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Ian Brown Cancels Fest Headliner Gig Because Vaccinations Are Required For Attendees

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“My Saturday night headline show at NHBD Weekender Festival will now not happen! I refuse to accept vaccination proof as condition of entry. Refunds are available!” Brown tweeted. “My Saturday night headline show at NHBD Weekender Festival will now not happen! I refuse to accept vaccination proof as condition of entry. Refunds are available!” Brown…

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Trigger Cities May Be The Key To Growing Your Audience – Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog

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What this means is that it’s way easier and cheaper to gain followers in Mexico City, Lima, Peru, and even Istanbul than it is in New York or London, even though those cities are major music centers. I’ve written about this in the past, but as with everything online, the data changes constantly and the…

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That day that rocked the world: the chaotic story of Status Quo’s Live Aid

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“Of course, nobody knew the impact it would have at the beginning,” Rossi continued, “but even then I was aware that most of big business just kept its head down and thought, ‘We’ll let these rock’n’roll dickheads do this and it will go away’. And it did. And that annoyed me. “I mean, there was…

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UK venues react to the latest performing arts guidance

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Nathan Clark, venue owner: “I feel it’s a simple contradiction: ‘have live music, but don’t have it loud’. The main pillars of live music are social interaction, enjoyment, and emotional attachment. What they’re asking [audiences] to do is to sit there quietly, detach your emotions and don’t get involved. The artist has to mute their…

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‘Rockers and spies’ – how the CIA used culture to shred the iron curtain | US news | The Guardian

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Now, it turns out, that sparkler-swaying anthem may have been contrived by US intelligence as cultural subversion of communism. An upcoming podcast series, Wind of Change, by the New Yorker’s Pat Radden Keefe, investigates whether it was – as the journalist was told a decade ago – actually a CIA-crafted confection. The producers can be…

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Monty Python, Rutles Songwriter Neil Innes Dead at 75 – Rolling Stone

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Neil Innes, ‘Monty Python’ Songwriter, Rutles Co-Founder, Dead at 75 Musician/comedian also played in Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Group, contributed to Flying Circus, Holy Grail By JON BLISTEIN Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Show more sharing options Neil Innes, the comedy musician who worked with Monty Python and helped form the Beatles parody band the Rutles,…

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