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    Turn in your tickets for Martina McBride concert; she's not coming to Verizon Center on Thursday

    by Mary Colurso -- Birmingham News
    Wednesday August 27, 2008, 12:17 PM

    Martina McBride
    Promoter Live Nation has canceled Martina McBride's Thursday concert at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Pelham. Flooding in the area, due to recent rainstorms, has caused damages at the amphitheater, a spokeswoman said today.

    Refunds for ticketholders are available through Ticketmaster. According to Ticketmaster's policy, those who bought tickets with credit cards, on the Internet or by phone, typically will receive automatic refunds on their accounts. Those who bought tickets at outlets must return them to the place of purchase.

    For more information, call Ticketmaster at 715-6000 or visit its Web site.



    Patti Wheeler leaving 'The Bull'; plans to retire

    by Bob Carlton -- The Birmingham News
    Tuesday August 26, 2008, 9:04 AM

    Patti Wheeler is hanging up her spurs after nearly three decades on Birmingham radio.

    Wheeler, co-host of the long-running "Patti and Dollar Bill Morning Show" with Bill Lawson on country station 102.5 The Bull (WDXB-FM), plans to tell her listeners this morning that she is ready to retire. Her last day on the air will be Nov. 21.
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    Fall in love with KaiserCartel

    by Matt Cuthbert
    Monday August 25, 2008, 2:27 PM

    KaiserCartel
    Performing 8/26 at Bottletree. John P. Strohm opens. Tickets $7.
    Once upon a time, Courtney Kaiser and Benjamin Cartel were living cushy lifestyles as elementary educators. But their lofty schoolteachers' salaries weren't enough for them. Overcome by corporate greed, they decided to ditch their careers, pack their stuff up in a car, and drive around the country playing wispy folk-pop songs late at night in dimly-lit music clubs under the moniker of KaiserCartel.

    Seriously though, can you imagine what kind of devotion to music that sort of move takes (for any band)? To make their story even sweeter though, the two also became a couple.

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    Fall in love with KaiserCartel

    by Matt Cuthbert
    Monday August 25, 2008, 2:24 PM

    KaiserCartel
    Performing 8/26 at Bottletree. John P. Strohm opens. Tickets $7.
    Once upon a time, Courtney Kaiser and Benjamin Cartel were living cushy lifestyles as elementary educators. But their lofty schoolteachers' salaries weren't enough for them. Overcome by corporate greed, they decided to ditch their careers, pack their stuff up in a car, and drive around the country playing folksy pop love songs late at night in dimly-lit music clubs under the moniker of KaiserCartel.

    Seriously though, can you imagine what kind of devotion to music that sort of move takes (for any band)? To make their story even sweeter, the two also became a couple.

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    Hal Ketchum cancels Saturday concerts at WorkPlay, reschedules shows for March 21

    by Mary Colurso -- Birmingham News
    Monday August 25, 2008, 12:32 PM

    Hal Ketchum's Saturday concerts at the WorkPlay theater have been postponed to March 21, the venue announced today. A scheduling conflict is to blame, said Todd Coder, talent buyer at WorkPlay.

    Ketchum, a country singer-songwriter, was set to perform two shows on Saturday at 7 and 9:30 p.m.

    Tickets for the original date will be honored in March. To obtain a refund, call 879-4773, e-mail emily@workplay.com or visit the box office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.




    'Schrute' takes drummer part without missing a beat

    by Clint O'Connor -- Newhouse News Service
    Sunday August 24, 2008, 3:06 AM

    Rainn Wilson rocks.

    Rainn Wilson is "The Rocker" in his big-screen respite from TV's "The Office."
    As Dwight on "The Office." As the wisecracking convenience store worker in "Juno." And as Robert "Fish" Fishman, the bitter hair-metal-drummer-turned-rock-'n'-role-model in the new comedy "The Rocker," which opened on Wednesday.

    Wilson plays drums, cavorts with Christina Applegate, jams with Teddy Geiger and generally has a rowdy good time in the flick. But before we get to all of that we need to establish "The Rocker's" vaunted position in the pantheon of great drummer movies. Such as they are.

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    Martina McBride credits success to being predictable but not boring

    by Alan Sculley -- Birmingham News
    Sunday August 24, 2008, 3:05 AM

    Martina McBride
    What's the secret to Martina McBride's success? Partly, people say, it's that she's just like her audiences. McBride's following, which is predominantly female, identifies with her songs. These can be tender and romantically heartfelt, yet often portray a sense of strength and independence. Also, as a wife and the mother of three children, McBride radiates reality -- the sense that she lives a more everyday life than other Nashville stars.

    "I think there's just something in me that's really down-to-earth and normal and relatable," she said. "(Fans) see somebody they feel like they could have lunch with. I think that might be part of the appeal."

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