Hero The Rock Opera News

 
Slash, Tom Jones top CD reviews
Toronto Sun
On the guest list this week: Guitar heroes, punks, Brit-rockers, bluesmen and even some artsy Icelanders. Join the party. Slash Apocalyptic Love Rock 3 stars out of 5 This is what you call sticking to your guns. Slash doesn't try to fix what ain't ...


 
Thrills and chills
Greater Dandenong Weekly
Not only is the world's biggest pop star set to take over the country this season (Lady Gaga, June 20-24, 7.30pm, Allphones Arena, Olympic Park, allphonesarena.com.au, 8765 4321, from $79), one of the greatest contemporary rock musicians will also be ...

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Closer Inspection: Rock this way
Washington Post
The Baltimore Rock Opera Society aims “to bring the vision of insane rock theater to Baltimore and the rest of the world,” says co-founder Dylan Koehler. Here's a peek at the group's upcoming show, “Valhella: The Ragnarokkoperetta.


 
Bus driver called a hero in 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping dies at 91
Tulsa World
"I remember him making me feel safe," said Jodi Medrano, who was 10 when three men hijacked the school bus and stashed the group in a hot, stuffy storage van in a rock quarry. Medrano held a flashlight as the bus driver worked with older students to ...

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Plain Dealer
'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson': A glam-rock hail to chief cranking up at Beck ...
Plain Dealer
By Andrea Simakis, The Plain Dealer What: The Beck Center for the Arts presents the regional premiere of the rock musical based on the life and times of Old Hickory. Book by Alex Tim bers; music and lyrics by Michael Fried man. Directed by Scott Spence ...

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Lexington Herald Leader
A post-season look at 10 good things on TV in 2011-12
Lexington Herald Leader
By Neal Justin — Star Tribune (Minneapolis) When 30 Rock aired a live episode on April 26, it featured guest Jon Hamm, left, of Mad Men fame and regular Tracy Morgan in a spoof of The Amos 'n Andy Show. NBC — Dana Edelson/NBC Watch enough television ...

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Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Big Gigs: Live music options for May 25-31
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The three-day lineup, which began Thursday, continues Friday with the hypnotic International Novelty Gamelan, electronic buzz bands Food Pyramid and Claps, psychedelic rockers Flavor Crystals, chamber-rock ensemble Brute Heart and a special "horn ...

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