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Pick Six: Praise for Femi Kuti, 'Proof!' at the Fringe, Neal Schon and more
Pick Six is a half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view.
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Beyond Beyoncé & Jay-Z: 16 more pop power couples to share the concert stage
From Johnny and June to Justin and Britney, these couples have shared concert stages.
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New country-rock fest set for Canterbury Park
TC Summer Jam, a splashy new outdoor country-and-rock festival, is set for July 18-20 at Canterbury Park, with Nashville superstar Tim McGraw as one of its headliners — and investors.
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Best concerts of the week Aug. 3-9: Jack White, Shelby J, Nathaniel Rateliff, Kinky Friedman, Charlie Puth
Big gigs for the week of Aug. 3-9, also including HazelFest, Red Stag Supperclub Block Party and the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival.
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Rockin' Roller hits road as Twin Cities' first mobile vinyl record store
The wheels on the bus go round and round, and so do the records.
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New York's cool new Michael Jackson mural might look familiar to Minnesotans
The latest wall portrait by a famed Brazilian artist is in the same vein as his Bob Dylan mural in Minneapolis.
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Spike Lee uses unreleased Prince recording in his new movie
A mid-1980s recording of the spiritual "Mary Don't You Weep" will be heard during the closing credits of "BlacKkKlansman"
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Lizzo earns a big nod as Rolling Stone's 'Artist You Need to Know'
The Minneapolis-reared rapper/singer is one of 10 newcomers highlighted in the magazine's new issue.
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Why I love Minnesota's new Alamo Drafthouse (even in Woodbury)
Hats off to the landlords at the Woodbury Lakes outdoor mall — and all Woodbury residents — on landing Minnesota's first Alamo Drafthouse. You're gonna love the place once you "get" it.
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Tim McGraw fundraiser entertains fans on land and sea along Lake Minnetonka shore
Outdoor concert raises $200,000 for two causes benefiting veterans and their families.
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Heavy metal pastor's Minneapolis church attracts 'headbangers for the Lord'
The Minneapolis Metal Church makes a joyful — and loud — noise unto the Lord.
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Journey, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick bring the '80s to Target Field
Those summer nights were calling again, crammed with the most Top 40 rock hits ever played.
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'Purple Rain' singalong video outside First Ave nightclub banned, then reinstated on Twitter
A Star Tribune photographer's moving clip from the 2016 Prince memorial party went viral, then went dark.
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Spider John Koerner to grace the stage again at newly sold Palmer's Bar
Spider John Koerner returns to the newly sold Palmer's Bar on Saturday. Not that he ever left.
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Twin Cities concerts of the week: Journey & Def Leppard, Erasure, Femi Kuti, Bebel Gilberto
Big gigs for the week of July 27-Aug. 2, also including Rufus Wainwright, Playboi Carti and Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
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