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Monday | Kent Online

The Who singer is surprise festival guest during Weller set

Rock icon Roger Daltrey made a surprise guest appearance at the Hop Farm Festival in Paddock Wood on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Roger Daltrey, Kent County, England, United Kingdom, East Sussex County, England

Sun Jul 05, 2009

IPod Observer

Sony Considers PSP Cellphone Hybrid

This record is perhaps U2's finest hour, yet it has been forgotten as a strange by-product of the ZooTV tour's overload, and is generally regarded by most fans as a poor effort.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Pop/Rock, Depeche Mode, Drama Movies, Tommy, Musical Movies, Powderfinger, iPhone

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Anorak

Alternative Album Art: The Who And Susan Boyle

The Susan Boyle debate rages on. Will she need a makeover before the album comes out? Did she succeed despite or because of her unorthodox appearance? And so on and so on... Back in the Sixties, record companies were still in the habit of putting pretty white girls on record covers, especially if the artist who recorded the music was black.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Otis Redding, Soul

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The New York Observer

At Bryant Park, Literary Critic Plays Tambourine, Dances

The literary critic James Wood wounded his hand in Bryant Park today while playing the tambourine.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Tue Jun 30, 2009

KISS-FM San Antonio

Monday June 29, 2009

The Concert Authority Listen Live The nominations for the 2009 Classic Rock & Roll Of Honour awards staged by Classic Rock magazine were unveiled today by legends of rock parody SPINAL TAP .

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX, Theater, Arts, Pop/Rock

Mon Jun 29, 2009

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: John Krasinski Talks to Fox 8

WE SEE BLUE GREEN L. A. B . C. NEWS WE KNOW SO WE 'RE GOING LIVE IN LINE I 'M A JOURNEY TO FIND THEIR PLACE AND WAIT THROUGH LIFE S. AND L . 'S MEYER RUDOLPH AND THE OFFICES JOHN KACZYNSKI STARRING THE SMARTEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR AWAY WE GO IN AND THAT 'S ONE OF US AND JUST GO CRAZY ONLY IN THIS LINE AND THERE 'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ...

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Related Topix: Away We Go, Pop/Rock, Movies, Video, Entertainment

Sat Jun 27, 2009

BlabberMouth.net

Ac/DC, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Heaven & Hell Among 'Classic Rock Roll Of Honour' Nominees

AC/DC, IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, HEAVEN & HELL Among 'Classic Rock Roll Of Honour' Nominees - June 26, 2009 The nominations for the 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards staged by Classic Rock magazine were unveiled today by legends of rock parody SPINAL TAP .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Asbury Park Press Online

The Smithereens meet 'Tommy'

As youngsters, Jim Babjak and Dennis Diken watched the 1970 documentary film 'Woodstock,'' featuring a performance of 'Tommy'' by The Who.

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Related Topix: The Smithereens, Pop/Rock, Tommy, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Jerry Lewis, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

This is Oxfordshire

Entwhistle's musical legacy

Tomorrow marks the seventh anniversary of the death of John Entwistle, bass guitarist with the veteran British rock band The Who.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Stuff

Who was this man?

WHO ARE YOU? The facial reconstruction of a man whose body police are trying to identify.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Wed Jun 24, 2009

IPod Observer

Games: PC Strategy Game Tradewinds 2 Arrives on iPhone

The energetic duet of Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione that make up the Dresden Dolls have created a wonderfully haunting sound in their self-titled album.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Tommy, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Pete Townshend, The Secret Machines

Tue Jun 23, 2009

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Ed McMahon - 6/23/09

WHY DID I DECIDE IT 'S TIME THAT THE WE I MEAN I % HESITATION YOU KNOW I GET A GET INTO WORK TODAY AND WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED BY THE PASSING OF AN ENIGMA EASTERN SAN MATTERS LIKE TOO BAD HE HAD A ROUGH COUPLE YEARS WERE THE INVENTORY OF WHAT A LIFE YEAH I THINK THEY 'RE TRYING TO THIS HOUSE THAT 'S RIGHT INTO THE YEAH I MEAN SERIOUSLY AND THEN ...

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy, Pop/Rock, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Video, Celebrity

Mon Jun 22, 2009

BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

TOMMY The Rock Opera Comes To York Little Theatre 7/17-26

York Little Theatre will present the rock opera, Tommy, July 17 - 26, 2009. Written by The Who's Pete Towshend and Des McAnuff , Tommy first premiered on Broadway in April of 1993 and ran for 899 performances.

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Related Topix: Tommy, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, York, PA, Pop/Rock

Sat Jun 20, 2009

MinnPost.com

Orchestral indie-rock highlights the Walkera s garden party

Give the folks at the Walker Art Center and The Current radio station credit for coming up with a four-act lineup for Saturday's sold-out "Rock the Garden" show that both reinforces The Current's indie-rock proclivities and exudes sufficient grandeur and musical muscle to play in a festival-like outdoor setting without being swallowed.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Decemberists

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Oregonlive.com

OMSI exhibit inspired by "CSI"

Maria Jett , Cynthia Casas, Catalina Casas, Fernando Casas and Bertha Casas look at photos in the CSI: The Experience exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

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Related Topix: CSI, Action TV, Crime TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Oregon, Pop/Rock

News Press

'Tommy' could use some theatrical wizardry

TheatreZone's new production of 'Tommy' had me thinking less about The Who and more about the what.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Messengernewspapers.co.uk

Quadrophenia is simply sensational

YOUNG, vibrant and in your face, Quadrophenia is a show you simply must see. The singing is simply out of this world and if you're looking for a showstopper to savour, to talk about, to rave about as you drift away from the Opera House, check out Love Reign O'er Me at the end of act two.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Thu Jun 18, 2009

All About Jazz

Phish at Fenway Park, Boston, May 31, 2009

When the sun broke through the clouds just as Trey Anastasio took his first solo of the night, there seemed to be no other place to be than Fenway Park in Boston listening to Phish.

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Related Topix: Phish, Pop/Rock, Hampton, VA

Tue Jun 16, 2009

ThisIsSouthDevon

Who's 'no show' poster goes under hammer

A RARE poster for a Torquay concert by rock band The Who which never happened could fetch up to A 3,000 when it goes under the hammer.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Radio World

Library of Congress Adds Radio Programs

Golden Age of Radio adventure-drama "Gang Busters" is one of several radio programs to make the just-announced 2008 list of additions to the National Recording Registry.Joining "Gang Busters," an FBI-approved crime serial that ran for over two decades from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s on several radio networks, were NBC Radio's coverage of singer ...

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Related Topix: Golden Age of Radio, Pop/Rock

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