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By BEN SISARIO
Published May 11, 2008
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Enlarge this image CITY STAGES Birmingham, June 13-
15. And the award for most
incongruous headliners at an outdoor
urban concert series goes to ... City
Stages in Alabama, with the once-in-
a-lifetime-at-most combination of
Diana Ross and the Flaming Lips.
Something for everyone, surely. Also
on board: Buddy Guy, Frankie Beverly, the Roots, Citizen
Cope, Sean Kingston, Ledisi, Galactic. (800) 277-1700,
citystages.org.
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HOLLYWOOD BOWL June 20-Sept. 27. A promising
recent trend here has been to invite brainy indie-rockers
for special shows with the power and grace of a full
orchestra; the Decemberists did it last year, and Belle and
Sebastian in 2006. Cheap Trick doing "Sgt. Pepper's ...
Revisited" with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (June 28)
doesn't seem quite the same, but for the most part the
pop and jazz offerings at the Bowl this summer do not
disappoint. Thievery Corporation and Bebel Gilberto open
Enlarge this image the excellent KCRW series (June 22), followed by Gilberto
Gil and Devendra Banhart (June 29), Feist with Sharon
Jones (July 20) and Gnarls Barkley with Youssou N'Dour
and Deerhoof (July 27). Other highlights: the Police (May
27 and 28), the Playboy Jazz Festival (June 14 and 15),
Radiohead (Aug. 24 and 25) and Nick Cave with
Spiritualized (Sept. 17). (323) 850-2000,
hollywoodbowl.com.
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL Sept. 19-21. The 51st
season of Monterey, which calls itself the longest
continuously running jazz festival in the country
Newport had a hiatus in the '70s - includes Cassandra
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