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Posted on September 25, 2015 By: genestout

Duran Duran, Chic offer a blue-ribbon concert at the Washington State Fair

By GENE STOUT If ’80s New Wave band Duran Duran had any misgivings about adding a state fair date to their current tour, they must…

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Posted on September 14, 2014September 20, 2014 By: genestout

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons take fans on a fun nostalgia trip

By GENE STOUT Still witty and engaging after decades of performing, 80-year-old Frankie Valli led his storied vocal group on a baby boomer nostalgia trip…

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Posted on August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 By: genestout

Get ready to groove on Motown legend Smokey Robinson’s new duets CD

By GENE STOUT The release date for “Smokey & Friends,” a new Verve Records album of duets by the Grammy-winning Detroit singer-songwriter and Motown icon…

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Posted on December 27, 2013 By: genestout

New Year’s Eve at the Swedish Club is served with a pancake ‘toast’

By GENE STOUT Those who go out on New Year’s Eve are always looking for something different. The fabulously fun-loving Three Crowns Ball at the…

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Posted on May 10, 2013May 10, 2013 By: genestout

CD REVIEW: ‘It’s Magic,’ Steve Tyrell’s tribute to Sammy Cahn

By GENE STOUT Ever since singing “The Way You Look Tonight” in “Father of the Bride,” the 1991 movie starring Steve Martin, Steve Tyrell has…

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Posted on April 12, 2013 By: genestout

‘Shakespearean’ Molly Ringwald adds second show at Jazz Alley

By MIKEL TOOMBS “Tony Randall. Mary Tyler Moore. Molly Ringwald.” “Molly Ringwald, Cordelia, King Lear, Godard.” The first reference is to Bikini Kill’s great riot-grrrl…

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Posted on March 1, 2013March 2, 2013 By: genestout

Molly Ringwald pays homage to the Great American Songbook

By MIKEL TOOMBS Molly Ringwald became famous, of course, as the late film writer-director John Hughes’ muse, starring in “Sixteen Candles” (1984), which explored the…

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Posted on December 3, 2012 By: genestout

The Beach Boys’ 50th anniversary DVD is just in time for Christmas

By GENE STOUT For the Beach Boys fan in your household, don’t forget to add the new DVD “The Beach Boys: Live in Concert –…

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Posted on November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 By: genestout

Vocal group that inspired Brian Wilson performs two Seattle-area shows

By GENE STOUT The Beach Boys’ vocal harmonies were inspired in part by one of the most popular male vocal groups of the ‘50s, The…

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Posted on October 3, 2012 By: genestout

Madonna returns to Seattle — the city where it all began 27 years ago

By GENE STOUT Twenty-seven years after opening her first concert tour in Seattle, Madonna thrilled fans with two hours of music and spectacle Tuesday night,…

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Posted on July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 By: genestout

Love him or hate him, pop icon Neil Diamond is still going strong at 71

By GENE STOUT You may have little use for Neil Diamond and his schmaltzy, can’t-get-’em-out-of-your-head pop and rock tunes. But at 71, the man is…

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Posted on April 25, 2012 By: genestout

Kenny G dreams of putting his saxophones in the hands of students

By GENE STOUT Saxophonist Kenny G begins a four-night, eight-show engagement Thursday night (April 26) at Jazz Alley. It’s a rare Seattle club appearance for…

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Posted on March 28, 2012 By: genestout

Meat Loaf kicks off summer concert series at Snoqualmie Casino

The Snoqualmie Casino’s 2012 summer concert series at the Mountain View Plaza kicks off with Meat Loaf June 30. Also performing are Joan Jett, Smokey…

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Posted on March 13, 2012 By: genestout

‘Hot Talk’ radio guy Tom Leykis returns in April with new webcast

Longtime Seattle radio fans will recall the “Hot Talk” thrill ride of edgy, syndicated host Tom Leykis, whose syndicated show moved to KISW in 2005…

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