Music
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Weekend picks: Off to the races at Arlington MillionAug 17, 2013 6:00 am - By a nose? The Arlington Million was the world's first million-dollar horse race, and the tradition continues Saturday at Arlington International Racecourse, 2200 ...
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Robin Thicke heads to court over ‘Blurred Lines’Aug 16, 2013 7:12 pm - LOS ANGELES — Robin Thicke is asking a federal judge to determine his song “Blurred Lines” doesn’t copy from elements of two other songs. Attorneys for Thicke and the s...
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Local bands go big-time for Riot FestAug 16, 2013 5:43 am - The summer festival season continues crashing through the walls of boredom. The next biggie, Riot Fest, brings nearly 80 bands to Chicago’s Humboldt Park Sept. 13-15. An...
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Music changes at Aurora’s Fiestas Patrias FestivalAug 15, 2013 11:22 am - Latin musicians Paquita La Del Barrio and Alfredo Bojorquez (aka “El Puma”) are replacing Joan Sebastian and Ramón Ayala, who had to cancel their upcoming performance on...
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Music notes: Rockin with Peter FramptonAug 15, 2013 6:30 am - Show us the way These days, Peter Frampton looks nothing like the long-haired '70s rocker whose hits included "Show Me the Way" and "Baby, I Love Your Way." But from re...
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Jennifer Hudson gives away school suppliesAug 14, 2013 6:00 pm - Oscar- and Grammy-winning artist Jennifer Hudson has given away school supplies in her hometown of Chicago. Hudson was at the giveaway with her sister, Julia Hudson. The...
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Fewer Grant Park repairs needed after LollapaloozaAug 14, 2013 3:49 pm - The company that runs Lollapalooza says restoration of Chicago’s Grant Park after this year’s festival will be “minimal and swift.” WMAQ-TV reports that promoters C3 Pre...
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Weekend picks: Black Sabbath plays First MidwestAug 14, 2013 6:00 am - Sabbath lives Black Sabbath, a legendary band that originally featured a soon-to-be-a-household-name frontman in Ozzy Osbourne, never had a No. 1 album until this y...
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Despite health scares and band drama, reunited Black Sabbath moving forwardAug 14, 2013 6:00 am - When Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma last year, the news hit close to home for the 65-year-old riff master, who only two years earlier los...
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Suburban band Mike & Joe more than 20 years of successAug 13, 2013 9:33 am - Mike Notaro of Arlington Heights never thought his penchant for staying up late and playing guitar would lead to anything. But looking back, it was the catalyst for what...