Music
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Burlap to Cashmere back from tragedyJul 08, 2011 2:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Guitarist John Philippidis woke up groggy from a monthlong coma in a hospital room full of people. He disregarded doctors urging him to stay in bed a...
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'Blues Brothers' tribute a lukewarm imitationJul 08, 2011 11:00 am - The 1980 hit film “The Blues Brothers” has unquestionably been one of the best and most enduring of all the movie spinoffs derived from NBC's “Saturday Night Live.” Eve...
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Five bands compete in South Barrington ‘Battle’Jul 08, 2011 1:00 am - The South Barrington Park District has announced the bands performing in the South Barrington Park District Battle of the Bands on Thursday, July 14. Bands participating...
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August to rock out at Batavia festivalJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - I grew up listening to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and local bands like the Cryan Shames, the Shadows of Knight and the Ides of March. While I was traveling the subu...
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Illness cancels Katy Perry's Rosemont showJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - One (in)famously locked lips with Madonna and Christina Aguilera on the MTV Video Music Awards. The other famously sang about kissing a girl. One is already a scandal-...
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Naperville to host Sousa National Community BandJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - The sounds of trumpets and tubas soon will echo through Naperville’s Central Park as 116 musicians from across the country convene to form the Sousa National Community B...
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Music events: Katy Perry coming to townJul 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Pop starlet One of the biggest recent successes in pop music is Katy Perry, she of the movie-star looks, offbeat style and uncanny knack for creating catchy pop hoo...
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Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott is engagedJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott is engaged. The 25-year-old singer's boyfriend, Chris Tyrell, popped the question over the Fourth of July weekend at a...
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Jagger rolls with SuperHeavy collaborationJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Mick Jagger isn't sure where his latest musical creation will end up on iTunes. The Rolling Stones rocker has teamed up with Eurythmics co-founder Dave Ste...
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Fans still dancing to English Beat's soundJul 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Dave Wakeling laughs when he considers how badly things could have gone. Wakeling, the frontman for the beloved 1980s British band The English Beat, said he wasn't sure ...