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Universal Music signs Rolling Stones deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Vivendi's Universal Music has signed an exclusive, long-term worldwide recording agreement with The Rolling Stones, in a deal that will be a blow to the band's previous record company EMI.
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Report: MySpace could work with Amazon on music service
The long-anticipated MySpace Music, set to launch in September, could be getting help from the e-commerce king.
CNET |
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Stones ditching EMI for Universal
Veteran rock group The Rolling Stones switch record labels, leaving EMI for Universal after more than three decades.
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Jukebox musicals struggle for success
Jukebox musicals get no respect. Maybe it's because they're so hard to bring off.
Provo Daily Herald |
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C'ville music scene celebrated in film, reunion concert tomorrow
Tomorrow is a gold-letter day for devotees of Charlottesville's lively music scene in the 1970s and 1980s. A new movie documenting those halcyon days, "Live From . . . the Hook," will have its premiere tomorrow at noon at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville. Then, many of the musicians featured in the film will be "Really Live From the Hook" in a reunion concert from 2 to 9 p.m. at ...
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Tokyo String Quartet To Be Featured At Marine Biological Laboratory Gala
The Marine Biological Laboratory invites the public to the 2008 MBL Gala to be held Sunday, August 10, in Woods Hole. The event, featuring the Tokyo String Quartet, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Annual Chamber Music Concert at the MBL.
The Falmouth Enterprise |
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Young And Old Share Love Of Fiddling
The Sonnay Fiddlers, a group of musicians of varying ages and experience, have two things in common: a love of music, fiddling in particular, and a teacher who both inspires them and gives them plenty of opportunities to play together and to share their music with others.
The Falmouth Enterprise |
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Bluemont Repeats Pan Masters, Welcomes McCutcheon
Bluemont Concert Series offers more weekend-long musical fare with performances by two of the program's most popular performers: John McCutcheon in Middleburg, and Pan Masters in Leesburg.
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PEP :Filipino-British Charlie Green of 'Britain's Got Talent' is in town!
Eleven-year-old Filipino-British singing sensation Charlie Green is currently in town to meet his Filipino fans. At the same time, he'll assess the possibility of jumpstarting his career here in the country.
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Report: MySpace could work with Amazon on music service
Amazon.com could become the e-commerce engine behind the MySpace Music service expected to launch in September, according to a report on TechCrunch.
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Yahoo! Music Store taking DRM servers offline, freezing out customers
Filed under: Desktops , Laptops , Portable Audio In a move which at best could be described as unsurprising, Yahoo! has announced that it's taking its Music Store DRM license key servers offline come September 30th... and freezing customers from ever registering their music with another computer. Ever. Like a twin-sister rehash of Microsoft's PlaysForSure / MSN Music DRM debacle , this ...
Engadget |
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New on video
(2008, Sony; 86 minutes) The Alexandria (Egypt) Police Ceremonial Orchestra arrives on the wrong bus in the wrong small Israeli town and is stranded overnight.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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News > Making A Buzz
Elwood Bunn’s Country Jubilee, a Country Music Barn Dance, will take place at Flushing Town Hall on Friday, July 25 at 8 p.m. Bunn and his band will perform classic country songs. During the event, there will also be the opportunity to learn dances such as the Texas Two Step.
Queens Courier |
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Longtime fans fill Milsap audience
Lucy Standiford listened to Ronnie Milsap's Rock County 4-H Fair performance on Thursday at the other end of her little sister's cell phone.
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Jackson’s ‘Good Time’ tour opens in Fayetteville
Alan Jackson’s “Good Time” country music tour is scheduled to open Oct. 2 at the Crown Coliseum, it was announced today. Trace Adkins will also perform.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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Urban Theater Fest kicks off Tuesday
The second bi-annual Urban Theatre & Entertainment Festival/Awards begins Tuesday and includes 20 theatrical performances, workshops, dance competition and poetry readings.
Miami Herald |
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Jamaica Jams holds 11th Festival
Surrounded by music and poetry, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica (CCJ) launched their 11th Annual Jamaica Arts and Music Summer (JAMS) Festival on Friday, July 18, at the Lebanon Lounge on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica.
Queens Courier |
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Birmingham City University
History: Previously Birmingham Poly, then known as University of Central England until last October, formed out of 11 colleges of art, education, music and PE.
Independent |
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Dragon Boat Fest has new boats
The 18th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, a major free event in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, is going to have two new boats in the race.
Queens Courier |
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Brass group is as 'Canadian as hockey'
The five-piece ensemble Canadian Brass states on its Web site that it's as "Canadian as hockey." Yet the group -- which will perform at Interlochen's Kresge Auditorium today -- draws from all musical worlds.
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Dunegrass and Blues Fest growing organically
Volunteer Marty Jablonski remembers the early years of the Sleeping Bear Dunegrass and Blues Festival when the music festival primarily brought in local bands. But with this year's headliners Arlo Guthrie and Richie Havens, Jablonski said the event has reached a new level.
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Entertainment In Brief: 07/25/2008
TRAVERSE CITY -- Friday Night Live returns to downtown Traverse City tonight. The community block party's kick-off event will feature an "All That Jazz" theme and will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. along the 100 and 200 blocks of East Front Street.
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Namibia: Competition Winner to Take Stage By Storm
The Warehouse Theatre comes to life tonight and tomorrow night (July 26). The main attraction is none other than the NBC/Sanlam Namibia Music Makers 2001 winner, Erich Mahua.
AllAfrica.com |
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Nightlife Calendar: 07/25/2008
Short's Brewing Company, My Dear Disco, with Airborne or Aquatic 7 p.m. July 30, $5 cover; Mon. couples' dancing; Tues. open mic; live music Fri.-Sat.; 121 N. Bridge St., Bellaire; 533-6622; www.shortsbrewing.com.
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Dell Launches Summer Rocks Festival Tour and Sweepstakes with a Head-Turning Towel Drop at Parks and Beaches ...
ROUND ROCK, Texas, BUSINESS WIRE -- A sea of color will wash over select recreational hotspots across the United States Saturday, July 26, as Dell choreographs mass arrays of the quintessential summer accessory - a super-sized, eye-popping beach towel.
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