Music
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Hoffman Estates pulls out stops for TartanApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod will sport his family kilt in his role as host of the village's Tartan Day Parade. Still, the 60-unit parade, now in its ...
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Chicagoland band fest this SaturdayApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - There are marching band festivals and jazz band competitions, but few contests target the core of any high school music program: its concert band. For 10 years, Hersey H...
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LeAnn Rimes to perform at Naperville's RibfestApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Country music star LeAnn Rimes will headline the third night of this summer's Ribfest celebration in Naperville, organizers announced Thursday. The two-time Grammy Awar...
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Tickets left for Field BandApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The acclaimed U.S. Army Field Band - the 65-member Concert Band and the 29-voice Soldiers' Chorus - will give a free public performance at 7:30 p.m. April 13 at Forest V...
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Beloved Prospect Heights band instructor retiring after 40 yearsApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Not many people stay at the same job for 40 years - especially one involving adolescents - but Dave Thomas, the MacArthur Middle School band director, has stuck around t...
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KC and Sunshine Band member pleads in Ohio caseApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - NEWARK, Ohio -- A music producer and member of KC and the Sunshine Band has pleaded not guilty in Ohio to charges he had sexual contact with teenage boys. Richard R. Fi...
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It's Suge Knight vs. Kanye in courtApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- A rap music smackdown looms in a federal courtroom between oft-troubled impresario Marion "Suge" Knight and controversial star Kanye West over a shooting at a s...
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'Minds' is wasted with CDApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Melissa Auf der Maur, "Out of Our Minds" (Roadrunner) A great bassist does not a great album make. Melissa Auf der Maur's long-awaited second solo album "Out of O...
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Houston postpones more tour datesApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Whitney Houston has again pushed back the European leg of her first tour in years on the advice of doctors who are encouraging her to take time to recover fr...
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U2, Bon Jovi, Soundgarden, Public Enemy topping summer concertsApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Forget what the calendar says. The summer concert season is almost here. For the next five months, music of just about every style and vintage will be played at concerts...