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April 4, 2011 at 11:01PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Keith Urban Associated Press photo The reunited Cars will arrive at First Avenue on May 17. Their first album since 1987, "Move Like This," is due May 10…. Tickets to Keith Urban's Oct. 15 Target Center concert will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday… Tickets to Jennifer Hudson's July 19 show at Mystic Lake Casino will go on sale April 16. A documentary about the Foo Fighters' 16-year career, "Back and Forth," will be screened at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Carmike Oakdale. After the doc, the band will perform a live concert broadcast to the theater, previewing the forthcoming album, "Wasting Light." Mary J. Blige will drop "My Life II, the Journey Continues" on Sept. 20. It's the sequel to her 1994 breakthrough album "My Life." Producers this time include Kanye West, Danja, Stargate and Swizz BeatzJohnny Winter will offer "Roots," a collection of blues classics with guests Gregg Allman, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and Warren Haynes. No release date is set yet.

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