In 1986, during a memorable live performance, Neil Diamond returned to one of his most beloved songs — “Hello Again,” the emotional ballad from The Jazz Singer. But for many…
On April 20, 2013, just five days after the Boston Marathon bombing shook the city, Neil Diamond walked onto the field at Fenway Park. The Red Sox were playing their…
On November 1, 1987, Shania Twain’s life changed irreversibly. Her mother, Sharon, and stepfather, Jerry Twain, were killed in a car accident in Ontario, Canada. The loss was sudden, devastating,…
In the early 1970s, as Neil Diamond’s profile surged from hitmaker to arena powerhouse, he made a business decision that would shape the rest of his career: he pushed for…
In October 2021, Tina Turner made one of the most strategic moves of her career — not onstage, but in the boardroom. At 81 years old, she signed a sweeping…
In 1995, Tina Turner once again demonstrated that age and era meant little when matched with presence and power. At 56, she recorded “GoldenEye,” the theme song for the James…
On April 22, 1978, Kingston’s National Stadium pulsed with tension and hope. Jamaica had been gripped by intense political violence throughout the 1970s, with clashes between supporters of the two…
In 1986, David Cassidy stepped onto a very different kind of stage than the one that had made him famous. Instead of arenas filled with screaming teenagers, he appeared in…
In 2019, Les McKeown, best known as the former frontman of the Bay City Rollers during their 1970s peak, was declared bankrupt in the United Kingdom after facing significant unpaid…
In August 1976, Neil Diamond reached a defining milestone in his live career: multiple consecutive sold-out performances at Madison Square Garden. At a time when arena domination was still largely…