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Fashion Week's first trend: Heart-health awareness
Red is Christie Brinkley's color. The veteran supermodel returned to the runway Wednesday night for the Red Dress Collection fashion show, an annual New York Fashion Week kickoff event that aims to draw attention to women's heart health by putting celebrity catwalkers in a parade of gowns by some of the country's most famous designers.
Fines levied and information released last week indicated that the company that built the stage roof, union workers, the Indiana State Fair Commission, the promoter and possibly even the band Sugarland all had some role in the deadly accident that killed seven people.
Photos and concert review: Kelly Clarkson and Matt Nathanson at Verizon Theatre
Dallas-Fort Worth's very own American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson came through Grand Prairie Friday night, showing her hometown some love with the chops and the Southern charm we've come to love.
In the Mix: POTUS likes Wilco, Raphael Saadiq and Sugarland: Barack Obama's Spotify Playlist
We know about President Obama and his Al Green falsetto . Now comes news that POTUS is a closet country fan and REO Speedwagon enthusiast.
A Day in Music - February 11th
Kristen Hall had departed the group a few weeks before. 1999 - Tornadoes in Jacksonville, Illinois caused the Capitol Records pressing plant to close down and stop pressing country singer Steve Wariner's single, "Two Teardrops." The staff at Capitol Nashville persuaded two other pressing plants to make up 400 copies of the single, while the record ... (more)
Sugarland, the platinum-selling contemporary country act, began as a trio of songwriters from the Atlanta area, each of whom had enjoyed some level of renown as a solo country artist.
Indiana Stage Builder Cited in State Fair Collapse
The company that built the stage ahead of last summer's deadly Indiana State Fair collapse appeared to be indifferent to safety standards, the state Department of Labor said in a report released Feb.
Frere-Jones: Obama's playlist is diverse, but a little 'lame'
With the Obama campaign's release of their playlist of songs for rallies and other big events, I reached out to New Yorker pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones to get his professional take on the campaign's taste.
Obama campaign tunes include Rucker songs
Darius Rucker is going to be singing on the presidential campaign trail. How, since he's obviously not a candidate? The country singer, who first enjoyed fame as a member of Hootie and The Blowfish, will have two of his songs featured at President Obama's re-election events.
Jennifer Nettles low key in personal life
Sugarland lead singer Jennifer Nettles is a low key kinda gal. She describes herself as "pretty relaxed" in her personal life and says she doesn't get "too glammed up and crazy." However that wasn't the case on Wednesday night.
Songs by Arcade Fire, U2, Florence + the Machine on President Obama's Campaign Playlist
What songs will be the soundtrack to President Barack Obama 's re-election campaign? On Thursday, the president revealed his campaign playlist via his official Twitter feed.
Daily Roundup: Scotty McCreery, Jason Aldean + More
The 2012 ACM Awards nominees for New Artist of the Year were revealed today, making three country men very happy.
Emergency exercise preceded Ind. fair disaster
High winds. Lightning. Hail. A severe thunderstorm warning. A huge crowd waits for country duo Sugarland to take the stage.
POTUS Playlist: Barack Obama Drops a Sweet Spotify Mix
It's not like we're very surprised, but President Obama, who has already gone down in history as the first candidate to have waged a truly effective social media-based presidential campaign, is at it again: Barack has dropped a 27-track "Campaign Playlist" via Spotify and his Facebook page .
Briefs: Indiana builder cited in fair stage collapse that killed 7, injured 58
The company that built the stage ahead of last summer's deadly Indiana State Fair collapse appeared to be indifferent to safety standards, the state Department of Labor said Wednesday.
Democrats win court bout on fines
The Indiana Department of Labor on Wednesday faulted three entities for workplace violations related to the rigging system that collapsed at the Indiana State Fair in August, killing seven people.
Fashion Week's first trend: Heart-health awareness
The veteran supermodel returned to the runway Wednesday night for the Red Dress Collection fashion show, an annual New York Fashion Week kickoff event that aims to draw attention to women's heart health by putting celebrity catwalkers in a parade of gowns by some of the country's most famous designers.
Company: Sugarland resisted delaying Ind. concert
Country duo Sugarland resisted delaying the start of a concert last August at the Indiana State Fair despite threatening weather that later caused a deadly stage collapse, the fair's top official testified in a lawsuit against the company that built the stage rigging.
Country Dance All Stars Soundtrack Unveiled and Screens/Trailer
Dance to your favorite songs from Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Sugarland, Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band, Luke Bryan and more GameMill Entertainment announced today that Country Dance All Stars will feature 30 chart-topping hits from the biggest names in country music.
Report: 'Indifference' A Factor In Fair Stage Collapse
The State Labor Department says the company that built the stage ahead of last summer's deadly Indiana State Fair collapse showed "plain indifference" to safety standards.
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