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'How could anyone be happy here?'
Arts & entertainment: How long could festival novice Alexander Chancellor stand the Glastonbury pace?
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Cruisin' for a cause
FRANKFORD -- Live music echoed through the Sussex County Fairgrounds under an overcast sky Sunday as hundreds of cars and motorcycles were on display as part of the seventh annual Motor Jamboree to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Dan Snellen Fund.
New Jersey Herald |
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Duffy - Duffy Axed From Welsh Concert
Welsh singer DUFFY was once dropped from headlining a concert in her native Wales - because her lyrics were English. The 24-year-old was scheduled to play at the ...
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David Hasselhoff - Ronson Rejects Hasselhoff Collaboration
DJ MARK RONSON was shocked when DAVID HASSELHOFF complimented him on his musical talents and asked to work with him - but was forced to turn down the singer/actor because he ...
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Hannah Marshall: A new queen of darkness
Travelling east on a train through the green of the Essex countryside doesn't seem like the usual sort of trip you'd make to visit an up-and-coming young fashion designer, but I am in the quaint estuarine village of Wivenhoe, just beyond Colchester, to visit Hannah Marshall.
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Riverside County Philharmonic continues 'Concert for Heroes' tradition
The "Concert for Heroes" has become a tradition for the Riverside County Philharmonic around the Fourth of July. This year's performance will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at Riverside National Cemetery.
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Entertainment
The controversial choice of American rapper Jay-Z to headline Glastonbury proved to be a masterstroke by the event’s organiser Michael Eavis as the hip-hop star wowed the music festival yesterday.
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Pipe and drum band plays on
Lois Crawford says her late husband would be proud. The Grey County Highlanders pipe and drum band Allan Crawford formed in 1983 is still going strong, after a quarter-century of music. The band has stood the test of time, with neither sponsorships nor corporate support. On Saturday, band [...]
Owen Sound Sun Times |
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Redlands Bowl showcases bright, young musicians
The Redlands Bowl will showcase some of Southern California's brightest young musical talents in its 57th annual Young Artists Auditions concert Tuesday.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Celebrating Independence Day early with Savannah Winds
People got a chance to kick off their Independence Day celebration a little early by attending the Savannah Winds Independence Day Patriotic Concert at Armstrong Atlantic State University.
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Find your favorite July Fourth festivities
Communities plan food, fun and fireworks. Activities include a small community fair with food, games, activities and more. There will be an evening concert with a low-level fireworks show.
Orange County Register |
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Jeddah all set for the summer splurge
JEDDAH: Governor of Makkah Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will officially inaugurate the annual Jeddah summer festival on Wednesday.
Arab News |
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Voices of Abilene
The Abilene Classical Chorus performs celebrates ten years of international touring with a concert performed by over 80 alumni from six international tours. Under the direction of Dr. Betty Karol Wilson, the Chorus presents an evening of music featuring favorite tour songs from each year.
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Young people to shine at festival
England's first national school festival designed to celebrate talent in all young people kicks off this week.
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Rapper Jay Z wows Glastonbury Festival
LONDON - The controversial choice of American rapper Jay-Z to headline Glastonbury proved to be a masterstroke by the event's organiser Michael Eavis as the hip-hop star wowed the music festival this weekend.
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Lawrence Krauss: Worth every penny
Building the LHC has cost the world's taxpayers more than £5bn so far. Lawrence Krauss explains why understanding particle collisions is, like great art, music or literature, a vital part of human culture
Guardian Unlimited |
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Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture'
"I hate the word alternative," says Ty. "I hate the word off-key, I hate the word jazzy and I hate the word laid-back. I'm not a laid-back person." That's for certain. A frown adds a touch of finality to his mini-rant. Ty has never been a fan of anything that suggests his unconventional existence in British hip-hop should paint him with the "alt" prefix. "I'm probably more disobedient with ...
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Blade runner: Zorro on stage
Eighty-nine years young, the original caped crusader will be reborn once more in the West End from today, as a singing, dancing, romancing, leaping, fencing, avenging, inexhaustible Zorro takes to the boards. With book and lyrics by Stephen Clark and music by the Gipsy Kings, Zorro!, starring Matthew Rawle, is the latest in a long line of moral masked men whose image has lately been retuned for ...
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Letters: No fitting tribute to Nelson Mandela
Letters: What a great missed opportunity Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert was
Guardian Unlimited |
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Def Leppard, Wembley Arena, London
Led Zeppelin chose the relative glitz of the O2 Arena for their comeback. But in Wembley Arena's shed of a rock venue, where old-fashioned fans feel more comfortable, Def Leppard are carrying on regardless.
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Halle Orchestra / Elder, St Paul's Cathedral, London
Acoustics are fascinating. Clothe your auditorium in velvet and the sound is devoured without trace; clad it in polished wood, and it pings straight back. Fan-shaped halls dissipate sound, but the perfect acoustic form remains the humble shoebox. For mystery and suggestiveness, though, you can't beat a big church: the side-chapels give the sound back transformed, and in St Paul's, with its ...
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Preview: Summer Series, Somerset House, London
The Glaswegian singer- songwriter Paul Buchanan, of pop band The Blue Nile, has never been part of the musical rat-race. With only four albums in 25 years – A Walk Across the Rooftops (1982), Hats (1989), Peace at Last (1996) and High (2004) – his band has never been into overexposure.
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Glastonbury rocks to the rhythm of Jay-Z's rhymes
When the sun came out over the 170,000 fans gathered at Worthy Farm for the festival's second day, the mood lifted and helped to confirm why this is the most prominent date in the festival calendar.
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Concerts coming to Calgary
If the high price of gas will be keeping you home this summer, you might have a few pennies left over to check out some great shows on their way to Calgary! Local promoter, Bryan Taylor with Keystone ...
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Most-Cited Rockers in Judicial Opinions
Cited by a federal court in a jurisdiction case involving a fired Iowa worker who sued his Illinois employer.
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