Music
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Green Day cancels 2012 dates, postpones 2013 startOct 29, 2012 10:08 am - Green Day is canceling the rest of its 2012 club schedule and is postponing the start of the 2013 arena tour. Bass player Mike Dirnt says Billie Joe Armstrong’s “wel...
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Taylor Swift to co-host Grammy nominations showOct 29, 2012 9:18 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Taylor Swift will co-host the Grammy nominations television special. Grammy officials say the pop star will join LL Cool J as hosts of the Dec. 5 spec...
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Mundelein show choirs fundraiserOct 28, 2012 3:20 pm - Mundelein High School’s Show Choirs will host their annual Spotlight Concert/Dessert Extravaganza on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person. This is the b...
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Kendrick Lamar delivers classic rap albumOct 28, 2012 6:00 am - Kendrick Lamar, “good kid, m.A.A.d city” (Interscope Records) Kendrick Lamar is an up-and-coming rapper hailing from Los Angeles with a reputation already built thr...
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Christian sister trio Barlowgirl calling it quitsOct 28, 2012 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christian sister trio Barlowgirl is retiring after nearly a decade of chart-topping success. Alyssa, Lauren and Rebecca Barlow are releasing their fin...
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Billy Idol plays fan’s birthday in SeattleOct 27, 2012 5:15 pm - SEATTLE — A Seattle man says that having Billy Idol play his 26th birthday party made for the greatest night of his life. Michael Henrichsen spent two years persuading t...
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Shiny Toy Guns' 'III' is impeccableOct 27, 2012 6:00 am - Shiny Toy Guns, “III” (Five Seven Music) From its opening track, the runaway love jam “Somewhere to Hide,” to its closing number, the piano tune “Take Me Back to Wh...
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Pianist Eric Himy to perform SundayOct 26, 2012 3:41 pm - The Northwest Suburban Community Concert Association and District 214 Community Education will present classical pianist Eric Himy at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Fores...
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Clark’s derivative on full-length debutOct 26, 2012 2:00 pm - Gary Clark Jr., “Blak and Blu” (Warner Bros.) The much-anticipated first full-length album from guitar wiz Gary Clark Jr. opens with ... a horn fanfare. That takes brass...
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Orchestra begins season with Maine West concertOct 26, 2012 11:15 am - The award-winning Northwest Symphony Orchestra will present the first concert in its 61st season at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Theatre for the Performing Arts at ...