INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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 REM REM To Play Four UK Stadium Dates Rock group REM have announced four stadium dates in the UK this summer to promote their new album, Accelerate. |
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| Splendour In The Grass Nixes New Site - For Now Organizers for the popular Aussie Splendour In The Grass festival have scrapped plans to hold a new event at a site. |
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| The 2008 Meteor Awards The Irish Music Awards, AKA the Meteors were held on February 15th in Dublin for the 8th. Considered to the be match of the Brit Awards in the UK or Juneau, the awards show has been held since 2001. |
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| Ticketmaster Launch Affiliate Program At Buy.at Ticketmaster has moved its United Kingdom affiliate programme to the buy.at online affiliate network. |
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 Mellencamp Musical Diplomacy, And Tears, In North KoreaThe New York Philharmonic's unprecedented concert could herald warmer ties between North Korea and the United States. |
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 Clapton Eric Clapton Invited To Play North KoreaNorth Korean officials have invited rock guitarist Eric Clapton to play a concert in the Communist state, a diplomat at the country's embassy in London said Tuesday. |
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 Conference China Could Give Classical Music A BoostFacing dwindling popularity in the West, classical music could receive a boost from a large Chinese population increasingly interested in other cultures, the music director of the New York Philharmonic said Saturday. |
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 Winehouse Norway Court Postpones Winehouse HearingA Norwegian court has postponed a hearing for Amy Winehouse, who is accused of drug possession. |
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 Sanz Chavez: Sanz Welcome In VenezuelaPresident Hugo Chavez says Alejandro Sanz is welcome to perform at his presidential palace, and denied Thursday that his government retaliated against the Latin Grammy winner because of critical comments he made. |
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 Boy George Singer Denies False Imprisonment ChargeBoy George has denied imprisoning a 28-year-old Norwegian man at his London home last year. |
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