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Upcoming Events
16 December - 5 January
Rockie Lynne
(Country) Bahrain, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Djibouti
16 December - 11 January
Niki Barr
(Rock) Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Greece
26 December - 07 January
Jarrod Birmingham
(Country) Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan
26 December - 08 January
Thom Sheperd
(Country) Germany, Kosovo, Netherlands, Belgium
28 December - 09 January
Quietdrive
(Rock) Egypt, Jordan, Turkey
28 December - 14 January
Stephen Cochran
(Country) Qatar, Bahrain, Djibouti
28 December - 09 January
On Tracy Lane
(Rock/Pop) Greenland
30 December - 08 January
Hip Kitty
(Rock) Curacao, Puerto Rico, Honduras
12 January - 25 January
Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders
(Sports) Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Djibouti
21 January - 23 January
Atlanta Falcons
(Sports) AUTEC, Bahamas
23 January - 27 January
Atlanta Falcons
(Sports) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
23 January - 03 February
Vikings Cheerleaders
(Sports) Guam, Okinawa
25 January - 20 February
Virginia Coalition
(Rock) UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Egypt, Turkey, Italy
27 January - 30 January
Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders
(Sports) Greenland
30 January - 4 February
Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders
(Sports) Honduras, El Salvador
28 January - 09 February
San Diego Charger Girls
(Sports) Japan, Guam, Hawaii
05 February - 22 February
Los Bad Apples
(Latin/Hip-Hop) Kyrgyzstan, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
12 February - 16 February
New England Patriot Cheerleaders
(Sports) Ecuador
18 February - 27 February
The Hooah Tour
(Comedy-Magic/Pop) Greenland
04 March - 30 March
Andrew Ripp/Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
(Rock) Germany, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Egypt, Turkey, Italy, Bahrain, Qatar
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Stephen Cochran brings some down home country to troops abroad with Armed Forces Entertainment
Stephen Cochran, a veteran Marine who served tours of duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan, will bring his Nashville-based brand of country and southern rock on tour with Armed Forces Entertainment from December 28 – January 15, performing for troops in Kuwait, Bahrain and Djibouti.
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NOISE:
Music News and More, Played at Full Blast
Hordes of young people gather in the middle of nowhere, raising devil
horns and pumping fists along to a rock-radio staple. Laser lights penetrate the deep night sky and catch dust particles launched by the stomping of boots on desert ground. But these are not Doc Martens in the Coachella mosh pit; they’re the combat boots of 5,000 men and women who are mostly wrapped in the sandstone camouflage of the U.S. Army, and strapped with M16 rifles.
by Peter Gaston
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Stars & Strings
The Armed Forces Entertainment organization raffled a one-off, custom-airbrushed T5 at this year's South by Southwest conference held in Austin, Texas in March. Taylor had donated a pair of T5s to AFE, a department of defense agency which coordinates entertainment for U.S. military personnel at more than 350 military installations all around the world. AFE in turn arranged to have both T5s custome painted by artist Justin Barnes (jbgrafix.com), whose airbrush work has been prominently featured on the Discovery Channel's American Chopper program.
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Tour of Duty
Why would an artist want to perform on U.S. military bases, possibly in harms way, not to mention without pay? Why, indeed? For starters, for the gratification of supporting the troops and bringing a feeling of home to nearly 500,000 U.S. military personnel stationed on more than 350 military installations worldwide. In September 2007, Durham, N.C. based educator/saxophonist/bandleader Stanley Baird, an Army veteran himself, toured Japan, Korea, Guam, Hawaii and the Marshall Islands with his smooth jazz group for Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE). “The Armed Forces have the best, most appreciative audience that you can play for,” he says.
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Base Gratitude: Unsigned Acts Rock Out On Military Installations
When musician Prashant Vallury was wandering around South by Southwest conference last year, he was looking for opportunities to get his band, hip-hop act Animate Objects, some gigs outside their hometown of Chicago.
by Cortney Harding
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Iraq & Roll:
Texas music and the troops
Country music good ol' boys Charlie Robison and Kevin Fowler brave oh-six-hundred wake-up calls, fire warnings an several stomach-churning combat-roll landings to bring a slice of home to our men and women on the front lines of the Iraq War.
by Stewart Ramser
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Tour of Duty:
Bands Go to Iraq
On the road with the young acts the military books for the scariest gigs on earth.
by Even Serpick
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