Saturday, June 29, 2013

Daily News: Entertainment - Rolling Stones set stage alight in Glastonbury debut

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 06:06 PM PDT

Rolling Stones set stage alight in Glastonbury debut 
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 06:06 PM PDT
Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in SomersetBy Belinda Goldsmith and Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones lived up to their reputation as one of the greatest rock'n'roll bands when they played to more than 100,000 revelers on Saturday during their first performance at Glastonbury, the world's best-known music festival. Despite an average age of 69, the four band members strutted, strummed and shrieked their way through a set lasting over two hours that began with "Jumping' Jack Flash" and ended with fireworks exploding off the stage during "Satisfaction". ...
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Rolling Stones aim to give crowd satisfaction at Glastonbury 
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 10:48 AM PDT
Combination photo of the Rolling Stones performing at a concert during the band's "50 and Counting" tour in ChicagoBy Belinda Goldsmith PILTON, England (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones were gearing up for their debut performance at the Glastonbury music festival on Saturday, 50 years after starting out in the music business. More than 150,000 revelers descended on the festival in rural southwest England for a bill topped by a band still pulling in crowds despite an average age of 69. Organizers were carefully guarding details of the band's playlist for a set due to last over two hours. ...
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Leading light in science, Italy's 'lady of the stars' Hack dies 
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 08:50 AM PDT
By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Astrophysicist Margherita Hack, a popular science writer, public intellectual and the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Known as the "lady of the stars", Hack's research contributed to the spectral classification of many groups of stars, and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. ...
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Civil War general blindsided at pivotal Gettysburg battle 
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 03:13 AM PDT
Selby Kiffer, American manuscript expert at Sotheby's, in front of a signed portrait of Confederate General, Robert E. Lee to be auctioned by Sotheby's in New YorkBy Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - Confederate General Robert E. Lee was "virtually blind" to the superior positions held by Union troops hidden by rolling hills and valleys, which contributed to his downfall at the pivotal battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War, researchers said on Friday. ...
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