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LONDON (AP) - The Rolling Stones will be taking the stage again this summer at one of Britain's leading music festivals.
The Stones' appearance at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival - set to take place from June 28 to June 30 - was revealed Wednesday in a line-up posted on the festival's website. ...
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards has died at a hospice at age 68.
Richards, whose real name was Dennis Lussier, died Sunday at the Whatcom Hospice House, Peace Health St. Joseph Medical Center spokeswoman Amy Cloud confirmed Monday. ...
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DALLAS (AP) - Advance bids for a copy of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album autographed by all four band members are even higher than the auction house anticipated.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said Friday that bidding for the 1967 album has reached $110,500 and could surpass $150,000 by ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A popular tune by Simon and Garfunkel written after John F. Kennedy's assassination and Chubby Checker's 1960s dance hit "The Twist" will be among 25 recordings selected for preservation at the Library of Congress.
These are just a few sounds of the 20th century being added to the National Recording Registry on ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A former lead singer of the soul music group "The Spinners" has died in Orlando.
A statement released Monday by the manager of the rhythm and blues group said Bobbie Smith passed away Saturday morning due to complications from pneumonia and influenza. He was 76. ...
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Elton John has canceled a concert set for Friday night in Birmingham.
The British singer and piano player was supposed to perform at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Arena. Ticketmaster announced the cancellation on its website hours before.
Officials at the arena say medical ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville lawyer who opposes legislation that would crack down on ticket scalping in Tennessee alleges that a manager of the Black Keys tried to persuade him to change his position in exchange for tickets to a performance by the band.
Attorney John Ray Clemmons said in a letter to a ...
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