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"It's 1980, and Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last time. Jaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover, and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour featuring some old hands from her early days playing honky-tonk bars in Washington State and Nashville, plus a few new ones. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow...
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Dork diaries volume 14
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English
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"Nikki and her bandmates are looking forward to an AWESOME summer on tour as the opening act for the world famous Bad Boyz! Nikki is a little worried when her frenemy, MacKenzie Hollister, weasels her way into a social media intern position with the tour. But she has a total MELTDOWN when she learns that MacKenzie is her new roommate! Will Nikki survive her dream tour as it quickly goes from AWESOME to AWFUL?!" --
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20-year-old Deza was supposed to be just another hot girl emcee, but when a bonus track strikes a surprising social chord, it rockets her album to the top of the charts - and her record label promotes her to headline their first-ever all-female national tour. As Deza attempts to live up to her new reputation, her inexperience generates tour drama. And when her female DJ quits, the label replaces her with the last thing Deza needs: the sexy guy DJ...
4) Grown
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"When legendary R & B artist Korey Fields sports Enchanted Jones at an audition, Chanty's dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until she wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare, because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point...
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From packing the right equipment to keeping enough gas in the tank to get home, every aspect of making a successful tour with a band is addressed in this comprehensive guide. More than 100 luminaries and leading organizations from the world of touring among them Chris Connelly, Henry Rollins, the House of Blues, and the Vans Warped Tour, as well as club owners, tour managers, and even sex advisors provide handy insider knowledge along with insight...
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ABKCO Music & Records, Inc
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Filmed in 1965 but never released, this is a behind-the-scenes look at the Rolling Stones' tour in Ireland just after "(I can't get no) Satisfaction" became a number one hit. Witness the band's first professionally filmed performances, the riots their appearances created, travel through the Irish countryside by train, time spent in motel rooms during impromptu songwriting sessions, and more.
7) In tune
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Back on top volume 2
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English
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"Luke Anderson needs a manager--fast. His last one quit, leaving his tour and his future in jeopardy. Now instead of focusing on his career, he's forced to concentrate on damage control. Powerhouse manager Leona Sable is the full package--smart and talented, not to mention sexy as hell--but her past makes her impossible to trust. When opportunity knocks in the form of talented EDM DJ Luke "The Musical Prophet" Anderson, Leona is ready to answer. But...
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"Davi tries to help a new friend, Anna Z, escape a cruel and controlling brother, and the teens end up running away to follow the tour of their rock idol, the otherworldly Django Conn. The story is set in a weird and wonderful retro-futuristic city of glam-girls and glister-boys and a strange phenomenon that Anna Z calls the 'Alien Drift'"--
9) Solo act
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Along for the ride volume 4
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English
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"With the concert tour coming to an end, Cadence Hudson, Maisey Lopez, and Kenya Jackson are heading in opposite directions. They're hoping they can grow up, without growing apart. Because when something ends, doesn't that mean something new is beginning?" -- Page [4] cover.
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"Sam Cutler was the personal tour manager for the Rolling Stones at some of their major gigs including the never to be repeated free concert in Hyde Park in London. And he was the man left behind after the Altamont concert descended into hell. Left behind with $300 to make peace with the Hells Angels, the Grateful Dead who had supported the concert, the various mobsters and organisations who had taken an overt interest in the event, and the people...
11) Electric Jesus
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"When a flashy promoter sells a Christian metal band on the promise of a summer tour in 1986, their desire to 'make Jesus famous' meets the complexities and confusion of personal ambition, youthful zeal, lifelong friendships, and first love."
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Imprint
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2021.
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English
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"Spending an entire summer on tour as a backup singer for pop star Nika Nitro? What? ! That's the DREAM, right? Especially for Jenni, Lauren, and Maggie, three misfit performing arts students with hopes of making it in the music world. But being twenty feet from fame isn't easy. Between crushes, constant rehearsals, Nika's sky-high expectations, and their own insecurities, this dream is starting to feel more like a nightmare. And that's before they...
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Girl online volume 2
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English
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"Penny joins her rock-star boyfriend on the road in Europe. Can Penny learn to balance life and love on the road, or will she lose everything in pursuit of the perfect summer?"--
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A compelling portrait of rock's greatest guitarist at the moment of his ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus exclusively on the happiest and most productive period of Jimi Hendrix's life. As it begins in the fall of 1966, he's an under-sung, under-accomplished sideman struggling to survive in New York City. Nine months later, he's the toast of Swinging London, a fashion icon, and the brightest star to step off the stage at the Monterey...
15) Rock the Kasbah
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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A music manager is on tour is Afghanistan when he discovers a talented teenager. He convinces the young girl to compete on the television show, Afghan Star.
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English
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"This memoir traces Taplin's life and its intersection with several significant cultural moments, from his early days tour managing The Band, through his producing Mean Streets and several other films, all the way up to his present-day work advocating for a healthier cultural and digital commons"--
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Eagle Vision
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English
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Having spent almost two years non-stop touring, and invigorated by their triumphant Latin America experience, Queen hit Montreal in top form. As would be expected of Queen, they took the form of the concert film to a new level, becoming the first group to shoot an entire show in full cinema format.
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Tenney volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Christmas is just around the corner, and Tenney and her bandmate, Logan, are going on tour! Tenney can't wait to share their music with fans all over Tennessee. But being on the road is harder than she expected--she's missing out on her favorite holiday traditions at home ... and why is Logan being such a scrooge? After a series of disappointments, the duo begin to crack under the pressure. Can they save the tour--and their holiday spirit--in time...
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Touchstone
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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The remarkable story of an ordinary woman who lived the dream of millions -- to be part of rock royalty's trusted inner circle. Illustrated with private photographs and jam-packed with intimate anecdotes, Miss O'Dell is a backstage pass to some of the most momentous events in rock history.
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1966 Tour Home Movies
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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An inside view of Bob Dylan's first electric tour, and a behind the scenes look at the making of D.A. Pennebaker's (unreleased) film "Eat the document." Mickey Jones, who played drums on the 1966 world tour with Bob Dylan and the Hawks/Band after Levon Helm left the group, made his own 8mm home movies of the tour. The home movie footage features Bob Dylan and The Band - Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Mickey Jones -...
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