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Las Vegas: Stars (sort of) power trio of tribute shows
The list of superstar tribute shows in Las Vegas is expanding this week. Beginning Thursday, the long-running "Legends in Concert" opens in its new home at the Flamingo. On Friday, "Stars in Concert," the genre’s newest entry, premieres at the...
Tags: Britney Spears, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Michael Jackson, Cher
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PASSINGS: Michael Parrish, Bobby Sharp
This article has been corrected. See note below for details.Michael Parrish Former editor of the Los Angeles Times magazine Michael Parrish, 67, who oversaw the reinvention of the Sunday magazine in the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1980s, died Friday of liver failure while under hospice care in the Los Angeles...Tags: Peace Corps, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Obituaries, Ray Charles, Freedom of the Press
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Former A&M president Gil Friesen dies at 75
Hollywood executive and music mogul Gil Friesen has died. He was 75. Friesen, best known for his tenure as president of A&M Records and A&M Films, passed away at his Brentwood home on Thursday. Friends of the executive told Deadline, which first...
Tags: Arts, Sting, Janet Jackson, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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Gil Friesen dies at 75; longtime president of A&M recording label
A&M Records spent much of the 1960s, '70s and '80s as one of the leading independent labels in the music business, buoyed by a remarkably consistent string of hits from superstar acts, beginning with label co-founder Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and...
Tags: Radio, Arts, Carole King, Entertainment, Radio Industry
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Review: Graham Parker & the Rumour return to form at the Roxy
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticOne of Graham Parker’s great choruses is his simplest. The British singer and songwriter delivered it near the end of a reunion set at the Roxy on Tuesday night with his razor-sharp band the Rumour. “Passion is no ordinary word,” sang...Tags: Judd Apatow, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Van Morrison, Nick Lowe
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'The Voice' recap: The top four sing in the semifinals
"The Voice" trimmed itself down to a tidy hour on Monday for this season's penultimate performance show, but on Tuesday night's elimination show only one artist will head home, meaning three of the remaining four contestants – Trevin Hunte and...
Tags: Christina Aguilera, Michael Buble, Adam Levine, Music, Mall of America
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Review: Alex Clare stays too far away at Fonda Theatre
Is Alex Clare a singer or a song? In October this bearded Brit reached No. 7 on the Hot 100 with “Too Close,” a dubstep-inflected power ballad originally released on YouTube in early 2011. Co-produced by the cool-hunting hitmaker Diplo,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Entertainment, Ray LaMontagne
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'American Idol' recap: Top 5 tackle the '60s and the Brits
Show TrackerA recap of "American Idol" in which the top 5 -- Hollie Cavanagh, Jessica Sanchez, Phillip Phillips, Joshua Ledet and Skylar Laine -- perform.... -
One Direction, FishFest and more: This week's on-sales
Pop & HissA list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Staples Center One Direction, Aug. 7, 2013 (Sat.) Verizon Wireless Amphitheater FishFest 2012, June 23 (Sat.) Gibson Amphitheatre YES, Aug. 15 (Fri.) Greek Theatre John... -
'The X Factor' recap: The top 11 tackle movie songs
Show TrackerA recap of 'The X Factor' on which the top 11 -- including Astro, Drew, Rachel Crow, Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik and Marcus Canty -- performed.... -
Marc Vetri and music that cooks
Daily DishWhen Phil Roy, R.J. Cutler and Marc Vetri, first got to know each other in Los Angeles back in the 1980s, Roy was a struggling singer-songwriter, Cutler was a struggling filmmaker and Vetri was a struggling guitar player paying the...... -
Elton John & Leon Russell: Keyboard colleagues
Few people can get away with telling an anecdote about being on safari in Africa and make it sound like a trip to the supermarket.
But for Elton John, that's precisely how and where he became inspired to call his keyboard-playing pal Leon Russell after...Tags: Apple iPod, Elvis Costello, Laura Nyro, Getaway Travel, Alison Krauss
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