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Hotel renovation becomes a revelation

If you haven't yet heard of Bury-based band The Retronics, be prepared to see a lot more of them this coming year. After 12 months of laying down their material in the recording studio, the band will be turning their attention to securing more gigs across the country from this summer.

CITY band This Broadcast have released their debut single after enlisting the help of a former producer for Ricoh Arena-bound Coldplay. The quartet, which formed in 2009, released The Streets Are Made earlier this month ahead of their debut album release.

Where can you find an event so popular it has to be performed on consecutive nights to packed audiences and still has a waiting list of customers?

The pipe section of the Delta Police Pipe Band at its annual Robbie Burns Supper. The band held its 38th annual celebration of Scotland's amorous poet last Friday and Saturday at Sacred Heart School in Ladner. The event sells out year after year.

While backpacking with a friend through Southeast Asia in 1997, Ethan Holtzman, organist for Los Angeles-based band Dengue Fever, had a revelation—all thanks to a mosquito.

Here's an album I used to listen to back in the vinyl age. The Paupers were a Canadian psych band who were active from 1964 (then named the Spats) to about 1971. The original organizer was Skip Prokop. They were a very popular live band, and before they ever committed much to wax, they wrere already opening for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, the Soft Machine and Jefferson Airplane. They also ...

CITY band This Broadcast have released their debut single after enlisting the help of a former producer for Ricoh Arena-bound Coldplay. The quartet, which formed in 2009, released The Streets Are Made earlier this month ahead of their debut album release.

From big shows to music to clubs and dancing, to stage and comedy, film, visual arts, children's events and more, Metro Detroit has no shortage of fun to suit all tastes. Read on for the lowdown on what's goin' on.

-Theatre, Music, Dance American Theatre Company 3003 E. 56th St./Performances at Tulsa PAC and Philbrook lawn/918-747-9494/americantheatrecompany.org March 2-10//The Bomb-itty of Errors This part play and part rap concert gives the bard's slapstick farce a Generation-Y rejuvenation. May 11-19//...

From big shows to music to clubs and dancing, to stage and comedy, film, visual arts, children's events and more, Metro Detroit has no shortage of fun to suit all tastes. Read on for the lowdown on what's goin' on.