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ZZ Top, Cheap Trick make a fairly cool finale at the grandstand
The two hall-of-fame bands finished off the grandstand series with familiar hits.
Brandi Carlile gets giddy at her great Minnesota State Fair concert
She seemed genuinely in awe at the response of the sell-out crowd in her biggest market.
Lionel Richie is ham on a shtick at the Minnesota State Fair
He was chatty and comical in a sold-out hits-filled concert.
Daryl Hall & John Oates finally land at State Fair
The grandstand was packed, but Hall's voice wasn't the guilty pleasure of the past.
'Weird Al' pulls some strings — and twine, too — in sold-out fair concert
Yankovic packed the State Fair grandstand with a full orchestra. No kidding.
Live gigs run nonstop at the fair, and for one day, so did our music critic
From a local Tom Petty tribute band to the screaming boy-band fans at the grandstand, one critic took in 18 acts in 13 hours at the fair.
Hootie, the bar band, blows up again at Minnesota State Fair
Twenty-five years later, the South Carolina group is bigger than ever.
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Culture Club, B-52s revisit the 1980s with State Fair show
Review: State Fair show celebrated MTV's heyday.
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En Vogue proves its '90s music is still fashionable at Minnesota State Fair
The pop/soul trio brought the memories at the Bandshell despite a steady drizzle.
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