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OK, so, it’s time we face an unfortunate truth: We’re not going to see any live music for a little while. The Covid-19 outbreak has pretty much put the brakes on live performances until it’s safe to resume social interactions with large numbers of people. So, lots of time on the couch it is! But just because we can’t go out and see live music in person right now (most of us, anyway) doesn’t mean we can’t still see a good concert. In fact, YouTube has countless complete live concerts from a lot of great bands. The fun thing, however, is being able to go back and check out bands you maybe didn’t get to see the first time, or maybe watch a legendary performance that few of us actually had the chance to witness. So while we’re all practicing social distancing, we might as well revisit a great show from the past. Here are 10 great concerts you can find on YouTube but, of course, you don’t have to stop here.

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The Cure – In Orange (August 1986, France)

In Orange is something of a legendary concert for The Cure, in part because of its setting. Recorded at an ancient coliseum erected in the 1st century A.D. in the French countryside, the set is essentially The Most Goth Thing on Earth. But atmosphere is only part of what makes the concert, which—despite featuring no material from Disintegration —is the band at their prime, featuring one of the best lineups in The Cure’s entire run, not to mention all of these songs are amazing. You could just start any moment at random here— “Primary,” “One Hundred Years,” “Push”—and see something outstanding.

Miles Davis – Tanglewood 1980

If you want to see a jazz visionary at the peak of his powers, watch this full set from the Tanglewood Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts where Miles Davis and his band delve into some truly fiery interpretations of tracks from Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way . It’s not so much a jazz concert as a document of genuine wizardry. The ensemble of legendary musicians embark on an uninterrupted journey through jazz’s then most far-out territory, one track seamlessly transitioning into the next, each groove going deeper, each soloist pushing that much farther with each sustained note. Sit back and witness something spectacular.

Talking Heads – Live in Rome 1980

Though you can actually rent Talking Heads’ legendary Stop Making Sense on Youtube, it’s worth spending an hour with this earlier performance from the band, which leans a bit heavier on material from their 1980 masterpiece Remain in Light . The theatrics are dialed down a little bit, and the sound is a little bit rawer, but what’s perhaps lost in cinematic mystique is made up for by a band who, in sheer musicianship and stage presence, could make the case for being the best band of the new wave era. (And most eras if we’re being honest.) The opening rush of “Psycho Killer” is a hell of a start, but the psychedelic Afro-funk freakout of “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)” is the most triumphant moment among nonstop standouts.

New Order – Live in New York City 1981

Captured around the time that the band had released Movement , making the transition into an entirely new band after the death of Ian Curtis and the end of Joy Division, this live set is New Order at their post-punk peak. The setlist is half composed of tracks from movement while the other half is made up of early singles such as “Ceremony” and “Everything’s Gone Green.” But while the band’s debut has sometimes been criticized for sounding a bit too much like the band they once were, here the live intensity of tracks like “Senses” and “Chosen Time” reveal just how much they’d evolved since their Joy Division days.

Converge – Blood Moon at Roadburn 2016

Back in 2016, Converge did something a little different at their Roadburn festival appearance. For one, they performed their acclaimed album Jane Doe in its entirety, which was a fairly unusual occurrence for a band not necessarily known for looking backward. But even more interesting was “Blood Moon,” a specially curated set of some of their more atmospheric, epic and dirgey material. The set included tracks from throughout their catalogue, as well as a cover of The Cure’s “Disintegration,” but the real stunner here is a slower, shoegazey interpretation of You Fail Me ‘s “Last Light,” featuring guest vocals from Chelsea Wolfe.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Live at the Paradiso

Of all the Nick Cave live content out there, Live at the Paradiso (originally released on VHS in 1992) isn’t necessarily the most technically precise, but the film and sound quality are great. But most importantly, The Bad Seeds are still in their first decade, still a bit more dangerous and manic, still overflowing with energy, menace and humor. There’s an intensity that rages here, particularly in moments like opener “The Mercy Seat,” after the Seeds pick up some steam. It’s the kind of powerful post-punk darkness that made Cave and company legends.

David Bowie – Isolar II: The 1978 World Tour

There are actually a number of Bowie live sets on Youtube, so don’t feel obligated to stop here, but among the coolest artifact is this Berlin-era set from the Dallas Convention Center, loaded with standouts from Low , “Heroes” and, interestingly, almost the entirety of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars . The whole damn thing is a highlight (the first two songs are bonkers good and it never dips from there), but there are few moments here as entrancing as the penultimate track, a hypnotic performance of “Station to Station.”

Judas Priest – Live in Dortmund 1983

It only took me thirty-something years to finally see Judas Priest live, but in 2018 they were still able to provide one of the best genuine heavy metal performances I’ve seen in a long time . Still, imagine seeing them in the ’80s when they were at their Heavy Metal Parking Lot prime. This set, shot at a festival in Germany, is one of the best quality Priest shows on Youtube, but it’s also relatively compact at well under an hour. And no, that’s obviously not enough Priest, but you get “Breaking the Law,” “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” and “Hell Bent for Leather” in this roaring, air-guitar-worthy set, so you can’t beat that.

Radiohead – Live in Berlin 2016

There was a time when Radiohead played small, intimate clubs, at least that’s what we’re told—for most of their career, the sound and mythology of the group has seemed too large to be contained by a venue with a roof overhead. But this live set from Lollapalooza Berlin in 2016, released from the band as part of an ongoing live archive release during the worldwide live music shutdown, is a prime example of just how immense that sound really is. By no means a seamless or pitch-perfect show, the rawness of certain songs, including A Moon Shaped Pool opener “Burn the Witch,” offers a reminder that they are still a rock band, “art” or otherwise. Plus archival standouts like “2+2=5,” “Bodysnatchers” and “Everything In Its Right Place” have an added intensity to them that serve to remind us just how transcendent a great live performance can be. 

Nine Inch Nails – Cold and Black and Infinite 2018

The downside of seeing Nine Inch Nails in the 21st century is that you won’t see a long-haired, fishnet-clad Trent Reznor caked in mud—if you’re into that sort of thing. The upside, however, is that their live performances are even bigger productions, dialed in and with an even more immersive atmosphere. This live set is not a professionally shot set, but rather an impeccably edited set culled from fan footage and featuring outstanding audio quality. The setlist from this show, from the band’s 2018 tour, leans heavily on tracks from their recent trilogy of mini-albums, with highlights from the catalog, including “Sin,” “Wish” and “Hurt.” As Reznor announced shortly after quarantine measures began to take hold in the U.S. last year, 2020 was supposed to be another big touring year for Nine Inch Nails, and after seeing this, I can only reaffirm that the end of live-show lockdown can’t come soon enough. 

Sleater-Kinney – Live at the 9:30 Club, 2015

Sleater-Kinney shows are a blast. And in 2015 when Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss reunited for their first shows in a decade, they reminded fans of that fact. Each stop on their tour behind that year’s No Cities to Love was an event unto itself, delivering rock ‘n’ roll at its most fun and explosive, surging with punk rock energy and showmanship fit for bigger stages. This show was streamed by NPR back in 2015, and it features a setlist that offers a little bit of the best of each of their albums going back to 1997’s Dig Me Out . 

Sade – Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1984

Sade is a band—Helen Folasade Adu might be its vocalist and namesake, but one need only watch this 1984 festival performance from the group to understand just how dynamic a presence they are together. Primarily comprising music from their incredible debut album Diamond Life, this set showcases their effortless groove and ethereal funk, with Adu herself in top vocal form and looking badass as hell in leather gloves. The whole set has a sense of timeless cool about it—and just try not to freak out once they get to “Smooth Operator.” Impossible.

Leonard Cohen – Austin City Limits 1989

Leonard Cohen made his first appearance on the long-running Austin City Limits show back in 1989, though the show was recorded on Halloween night in 1988, after the release of Cohen’s synth-tinged career reinvention, I’m Your Man . He plays nearly the entirety of the album, with a dynamic band to back him, featuring backing singers, horn players and more, giving his dark poetry the right amount of rhythm and shake. Still, Cohen here proves himself the picture of unflappable cool—his performance of “Tower of Song” makes that abundantly clear. But a pair of classic catalog highlights, “The Partisan” and “Joan of Arc,” offer a brief glimpse of the kind of intricate folk majesty that made him a legend. 

Baroness – Live at St. Vitus 2015

When a band actually shows up in the comments to offer their gratitude for posting a live set online, that’s usually a good thing. And while the sound from this set won’t be mistaken for studio quality, the rawness and energy of the show is infectious, not to mention the heaviness of the highlights from this 2015 set—which took place shortly after the release of that year’s Purple —are a good reminder of Baroness’ sludgy roots. The inclusion of “Isak,” a bruiser from the band’s debut Red Album , is a particularly gnarly highlight. 

Phoebe Bridgers – Live at Red Rocks Unpaused 2020

In the past year we got to see just how creative artists could really be with livestreams and Phoebe Bridgers, whose Punisher was one of our favorite albums of the year, made almost an entire tour’s worth of appearances between solo streams, late night appearances and her Red Rocks Unpaused performance. A professionally shot full live set featuring Bridgers and her band dressed in signature skeleton suits, the performance both sounds and looks outstanding. Saying it’s the next best thing to actually being there might be cliche, or even overselling it, but in this case it’s absolutely the truth. 

Savages – Live at 9:30 Club 2016

If the extended live music hiatus eventually leads to Savages reconvening and returning to the stage, I’ll be first in line to see them (as it is, vocalist Jehnny Beth was scheduled to tour with Nine Inch Nails, and I’ll be first in line for that as well). This show, captured to coincide with the release of Adore Life and streamed via NPR, is a perfect display of what makes the such a remarkable live act, from their raucous energy to Beth’s animated onstage presence. The setlist comprises nearly every song they’ve released, and yet it could keep going for another hour and I’d keep watching. 

Sons of Kemet – Live at Big Ears Festival 2019

British quartet Sons of Kemet have a somewhat unusual setup for a jazz group—two drummers, a saxophonist and a tubist—which only seems odd until you understand just how much they absolutely cook onstage. Nache Edward and Tom Skinner lay down complementary rhythms inspired by both calypso and Afrobeat, while Shabaka Hutchings and Theon Cross provide some powerfully melodic leads that sound like they could fill stadiums. The group’s performance from the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville in 2019 is the proof, a rowdy festival live show that could easily outshine any set with guitars or programmed beats. For anyone who ever needed evidence that jazz is, in fact, dance music, well here you go.

PJ Harvey – BBC4 Sessions at St. Luke’s Church 2004

PJ Harvey puts on a great show, though it changes significantly every time she hits the road—her most recent global tour in support of 2016’s The Hope Six Demolition Project found her decked out in feathers and backed by a large band that took to the stage in marching formation. But she can rock like a motherfucker too. This BBC-aired set from the Uh Huh Her era kicks off with an extra dirty version of “Meet Ze Monsta” and finds Harvey and her band ripping through an hour-long set of hits and deep cuts with added ferocity, including “A Perfect Day Elise,” “Dress” and “Big Exit.”

Yob – Live at St. Vitus Bar 2017

Seeing Yob  live can be a transcendent experience—feeling it is as important as seeing it or hearing it. But in the absence of being in the presence of their righteous doom, this set is a pretty great substitute. In fact, you get a sense of how hard these three dudes rock when they get on stage, as much swing and swagger as low end roar. This set, shot about a year before the band released Our Raw Heart , features a selection of cuts from 2005’s The Unreal Never Lived On , but the most glorious moment here is all 18 minutes of “Marrow,” a song as moving as it is titanic. 

The Armed – Adult Swim Festival 2021

Festivals have gone virtual over the past couple of years, the Adult Swim Festival being no exception last year. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t include some pretty bonkers live performances as part of the festivities. Though The Armed’s set ran a concise 15 minutes, comprising a handful of selections from their outstanding new album ULTRAPOP , the Detroit hardcore visionaries’ presence is still a hell of a thing to behold. These four tracks, even without an audience, find them delivering a performance that’s exploding with energy, balancing intensity with immediacy in ways few other bands can. A spectacle that has to be seen to be believed.

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British band Oasis to reunite after 15 years, confirms 2025 tour

The band defined the 1990s Britpop era with several hit songs before splitting in 2009 due to sibling rivalry.

British rock band Oasis has confirmed it is reuniting for a tour next year with a series of live shows planned, 15 years after splitting over a feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher.

“The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised,” Oasis announced on Tuesday, alongside details of the tour, after days of speculation about the reunion.

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The group, of Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger fame, said it will play 14 shows across the United Kingdom in 2025 and later globally.

It will play 14 gigs in the cities of Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin.

Oasis defined the 1990s Britpop era with several hit songs before splitting in 2009 when lead guitarist and main songwriter Noel said he could no longer work with frontman Liam.

The reunion will kick off in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4, 2025, before the band plays six shows in Heaton Park in their hometown of Manchester.

Oasis will then headline London’s Wembley Stadium on August 2 and 3, Murrayfield Stadium in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh on August 8 and 9, before moving on to Croke Park in Dublin a week later.

“Their only shows in Europe next year, this will be one of the biggest live moments and hottest tickets of the decade,” an online statement said, adding that tickets will go on sale on Saturday.

It also said plans were under way for live shows outside Europe later next year.

Formed in 1991, the band had a long run until the brothers’ tensions came to a head in Paris during the Rock en Seine festival in 2009, when Liam broke one of Noel’s guitars.

Noel said at the time he could “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”.

The brothers have not performed together since, but individually still sing the band’s hits to sold-out crowds.

Even before the split, the brothers had long had an antagonistic relationship and reportedly did not speak to each other for years after the 2009 incident.

The reunion next year will take place 30 years after Oasis’s 1995 album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? first came out, which included the singles Don’t Look Back in Anger and Wonderwall, and received international critical and commercial acclaim.

In 2019, Liam told The Associated Press news agency he wanted to patch things up with his brother.

“The most important thing is about me and him being brothers,” he said. “He thinks I’m desperate to get the band back together for money. But I didn’t join the band to make money. I joined the band to have fun and to see the world.”

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The Jayhawks – XOXO

“It was time to open things up,” says Gary Louris. “The Jayhawks are a true band, one where everyone’s an equal, and we wanted to make a record that really reflected that.”

Featuring writing and lead vocal contributions from all four members, The Jayhawks’ extraordinary new album, XOXO , is the most diverse and wide-ranging in the group’s storied history. Rather than marking a sonic departure, though, the collection signals a sharpening of focus for the band, an elevation in understanding of who they are and what they do best. In classic Jayhawks fashion, the songs here mix the influence of American roots music with British invasion and jangly power-pop, but there’s a newfound vitality at play, as well, an invigoration of confidence and energy that could only come with the injection of fresh blood. The result is an album that, much like the band’s lush harmonies, brings multiple distinctive voices together into a singular whole, a collection that, ironically enough, finds unity in individuality and identity in reinvention.

“This album feels like a new lease on life for us,” explains Louris. “I don’t know what the future holds, but this band is full of great songwriters who deserve to be heard, and my only regret is that we didn’t do something like this sooner.”

One of the most enduring and beloved groups of the last thirty years, The Jayhawks first emerged from Minneapolis in the mid-1980’s, though their commercial and critical breakthrough didn’t arrive until the release of their 1992 masterpiece, Hollywood Town Hall . Over the ensuing decades, the band would go on to record a series of highly influential albums and tour the world countless times over, sharing stages with everyone from Bob Dylan and Tom Petty to Lucinda Williams and Wilco along the way. Following an extended hiatus in the mid-2000’s, Louris and his long-time bandmates—bassist Marc Perlman, drummer Tim O’Reagan, and keyboardist Karen Grotberg—returned to the studio, most recently releasing the acclaimed Paging Mr. Proust and Back Roads and Abandoned Motels in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

“Touring those records the last few years, I never felt like I was getting to hear enough of Karen or Tim singing lead vocals,” says Louris. “I know they write great songs, as does Marc, who’s co-written plenty of Jayhawks songs over the years, so I decided to widen the circle and let go of a little bit of control.”

Beginning in the spring of 2019, Louris began making monthly trips from North Carolina back to his native Minnesota, where he and the band would gather for weeklong rehearsal and writing sessions in their St. Paul practice space. All four members would bring song ideas to the table in various states of completion. There were no quotas or egos at play in the process, only a quest for the best Jayhawks tunes possible, wherever they may come from.

“Some songs we molded together from scratch, but others had been fully written by one or the other of us,” says Perlman, who, along with his bandmates, bounced between instruments depending on the needs of each track. “We didn’t worry too much about who penned what, because after all these years of playing together, everything we do just naturally comes out sounding like a Jayhawks song.”

When it came time to record, the band returned to the secluded Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, MN. There, they holed up for roughly two weeks of tracking, living and working in close quarters 24-hours-a-day. The group later continued the sessions at Flowers Studio – founded by the band’s friend and Minneapolis music stalwart, the late Ed Ackerson.

“At Pachyderm, we all shared this big old house on the grounds, so we cooked our meals, drank wine, listened to records, and walked down to the studio every morning together,” says Louris. “We forged a new bond during those sessions, and I think we came out of it tighter as friends than we’d ever been before.”

That camaraderie is the heart and soul of XOXO , which opens with the easygoing “This Forgotten Town”. Written jointly by Louris and Perlman, the track finds Louris and O’Reagan trading off lead vocals, with Grotberg coming in on harmonies, and it sets the stage perfectly for an album fueled by chemistry and trust.

“Because of the added closeness we were all feeling, I think everyone was more comfortable taking chances on this record,” reflects Grotberg. “The more we collaborated, the more ideas we were able to spark off each other, and the more new and unexpected directions we were able to take things.”

For his part, Louris found himself tackling more topical lyrics than he was used to writing. The Harry Nilsson-esque “Living In A Bubble”, for instance, laments the problematic nature of our ratings-driven news cycle, while the transportive “Homecoming” grapples with climate change and the long-term costs of our shortsighted environmental destruction, and the trippy “Illuminate” (a co-write with Perlman and O’Reagan) is an abstract exploration of idol worship that feels particularly relevant to the present political landscape. Grotberg, on the other hand, reached back into her catalog for more timeless tunes, channeling Christine McVie with her deep, breathy vocals on the elegant “Ruby” and hinting at the southern magnetism of Emmylou on the pedal steel-laden “Across My Field”.

“Karen’s always been a very poetic writer, but it was amazing to watch her confidence as an artist grow throughout this process,” says Louris, who invited each bandmember to take ownership of their particular tunes when it came to production and mixing choices. “It was a really empowering experience for her, and for everyone, I think.”

Like Grotberg, O’Reagan spends more time in the spotlight here than on any previous Jayhawks album, taking lead on a trio of tunes that balance the old and the new. The driving “Dogtown Days” is a lean and muscular rocker in the best tradition of Big Star, while the dreamy “Looking Up Your Number” trades the power chords for fingerpicked acoustics and dreamy falsettos, and the minimalist “Society Pages” calls to mind Guided By Voices and Pavement. Perlman rounds out the collection by contributing writing to a number of tracks and stepping center stage on the waltzing “Down To The Farm”, which draws on a mix of British and American folk traditions in its storytelling.

Despite all the different writers and voices at play, XOXO remains a thoroughly cohesive record, both sonically and emotionally. While that’s due in no small part to the densely layered harmonies and impeccable musicianship that color each and every track, it’s clear that the deepened personal bonds between bandmates played a significant role in binding the collection, as well.

“Arriving at a consensus these days isn’t as tough as it used to be,” says O’Reagan. “I think the sound and dynamic of the band will evolve positively with everyone having an outlet for their ideas and songs”

Indeed, far from altering The Jayhawks’ DNA, opening up the writing process seems to have amplified it, and the end result is a group more inspired, more close-knit, more itself than ever before.

“At the end of the day, this album is just an extension of who we’ve always been,” says Grotberg. “We’re the same band, but it feels like we’ve stepped into a new era.”

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WATCH: Harris and Walz speak to students in Hinesville during Georgia bus tour stop

HINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dropped in on a high school band practice Wednesday as part of a two-day bus tour snaking through rural Georgia, campaigning for the critical battleground state while delighting students who performed their school fight song for the Democratic ticket.

Watch Walz and Harris’ remarks in the player above.

“We’re so proud of you and we’re counting on you,” Harris told the young crowd who shrieked with excitement at the sight of the vice president. “Your generation … is what is going to propel our country into the next era of what we can do and what we can be.”

The trip culminates Thursday with a rally in Savannah. Campaign officials believe that in order to win the state over Republican Donald Trump in November they must make inroads, in GOP strongholds. They need more than Atlanta and the suburbs that delivered for Joe Biden in 2020.

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Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler said bus tours offer an “opportunity to get to places we don’t usually go (and) make sure we’re competing in all communities.”

The campaign wants the events to motivate voters in GOP-leaning areas who don’t traditionally see the candidates, and also hopes that the engagements drive viral moments that cut through crowded media coverage to reach voters across the country.

In southeast Georgia, the Democratic ticket was also stopping at businesses and campaign offices to thank volunteers.

The stops are meant as moments where voters can learn “not just what they stand for, but who they are as people,” Tyler said.

Tyler said the campaign’s strategy of using informal engagements to reach voters has been consistent from when President Biden was on the ticket, but the nature of the events has shifted along with the candidates. During a bus tour in Western Pennsylvania, for example, they stopped at a football practice — Walz is a former assistant high school football coach.

Walz met Harris on the tarmac in Savannah and the two greeted students from Savannah State University before setting off in their bright blue bus with red and white accents, “Harris Walz” emblazoned in big letters on the side along with the phrase “A New Way Forward.”

It looks like a regular campaign bus, but this one is an armored U.S. Secret Service vehicle driven by agents that comes with lights and sirens and secure communications. After the first stop, Harris shifted back to her traditional SUV, the bus relegated to the back of the motorcade.

In addition to the bus tour and the Thursday rally, Harris and Walz will be sitting down with CNN anchor Dana Bash for their first joint interview. The interview will air Thursday night.

The Georgia trip is a makeup visit from earlier in the month when the duo was set to embark on a seven-state swing tour introducing the new Democratic ticket. The North Carolina and Georgia legs of the trip got scrapped as Tropical Storm Debby battered the region.

The Democratic strategy to peel off votes in Republican parts of the state has had some success before. Raphael Warnock, Georgia’s first Black senator, won reelection in 2022 by nearly 3 percentage points — while Joe Biden carried Georgia by only a quarter percentage point about two years earlier — in part by venturing into the deepest red areas, driven in part by operatives who are now on Harris’ campaign team.

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Harris has another campaign blitz on Labor Day with President Biden in Detroit and Pittsburgh with the election just over 70 days away. The first mail ballots get sent to voters in just two weeks.

In Georgia, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp seems to have moved past Trump’s blistering attacks against him at a rally in the state just a few weeks ago, saying it was a “small distraction that’s in the past.”

On the eve of Harris’ visit, Kemp told Fox News: “I’m not sure exactly what happened going into the rally. I’ve seen a lot of different stories and people’s explanations of what happened.”

At the rally, Trump tore into the governor, blaming him for his narrow 2020 loss in the state. In a roughly 10-minute tirade, Trump railed against Kemp for not giving in to his false theories of election fraud. He also blamed the governor for not stopping a local district attorney from prosecuting him and others for their efforts to overturn the results in the state.

Trump changed his tune last week, thanking the governor in a social media post for all his “help and support in Georgia, where a win is so important to the success of our Party and, most importantly, our Country.”

Kemp said on Fox that Republicans “need to be telling people why they should vote for us, what we’re going to do to make things better than they are right now. And there’s a host of issues that I think you could contrast Kamala Harris and her record.”

“To me, that’s what we need to stay focused on, not some dustup from two or three weeks ago.”

Meanwhile, the Harris campaign launched a new ad across the battleground states, seeking to tie Trump to the conservative “Project 2025.”

The first  ad  asserts that Trump is “out for control” over voters, juxtaposing Trump quotes with ominous screenshots of the plan. It’s part of Harris’ $370 million in digital and television ad reservations between Labor Day and Election Day.

Led by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Project 2025 is a detailed 920-page handbook for governing under the next Republican administration, including ousting thousands of civil servants and replacing them with Trump loyalists and reversing the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of medications used in abortions.

Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, though it was drafted by longtime allies and former officials of the Trump administration. Last month, he posted on social media that he had not seen the plan, had “no idea who is in charge of it, and, unlike our very well received Republican Platform, had nothing to do with it.”

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Jason Momoa is taking his band back to his roots ... playing their first concert in his native Hawaii.

The "Aquaman" star and his rock band, ÖOF TATATÁ, jammed out Sunday night at Maoni Waikiki in Honolulu ... and TMZ has video of the performance.

Jason told the crowd how meaningful it was for him to be rocking out at the famed International Marketplace in Waikiki ... seeing as he's from the area.

He said it was always a dream of his to play there and he has fond memories at the venue with his dad.

Folks who were there tell us Jason and his band jammed for about 2 hours ... playing 10 songs and a bunch of covers from bands like Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers ... among others.

We saw Jason bring his two kids onstage back in June during a concert in Los Angeles ... and his band's heading back to the mainland for upcoming shows in New York, Massachusetts, Georgia and Florida.

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