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Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth join with Newtown students, Ingrid Michaelson...
Click here to view the embedded video. The arrangement will sound familiar to anyone who has heard Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s Hawaiian ukulele rendition in commercials or at weddings. But the longing...
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Sound City Players coming to the Palladium
Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins live in San Francisco in September. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Little more than a month ago we finally got a glimpse of Dave Grohl’s Sound City, his documentary...
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The Replacements cut five-song EP for Slim Dunlap
Lots of left-field comebacks so far this year. Bowie’s back after a decade away. Black Sabbath are ready to release 13, their first Ozzy-led album in 35 years (due in June). Justin Timberlake is...
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New shows: Crystal Castles, Cold War Kids, BRMC
Crystal Castles vocalist Alice Glass at Coachella 2011. Photo: Frazer Harrison, Getty Images • Crystal Castles: Bolstered by another round of acclaim, this time for their logically titled third album...
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Chris Tomlin tops Billboard chart, heads to Irvine
Chris Tomlin is one of only four Christian music stars to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart. It isn’t often that a contemporary Christian artist lands atop the Billboard albums chart, let...
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Album review: Eddie Vedder, Natalie Maines, more contribute gems to ‘West of...
• West of Memphis: Voices for Justice (Sony Legacy) – What’s different about this richly packed compilation, the best of various benefit discs over the past dozen years that have aided the fight on...
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Reviews: Melanoid, A$AP Rocky, Yo La Tengo
• Melanoid, Jamais Vu EP (self-released, available on Bandcamp, iTunes and Amazon) – John Hanson, the half of this estimable local act that also sings, has been so busy providing solid journeyman’s...
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Live review: Lady Gaga’s dazzlingly confusing Born This Way Ball takes over...
Lady Gaga, masked at right, performs ‘Bad Romance’ in Lithuania in August, in this shot from the crowd courtesy of the Associated Press. Photographers have not been permitted at her shows throughout...
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Live review: Muse heads to Staples Center after awesome but fleeting opener...
Muse’s Matthew Bellamy at Valley View Casino Center. Photo: David Hall, for the Register. Click for more. There’s a fine line every arena-level act must traverse, with career-threatening pitfalls on...
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New shows: New Kids’ Package, Bocelli in O.C., Observatory adds Andrew...
• The Package: Certain boy-band-loving Gen X and Y women across the country woke to what must have been ecstatic news Wednesday morning when still-reunited, still-aging New Kids on the Block announced...
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Harper & Musselwhite cap Doheny Blues bill
Ben Harper, left, and Charlie Musselwhite release their album ‘Get Up!’ on Jan. 29. Photo: Danny Clinch • Doheny Blues Festival: The lineup for the 16th annual weekend gathering, May 18-19 at Doheny...
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Fleetwood Mac adds Staples, San Diego dates
Stevie Nicks with Fleetwood Mac in Sydney, December 2009. Photo: Gaye Gerard, Getty Images It was bound to happen. Excitement over Fleetwood Mac’s latest reunion tour was already so rampant that the...
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Blur, Phoenix, Chili Peppers for Coachella 2013
Phoenix’s Thomas Mars. Photo: Getty Images Let’s start sympathetically. As usual, when you get down into the lower rungs and realize just how many enticing bookings are tucked into the fine print, the...
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NAMM 2013: Brian Wilson, Tower of Power, Gary Hoey and more get first...
Gary Hoey fires up some licks Thursday at the NAMM convention. Photo: Bob Steshetz, for the Register Our usual crew of NAMM veterans have been trolling the convention for standout appearances. Here...
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NAMM 2013: Elton John, Sarah McLachlan steal the show at all-star Yamaha...
Elton John smiles at the crowd between songs during the finale of Yamaha’s 125th anniversary all-star concert at the Hyperion Theater in Disney California Adventure. Photo courtesy of Yamaha. Click...
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Adam Green & Binki Shapiro stopping in Santa Ana
Green and Shapiro will spotlight their new collaboration at the Constellation Room and Bootleg Theater. I was surprised not to see this pairing turn up amid the small lettering on the Coachella 2013...
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New shows: Hunter Hayes, Hall & Oates at Pacific, Paramore and Jim James plot...
Hunter Hayes in an opening set for Carrie Underwood last October at Staples Center. Photo: Getty Images • Pacific Amphitheatre: It’s apparently never too early for the OC Fair to start announcing...
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Live review: The Who restage ‘Quadrophenia’ to powerful effect in Anaheim
Roger Daltrey of the Who at Honda Center. Photo: Kelly A. Swift, for the Register. Click for more. Last time the Who staged its 1973 double-album epic Quadrophenia in Southern California, a little...
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Country Megaticket bundles McGraw, Paisley, more
Tim McGraw returns to San Manuel Amphitheater in June. Photo: Michael Loccisano, Getty Images • Country Megaticket: Got a spare $600 and planning on seeing country stars galore this year? Your deal of...
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Live review: Ben Folds Five brilliantly gets loose
Ben Folds plays ‘Missing the War’ in Anaheim. Photo: Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register. Click for more. Stepping onto Disney property must do something to Ben Folds’ brain. Maybe he sneaks onto...
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