Grammy-award winning hard rockers Slipknot announced today their first U.S. headline tour in support of their #1 album All Hope Is Gone. The tour, which kicks off on January 23rd in St. Paul, MN, will hit 33 cities across the country, and include an historic stop at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a first for the band. Coheed and Cambria and labelmates Trivium round out the bill.The Slipknot All Hope Is Gone Tour will be at Rupp Arena on February 14, 2009.
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Amazing vocal talents meet clever wit and dark themes when the cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street hit the stage. The Broadway Live production had it’s opening night at the Lexington Opera House last night. Skeptics’ eyes were opened as the overwhelmingly talented cast simultaneously sang and played their instruments to comprise the score of the musical.
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Sweeney Todd is being set up as I write this and will be making it’s Lexington debut tonight as part of Broadway Live at 8:00pm EST at the Lexington Opera House. If you are unable to make it tonight then don’t worry, there are four more showings this weekend. Hit the jump for a link to some photos I took of the load-in and a description of a play. Also, stay tuned for a recap within the day following tonight’s performance.
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Christmas will never be the same after the November 16th Comedy Central debut of Jeff Dunham’s very first holiday DVD, “A Very Special Christmas Special.” This comedy icon has sold two million DVDs, racking up more than 200 million worldwide Internet views of his online clips. He continues selling out top venues across North America on his current $28 million grossing tour to become a contemporary cultural force who will deliver a brand new level of hilarity to the holiday season.
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