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R.E.M.'s 'Losing My Religion' Video Joins YouTube's 1 Billion Views Club

R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" video has joined the YouTube's 1 billion views club.

According to the video sharing platform, the clip has averaged over 300,000 views globally per day across YouTube so far this year.

"Losing My Religion" was released as the first single from the alternative rock band's 1991 album Out of Time.

"Losing My Religion" turned out be a hit during its release, garnering extensive airplay on radio as well as on MTV and VH1 due to its critically acclaimed music video. The song became R.E.M.'s highest-charting hit in the United States, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

At the 1992 Grammy Awards, "Losing My Religion" won two awards: Best Short Form Music Video and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

The music video for "Losing My Religion" was directed by Tarsem Singh. The video was nominated in nine categories at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards.

The video won six awards, including Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Direction, and Best Editing.

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Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard Stadium Tour Earns Over $173 Million

Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard's Stadium Tour has grossed over $173 million in ticket earnings.

According to Billboard, the Stadium Tour has turned out to be the biggest tour of their careers. The tour, which also featured Poison and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, sold over 1.3 million tickets.

The Stadium Tour sold an average of 37,520 tickets per stop, with $4.96 million earned each night. The 36-show tour kicked off at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 16, and concluded at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on September 9.

The largest grossing market of the tour was Boston, where a double-night at Fenway Park on August 5-6 earned $9.3 million and sold 64,000 tickets.

As for single-night earnings, the tour broke the $6 million mark in Charlotte, North Carolina; Denver; Glendale, Arizona and Inglewood, California.

(Photo: Dustin Jack)

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Joe Walsh Partners With Veeps For VetsAid 2022 Livestream

Joe Walsh has partnered with Veeps to livestream VetsAid 2022, the sixth edition of the annual festival.

VetsAid 2022 will feature performances by the newly reunited James Gang, (Walsh, Jimmy Fox and Dale Peters) for a final performance, with special guest Dave Grohl, as well as Nine Inch Nails, the Black Keys and the Breeders.

The show will be hosted for the third time by Drew Carey and will stream live on Sunday, November 13, 2022, from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

In 2017, Walsh had founded VetsAid, a national 501(c)3 non-profit organization and benefit music festival to raise and disperse sorely needed funds to veterans groups across the country.

"The arena show sold so fast that we just had to find a way to share the James Gang reunion and this historic night of Ohio rock and roll with more fans across America and the world," Walsh shared. "We at VetsAid learned how to livestream over the past two years so I'm proud to partner again with Veeps to bring this show directly to fans whether it's in their living rooms, in their local VFW halls or even just watching on their mobile phones so that we can raise even more money for Ohio vets and their families."

He added, "And, thanks to our new partnerships with Fandiem and Bandsintown, one lucky donor will even win an all-expenses trip to Columbus to come to the show as my special guest and even grab a cup of joe with Joe! That's me!"

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