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How Radiohead stole the show

Edgy band's summer tour is outselling big names

Kanye West, Rihanna, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and the Boss can't walk down the street unnoticed. But tickets to see Radiohead, a 15-year-old British experimental rock outfit which has never had a No. 1 single in this country, went faster than any of the competition so far this year.

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Fans make Radiohead a big event

Charlotte fans waited 15 years for Radiohead to perform here. So they made the British electronic rock outfit's concert Friday at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre an event.

Kanye West's 'Glow in the Dark' tour

Since its debut in Seattle last month, Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark" tour has been called magnificent and thrilling (Seattle Times).

SKINNY ON MUSIC | Courtney Devores

Book rings with sweet notes of the Carolinas

Lying in bed sick a few years back, reading Keith Topping's "The Complete Slayer" (a guide to TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), I came across a quote that sounded strangely familiar -- then read my own name. I called my mom.

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Portishead back after 10-year hiatus with 'Third'

As Portishead finished its meticulously sparse evening performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the typically reticent Beth Gibbons suddenly leapt off the stage and ran a 100-yard dash along the fenced-in crowd, exuberantly shaking their hands.

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  • Fans make Radiohead a big event

    Charlotte fans waited 15 years for Radiohead to perform here. So they made the British electronic rock outfit's concert Friday at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre an event.

  • Kanye West's 'Glow in the Dark' tour

    Since its debut in Seattle last month, Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark" tour has been called magnificent and thrilling (Seattle Times).

  • Ex-Jayhawk Mark Olson on love, loss and uplift

    On "The Salvation Blues" -- the first proper solo album of his 22-year career -- singer-songwriter Mark Olson sings of the love, loss and redemption that's marked the last few years of his life.

  • Music is good; dialogue, less so

    Spirited, musically sound operetta suffers from lack of coaching

    The singing is spirited. The orchestra adds bounce. The staging brings out the story's frivolity.

  • 5 questions for Kid Rock

    The 37-year-old white trash icon (aka Bob Ritchie) is known for his love of cheap beer and cheaper women, but there's more to the rapper-turned-rocker than meets the bloodshot eye. Rock rapped about his partying, his peers and his obsession with neatness in advance of his Saturday concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

  • Panic At The Disco rocks Amos'

    Honda Civic Tour 2008 at Amos' Southend offered quite the variety of experiences.

  • That velvet voice, fit for life? Chances are

    Mathis' athletic background, active life keep him humming

    Fifty-two years after choosing music over an Olympic tryout, crooner Johnny Mathis is still singing. The 72-year-old vocalist, whose No. 1 singles include "Chances Are" (1957), "I'm Coming Home" (1973), and "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (1978), performs with the Charlotte Symphony tonight at Ovens Auditorium. He recently spoke with the Observer about staying healthy, his new CD, "A Night to Remember," and celebrity.

  • 'Rock of Love' tour rolling into Charlotte

    Even though Bret Michaels endured two seasons' worth of conniving, drunken debauchery, bad weaves and cat fights on his reality show "Rock of Love," he admits he still may not have found that special woman.

  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    The Visulite Theatre gets an infusion of the shiny skintight leather variety when the Los Angeles rockers take the stage.

  • Hello it's him: Rundgren's here to look back there

    Until recently, I didn't know much about Todd Rundgren other than his ties to actress Liv Tyler (she spent most of her child believing the rocker was her father) and his 1973 pop hit, "Hello It's Me."

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