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Music

Song of the Day: 'Good Thing' by Fine Young Cannibals

It’s time to sing in your car! Thursday’s Song of the Day on Minnesota Now came courtesy of Marie Rock, the morning show host at KOJB The Eagle, which broadcasts from the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. 
by Cathy Wurzer and Kelly Gordon

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Friends, families mourn as Houston officials investigate concert deaths

Friends, families mourn as Houston officials investigate concert deaths

Investigators worked Sunday to determine how eight people died in a crush of fans at a Houston music festival, as friends and loved ones mourned the victims and a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles took shape at the site.
by The Associated Press

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Astroworld music festival joins a list of historical concert tragedies

Astroworld music festival joins a list of historical concert tragedies

The deaths of at least eight people at the Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday call to mind other rare but traumatic incidents at concerts and festivals over the past half-century.
by Rachel Treisman

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Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival

Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival

The dead ranged in age from 14 to 27, and 13 people were still hospitalized, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Saturday. He called the disaster “a tragedy on many different levels” and said it was too early to draw conclusions about what went wrong.
by The Associated Press

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Paul McCartney knew he'd never top The Beatles — and that's just fine with him

Paul McCartney knew he'd never top The Beatles — and that's just fine with him

The forthcoming documentary “Get Back” revisits The Beatles' final days together. McCartney says he took the band's breakup hard: "It was quite difficult, because I didn't know what to do at all."
by Terry Gross

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Jill Riley on the Rolling Stones show and a possible Congressional Gold Medal for Prince

Jill Riley on the Rolling Stones show and a possible Congressional Gold Medal for Prince

Jill Riley of The Current speaks with Cathy Wurzer on Minnesota Now and plays some musical selections. Plus, MPR News producer and stand-up comedian Aron Woldeslassie entertains us about lutefisk.

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