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Music

FEATURES

Verve Pipe returns to hometown

More than 15 years ago The Verve Pipe could be found practicing in a small storage unit just north of East Lansing. This weekend, the platinum-selling band returned home for a concert with a larger stage and a few hundred more fans at The Small Planet, 16800 Chandler Road.

MICHIGAN

Common Ground tickets now on sale

Tickets for the 11th annual Common Ground Music Festival are now on sale for the seven-day event. As of Monday, tickets for the July 12-18 event are on sale for $93. Ticket prices will increase to $99 on July 1.

FEATURES

Lansing artists create DJ collective

With its unique sounds, dance-inspiring vibes and driving “four on the floor” beat, electronic music has found a place in the Lansing area and only is getting bigger as four local artists start a musician’s collective called LEAK, the Lansing Electronic Artist Kollection.

MSU

Mexican folk band comes to MSU

A student collaboration with one of the most respected Mexican bands in the world hit the Music Building Auditorium stage Thursday night, and not only exposed audience members to Mexican folk music, but musical styles from around the world.

FEATURES

'New Moon' soundtrack fails to outdo original

The recently released “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” soundtrack might have sold 153,000 copies in its first week of release (claiming No. 1 on the Billboard 200) however, it fails to measure up to the previously released soundtrack of the first installment of the “Twilight” series.