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Maryland Deathfest celebrates 10 years

By Wesley Case , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:27:00 EDT

But has the four-day metal celebration outgrown Sonar?

The four-day underground metal festival draws crowds from as far away as Japan and continues to grow each year. So has Deathfest outgrown Sonar?

Justin Bieber to perform at Verizon Center in November

By Wesley Case , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:41:00 EDT

No longer a boy, not yet a man but most definitely a pop phenom, Justin Bieber will bring his headlining "Believe" tour to Verizon Center on Nov. 5.

A proper Midnight Sun introduction, only 10 months late

By Wesley Case , The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:48:00 EDT

It’s somewhat strange to write an introduction on a blog you’ve been contributing to for the past 10 months, yet here I am, doing the Internet equivalent to the awkward honk and wave.

Maroon 5 keeps Preakness popping

By Wesley Case , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:12:00 EDT

The rockers reminded the crowd how deep their 10-year catalog is

The rockers reminded the crowd how deep their 10-year catalog is.

Preakness revelers try to catch sight of Maroon 5's Adam Levine

By Yvonne Wengler — Sat, 19 May 2012 17:03:00 EDT

Twenty-year-old twins Kyla and Keegan Cytryn of Allentown, N.J., stood on their tip-toes to catch a glimpse of Adam Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5

Twenty-year-old twins Kyla and Keegan Cytryn of Allentown, N.J., stood on their tip-toes to catch a glimpse of Adam Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5, from the grass beside the outdoor stage.

Preakness 2012 Infield beer waits swell to 30 minutes

By Scott Dance and Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:39:00 EDT

Preakness 2012 Infield revelers picking winners, watching music

Revelers in the Preakness Infield were jovial Saturday morning, staking out prime spots -- near the track for some, and near concert stages for others.

Preakness infield largely laid-back

By Wesley Case — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:43:00 EDT

The crowd as a whole is behaving surprisingly lucid and laidback, enjoying their neon yellow mugs full of beer. Anyone turned off by the debauchery of say, five years ago, might want to consider coming back.

Onetime Preakness infielders upgrade to the grandstands

By Colin Campbell — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:30:00 EDT

This year marks the second Preakness for both Dave Bowser and his girlfriend, Angela Alexander -- and both expect this experience to be quite different from their first.

Preakness graffiti under control, on a chalkboard

By Wesley Case — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:12:00 EDT

In the middle of the infield at Preakness 2012, there are six long horizontal blackboards filled with scribbles of neon chalk. The randomness of the grafitti is appropriately light-hearted and innocuous.

Beach House addresses Volkswagen advertisement controversy

By Wesley Case , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:36:00 EDT

Despite the Baltimore duo denying the car company use of its song "Take Care," there's a new ad with a similar sounding song.