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Alex Chilton's Big Star bandmates confirm SXSW tribute show featuring REM

5393 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

5393 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

5393 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

5393 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”

5393 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

5393 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

5393 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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Spotifriday #38 - This Week on DiS as a playlist

5394 days ago
DrownedInSound — The 38th weekly instalment in our content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Big Star, White Stripes, Jonna Lee, Broken Bells, Shy Child, White Hinterland and MANY MORE. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info
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An anonymous power-pop icon dies

5394 days ago
Buffalo News, New York — It's sadly poetic that Alex Chilton passed away a mere few days after the Stooges were finally granted induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Like that Iggy Pop-fronted Detroit band, Chilton and Big Star claimed an influence on generations of... more info
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Artists and Friends React to the Death of Alex Chilton

5394 days ago
Pitchfork — Yesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info
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