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‘Make Your Escape’ to the 2011 Puyallup Fair
By GENE STOUT
The theme for this year’s Puyallup Fair, one of the biggest of its kind in the United States, is “Make Your Escape.”
That’s the equivalent of saying, “Get out of town and head for the country.”
The Fair marks the end of summer and the start of fall, opening Friday, Sept. 9, and closing Sept. [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: U2 lifts off on a perfect day at Qwest Field
By GENE STOUT
It isn’t hard to imagine U2 as the first band to play outer space.
Not after seeing the Irish supergroup’s rocket-powered concert Saturday night, June 4, at Seattle’s Qwest Field. They’ve conquered the world, so why not the moon and stars? They’ve certainly earned enough money from the 360 Degree Tour – the highest-grossing [...]
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CONCERT PREVIEW: U2 will go to new heights to thrill Seattle fans
By GENE STOUT
The massive, four-legged canopy of U2′s 360 Degree Tour is 90 feet tall, with a center pylon that soars 150 feet into the air.
The mega-tour’s cylindrical video screen weighs 54 tons is 14,000 square feet when opened — as big as two double tennis courts.
What’s more, the video screen is made up of [...]
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It’s a wrap: Rachel Ray, Flatstock, Wanda Jackson, Bright Eyes at SXSW
Seattle photographer Christopher Nelson finished his week at the SXSW conference and festival in Austin, Texas, by taking the accompanying photos at the Rachel Ray showcase, Flatstock poster show and Bright Eyes concert at Auditorium Shores Saturday, March 19.
You’ll find additional photos by Nelson in recent postings on GeneStout.com. To see his last gallery of [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Courtney Love and the Hole truth at Bumbershoot
By MIKEL TOOMBS
“Train wreck!”
A random guy, quoting the conventional wisdom, shouted that at regular intervals during Hole’s performance Sunday (Sept. 5) at the Bumbershoot festival’s Mainstage (Memorial Stadium).
He was roundly ignored, probably because Hole’s whole reason to exist, tabloid-baiting frontwoman Courtney Love, was inimitably witty and even lucid throughout her band’s hour-plus set. And, just [...]
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