Monday 25 August 2008

Gigs around town

AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE!


Back once again so shortly? Didn�t we just do this? Oh, that�s correct - this is a new crop of Idols: Syesha Mercado, Jason Castro, ever-cherubic David Archuleta, Kristy Lee Cook and the latest �Idol� winner, David Cook, will all be there. Tomorrow at the DCU Center, Worcester, 508-755-6800, and Sunday at the Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, N.H., 603-644-5000.


BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE




Wallop-packing British metalcore non for the faint of heart. Tomorrow at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, N.H., 603-929-4100.


�FNX NEW ENGLAND PRODUCT


A show window of the region�s charles Herbert Best underground sounds, featuring Cambridge�s recently signed electro-dudes Passion Pit, Everyday Visuals, Harris and Hooray for Earth. Tonight at the Middle East, Cambridge, 617-864-EAST.


THE GO! TEAM/CSS


Still a cult affair here only big at home in England, the Go! Team�s pop is a delicious confection of electro-beats clothed in amusive samples. Expect Brazilian sestet CSS - short for Cansei de Ser Sexy or �tired of beingness sexy� - to save ironically highly-sexed silliness. Tomorrow at the Roxy, 617-338-7699.


GRAND FUNK RAILROAD


They�re an American band. Tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Indian Ranch, Webster, 508-943-3871.


HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH


They only wanna be with you. Tomorrow at Cape Cod Melody Tent, Hyannis, 508-775-6630; Sunday at South Shore Music Circus, 781-383-9850.


LIONEL LOUEKE


West African guitarist, singer and Berklee graduate Loueke is devising big waves on the jazz view touring with Herbie Hancock and with his Blue Note debut, �Karibu.� Tomorrow at the Beehive, 617-423-0069.


MARTHA�S VINEYARD FESTIVAL


Gladys Knight, backed by Keith Lockhart�s Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, is the headliner. Also playing: the Neville Brothers, Kate Taylor, Steel Pulse, island native Willy Mason,





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Thursday 7 August 2008

Network news presence at Beijing is NBC, the rest

NEW YORK �

NBC News could rent a small woodworking plane just for the top news personalities going to Beijing to cover the Olympics: Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry, Lester Holt, Richard Engel, and Kevin Tibbles among them.


CBS considered sending Harry Smith, but distinct against it and is sending Barry Peterson. Weekend anchor David Muir is ABC's biggest name