Rock's Recluse Wilson Center Stage Again
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LOS ANGELES - If Brian Wilson could change just one thing in life, it wouldn't be the legendary emotional traumas, the insecurities, the drug abuse, the battles with weight or the endless legal conflicts that nearly destroyed him.   "I would have made the rhythm of 'California Girls' a little better," Wilson deadpans...
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LOS ANGELES  - Now that 300 crew  members have taken down 150 tons of gear from the rafters of  the Staples Center and switched off 13,000 amps of power, the  site of Sunday's Grammy Awards can return to its main role as  the home of basketball's Lakers, Kings and Clippers.
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The Rolling Stones have slotted in  two shows at New York's Beacon Theater on October 29 and  October 31, their spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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Works by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass and the Mariinsky Theater's staging of Wagner's Ring Cycle highlight this year's Lincoln Center Festival.
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A few shows into his Rock and Roll  Revival tour, Kid Rock is proud of -- and a little surprised by  -- what he's wrought on the road.
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The legendary group's eagerly awaited reunion concert proved again that few bands of any era rock harder
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It's shaping up to be a banner week  for the original four members of R.E.M., who have reconvened to  rehearse for a three-song performance at their Saturday  induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
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Back in the '70s, Lynyrd Skynyrd cranked up their arsenal of guitars for shows with the Who and the Rolling Stones. These days, the band is more likely to unleash their wall of sound for country crowds alongside Tim McGraw and Gretchen Wilson.
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As the lead guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Tom Morello played loud arena rock &#151; and loved it. Once back home, going through his record collection, he realized there was more to music than volume.
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The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is expected to emerge from a $750 million renovation with its party image intact but with a more upscale clientele.
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ÂAmerican HardcoreÂ returns to a time when the music was raw, and the target was Reagan.
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The Beatles are back, not in the USSR, not on &quot;The Ed Sullivan Show&quot; or even at Shea Stadium &amp;#151; but on the Las Vegas Strip as the focus of international theater troupe Cirque du Soleil&#039;s surrealistic portrayal of the Fab Four&#039;s career.
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is set to begin a full month of staged readings of August Wilsonâs 10-play cycle chronicling the lives of African-Americans in the last century.
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Now that 300 crew  members have taken down 150 tons of gear from the rafters of  the Staples Center and switched off 13,000 amps of power, the  site of Sunday's Grammy Awards can return to its main role as  the home of basketball's Lakers, Kings and Clippers.
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Guitar Hero II gives budding rock gods another chance to ascend to musical nirvana.
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A proposed summer amphitheater tour  by a reunited Van Halen that was derailed when guitarist Eddie  Van Halen checked into rehab now could be resurrected as a fall  arena run. Several arena holds are in place in major markets  for potential Van Halen dates, Billboard.com has learned.
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Theater that invites the audience to get in on the act may be poised to become a more prominent component of the theatrical scene.