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Rock & Bus facing backlash over Sweetlife Festival transportation screw-up
The Baltimore SunA party bus company that promised "luxury charter buses" to the Sweetlife Music Festival Saturday is facing a major backlash and thousands of dollars in refunds after it left hundreds of customers stranded. Numaan Akram, founder and CEO of Rock & Bus,...Tags: Festive Events, Music, Companies and Corporations, Georgetown, Madison Square Garden
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Sweetlife Festival line-up announced
The Baltimore SunAvicii, Kid Cudi and the Shins will headline the Sweetlife Music Festival this year, it was announced Wednesday morning. Scheduled for April 28, the one-day festival is in its third year and its second at Merriweather Post Pavilion. The Strokes and...Tags: Festive Events, Ra Ra Riot (music group), Girl Talk (music group), Social Media, Music
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Concert news: The Black Keys at Merriweather, Rob Zombie, Sarah McLachlan, Yo Gotti, Javier Colon of 'The Voice'
The Baltimore SunThe Black Keys have predictably sold out their show at the Verizon Center this Friday. But there's no need to pay a scalper or StubHub your life's savings for tickets. It's likely the band will return to the area this summer to play Merriweather Post...Tags: Music, Slayer (music group), Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), The Black Keys (music group), Entertainment Events
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Miami nights: Plenty to see and do after dark
In a couple of weeks, hordes will descend upon Miami again. It seems people are always mobbing Miami — for international art fairs, for Martin Luther King Jr.weekend, for sporting events, and of course, for those famed beaches, which always seem...Tags: Miami Hotels, Baltimore Hotels, Fine Artists, Empire of the Sun (movie), Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Midnight Sun's 25 most popular posts of 2011: U2, Natty Boh, All Good Festival, Virgin Mobile FreeFest
The Baltimore SunWe've already looked back at the top 10 concerts of the year. And, later this week, we'll bring you the best singles and albums of the year. For now, here's a look back at the 25 most reads posts on Midnight Sun in 2011. They include breaking news,...Tags: Victoria's Secret, Zeds Dead (music group), 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore Beer Week, Jay-Z
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Update: Concert news: The Black Keys, The Roots, Cass McCombs, Bombay Bicycle Club, Justice, Neon Indian
The Baltimore SunA couple of bands that played Virgin Mobile FreeFest are returning to the area on tour next year. The Black Keys will perform at the Verizon Center March 9 as part of their tour to promote new album "El Camino." The band closed the festival in...Tags: Hardware, Virgin Group, Ltd., Tools and Hardware, The Black Keys (music group), Electronica (genre)
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Concert news: Alison Krauss, Young Jeezy, Jordan Knight, Mastodon, Slaughterhouse, Jiffy Lube Live's country megaticket
The Baltimore SunBecause of the success of the Backstreet Boys-New Kids on the Block double tour, some of the members are now going on tour on their own. Thanks everyone who paid for that!Nick Carter is at Rams Head Live Friday, and his 80s counterpart Jordan Knightwill...Tags: Toby Keith, Jordan Knight, Two Door Cinema Club (music group), 1st Mariner Arena, New Kids on the Block (music group)
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Dubstep's mainstream takeover
At the 2:17 mark of Britney Spears' 2011 hit single "Hold It Against Me," dubstep entered the mainstream.
It had been bubbling around pop's surface before Spears put her glossy touch on it, but this was Top 40's most blatant — and effective —...Tags: Led Zeppelin (music group), Genres, Dance Music (genre), Kanye West, Crizzly (music group)
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Summer festival guide
Special to baltimoresun.comHairdos that mirror beehives, cars that drip with unfamiliar ornaments and books that came off the shelves years ago. It's time for Baltimoreans to tuck away their winter clothes and welcome the warm weather, and there's no better way to celebrate the...Tags: Pimlico Race Course, Metal and Mineral, Minority Groups, Charles Theatre, Foo Fighters (music group)
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City sits on sideline in NBA competition
The two news items from early and late Wednesday weren't exactly related, but they were more than coincidental. In the morning: a front-page story in The Sun about how The Relic on Howard Street (aka 1st Mariner Arena) still makes a decent profit. At...Tags: Brett Favre, Roger Clemens, Brooklyn Nets, Pimlico Race Course, 1st Mariner Arena
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Preakness tips
Sun ReporterThe Preakness has been run at Pimlico since 1873 -- except for a span between 1890 and 1908 -- but that doesn't mean organizers aren't willing to make changes. Many of last year's features will remain the same, but Maryland Jockey Club spokesman Mike...Tags: Equestrian, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Preakness Stakes, Maryland
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Ad exec has flair for pushing green
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEric Ritz has a big meeting with executives at an action sports network, and he's all dressed up: His plaid shirt isn't tucked into his jeans, his dirty-blond hair pokes out from under his cap and most grandmothers would say he needs a shave. The Fuel TV...Tags: Wrestling, Hybrid Vehicles, Public Employees, Netflix Inc., Companies and Corporations
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