Indianapolis Music
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Top concerts
Kurtis Blow, Born Again Floozies and The Leisure Kings, in concert this week
Meet the band: Kramus
Indy rockers forge on after the unexpected death of their vocalist
Tonic Ball VIII photos
We were there as you lined up for the eighth annual Tonic Ball this weekend
top photo galleries
- Snoop Dogg at the Vogue
- Johnny Socko reunites at the Vogue
- Taylor Swift at Conseco Fieldhouse
- Babyface at Circle City Classic
- Andrew Bird at the Murat Theatre
- Metallica at Conseco Fieldhouse
- Margot & the Nuclear So & Sos Fans!
- "American Idols Live" at Conseco Fieldhouse
- MC Hammer at the Indiana State Fair
- Blink-182 at Verizon
- Keith Urban at the fair
- Kelly Clarkson at the Indiana State Fair
- Indiana MusicFest concerts
- Crüe Fest 2 gallery
- The Russ Parr Bus Tour 2009
- Crosby, Stills & Nash at Lawn
- Dave Matthews Band at Verizon
- Mummies @ Vogue!
- George Strait
- Def Leppard and Poison Fans!
- Incubus Fans
- David Cook Fans
- Summer Celebration's free concert
- Old School Hip-Hop at Summer Celebration
- No Doubt Fans @ Verizon!
- Jamie Foxx at the Murat
- The Fray Fans!
- New Kids On The Block!
- The Offspring!
- Coldplay in Indianapolis
- Nine Inch Nails at Verizon Wireless Music Center
- Elton John & Billy Joel at Conseco Fieldhouse
- James Taylor at the Murat Theatre
- The Killers at the Murat
- Alejandro Escovedo at the Royal Theater
- Lil' Wayne in action
- Eagles at Conseco Fieldhouse
- Kings of Leon at the Murat
- Blowin' up in '09
- Time stands still for AC/DC
- David Byrne makes senses work overtime at Clowes
- The 2008 American Music Awards nominees
- Duh...they're gay
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I love the new album I give it a 5 .
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The Sounds are amazing! I couldn't get to the couple of shows they just did here. Glad to hear they plan to come back in the fall.
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- With the Raconteurs on hiatus, a gifted tunesmith rekindles his solo career
- Dashboard Confessional's happy 'Ending'
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- Video interview: MuteMath
- Paul and Darren of MuteMath talk about their new album, 'Armistice'
- Generation Jerk: the New Boyz 1
- The leaders of hip-hop's latest dance craze hit the road with Chris Brown
- Matisyahu: Harleys, 'Goonies' and Phish concerts
- There's more to the Hasidic rap star than meets the eye
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- British singing star Leona Lewis makes full-length live concert debut in hometown
- LONDON (AP) British pop singer Leona Lewis won strong fan support at her first ever full-length concert Monday night, performing on familiar territory in the east London neighborhood where she grew...
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- Bently's
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- More Luke Bryan
- Luke Bryan Fans
- Chumley's Fun
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