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Championship fights cap boxing's return to city
Boxing returned to the Music City in grand fashion Friday night with two major titles up for grabs at Sommet Center for ESPN2's Friday Night Fights in front of about 4,000 people.
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Weekend To-Dos for Aug. 20
Edgefield Live Music Series — McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale. All shows free for ages 21 and older unless noted. For more information, call 503-669-8610 or visit www.mcmenamins.com.
Gresham Outlook |
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Brit duo Ting Tings starting something in U.S.
If you're piloting a band that's riding a rocket to pop stardom, you expect a certain amount of scrutiny and hyperbole. But you know a frontier has been crossed when newspapers breathlessly trumpet such ''revelations'' as your habit of washing your clothes in the sink while on tour, or that your clothes are full of holes because you don't have the time to go shopping.
Miami Herald |
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Gardena Makes Music
Sixth annual Jazz Festival hosts local artists and international stars.
Daily Breeze |
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Pen offers more than just tennis
Watching a fashion show, getting a chair massage, listening to live music, sampling wine and food from area restaurants, navigating a children’s obstacle course: these activities may not be the first to spring to mind when one envisions the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale, but all have been part of this week’s Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.
New Haven Register |
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Prayer walk for schools set for today
Today Back to School Prayer Walk, 9:30 a.m., Rockingham County public schools. All Christians in Rockingham County are invited to walk at the school of their choice and pray for the school year. Trained leaders on site. Approved by the Rockingham County school system. Bill Duke, 342-4227. School supplies, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 130 Main St., Eden. Children of ...
Greensboro News & Record |
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Irish singer, guitarist founded the Dubliners
Ronnie Drew, the gravelly voiced folk singer and guitarist who founded the Irish group the Dubliners and also sang with the Pogues and other rock bands, died on Aug. 16 in Dublin. He was 73.
Miami Herald |
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Songwriter alleges plot to kill him
It's the handyman who's on trial for shooting Estefano, but on Friday the Latin songwriter told a jury the plot was more vast in scope: His ex-business manager and a Santeria church planned his demise.
Miami Herald |
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Rock bands pay tribute to Gary Valenciano’s music
Pop meets rock last August 20 at the Mag:net Café in Bonifacio High Street as Gary Valenciano was treated to a surprise by his son Paolo to celebrate his dad's 25 th year in the entertainment industry.
PEP |
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Jazz legend Maynard Ferguson's music library is headed to UNT
The collection will cover Maynard Ferguson's career from the mid-1950s until his death, in 2006.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Rain doesn't stop Party in the District
A downpour just before Friday night's Party in the District resulted in a slow drizzle of attendees at the James Burton International Guitar Festival event in the Red River District.
The Shreveport Times |
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Delbarton prepared for homecoming festivities
DELBARTON — The Town of Delbarton is throwing a party, and you’re invited. The 13th Annual Delbarton Homecoming gets started Tuesday. Town Councilman Albert Totten, co-chair of this year’s festival, says the event keeps getting bigger and better.
Williamson Daily News |
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Weekend music
SONGWRITER Neil Halstead Neil Halstead first gained attention as the leader of shoegazer-pop outfit Slowdive, then went on to form the wonderfully understated Mojave 3. He’s just released his second solo album, “Oh! Mighty Engine,” which is a quiet, sun-dappled affair ...
Portland Tribune |
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Tourism ‘crisis’
“The Aug. 16 article regarding tourism was disturbing. Clearly, we have an industry in crisis asking for help and the city’s only response was that fortunately it budgeted to be down so the city would be okay. Where is the leadership in that? Perhaps part of the problem is that it’s always the same people speaking at the meetings, not to mention the same people quoted in the paper. These folks ...
The Virginia Gazette |
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Singer-actor Corbin Bleu is tuning in for his sophomore release
Currently on tour playing festivals and fairs in support of his 2007 debut, "Another Side," singer-actor Corbin Bleu said he's begun recording his follow-up album.
Ventura County Star |
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'Cavendish Chronicles' celebrates history
CAVENDISH - This weekend, the community will come together in a spectacle of comedy, drama, song and dance to celebrate its history. ... - By JOSH O'GORMAN Herald Staff
Rutland Herald |
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Le Mars warms up for country music festival
LE MARS, Iowa -- Le Mars will become the place to be for country and bluegrass music fans this next week.
Sioux City Journal |
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Poetry in motion
A select group of teenagers with poetic talent have been recognised at the Schools' Poetry Awards and the winner's poem has been turned into a song.
TVNZ |
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North Beach Singers hold picnic and begin practice
Ocean Shores’ popular singing group, the North Beach Singers, begin practice for their annual holiday concert on Monday, Sept. 8 at the Galilean Church in Ocean Shores. Titled “Christmas Time is Here,” the chorus medley includes both new and traditional music and features an audience sing-along.
The Daily World |
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Jessie's Marie takes to stage again
If you loved former EastEnder Jessie Wallace's turn in the BBC Four drama Miss Marie Lloyd - Queen of The Music Hall, which first aired in 2007, then a new play that's heading to the stage might be right up your alley.
Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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My Answer: Contemporary Christian music not all bad
QUESTION: What do you think of contemporary Christian music? Our church is beginning to use it more and more, but to be honest, I'm having a hard time getting used to it. My teenaged children like it, however.
Florida Today |
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Apple offers to replace bad Ipod batteries
Apple Japan said Thursday that it will replace faulty batteries found to be overheating in iPod Nano devices after a government ministry warned consumers earlier this week that the hot-selling music players might present a fire hazard.
iTNews |
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Outside Lands Festival Rocks Golden Gate Park
The city has opened Golden Gate Park to night time concerts for the first time during a three-day music festival that started Friday.
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National Entertainment News RSS Feed
London 2012 will unveil its blueprint to be the cool Olympics with an eight-minute slot in the Beijing closing ceremony that will combine the best of British rock, glamour, culture and sport.
St Albans Observer |
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Symphony, opera to join forces
The Vancouver Symphony for the first time is collaborating with Vancouver Children’s Opera. Together the groups will perform arias, duets and trios from operas in Esther Short Park on Thursday.
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