Category: Music Tells the Story

Man Dies at “Not Dead Yet” Tour

Posted on by Carmen Roberts


(Feb 8) A concert tour by Phil Collins in New Zealand lives up to its name. Fox’s Carmen Roberts explains.

A man at a Phil Collins concert in New Zealand reportedly died but was resuscitated.
MUSIC: Against the odds…
And what are the odds that the unidentified man would be brought back at the singer’s “Not Dead Yet” tour?
MUSIC: One more night…
One of the man’s family members told the New Zealand Herald he suffered a heart attack Wednesday and was clinically dead but an audience member revived him by giving CPR.
The Herald says the man’s recovering at a local hospital.
Carmen Roberts. Fox News

50 Years Ago Today The Beatles Sang From the Rooftop

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(Jan 30) 50 years ago today, The Beatles played in public for the final time. Fox’s Carmen Roberts takes a look back.
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On January 30th 1969 The Beatles rocked out on a rooftop in London.
Don’t let me down..
It was an unannounced live concert that no one on the street, five stories below could see. But they certainly could hear it from blocks away.
Like she does…
The band was in the midst of turbulent times, and on that cold, blustery day John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr had no way of knowing that performance from atop their record company, Apple Corp, would be the last time they would play together in public.

Carmen Roberts. Fox News 

Obama Hamilton Song Debuts on Billboard Chart

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Former President Obama makes his debut on the Billboard R&B chart. Fox’s Carmen Roberts has more.

“One last time …”
The “Hamilton” inspired song “One Last Time (44 Remix)” debuts at No. 22 this week on the Billboard R&B song chart. It features former President Obama reading President George Washington’s farewell address.

(President Obama) “I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking…”

The creator of the hit Broadway show, Hamilton, Lin Manuel Miranda released the record last month. In just one week it garnered more than 300,000 streams in the U.S. and sold 9,000 downloads.

Carmen Roberts. Fox News.

This is President Obama’s third time on Billboard. In 2009 his inauguration video reached No.6 on the TV-DVD Sales chart. In 2015 the song, “Pop Off,” by J-X Cannon featuring Obama, reached No. 10 on Billboard + Twitter Emerging Artists chart.