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British music festivals in tune with older, cashed-up fans

June 12, 2013 19:37
By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's summer music festival season kicks off this week with a line-up ranging from the Rolling Stones to Beyonce to exiled Tibetan monks designed to attract the modern festival-goer - a 36-year-old with a well-padded wallet. Music festivals have become an integral part of summer for British music fans with Bon Jovi and Blondie at the Isle of Wight festival this weekend, Slipknot and Iron Maiden at metal-fest Download, and Iggy Pop at Yoko Ono's Meltdown in London.

Fleetwood Mac adds Australian tour dates

Agence France-PresseMay 27, 2013 14:15
Critically acclaimed band Fleetwood Mac has added a series of dates in Australia to its tour itinerary, commencing November 10 at the Sydney Entertainment Center. The group, whic recently released "Extended Play," the first collection of new material since "Say You Will" in 2003, is currently on a tour of North America before hitting Europe, commencing with a set at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on September 20.

Fleetwood Mac adds Australian tour dates

Agence France-PresseMay 27, 2013 14:00
Critically acclaimed band Fleetwood Mac has added a series of dates in Australia to its tour itinerary, commencing November 10 at the Sydney Entertainment Center. The group, whic recently released "Extended Play," the first collection of new material since "Say You Will" in 2003, is currently on a tour of North America before hitting Europe, commencing with a set at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on September 20.

Fleetwood Mac adds Australian tour dates

Agence France-PresseMay 27, 2013 13:45
Critically acclaimed band Fleetwood Mac has added a series of dates in Australia to its tour itinerary, commencing November 10 at the Sydney Entertainment Center. The group, whic recently released "Extended Play," the first collection of new material since "Say You Will" in 2003, is currently on a tour of North America before hitting Europe, commencing with a set at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on September 20.

Fleetwood Mac adds Australian tour dates

Agence France-PresseMay 27, 2013 13:45
Critically acclaimed band Fleetwood Mac has added a series of dates in Australia to its tour itinerary, commencing November 10 at the Sydney Entertainment Center. The group, whic recently released "Extended Play," the first collection of new material since "Say You Will" in 2003, is currently on a tour of North America before hitting Europe, commencing with a set at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on September 20.

Snowplow cop killer to be sent to mental hospital but can enter the community

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 11:46
TORONTO - A man found not criminally responsible for killing a Toronto police officer with a snowplow will be detained in a psychiatric hospital, though he will be allowed out into the community under supervision. The Ontario Review Board has accepted a joint submission from both the Crown and the lawyer for Richard Kachkar, 46, that he should be sent to the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, east of Toronto.

Football: Portsmouth out of administration

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 17:31
Former FA Cup winners Portsmouth finally came out of administration on Friday after being officially taken over by a supporters group. The Pompey Supporters Trust's purchase of the League One club was confirmed in a statement from administrators BDO that formally ends the Fratton Park side's 14-month spell in administration. Portsmouth, who beat Cardiff in the 2008 FA Cup final, were on Tuesday relegated to League Two, English football's fourth and lowest professional tier.

Football: Portsmouth fans get green light to buy club

April 10, 2013 13:00
Fans of troubled English third-tier side Portsmouth were celebrating on Wednesday after moving a step closer to taking control of the club. Financial difficulties saw the 2008 FA Cup winners placed into administration in February last year and they are currently fighting to avoid relegation to the fourth division after plummeting down the English league system.

Cricket: Sussex move helped me move on - Hamilton-Brown

April 4, 2013 05:31
Rory Hamilton-Brown believes he should not have returned to the game so soon following the death of his team-mate and friend Tom Maynard, questioning the support structure at his former club after the tragedy. "I had a first real setback, a real life experience that I didn't know how to deal with," he was quoted as saying in an interview with Britain's domestic Press Association news agency, published on Thursday. "There was no way I should have been on a cricket field but I wanted to try it and see what I can do."

Stones to headline Glastonbury

March 27, 2013 22:15
The Rolling Stones will play Britain's Glastonbury Festival, the world's largest greenfield music and performing arts spectacle, organisers revealed on Wednesday. The legendary group has not played the festival before, but speculation mounted that they could make an appearance after they revealed last year they were reuniting to play 50th anniversary shows. Frontman Mick Jagger later tweeted: "Can't wait to play Glastonbury. I have my wellies and my yurt!" Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis called it "as big a coup as we ever thought would be possible.
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