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Q&A: Hunter Valentine’s Laura Petracca

Hunter Valentine’s drummer Laura Petracca talks about The Real L Word and the band’s new album as they get ready to play a show at ICandy in Philadelphia.

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Weekend Roundup

Friday, Sept. 7 Gender Reel kicks off today with events through the weekend. Click here for a full listing of events. The 35th Annual SisterSpace […]

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Philly Pops Presenter Encore Series Inc. Set to Exit Bankruptcy

Pete Nero is still stepping down next year after 30-some years of service, but at least Encore Series Inc., the Philly Pops presenter, has been […]

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Happy Birthday, Freddie Mercury

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury would have turned 66 years old today. He died of AIDS complications when he was just 45. We share the full performance from Live Aid in 1985.

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HughE Dillon: Made in America

The Budweiser Made in America festival opened in grand style with Gary Clark, Jr. on Saturday and finished on a grand note with a two-hour […]

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Bob Dylan Bringing Mark Knopfler to Philadelphia

American songwriting legend Bob Dylan and Dire Straits front man Mark Knopfler teamed up for a successful string of European dates last year, and on […]

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Made in America Nabs One Beer Thief

Made in America Nets One Bad Guy. The Made in America has been generally deemed a success, with no violence problems and no one one […]

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The Next Jay-Z Might Be Singing on Philly’s Sidewalks

The Made in America concert went down this past weekend, and was by all accounts a rousing success. It’s great that Shawn Carter (aka Jay-Z) […]

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HughE Dillon One-Shot: Budweiser Clydesdales in Philly

Little Pete (of restaurant fame) holds Logan Yenserin front of Budweiser’s Clydesdale horses outside his Fairmount restaurant at The Philadelphian. The horses, in Philly for […]

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The Internet Wants Taylor Swift to Perform at a School for the Deaf

Internet trolls—fresh off their victory over musician(?) Pitbull (they sent him to a Walmart in Alaska)—have now focused their attention on Taylor Swift. Swift is […]

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VIDEO: Boyz II Men Save Charles Barkley From Himself

Charles Barkley was recently down in North Carolina for a charity golf outing. After presumably shanking an entire carton of golf balls into the woods […]

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Questlove’s Most Awesome Guide to the Made In America Lineup

Jay-Z’s Made In America Festival will feature two days, four stages, tens of thousands of fans, and more than 30 different groups, performers and DJs. […]

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What Business Owners Can Learn From Madonna

Madonna was late for her concert at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center Tuesday night. How late? Oh, about two-and-a-half hours late. She kept close to 20,000 […]

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Pandora and YouTube Will Live Stream Made In America

Don’t have a ticket to this weekend’s Made In America Festival, featuring headliners Jay-Z and Pearl Jam and 25 or so other bands, performers and […]

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New MLB Playoffs Commercial Will Make You Hate Bruce Springsteen

Every year, commercials for Major League Baseball’s playoffs make us hate somebody. In 2007 it was Dane Cook and his obnoxious, “There’s only one October.” […]