Articles filed under Music
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GreenSugar takes its bluesy rock to local stagesAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - When they were students at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, 30-year-olds Parker Dodson and Jon Patrick Luby were both into the grunge music scene. Both loved bands...
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Preschool of rock: Wiggles coming to RosemontAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - All right, parents, here's your chance to indoctrinate your preschool kids into their first concert experience, as the Wiggles make one of their periodic stops in the Ch...
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A look at the top bands that span generationsAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Ask people of various ages about their favorite music and what do you get? Perhaps more common ground between the generations than you'd expect. A Pew Research Center su...
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Best bets: Air and Water Show, the 'seventh Python', the WigglesAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - By air, by sea Be taken aback by the might of the U.S. military this weekend at the 51st Annual Chicago Air and Water Show. Watch formations and routines by the U.S. Air...
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Tattoo will return next year to Sears CentreAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - There's one thing for certain for next year at the Sears Centre: The Heartland International Tattoo Music and Dance Festival will return to the arena. Organizers announc...
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Cook County briefsAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Youth committee meets: The Schaumburg Township Committee on Youth will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Schaumburg Township Town Hall, 1 Illinois Blvd., Hoffman Estates. The c...
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40 years later, Woodstock still fascinatesAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - BETHEL, New York -- Forty years after Richie Havens sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, he still gets asked about it all the time. And like in the movie,...
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Gurnee Days celebration features rides, contests and moreAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Gurnee Days The annual Gurnee Days celebration features carnival rides, the Gurnee Idol contest, a bike rodeo, "Movie in the Park Friday," a golf tourn...
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Rain & fire: Weather extremes suit LollapaloozaAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Lollapalooza concertgoers on Friday could have borrowed a chant from the original Woodstock outdoor rock festival 40 years ago: "No rain!" Yet, even though the tickets s...
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Local unsigned artist prepares for Lollapalooza setAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Each year Lollapalooza lines up some of the biggest bands in the land, but the festival also offers small-time up-and-comers a spot on the same stages. For 45 minutes Sa...