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WILL SPITZ

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On top of the Pops

My Morning Jacket drown out the house band at Symphony Hall
If you look up "surreal" in the dictionary, you might find a picture of a full orchestra fronted by five longhairs in tuxes.
By WILL SPITZ  |  June 22, 2006

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Going on sale: June 23, 2006

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
Peaches and Eagles of Death Metal, Rick Springfield and Eddie Money, Ben Harper and Damian Marley, Aerosmith and Motley Crue
By WILL SPITZ  |  June 20, 2006

Stars Kill Rock

KRS's latest
With the Paper Chase coming to town (June 25, Middle East upstairs) in support of their new Kill Rock Stars disc, Now You Are One of Us , we decided to check out some of the other stuff the Olympia indie imprint and its sister label, 5RC, have put out lately.
By WILL SPITZ  |  October 27, 2008

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Summer concert preview

Some ideas on how to rock away the summer months.
Why cool down when the concert scene is just getting warmed up? Summer Guide 2006: Cheap thrills from Bar Harbor to New Haven.
By WILL SPITZ  |  June 19, 2006

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Going on sale: June 16

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
Snow Patrol, Muse, Godsmack, Santana, Raconteurs, and the Download Festival
By WILL SPITZ  |  June 13, 2006

Wet fuse

Mr. Dynamite in New Bedford
The stakes were lower Sunday night in New Bedford than they were back in 1968 when Boston mayor Kevin White brought James Brown to the Garden for a televised concert often credited with keeping the city from going up in flames the night after MLK’s assassination.
By WILL SPITZ  |  October 27, 2008

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Going on Sale: June 9, 2006

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
Reggae Sunsplash, Family Values, The Chili Peppers, Black Heart Procession, and Willie Nelson shares the stage with John Fogerty
By WILL SPITZ  |  June 06, 2006

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Game, setlist, match

Radiohead at Bank of America Pavilion
At one point someone threw a pair of socks on stage. “I was hoping for a bra,” Thom Yorke deadpanned.
By WILL SPITZ  |  June 06, 2006

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Hail to the thieves

Finding new Radiohead on the web
There’s a not-so-small quadrant of the World Wide Web that has been going bananas since Radiohead kicked off their spring/summer tour on May 6 in Copenhagen.
By WILL SPITZ  |  May 31, 2006

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Going on sale: June 2, 2006

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
String Cheese Incident, Dixie Chicks, Daniel Powter, the Pretenders, and a Mariah Carey/Sean Paul double-dip
By WILL SPITZ  |  May 31, 2006

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Going on sale: May 26, 2006

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
Carlos Mencia, Jello Biafra, The Wrens, The Bronx, and Phil Lesh sharing a bill with Trey Anastasio
By WILL SPITZ  |  May 23, 2006

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Pop power

The big winner at the 2006 Best Music Poll party? Boston rock.
Guitar-driven pop music is alive and well in the city of Boston, and anyone that tells you otherwise wasn’t on Lansdowne Street last night for the Phoenix /FNX Best Music Poll party.
By WILL SPITZ  |  May 19, 2006

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Hamell on Trial

Songs for Parents Who Like Drugs | Righteous Babe
The sixth album recorded by the 50ish anti-folkie Ed Hamell under his Hamell on Trial moniker is recommended listening for parents who enjoy drugs, childless people who enjoy parents who enjoy drugs, and anyone else with a taste for sidesplitting songs.
By WILL SPITZ  |  May 17, 2006

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Going on sale, May 19, 2006

Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
Pink, Foo Fighters, Mission of Burma, Roger Waters, Newport Folk Festival, and Newport Jazz Festival, plus Def Leppard shares a bill with Journey
By WILL SPITZ  |  May 15, 2006

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Going on sale: May 12, 2006

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Bruce Springsteen, DJ Shadow, Elvis Costello, Fiona Apple, Ashlee Simpson, and more
By WILL SPITZ  |  May 09, 2006

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Going on sale, April 28, 2006

Phoenix /WFNX Best Music Poll; Shakira; Xiu Xiu
Phoenix /WFNX Best Music Poll; Shakira; Xiu Xiu
By WILL SPITZ  |  April 26, 2006

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Going on sale, April 21, 2006

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
(International) Noise Conspriracy, Killswitch Engage, Brand New, Bela Fleck, and more
By WILL SPITZ  |  April 18, 2006

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Not bummed out

Eagles of Death Metal pursue Death by Sexy
Allmusic.com refers to Josh Homme’s old band Kyuss as “a heavy metal Velvet Underground . . . pioneers of the booming underground ‘stoner rock’ scene of the 1990s.”
By WILL SPITZ  |  April 20, 2006

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Going on sale: April 14, 2006

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Arctic Monkeys, KT Tunstall, Lady Sovereign, and Streets
By WILL SPITZ  |  April 11, 2006

Gorillaz at the Apollo

Animated sans animation
There were puppets, singing and dancing middle schoolers, a gospel choir, a 14-piece string section from Juilliard, a who’s who of guests, including Neneh Cherry, De La Soul, Ike Turner, and a lollipop-sucking Shaun Ryder. But no Jamie Hewlett animations?!
By WILL SPITZ  |  April 10, 2006
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