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Festival stab victim had been trying to protect friend
A young man who was repeatedly stabbed at T in the Park had been trying to protect a friend. Police say the 22-year-old is making good progress in intensive care after the frenzied attack in the festival's campsite. Detectives are still searching for the two men responsible and the weapon they used.
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News & Star
CUMBRIAN kids followed in the footprints of superstars Stereophonics and rocked the Sands Centre yesterday. Three days after the Welsh band blew away a Carlisle crowd, including Manchester and England football star Wayne Rooney, students from schools across the county did the same.
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Dancing into summer
The only attendees who didn't sing along at Sunday's Juilliard Park concert were the dogs on leashes weaving among the crowd.Everyone else knew the words.Santa Rosa's "Live at Juilliard" kicked off its 15th annual free summer music series with a Beatles tribute band that easily moved the audience to twist and shout.
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss find common ground in rootsy American music
He made a name for himself as lead vocalist for hard-rocking Led Zeppelin; she's a singer and fiddler who fronts the bluegrass group Union Station. He's British; she's American. He's just over a month shy of his 60th birthday (Aug. 20); she'll turn 37 on July 23.
The Plain Dealer |
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Snoop walks the line
Snoop Dogg has reworked one of Johnny Cash 's most famous songs as part of an upcoming album.
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Uganda: I'm Blunt And Bold
A former president of the Uganda Law society, Andrew Kasirye is the chairman of the Uganda Wild life Authority and a member of several boards in the country.
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Biography
Alexandra began classical training on the piano at the age of 6. She received a B.A. degree in liberal arts (Plan II) from the University of Texas at Austin and went on to study music as a graduate student at North Texas State University in Denton.
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Lovett shows he's still an original
Even his own musicians don't understand why Lyle Lovett gets called a country singer. During a wry back-and-forth between songs at Overture Hall on Sunday night, Lovett and one of his backup singers, Sweet Pea Atkinson (and, incidentally, every band should immediately get a backup singer named "Sweet Pea"), the conversation turned to genre, and a possible collaboration with Atkinson's main band, ...
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Region briefs
The Boyd Lake State Park Summer Concert Series will be Saturday afternoons at Swim Beach Plaza this summer.
The Fort Collins Coloradoan |
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Rising up;
It began as a brave idea by a few friends to bring a hot air balloon festival to Cornwall. Now, more than a dozen years later, that idea continues to reach new heights. Kinsmen Cornwall Lift-Off 2008 has officially drawn to a close, and as expected, the event [...]
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Rapper Big Nelo To Release Promotional Single
Luanda, 07/14 - Angolan rapper Big Nelo is to present on July 27 here his promotional single entitled "Karga", which includes the styles rap, soul music and r&b, ANGOP has learnt.
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Small game developers get on fast track
LOS ANGELES - Movies and music from small, independent creators push the pop-culture envelope with fresh ideas. Now, game developers are set to do the same with a wave of low-priced - and often offbeat - titles on the new online video-game system networks from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony.
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Drawn downtown By Sarah Bultema Loveland Reporter-Herald
In one of the busiest weekends of the summer, downtown Loveland was bursting with smokey barbecues, sweet pies, live music and pony rides – not to mention thousands of people. And by Sunday – after Loveland Loves Barbecue and the Cherry Pie Celebration were over and SummerFest was winding down – attendees, organizers and business owners were impressed with the success of the weekend’s ...
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Puerto Rican festival adds salsa, spice to the Mill City
LOWELL -- French Street was full of salsa yesterday and there was not a tortilla chip in sight. Blaring from the speakers at Boarding House Park the music was a big draw for the crowd at the Puerto Rican festival.
Lowell Sun |
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Weekend Box Office
UPDATED: 07 :12 a.m. EDT, July 14, 2008 Chuck Yarborough becomes a field archaeologist. Talk arts, movies, music, dining and more!
The Plain Dealer |
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WNO appoints new Music Director
GERMAN conductor Lothar Koenigs has been appointed by Welsh National Opera as its new Music Director.
icWales |
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PSP firmware gets an update News by
Sony has updated the PSP firmware to version 4.05. You can download it now (well spotted VG247 ), and it adds some music visualisations because that is what we really wanted.
EuroGamer |
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Radiohead music video shot with lasers
FORGET cameras - the latest music video from rock band Radiohead has been shot entirely using laser-driven scanning systems.
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Neil Simon festival under way
CEDAR CITY- For Jesse Pepe, starring in ÒBrighton Beach MemoirsÓ as Eugene, a portrayal of American playwright Neil Simon is a challenging, but exciting experience.
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Festival of good vibrations
The Grand Stage Music and Arts Festival held in Paris was a huge success and will be back again next year. "It was a tremendous day, it went off without a hitch," said organizer Wayne Zronik. "It went over so well we're really excited about doing it again [...]
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Win 25 cases of Innocent smooties for your office
This summer’s Innocent Village fête is nearly here. It’s a great day out with a feast of entertainment including live music, good food, Innocent smoothies... and wellie wanging.
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Teens given chance to showcase, enjoy variety of music
Dan Rilling, manager of Hot Topic in the mall, heard one complaint too many from kids at his store.
Great Falls Tribune |
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GigMaven Levels the Playing Field for Artists and Venues
GigMaven, a web-based service that enables musical artists to find and book gigs online, has announced the Beta launch of their site, available at http://www.gigmaven.com.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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The Week: July 14-17, 2008
Summer plows full steam ahead this week as the Dane County Fair starts its fix-day run at the Alliant Energy Center along with the return of Hybridfest. Blooming Butterflies returns to Olbrich, meanwhile, and there's of course plenty of live music, with the fourth Concerts on the Square of the season along with shows by The Duhks, Sarah Borges 'amp; the Broken Singles and The Patrick Sweany ...
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Emerging Jazz Vocalist Dena Taylor Debuts her New CD Project Entitled 'ROUND MIDNIGHT" on The Jazz Network
Dena Taylor will debut a selection of vocal jazz arrangements as featured artist July 13-21, on the exciting virtual jazz community "The Jazz Network" (thejazznetwork.ning.com) created by Jaijai Jackson, daughter of jazz bassist "Chubby Jackson."
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