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Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz top Coachella festival lineup
Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz, Vampire Weekend, Faith No More, Pavement and more than 100 other groups top this year’s lineup at the 11th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.
Here’s the lineup announced this week:
Jay-Z headlines April 16. Other acts the first day include LCD Soundsystem, [...]
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Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival sets its dates with the desert
Dates for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival have been confirmed for April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.
In advance of the lineup announcement, organizers are offering a ticket pre-sale and layaway plan beginning at 10 a.m. Monday (Dec. 14).
Concertgoers can also take advantage of a variety of camping options, [...]
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Austin City Limits Festival: Music and Mayhem in Mudville
AUSTIN, Texas — The eighth annual Austin City Limits Festival came to a muddy, grungy close Sunday night with a powerful concert finale by Pearl Jam.
The Seattle group led by singer-guitarist Eddie Vedder had the audience entirely to itself Sunday night, with no other stages competing for fans’ attention.
Unlike its intimate and exclusive “Austin City [...]
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Austin City Limits Festival: As wet and wild as Bumbershoot
AUSTIN, Texas — After a gloriously sunny and warm first day on Friday, the Austin City Limits Festival settled into a wet, Seattle groove Saturday with a steady drizzle much of the day.
In fact, the ACL festival (named for the long-running public-TV show) felt much like Seattle’s recent, drizzly Bumbershoot festival — at least on [...]
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Austin City Limits Festival this weekend
Pearl Jam and the Dave Matthews Band are among the Northwest groups scheduled to perform at the Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, Texas.
Check out the lineup for the three-day festival starting Friday at Austin’s Zilker Park. (Last week, Pearl Jam kicked off its current tour with shows at KeyArena; here’s my review.)
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Bumbershoot is a wrap: the photographic evidence
The 2009 Bumbershoot festival came to a close with the last wailing guitar riffs from Modest Mouse Monday night at the Bumbershoot Mainstage.
It may go down as the wettest Bumbershoot of the last two decades, with showers and/or rain much of the weekend.
But festivalgoers braved the weather for some amazing performances, from Sheryl Crow to [...]
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REVIEW: Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal at Chateau Ste. Michelle
Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal gave ‘em something to talk about Sunday night at Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville.
The two blues veterans, who this summer teamed up for the inspired “BonTaj Roulet” tour, chased away the rainy holiday weekend blues with some high-powered blues of their own. It was a magical evening for fans of [...]
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REVIEW: Gipsy Kings at Chateau Ste. Michelle
Adding fiery warmth to a cool summer night, Gipsy Kings thrilled a near-capacity crowd at Chateau Ste. Michelle Saturday night with more than two hours of its signature Rumba Catalana, a popular style of flamenco music.
Led by the Reyes and Baliardo brothers from the south of France, Gipsy Kings kicked off their set with “Rumba [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Diana Krall at Chateau Ste. Michelle
The title of Diana’s Krall’s current album is “Quiet Nights,” a phrase that also describes her two-night stand at Chateau Ste. Michelle.
The second show Sunday night was a low-key but very classy affair featuring the jazz singer and pianist and her talented band — drummer Jeff Hamilton, bassist Robert Hurst and guitarist Anthony Wilson — [...]
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Nickelback, Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Abel at The Gorge
Weather forecast at The Gorge on Saturday: a chance of thunderstorms and precipitation.
Forecast on stage: 100 percent chance of thunder and lightning.
Hard-rock fans willl get a full-meal deal at The Gorge. The lineup for the 6 p.m. show includes headliner Nickelback, along with Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Abel. This is one loud, kick-ass summer [...]
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