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Rockin on The River
The Downtown Troy Business Improvement District, The City of Troy and DeCrescente Distributing present: Rockin on The River at the Riverfront Park, Troy. Join us for this FREE, outdoor concert series in its 6th year of Rocking Downtown Troy!! Come out every Wednesday this summer from 5 – 8:30pm, June 19 – August 28 and Rock out with Troy! Click here for a schedule of bands!
Free Meatball Slider Day
Join B95.5 June 20th from 4-6pm at Bellini's in Clifton Park as we celebrate summer with a Free Meatball Slider day in partner with Deanna's Dugout! Bring your gently used sports equipment or athletic gear to the Bellini's Patio and receive one of their Signature Meatball Sliders as a "Thank you" for your donation! Just feeling hungry? Monetary donations are also welcome in exchange for a slider! All proceeds will go to Deanna's Dugout in recognition of the Miracle League of the Capital Region. We hope to see you there, June 20th from 4-6pm on the Bellini's Clifton Park Patio!
MegStrong Fundraiser!
Help Our Fighter Fight!! Join us for a benefit for Meagan Blackmore on Thursday, June 20th 5-11pm at the 99 Restaurant on Western Ave in Guilderland, across from Stuyvesant Plaza!! So come join us and help our friend Meagan WIN her battle with Kidney Cancer!! There will be trivia, raffles and prizes and all tips and a percentage of all food will be donated!! For more details visit MegStrong.com or click here to visit the MegStong Facebook page!!
Fleetwood Mac!
B95.5 Welcomes Fleetwood Mac to the Times Union Center on June 19th! The show…the band…the start to your Summer with all the hits! Select seats still available at the Times Union Center box office or online at Ticketmaster.com.
Click here and check out how to get your tickets for Me + 3 - Buy 3 tickets get the 4th free!!
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Jay Z's million-album Samsung sale unlikely to count for charts
Monday, June 17, 2013 7:00pm
By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z's upcoming studio album will go to a million users of Samsung smartphones three days before its official release in a promotional deal, but the distribution is unlikely to count toward official sales figures, an industry expert said on Monday. Jay Z, 43, announced on Sunday in a three-minute television commercial during the telecast of basketball's NBA Finals that his latest album "Magna Carter Holy Grail" will be released on July 4 exclusively to 1 million users of Samsung smartphones who had downloaded a special app. ...
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Veteran bands Motorhead, Black Sabbath top UK metal music awards
Monday, June 17, 2013 5:50pm
By Ellen Sowerby LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British rock bands Motorhead and Black Sabbath were crowned the kings of heavy metal on Monday, winning the top accolades at the UK's top metal music awards, the Metal Hammer Golden Gods. Motorhead, best known for its 1980 hit "Ace of Spades", received the Golden Gods awards at the 11th annual ceremony for making a significant contribution to the rock and heavy metal industry over nearly four decades. Black Sabbath won the award for best album for "13" which soared to No. ...
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Black Sabbath top British album chart again: after 43 years
Sunday, June 16, 2013 2:03pm
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - The British rock band Black Sabbath's album "13!" has given them a first British Number One album in nearly 43 years, a record interval between chart-toppers, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. Black Sabbath were last at the top of the UK chart with their second album, "Paranoid". "I'm in shock!" Black Sabbath front man Ozzy Osbourne told the Official Charts Company. "The success of this album has blown me off my feet. We've never had a record climb the charts so fast. ...
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Bassist Kim Deal leaves alt-rock band the Pixies
Friday, June 14, 2013 4:01pm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kim Deal, the bass player behind some of the Pixies' biggest hits, has left the 1980s alternative rock band, its remaining members said on Friday. Deal's pulsing bass and understated singing punctuated the influential group's early songs, which won critical acclaim for their quick bursts of sound and wild guitars. "We are sad to say that Kim Deal has decided to leave the Pixies," the band's singer-guitarist Black Francis, drummer David Lovering and guitarist Joey Santiago said in a statement posted on their Facebook page. ...
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