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Mark Knopfler writes his own ending to the Dire Straits story.

A rare instance where a band’s most successful album helped lead to its demise.

How do you replace the irreplaceable? You don’t — but INXS sure tried.

Who would have thought a concept album inspired by the Falkland Islands War would end the most successful incarnation of Pink Floyd?

Lots of bands can’t follow up a career-defining album. The Long Run not only fell short of Hotel California, but it ended The Eagles.

It’s been said that great art comes out of great suffering or adversity. That wasn’t the case for Metallica’s St. Anger.

When New Kids on the Block (sorry, NKOTB) tried to re-invent their sound, let’s just say it was not successful.

My latest feature. In a lot of ways, this is the story I was born to write.

Again, not so much a review as an observation. I enjoyed this show much more than the last Depeche Mode show I attended. The band sounded better and tighter (although …

Not so much a review as an observation. I enjoyed Tuesday’s show a lot more than I thought I would. I actually preferred it to the Joshua Tree show I saw last year.