Music
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Lead guitarist for Starship dies in NebraskaSep 04, 2012 8:44 am - NORFOLK, Neb. — Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist for the rock group Starship, died of a heart attack after a concert in Norfolk, Neb., his road manager said. He was 4...
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50-year friendship started with love of ElvisSep 03, 2012 7:37 am - MADISON, Wis. — The magazine was called Movieland and TV Time, and the 17-year-old girl in Buenos Aires, Argentina, liked it because it had color photographs of Elvis Pr...
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Retired Dist. 214 choral director returning for holiday concertSep 03, 2012 5:30 am - More than 200 singers from different generations will come together for a concert this fall that is part reunion, part tribute to the man who helped them fall in love wi...
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Concert promoters’ email: Michael Jackson ‘is scared to death’Sep 02, 2012 5:37 pm - LOS ANGELES — Promoters of Michael Jackson’s planned 2009 comeback described in emails how they feared for the megastar’s stability, saying he was out of shape and consu...
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Chicago Grandstand Big Band in concert Sept. 9Sep 02, 2012 9:57 am - The Northwest Suburban Community Concert Association and District 214 Community Education will feature the ultimate tribute to the swing and jazz eras, the Chicago Grand...
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BG Singers celebrate 20 years with anniversary concertSep 02, 2012 9:55 am - The 75-member adult chorus, the BG Singers, will perform a 20-year anniversary concert, “Platinum,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, in the Ste...
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Jay-Z has Rocky-like moment at Made In AmericaSep 02, 2012 9:17 am - PHILADELPHIA — Jay-Z’s entrance said it all: He bounced up and down on top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, mimicking Rocky before he took the stage in fr...
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‘Raindrops’ lyricist Hal David dies at 91Sep 02, 2012 9:17 am - LOS ANGELES — Hal David was a man of simple words. A writer by trade — and a journalist by education — David had a knack for encapsulating love, earnestness and a wry s...
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Pussy Riot: No regrets despite prison sentenceSep 02, 2012 9:01 am - BERLIN — Jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says she regrets nothing about the band’s anti-government performance in a cathedral that got them convicted of ...
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Restoration completed on historic Motown pianoSep 01, 2012 6:17 am - DETROIT — A damaged 1877 Steinway grand piano used by Motown artists during the record label’s “Hitsville USA” heyday has been restored, thanks to a little help from Pau...