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Miranda Lambert turned 22. Five days later, she was onstage at Madison Square Garden. Though she hadn’t had a Top 10 hit, the fiery blond songwriter scored a performance on the 2005 Country Music Association Awards; with steely determination, the pride of Lindale, Texas had a trick up her sleeve.

Lady Gaga’s long-awaited “Chromatica Ball Tour” is due to arrive this summer and will see the pop singer performing in stadiums in Paris, London, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, and more. 

Mary J. Blige celebrates Mother’s Day weekend by bringing the inaugural  “Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit” devoted to music, comedy and community building to Atlanta May 6-8, in partnership with Live Nation Urban. 

Janet Jackson, Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj are among the headliners announced Thursday for this summer’s Essence Festival of Culture, which returns to New Orleans after a two-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amazon has seen solid returns from its investment in streaming live sports, but its upcoming experiment with its first live music awards show is more of a gamble.

Japanese media are still buzzing about the announced opening this fall of Ghibli Park, the theme park dedicated to the work of Japan’s most famous animation house, Studio Ghibli, which has produced such worldwide hits as “Spirited Away” and “My Neighbor Totoro.”

Foo Fighters fly into Melbourne from the United States for a one-off show March 4 to launch a new showcase initiative called Always Live.