Arena rock
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Arena rock is a style of rock music that became mainstream in the 1970s. It typically involves radio-friendly rock music that was designed to be played for large audiences.
This Queen concert in Drammen, Norway, in April 1982 shows the scale and lighting of an arena rock concert, emphasis being on the performed spectacle.
Singer Steve Perry of Journey became one of the faces of arena rock in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Glam rock
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Glam rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was primarily defined by the hairstyles, makeup, and flamboyant clothing of its musicians, particularl
David Bowie as his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust during the 1972–73 Ziggy Stardust Tour
Marc Bolan of T. Rex performing on ABC's In Concert, 1973
Noddy Holder (right) and Dave Hill (left) of Slade, near the height of their fame in 1973, showing some of the more extreme glam rock fashions
A figure in the new romantic movement, Boy George of Culture Club (performing in 2001) was influenced by glam rock icons Bolan and Bowie.