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Bath Festival, Bath
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: May 17, 2008
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Martha Wainwright, on tour
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: May 17, 2008
The Dials go to NXNE
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UK psychedelic country-rock band The Dials have confirmed an appearance at this year’s NXNE (North by Northeast) festival in Toronto, Canada.
Source: scenta
Date Published: May 16, 2008
Tindersticks
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Tindersticks have just released their first album in five years. With typical understatement, they are introducing it with this single British gig, and they have gone to great lengths to make it one to remember. The three remaining members of the original lineup, singer Stuart Staples, keyboardist David Boulter and guitarist Neil Fraser, are augmented tonight by strings, horns and an electric band, enlarging the sparse music until it achieves a crepuscular magnificence.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: May 15, 2008
Cowell's pop idol to play Glastonbury
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We knew there was something missing from the Glastonbury lineup this year, we just failed to realise that it was X Factor, Pop Idol and Britain's Got Talent's Simon Cowell we were hankering after. According to the Star, Cowell has "revealed his own secret pop idol" in Shakin' Stevens, who will perform at the festival this June. Cowell's such a huge fan, he bought himself a pair of tickets for Pilton.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: May 14, 2008
No drug charges for Amy Winehouse
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Police have confirmed that Amy Winehouse will not be charged following an investigation into video footage that showed the singer allegedly taking drugs.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: May 14, 2008
Angela Hewitt
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"There is no reason why we can't sing and dance even while playing a fugue!' Angela Hewitt wrote in a programme note for her performance of Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier, effectively the London leg of the Canadian pianist's Bach world tour. Hewitt's words - no one, mercifully, took them literally - are in many respects the key to her approach to The Well-Tempered Clavier, which she sees as being vital, lyrical and celebratory. Given that she has, rightly or wrongly, allowed us to think that she regards Bach as the holy of holies among composers, Hewitt also seems anxious to stress that his keyboard works should be seen, above all, as pleasurable and worldly.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: May 09, 2008
