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By Providence Journal Arts Writer Rick Massimo

May 2009 Archives


Beyoncé postpones at Comcast Center

10:54 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
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The Beyoncé concert scheduled for July 22 at the Comcast Center, in Mansfield, Mass., has been postponed, the venue announced Monday. Concert promoters Live Nation cited "the size of the production" in a statement and added that "Live Nation hopes......

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KISS-108 Concert: A panoply of pop, from rock to rap

12:31 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

MANSFIELD, Mass. - As often as not, the closing act at the annual KISS-108 Concert is an afterthought. The audience has been wrung out from the all-day show and the Comcast Center is inevitably freezing by that time of night......

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Song of the Day, No Video Available Edition

7:00 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

One of the most beautiful songs ever, and way better than the Elvis version: http://redkelly.hipcast.com/download/0b4aa70d-02f4-29f6-d31b-b27d6a0202e3.mp3 "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road," Percy Sledge......

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Song of the Day, Bonus Track Edition

2:56 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

Couldn't find one of "Prettiest Girl" by itself. Never mind! "Prettiest Girl" (and "No Place Like Home"), The Neighborhoods......

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Billboard Chart Alert: The Return!

12:44 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

Dylan is in at No. 1 this week with Together Through Life, his fifth chart-topping album. The Hannah Montana soundtrack is No. 2 again. New entrants into the top 20 include Heaven & Hell's The Devil You Know; the Playing......

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Enough already!

11:30 AM Wed, May 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

Now Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) is getting in on the Coldplay-stole-my song action: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens agreed on Monday that the Coldplay song, "Viva La Vida," sounds like one of his 1973 songs,......

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The Judds coming to Mohegan

5:12 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

Thursday, July 2. Tickets are $85 and $65 and go on sale Saturday, May 9 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.......

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P!nk adds Boston date

5:00 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

She'll be at the TD Banknorth Garden Oct. 2. Tickets are $37 and $47, on sale Friday at the box office and Ticketmaster.......

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Free Mastodon! Also, collector's edition Mastodon!

4:48 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

Big day for Mastodon: "Divinations" is the iTunes Video of the Week, and as such is free now through Monday, May 11. Head over! And their latest record, Crack the Skye, comes out in a new audiophile format today: on......

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More Than I, and Probably You, Needed to Know About Rick Ross

4:42 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

The highlights: Er, do you have sex in your diamond shades? I've had sex in my shades, sometimes I wear my clear ones. A lot of ladies compliment my eyelashes so I don't want people to see them, I'm shy,......

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Song of the Day, What the ... Edition

4:34 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

These are so totally not the lyrics. Still love it, though. "We Just Won't Be Defeated," The Go! Team......

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American Idols tour to visit Providence

2:22 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The American Idols Live 2009 Tour will hit the Dunkin' Donuts Center, 1 La Salle Sq., Providence, on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $69.50, $55.50 and $40.50 and go on sale Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m.......

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OK, seriously, people ...

1:34 PM Tue, May 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

Can we give the guy who jumped onstage at the Britney Spears concert Saturday night at Mohegan Sun just a little bit more attention? I've gotten three press releases - yes, actual press releases - on this. As well as......

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Spears brings a spectacular Circus to Mohegan Sun

11:47 PM Sat, May 02, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Rick Massimo    Email

LEDYARD, Conn. - The last time I saw Britney Spears, five years ago at what is now the Dunk, in Providence, she was trying to make a show out of a succession of production numbers while still fitting within the......

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Song of the Day, Guy Who Turns 90 on Sunday Edition

10:37 AM Fri, May 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

I didn't want an obvious choice, and I wanted something older, when he was in full voice: Honest to God, if Tom Morello or Bruce Springsteen or Rage or Korn did this song today, 45 years later, it'd be considered......

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