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Giant Bob Dylan mural takes shape in Minneapolis
A team of artists is painting a kaleidoscopic portrait 60 feet tall and 150 feet wide.
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First Avenue ready to rock again, plans to open Friday
The legendary club's 45-year legacy resumes Friday night after three weeks of ceiling repairs.
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Kelsea Ballerini and Brandy Clark are bringing female voices back to country radio
Radio's dance card is overcrowded with boot-scootin' men, but two of Nashville's rising stars boast new moves.
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Big Gigs for Aug. 28-Sept. 3: State Fair concerts, X, Grrrl Prty, more
August has brought the two biggest successes from "American idol" to the Twin Cities – Kelly Clarkson and now Carrie Underwood. The country singer is one of many acts performing at the State Fair.
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The Church, Psychedelic Furs still in shape for the State
REVIEW: The Furs' theatricality suited the new location of the relocated First Avenue show.
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Babes in Toyland replace bassist Maureen Herman with 22-year-old Clara Salyer
Minneapolis' Clara Salyer, age 22, of the Prissy Clerks and Whatever Forever, has been confirmed as the band's new bassist.
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Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl reinvents the rocking chair
Review: After breaking his leg, the Foo Fighters frontman rocked hard in his custom-made throne at Xcel Energy Center.
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Tallest Man on Earth's Kristian Matsson on music, Midwesterners and breakups
Tallest Man on Earth singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson has found good company in Midwest.
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Four fab memories: Revisit the Beatles' Met Stadium concert 50 years later
Relive Beatlemania through the eyes of four people who were at the Mop Tops' Met Stadium concert 50 years ago Friday.
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Live music venue to fly at MSP airport with Republic and McNally Smith
McNally Smith College of Music and the folks behind Republic bars won a bid Monday to co-pilot a pub with a permanent music stage inside Terminal 1 (Lindbergh) at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
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How an intern got into the Beatles' Mpls. hotel room
A Minneapolis Tribune summer intern shared John Lennon's potato chips in a Minneapolis hotel in August 1965 -- 50 years ago -- after posing as a hotel waitress, and got a front-page story out of it.
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Rap battle: Old-school station The Vibe 105 debuts opposite Hot 102.5
Suddenly there are two retro hip-hop stations in town, both formatted by corporate media chains.
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Big Gigs for Aug. 21-27: Foo Fighters, Pines, Def Leppard, more
Def Leppard rocked the '80s with "Rock of Ages" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me," but they're working on their first studio recording in seven years.
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