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Summerfest Announces Complete 2011 Lineup

Summerfest Announces Complete 2011 Lineup

Milwaukee’s Summerfest is the big kahuna of music festivals. The 11-day event boasts over 700 bands shared between 11 stages, and it’s been rightfully tagged the world’s largest music festival. This year’s festival will run from June 29-July 10....  read more

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Life is Good Festival to be Webcast Live This Weekend

Life is Good Festival to be Webcast Live This Weekend

This weekend (Sept. 11-12), the inaugural Life is Good Festival will be webcast on Facebook....  read more

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Jason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Mavis Staples, More to Play Life is Good Fest, All Profits to Charity

Jason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Mavis Staples, More to Play Life is Good Fest, All Profits to Charity

The Life is Good Festival, held Sept. 11-12 at Prowse Farm in Canton, Mass. (a suburb of Boston), aims to raise $1 million for kids facing life-threatining challenges. The festival is an all-ages, family-friendly event that features big name bands like Jason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Guster, Mavis Staples, OK Go, Corinne Bailey Rae, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, and Toubab Krewe, as well as children’s artists like The Laurie Berkner Band, They Might Be Giants, and Dan Zanes and Friends....  read more

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Pearl Jam, Jim Carrey, Vampire Weekend, Oh My: Video Clips of Conan O'Brien's Finest Tour Guests

Pearl Jam, Jim Carrey, Vampire Weekend, Oh My: Video Clips of Conan O'Brien's Finest Tour Guests

Everyone’s favorite gangly ginger funnyman with a penchant for string-dancing (Conan O’Brien, in case we lost you there) made a lot of famous friends during his 16-year stint as the host of NBC’s Late Night, and he’s putting them all to good use. Throughout his “Legally Prohibitied From Being Funny On Television Tour,” O’Brien invited actors, comedians, musical guests and one boxer to help him out. Below are but a few of the highlights:...  read more

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Wilco, Jason Mraz, Phosphorescent Added to Farm Aid Lineup

Wilco, Jason Mraz, Phosphorescent Added to Farm Aid Lineup

For 29 years, music-and-food fest Farm Aid has been raising money and awareness for America's farmers. This year's concert, held in Maryland Heights, Mo. on Oct. 4, is shaping up to be quite an addition to the festival's rich history....  read more

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Dave Matthews Band tours with myriad awesome openers

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On May 27, Dave Matthews Band will set out on a summer tour ambitious enough to rival Guns N' Roses. Well, maybe it won't be as extensive as the two-year Use Your Illusion tour, but it will span nearly the entire U.S., last a full six months and include a ridiculous batch of openers such as The Hold Steady, The Roots, Old Crow Medicine Show, Femi Kuti, The Avett Brothers, Jason Mraz, Switchfoot and more....  read more

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Dave Matthews Band announces new LP, takes Avetts, others on the road

Dave Matthews Band announces new LP, takes Avetts, others on the road

On April 14, 2009, RCA will release Dave Matthews Band's first studio album in four years, and the first since the death of founding saxophonist LeRoi Moore three months ago. Produced by Rob Cavallo (David Cook, Green Day, My Chemical Romance), the album's title hasn't yet been announced, but a tour sure has: The band will celebrate the album's release with a show at Madison Square Garden before hitting the road for a month, taking along some perhaps unexpected artists for opening support.  ...  read more

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Jason Mraz to embark on fall tour, publish book

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Jason Mraz sings, dances, steals things, cheerleads and tours too. The multi-talented singer/songwriter has announced his plans to play various North American cities this fall in support of his newest album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. ...  read more

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Jason Mraz hits Billboard's top 5

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Jason Mraz is keeping busy these days. In addition to celebrating a career-high chart entry (#5 on the Billboard 200) for his latest album, MR. A-Z, the singer/songwriter will be embarking on a nationwide, headlining tour this fall. Additionally, Mraz has scheduled television appearances on Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel on Aug. 19 and 25, respectively. ...  read more

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Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z

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Skillful showboat struts his stuff on sophomore studio outing...  read more

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