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A legacy of hit songs is a formidable thing, and that power was on full display Wednesday night, Aug. 30, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre.

A legacy of hit songs is a formidable thing, and that power was on full display Wednesday night, Aug. 30, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre.

It's been a quiet and gradual climb to large venue-filling status for Arctic Monkeys -- especially in North America. But the British quartet's sold-out concert Tuesday night, Aug. 29, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre marked a new high mark in that ascension.

In the past decade or so, rock was supposedly declared dead for good, but Arctic Monkeys and their fans seem to have either not gotten the memo or don’t care. While obituaries were being written for the genre and an attempt was made to rebrand it as “guitar music” (ugh), the British band rose to occasion to claim the rock ’n’ roll mantle — thanks in large part to the axis of NME readers, Tumblr fangirls, and a Josh Homme co-sign, culminating in the band’...

The Michigan State Fair, Arts Beats and Eats, Hamtramck Labor Day Festival, Detroit Jazz Fest and more are on deck for this long, holiday weekend.

It's been a quiet and gradual climb to large venue-filling status for Arctic Monkeys -- especially in North America. But the British quartet's sold-out concert Tuesday night, Aug. 29, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre marked a new high mark in that ascension.

Country music's Jelly Roll went from inmate to superstar. That’s why the Genesee County sheriff is on a mission to get him to Flint’s jail, to perform.

It was one night when you could yell for "Free Bird" and know you'd hear it -- by design.

The adage of not fixing what is not broken served the Lumineers well at the Pine Knob Music Theatre.

The adage of not fixing what is not broken served the Lumineers well at the Pine Knob Music Theatre.