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Here's your chance to pay R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the late Aretha Franklin -- provided you can make it to Detroit in time. Eleven days after the legendary Queen Of Soul passed away, an open-casket public viewing is being held in the rotunda at Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum Of African American History today, Tuesday, Aug. 28,…
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Metallica: To Play With Aretha Franklin?
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The unlikely duo will share the same stage at the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame 25th Anniversary concert. Get your Sonisphere tickets here!Metallica are to play as support to Aretha Franklin at a concert to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame.The Thursday night ...
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Aretha Franklin: Stevie Wonder for Mandela birthday
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Aretha Franklin will collaborate with Josh Groban at Radio City Music Hall in New York later this month to celebrate the birthday of Nelson Mandela.
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Stevie Wonder: Alicia Keys for Mandela Day concert
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Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Aretha Franklin are all set to perform a special concert in New York to celebrate the 91st birthday of Nelson Mandela.
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Aretha Franklin: cancels university appearance due to family emergency
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Aretha Franklin has cancelled here appearance at Brown University's commencement ceremony in Providence, Rhode Island that was scheduled for Sunday (May 24).
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Aretha Franklin: cancels Brown Univ. appearance
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AP - Brown University officials say Aretha Franklin will miss the school's commencement because of a family emergency.
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