Music
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Sting: 'I want 25 more years of music'Oct 02, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK - At 85, Tony Bennett released an album that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart this week. Sting, who turns 60 on Sunday, is hoping he will still be...
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Four stars for Lyric’s season opener, “Hoffmann”Oct 02, 2011 12:00 am - After an absence of nearly 30 years, Jacques Offenbach’s posthumous 1881 opera “The Tales of Hoffmann” (“Les contes d’ Hoffmann”) made a triumphant return Saturday to th...
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Weekend picks: Yo-Yo Ma graces Naperville's Wentz Concert HallOct 01, 2011 6:00 am - Yo-Yo solo Multiple Grammy Award-winner and world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs a rare solo concert Saturday at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E...
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Enrique Iglesias spices up Zynga’s ‘CityVille’Oct 01, 2011 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Pop stars are lining up to make their debut in Facebook games from online game maker Zynga. First came Dr. Dre and Lady Gaga. Next week, an avatar of singer E...
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Male hip-hop acts embrace womens’ fashionsOct 01, 2011 5:00 am - NEW YORK — The latest fashion trend in hip-hop has its male stars raiding the women’s clothing department for inspiration. Lil Wayne jumped around in skinny women’s pant...
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The Soap BoxOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - He who giveth ... ... Can't taketh away, at least not once it's listed as an employee benefit. That's the tollway authority's explanation for why it's not putting an end...
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Voting closes Oct. 5 for Sing! finalistsOct 01, 2011 12:00 am - Deer Park Town Center is thrilled to announce the winners of the live performances for SING! that took place on Sept. 17 and 24. The Deer Park community selected the fol...
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Jayhawks reunite for one more 'Time'Sep 30, 2011 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — Fans of the Jayhawks who are happy the band has an unexpected third life probably don't know how much they owe to producers of the sports film “The Rookie” or...
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Steve Martin plucks top bluegrass awardSep 30, 2011 8:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers turned the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards into funny business Thursday night. Martin and h...
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New Kasabian album an instant classicSep 30, 2011 6:00 am - "Velociraptor!" Kasabian (Columbia) "Velociraptor!," the fourth offering from British rockers Kasabian, is destined to become a modern classic. Recorded in their homet...