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Mar 27
Lady Gaga’s Born Brave Bus Tour Smashes though Chicago [VIDEO]
The Lady Gaga monsters boarded a bus to krazy town [the good krazy] on Wednesday at Navy Pier.
Posted by Michael Roman
Mar 26
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Mar 25
Darken your clothes or strike a violent pose — “My Chemical Romance” is over
“The drugs never work,” thus My Chemical [meth lab] Romance just blew up into smithereens, much like Peter’s volcano for science class.
My Chemical Romance breaks up after decade-plus
Posted by Michael Roman
Mar 24
Kristin Chenoweth minds her own “Dame” business
The Dames of Broadway…All of ’Em is the title of a recent concert at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room at which Kristin Chenoweth performed 16 numbers, all but one originally sung by a female characters in a Broadway show. Steven Suskin, who’s penned several books on musical theatre, reported on the show for playbill.com.
[Note: Originally published on 17 February, 2013 by Mark Dundas Wood. Bumped up because it's happening now.]
Posted by Mark Dundas Wood
Mar 22
The “Gilt” Trip? A look at the itinerary for Barbra Streisand’s golden European tour
Earlier this week, Barbra Streisand announced that she would be doing a concert tour in Europe in June of this year. This will be her second major European excursion, following a short tour there in 2007.
So far, there are five stops on her itinerary (more dates are expected to be announced soon and, according to unconfirmed reports, are likely to include performances as far east as Israel).
SimplyShowbiz.com decided to take a look at the stops along the singer’s way—and to trace Streisand’s decades-long relationship with the mother continent.
Posted by Mark Dundas Wood
Mar 21
BANG (a) Patti Smith for $10.99 — youhavemyspoken word on it
“Called the ‘Godmother of Punk,’ her work is a fusion of rock and poetry.”
[Columbia]
“Banga, Patti Smith’s first album of new songs since 2004, sets out to dissolve boundaries: between nations, between past and present, between speech and song, between art and life, between her band and fellow musicians. Like her other albums it juxtaposes rockers, lullabies, elegies, incantations, love songs and myths in the making,” writes The New York Times
Posted by Michael Roman
Mar 20
Carole King, Willie Nelson and Annie Lennox to receive honorary Doctorate of Music degrees
Carole King, Willie Nelson, and Annie Lennox will receive honorary Doctorate of Music degrees from the esteemed Berklee College of Music.
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