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Dublin, Ohio Irish Festival to feature over 20 bands

It turns out that Dublin, Ohio is home to one of the largest, loudest and most popular Irish festivals in country.  It’s arrival during the first week of August is one of Ohio’s most eagerly awaited...

Hey the Philippines has Talent - See the videos enjoy the music

One of the things I love about living in the Philippines is its culture, art and music, partially the music groups and bands and wonderful singers. I feel privileged to have been here and living in the area of the...

N.Korea celebrates the birthday of the "Great Leader" Kim Il Sung

North Korea celebrated the birthday of its "great leader" and "eternal president" late Kim Il Sung, the father of current leader Kim Jong Il, on April 15. The traditional North Korean festivities involving precise...

Musicians Complain About Their Songs Being Used for Torture

 Prominent rock bands have joined forces with a legal charity to campaign against the use of music as an instrument of torture by US military interrogators.  According to British organization Reprieve, the...

Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival: Parade and 10 mile run

The Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival Parade and 10 mile run take place today in downtown DC and hundreds of thousands of people turned up for the event.The parade started at 9:45 am on Constitution Avenue. The...

Pitchfork's 2009 Music Festival Lineup Announced

Venerable alt-music weblog and indie-critic/album review institution Pitchfork have announced the dates and initial lineup for the 2009 edition of their annual Pitchfork Music Festival. This year's fest will be held...

Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails 2009 Tour Dates and Tickets

As NowPublic previously reported, a newly reformed Jane's Addiction will be performing alongside Trent Reznor's soon-to-be-on-hiatus band Nine Inch Nails for the first time since 1991. The two bands will perform an initial string of dates beginning May 8th in West Palm Beach,...

10 Pop Culture Trends of 2008 That Need to Stop

A lot happened in 2008. And a lot happened in 2008 that needs to stop happening.  Some of my inimitable colleagues on Twitter weighed in with some excellent initial suggestions that helped to shape this list,...

Kings Of Leon’s Jared Followill Reveals His Favorite Bands

Kings Of Leon’s Jared Followill recently revealed to the NY Times what he’s listening to these days. Among some of the highlights, Followill said he likes She & Him, but admitted the first time he saw the...

MySpace Music: the iTunes Killer?

MySpace began a digital music sales battle with iTunes Thursday when it launched MySpace Music — a "music service formed by the world's second largest social network and all four of the largest recording...

Bob Dylan: Robert Burns is my biggest inspiration

"O, my luve's like a red, red rose," the poem begins, "That's newly sprung in June. / O, my luve's like the melodie, / That's sweetly play'd in tune."These are the words that delivered us Bob Dylan who says that...

Carla Bruni wakes French President with her music

French first lady Carla Bruni has confessed that her music passion disturb sleep of her husband. She said that French President Nicolas Sakozy wakes up sometime in the middle of the night with her playing...

Texans endure sleepless night as Ike roars ashore

"A massive Hurricane Ike menaced the darkened Texas coast early Saturday, ensuring a sleepless night for thousands who huddled and waited to find out if a gamble to face the storm head-on could cost them their lives.Before the eye even crossed land, the first bands were...

Chinese Hair Bands Made From Used Condoms

"Commentary:According to this warning message, consumers should be wary of buying cheap rubber hair bands from China because they may have been made from recycled used condoms and could potentially expose uses to...

From Animals to Crystals: The Latest Trend in Band Names

A couple of years back, bands were all about animal names: Animal Collective, Frog Eyes, Grizzly Bear, Arctic Monkeys, Deerhoof, Deerhunter. Then there were all of those canis lupus-inspired names: Wolf Parade, We...

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