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Jack White Set to Perform at The Grammys! | Live 2.10.13
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The next round of Grammy performers has been announced, and it looks like Nashville’s set up to rule the night, in both performances and nominations (which were announced here in town)! In addition to previously announced performers The Black Keys and Taylor Swift, Nashville’s favorite rock and roll transplant, Jack White, has been added to the lineup. Nashville-based…
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Bonnaroo’s Roo Clue Number 7!
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We’ve only one new clue, scheduled to be released sometime today, left to solve (which I’ll tackle tomorrow), then we’re finally all caught up on Roo Clues! Here’s Roo Clue #7! After a little uncertainty on #6 (though I still feel pretty confident the answer is Of Monsters and Men), clue #7 feels like…
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RUSH Returns to Nashville! | May 1 @ Bridgestone Arena
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Save for the occasional, well-deserved, couple year break, prog-rock pioneers Rush have toured pretty relentlessly since releasing their first album nearly four decades ago. With a commendable 25 tours under the belt, Rush have managed to make it to Nashville a dozen time previously. Not a bad ratio for Music City! Past shows have included…
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The Mars Volta Disbands; Singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala Makes Announcement via Twitter Rant
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Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who has the twitter presence of a teenage girl (seriously, try following the dude– it’s all reality show gossip and tacky internet shorthand), took to the social network late Wednesday evening to announce the end of the influential experimental/prog/fusion/post-hardcore group’s 12-year run. Bixler-Zavala seems to single out guitarist (and former At the…
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Wes Breedwell, Employee Fired from Rocketown, Issues a Statement
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Wes Breedwell, the employee fired from Nashville venue Rocketown on Monday for his social media activity along with wearing a shirt for the band Hostage Calm bearing the message “I Support Same-Sex Marriage” has finally spoken out for the first time since the incident. Prior to this evening, Wes’s only acknowledgment of the event came in…
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Bonnaroo’s Roo Clue Number 6!
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Here’s yet another addition to our Roo Clue catchup game. Roo Clue #6 was released last week and, as is the norm for Thursday clues, came from Radio Bonnaroo, the Bonnaroo app, and this video: Here’s the haiku: Two fathers sit still, Deep in the fields of lava, Waiting for the scream. Ok, I’ll…
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Bad Religion, Against Me! Are Coming to Nashville | Up the Punx!
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That’s right, legendary punks Bad Religion and contemporary innovators Against Me! are set to perform in Nashville in March! This marks Bad Religion’s first ever Music City show in the band’s 33-year existence. Against Me! have performed in Nashville previously, but this will be the band’s first stop in town since singer Laura Jane Grace (formerly…
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Multiple National Artists CANCEL Their Upcoming Tour Dates at Rocketown (UPDATED)
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Prominent up and coming pop punk groups The Story So Far and Man Overboard had scheduled a Nashville date at Rocketown as part of their upcoming “Suppy Nation” national tour. In light of yesterday’s firing controversy involving an employee named Wes Breedwell, the bands have pulled their show from the venue. Here’s the announcement, as posted on The Story…
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Bonnaroo’s Roo Clue Number 5!
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Continuing our Roo Clue a day catchup goal for the week, here’s Bonnaroo’s Roo Clue #5, which was first posted last week. As is typical for Tuesday clues, it was hidden in a real-world location: this time, at the Dallas Zoo. Here’s Bonnaroo’s initial image post for where to find the clue: And here’s the…
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The Return of PARAMORE | New Single; Album Details
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It’s been a trying few years for Franklin natives Paramore. In late 2009, the band released their most mature and critically well-received record to date, Brand New Eyes. The record subsequently went gold, and spawned five singles for the band, yet came with the cost of internal turmoil behind the scenes. One year later, founding…