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The Grateful Dead left behind a legacy that continues to thrive through its devoted fanbase, the Deadheads. In this documentary, we explore the band’s career trajectory, its influence in reshaping modern concerts and fandoms and the enduring impact of its legacy.
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Diplo:The fandoms of today are very temporary.
Hanson:The Grateful Dead invented the modern concert as we know it.
Eric Renner Brown:There are going to be some differences between Grateful Dead and Swifties. I think that there is a fundamental similarity in terms of how they helped have a roadmap for what does a hyper-engaged fandom look like.
Romeo Okwara:They’re the most loyal fan base in all of music.
Diplo:They kind of invented the idea of a fandom.
Narrator:Formed in Palo Alto, 1965, the Grateful Dead are one of the most popular and influential bands in American history, known for their improvisational approach to music and fusing rock, folk, soul, blues and jazz. They were the original jam band and paved the way for others in music.
Katie Bain:The Grateful Dead are the fathers of psychedelic culture. They are a touchstone for many generations of music fans. They’ve influenced countless artists. They have created really a culture unto their own, and they’ve made a ton of good music, while doing it.
Narrator:With songs like “Truckin’,” “Touch of Grey” and “Friend of the Devil,” the Grateful Dead captured audiences with their lyrics and visuals to match.
Eric Renner Brown:First and foremost, the thing about this band is the songbook. The majority of their repertoire was Jerry Garcia wrote the songs with the lyricist Robert Hunter, who’s like a visionary in his own right. Their songs stand toe to toe with any of the great songwriters of the 20th century.
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We caught up with Muni Long, Becky G, JoJo Siwa and so many more on iHeartRadio’s red carpet to see who they’re most excited to see at Billboard Women in Music next Saturday, March 29.
Who are you most excited for? Let us know in the comments below!
Becky G:I mean, Doechii’s one of my favorite artists. I adore her.
James Charles:I’m a really big GloRilla fan right now.
Muni Long: Billboard Women in Music has been a goal of mine.
Becky G:I’m so happy for her. We actually funny enough, the year that I won the Impact Award, we were sharing a dressing room.
Tetris Kelly:Stop it.
Becky G:She was, she was performing, and I was receiving my Impact Award, and also performing and there, if you know, backstage, there’s not a lot of dressing rooms, and so we were like, musical chairs in there. And she’s just adorable.
Dara Reneé:I love Doechii so much. I’m such a fan of hers, like, I literally get so starstruck.
Dasha:Doechii is, like, one of my favorites. I haven’t met her, but I’m just such a fan. Her acceptance speech at the Grammys made me sob. Sob! Women at Billboard. Let’s go!
James Charles:Let me tell you. Like, b—h, I’m from Memphis, what you know about me? Big G-L-O in that GLE. I’m excited. I can’t wait.
Shinedown:I’m from Memphis, man, so, GloRilla that’s my girl.
Tetris Kelly: He said, “Yeah Glo!”
Shinedown:I’m 901 forever, man. I love that. I love it. I love that she’s out there doing it. That’s a big thing for Memphis, Tenn., too.
Tetris Kelly:Heck yeah.
BigXthaPlug:I got some stuff planned with GloRilla I’m hoping to get in there with her so.
Inayah:Muni Long can sing down, baby.
Tetris Kelly:Down.
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After Playboi Carti dropped his new ‘MUSIC’ album, Ye went on X to call out both Playboi Carti and Kendrick Lamar. Keep watching for the full story. What do you think of Ye’s latest rant? Let us know in the comments below! Playboi Carti is snapping back at Ye’s latest series of hate-speech and conspiracy-theory-fueled […]
In today’s episode of ‘Billboard Unfiltered,’ Billboard staffers Carl Lamarre, Trevor Anderson and Kyle Denis are reacting to Playboi Carti’s first album in five years, ‘MUSIC,’ and sharing their thoughts on everything he delivered on the album. They also go into Lizzo’s X crash-out over ‘poptimism,’ the public’s reaction to Leon Thomas putting out the “Mutt” remix with Chris Brown and more!
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Carl Lamarre:
Yo, yo yo, yo what’s going on y’all and welcome to a fresh episode of Billboard Unfiltered. Gentlemen- what it do, what it do, what it do?
Kyle Denis:
Chilling man, how are you?
Carl Lamarre:
I am good. No complaints, well rested. Not bad at all.
Trevor Anderson:
Okay? What got you so well rested out here?
Kyle Denis:
I mean sleep, probably.
Trevor Anderson:
Well… that tends to be the number one ingredient.
Carl Lamarre:
It’s nice outside.
Trevor Anderson:
Yeah springtime is starting a little bit out here in New York.
Carl Lamarre:
Concerts are picking back up outside shortly, we got a couple in NYC this week so…
Kyle Denis:
Had Jordan Adetunji at Mercury Lounge last week, it was a great show.
Carl Lamarre:
Bowizzle, Omarion, yeah you know I might have to bring it back.
Trevor Anderson:
That is some millennial sh– right there.
Carl Kamarre:
I’m an old head, but you know in the midst of all this old head sh–, I’m trying to have some YN moments with this new Playboi Carti ‘MUSIC’ album. Whoo we are talking about this colossal 30-track project, which has some heavy-hitters with Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, we should say Kendrick Lamar thrice because we got three Kendrick Lamar records on there.
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With Billboard Women in Music just around the corner, we took to the streets of Los Angeles to find out from fans who their favorite powerful woman in the music industry is and why. From Rihanna to Mariah Carey, we find out who the public loves! Who do you think is a powerful woman in […]
Just as Chappell Roan has cemented herself as one of pop’s most promising new stars, winning best new artist at last month’s 2025 Grammys amid a crowded field, she’s taken a left turn toward Nashville for her new country single “The Giver.” On the new Pop Shop Podcast (listen below), Katie & Keith are chatting […]
The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles came alive with some of music’s biggest stars Monday night (March 17), with Billie Eilish, Benson Boone and Gracie Abrams all winning big at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Among the prizes given out were album of the year, which went to the “Birds of a Feather” singer’s Hit Me […]
The cast of Moana 2 tests how well they know their knowledge of Disney hits by finishing the lyrics to “Let It Go,” “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and so many more!
What did you think of the cast finishing the lyrics? Let us know in the comments!
Tetris Kelly:We like to play a game with a lot of our guests called Finish the Lyrics.
Awhimai Fraser: Oh no, I’m terrible!
I’m never going back/ The past is in the past.
They said we really hit it.
Emily Bear:I’m never going back/ The past is in the past.
Tetris Kelly: See? Come on!
Awhimai Fraser: That’s “A Whole New World,” but I can’t remember the rest.
Abigail Barlow:Soaring … No?
Tetris Kelly:OK, you’re getting- You’re on the way
Abigail Barlow:Soaring sideways and under.
Tetris Kelly: You were right with soaring. You started correctly.
Awhimai Fraser & Hualalai Chung: Indescribable feelings tumbling/ free wheeling.
Awhimai Fraser:We can hum it.
Abigail Barlow:Tumbling/ Free wheeling.
Tetris Kelly:There we go.
Abigail Barlow:In an endless diamond sky. That’s a crazy lyric
Tetris Kelly:It’s a crazy lyric. Even when I read it, I was like, well, that one caught me off guard.
Abigail Barlow:Yeah.
He told me that the man of my dreams.
Tetris Kelly: She’s got it.
Abigail Barlow:I don’t know what comes next.
Tetris Kelly:And someday be mine.
Emily Bear:I don’t know.
Abigail Barlow:It’s from Encanto.
Awhimai Frase:Ote, Mariano’s …
Hualalai Chung:She’s got the Māori version down.
Awhimai Frase:I know the Māori version.
Hualalai Chung:She knows the Māori version.
Awhimai Frase:Yeah yeah, OK.
Tetris Kelly:OK, do we got the song title?
Abigail Barlow:“We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”
Tetris Kelly:“We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” OK, I’ll give you a point for that.
Emily Bear:I’m sorry, that’s so embarrassing.
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David Gray made sure no two shows on his recent U.S. tour supporting his 2024 album, Dear Life, were the same. Not only is the choice of songs different one night to the next, there are moments of spontaneity and humanity that give each performance a different character.
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“Even within changing the set, I’m adding things in that I haven’t planned for,” the British singer-songwriter tells Billboard’s Behind the Setlist podcast. “And why? Because the puppet is turning back into a real boy. That is the process that’s going on. I want to be sort of emotionally present on stage, not just playing the set. I don’t want us to go into battle mode — here we are, information, walk on, do the gig, come off, champagne. I want it to be more than that.”
In Detroit, for example, somebody shouted a request for his first single, “Birds Without Wings,” from his 1993 album, A Century Ends. It wasn’t on the setlist, but Gray obliged. At another concert, a fan shouted a request for “The Song of Wandering Aengus,” a track based on a poem by William Butler Yeats that Gray has performed live but never recorded. “Wow, that is obscure,” he recalled thinking. “I’m impressed.” Although Gray had never performed the song on the piano, he played the beginning and eventually made it through the song. The unexpected diversion was a memorable success. “My favorite moment of the whole night,” he says. “It’ll be one of my favorite moments from the tour.”
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Gray is best known for his breakthrough album White Ladder from 1998, one of the most successful albums in the U.K. and Ireland of the 2000s. Songs from White Ladder were spread throughout the concerts, but Gray dipped into his catalog of 13 studio albums and included numerous songs from Dear Life. “These [new] songs are very direct and instant, I feel, and I felt that they could stand next to shoulder to shoulder with the big songs from my catalog without being crushed,” he says.
Incorporating surprises, telling stories about his music and taking chances helps connect Gray to the audience and heighten the concert-going experience. “I want to be emotionally direct,” he continues. “I want to be emotionally present. I don’t want to be pornographic. It’s not like, ‘Dave’s going to show us everything. This is what’s going on inside his head.’ It’s a moment of sharing only in a way that would enrich the experience of listening to the music and explain why we’re there making the music. We’re not here to just make a few dollars. I’m here for a different reason.”
Check out the entire conversation in which Gray walked Behind the Setlist through his entire 23-song set, in order, at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 14. Listen using the embedded Spotify player below, or go to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, Amazon Music, Podbean or Everand.
We caught up with DDG at Rolling Loud. and he shares how he feels about “Pink Dreads” having a viral moment, how he gets inspired to create music and more! What do you think of DDG’s “Pink Dreads”? Let us know in the comments! Tetris Kelly:Hanging out at Rolling Loud with DDG. Man, how does […]