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Live 8 producer/promoter Russell Simmons was the man responsible for adding more African-American artists to the Live 8 Philadelphia bill, including some Def Poetry Jam poets. After noticing the lack of hip-hop artists on the bill, Bono called Jay-Z and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park personally and asked them to perform in Philadelphia.
Trocadero newspaper advertisement in The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 4, 1909. The theater, designed by architect Edwin Forrest Durang, then modified several times, was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1973, and to the National Register of Historic Places five years later.
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts' Education & Community Engagement program is the region's largest free education program, serving over 50,000 young people annually. The Mann's annual Young People's Concert Series features five free main stage performances making performing arts programs accessible to children in the Philadelphia region.
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The Capris (Philadelphia group) Cashmere (band) Catalyst (band) Cayetana (band) Center City Opera Theater; Cheerleader (band) Cheers Elephant; Chromelodeon; Cinderella (band) Circa Survive; CKY (band) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Cleric (band) Clockcleaner; Coast Contra; Cordalene; Count to Four; Crooks & Nannies; The Crossing (choral ensemble) CRUISR
In September 1974, Bruce Springsteen, who had an early, strong, and long-lived fan base in Philadelphia, introduced the world to his new E Street Band, with Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan, at the Tower Theater. It was the first time in his career that Springsteen earned $5,000 for a night's work.
Beru Revue is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that played that city's club circuit in the 1980s and reunited in 2006. They debuted at Grendel's Lair in Philadelphia on September 6, 1981. Although Beru Revue had a strong and loyal local following, they had only one notable radio hit in their seven-year career, with "Hoods A ...
Electric Factory Concerts remains the dominant Philadelphia concert promoter, though the brand is now owned by Live Nation Entertainment. [7] The International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 8 has called for a boycott of all Electric Factory Concert events, stating that the promoter "(undermines) the area standard." [8]