Music
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Rihanna sends $5,000 check to Barrington HighJul 10, 2013 5:30 am - More than three months after Rihanna's appearance at Barrington High School, her camp has sent along a $5,000 check to offset expenses of her brief visit and pay for fut...
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Dierks Bentley plans benefit for Ariz. firefightersJul 10, 2013 5:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dierks Bentley has one day off the rest of this month and he's giving it to the families of fallen firefighters in Arizona. The country music star wil...
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Music notes: Bon Jovi's world tour stops at Soldier FieldJul 09, 2013 2:00 pm - It's a pretty big week for live music in the city and suburbs, so let's get right to it. Jersey heroes The invincible hair-metal-turned-contemporary-pop band Bon Jo...
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Placido Domingo in hospital in Spain with embolismJul 09, 2013 1:14 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Opera singer Plácido Domingo is in the hospital after suffering a blockage in an artery of the lungs. Domingo’s representative says the 72-year-old is...
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The Civil Wars release new album despite hiatusJul 09, 2013 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There are still helium balloons clinging to the ceiling and new toys scattered across a table in the living room when Joy Williams answers the door. T...
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Best bets: Saddle up for IPRA Championship RodeoJul 09, 2013 6:00 am - Top Pick Bronco busters Cheer on the brave wranglers and riders at the Wauconda Chamber of Commerce 50th IPRA Championship Rodeo this weekend at Golden Oaks Ro...
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Jay-Z treads familiar ground on 12th albumJul 08, 2013 11:00 pm - Jay-Z, “Magna Carta Holy Grail” (Roc Nation/Universal) Kanye didn't care about satisfying radio with his latest album. Neither does Jay-Z. “Magna Carta Holy Grail,”...
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Singer Randy Travis in critical condition in TexasJul 08, 2013 5:06 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music singer Randy Travis was listed in critical condition a day after being hospitalized in Texas with heart problems. A news release from th...
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Celine Dion helps launch Canadian artist on StripJul 08, 2013 3:00 pm - LAS VEGAS — Perched atop the performer hierarchy in Las Vegas, where she holds court in the Caesars Palace Colosseum, five-time Grammy winner Celine Dion could quite eas...
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Kings of Leon join in to help Okla. tornado reliefJul 08, 2013 11:55 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When tornadoes devastated parts of Oklahoma earlier this year, members of Kings of Leon decided to help out the people of the state that’s been a huge...