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Loose Nuts Cycles Grand Opening Tonight

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Published July 8, 2010 at 1:29 a.m.

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Atlanta's newest full service bike shop, Loose Nuts Cycles, is celebrating their grand opening in Grant Park tonight ... Free beer will be provided by Fat Tire.Loose Nuts Cycles452 Cherokee Ave "A"Atlanta, GA 30312 ...

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Men Asked Victims ÂAre You Gay?Â Before Attack

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Published July 6, 2010 at 8:36 p.m.

Josh Noblitt is a social justice minister for St. MarkÂs Methodist Church on Peachtree Street. ItÂs part of his job to deal with men in prison. When he and his partner were attacked after a picnic in Piedmont Park, he couldnÂt believe it ...

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Hot Tickets, July 6

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Published July 6, 2010 at 5:08 p.m.

Of Montreal returns to the Variety Playhouse in early November, following the release of a new album, "False Priest," on Sept. 14 ... ON SALE JULY 9 Mutlu ... 8 p.m. Aug. 20. Eddie’s Attic. $15; $12.50 advance. TM. David Ryan Harris ... 8 p.m. Sept. 7. Smith’s Olde Bar – Music Room. $20 advance. TA. Mandorico ... 8 p.m. Sept.18. Smith’s Olde Bar – Music Room. $10 advance. TA. Mike Zito ... 8 p.m. Oct. 12. Smith’s Olde Bar – Music Room. $10 advance. TA. Shawn Phillips ... 8:30 p.m.

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Lilith Fair concert dropped at Lakewood Amphitheatre

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Published July 2, 2010 at 2:37 p.m.

It’s becoming the summer of canceled concerts ... Now the Lilith Fair date at Aaron’s Lakewood Amphitheatre August 8 has been nixed, presumably due to poor sales. Dates around the country have been cut as acts such as Norah Jones and Kelly Clarkson have bailed ... Locally, acts that would have been here included Sarah McLachlan (the creator of the concept back in the 1990s), Indigo Girls, Loretta Lynn, Corinne Bailey Rae and Courtyard Hounds ... You can get refunds at point of sale

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Live music picks, July 2-8

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Published July 1, 2010 at 1:18 p.m.

Earth, Wind & Fire vocalist Philip Bailey performing at Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta in 2009 (on a bill with Chicago). This year, EW&F headlines at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta. Photo: Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com ... FRIDAYEarth, Wind & Fire This R&B and funk powerhouse took 16 tracks into the chart between 1974 and 1983, including irresistible gems such as “September,” “Shining Star” and “Let’s Groove.” This is rump-shaking fun at its finest.

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Courtney Love & Hole Rock The Tabernacle

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Published June 30, 2010 at 11:09 p.m.

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Courtney Love paid a rare visit to The Tabernacle Wednesday night as Hole and opener Foxy Shazam performed downtown. The modest crowd waited patiently as she came onstage an hour and a half late ... On March 16, the first Hole single in ten years, and first from Nobody’s Daughter was released. “Skinny Little Bitch” was the most added song on alternative radio and the second most added song on active rock in early March in the United States, debuting at #32 on Billboard’s Alternative

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Hot Tickets, June 29

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Published June 29, 2010 at 11:53 a.m.

The Variety Playhouse hosts singer-songwriter Aimee Mann on Sept. 25. Photo courtesy Michael Hausman Artist Management ... ON SALE NOW Batusis (featuring Sylvain Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome) ... 9 p.m. July 31. The EARL. $12; $10 advance. TA. Those Darlins ... 8:30 p.m. Sept. 9; 9 p.m. Sept. 10. The EARL. $10. TA. Aziz Ansari ... Late show added. 7:30 p.m. (sold out) and 10:30 p.m. Sept. 18. The Tabernacle. $29.50. LN ... David Bazan ... 8:30 p.m. Sept. 28. The EARL. $14; $12 advance. TA.

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Sting reinvents biggest hits in show at Chastain

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Published June 29, 2010 at 9:02 a.m.

By JAMILA ROBINSON ... It’s probably safe to put Sting in the incomparable category. With such a distinctive tenor that manages power, angst and even a bit of audacity, after all these years, he’s always reliable ... So, it speaks to the singer’s remarkable imagination, to reinvent some of his biggest hits, including “Roxanne” and “Englishman in New York,” into breathtaking classical arrangements performed alongside London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, an outfit he “borrowed

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Sting Sells Out Symphonicity Tour In First Of Two Nights At Chastain

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Published June 29, 2010 at 12:05 a.m.

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Sting brought his Symphonicity Tour to sold out Chastain Park Amphitheatre Monday night for the first of a two-night engagement. Backed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, under the direction of acclaimed conductor Steven Mercurio, the ex-Police vocalist was in excellent form and received an enthusiastic response all evening from his loyal fans ... The AJC’s Robb Cohen was there with his camera. Click here for the complete 15-photo online gallery and please tell us about what you

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Samuel Jackson Could Play MLK

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Published May 30, 2010 at 4:24 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Samuel L. Jackson is being considered for a Broadway production about the life of Martin Luther King Jr ... Atlanta theatre director Kenny Leon says Jackson performed the lines for the role of the civil rights leader this week at a script reading of ``The Mountaintop'' in New York. The drama focuses on the night before King's assassination and could head to Broadway this fall or next spring ... Jackson and Leon met as school acquaintances when the two attended college at Atlanta

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