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Among the special guests to duet with the country singer during her multiple-night bow at Los Angeles' Staples Center: Justin Bieber, Jason Mraz and Tegan and Sara.
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Among the special guests to duet with the country singer during her multiple-night bow at Los Angeles' Staples Center: Justin Bieber, Jason Mraz and Tegan and Sara.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a special, intimate show on Oct. 30 to benefit for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music.
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"While the material he's written for boy band One Direction and recorded with Taylor Swift can be dismissed as lightweight, the songs he's released under his own name have considerably more heft, especially in a live setting," wrote THR contributor Craig Rosen of Ed Sheeran's Hollywood Palladium performance in February.
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"You could see hints of a young Steven Tyler in the 31-year-old singer," wrote THR's Sophie Schillaci of fun. frontman Nate Ruess. "His confidence, it appears, has increased tenfold since his days in the folksy, indie pop band The Format. And no doubt the band's two Grammy awards — for best new artist and song of the year for 'We Are Young' — has helped."
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"I never thought I’d play to this many people in my lifetime," singer Ellie Goulding told a sold-out crowd at Hollywood's Palladium on the last night of her 2013 U.S. tour.
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“I went to a lot of concerts when I was young,” Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds told a sold-out crowd at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theatre in March. “I was always the guy in the back. I was a bit of an introvert, and I never thought I’d be the guy on the stage."
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Though based in Chicago, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz readily referred to Los Angeles as “home” during the band's June show at Sunset Strip club The Roxy.
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THR editor Rebecca Ford called the pairing of Justin Timberlake and Jay Z at the 60,000-capacity Rose Bowl "a co-headlining bill at its finest," noting that the music icons, in frequently interacting with each other and trading verses on songs, transcended "what could have been an ordinary show of two egos into something for the history books."
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The most anticipated artist on the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas bill, 17-year-old New Zealander Lorde was "genuinely the strangest live performer perhaps ever," wrote THR contributor Emily Zemler, nothing that "she entranced the crowd almost immediately."
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"The fact of the matter is the Rolling Stones still deliver a more exciting live show a half-century into their career than any other band around," wrote THR contributor Frank Scheck of the band's latest U.S. tour.
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Barely 48 hours after the release of Katy Perry's Prism album, the singer hosted an all-girl revue at the Hollywood Bowl. Called "We Can Survive,” the singer was joined by Bonnie McKee, Kacey Musgraves, Tegan and Sara, Sara Bareilles and Ellie Goulding for the song “Roar.”
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"Alicia Keys is at her best sans flash and spectacle," wrote Erin Carlson of the singer's April show at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, where an "impassioned" performance of 2007's "No One" prompted concertgoers to "join in on the triumphant chorus, holding up their phones to create the illusion of a starry stadium sky."
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“We weren’t sure who was gonna follow us through the fire,” Paramore singer Hayley Williams told a sold-out crowd at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theatre in May. “We weren’t sure if we were even gonna get through it."
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Among the famous faces in the crowd for Rihanna's Staples Center stop in April: Elton John, Julia Roberts, Big Sean, Christina Aguilera, Tyga and several members of the Kardashian clan.
August's FYF Festival featured "a rich tapestry of indie, alternative and dance music acts," wrote THR contributor Steve Baltin. Among those on the bill: My Bloody Valentine, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT, TV On The Radio, Holy Ghost, !!!, Beach House, Yo La Tengo and Solange (pictured).
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Reviewing the KROQ Weenie Roast in May, THR contributor Emily Zemler described 30 Seconds to Mars' "Kings and Queens" as having "the grandeur of Joshua Tree-era U2." Also on the bill at Irvine's Verizon Amphitheater: Imagine Dragons, Black Keys and Stone Temple Pilots featuring Chester Bennington.
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"Tom Petty is uniquely positioned to age gracefully as a rock superstar, because he’s never been all that demonstrative or patronizingly effusive, so he’ll come off just as dignified doing this act at 70 as he was at 30," wrote THR contributor Chris Willman of the singer's multi-night bow at Hollywood's Fonda Theatre.
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"A night with the National is pure dopamine," wrote THR's Merle Ginsberg following the band's August performance at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary. "They write their pain, we experience it and realize we’re not alone in our alienation."
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"The singer was clearly in a crowd-pleasing mood, delivering a rousing, 100-minute career-spanning show that featured a generous helping of hits including 'Devils Haircut,' 'Black Tambourine,' 'Loser,' 'Hotwax' and a rousing encore of 'Where It’s At,'" wrote THR contributor Frank Scheck of Beck's August bow in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
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Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig showed appreciation for the band's host city during its Hollywood Bowl bow in September. "We'll never forget you," he said from the stage.
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