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Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Black Crowes Join Southeast U.S. Festival Circuit A trio of festivals announced their headliners today as festival season is about to kick off with next week’s SXSW in Austin, TX. The Essence Music Festival in New Orleans revealed that Kanye West will headline this year’s three-day event on the July 4th weekend. Essence also boasts performances by Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown, Chris Rock and Jill Scott. Approximately 200,000 people attended last year’s fest. In other festival news, Fergie, Sheryl Crow and Santana are among the performers at the 32nd annual Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, TN, on the weekend of May 2-4. Lou Reed, Cat Power, Aretha Franklin, the Black Crowes, Jerry Lee Lewis are also among the sixty acts performing. Sheryl Crow, the Black Crowes and Fergie have also been recruited to play at SunFest in West Palm Beach, FL, from April 30th to May 4th. Also playing: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Morris Day & the Time, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Academy Is, Natasha Bedingfield and many more. We’ll kick festival season with on-the-spot coverage of SXSW, bringing you the best showcases, hottest new bands and video of live performances and interviews from Austin.
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Published: 2008-03-07
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Festivals
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Justin Timberlake, Lou Reed, Billy Joel and More Recruited for Rock Hall Inductions Justin Timberlake, Lou Reed, Billy Joel and John Fogerty are among the artists that have been recruited to induct this year’s class at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on March 10th in New York. Timberlake, who is shooting the baseball film The Open Road in Louisiana, will fly to NYC to usher Madonna into the Hall, another in a long line of collaborations (he appears on the Material Girl’s “Four Minutes to Save the World,” the first single from her new album Hard Candy). In other Hall of Fame news, the Velvet Underground’s Lou Reed will induct Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, while Billy Joel will welcome John Mellencamp into the Hall. Additionally, Tom Hanks will introduce the Dave Clark Five, Fogerty will induct the Ventures, Ben Harper will welcome blues great Little Walter and Jerry Butler will induct the songwriting team and Philadelphia soul pioneers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Related Stories: Mellencamp Asks McCain to Stop Using Tunes Madonna Emerges as Big Super Bowl Winner Madonna Named Cash Queen of Music After $72 Million Year [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-02-27
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Country's 'Guitar Man' Reed diesCountry singer and actor Jerry Reed, dubbed the "Guitar Man", dies of complications arising from emphysema.
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Published: 2008-09-03
Provider: BBC
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'Smokey' Singer-Actor Jerry Reed DiesJerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," dies at 71.
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Published: 2008-09-03
Provider: NBC Los Angeles
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'Bandit' star Reed dies at 71Read full story for latest details.
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Published: 2008-09-02
Provider: CNN
Keywords: Burt Reynolds, Celebrity News, Health and Fitness, Jerry Reed, Carrie Moore-Reed, Music, Respiratory Medicine, Entertainment, Emphysema, Medical Specializations, Amos Moses, Medicine, Movies
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Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at age 71Jerry Reed, a singer who appeared in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies, has died of complications from emphysema at age 71, his longtime booking agent said Tuesday.
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Published: 2008-09-02
Provider: MSNBC
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Bandit Pal Jerry Reed DiesJerry Reed helped fuel Smokey and the Bandit. Reed, the laid-back singer/songwriter who became a movie star courtesy Burt Reynolds, and whose banjo-picking tune "East Bound and...
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Published: 2008-09-02
Provider: E!Online
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Singer-Actor Jerry Reed Dies At The Age Of 71NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71.[...] Read more!
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Published: 2008-09-02
Provider: StarPulse
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