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On Thursday 6 November 2008, the splendid surrounds of the Civic Theatre Newcastle will once again house the 1233 ABC Newcastle Music Awards Night. Eight stellar acts from Newcastle and the Central Coast will be travelling from near and far to commandeer the stage and weave a sonic tapestry that will span the musical spectrum. [...]

TAKE That yesterday announced they are to play a second show at Hampden - after their original date sold out in just 30 minutes.

AP - Plans to build the tallest building in Ireland ? with new recording studios for Irish supergroup U2 on top ? were suspended Friday because of Dublin's slumping property market and slide into recession.

E! Online - From the looks of it, there's not much clowning around in Britney Spears' Circus...despite the "Come one, come all!" lettering and primary-color palette.

Reuters - Not long ago, fans would come to Blake Shelton concerts to hear pure country music. But this year -- most recently on a mini-tour he completed with girlfriend Miranda Lambert -- that has changed. Now, he says, fans "also want to hear some jokes and wisecracks." And he's been happy to oblige.

BBC Radio 2 veteran Terry Wogan says he does not expect his suspended colleague Jonathan Ross to return.Ross has endured one of the worst weeks in his career, with ...

Americans are mourning the loss of one of their most respected writers and broadcasters following the death of Studs Terkel.The winner of a Pultizer Prize for his ...

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Led by Leon Botstein, music director, performing "American Jewish Diaspora" that includes Sternberg's The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Bernstein's Serenade, and Copland's Symphony No. 3

X Factor hopeful Eoghan Quigg is at the centre of a raging sectarian argument over whether he should have participated in the show's Help for Heroes ...