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Not content with letting Lollapalooza promotion company C3 stake a three-day festival claim in Philadelphia, Live Nation has petitioned the city's Fairmount Park Commission for a -palooza of its own. Am I the only person who thinks that, by this time next year, every one of the fifty states—including Alaska and Hawaii!—will have a big multi-day puke-and-beer-fueled get-together to call its own? [Philly.com]

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Stolen-Gear Epidemic Hits Philly-Bound Bands

If you're a musical outfit traveling to Philadelphia, pack light—eight bands have had their gear-filled vans stolen while visiting Philly since March, although local police are quick to say that the epidemic is fueled by the artists' hotel choices:
"They think there is this conspiracy and they're being targeted," said Sgt. Joe Cella of the Major Crimes Unit. "They're not."



He said the bands seem to be parking their vehicles in the wrong place at the wrong time. The areas where their vans and equipment have been taken happen to be places where lots of other vehicles are stolen - the vast majority containing no musical equipment, Cella said.



"What we have is groups that spring up periodically that target the hotels, the airport area, where you would have transient clientele," he said.
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4:00 PM on Mon Nov 27 2006
By mjohnston
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Latest by cinchel: what i find interesting is, where else to you expect a band to stay while on tour. A four star hotel. PLEASE. Just because they have to stay on the cheap doesn't mean that should have to more »

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Music Insiders You May Not Care About Feud Over Band You May Not Care About

There's a war of words over at Philebrity (it's like "Philadelphia" and "celebrity"—get it?) over an article written in this week's Philadelphia Weekly: Apparently, while writing about the band Favourite Sons, PW writer Brian McManus noticed that the group is managed by Dryw Scully, who also happens to be the music promotions director at Urban Outfitters. McManus pointed out (rather half-assedly, we should add) that Sons receive a lot of Outfitters love, and maybe that's, you know, kind of, like, a conflict? Well, Philebrity didn't like that one bit, and they put down their copy of The Vice Magazine Guide to Sounding Edgy and wrote this missive: More »

3:50 PM on Wed Oct 25 2006
By Brian Raftery
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Latest by Fuck you gawker: Wow. Working at Urban Outfitters passes as street cred now? more »

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Philadelphia: From Rocky to Kinda Rocking


Those of you who doubt Philly's hard-rock cred have obviously forgotten about the '80s, when the Hooters and Cinderella made the City of Brotherly Love proud, and Ultravox tore it up at Live Aid. More »

5:43 PM on Tue Aug 15 2006
By Brian Raftery
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