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The Pretenders are a rock band who came to prominence during the punk and new wave movement of the late 1970s due to their innovative songwriting and charismatic performances. The original band consisted of group founder, songwriter, vocalist, and rhythm guitarist Chrissie Hynde, lead and rhythm guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon, and drummer Martin Chambers. Save for Hynde, a native of Akron, Ohio, the original band members were all from the U.K. |
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Band Hero(TM) Gives Fans a Sneak Peek at the Biggest Music Event to Hit Living Rooms This Holiday Season with the ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Date: 01 Oct 2009
Video game players and music fans alike can now get closer to Activision Publishing, Inc.'s Band Hero's in-game playable character Taylor Swift than ever before, as they can perform as the music icon to her fan-favorite chart-topping hits "You Belong With Me," "Picture To Burn" and "Love Story" in the biggest music event to hit living rooms this holiday season - Band Hero.
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All the old dudes: the return of Mott the Hoople Date: 01 Oct 2009
Independent -
Mott the Hoople were one of the dominant bands of the early 70s glam rock era. They split in 1974 but are about to embark on a series of reunion concerts. Joe Elliott, lead singer with Def Leppard, is one of the many musicians inspired by Mott the Hoople. He talks to the reformed band’s frontman Ian Hunter before they begin their five night comeback at London's Hammersmith Apollo. Joe Elliott ...
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Hilary Duff, David Bowie jamming in Band Hero Date: 01 Oct 2009
GameSpot -
Activision teases out 21 more playable tracks for 360, PS3, PS2, Wii edition of family-oriented rhythm game, nine different tunes for DS.
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Fans leave mainstream, find Great Big Sea Date: 01 Oct 2009
Lancaster Online -
Bob Hallett says his band, Great Big Sea, once played for 6,000 people in Washington, D.C.It was difficult, even for him, to understand how the band, which hails from Newfoundland, a triangular-shaped island off the eastern coast of Canada, had managed to draw that many people.By most measures of su...
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The Big Gigs: Our critics' music picks Date: 02 Oct 2009
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune -
Cities 97 favorite Erin McCarley , who comes across like a happier Fiona Apple, performed this summer at the Basilica Block Party and at the Minnesota Zoo (opening for Paolo Nutini). Now, the husky voiced Texan gets to headline her own show.
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Juliette Lewis: Natural born oddball Date: 02 Oct 2009
Independent -
The Natural Born Killers star Juliette Lewis, 36, is sitting by the window of a London café and a stranger is taking her photograph through the pane of glass. "Oh my God! Life in the fish bowl," she says in a low LA drawl, with an intense look in her eyes, and then she laughs out loud.
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Mayor jumped the election gun Date: 02 Oct 2009
Belleville Intelligencer -
Hiz-nibs, The Mayor of All the People, Neil Ellis is (sound the trumpets) running for reelection to the highest municipal office in these parts. And when is he running? Uh, that would be November -- of 2010.[...]
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A half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view: Date: 03 Oct 2009
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune -
Boz Scaggs, State Theatre. The éminence grise of blue-eyed soul delivered a masterful performance, from his disco-era hits ("Lido Shuffle," "Lowdown") to R&B gems ("Sick and Tired"), culminating in a majestic "Loan Me a Dime."
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