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Grammy-winning Muse — bringing its elaborate European stage production to Oracle Arena…
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Clint Holmes sings songs by Paul Simon the way you’ve never heard…
A god among VJs, Mike Relm returns to the Independent on Friday…
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“Devotion” — the Mercury Prize-nominated debut CD by Sade-inspired, British pop-R&B diva…
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Henry Ford once said, “Quality means doing it right when no one…
Midge Ure clarifies that it wasn’t his idea to reconvene his long-dormant…