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3 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Seven bands to see at Chicago Riot Fest 2013

Fall Out Boy , Blink 182, AFI , and Public Enemy are among the diverse acts on the bill for Chicago's Riot Fest 2013, a three-day music festival and carnival in Humboldt Park on September 13-15. Among the 50-plus punk, hard rock, emo, rap and pop acts on the lineup , which are most worth seeing? Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Blondie have been going ... (more)

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Related Topix: Riot, Punk, Afi, Pop/Rock, Fall Out Boy, Rap, Public Enemy, Black Entertainment, Blink 182

7 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Buckcherry invades West Des Moines this weekend

L.A. rockers Buckcherry will visit West Des Moines' Val Air Ballroom on Saturday, May 25.

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Related Topix: Buckcherry, West Des Moines, IA, Velvet Revolver, Pop/Rock

11 hrs ago | Bucksfreepress.co.uk

Top five things to do this weekend

South Bucks-based bands and singers will perform in Frogmoor from 12pm. Madness tribute band One Step Behind and stars of hit BBC show The Voice, Matt and Sueleen will headline the nine-hour event, which will also feature music and drama workshops for children and a host of stalls.

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Related Topix: Buckinghamshire County, England, United Kingdom, One Step Behind, World News,

13 hrs ago | Incentive

Mexico Entices

After spending many years on the back burner, incentive travel is rising again. "Incentives, in general, are starting to make a comeback," says Jim Rye, founder and president of RYMARK International, an Orlando, FL-based meeting and event solutions company.

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Related Topix: Europe, us Travel, Travel, North America Travel, Cancun, Mexico Travel, Mexico Travel, Irving, TX

Thu May 23, 2013

Chronicle Live

Review: Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle

Times are tough at the moment and money is short so the prospect of three rock giants Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder on one bill is enough to tempt open even the tightest of wallets.

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Related Topix: Whitesnake, Thunder, Pop/Rock

Concert Tour

Sammy Hagar Celebrates 'Four Decades of Rock' With Summer Tour

Sammy Hagar will head out on his own for a short tour late this summer. As you may expect from the choice to call the trek the "Four Decades of Rock" tour, Hagar will be performing songs from all points of his extensive career.

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Related Topix: Montrose, Pop/Rock, Van Halen, Jackpot, NV, Stateline, NV

Examiner.com

3 Minutes To Live

When you hear the band name , 3 Minutes To Live , you wonder , where are they Live at? This heavy and hard hitting band out of Nashville , is using the internet in a way , that radio play and popularity are now the buzz for 3 Minutes To Live .

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Related Topix: Nation

Something Else! Reviews

'It was just absolutely wonderful': Ian Paice on how Jon...

Deep Purple's new studio project Now What?! features an overt tribute to Jon Lord in the touching, waltz-timed "Above and Beyond." But it's not the only moment that reminds Ian Paice of the band's late founding keyboardist.

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Related Topix: Deep Purple

The Post-Standard

Get Out: See Motley Crue at Turning Stone

MA tley CrA1 4e, including bassist Nikki Sixx, lead singer Vince Neil and guitarist Mick Mars, performs at the New York State Fair grandstand in 2009.

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Related Topix: Metal, Motley Crue, Vince Neil, Verona, NY, Entertainment

WJZW-FM Washington

Sharon Osbourne Says Ozzy Remains Sober

Ozzy Osbourne has remained sober since announcing to fans last month that he had consumed alcohol and taken prescription drugs for an extended period of time.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, The Talk, America's Got Talent, Sharon Osbourne, Pop/Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath

Wed May 22, 2013

The Pordland Mercury

Sance Rock

THE BOTTOMLESS CAULDRON of metal is bubbling over with female-fronted, '70s-worshipping bands these days.

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Related Topix: Black Sabbath, Eldritch, Metal

The Kansas City Star

Summer music: A buffet of choices

Summer is typically the busiest time of the year for music fans. All the indoor venues are still booking shows, and the outdoor venues are up and running, too.

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Related Topix: Riot, The xx, Kansas City, MO, Offbeat

Daily Star

Ian Gillan turned to...

A school for creative arts aimed at children as young as four is to be set up by staff at SIR PAUL McCARTNEY's education academy.

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Related Topix: Gillan, Deep Purple

Guitar World

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath Opens Up About His Battle with Cancer and ...

This is an excerpt from the July 2013 issue of Guitar World magazine. For the rest of this story, plus features on Joe Satriani, Ghost B.C., Mick Jones of Foreigner, Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flats, plus transcriptions of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" and Jason Becker's "Perpetual Burn," check out the issue at the Guitar World Online Store.

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Related Topix: Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi, Jason Becker, Pop/Rock, Bill Ward, Lymphoma, Health

The Guardian

Journey/Whitesnake - review

As double-bills go, packaging together the celestial grooves of Journey and devil's-horn grind of Whitesnake makes a certain amount of sense.

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Related Topix: Whitesnake, David Coverdale, Pop/Rock

Tue May 21, 2013

NJ.com

Motley Crue brings over-the-top spectacle, and raunch, to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center

Scantily-clad female dancers; a generous helping of F-bombs, strobe lights and fog; lots of black leather; and a half-naked woman strapped to the back of Tommy Lee while he and his drum set looped around a giant steel circle.

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Related Topix: Metal, Motley Crue, Vince Neil, Indie, The Girls, Music, Entertainment

MusicEmissions

Monks Of Mellonwah - Neurogenesis

Every so often we get an album that stands the test of time. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, bringing more than their fair share of accolades in just three years of indie service is the Monks of Mellonwah.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Alter Bridge, Pop/Rock

Mon May 20, 2013

hosted Blogcritics | Blogcritics

Music Reviews: Artizan, Aeon Zen, Bonfire, Dio, Helker, and U.D.O.

Artizan are a band who have released Ancestral Energy. This is very melodic heavy rock which straddles the line between metal and hard rock.

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Related Topix: Dio, Bonfire, Music, Entertainment

Guitar-Muse.com

Blackmore's Night - A Preview Song From Dancer and the Moon

Dancer and the Moon is the upcoming 8th studio album from Blackmore's Night. The album features the revered Ritchie Blackmore on guitars, mandolin, bass, renaissance drums, and tambourine while the elegant Candice Night does all the vocals and plays the penny whistle.

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Related Topix: Folk, Blackmore's Night, Ritchie Blackmore, Pop/Rock, SCE Japan Studio, Rain, SCEE, Video Games, Uriah Heep, Rainbow, Deep Purple

Sun May 19, 2013

Monash Journal

Through the lens, reading faces

SEVEN black faces stare intently into the lens, their shared gaze unwavering. Each wears a red headband that holds back their blonde, brunette or greying hair.

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Related Topix: The Make-Up

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