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Help from the hogs: Harley fest will benefit area
For a community recently rocked by bad news, the return of thousands of Harley-Davidson riders is expected to give Janesville an economic pop.
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12th Street Beach Under Watch
With the 12th Street Beach just south of Northerly Island, it has become a hot spot to listen to the music coming from the Charter One Pavilion. As many as 1,000 teens might gather on any given evening. But after about a half-dozen fights broke out amongst the crowd Thursday evening, police are now saying they will shut down the beach if further trouble erupts. A spokesperson for the Chicago ...
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How Lollapalooza changed Chicago's concert landscape
The road that Lollapalooza built in Chicago for Texas promoters C3 Presents could lead to the 2016 Olympics, if C3 co-founder Charlie Jones has his way.
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Festival of Ballooning continues today, Sunday in Readington
If the weather and attendance for Friday's opening was any indication, there will be plenty of big balloons, great music and family entertainment to fill your weekend as the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning continues today and Sunday at Solberg Airport. "All signs point to a great weekend," said event organizer Howard Freeman. "The Galaxy of Thrills with Galaxy Girl is drawing great ...
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Rosary rocks with rhythm
The 12th-grade teacher works up a sweat not only to the pop diva's music but to songs honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Ritchie denies rumors of marriage troubles
Director Guy Ritchie said at the San Diego International Comic-Con that his marriage to pop singer Madonna is not in trouble despite persistent rumors.People magazine said Friday that the Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director denied any problems in the celebrity marriage and credited the Music singer with allowing him a new viewpoint regarding his home town of London.I was born there and ...
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Class of 1978 Plans 30-Year Reunion
The Auburndale High School class of 1978 will have its 30-year reunion from 7:30 p.m. to midnight Aug. 2 at the Auburndale Civic Center.The event will feature food and music.For more information, contact Debbie Holt Warner at 407-296-4099 or e-mail debbiewarner@cfl.rr.com, or Janna Ullom Giddings at 863-324-2398.
The Lakeland Ledger |
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'High School Musical' draws in preschoolers, too
Talya Appelbaum recently had a "High School Musical" birthday party. She got special balloons and a slice of cake decorated with the spoiled Sharpay, her favorite character because "she's with Ryan." ...
Billings Gazette |
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Kennedy Center to hear Montanan's composition
It is a huge festival to celebrate a huge anniversary: 35 days of performances by some of the premier artists in America, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's signing of the National Cultural Center Act.
Missoulian |
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Concert Review: Aimee Mann at the Calgary Folk Music Festival, July 24
Aimee Mann delivers a beautiful set heavy on new material during her current tour stop in Calgary, Canada. Before I get into this review, I'll admit straight out that I'm not an unbiased reviewer. Aimee Mann is one of my favourite artists, owing both to the fact that her melancholy songs are right up my alley (even though I'm a pretty happy guy, I'm drawn to sad music) and the fact that she's ...
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Mamma Mia! Big-Screen Musical Drains the Fun out of ABBA
I’ve always enjoyed ABBA — not in that post-hoc, so-bad-it’s-good hip way, but innocently, the way I like Phil Spector. To this day, howling along in my car to that echoing, cascading, multiply overdubbed wall of sound makes me feel like a member of some dippy but joyous cathedral choir.
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Belfast Telegraph TV
This site requires a flash plugin. You can download the plugin here Glasgowbury Music Festival this weekend in Draperstown. Why not check out Trans 08 at the Waterfront.
Belfast Telegraph |
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Lincoln Highway fest shows family pics
SHELTON — Shelton history will be on display Sunday for the 11th annual Lincoln Highway Festival.
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Four albums, no rehab: Finger Eleven just makes music
KEARNEY — From touring Europe with Evanescence to playing its hit song “Paralyzer” on the Miss USA 2008 show in April, Finger Eleven has been having some surreal experiences, said Rich Beddoe, drummer for the band.
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Hub Picks: Classic musical, ephemeral bubbles ready for fun
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Music Review: Elvis Presley - Elvis (The Fool Album) and Raised On Rock/For Ol' Times Sake
Essential Elvis: Chapter 27. 1973 found Elvis Presley popular again. His television special, Aloha From Hawaii, had been seen by over a billion people. The subsequent soundtrack album had sold five million copies in the United States alone and reached number one on the pop and country charts. Col. Parker kept Elvis on the road where he played to sold out concert halls. RCA...
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Music Review: Ben Wolfe's No Strangers Here , Marc Copland's Another Place , and Tim Hagans' Alone Together
Why three records? Well, two or four would just be a standard rock beat. Why three records? Well, two or four would just be a standard rock beat. This is jazz, music for the heart and the mind. The three artists featured here have created some beautiful work. Ben Wolfe – No Strangers Here Bassist Ben Wolfe wrote, arranged, and orchestrated the songs on No Strangers Here. Uniting a jazz ensemble ...
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Music DVD Review: Iggy And the Stooges - Escaped Maniacs
As a concert video, this kicks major ass. Don't ask me how he did it, but Iggy got through it. Don't ask me how he did it, but Iggy got through it. And for all of the battle scars he has rightfully earned, he still looks and sounds pretty damned good on this DVD -- ass hanging out all over the place notwithstanding (but of course, that's part of the deal with Iggy anyway, right?).That most ...
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Jazz on the River to feature stellar lineup 07/27/08
"You better lose yourself in the music, the moment. You own it; you better not let it go."
The News-Herald |
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Blueberry lovers' weekend
IRON RIVER -- This is the weekend for Wisconsin blueberry lovers. Two communities are holding blueberry festivals -- one in northwestern Wisconsin and the other in central Wisconsin. Iron River, which calls itself the blueberry capital, has its three-day Blueberry Festival running through Sunday. Organizers plan a blueberry pie eating contest, fresh blueberries, rides, live music, queen ...
The Capital Times |
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Music Review: Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Angles
Essex duo re-appear from the mist with their tablets of moan. Like freeze dried prophets walking out across the pollution-hardened Thames, the British duo of Dan Le Sac (DJ, effects - aka Dan Stephens) and Scroobious Pip (words - aka David Meads) want to tell us that we've lost our way. Aware of the challenge of raising cerebral matters with a dumbed down audience, it's an impassioned message ...
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Music review: Despite pop baggage, Mayer gets down
Guitarist John Mayer might be a tabloid favorite, but he also showed at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre that he has first-rate musical chops. John Mayer, shown here during a televised performance in May, ignored the flying pests that buzz about the Sleep Train Amphitheatre during the summer and put on a strong show Friday night.
The Sacramento Bee |
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Family Fun Weekend at Historic Cold Spring Village
07/26/2008 - 10:00a.m. to 07/26/2008 - 4:30p.m. Looking for something different from the beach this weekend? Come out and enjoy creative, interactive activities, music, magic, and more!
Cape May County Herald |
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Simpson on concert bill
CORNWALL (Staff) — Jessica Simpson will attempt to sing her way into the hearts of Akwesasne as the headlining act at a music festival later this summer. The Akwesasne Music Festival is scheduled to feature the fluffy songstress and pop rock band Smash Mouth at the Discount Concert Grounds [...]
Cornwall Standard Freeholder |
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Musical tribute to Ray Charles
The Clark Center Association will join forces with the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre to present a two-week fundraising run of “What’d I Say” — A Musical Tribute to Ray Charles from Aug. 15 through 23 at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande.
Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder |
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