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John Fogerty Announces Tour Dates With George Thorogood

John Fogerty has announced new summer dates for his Celebration Tour, which marks the first time the former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman has performed the songs since acquiring the rights to them early last year.The tour also features opening support from George Thorogood & the Destroyers. The dates start on June 2 in Simpsonville, South Carolina.While Fogerty and Thorogood have appeared on concert bills in the past, this summer's run of nearly 20 […]

todayMarch 11, 2024 1

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Boy George Responds to ‘Recycling’ Kylie Minogue’s ‘Tension’ Artwork

If imitation if the greatest form of flattery, Kylie Minogue should feel mighty chuffed indeed following the release of Boy George’s new single, “Religion.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The former Culture Club frontman this week shared the standalone single “Religion,” one of two songs included in the audiobook of his 2023 memoir Karma: My Autobiography (the other, “Suddenly I’m Wiser,” is […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024 2

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John, Paul, George and Ringo Each Getting a Beatles Biopic

The four Beatles members will be the subjects of a quartet of upcoming biopics telling the band's story from each perspective.The upcoming feature films about John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were conceived by Sam Mendes, who directed American Beauty, 1917 and two James Bond films, Skyfall and Spectre. Mendes will also direct the four new Beatles movies, which are scheduled to be in theaters in 2027."I'm honored to be telling […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024

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How Eric Clapton Helped George Clinton Find His Own Sound

George Clinton grew up listening to rock 'n' roll. It was Eric Clapton who indirectly helped him realize how he could be part of it.The legendary Parliament-Funkadelic icon had already recognized that there was always a bit of the past represented in anything new. “You might learn a new dance in order to dance to it, but it’s still that same groove,” he explains in …And Your Ass Will Follow, the […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024 1

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Man convicted of attempted rape during Iron County music festival sentenced to at least 3 years in prison – St George News

Stock image, St. George News / Cedar City News CEDAR CITY — A West Valley City man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at a music festival in Iron County more than two years ago has been sentenced to at least three years in prison. Robert Jacob Garcia, 25, was sentenced in 5th District Court in Cedar City on Monday morning by Judge Matthew L. Bell, who ordered […]

todayDecember 14, 2023 3

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George Harrison death anniversary: Beatles star’s sarcastic response after being stabbed 40 times

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things musicGet our Now Hear This email for freeA new biography recently revealed George Harrison‘s typically witty response to being stabbed 40 times by an intruder. The life of the Beatles musician, who died of cancer on this week (29 November) in 2001, aged 58, was the subject of a new book by […]

todayDecember 1, 2023 3

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George Jones’ widow admits country music star had to face death to kick crippling cocaine, alcohol addiction

George Jones had to nearly lose his life to finally get sober after years of battling a crippling addiction.It was 1999 and the country music singer was driving while talking to his stepdaughter on his phone in Nashville. He lost control of his vehicle and slammed head-on into a concrete bridge. The front of his car looked like "a scrunched accordion."Jones, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, flung forward under the […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023 3

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Is Bringing a Huge George Michael Celebration to Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra doesn't just pay tribute to classical music greats. Shaking up its repertoire with movie odes — to Hans Zimmer, Star Wars, Home Alone, Toy Story and more — isn't the only way that it stretches its remit, either. This December, MSO will add celebrating George Michael to its roster, thanks to a big one-night gig that'll give the pop star's music the orchestra treatment, complete with help […]

todaySeptember 4, 2023 5

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Composer George Cacioppo of Monroe was key figure in avante-garde music

George Cacioppo was born on Sept. 24, 1926, in Monroe and became one of the most prolific post-World War II avant-garde musical composers – achieving international recognition as one of the co-founders of the ONCE group and the ONCE Festival, which was held in Ann Arbor from 1961 to 1968. The ONCE Festival, according to the Northwestern University Archives, was the single most significant focus for avant-garde, mixed-media activity in […]

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