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Big Star - Big Star To Play On Following Chiltons Death

5469 days ago
ContactMusic — BIG STAR's showcase at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on Saturday night (20Mar10) will go on as planned, despite the death of bandmate ALEX CHILTON.The... more info
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Flashback: Big Star Classics By Beck, Wilco, Elliott Smith and More

5470 days ago
Rolling Stone — This week the rock world lost Alex Chilton, so we’re devoting our Flashback to covers of Big Star songs by artists ranging from Beck to Wilco to the Bangles, who perform the classic “September Gurls” in the video above. As Rob Sheffield wrote i... more info
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Chilton SXSW tribute show planned

5470 days ago
Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — AUSTIN, Texas — Alex Chilton and Big Star were slated to be one of the closing acts of this year's South by Southwest Festival. more info
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Alex Chilton's Big Star bandmates confirm SXSW tribute show featuring REM

5470 days ago
NME — Cheap Trick, John Doe rumoured for show more info
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Sleeve Notes: The mysteries of James Brown and Jacko

5470 days ago
Guardian Music — It's been a strange old week for some of our more iconic deceased musicians. First there were the bizarre rumours that James Brown's body was no longer in its crypt (in which he was buried in 2006). Despite the fact that his daughter LaRhonda Pettit ... more info
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Alex Chilton tribute concert to go ahead at SXSW, read tributes

5470 days ago
DrownedInSound — Big Star's SXSW show on Saturday will go on, it seems, following the death of Alex Chilton. Band members Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer and Jody Stephen's will perform in Austin as part of a tribute show to Chilton, who died earlier this week of a suspec... more info
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Mgmt - Mgmt Dedicates Gig To Chilton

5470 days ago
ContactMusic — MGMT has paid tribute to late BIG STAR rocker ALEX CHILTON - dedicating a London gig to the musician, who died on Wednesday (17Mar10).The 59 year old passed away at a... more info
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Infinite Play: Big Star, “September Gurls”

5470 days ago
Popdose — In his latest Infinite Play column, Dave Lifton takes a look at "September Gurls," the power pop masterpiece by the late, great Alex Chilton of Big Star. more info
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Alex Chilton Tribute Set For Saturday At SXSW Festival

5470 days ago
MTV.com News — Surviving Big Star bandmates, members of R.E.M., She & Him and others will play in an all-star tribute band.By Gil Kaufman Alex Chilton Photo: Frank Mullen/ Wireimage Members of R.E.M., X and She & Him will join the surviving members of Bi... more info
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Top Stories: March 19, 2010

5470 days ago
Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson • Big Star’s Alex Chilton Dead at 59 • Rob Sheffield Remembers Alex Chilton • SXSW Day One Twitter Marathon: Catch Up! • Spoon, Broken Bells Shine at SXSW • Secrets of The Runaways: Inside the F... more info
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