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Judge rejects suit against Geneva animal rights group
A Wyoming judge has thrown out a lawsuit against a Geneva-based animal-rights group accused of persuading two popular music acts to cancel their performances at a Cheyenne rodeo.
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Northwest suburban fundraisers
Corey Diamond Memorial Fundraiser: 6:30-11 p.m. Aug. 8, Arlington Bowling Lanes, 3435 N. Kennicott Ave., Arlington Heights. Includes dinner, dessert, open bowling, Baggo and other games, raffles, prizes. Benefits local music, art and community service programs.
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Smith biopic follows crude punk formula
Music is too important to be left to the musicians. That was the do-it-yourself credo that drove the punk aesthetic, and central to that movement was Patti Smith, an artsy, working-class kid from Woodbury.
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Ready to rock? Skynyrd heading to island in September
Two big names in music -- legendary Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd and country star Blake Shelton -- will play Hilton Head Island next month.
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Today's agenda: 'Jersey Boys' in Dallas and John Frieda tour
Valli peaks If you haven’t picked up tickets for the high-soaring tour of Jersey Boys in Dallas, do it. Now. It really is as good as all the word-of-mouth buzz claims. The Tony-winning musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons runs through Aug. 16, with a performance at 8 tonight. It’s at Fair Park Music Hall, Dallas. $30-$124. 817-467-2787 or 214-631-2787; ...
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Quickie films in competition
For the last two weeks, dozens of local film directors, cameramen, actors, sound mixers and boom operators have been working in teams of two to more than a dozen shooting 10-minute films for the short-film competition at the third annual Project Twenty1 Film Festival
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Brightman, Liu Huan will perform Olympic theme song
World-claimed artists Sarah Brightman and Liu Huan will perform the theme song of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday. Both artists have arrived in Beijing and the duo artists have reportedly been to the Bird's Nest to rehearse.
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In any language, Union High junior is one gifted teen
Demetrius Jeter, who will be a 16-year-old junior at Union High School next month, can tell you what he has done this summer in fluent German. He can also draw eyebrow-rais ing illustrations of sights he saw, and even play moving piano sona tas that could musically transport you to the places.
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Sex Pistols’ toilet fence
Punk band the Sex Pistols made a series of outlandish demands at Scotland’s Live at Loch Lomond music festival last weekend.
NZCity |
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Music Review: Pork Pie - Transitory
A lost jazz-rock classic finally emerges on CD. Jazz fusion records from the 1974 time frame are almost always going to fall into one of two categories: a few that are truly great but overly familiar, or, more frequently, simply forgettable. Transitory by Pork Pie is a unique one from that period in that it's both outstanding even today but largely overlooked. The second part is due to...
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Dear Heather
THE BRILLIANT musical scholars at Britain's Daily Mail have decoded Paul McCartney's latest diddy as an affectionate tribute to his ex, Heather Mills.
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Sweatshop Union making stop on tour
One of Canada's hottest hip-hop music acts is coming to Prince George.Vancouver-based Sweatshop Union will be performing at the Rum Jungle with Toronto band Art of Fresh, Aug. 19 to promote their new album Water Street.The band's latest CD is more abstract and personal compared to their other records, band member Mos Eisley said in an interview. The 24-track album is produced almost ...
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Youth orchestra hits the road
Johan Jonsson from the Montana State University Music Department taps his toes on Howard Hall’s polished wooden stage as the Festival Strings Youth Orchestra gears up to play 12 free shows in five days as part of a summer orchestra workshop.
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Sam Bayer Helming Fiasco Heights
Music video and commercial director Sam Bayer has signed on to direct the action-thriller Fiasco Heights for Universal, says The Hollywood Reporter . Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are producing via their Platinum Dunes.
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Taste of Summer organizer seeks federal disaster relief
Waukesha - With vendors clamoring for money and police investigating, a festival organizer whose event was pounded by June's torrential rain is seeking federal disaster relief to pay $250,000 or more in festival debts.
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Duffy's Wilbur performance a 'Stepping Stone' to success
Her name might make you think of Hilary Duff (so might her picture), and her musical style might draw comparisons to Amy Winehouse. She looks a little bit like a mini-Jessica...
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Sony Buys the Rest of Ailing Sony BMG
With Bertelsmann selling its 50% stake, the renamed Sony Music Entertainment will forge ahead as No. 2 in a troubled global music industry
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Fundraising bash at church
MDANTSANE’s gospel star Malibongwe Gcwabe is expected to wow gospel fanatics during his performance this weekend. Gcwabe, of Taru Bawo fame, will be entertaining crowds during a fundraising concert at LLC Duze United Congregational Church in NU3 on Sunday.
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Shoot from the hip
The Photography Issue: Local rock photogs give good bulb. Plus: Son Ambulance, Hall and Oates, C.L.A.W.S, and more
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Lou Teicher, of Ferrante & Teicher, Popular Piano Duo of ?60s, Dies at 83
Mr. Teicher?s florid and sentimental versions of movie themes and love songs made the duo gods of easy listening and earned them wide popularity.
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Judge mulls new trial in music downloading case
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A decision isn’t expected until next month on whether a Brainerd woman convicted of pirating music files will get a new trial, but the federal judge who handled the case said he might have made a mistake at her original trial.
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Summer Music Fest continues tonight
Indianapolis Symphony musicians violinist Jayna Park and cellist Ingrid Fischer-Bellman will be joined by pianist Eugenio Urrutia-Borlando in two Romantic-era favorites, the Sonata for Violin and...
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More News
In the beginning, there was Joni Mitchell. Beautiful, ethereal, emotional: She had a guitar in her hands and a brain in her head ó and a mind of her own that she was unafraid to use, man's world or not.
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Summer Band Program at South Middle School in Westfield helps hone musical skills
WESTFIELD - They learn in two weeks what takes three months during the school year, and at the end the young musicians stage an impressive performance that highlights their accomplishments.
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'Twas built, and they came
It seats 1,500 people, but organizers estimated that more than twice that number turned out Sunday night to witness the grand opening of the new Sun Valley Pavilion, a state-of-the-art concert amphitheater that will serve as the permanent home of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony.
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