'Curtain' Falls on Phish's Career in Vermont
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COVENTRY, Vt. (Billboard) - Phish called it a career Sunday  night before a crowd of more than 70,000 fans who braved bad  weather to witness the jam band's emotional two-day finale in  its home state.
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In the Vermont town of  Springfield nestled in a mountain valley, a banner decorated  with images of pink doughnuts is festooned across Main Street,  welcoming visitors to the &quot;Home of the Simpsons.&quot;
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The bass should be in your face. That's what Matt Kelly, of Boston's popular punk rock band Dropkick Murphys, thinks is the mark of a great stereo system. And he should know. Kelly, 29, is the drummer for the band that likes to think of itself as a bit of an Irish lucky charm for the Red Sox.
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Phish made its farewell in Vermont this past weekend in true Phish style: playing its own musical marathon, swarmed by adoring fans and isolated from the rest of the world.
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BRATTLEBORO, Vermont  - A Vermont town that is gaining national attention for brash displays of nudity -- from teens in the buff to naked elderly people -- awoke on Wednesday to an emergency ban on nakedness in most public places.
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Playbill - David Hyde Pierce, star of Broadway's new musical comedy  Curtains, will appear on TV's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" March 12.
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Forty years after it was made, The Velvet Underground's first recording has become a financial hit &#151; in cyberspace.
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Jumping, singing and dancing, over 60,000 fans basked in the music as Phish opened the first of three farewell sets Sunday night at a festival in northeastern Vermont, the jam band's home state.
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Last Saturday, University of Vermont senior point guard T.J. Sorrentine scored 25 points -- including five 3-pointers -- to help the America East co-leaders defeat Maine, 67-66, in Burlington. Just across the Winooski River in Colchester, his brother James was doing his thing for St. Michael's as the freshman sank eight 3-point shots and scored 30 points as the Purple ...
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As Asheville&#39;s fall concerts started being announced in late summer, it was a bit of a shocker to see Pearl Jam on the roster.
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Gregg Popovich recently bought 47 acres of land in Vermont, where he plans to build a home. He's not happy the news got out; credit the Bennington Banner for that. But it's not as if he's going to turn into Bob Newhart overnight. Suffice it to say that the first shovel will hit the ground when Tim Duncan walks out ...
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It's a beautiful arena and the fans are loud and devoted, but it's still the doghouse for the Boston University hockey team this season. The Terriers (18-6-9, 13-5-8), ranked fifth in the nation and holding second place in Hockey East, have had difficulty making noise at Agganis Arena, and last night they were hushed by Vermont, 3-2.
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Jack Dowling scored on the power play at 3:32 of overtime, giving Vermont a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over St. Lawrence in men's hockey action last night at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vt.
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As the state seeks to replace aging power sources with clean energy plans, wind-power developers fear Vermont's rural aesthetic is too strong to allow towers atop mountain ridges. Folks just don't want to spoil the view.
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It started as a coronation. One more victory, maybe one last time in Boston for retiring Vermont coach Tom Brennan, whose team had yet to lose in America East play, and had not lost period since North Carolina defeated the Catamounts Dec. 21.
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American rockers Phish have been forced to refund thousands of tickets for their final gig, after dangerous weather conditions prompted police to turn fans away.
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Harvard figured out how to limit the effectiveness of Vermont's star players last night. But the Catamounts were resourceful enough to take a 2-1 win on Dean Strong's goal 3:25 into overtime in a nonleague game at Bright Center.