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Tuesday May 14 | GPB.org

Little Tybee Guitarist Shreds Folk-Style

Guitarist Josh Martin performs with his band Little Tybee at a house show in Macon "From Distant Viewing" is the new album from Atlanta-based band Little Tybee.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Pop/Rock, Animals as Leaders

Mon May 13, 2013

hosted Blogcritics | Blogcritics

Alice in Chains Are Back: New Record The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Out May 28, 2013

It's not an easy task replacing a lead singer. For every Sammy Hagar in Van Halen, there are countless bands whose fortunes were felled by changing the voice of the group.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Alice in Chains, Music, Entertainment

The Globe and Mail

No need to tut tut Egypt's conservative tourism industry

Does a 64 seem steep to you for ice cream? If so, don't order any near Rome's famous Spanish Steps.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, David Lee Roth, Travel

Sun May 12, 2013

Something Else! Reviews

'Ed, he turned on me, man': Sammy Hagar opens up about the split with Van Halen

The rift between Sammy Hagar and his bandmates has become the stuff of legend, up to and include their fractured induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - which saw only Hagar and Michael Anthony appear.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, David Lee Roth

Fri May 10, 2013

Country Weekly

Brad Paisley Jams With a New Drummer

Not to diminish the talents of any of your kids out there, but have you heard of this kid Avery? He's just six years old, but he already plays the drums better than a whole lot of drum-playing adults.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

LiveDaily News

Van Halen adds a couple one-off gigs to summer plans

Van Halen has unveiled a couple of domestic shows that will follow a mid-June trip to Japan, all in support of last year's release, "A Different Kind of Truth." The iconic rock outfit, currently comprised of frontman David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen, will follow up four Japanese performances with a July 20 ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Paso Robles, CA, Interscope Records, Media, Music

Denver Post

Hot tickets to upcoming Colorado concerts: Timberlake, Hagar, Buble and more

If you're one of those holdouts who hasn't given in to Justin Timberlake's multifaceted appeal yet, you should consider seeing him when he plays the Pepsi Center on Jan.

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Related Topix: Colorado, Pepsi Center, Metal, Megadeth, Metallica, Pop/Rock, Music, Entertainment

Thu May 09, 2013

North Coast Journal Weekly Politics

Get Primed for It

Back in 1984 - with a head full of the sounds of Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd - bassist Les Claypool started fooling around with a drum machine and a few different band mates.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Primus, Possessed, Death-Metal

Wed May 08, 2013

SanLuisObispo.com

Van Halen to play concert at Mid-State Fair this summer

Legendary hard rock band Van Halen will invite fans to “Dance the Night Away” this summer when it performs at the California Mid-State Fair .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, David Lee Roth, Paso Robles, CA

SFGate

Sammy Hagar has defamation lawsuit filed against him dismissed

The former Van Halen star's memoir, "Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock," became a New York Times bestseller upon its release, and included a story about a California woman who falsely named him as her baby's father to extort money from him in the 1980s.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Fayetteville Flyer

Daily Flyer: Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A 20-year-old man died at an apartment construction site Sunday in Fayetteville on Parris Avenue just south of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Related Topix: Fayetteville, AR, Talking Heads, Pop/Rock

Tue May 07, 2013

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Wag Halen salutes 'Encinitas Moms'

It's been more than forty years since San Diego singer-songwriter Jack Tempchin wrote The Eagles' hit "Peaceful Easy Feeling," a love ballad inspired in part by an array of attractive young women he encountered here in his hometown.

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Related Topix: Encinitas, CA, San Diego, CA, La-Jolla, CA, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pop/Rock

Something Else! Reviews

'There is no Van Halen without Roth': David Lee Roth on the road back to his old band

David Lee Roth explores the things that ripped Van Halen apart, and the shared camaraderie that reunited them - asserting that the group was never the same without him.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

The Papillion Times

Ex-Playboy bunny's defamation lawsuit against Sammy Hagar dismissed

"We can't have this type of conduct - it's a betrayal of public trust," Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said in announcing that the two have been charged in connection with the controversial arrest of three brothers in north Omaha.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Sammy Hagar, Douglas County, NE, Omaha, NE, us Travel, Travel

Mon May 06, 2013

WCNC-TV Charlotte

Judge: Sammy Hagar's memoir did not defame woman

A defamation lawsuit against Sammy Hagar filed by a former Playboy bunny who claims he fathered her child has been dismissed, and the former Van Halen frontman is pleased with the result, his attorney said Monday.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Waterloo, IA, Entertainment

Sun May 05, 2013

KLZZ-FM Saint Cloud

Metal After Midnight: Van Halen 'Unchained'

Van Halen has always been known as more of a "Party Rock" band than Metal, but their style, larger-than-life persona, massive arena shows, and of course Eddie's guitar was a very influential force on Heavy Metal.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Metal, Unchained

Examiner.com

The red rocker Sammy Hagar rocks the South Shore Room inside Harrah's Tahoe

This year it was all about "4 Decades of Sammy Hagar", from Montrose to Van Halen, The Waboritas and then Chickenfoot .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Sammy Hagar, Hard-Rock, Montrose, Chickenfoot, Red

Sat May 04, 2013

St. Petersburg Times

Column: The Van Halen principle in Washington

In its contract rider, Van Halen specified no brown M&M's, but that was only a test to see if venues were reading the lighting requirements.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, David Lee Roth, Opinion

Fri May 03, 2013

Erie Times News

LL Cool J eclectic in 'Authentic'

On his 13th studio album, "Authentic," he delivers an eclectic mix of songs with a variety of guest singers that elevate the material to a worthy listening experience.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Comedy Movies, LL Cool J, Rap, Touch, Black Entertainment, Drama Movies, Pop/Rock, Snoop Dogg

Free Republic

Eddie Van Halen and LL Cool J on Piers Morgan Right Now...Ed Not Making Piers Happy

Eddie Van Halen is on Piers Morgan with LL Cool J and Piers was just gushing all over LL Cool J for beating the crap out of a burgular and Eddie says..."If a guy breaks into my house his face will be smashed with an UZI." Piers didn't care for that and after the commercial says he will be coming back to talk about this "bombshell". Disclaimer: ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock