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Sting Spending Time in Chicago to Prepare His Broadway Musical "The Last Ship"

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CBS 2 Chicago: Every breath he takes seems to captivate crowds.  Now rock superstar Sting is spending the summer in Chicago, tweaking a new musical he's written that's bound for the Broadway stage. Inspired by Sting’s own childhood, the musical  The Last Ship is set in an English seafaring town that operates around the local shipyard and follows Gideon Fletcher, a man who left home to see the world and returns fourteen years later to find that the future of the shipyard is in danger. The shipyard’s workers decide to take their fate into their own hands and build a towering representation of the shared dream that has defined their existence. Sting will sing during the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field on June 23, 2014, while he is in Chicago this summer tweaking his broadway musical.

The Big Bang by Katy Tiz Heard on TODAY Kathie Lee & Hoda Thursday, May 29, 2014

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Katy Tiz - The Big Bang [Official Audio]. About one year ago, British pop singer Katy Tiz was trying to get her singles "Famous" and "Red Cub" into the radio-promo circuit. She couldn't get signed on any labels and she was dropped. She broke off with record label Lava/Republic, Tiz teamed with songwriting/­production duo Rock Mafia at the request of her managers at DAS Communications and consultant Bruce Tyler, a former senior vp at Sony Music. Tyler played a third song by Katy Tiz "Big Bang" for Alissa Pollack, executive vp music at Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks.  The song moved up the food chain at Clear Channel programming, and chief Tom Poleman called it a hit at the company's annual summit for station directors, labels and brands in January 2014. Next, Katy Tiz secured a meeting with Atlantic Records, and the Rock Mafia-Produced track was just declared American Top 40's "Breakout" Song of the Week. Big Ba...

Kashmir, Three Versions: One Performance by Led Zeppelin, One by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and One by William Joseph

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Led Zeppelin - Kashmir - Celebration Day (Live From The O2 Arena - December 12th, 2007). "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin from their sixth album Physical Graffiti, released in 1975. Kashmir was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant with contributions from John Bonham over a period of three years with lyrics dating to 1973. The song became a concert staple, being performed by the band at almost every concert since its release. Performance of William Joseph's "Kashmir" 60 feet in the air at LACMA. William Joseph, piano, Caroline Campbell, violin, Steve Aho, drums and Trevor Gorton, bass. Page and Plant released a longer live version, recorded with an Egyptian/Moroccan orchestra, on No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded (1994) and continued to perform the tune with an orchestra on their 1995 tour. A live performance of Kashmir, by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant with the Egyptian orchestra leaded by Hossam Ramzi. ;

New Order - Blue Monday [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

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Watch the official music video for New Order - Blue Monday [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]. Blue Monday is a single released in 1983 by British band New Order. The song, first remixed in 1988 and 1995, has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene. The song begins with a distinctive semiquaver kick drum intro, which was programmed on an Oberheim DMX drum machine. The verse section features the song's signature throbbing synth bass line, played by a Moog Source, overlaid with Peter Hook's bass guitar leads. Blue Monday  is widely regarded as a crucial link between Seventies disco and the dance/house boom that began in the late Eighties.

Tonight Show Jimmy Fallon: Brian Williams Raps "Rapper's Delight" ft. Lester Holt

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NBC Nightly News managing editor and anchor Brian Williams raps The Sugar Hill Gang's classic "Rapper's Delight" -- and, yes, he brought two friends along. Talented assembly of news clips sinked to The Sugar Hill Gan's classic Rapper's Delight .

Avicii - Addicted To You

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Avicii's album "True" includes "Addicted To You" on vevo. Apparently music for female bank robbers. March 21, 2014, Avicii released a remixed edition of his album True titled True: Avicii By Avicii containing remixes by himself of all the tracks excluding Heart Upon My Sleeve. See also ... avicii.com

Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) (Official) ft. Juicy J Music Video

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Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) (Official) ft. Juicy J. Dark Horse is a song recorded by American recording artist Katy Perry featuring rapper Juicy J.  Dark Horse  was released on September 17, 2013 by Capitol Records as the first promotional single from Perry's fourth studio album, Prism (2013). The lead single for the album is Roar . The music video for  Dark Horse  was released on February 20, 2014.