Foo Fighters Rock an Ancient Amphitheater in PBS’ ‘Landmarks Live in Concert’
The 11-time Grammy award-winning Foo Fighters have performed all over the world, but never in Greece, until this past July when they gave an historic concert at the Acropolis in Athens. “We’ve done some crazy things over the last 20 years, but I think this might be the craziest thing the Foo Fighters have ever done,” says frontman Dave Grohl at the beginning of “Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special,”...
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Chester Bennington at Hollywood Bowl
By Michael Menachem It’s a rallying cry that resulted from the shocking, tragic and heartbreaking death of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington: #FuckDepression. The hashtag has been embraced by Linkin Park fans and those distraught after the loss of the band’s vocal powerhouse, who ended his own life July 20 after a battle with depression. And it played a key role in Friday’s emotional concert tribute to at the...
Clive Davis Documentary Traverses 50 Years of Music History
Janis Joplin, Santana, Michael Bolton and Whitney Houston. A montage of performances by these artists kicks off the compelling new documentary, “Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives.” Those artists, along with Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Aerosmith, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow and The Notorious B.I.G. are just some of music’s superstars whom the legendary record executive and producer has introduced to the...
HBO’s ‘The Defiant Ones’ Defines Two Legends of Modern Music
A kid from Compton and a Brooklyn boy. Exactly no one could have predicted that these two disparate childhoods in humble circumstances on opposite coasts would breed two of the most innovative men in the music industry—Andre Young (Dr. Dre) and Jimmy Iovine– and that their eventual partnership would prove to be a game-changer, setting off ripples that still emanate through contemporary culture and in recent years, technology....
Bleachers Bring the Noise to The Breakfast Club at LACMA
Every seat at LACMA’s Bing Theater was filled Saturday night for the latest installment of Bring the Noise, the unique new film series curated by Film Independent at LACMA. The audience was made up not only of fans of the seminal 1985 John Hughes movie “The Breakfast Club,” but also admirers of Jack Antonoff and members of his band, Bleachers, Evan Smith and Mikey Hart. The concept of the new series is to have acclaimed...
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