Melissa Ruggieri
National Music Writer at USA Today
Melissa Ruggieri keeps vampire hours to cover music for @USATODAY. She also remembers when MTV was awesome.
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usatoday.com | Melissa Ruggieri
An artist’s sophomore album is often considered the most important in a career. A debut is usually populated with songs that have stewed for months or years.
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usatoday.com | Melissa Ruggieri
LAS VEGAS – If Joan Jett needs to peek at a lyric, she doesn't rely on a teleprompter. Instead, she glances down at the binder opened to a printed page. At 66, she’s still rockin' the shag hair and tough chick sleeveless vest, both in her preferred black, and delivering the signature "ch-ch-ch-ch" of "Cherry Bomb" with a snarl and a smile. It is notable that Jett remains unchanged after 50 years in a business that was notoriously bitter toward strong women fronting rock bands.
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shelbystar.com | Melissa Ruggieri |Anna Kaufman
"Karma Chameleon" may be Culture Club's catchiest song, but it's still a sore spot for some band members. In a new documentary, "Boy George & Culture Club," which premiered at the New York Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month, members of the British supergroup lamented the mainstream quality of the song – a harsh departure from their more new wave sound.
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usatoday.com | Melissa Ruggieri
She’s part of a dwindling species, an unapologetic rock chick more focused on the tone of her guitar than the cut of her hair. Joan Jett’s fierceness has been splayed across stages for 50 years, first with the all-girl glam-punk pioneers The Runaways and then through her own 40-plus years of solo stardom with her band, the Blackhearts.
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usatoday.com | Melissa Ruggieri
NEW YORK − The yellow brick road is about to get colossal when it winds through the Las Vegas Sphere. Between the venue’s 160,000-square-foot screen display that anchors the visual environment and remastered songs that will play through 167,000 speakers from Sphere Immersive Sound, the enhanced version of “The Wizard of Oz” will definitely not be in Kansas anymore when it arrives Aug. 28.
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If you couldn't get to #LasVegas for @U2 at @SphereVegas, the "V-U2" immersive concert film is a worthy substitute, mostly because it feels as if the band is in front of you. Here's some insight from the Edge about how the whole stunning thing works. https://t.co/UKURQi4JIU
Had a really wonderful chat with #AlexVanHalen. His new book, "Brothers," is a true love letter to his brother Ed (learned that he was always called "Ed" or "Edward" - never "Eddie"). Amazing drummer, really cool guy. https://t.co/8gLBcfzpPu
.@StevieWonder had a couple of special guests escort him onstage @CFGBankArena in Baltimore Tuesday. #BarackObama #steviewonder https://t.co/uwb5Hc0z3j