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GREEN DAY: Live coverage from Pomona Fox show

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Green Day members, from left, Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool make their return to the stage in Pomona on March 10, 2013. (2009/AP Photo)

Green Day makes its return to the stage tonight, Sunday, March 10, at the Fox Theater in Pomona, nearly six months after singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong lashed out on stage at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas Sept. 23, 2012.
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WARPED TOUR: Dose of Adolescence to play select dates

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Dose of Adolescence will play select dates on Warped Tour

 

Dose of Adolescence has had a big year. The band, which started in Rancho Cucamonga, released 12 songs in 12 months, won the X103.9 FM Localpalooza competition in November and opened the radio station's Merry Meltdown concert a month later.

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COACHELLA 2013: Band math with Vampire Weekend, Gaslight Anthem and more

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Get to know the Coachella 2013 artists with some unorthodox math. (Jessica Halston/Staff Artist)

Who says math can’t be fun? We’re having some fun with the Coachella 2013 Festival lineup artists and breaking down artists like Allen Stone, The Gaslight Anthem, Vampire Weekend, Baauer and The Evens with an interactive infographic.
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FONTANA: Ratt to perform before NASCAR race

Ratt is performing before the Auto Club 400 in Fontana on March 24. (Contributed Image)

Ratt is performing before the Auto Club 400 in Fontana on March 24. (Contributed Image)

Ratt will perform a concert at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on Sunday, March 24.

The band, which helped launch the Sunset Strip mania of big hair and big riffs on MTV in the 1980s, had hits with songs including “Round and Round” and “Way Cool Jr.”
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CORONA: Mickey Avalon returns to M15 on March 8

Mickey Avalon is playing M15 in Corona. (Contributed Image)

Mickey Avalon is playing M15 in Corona. (Contributed Image)

This one isn’t for the kids.

Rapper Mickey Avalon returns to M15 in Corona on Friday, March 8 for a 21 and older show.

Avalon, whose life is screaming for a book (he was raised by a heroin-addict dad and was a pot dealer at a young age before later becoming a heroin addict himself and turning to prostitution to pay for his habit, according to his official bio) released the album “Loaded” in 2012.
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