest Benefit by MICHELE AMABILE ANGERMILLER NEWS ‘The First Noel’ Christmas Musical Opens at The Apollo, Bringing Refreshing Complexity to Seasonal Fare by JOE LYNCH BUSINESS Montego Bay, Jamaica’s Rising Violence Mirrors Past Troubles — With Music as a Balm by PATRICIA MESCHINO HIP-HOP Snoop Dogg’s Puff Puff Pass Tour Salutes Weed & West Coast Hip-Hop in Los Angeles by ASHLEY LYLE NEWS Stevie Wonder Joined by Lionel Richie & More at 20th Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Show by STEVEN J. HOROWITZ CONCERTS The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt Gets Personal for the First Time in ’50 Song Memoir’ by JOHN DEFORE COUNTRY Kelsea Ballerini Proves She’s Set for Superstardom at New York City Concert by TAYLOR WEATHERBY ROCK Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders Rise Above the Fray at Madison Square Garden by ANDREW UNTERBERGER POP LOLO Brings Unique Pop Stylings to Billboard Lounge by KENNETH PARTRIDGE BILLBOARD NEWSLETTERS Get our music news in your inbox daily. TOP CHARTING ARTISTS TASTEMAKER ALBUMS #1 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory Dropkick Murphys TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS #1 Traveller Chris Stapleton TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS #1 24K Magic Bruno Mars NEWS ‘Hamilton Mixtape’: Watch Performances By Andra Day, Ja Rule and Ashanti by ASHLEY LEE HIP-HOP Rapper Chris Porter Helps Celebrate Brooklyn Nets’ Big Win With Bumping Billboard Lounge Performance by KENNETH PARTRIDGE ROCK Metallica Plays Intimate Charity Gig in Toronto by KAREN BLISS CONCERTS The Whooligan Takes Over Billboard Lounge With Head-Bopping Beats by KENNETH PARTRIDGE HIP-HOP PartyNextDoor and Jeremih Bring Their Sensual Bravado to NYC’s Terminal 5 by NERISHA PENROSE POP Elle Winston Kicks Off Billboard Lounge 2016-2017 Season With Dynamic Covers and Serious Vibes by KENNETH PARTRIDGE HIP-HOP The Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA Brings Beats to Classic Kung-Fu Movie at Town Hall by JOHN DEFORE ROCK Seu Jorge Pays Tribute to David Bowie at ‘Life Aquatic’-Themed New York Concert by JOHN DEFORE COUNTRY At Post-Election Cole Swindell Show, New York City Shows Its Red Side by NATALIE WEINER CONCERTS Alicia Keys Returns to the Concrete Jungle Bringing ‘Here’ to Apollo Theater in NY by NERISHA PENROSE 6 BEST THINGS ABOUT A TEGAN AND SARA SHOW MACHINE GUN KELLY PUTS ON FOR CLEVELAND AT IRVING PLAZA SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY THE NATIONAL GO HOME TO GET OUT THE VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON DAVE MATTHEWS TO HEADLINE ‘STAND WITH STANDING ROCK’ BENEFIT SHOW K-TOWN CL Solidifies Solo Stardom With Stellar New York City Concert by TAMAR HERMAN LATIN Manuel Medrano’s Arresting Voice Draws Listeners at Miami Show by LEILA COBO ROCK Local Natives Bring Two Nights of Rousing Rock and Optimism To Terminal 5 by LYNDSEY HAVENS POP Sia Remains an Essential Live Performer in 2016 by JASON LIPSHUTZ NEWS Lauryn Hill Faces Technical Difficulties, Still Rocks Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre by ASHLEY LYLE NEWS Christine and the Queens Preach Self-Acceptance at Sold-Out L.A. 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ROCK BOB WEIR ROPES GRATEFUL DEAD CLASSICS, DYLAN COVERS & COWBOY SONGS INTO MUSICNOW FESTIVAL KICK-OFF SHOW
ROCK BOB WEIR ROPES GRATEFUL DEAD CLASSICS, DYLAN COVERS & COWBOY SONGS INTO MUSICNOW FESTIVAL KICK-OFF SHOW
HIP-HOP The Weeknd Brings Out Kendrick Lamar, Shows Off Style & Heart at Vevo Concert in Los Angeles by ASHLEY LYLE
NEWS Bruce Springsteen, Sting and More Celebrate the Season at Carnegie Hall Rainforest Benefit by MICHELE AMABILE ANGERMILLER
NEWS ‘The First Noel’ Christmas Musical Opens at The Apollo, Bringing Refreshing Complexity to Seasonal Fare by JOE LYNCH
BUSINESS Montego Bay, Jamaica’s Rising Violence Mirrors Past Troubles — With Music as a Balm by PATRICIA MESCHINO
HIP-HOP Snoop Dogg’s Puff Puff Pass Tour Salutes Weed & West Coast Hip-Hop in Los Angeles by ASHLEY LYLE
NEWS Stevie Wonder Joined by Lionel Richie & More at 20th Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Show by STEVEN J. HOROWITZ
CONCERTS The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt Gets Personal for the First Time in ’50 Song Memoir’ by JOHN DEFORE
COUNTRY Kelsea Ballerini Proves She’s Set for Superstardom at New York City Concert by TAYLOR WEATHERBY
ROCK Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders Rise Above the Fray at Madison Square Garden by ANDREW UNTERBERGER
HIP-HOP Rapper Chris Porter Helps Celebrate Brooklyn Nets’ Big Win With Bumping Billboard Lounge Performance by KENNETH PARTRIDGE
POP Elle Winston Kicks Off Billboard Lounge 2016-2017 Season With Dynamic Covers and Serious Vibes by KENNETH PARTRIDGE
CONCERTS Alicia Keys Returns to the Concrete Jungle Bringing ‘Here’ to Apollo Theater in NY by NERISHA PENROSE
NEWS The 1975 Dance the Night Away & Bash Donald Trump in L.A.: ‘You’re on the Edge of Something Very F—ed Up’ by LIZA BLAKE
NEWS Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj Take Stage on Tidal X: 1015 Livestream: Watch by MARY J. DIMEGLIO
MUSIC FESTIVALS Jussie Smollet, Hailee Steinfeld Heading to iHeartRadio Music Festival by BILLBOARD STAFF
