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Country superstar Alan Jackson is headed to the Tacoma Dome for a May 9 date, promoter Live Nation announced this morning. He’ll be back in the South Sound for the first time since 2003 in support of his new album, “Good Time.”

Tickets are set at $35 to $65 and will be available through Ticketmaster and Live Nation beginning noon on March 1.

Well, it appears Ben Gibbard’s hometown of Bremerton will get first crack at seeing Death Cab for Cutie perform songs from the forthcoming album, “Narrow Stairs,” which will hit stores in May.

The band announced an April 18 show at Bremerton’s Admiral Theatre this week. Tickets are set at $35 and will be available through Ticketmaster beginning 10 a.m. Friday (Feb. 22).

The band also posted this track listing for the new disc:

Track listing for Death Cab for Cutie’s “Narrow Stairs”

Bixby Canyon Bridge

I Will Possess Your Heart

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Whether you’re into Piedmont pickin’ or a sucker for bones solos, chances are you’ll find something to melt your butter at this year’s Wintergrass festival, which kicks off today and will continue through Sunday at several downtown venues, including the newly renovated Hotel Murano (formerly the Sheraton Tacoma.)

Opening night’s big event is the Black and Bluegrass showcase which will bring Seattle’s Laura Love and her new band, Harpers Ferry, Ruthie Foster and the band with the coolest name in the festival, the Ebony Hillbillies, to the Murano pavilion tonight. In the clips below, Love – the driving force

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Your task: To complete the lineups and name the bands. Your answers are below. As always, I’ve provided a link for you to jump back to the original quiz without encountering any spoilers.

Useless trivia answers

1. James Hetfield, Jason Newstead, Robert Trujillo and Lars Ulrich are Metallica.(Raise those devil horns!)

2. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler are Black Sabbath. (Keep ‘em up!)

3. Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, A.J. McClean and Nick Carter are the Backstreet Boys. (You can put ‘em down now.)

4. Adam

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Here are a few things on my musical itinerary:

Wintergrass (today through Sunday, downtown Tacoma): I’ll be checkin’ out Laura Love’s new band, Harpers Ferry, tonight at the Black and Bluegrass showcase. The weekend also brings Michael Cleveland, the Punch Brothers, the Duhks, Vasen and many more. Find a complete schedule, list of venues and ticket information here.

Vicci Martinez/Flowmotion (Saturday, Showbox at the Market): How long before T-town’s own Vicci Martinez is headlining the Moore or the Paramount? This is an all-ages gig.

The Hives (Saturday, Showbox SoDo):

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You know, I think there’s something wrong with our blogging software. It says I posted this around a quarter after nine Wednesday morning. Ch-yuh! What’s up with that?

Anyway, today’s quiz requires that you name the band and fill in the missing band member. Think you’re up for the challenge?

The Who’s in the Band? quiz

1. James Hetfield, Jason Newstead, Robert Trujillo and ____ are ______

2.Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and _____ are ____

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So do you guys remember the concert security guard that sued Marilyn Manson after the shock rocker dry humped his dome a few years back? No? Well, I do. So I was just a little apprehensive about getting too close to the guy before his headlining set Monday night at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. Hey, I’ve got enough baggage to work out in therapy without adding the trauma of getting molested by a creepy rock star.

But I was worried about the wrong thing, as it turns out. One of Manson’s handlers showed up to brief the handful

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I’ll have some scary photos from last night’s show at the Paramount Theatre in a bit. Meanwhile, here’s this …

Marilyn Manson

Paramount Theatre

Feb. 18, 2008

Cruci-Fiction in Space

Disposable Teens

Irresponsible Hate Anthem

Great Big White World

mObscene

If I Was Your Vampire

Heart Shaped Glasses

The Love Song

Sweat Dreams (Eurythmics)

Rock ‘n’ Roll Nigger (Patti Smith)

Tourniquet

Little Horn

The Dope Show

Rock is Dead

Coma Black

Encore: Antichrist Superstar