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City of Hope to Auction Items From Bob Dylan & More as Part of Spirit of Life Gala Honoring Larry Mestel (opens the original)
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City of Hope’s annual Spirit of Life gala honoring Primary Wave founder and CEO Larry Mestel is sold out, but supporters can still help raise money to support breast cancer research via a new online auction through Fandiem and Julien’s Auctions. The auction will feature items and experiences from such acts as Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Sammy Hagar and Billy Joel. Starting Thursday (Oct. 1), fans can bid on handwritten lyrics to songs including “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan, “Small Town” by Mellenc
The Chicks Setlist: Every Song From the Trio’s Opening Night of ‘Taking the Long Way’ 20th Anniversary Tour In Detroit (opens the original)
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In May 2006, the Chicks (still more than a decade away from dropping Dixie from their name) released Taking the Long Way. Tonight the trio — Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison — kicked off Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary tour at the Fox Theater in Detroit, an outing celebrating the landmark album that won five Grammys including album, record and song of the year in 2007. The trio’s 23-song set comprised of two acts: for the first act, the trio — all dressed in black and white
Here’s Why Dasha Has to Take a Forced Hiatus This Fall (opens the original)
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Dasha is going silent, but not by choice. The country singer is undergoing surgery Oct. 22 to remove nodes on her vocal cords. The overuse comes mainly from talking, not singing, Dasha tells Billboard, and from the rigors of the road. “It’s from the past two-and-a-half years of craziness that just hit me like a truck,” she says. “You don’t really get a lot of sleep. You talk, talk, talk and you party and you sing. It just caught up with me.” The “Austin” singer is getting the surgery done at Nas
Stella Lefty Parts Ways With Management (opens the original)
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Stella Lefty, whose breakthrough hit “Boston” is No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a second consecutive week, has left Disruptor Management, according to sources. Disruptor helped guide Lefty’s ascent from unknown artist to one of 2026’s biggest breakthroughs and one of the year’s most successful acts. With the two-week No. 1 status of “Boston,” Lefty became the first solo-billed woman to have a debut single spend multiple weeks at No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart since Gretchen W
Remembering 9/11, 25 Years Later: Songs From Alan Jackson, Toby Keith & Others That Helped Us Grieve (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years ago, hijacked planes crashed into New York’s World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001, leaving 2,977 people murdered and nearly 6,000 more wounded in the worst terrorist attack on American soil in history. Americans reacted with a myriad of emotions — shock, horror, anger, sorrow and fear — but many also rallied together in unity and a show of support for the American military and each other. Country music arti
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